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ROY KEANE is the new Celtic boss favourite after a massive betting plunge yesterday.
Major bookies were forced to slash the odds on the Irishman succeeding Neil Lennon after hundreds of bets were placed. The former Parkhead midfielder started the day as a 16-1 outsider but ended up odds-on with several firms.
Punters piled in on Keane days after a similar gamble on Henrik Larsson who has now gone out to 12-1.
Keane, 42, is No.2 to former Parkhead gaffer Martin O'Neill at the Republic of Ireland but O'Neill has said he wouldn't stand in his way if Celtic come calling.
The interest in Keane, who had a short spell with the club he supports in 2005-06, took bookies by surprise. McBookie's Paul Petrie said: "This gamble would suggest Keane is definitely on some sort of shortlist.
"He has been nibbled at in the market but today's gamble was across all major bookies and looks to have some substance.
"These sort of bets suggest he has a serious chance."
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From all-American WWII war hero to domestic terrorist to hero U.S. astronaut/savior of the human race? Hey, if anyone can do it, it's Major Dick Winters. Or Sergeant Nicolas Brody. Turns out, it's the same guy!
"Band of Brothers" star Damian Lewis is set to take the lead in the new sci-fi thriller "Alone" for co-writers/directors Kirk Weddell and Chris Taylor. In the film, Lewis would play a U.S. astronaut who must "save the planet when he is the sole occupant of an orbiting space station."
Not sure how he's going to do that, but all this space station/stranded-in-space movies that are cropping up all of a sudden is really interesting. Usually when the movie world starts copying each other, it's because one movie has made a buttload of money, but that hasn't really happened here. Weird.
The film is scheduled to shoot in London soon, but sales are already going on for "Alone" over at the Toronto International Film Festival up there north in that snowy place the ancients call Canada.
Lewis, of course, can currently be seen on Showtime's critically acclaim "Homeland", now in its third season.
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As Memorial Day weekend kicks off the summer beach season, ocean goers can dive into some of the cleanest water in California.
Ninety-six percent of San Diego County beaches received "A" and "B" ratings for their water quality, according to a report card released by Heal the Bay, a non-profit ocean monitoring organization.
Members of the organization announced report card results today at the Ocean Beach Dog Beach – which received an "A" rating in this year's dry season. Overall, San Diego beaches rank among the highest on the west coast, with 20 receiving perfect A+ ratings.
The results are an improvement from the 7-year average of San Diego beaches, said Kirsten James, director of water quality at Heal the Bay.
Conditions are great for visitors James said.
"The less bacteria present, the safer it is to swim," James said, adding that swimmers may experience flu-like symptoms or rashes after swimming in contaminated water.
The rankings of 47 San Diego beaches are based off weekly bacterial pollution levels taken by local monitoring agencies. While none of the beaches were found to have dangerous bacteria levels, several beaches, including La Jolla Shores and Imperial Beach, received "F" rating in wet weather.
The poor rating is a result of storm water runoff, which carries polluted rainwater into storm drain outlets. While this amount of runoff is fairly normal for California beaches, James said the public should be aware of a beach's water quality before they go.
This awareness is especially important for those who visit Imperial Beach and Coronado Beach, which become contaminated when currents from the Tijuana River flow north, said Ben McCue, conservation director with WildCoast.
Visitors to these beaches, he said, should check to see when beaches will be closed due to contamination. Last year, beaches near the border were closed 237 days out of the year.
Elsewhere in San Diego County, a high number of sewage spills contributed to the contaminated water this year, releasing over 8 million gallons of sewage into the ocean.
Tips to avoid getting sick at the beach:
- Wait three days after a rainstorm before going in the water
- Stay at least 100 yards away from storm drain outlets
- Avoid puddle-stomping in front of storm drains
- Watch out for beaches with poor tidal circulation


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For days now, head-scratching debate has examined whether Mitt Romney has misled people about his departure from Bain Capital. On the one hand, there are documents, most recently showcased by the Boston Globe, suggesting that Romney was still a prominent figure at Bain even after 1999, when he left to manage the Salt Lake City Olympic games. On the other hand, Romney folks maintain that the guy had no involvement in the firm's decisions over that period.
This is no technicality, either: The Obama campaign would like to hold Romney accountable for activities at Bain following his professional pursuits in Utah.
Here comes PolitiFact in the guise of referee. How does the site rate the Obama campaign's claim that "Mitt Romney's companies were pioneers in outsourcing U.S. jobs to low-wage countries"?
"Half True."
What a bunch of wimps at Truth-o-Meter HQ. Can't they pick a side? Witness this wishy-washy prose, on the question of whether Romney should be held responsible for Bain activities between 1999 and 2002:
Looking at all the evidence made public so far, we do not think Romney was actively involved in the day-to-day management of Bain after 1999. But it doesn't mean his influence disappeared after he left.
Huh. PolitiFact cites nearly 30 sources in its research on this matter and can't come to a stronger conclusion. You'd almost figure from the PolitiFact presentation that this Romney-Bain-departure thing was a complicated issue, one that resists definitive contours. Yet both campaigns seem so convinced of their positions. Again, a real head-scratcher.


