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This unique sushi is created out of three separate layers and a variety of vegetables and fish.
- 4 1/2 ounces (120g) prepared sushi rice
- 1 sheet nori
- 4 cucumber strips
- 2 3/4 ounces (80g) fresh salmon
- 1/4 avocado, sliced
- 1 1/3 ounces (40g) sea bass
- 4 slices boiled prawns
- 1/4 teaspoon wasabi paste
- 1 radish, to garnish
- 1/4 ounce (5g) salmon roe
- 1/4 ounce (5g) tobiko roe
- Watercress, to garnish
Part 1
Making the Sushi
1Wet your hands. Ensure that your hands are wet, but never dripping, at all times. This is to avoid the rice sticking on your fingers and palms.
2Spread the rice. Cover the nori sheet, placed on a bamboo sheet, and spread the rice evenly.
3Place the nori on one side of the bamboo sheet. Fold the other half of the bamboo sheet over the rice and flip the sushi upside down.
- The rice part should now be on the bamboo sheet and the nori facing you.
Part 2
Adding Toppings to the Nori
1Spread the wasabi. Use a very small amount of wasabi in a horizontal line in the center of the nori sheet.
2Add the sushi fillings.
- Lay the cucumber strips on top of the wasabi line in a row.
- Layer half of the salmon on top of the cucumber.
- Add two slices of avocado last.
3Roll the sushi. Place your thumbs over the side of the bamboo mat closest to you, and your fingers on the toppings to keep them in place. Roll the sushi over to cover the toppings and then continue to roll.
Part 3
Garnishing and Serving the Sushi
1"Color" the top of the roll. Use the prawns, the rest of the avocado and salmon, and sea bass to layer a colorful presentation.
2Press the toppings down. Cover the sushi roll with your bamboo mat. Gently press down to allow the toppings to "stick" on the rice.
3Cut the sushi. Wet a sharp knife and use one quick, but sharp motion to cut the sushi in half. Place the two halves alongside each other and cut them into four pieces.
- Using straight and quick cuts will give you, not only perfect slices, but also won't dull into and snag the nori. Snagging the nori while cutting will flop the roll and tumble the fillings and rice.
4Serve the sushi. Put your sushi onto a serving plate and add a very small amount of wasabi onto the top of each small roll.
5Top the sushi. Place a slice of radish on top of the wasabi and garnish with salmon, tobiko roe and a sprinkle of watercress. Serve with soy sauce on the side.
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Better weather conditions for hunting and a Friday holiday for some were the likely reasons deer registrations climbed to within seven percent of the 2010 season-to-date level after the second weekend of the 2011 firearms deer season, according to Minnesota DNR officials.
Final numbers from the second weekend show that hunters had harvested 143,000 deer after nine days, down only seven percent from the 2010 to-date harvest of 153,000. During the second weekend, hunters registered approximately 27,000 deer compared with about 22,000 last year.
"Veterans Day usually falls during the week, meaning many hunters have only Saturday and Sunday to hunt," said Lou Cornicelli, DNR wildlife research manager. "With the holiday on Friday this year, hunters had an additional day to spend in the field, and the wind was more favorable."
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Ok, I am kindof a newbie, I used to be really uptodate with everything about 3 years back but lost interest for a while and am back trying to figure something out,
Problem: I am trying to burn a file to dvd using adobe encore, it is already an mpeg file which was taken from a non copyrighted dvd, I used magic dvd ripper to take it from dvd to mpeg, well I can play the files in windows media player and view the files in multiple programs, except adobe premier cs3 and encore, I used video inspector which shows I have the codecs(already knew that), but when I try to open it in a adobe product it does not import correctly sometimes I get nothing, othertimes I get a long green footage with the original audio, video inspector says it is an incomplete file, I am not sure if it is the same as open gop or not. but I suspect that this is why adobe will not read it, but again I am not sure,
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Try instead vob2mpg or pgcdemux and split to video and audio streams and import in adobe encore.
If that wont help then post the video details from the vob/mpg using mediainfo.