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When driving with a bomb, you should be extra careful to signal when changing lanes.
It hasn't been a good month for Muslims building bombs, transporting bombs or even looking at bombs.
Three Al Qaeda operatives accidentally blew themselves up while outfitting a car with explosives, Yemen security officials said.
Tribesmen from the area and security officials identified the three, one Saudi and two Yemenis, as Al Qaeda terrorists.
A member of a Sinai based jihadist movement who led a deadly attack in Israel in 2011 died last week when a car accident he was involved in exploded a bomb that he was carrying. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Partisans of Jerusalem) announced on Friday that Tawfiq Mohamed Fareej, one of its founders died in the car accident.
When driving with a bomb, you should probably be extra careful to signal when changing lanes.
This caps off a month filled with bomb accidents.
March 14, 2014: An intending car bomber in Somalia, thought to be part of the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab jihadist organization, accidentally detonated his explosives prematurely while attempting a terror attack on a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu. No one else was killed or injured in the failed murder attempt.
March 11, 2014: Four Palestinians were killed on Tuesday in a house explosion in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, in what local officials have termed a work accident. Hamas reported on its website that the four were activists in its Izz a-Din Al-Qassam military wing, and said that their bodies were transferred to a hospital in Gaza.
March 9, 2014: The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades division of Hamas mourned the untimely death in Rafah (Gaza) of one of its "field commanders", Ibrahim al-Ghoul, and injuries to nine others as a result of a mishap during a training session on building bombs.
Islamic terrorists seem to be having trouble with bombs lately. Maybe they aren't getting enough sleep. Maybe they got left back in chemistry. Maybe it's the old Islamic fatalism.
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Reports: Cubs, Marquis agree to three years
According to multiple reports, Marquis has accepted a three-year offer from the Cubs. Marquis is coming off back-to-back losing seasons with the Cardinals, and was 14-16 with a 6.02 ERA in 2006. His best season was 2004, when he was 15-7 with a 3.71 ERA.
The news was first reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which said the deal was worth $28 million over the three years. According to the Chicago Tribune, the contract is worth $20 million.
Cubs officials were not available for comment on Saturday. General manager Jim Hendry was in Orlando, Fla., and resting after undergoing an angioplasty Wednesday night. He was not expected back in Chicago until Sunday.
Pitching has been the Cubs' top priority lately, and they did agree to terms last week with left-hander Ted Lilly, pending a physical, which was expected to be completed this week. That will take care of one spot in the rotation.
Marquis got a head start on a possible Cubs connection by meeting with pitching coach Larry Rothschild after the Cardinals' successful World Series.
"Jason called me shortly after they got done with the World Series and asked me if he could come down and throw," Rothschild told WGN Radio on Friday night. "He'd talked to [Greg] Maddux during the season and [Maddux] recommended that if he had a chance to let me see him."
Maddux and Marquis were teammates in Atlanta. Marquis threw once for Rothschild, and the two talked pitching mechanics.
"One thing you could tell was that his arm is healthy," Rothschild said. "He has the arm strength. I'm not sure what happened in St. Louis last year -- I have some ideas as I think a lot of people do -- but I think it was a little bit of a confidence thing. There were a couple games when he had a rough time and I think it snowballed on him."
Marquis was 11-6 with a 5.55 ERA in the first half of the season, but went 3-10 with a 6.72 ERA in the second half. Teams hit .267 against him in those first 18 starts, and batted .321 in his final 15 starts.
Rothschild said he knew the Cubs had interest in the 28-year-old right-hander, who has a composite 56-52 record and 4.55 ERA with Atlanta and St. Louis.
"He's a guy who has pitched 200 innings over a few years, and has had a lot of success," Rothschild said. "He's a guy who's done it, and seems to be healthy and we can use the innings.
"You can look at him and see that he's a guy capable of doing that," Rothschild said. "If we get him and he does those things for us, we could have a good year."
As for Lilly, Rothschild told WGN Radio that the left-hander could be on the "upswing of his career." The pitching coach was waiting for videotapes so he could get a head start analyzing the pitcher.
Rothschild also said Kerry Wood and Mark Prior were doing well in their offseason rehab programs, adding that Wood was close to throwing off the mound. The right-hander is coming back from a partial tear in his right rotator cuff, and had opted not to have surgery.
"We'll know more in Spring Training," Rothschild said. "The proof will be when they get some innings in and, in Kerry's case, probably throwing back to back a little bit and really getting off the mound again and making sure he can handle everything. With Mark, we want to see if he can get back to where he was a couple years ago."
Prior struggled with his right shoulder, and was limited to nine starts in 2006.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The new owners of the former Funsville Fun Park & Arcade complex said it will be mid-March before the renovated facility reopens as Adventure Crossing, a family entertainment center that will eventually house an indoor athletic complex and a laser-tag arena.
Ed Smith, the lead investor in the project, said Adventure Crossing should open the weekend of March 8-9.
The original reopening date was set for early February when Mr. Smith's local investment group acquired the property from its Michigan-based owner in November.
He said building material delays have forced crews to push back the expected completion date.
"I don't want to open and still have a bunch of stuff unfinished," Mr. Smith said.
The arcade renovation is the first phase of an $8 million project that will include the construction of a 5,000-square-foot laser tag arena on the arcade's east side and a 45,000-square-foot multisports indoor arena with a 32-foot high ceiling.
Mr. Smith said work on the laser-tag arena will begin later this year, with the indoor-sports facility breaking ground in an area north of the arcade in 2008.
Mr. Smith, a former coach for the Augusta Arsenal Soccer Club, said he expects that youth and adult sports leagues, such as lacrosse and flag football, will account for 50 percent of use at the sports complex.
He said he has received nothing but positive feedback from the community regarding the improvements and new facilities at the 18.5-acre site near the Interstate 20-Belair Road interchange.
"We're marketing this as a new business," he said. "The building is new, the staff is new, the atmosphere is new.
"It's almost like Funsville didn't exist."
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Administrators in Vindeln municipality in Västerbotten County are looking at ways to guarantee that about 95 pupils in the communities of Granö, Tvärålund, Hällnäs and Åmsele are taught by qualified teachers.
One suggestion is to provide students with tablet computers, such as the Apple iPad or other versions of the technology.
The smallest school only has about seven students, municipal chairwoman Eva-May Karlsson told The Local.
"We have teachers with huge amounts of experience but they have to take the new 'teachers licence'," said Karlsson, explaining that that process could take some time.
Teacher licences (lärarlegitimation) were introduced by the government as an attempt to shore up teaching quality across Sweden but has caused several administrative challenges, several media report.
In Vindeln, a technology upgrade could help address some staffing problems in the meantime.
"This is a possible way to make teaching even better in some subjects."
Karlsson said the municipality was currently buying new technology and the idea of using the tablet computers as learning aides - "especially in English or maths" - had been proposed as way to help save the area's rural schools.
If the idea is put in practice, Karlsson said that tablet computers assisting teachers could serve as a model for other rural communities that wanted to keep their village schools open.
It could also spare very young children from having to travel long distances to school every morning.
"It's 45 kilometres between our outermost-lying school and the bigger school in Älvbrinken," Karlsson said.
"But up here in the north, there are other municipalities with much greater distances."
She emphasized, however, that the tablets would not be replacing teachers in the rural classrooms.
"There would still be teachers present at all times," said Karlsson.
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If you turned on BBC1 on Sunday night and thought one of the faces looking back was a little more familiar than the others, you'd have been right.
Luke Pasqualino, who has a starring role in the new lavish production of The Musketeers, is the son of Pep, who owns Spalding's Image International.
The 23-year-old, who's previously worked alongside his dad at the Red Lion Street salon, is playing D'Artagnan in the swashbuckling series, which has just started a ten-week run.
"It's absolutely fantastic – we're so proud of him," said Pep, speaking after the first episode the previous Sunday.
"We had all the family and a few friends round to watch.
"Luke's worked really hard – there were about six or seven auditions before he found out he'd got the part.
"And then he had to go to a boot camp to learn the horse riding and sword fighting – it was really hard work, sometimes doing 14 or 15-hour days."
Luke first shot to fame when he was just 18, after landing the role of Freddie McClair in the critically acclaimed teen drama Skins shown on E4.
He has since appeared in programmes including The Borgias, Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome and romantic werewolf comedy Love Bite.
The Musketeers, which also stars new Doctor Who Peter Capaldi and Hugo Speer, is based on the legendary works by Alexandre Dumas, and is described as a modern day take on the story, although still set in 17th century France.
"Luke's always wanted to be an actor, and this show for him, on BBC1 prime time, is a really big break," Pep added.
"We've always supported him, but he's a hard worker and proof that it can happen – you don't have to be in London to be an actor – you just need to work hard."
l You can catch Luke in the next episode of The Musketeers on BBC1 at 9pm on Sunday.


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Nobody likes NVIDIA, even Apple won't play with them
Subject: General Tech | March 13, 2012 - 12:15 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: TSMC, nvidia, macbook, kelper, Ivy Bridge, fermi, apple
NVIDIA has been having a rough life lately with problems besetting them on all sides. Their IGP business has been disembowelled by AMD's Llano and even Intel is now offering usable graphics with the HD3000 on higher end Sandy Bridge chips. The console makers seem to have decided on AMD as the provider of choice for the next generation of products which locks NVIDIA out of that market for years to come, as console generations tend to last significantly longer than PC components. The delays at TSMC have enabled AMD to launch three families of next generation GPU without NVIDIA being able to respond, which not only hurts NVIDIA's bottom line but lets AMD set their own pricing until NVIDIA can finally release Kepler, at a price that will not be wholly of their choosing.
Now according to SemiAccurate they are losing a goodly portion of Apple's MacBook business as well. The supply issues which will be the result of the fabrication problems were likely a big factor in Apple's decision to trim back GPU orders but there is also the fact that the low to mid range GPU could well be going extinct. With the power of the forthcoming Intel HD4000 and AMD's Trinity line of APUs it will become hard for laptop and system makers to justify putting in a discrete GPU since they will have to choose relatively expensive parts to have the discrete GPU contribute to performance. That leaves NVIDIA only providing GPUs for high end MacBooks, a much less lucrative market than the mid range. Don't even mention the previous issue of overheating GPUs.
"That is exactly what SemiAccurate moles are telling us is going on. Nvidia can't supply, so Apple threw them out on their proverbial magical experience. This doesn't mean that Nvidia is completely out at Apple, the Intel GPUs are too awful to satisfy the higher end laptops, so there will need to be something in those. What that something is, we don't definitively know yet, but the possibilities are vanishingly small."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Microsoft demos 1ms response touchscreen @ The Inquirer
- Asus: We are NOT killing off Transformer Prime @ The Register
- Diamond helps graphene carry more current @ Nanotechweb
- ASUS RT-N66U Wireless-N900 Gigabit Router @ Benchmark Reviews
- More CeBit Coverage @ XSReviews
So when is that GTX680 coming out anyways?
Subject: General Tech | March 12, 2012 - 03:20 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: nvidia, kelper, GK104, gtx680
Whether you are an NVIDIA fan or not you are likely anxiously awaiting the release of NVIDIA's new GPU. Since AMD is currently holding the lead on graphics cards they have no competition to lower the price of their high end cards which can beat anything NVIDIA currently has on the market. Depending on the price and performance of the new Kepler chip, its release should have an effect on the pricing of at least one line of AMD card, be it Pitcairn or Cape Verde. This is why SemiAccurate's pegging of the expected release dates, both paper and physical, are worth taking a look at, especially if your GPU recently died and you are looking at getting a new one. We should have a good idea of the price, performance and availability by the end of March.
"Today, March 8, is the day where the press that Nvidia flew in get their 'tech day', basically the deep dive on Kepler. Then, like we said a few days ago, Nvidia will paper launch the cards next Monday, March 12. From that point, things get a little hazy because people are arguing over two different days. Some are saying Friday March 23, others Monday March 26, with a few more saying 23 than 26. It could be none of the above though, but if you bet on two weeks out, you won't be far off."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Why did TSMC stop 28nm production? @ SemiAccurate
- In-Depth with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview @ AnandTech
- Six screens, one desk @ The Tech Report
- Brewtarget: Hop into Beer Brewing with Open Source @ Linux.com
- Win an LG Optimus 3D, and £50 Credit from Three! @ Tech-Reviews.co.uk
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Importing $_FILES into a function
I'm trying to streamline the entire image uploading routine by putting all of the error handling, image renaming, and uploading into a separate function. I wrongly assumed that I could just have the form post to the same page, and then call the function and within the function, the $_FILES information from the upload would all be there. But it isn't.
I'm passing variables into the function such as where I want the image to be uploaded, the size of the image when resized, etc..., but I don't know how to pass in a $_FILES array.
The variables I'm using in the function are $_FILES['images']['name'] and $_FILES['images']['tmp_name']
Now I realize I could just pass those variables in, BUT the problem is that this allows for multiple image uploads, and within the function it cycles through the $_FILES array.
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Go to this thread, it's a little single upload page that I turned into a multi upload.
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I have a strange question that has never come up before.
I have a customer that would like vinyl batts adhered to the wall of a metal frame work shop. The original batts where simply glued with the seams taped to hold them up to the wall. I originally bid the job out to correct the problem with stick pins to hold the batt in place. Due to the increased labor for stick pins to be placed he would like to know if there is an option for gluing the batt directly to the wall as it was done previously. I have told him that I cannot guarantee the durability of this type of install already, but he would still like to know if it is an option. The seams are already going to be taped and all surfaces are going to be cleaned before any type of install. (Photos of the wall can be seen in the attachments)
My question is then what type of glue would be recommended to hold the batt in place?
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Your customer's requested method has potential problems.
1.) Adhesion to the steel siding due to temperature instability. That siding will be very cold in winter and the summer sun will make it too hot to touch. I would make sure the manufacturer of the adhesive covers the full temperature spectrum for adhesion to both steel and the vinyl.
2.) How stable are those old batts? It looks like you have essentially plastic bags filled with f/g insulation. Are they still in good shape? Has the insulation inside settled or been compromised or damaged by rodents, moisture, contact, etc.? I'm not sure you will be able to achieve an effective improvement. Your adhesive would stick to the bag, and I'm not sure that will effectively hold the insulation as well.
3.) The corrugated siding will not act as an air seal, and so you will not have an effective thermal barrier. Considering the way the siding is installed, it is likely that the J-channel and the corners do not have effective air sealing-I have seen many such applications where the foam inserts do not stay in place-they are usually about 3 ft long and lock into each other, but are often not placed well-and they have an adhesive backing that often fails. I have never seen an application where a steel building was caulked around the J-channel, corner pieces, and other trim. Probably for good reason. Plus, you can't seal the drip cap at the bottom without locking in moisture which will condense on the inside face of the steel.
I would talk to someone at the company that fabricated the metal building. If you can't tell who it is (they often have their names on a gable cap.), then call and talk to Morton Buildings, General, or whoever is prevalent in your area to see what methods they use in current projects.
It looks like your customer wants a cheap solution, this may be one to offer a best solution instead and let him go elsewhere if he doesn't like your price.
Good luck.
Thanks Bruce, all great points and I could not agree with you more as far as being willing to walk away form a job. If i do not feel comfortable standing behind my work and am wiling to guarantee the work, I will not do it. I have given the full list of options with the job being done correctly and stand by that price. Currently however, the option that the owner if the warehouse has persisted on is for materials to be delivered and to have his employees complete the work.
It is not the best option by far but there is little one can do but try to educate the ignorant on how to do the job correctly, and let them use the information as they see fit.
By the way as far as the adhesive goes I made some calls, one directly to Liquid Nails. They claim to have a product (Liquid Nails for marble and granite) that should work the best. I can't say I recommend that until I see it but that is what the warehouse owner is planing on using.
Timothy---------I agree with you and Bruce. the adhesive will fail. We have done similar projects with this type of building and insulation. We have drilled holes in the purlins and formed a wire grid to hold the insulation in place
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How can I air seal a metal building in the south to keep out humid air which is causing mold?
Will removing the metal siding and putting 2 offset, taped, or culked layers of foam board on and then put siding back work?
How about spraying closed cell foam on outside or a sealant or covering with synthetic stucco?
The reason the metal is corrugated is so it has the ability to expand and contract. Day, night, summer, winter. No news to anyone there.
I cannot speak for any other RCC (Radiant Control Coating) but the one I work with. When our coating is applied to the exterior surfaces, it stops thermal shock dead, it does not happen anymore. Our coating has a Solar Reflectivity (SR) level of 0.83. TheThermal Emissivity (TE) level is 0.90. That means that 83% of the suns heat energy is reflected away back into the atmosphere, which leavs 17% that actually enters the outer surface of our coating. 90% of that 17% is emitted back in the direction it came from.
Do the math. Only 1.7% gets past the surfaces of our coating and actually enters the building. That is how we stop thertmal shock dead.
What does that mean as far as energy savings to a large metal building? When applied to the roof and exterior walls of refrigerated commercial buildings we have dropped their total electric bills by over 50%.
Does it retain heat in the cold months? Yes it does. Yes, it is a VERY effective thermal heat energy barrier. It has 2 surfaces to each coat and it works to keep heat in, even when nobody wants to believe that a matertial as thin as thick coat of paint can have insulating properties at all.
We have coated boilers, steam pipes, incinerators, exhaust equipment for industrial air pollution control equipment, etc, with huge surface temperature reductions. I personally oversaw the coating of 3 boilers and all the steam piping in a hospital in my area. Our coating dropped the surface skin temperature fron 267 degrees F, down to 155 degrees F, with just a thick coat of paint. This was a 35% reduction in heat loss per the chief engineer doing the calcs. The air temp in the boiler room was 125 degrees F and I never did figure out how he came to 35%. That is what he put on the statement so, oookay.
It is also an excellent sealant and moisture barrier. It cannot get rained on in the first 72 hours. The surface area must be asbsolutely dry when applying. Applications this time of year, is risky and depends on the weather report.
Sounds like your building needs this.
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16 Trucks competed in the first-ever Stadium Super Trucks X-Games competition on Sunday at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX.
This may have been the biggest SST field in the history of the series, with 20 drivers competing in two heats. The top eight from each race transferred, with the 16 car final going 24 laps. a competition caution at halfway was included.
The GRC course was only modified in two places to add metal ramps (which, if you follow the series, are a staple now) to make the tabletop jump bigger and to challnge drivers as they approached the final turn. Speaking of, the SST race also used the "joker" lap that GRC used. This is a throwback of sorts to Season One, which featured a few Stadium tracks with two paths.
Personally thought it was a pretty good race. Hope you all enjoy!