Great Thanks,
I will try that as soon as I can, the only problem is the dvds are in north carolina, and I am in utah, I will be able to get them again in about 2-3 weeks, does anyone know of any solutions without ripping again I would really appreciate it, if not I guess I will just have to get them back again
Sorry, almost forgot here is the media info, if this helps clarify, the file is only 45 minutes long, but mediainfo says 13hrs
Complete name : C:\Users\Travis\Desktop\TITLE03.mpg
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
File size : 1.10 GiB
Duration : 13h 39mn
Overal bit rate : 192 Kbps
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
if you have dvdlab it can re-write the gop timecodes after a demux and then you could re-author it to a new dvd. or you can try restream an check the box to reset timestamps, but you may have to de-mux it first to .m2v as for encore it probably doesn't like the ac-3 audio. again de-mux it and encore will accept the .m2v video only stream.
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Tonight's CFL on CBC broadcast is brought to you by the new Whisper 2000. If you turn it up real loud, you can hear Chris Walby doing colour commentary from his basement.
LOCKOUT FEVER: First the NHL lockout proved to be a big success, creating a much more level playing field for the whole league and hopefully resurrecting small-market franchises. The CBC lockout is looking pretty good as well -- getting Sean Millington off the air has to be considered a victory in itself ... Millington admitted the lockout was the only reason he was returning to the CFL. If he plays as well in Toronto as he did with the Bombers a few years back, the rest of the league will owe the CBC a great big thank you ... Millington returned. Hank Ilesic might return. Can Dieter Brock be far behind? ... Good move by CJOB to put CFL games involving teams other than the Bombers on the radio. It serves as a reminder of just how much better Bob Irving is than all the other play-by-play men in the league. Irving is calm, cool and objective. The other guys? Not so much ... Montreal Alouettes receiver Terry Vaughn this week revealed he suffers from narcolepsy, which causes him to fall asleep in unusual situations. This is the same affliction apparently shared by all members of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defence last night ... We recently heard that Bombers quarterback Spergon Wynn underwent knee surgery and is out of action for a month. Until then we were starting to wonder if he had gone into the witness protection program ... The Mardi Gras Madness promotion put on by the Ottawa Renegades sure didn't last very long. Would that make it a flash in the pan?
HUMAN HIGHLIGHT REEL: In hockey news this week, defenceman Stephane Quintal retired from the NHL, which is impressive as few of us expected him to play even one more season after his stint as a human highlight reel -- for the other team -- with the Winnipeg Jets 10 years ago ... All you need to know about the Toronto Blue Jays pitching without Roy Halladay and Ted Lilly is this. In a blowout loss to the Detroit Tigers this week, the Jays used pitchers named Bush and League ... It's official: with his arrest this week, Lawrence Phillips has appeared more times on police blotter than in professional football games. A one-time sure-fire star running back, Phillips is likely done as a football player, but his recent arrest for running into three teenagers with a stolen car while on the lam for choking his girlfriend into unconsciousness should cement his spot in the sports jerks hall of fame ... Wasn't it fitting that a day after Phillips was busted, hockey's own Bob Probert got into the act and got himself arrested for a probation violation. The only thing needed to complete the bad boy hat trick was for a baseball player to show his stuff and, wouldn't you know it, Dwight Gooden came through in the clutch, driving away from police after getting stopped on suspicion of drunk driving. Adding in the antics of Terrell Owens, Antonio Gates and the usual assortment of steroid-gobbling baseball players, it was a banner week for the dark side of sports ... Say what you will about the same baseball teams succeeding year after year because of money, but sometimes great management trumps all. The Atlanta Braves, with 16 rookies on their roster, are well on their way to another NL East title, making us wonder if manager Bobby Cox has more magic up his sleeve than Harry Potter -- at least during every month except October.
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A United Nations school crammed with people displaced by Israel's war with Palestinian militants was hit in shelling in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, killing at least 16 people and injuring scores more, local officials said.
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Interstate 635's tolled managed lanes between Preston Road and Greenville Avenue saw a new dynamic pricing system go into effect last week. What do you think of the role tolls play in Texas transportation funding?
Susan Wilson, Dallas: Funding of roads via a tax on gasoline or toll roads is fine with me. One can avoid toll roads and use public transportation. Driving around Dallas will eventually be painful to the point [that] we get serious about an efficient and effective public transportation system — buses, trains, etc. — as in France and the United Kingdom.