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Rio de Janeiro, July 12 (IANS) Atletico Mineiro consolidated their place at the top of Brazil's Serie A standings with a 2-0 victory against Ponte Preta at the Moises Lucarelli stadium in Campinas, Sao Paulo.
Thiago Ribeiro on Saturday opened the scoring in the 28th minute before Giovanni Augusto added another goal two minutes from time, Xinhua reported on Sunday.
The result lifted Atletico to 29 points from 13 matches, three points ahead of second-placed Gremio, who defeated Vasco da Gama 2-0. In the day's only other match, Santos rose to 15th after routing Figueirense 3-0.
Sunday's fixtures include Flamengo's home clash against Corinthians and Fluminense's trip to Atletico Paranaense.


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Daenerys Targaryen, better known as Christina Aguilera, has to free the slaves while giving Princess Di realness.
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Limerick, Pa.-based surgical device maker Teleflex's [1] (NYSE:TFX [2]) Semprus BioSciences subsidiary won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Nylus peripherally inserted central catheter, featuring the proprietary Semprus Sustain platform technology.
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ESCONDIDO -- A nearly five-hour SWAT operation in a mobile-home park ended early Friday morning with no one home, an Escondido police lieutenant said.
Two residents of Canyon Crest Mobile Home Park at 2100 S. Escondido Blvd. told dispatchers about 8 p.m. Thursday that they had heard shots fired in a nearby residence, Lt. Chris Wynn said.
SWAT officers surrounded the mobile home and tried to reach a resident, Wynn said. They set off several flash-bang explosions to try to get anyone inside to come out.
Just before 1 a.m., officers reached the resident by cell phone and determined he was not home.
Traffic was blocked during the stand-off in some areas near the park, including Escondido Boulevard.


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The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 Pt 5 did not give the High Court of England and Wales jurisdiction to impose property freezing orders and disclosure orders in respect of property and persons situated outside the UK.
Perry & Ors v Serious Organised Crime Agency (2012) UKSC 35. Lord Phillips JSC (president); Lady Hale JSC; Lord Brown JSC; Lord Clarke JSC; Lord Judge JSC; Lord Kerr JSC; Lord Phillips JSC; Lord Reed JSC; Lord Wilson JSC; Sir Anthony Hughes. 25 July 2012
Appeals allowed
The appellants appealed against decisions that the High Court of England and Wales had jurisdiction to impose property freezing orders and disclosure orders in respect of property and persons situated outside the jurisdiction.
Perry was a criminal who had been convicted of fraud in Israel.
The appeals arose from attempts by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) to deprive the appellants of the proceeds of the fraud via a civil recovery order and a worldwide property freezing order under the Proceeds of Crime Act (Poca). It also obtained a disclosure order under s.357.
The Court of Appeal (CoA) had concluded that a recovery order could be made in respect of any form of property, wherever it was situated, without restriction.
The CoA had also held that it was difficult to see why mere presence in, or absence from, the country at the time of delivery of a disclosure order was critical, and concluded that Pt 8 had extraterritorial effect.
The issues were whether the court's jurisdiction to impose property freezing orders under s.245A applied exclusively to property within the UK and also whether the jurisdiction to impose disclosure orders under s.357 applied only to persons within the UK.
Appeals allowed (Lords Judge and Clarke dissenting)
The High Court of England and Wales had no jurisdiction to make a recovery order in relation to property outside England and Wales.
The words 'wherever situated' did not describe the type of property to which Pt 5 applied.
Most provisions of Poca applied only to property within the UK, depending upon the context.
The much wider jurisdiction that Soca argued for was unprecedented.
Under the provisions relating to confiscation in Pts 2, 3 and 4 of Poca, confiscation was ordered ad personam having regard to property worldwide, but UK authorities had no power to secure or realise property that was situated outside the jurisdiction; that was dealt with by s.74.
The disclosure notices had been given to persons who were known to be outside the jurisdiction of the UK.
No authority was required to request information from another person anywhere in the world.
However, s.357 authorised orders for requests for information with which the recipient was obliged to comply, subject to penal sanction.
It was contrary to international law for one country to purport to make conduct in another country criminal conduct committed by persons who were not citizens of the first country.
The authority under s.357 could only be exercised in respect of persons within the jurisdiction.
Poca had been poorly drafted, but its objective was clear: those who engaged in criminal conduct, whether at home or abroad, had to be deprived of the property representing its proceeds.
For the purposes of a civil recovery order under Pt 5, property was identified in identical terms to that which might be made subject to confiscation proceedings in Pt 2.
The expression 'all property wherever situated' had to have the same meaning wherever it appeared.
Control mechanisms within Pt 5 ensured that the order might be subject to appropriate conditions to avoid improper extraterritorial effect or infringement of the principle of sovereignty.
Poca did not support the conclusion that Pt 5 was limited to property within the jurisdiction and s.286 confirmed that.
For the appellant Perry & Ors
Serle Court's Philip Jones QC and Daniel Lightman
Axiom Advocates' David Johnston QC
Asserson-Law Offices partner Trevor Asserson
For the respondent Soca
Blackstone Chambers' James Eadie QC and Richard Keen QC
4 Stone Buildings' Sarah Harman and Donald Lilly
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Daniel Lightman
The judgment of the nine-judge Supreme Court in these two appeals has cut back significantly the powers of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca) and other enforcement authorities in civil recovery investigations made, and civil recovery proceedings brought, under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Poca) with an overseas element.
First, the Supreme Court has decided there is no jurisdiction for the High Court of England and Wales to make civil recovery orders or property freezing orders under Part 5 of Poca in respect of property outside England and Wales.
Lord Phillips stated that he could see "no compelling reason why Parliament should have wished to confer on Soca a right to seek a civil recovery order in respect of the proceeds of a crime that was not committed within the UK where those proceeds are not within the UK".
The second appeal concerned Soca's investigative powers when conducting a civil recovery investigation before it issues civil recovery proceedings.
To assist such investigations Soca can apply for a disclosure order under section 357 of Poca, which authorises it to give information notices to any person whom it considers has relevant information requiring them to answer questions, provide information or produce documents relevant to the investigation.
It is a criminal offence for the recipient to fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with an information notice.
The Supreme Court decided unanimously that such disclosure orders do not authorise Soca to give information notices to persons who are outside the UK.
Daniel Lightman, Serle Court, was junior counsel for the appellants