Roland Freeman, Dallas: As long as we are unwilling to raise the 20-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax that [Texas] A&M says means the average Texas driver pays [roughly] $10 a month toward highways, we will have gridlock without the toll option. I use them for speed, and when I don't, I hope everyone else does to clear the freeway.
Peter Gudmundsson, Preston Hollow: Variably priced tolls make perfect sense as long as drivers understand the rates and times so they can adjust their driving habits. If the prices seem like capricious punishment, they will be opposed as punitive. On the other hand, if they are predictable and disclosed, most will understand them to be a logical, market-based solution to congestion.
Stephen L. Love, Northwest Dallas: Since our legislature refuses to tax all the persons who benefit from our roads and highways, unless we want to go back to cow tracks, our only recourse is to tax the people who have to drive on those roads, even if they might be the least able to afford the extra cost.
Robert Henderson, Turtle Creek: I believe there are certain times and places where toll roads make sense. For example, I doubt the Dallas North Tollway would have ever been built had it not been created as a toll road. However, I think the sprawl of toll roads all over the Dallas-Fort Worth area is very regressive and will become a cancer for which there is no cure. Fuel taxes are the fairest way to fund roads. The more you use the roads, the more you pay. It is probably one of the fairest taxes out there.
Golder Wilson, Dallas: I think tolls are the perfect way to finance highways — those who use them pay. [If you] don't want to use them, you don't have to pay.
Keith Jones, Uptown: So when do we realize that tolls are taxes? Our political leaders scream about raising taxes yet they have no problem with tolling every road in North Texas — and, for most of us, the tolls are costing us more than if they raised the tax on gas.
Dorothy Mundy, University Park: How many North Dallas residents and voters know that virtually every new highway project in the Dallas-Fort Worth area includes plans for new tolls? I certainly had no idea. I thought I was seeing my tax dollars at work.
Rebecca Todd, Park Cities: [I] am deeply concerned. Nebulous toll amounts instead of fixed rates presume Texas drivers have unlimited amounts of money and disable drivers from holding [Texas Department of Transportation] and [North Texas Tollway Authority] accountable for their charges. This is an arrogant presumption.
Replacing free carpool lanes with toll lanes shows the NTTA and TXDOT's detachment from reality. People use free carpool lanes because they cannot afford toll roads or driving separately. Texas wants to penalize them for being thrifty?
Jean Anthony, Uptown: With the influx of people into the metroplex, I don't see that we have any choice but to welcome any and all changes to improve traffic. If this includes turning some free roads into toll roads, so be it.
Jeremy Larsen, Turtle Creek: It will be interesting to see how the advent of toll roads plays out in the longer term. Twenty years from now, we may have buyer's remorse for financing so many of our highways through tolls. However, given the current distaste for taxation, we have little choice but to rely on them in order to have modern roadways.
James S. Roberts, University Park: Toll roads are bad for Texans. Texas legislators siphoned off transportation revenues to other unrelated pet projects. No wonder roads [and] highways [are] in poor condition. [It's a] tragedy, yet [it's] not surprising. I boycott toll roads [and the] tollway as much as possible.
Byron Kisner, Dallas: In general, I am in favor of tolls because the people who get value from these roads should be the ones who pay for them. I have heard of toll roads built and managed by for-profit companies that charge tolls that are higher than produced value in order to increase the companies' profits. I do not believe that the tolls on LBJ [Freeway] will [be] subject to this kind of abuse.
Jim Fant, North Dallas: Gosh, I think the whole thing sounds fun — so modern and sophisticated. However, they need to explore even more possibilities: How about somehow hooking our [Global Positioning Systems] into their system and enabling them to blend in such factors as current Dow Jones reports, with the whole thing monitored by our financial advisers, stockbrokers and tax experts, who would then text us up-to-the-minute directions for the most cost-effective way to drive a few blocks while keeping our budgets in line? In that way, we'd know if it's a high-road day or a low-road day.
Marvin Brandt, Highland Park: It's hard enough for people to earn an income in today's world; now they are going to have to pay to go anywhere. I don't agree with it. Whoever planned the road system in Dallas must have been on drugs, anyway. It is pitiful, and now we get to pay for almost every trip out the door.
Richard Mayotte, Oak Lawn: It is quite clear now that the only way that the major urban areas in Texas will be able to get the highways necessary to move the increasingly heavy volume of vehicles is through public-private partnerships. This is due in large measure to the refusal of the Legislature and state government leadership to provide sufficient tax revenues for the purpose of building and maintaining highways. Citizens of Texas and people moving into the state who are lured by the "no state income tax" mantra should not be fooled.
Stephanie Mueller, Preston Hollow: There is no such thing as a free lunch. No one wants their taxes to go up, and federal funding for highway projects is scarce. Capitalism will draw private sources to fund needs. And supply and demand creates pricing structures that allow for charging more during peak times. We live in America; we need to get used to it. The tolls in Europe are far worse.
Randy Johnson, Dallas: Public highways should be just that: for the use of all the public. The roads should be supported by tax dollars, which are often a fairer system of payment than are tolls and other direct charges.
Harvey Richman, North Dallas: I would have thought that roads were one of the things we paid taxes for in the first place. In general, I'd rather pay a user fee for desirable but highly optional things than I would an increasing overall personal tax bill. However, adequate roads are not an option. The system as it is developing is exploitative, confusing and inflationary. True to past experience, city travel and city living in general will only continue to get more expensive and will considerably narrow personal choice.
Greg Nieberding, Downtown Dallas: Since the Texas legislature has decided that roads are not a priority, the only way to pay for the roads is with tolls. Of course, the ones who actually pay the tolls are thosethat must commute for their jobs, daycare [or] schools for their children, and those tolls take a much greater percentage of their income than those who can afford to live in the best communities with the shortest commutes to their offices.
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Bangai-O Spirits[1] is an action game for the Nintendo DS, and the sequel to Bangai-O which was released on the Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast.
Bangai-O Spirits is a side-scrolling shooting game with free-scrolling levels that extend horizontally and vertically. The player controls a robot with the ability to fly, but is still affected by gravity. He has seven weapons to choose from, and can perform melee attacks using a baseball bat or sword.
The game has 160 levels, and features a level editor to create more. Edited levels can be encoded in a sound that can be recorded with a computer and shared between players. This technology was inspired by the datacasettes used by some older computers, including the Sharp X1 on which Matsumoto learned to program.
Bangai-O Spirits has very little story line, and is not part of the same continuity as the previous game. The two new pilots are called Masato (boy) and Ruri (girl). The campaign mode is limited to a brief set of tutorial stages.
Upon completing all of the stages under "Treasure's Best" in free mode, a brief cutscene will play, with one of the characters saying "We're only here because the fanboys would throw a fit on the internet if the game didn't have an ending."
In a rare breach of the company's usual secrecy about future plans, developer Yoshiyuki Matsumoto first hinted at a sequel to Bangai-O in a 2003 interview on Sega's website to promote the game Astro Boy: Omega Factor. When asked what game he would like to create next, he said he would like to "carry out Bakuretsu Muteki Bangai-O's revenge." [2]
Treasure began working on a concept demo before a publisher was involved. Full production followed the completion of their previous handheld release, Bleach: Dark Souls. When publisher ESP approached them about a possible collaboration, Bangai-O seemed like a logical fit.[3] On September 11, 2007, Weekly Famitsu announced the game officially, and it was demonstrated at Tokyo Game Show later that month.
On August 12, 2008, the game has been released in North American by D3 Publisher of America.
Treasure has handled the localization for the game in-house, adding features they did not have time to include in the Japanese release.[4] Treasure previously did this with the North American version of Astro Boy: Omega Factor, which featured new enemies, difficulty modes, and refined level layouts, and is generally considered a stronger product than the original Japanese version.[citation needed]
The player is able to choose two weapons from a list that includes various missiles, melee weapons, and a defensive shield.
EX Weapons[edit]
The player is also able to choose two EX weapons from a list of homing, napalm, rebound, break, direction, reflector, and freeze. The use of the EX Attack unleashes loads of missiles. More missiles will be fired the longer one charges the attack, and the closer one is to enemy projectiles. The exception is the freeze EX Attack, which "freezes" the screen, but this is still affected by the amount of projectiles en route to the player. The direction EX attack sends all of the attack at a single enemy, while the reflector EX attack reflects all the enemy fire.
Other abilities[edit]
Also added is the ability for the player to dash. While dashing the player moves forward faster than normal and is able to both damage and travel through enemies and scenery but cannot fire.