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Minnesota conservation officer frees entangled bucks, one alive and one dead
WARREN, Minn. - It would be safe to say that Jeremy Woinarowicz's workday got off to a more eventful start than most that recent Wednesday morning between Christmas and New Year's.
Conservation officer for the Department of Natural Resources in Warren, Woinarowicz was responding to a call he'd received late the previous afternoon of two bucks locked at the antlers southeast of Warren in Polk County.
It was nearly dark by the time he'd gotten the message Dec. 27, but finding the two deer the next morning didn't take very long. As Woinarowicz approached, he could see the larger buck was dead; had been for quite some time, by the looks of it.
"I definitely would have called the dead one a trophy," he said of the eight-point buck.
For Woinarowicz, freeing the live buck from the dead buck presented a dilemma. There weren't any neighboring officers or other DNR personnel in the vicinity, and large angry bucks generally don't appreciate human intervention.
This deer was no exception.
"The buck still alive was definitely lively, and when I approached, it frantically tried to free itself," Woinarowicz said. "When I got closer, he tried to come at me."
With limited options, Woinarowicz remembered the story he'd heard about another conservation officer who used a handgun to shoot the tines off two bucks locked by their racks.
Woinarowicz decided it was worth a shot.
"I shot multiple tines off each of the bucks with my handgun, but even with the tines flying off, they were not able to break apart," he said.
More firepower was needed so Woinarowicz walked back to his truck for the shotgun he carries while on patrol.
One slug to the dead buck's main beam later and the antlers were free.
"The live buck bounded into the woods," Woinarowicz said. "I'm fairly confident it will survive."
Woinarowicz said he walked within five feet of the bucks, which was as close as he dared to approach, during the rescue. He said he'll remember the living buck's eyes the most.
"He snorted and his eyes were just flared wide open," Woinarowicz said. "I was just there to help him but he didn't know that. He was so angry."
Woinarowicz figures the buck had been dragging its dead opponent for several days. Even so, the living buck had some strength.
"When I pulled up to it, it could still pull the dead buck," Woinarowicz said. "Not at a decent pace. It pulled the buck about 30 yards and then decided it was going to stay and fight."
Woinarowicz said the prospect of the live buck charging after being freed definitely crossed his mind, so watching it bound away was a relief.
He figures the whole encounter probably lasted half an hour.
"Trying to figure out what to do first probably took the longest," he said. "I wanted to get him free as soon as possible."
Woinarowicz, who kept the head of the dead deer, said he hears occasional reports of bucks that become locked at the antlers while jousting for a mate, but this was the first time he'd witnessed the spectacle.
"It happens more often than we would actually think," Woinarowicz said.
One thing's for sure. Start the morning by staring into the eyes of a raging buck, and it's going to be all downhill the rest of the day.


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Jacksonville's police and fire retirees are getting about $2 million in year-end bonuses, continuing a practice envisioned in both state and local law.
Payments averaging around $950 were distributed this month to about 2,100 pensioners on top of routine payments made through the city's Police and Fire Pension Fund.
The money to cover that spending comes from a tax that's charged on premiums for property and casualty insurance, which the state then distributes to pension systems in about 215 cities. Jacksonville's pension system gets about $10 million yearly of that tax, which it calls "chapter funds."
State law says the money has to be used for "enhanced benefits" of pension fund members, and can't be used to lower the amount a city had agreed to pay into the fund.
Jacksonville's obligation to the fund stood at $148 million this year.
Most of the state money is used for supplemental payments into the system on behalf of "active members," who haven't retired yet, said John Keane, the fund's executive director.
If the rest wasn't used for bonuses, it would simply fill up reserve accounts, he said.
"This is the only authorized use for it at this time," Keane said, adding that the chapter fund "has nothing to do with taxpayer contributions at all."
Former Mayor John Peyton endorsed a plan in 2004 that let "residual chapter funds" be released as bonus payments each December. That idea, dubbed the Peyton Plan, was adopted by the City Council in 2006.
Keane said attention to the bonuses after a mayor and council signed off on that approach is "simply an attempt to inflame people."
Pension costs have been inflaming people all year, with Mayor Alvin Brown pitching a reform deal that was challenged in a lawsuit by the Times-Union's editor as a product of secret negotiations that violated open-government laws.
That dispute is still pending in both state and federal courts, though the council rejected Brown's reform legislation.
A Retirement Reform Task Force that Brown convened over the summer has been working on new plans to manage the city's retirement costs, with input from groups including the Pew Charitable Trusts.
The task force meets next at 9 a.m. Jan. 8 in the Lynwood Roberts Room at City Hall, 117 W. Duval St.
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Hi there, welcome to the Morning Shred, brought to you by snowboards.com. I'm Jenna this is Levi from Burton and we're going to talk about the Burton Grom binding. So Levi, who's this binding designed for? This binding is going to be great for the little groms out there. Kids getting into the sport younger and younger these days and Burton has a binding for those little feet to be accommodated on their snowboards. And I noticed it looks a little bit different than a normal kids binding, you've only got one strap instead of two. True, with the boot being so small, two straps is a little bit overkill and going down to the one strap will just make it that much easier for them to get into the binding themselves. One other bonus feature we started doing on this binding that helps the kid get in there easier is this little curved up buckle here, it makes it super easy for the kids, even if their gloves are a little bit too big or anything on them, so really use it quite easily. Just to get out of it just press on it and it flops open and out of the way.
And another cool feature we've got here is the flex-zone on the outside of the strap so the kid really can get their foot in there nice and easy. Also we've switched to a different design with this heel hoop instead of adding weight with a bunch of extra parts, we mixed the heel hoop and highback into one piece so it just cuts down on weight and keeps this nice and lightweight and easy to use for the kids. It's also adjustable this way so you can get their foot nice and centered on the board which will help with the learning curve, getting them set up right on the board is definitely very important to getting their balance when they're getting out there on the hill. And just a super soft-flexing highback, too? Yep, definitely, very soft-flexing, very forgiving nice and easy to learn with, that's who it's designed for - the little groms just getting into it. Designed to get them in there easily without them getting frustrated, straps aren't in the way when they're trying to strap in and just real easy with their gloves, right? Exactly, yep. There's also even a big wide mouth on this buckle that makes it super easy for them to line it up.
Great, well there you go, that's the Burton Grom binding, great binding for that entry-level kid who wants to progress and really enjoys the sport.