A new defensive skill is the ability to knockback enemies and objects. The bat, dash, and reflect EX are the only ways to knockback enemies. Enemies that are knockedback can knockback other enemies which could cascade into a very large and damaging "wave" of knockedback enemies.
GameSpot gave the game 8.0/10.[5] It was a nominee for Best Shooting Game[6] and Best Use of Sound[7] for the Nintendo DS by IGN in their 2008 video game awards.
- ^ Bangai-O Spirits (バンガイオー魂 Bangaiō Supirittsu)
- ^ 開発者インタビュー「Creators Note」 #25 やいまん
- ^ IGN: Treasure Talks Bangai-O for DS
- ^ Bangai-O Spirits Nintendo DS Preview, Bangai-O Spirits Preview
- ^ http://www.gamespot.com/ds/action/bangaiospirits/review.html
- ^ "IGN DS: Best Shooting Game 2008". IGN. 2008-12-15. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- ^ "IGN DS: Best Use of Sound 2008". IGN.com. 2008-12-15. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Official DLC - Some levels and replays available for download.


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An early morning fire on the University of Minnesota's UMore Park property is under investigation by the Dakota County Sheriff's Department.
Called in just after 2 a.m. Thursday, the blaze leveled a pole barn off of Lone Rock Trail on the University-owned property.
Rosemount Fire was first at the scene, but the rural location necessitated the assistance of Farmington, Hastings and Randolph's fire departments, Rosemount fire chief Scott Aker said. The three assisting departments brought water tenders to the scene, keeping a constant flow of water for about five hours.
Assistant fire chief Jim Voelker said the shed and anything in it were a total loss.
"It was a pretty big fire," said Voelker.
Aker dismissed the assisting departments and most of his firefighters around 7 a.m. One rig, a Rosemount fire-rescue truck, stayed behind until about 9 a.m., because it got stuck in the soft, unfrozen ground.
The pole barn was used primarily for storage of hay bales and a few older pieces of machinery. The hay inside caused the fire to burn long and hot for several hours, Aker said. Once the blaze was knocked down enough, a front end loader was brought in to spread out the smoldering hay. Rosemount Fire left the pile to smolder. University staff will monitor the remains throughout the day and notify the fire department if there is a flare up, Aker said.
"We're working with the university to figure out what they want to do," Aker said.
Because all of Rosemount's trucks responded to the fire, Apple Valley sent rigs to cover Rosemount.
The pole barn was not used on a regular basis and was in a remote location on the property. Rosemount fire marshal John Kendall had not been to the scene by the time the fire department left Thursday, but Aker said Dakota County Sheriff's Deputies had been out to take a report. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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Went and competed in my first race a few weeks ago.I loved everything about racing and it is something I want to continue to do.I want to go to the races next year and be at a slightly more competitive state and fitness.I decided that a more structured methodical plan was the best way to further my riding skills and fitness.This is my current plan that I will begin implementing.
S-Rest and jog 2 miles possibly a light leisure ride
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We're featuring some of our favorite Etsy artists this season in our catalog and online, including Olive Yew Jewels' gold and rose gold bangles! Angela Parker-Kennedy takes a less-is-more approach to her jewelry design, and we love the simplicity of her handcrafted pieces. We met up with the North Carolina-based goldsmith to talk shop…
What's the Olive Yew origin story?
I began making jewelry after working for years in a corporate position. I was itchy to escape my cubicle, so I took some local metalsmithing classes and was hooked! My Etsy shop opened in April of 2011. I remember thinking that I always enjoyed making small things, and I always had a hard time finding jewelry simple enough for my tastes. It just made sense. Things were slow at first, but now it's my full time job!
What is your favorite part about working with metal, and how would you describe your design philosophy?
I love making items that people connect with enough to wear. A piece of jewelry is such a personal statement – I'm always amazed and honored to have people choose mine! I also love the possibility of metal. It's so much fun to push limits and I learn something new everyday!
My design philosophy is keep it simple. I like to keep things clean, and I have to pull myself back a lot from adding unnecessary bells and whistles. I think good design means (among other things) knowing when to stop.
How does being in Charlotte affect your art and your day-to-day life as a studio?