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Plane tickets, hotel reservations and registrations are booked for a strong CIRP@CHOP presence at the Lifesavers Conference. I hope we'll see you in Denver on April 14th to 16th.
It has been a couple of years since our Center has had new information to share broadly with colleagues and stakeholders around Child Occupant Protection. This year, Lifesavers attendees will be among the first to hear about our ongoing research to inform targeted engineering, policy and education countermeasures to reduce injuries and deaths among child motor vehicle occupants. Look for these three workshops in the Occupant Protection for Children track:
What's New in Research, Part I (Monday, April 15, 10:45 a.m.)
Mark Zonfrillo, MD, MSCE will present his collaborative research with Transport Canada that identified the most common misuses seen in a review of thousands of CRS inspection forms collected at community car seat checks for forward and rear-facing child safety seats. He will then describe the replication of the misuses in full-vehicle crash tests captured in high-speed video to demonstrate which misuses have the most potential to cause serious injury. This is helpful to Lifesavers audiences because it will help us prioritize our restraint use messages to parents, making sure they hear about the ones that matter most.
What's New in Research, Part II (Tuesday, April 16, 9:00 a.m.)
Dennis Durbin, MD, MSCE will present results from the National Child Occupant Special Study (NCOSS). The aim of this multi-phase study has been to develop a system for collecting supplemental child-specific data as part of the National Automotive Sampling System-General Estimates System (NASS-GES) and Crashworthiness Data System (NASS-CDS). CIRP is particularly interested in such a system to monitor trends in child passenger safety (CPS), assess the performance of new safety technologies for children, and serve as a national resource to set the agenda for CPS in the US. In his presentation, Dennis will provide insights that advance crash surveillance research methods, as well as describe the real challenges in subject contact and consent procedures in a digital mobile world.
In this same workshop, Matthew Maltese, PhD will present results of a study comparing the FMVSS 213 sled test to the full-scale vehicle crash environment. This dynamic sled test simulates a frontal vehicle crash in which child safety seats (CSS) are mounted to a bench seat intended to mimic the rear seat of a vehicle. When Matt and his team subjected the same crash test dummy and CSS to identical crash pulses on both the FMVSS 213 bench and on actual rear seats from a passenger car, SUV, and minivan (all mounted on an acceleration sled), they found clear differences in kinematics for the dummy and the CSS between the bench test and the real rear seats tests. The team has been determining the characteristics of the bench seat that led to these differences, so improvements to the FMVSS 213 sled test can be made. Now that is research in action! More on CIRP@CHOP at Lifesavers tomorrow…
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Wrestling: Perham dominates Pelican triangular
PELICAN RAPIDS -- The Perham wrestling team continued a streak of dual blowouts dominating a triangular at rival Pelican Rapids.
Perham defeated the hosts 54-16 and were even less kind to Breckenridge, taking out the Cowboys 62-8.
"Patrick Glynn looked very aggressive," Head Coach Robb Moser said.
Glynn defeated Alan Hanson of Breckenridge by fall at 3:25. He was 2-0 on the night after a 16-2 decision over Pelican's Hobey Diaz.
"William Parks continues to wrestle the style that we want all of our kids to wrestle like," Moser said.
Parks had two pins. He stuck Breckenridge's Derek Nordick at 5:03 and Pelican's Benn Barragan at 3:11.
"Jesse Klatt and Gio Garcia rebounded nicely from last weekend, as well."
Klatt pinned Cowboy 195-pounder Zac Hasse in under a minute and defeated Viking Muhamed Carbo 10-6.
Garcia pinned Pelican's Felix Barragan at 5:31 and was the benefactor of a forfeit in his Breckenridge match.
Perham got 30 free points from five Cowboy forfeits. The remainder of the match was still in Yellowjacket control as Perham outscored the Cowboys 32-8.
Perham was undefeated against both opponents at 132, 138, 152, 160, 170, 182, 195 and 220 pounds, including Glynn, Parks, Garcia and Klatt from 160-195.
Cody Nylander got no work as both teams forfeited at 220 pounds. Pelican's only forfeit was to Nylander.
"We are getting lots of different guys matches as well and our match counts look very good right now."
Luke Sailer won both his matches pinning Pelican's Robert Mazorlegos at 5:31 and Breckenridge's Travis Miranouski 15-3 at 138 pounds.
At 145 pounds, Jacob Monson split his two matches: a pin of Pelican's Josh Klobstad at 2:57 and a 10-1 defeat to Breckenridge's Josh Stuehrenberg.
Josh Werner won his lone match at 132 pounds over Robert Mazorlegos, of Pelican Rapids, by fall at 5:31.
Brady Sazama and Collin Neitzke kept Perham undefeated at 152 pounds.
Sazama won by default at 2:34 over Alex Diaz. Neitzke defeated Treyton Hought of Breckenridge11-2.
Sam Pirrotta got a win by technical fall over Viking 113-pounder Daniel Franco at 5:15.
Jesse Bucholz was pinned in his lone match at heavyweight by Eddie Ramos, a Pelican Rapids junior by fall at 2:08.
Gage Paurus split his matches at 106 pinning Mason Meyer of Breckenridge at 4:51 and dropping a tight 11-10 decision to Pelican's Jason Meyer.
The Yellowjackets, ranked No. 12 in Class 2A are at home tonight against New York Mills.


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David Murdoch hopes to commemorate Lockerbie disaster with curling Olympic medal
DAVID MURDOCH would love nothing more than to take an Olympic medal back to Lockerbie, the small Scottish Borders town that will forever be linked with one tragic day.
That day – December 21 1988 – is etched in Murdoch's memory because he witnessed at close hand the shocking events that left 270 dead. As a 10-year-old, Murdoch watched from the window of his father's car as Pan-Am Flight 103 crashed on to the town, destroying a row of houses as the fuel tanks exploded in a fireball leaving a vast crater.
All 259 on board the plane destroyed by a terrorist bomb were killed. Eleven residents of Lockerbie also died.
Sitting in the British Olympic Association base at Stockport, where he has just collected his official kit for Sochi as skip of the men's curling team, Murdoch is understandably reluctant to delve too deeply into his memories of that day. "I was about 300 yards away and I saw it come down," said Murdoch, now 35.
"I was in the car driving back home. I was on an adjacent street. It was just like a bomb going off. There was the [25th] anniversary of Lockerbie recently and there were tough times there. It's a real nice town with a lot of good people in it and I'd love to walk through there with an Olympic medal."
The Lockerbie ice-rink where Murdoch learned his sport was used as a temporary morgue to store the bodies after the disaster and the army commandeered parts of the family farm.
"There were lots of bodies scattered all over Lockerbie so they were using the farm to put the Chinooks down," said Murdoch, whose parents were involved in the curling scene in Lockerbie and still live there.
"My brother [Neil] and sister [Nancy] were older than me, so I was in there running up and down the rink at seven or eight just desperate to go curling. I think I spent my entire childhood in the rink.
You put in a lot of work and sacrifice and you sometimes you feel that you want to get something out of it. That's what has been pushing me on
"Dad was on board of directors and has been chairman a few times. Mum is one of the coaches there. It was quite a family home almost."
The sport has become Murdoch's life and he heads for Sochi with fellow Scots Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews and Michael Goodfellow in a GB Team that he says "has unfinished business."
In 2006, his team finished fourth. Four years later they went to Vancouver as world champions and were a disappointing fifth. Despite being a multiple medal-winner at world and European level including five golds, Murdoch has yet get on an Olympic podium.
"It's something you dream about, especially after the heartbreaks of not winning, and training all those years," said Murdoch, who is now based in Stirling.
"You put in a lot of work and sacrifice and you sometimes you feel that you want to get something out of it. That's what has been pushing me on."
Team GB's target of three to seven medals at the Winter Olympics, that start next Thursday, includes at least one from the two curling teams.
The women were world champions last year, the men took bronze.
"It's unfinished business for me in relation to the Olympics with the couple of close ones we've had," said Murdoch. "The drive to win is huge but the pressure is very low. I don't feel like there's any pressure on us at all. We can fly under the radar a little bit at these Games and I think we're all feeling pretty relaxed about it."
Curling – the art of sliding stones across ice to a target – may not appear the most physically demanding of sports but, for Vancouver, the British boys decided to beef up in the gym. Murdoch concedes that may have been a mistake.
He said: "We decided to make ourselves really big and strong and lift as much weight as possible, but I think that affected us on the ice a little bit. We never had that really good feeling in the legs. Curling is such a precision game. We don't talk about inches but millimetres.
"This time round we've actually done the same amount of hours in the gym but not lifting as heavy. We're spending a lot more time on ice and practising together more as a team, so it's a lot more technical."
Winter Olympic medals of any colour are a rare commodity in Britain, but nowhere would one mean more this year than in the town of Lockerbie.


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As we reported earlier this year, the inaugural Canton Marathon was held last June. Co-founded by Mears and Julia Dick, the marathon still owed Canton more than $18,000 seven months after it was held. The money has now been repaid, according to the Canton Repository.
Mears and Dick publicly split last fall when the Canton Marathon's financial problems, which included debt to Canton, North Canton, and vendors, began to mount. They are at odds partly because Mears' company borrowed $150,000 from Canton Marathon, LLC, the corporation the two formed to put on the Canton Marathon. As of January, Mears still owed $100,000, Dick said at the time.
Originally, Dick intended to organize the second edition of the Canton Marathon herself. Mears announced a new race, the Hall of Fame City Challenge, also to be run in the Canton area, and initially scheduled it for the day before the Canton Marathon.
In May, Dick announced that the Canton Marathon wouldn't be run this year. By that time, Mears had moved the Hall of Fame City Challenge to September.


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Ender and the White Queen
Owls Head — Ender's Game (Summit, Blu-ray or standard DVD, PG-13, 113 min.). Overall, this is a successful adaptation of the first book in Orson Scott Card's science fiction series. Earth has been attacked by an alien race called the Formic and barely defeated the insect-like species. Now 50 years later, Earth's military leaders are training children to lead an invasion to crush the Formic.
Youngsters are used because they are used to playing war video games, which heighten their tactical abilities and intuition, which should speed up their reactions in the heat of real battle. One such cadet is Ender Wiggins (Asa Butterfield), whose older brother has already washed out of the program for being too hot-headed and whose sister also failed to make the grade. (Ender's parents had to obtain permission to have him, as he is a third child.) The head cadet trainer, Col. Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford), feels Ender is the leader he has been looking for, but first that leadership has to be developed by placing Ender in as many difficult situations as possible. While entertaining with the unusual settings of Battle School and it's weightless conflict arena, Ender's development and advancement at the school are formulaic. Only late in the film does Ender raise the question that the genocide planned by the military may be wrong, that the fact that the Formic have not come back to attack in 50 years might mean they have learned their lesson and may never attack again. The film also features Ben Kingsley.
Exclusive to Blu-ray are the 45-minute, eight-part making-of feature and a look at the motion capture process used to create the games Ender plays on his tablet (3:50). The other extras are on both versions of the film and include two audio commentaries, one by director Gavin Hood (he was a soldier at age 17 in South Africa) and the other by producers Gigi Pritzker and Bob Orci. There also are almost 11 minutes of deleted scenes with optional commentary by Hood. Grade: film 3 stars; extras 3.5 stars
Carrie (MGM/Fox, Blu-ray or standard DVD, R, 99 min.). This is the second version of Stephen King's 1974 novel to hit the big screen, and if you have seen director Brian De Palma's very good 1976 film (which helped John Travolta make the move from television to film roles, by the way), you may have wondered why those responsible bothered with a remake. Well, one reason is today's special effects can accomplish so much more; however, here the destruction is over the top at the end.
This version, directed by Kimberly Peirce, has a Carrie (Chloe Grace Moretz, who is very pretty) who revels in her newfound telekinesis powers, once she discovers she has them after her humiliating episode of panic, when having her first period in the school locker room. This being modern times, the bloody episode, including the extreme cruelty of her classmates, is filmed and sent to everyone in the school. That leads to the poster (Portia Doubleday as Chris Hargensen) being banned from the upcoming prom. Chris' revenge leads to the classic pig's blood scene.
Julianne Moore gets to act all crazy as Carrie's overly-religious mother (and a very disturbing birth scene opens the film). This is a lesser effort by Moore. Gabriella Wilde plays the one student who regrets joining in Carrie's humiliation. She tries to make amends by urging her popular boyfriend (Ansel Elgort) to ask Carrie to the prom. What the film lacks is any suspense. The viewer really has little empathy for Carrie -- or anyone for that matter -- and so the film feels hollow.
The Blu-ray version contains an alternate ending, which can be watched as part of a second version of the film. In all, there are more than an hour of extras, including nine deleted or alternate scenes (about 10 minutes) with optional director's commentary; and brief looks at making the film, doing a person-on-fire stunt with real fire and how telekinesis is portrayed in the film. There also is audio commentary by director Hood. Grade: film 2.25 stars; extras 2.75 stars
The White Queen (Anchor Bay, 3 Blu-ray or standard DVDs, NR, 580 min.). This 10-part miniseries was produced by the Starz pay-cable network, which broadcast it, and the BBC, which showed a less-sexy version overseas. Set against the backdrop of 15th century England's War of the Roses, the series is adapted from three novels in Philippa Gregory''s Cousins' War series. The war pitted two houses, the Lancasters and the Yorks, against each other for control of the throne of England.
The series is filled with intrigue, changing alliances, romance (the sex scenes are not for younger viewers) and even a little witchcraft (Queen Elizabeth and her mother were, in fact, charged with witchcraft). The series centers on three women who are vying to control the throne. They are Elizabeth Woodville (the beautiful Rebecca Ferguson, who recalls Ingrid Bergman -- Ferguson is Swedish, but her parents are British), who marries King Edward (a very appealing Max Irons, son of actor Jeremy Irons) and becomes Queen Elizabeth; Margaret Beaufort (an overly stern Amanda Hale), the mother of the future King Henry Tudor; and Anne Neville (Faye Marsay), the kingmaker's daughter who marries King Edward's brother, Richard (Aneurin Barndard), who briefly also becomes king. The kingmaker is the duplicitous Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (James Frain), King Edward's cousin, who switches sides more than once. Woodville was a widowed commoner; Neville is with the house of Lancaster; and Neville is with York.
The series begins in 1464, nine years into the War of the Roses. Young Edward IV has deposed his cousin Henry VI and taken the throne by force. In episode one, widow Woodville takes her two sons down to a crossing so she will be noticed by the passing King Edward. It works, ultimately leading to a secret marriage to the smitten king. Lord Warwick is against her from that original meeting. The conflict between the two cousins grows as the King acknowledges his marriage to Elizabeth, rather than accepting the arranged marriage to a French princess. By episode three, the Earl of Warwick is plotting with the King's brother George in a rebellion, and in episode four, he aligns with the Lancasters. Later, he even aligns with the French.
The acting, in general, is terrific, and the series, filmed in Flanders, looks very good. There is telling of real, intriguing history here, plus, of course, the character and event embellishments that make for good drama. The BBC has been quoted as saying there will not be a second season, but Starz reportedly is trying to create a follow-up season. There are 11 short extras, including a look at the role of women at the time. Grade: miniseries 3.5 stars; extras 2.25 stars
Killing Kennedy (Fox, Blu-ray or standard DVD, NR, 87 min.). This National Geographic telefilm is an adaptation of Fox News' Bill O'Reily's book of the same name. There really is not much new here as the film follows the lives of President John F. Kennedy (an okay performance by Rob Lowe) and his accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald (a more than decent job by Will Rothhaar) up until that fateful Nov. 22, 1963 crossing of paths in Dallas.
For such a short film (even the extended version is less than three minutes longer), it is surprising to see JFK's womanizing hinted at, and poor Ginnifer Goodwin is given almost nothing to do as Jacqueline Kennedy until her grief scenes. By far, the best acting here portrays the Oswalds, with Michelle Trachtenberg very good as Oswald's Russian wife Marina. Real-life news footage of the time is used in the film, including the segments on the Bay of Pigs failed invasion of Cuba, the Cuban Missle Crisis (the capitalization is justified because we really felt World War III might have broken out at the time) and the assassination itself.
DVD extras include a making-of feature, an interview with O'Reilly and a look at the Kennedy mystique. They are all rather routine as well. Grade: film 2.5 stars; extras 1 star


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Improvements in Pressure Sensors Help Medical Equipment Design
Goals of new medical equipment design include small size, low cost, low power consumption, and a quiet user experience. Evolving technology embedded in pressure sensors and signal conditioning ICs allows for design improvements and the inclusion of new features in medical equipment. This article highlights specific examples in the design of breathing equipment and oxygen concentrators.
Pressure sensor qualities affect all types of medical equipment, including blood pressure measurement devices, hospital beds, infusion pumps, dialysis machines, deep vein thrombosis equipment, and more. Recent improvements to these components enhance the flexibility medical device designers have when developing new products.
Fully compensated, signal-conditioned sensors with either an analog or digital
The most obvious feature for pressure sensors in breathing applications, such as ventilators, respirators, and sleep apnea equipment, is the accurate and sensitive measurement of breathing rate. Detection of low pressures for these applications has traditionally been expensive, with difficulty in finding a cost-effective sensor sensitive enough for low breath detection.
Two new design improvements in pressure sensing have alleviated design concerns for low breath detection sensing. First, sensing technologies with sophisticated signal conditioning or MEMs-based thermo-anemometry allow for the measurement of extremely low pressures under one inch of water and come with bi-directional measurement capabilities. Previously, these sensors were cost-prohibitive or did not exist. These pressure sensors are excellent for applications demanding the lowest sensitivity. Next, the availability of low cost signal conditioning chips allow designers of breath detection equipment to use a less expensive pressure sensor, such as one measuring four inches of water, and amplify the output for one to two inches of water measurement range.
Low power pressure sensors also provide advantages for the medical equipment designer. Combined with the lower sensor costs and improved sensitivity previously described, new variations of breath detection equipment reaching new markets and applications are created. Breath detection equipment is more cost-effective and more portable, allowing for use by more patients.
Concentrators and Conservers
Oxygen concentrators and conservers are being designed for more portability and for use at the patient's bedside. Size, low power, and reduced sound are important design elements for the medical designer.
Pressure sensor with MEMS-based thermo-aneomometry easily measure under 1 in. of water
Another trend in sensing technology is the availability of more flexible sensor signal conditioning chips. The designer can now take a standard pressure sensor and, with the use of an SSC, customize a very narrow pressure measurement range as well as create the functionality of a pressure switch within the sensor itself. Thus, in an oxygen concentrator or conserver, a switch output can be created to increase the flow of oxygen at a certain set point. The pressure sensing output can continuously monitor the flow rate, which can then be reduced when the required threshold is met. The oxygen concentrator designer gets the best of worlds, a switch and a sensor combined in one component.
Small size gives designers flexibility for space constrained areas
Design Implications
The many improvements in sensor functionality offer significantly more flexibility for the medical equipment designer. A fully packaged, signal conditioned sensor can be purchased for immediate installation. Alternatively, the availability of lower cost signal conditioning chips embedded with many features enables the designer to create a custom sensor solution by incorporating an unamplified pressure sensor and integrating a signal conditioning chip to meet a specific sensing requirement. The small size combined with low cost and included calibration allow for use in disposable applications.
In summary, power management, better accuracy, more sensitivity, and fewer components provide the ability to lower operating cost of the medical equipment, improve reliability, and increase functionality. With increasing market pressure to reduce medical costs, cost-effective and creative medical equipment solutions benefit both patients and manufacturers.
David Ezekiel is vice president of Servoflo Corp., a provider of pressure sensors, humidity sensors, and sensor signal conditioning. He can be reached at 781-862-9572 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Cosplayer Patches > Costume of Queen Nehelenia (Sailor Moon Sailor Stars)
- Most Recent Photo
- 10-11-2012
- Series
- Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
- Character
- Queen Nehelenia
- Year Completed:
- 2012
- Construction Difficulty:
- Normal
- Costume worn at:
- ColossalCon (Cleveland) 2012
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
Made from mostly casa satin/crepe/organza from a store-bought-then-modified pattern. Beads are wooden beads I had to paint so I could get the right sizes. Headpiece slips up under the wig and is made from Sculpey, Sintra (for the swirly bit) and resin. Dat cape...
- Personal Thoughts:
- I wanted to make a dress ^^;....and be evil. I hate long wigs. I really hate long curly wigs. Needs some fixing/finishing to before I'll wear it again and then probably just for some photos. It's not a great costume to walk around a con in for me.
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TORONTO - Toronto FC has added another piece to its constantly evolving roster.
Defender Richard Eckersley has been brought in on loan from Burnley of England.
The 22-year-old was good enough to spend considerable time with the under-17 and under-18 sides of powerhouse Manchester United but made only two appearances with the main club.
He has moved around since then, going from Burnley, to loan agreements with Plymouth Argyle, Bradford and City and Bury, before rejoining his former Plymouth coach Paul Mariner in Toronto.
Mariner is TFCs director of player development.
Paul knows Richard very well and I am convinced he can fit into our system, TFC head coach Aron Winter said in a release.
He plays just the way Aron and Bob want to play building up from the back. Hes very quick, has two good feet can play left back and right back but his best position is right back, Mariner said.
He will be a good addition for us.
The sturdy 6-foot Eckersley was expected to arrive in Toronto on Friday but it will likely take some time until he is fit and comfortable enough to step into the lineup.
His new teammates will clash with D.C. United on Saturday at BMO Field.
D.C. was the worst team in Major League Soccer last season, but upset the Reds 1-0 at BMO late last season, causing the frustrated fans on hand to boo the team off of the pitch. The Reds got revenge in the final game of the season, winning 3-2 in Washington.
Since then, United has lost its longtime star Jaime Moreno to retirement, but added Charlie Davies, who leads MLS with four goals.
Davies has been coming off the bench as he recovers from an injury that hobbled him for over a year, but might be ready to start, despite some new aches and pains.
Torontos defence has allowed only a single goal in its past two games, but thats as much a result of help from Stefan Freis crossbar and goalposts than a backline that has found its form.
This remains very much a work in progress that will take time.
The return of Julian de Guzman in the midfield has been a big help and Adrian Cann has been a standout in the middle of the backline, but other defenders have had their share of shaky moments.
As a result, Winter has constantly tinkered, sending Nana Attakora, Dan Gargan and Mikael Yourassowsky in and out of the lineup. Ty Harden has spent a lot of time at right back and Attakora was unsuccessfully shifted there before moving back to his preferred spot.
While Torontos recent run of draws is better than a string of losses, the club must take three points out of this matchup, something Cann made very clear in the aftermath of Wednesdays 0-0 tie with David Beckhams Los Angeles Galaxy.
Both these clubs put particular emphasis on developing homegrown players.
D.C. recently became the first MLS team to have three homegrown players on the field at the same time, while TFC has a number of graduates from its academy on its roster, including Oscar Cordon, who made his league debut against the Galaxy.
Captain Maicon Santos is expected to return to the lineup after sitting out on Wednesday with the flu.
Striker Alan Gordons status (groin) is less clear.
Its possible he can play, but I have to think about it ... next week we have another game and you have to be careful with (injured) players, Winter said.


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Mark Levinson No.38S preamplifier Specifications
Description: Remote-controlled dual-mono line-stage preamplifier with programmable input level offsets, input labels, and mute. Gain: 73.1dB to +18.9dB plus "off." Inputs: two stereo balanced (XLR), four single-ended (RCA), one Mark Levinson Link communications connector, one 1/8" minijack for external IR repeater. Outputs: one balanced stereo main output pair (XLR), one single-ended stereo main output pair (RCA), two stereo record outputs (RCA), one Mark Levinson Link communication connector. Input impedance: 100k ohms. Output impedance: <6 ohms. Input overload: >16V. Maximum output: 16V RMS, balanced. Power consumption: 40W.
Dimensions: 15.75" (400mm) W by 14.3" (363.2mm) D by 3.84" (97.5mm) H. Weight: 35 lbs (16kg).
Serial number of unit reviewed: 2188.
Price: $6495 (1995); no longer available (2009). Approximate number of dealers: 75.
Manufacturer: Madrigal Audio Laboratories, Middletown, CT 06457 (1995); Mark Levinson division of the Harman Consumer Group, 1718 W. Mishawaka Road, Elkhart, IN 46517. Tel: (516) 594-0300. Web: www.marklevinson.com (2009).


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Bird Conservation
The Burrowing Owl is a buffy-colored,
long-legged owl with large, yellow eyes. This diurnal species
can be seen sitting in open areas in small family groups, apparently
unphased by the hot afternoon sun. Burrowing Owls are much
loved by the native islanders and appear on Aruba's currency
and postal stamps. Sadly, their populations seem to have declined
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Cosplayer Bamboo > Costume of Nico Yazawa (Love Live!)
- Most Recent Photo
- 07-16-2015
- Series
- Love Live!
- Character
- Nico Yazawa
- Special Variation:
- School Uniform
- Year Completed:
- 2014
- Construction Difficulty:
- Very Easy
- Costume worn at:
- Anime LA 2014
- Comic-Con / San Diego Comic Con International 2015
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
The fabric for the skirt and necktie was designed especially by Sparklepipsi on Spoonflower for the purpose of Love Live cosplay, so she gets all the credit for making this costume look accurate!
The costume itself was very straightforward. The skirt fabric was designed to have the pleats be in the correct position, and aside from the skirt and necktie, everything else could be bought or pulled from my closet (sweater was bought on Amazon; brand is "Private Label")
- Personal Thoughts:
- I love Love Live! And when I heard that a friend was going to dress up from the series, I immediately wanted in on it.
Wig Details
- Wig Review
- Updating costume to add a wig! Just trimmed the bangs and added some spray to keep the bangs in place.
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