It's a quieter pace of life here, and it allows me to think and create in peace. I've lived in larger cities, but being close to my friends and family is important to me, and the climate here is great. In fact, my friends often help me out in the studio with shipping and packaging and odds & ends. I couldn't have done this without them.
Where do you like to turn to for inspiration?
Inspiration is everywhere, even at the supermarket. I'm constantly busted checking out rings, earrings, necklaces and earrings on folks. I can't help it. I like to see what people are wearing!
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Lincoln birthday ceremony draws enthusiastic crowd
Lincoln loved it.
The celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday – a Buffalo tradition well over a century old – went off Saturday afternoon in the Buffalo History Museum.
An enthusiastic crowd – which overflowed the museum's central court during a reading of the Gettysburg Address and music by a fife and drum band – enjoyed the display.
"Lincoln was such a great man," said Barbara McKee of East Amherst, "and they did such a nice tribute to him."
But Lincoln himself – also known as David Kreutz of Depew – might have enjoyed the day's events the most.
"He stands for freedoms, and the chance to get ahead in the world," said the 72-year-old Lincoln presenter, who was wearing an antique frock coat and tall hat for the occasion.
"He's a seedling for freedom."
The Buffalo commemoration is the oldest annual ceremony marking Lincoln's birthday in the nation, according to the history museum.
It has been 205 years since Lincoln's birth, on Feb. 12, 1809.
Kreutz, posing for pictures with admirers in the museum's gift shop, said that Lincoln's appeal is timeless. Still, this time of year, he said, he's extra busy. "February's always a good time," said Kreutz, who is retired from a career with GM and has been portraying Lincoln since 1996.
Kreutz was accompanied by Pat Petrie, a West Falls resident who was portraying Mary Todd Lincoln at the event. "There are actually eight layers of clothing," said Petrie, showing off her black paletote coat, full-skirted dress and bonnet.
So how does it feel to be Mary Todd, if only for the day? "Sitting is very easy," said Petrie. "I can't drive a car in it."
The Lincoln birthday celebration is particularly fitting, the historical presenters and re-enactors said, given that Lincoln came to Buffalo during his lifetime.
"Lincoln visited Buffalo," said Kreutz, who at 6 feet tall is about 4 inches shy of the 16th president.
Shaina Montalvo, a Buffalo resident attending the event, said that Lincoln is worth commemorating because "he was part of something bigger."
"He was just the beginning of a great America," said Montalvo.
And Kreutz, as Lincoln, said he loves delivering the speech he got to recite on Saturday.
"It's probably one of the best-known pieces of literature," he said, of the Gettysburg Address.
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The 49ers "have announced they won't be kicking off in a new Santa Clara stadium for at least five years, but talk of extending the team's stay at San Francisco's Candlestick Park seems just as stalled," according to Matier & Ross of the S.F. CHRONICLE. 49ers President & CEO Jed York said that he "hasn't talked to Mayor Gavin Newsom in two years and isn't holding his breath about the two having a meeting of the minds anytime soon." Newsom's Press Secretary, Tony Winnicker, said, "Unless the team ownership is prepared to make a longer term commitment to the city, the idea that the taxpayers of San Francisco are going to foot the bill for millions of dollars of new luxury boxes and TV flat screens is straight out of the fantasy football league." The 49ers' Candlestick lease "expires after the 2012 season," and "renewing the lease would mean signing on for another five years." Team officials so far "haven't signaled they're ready to do that -- but then the Niners have a pending $60 million maintenance claim against the city and are pressing for tens of millions more in renovations, including a new area for club seating" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 10/25).
IF YOU BUILD IT, WILL THEY COME? In L.A., Vincent Bonsignore wrote Majestic Realty Chair & CEO Ed Roski's City of Industry NFL stadium "might be as shovel-ready as he claims, but until someone actually decides to scorn their current city and commit to moving to L.A., the shovels will remain in a workshed." The "problem for Roski" is that "every day that passes without a commitment is another opportunity for Tim Leiweke, Casey Wasserman and the Anschutz Entertainment Group for a $1 billion downtown stadium proposal to gain ground on his $800 million Industry project, which is about a year ahead of AEG at this point and has full approval for construction." With the NFL "focused on getting a new collective bargaining agreement in place," AEG "should have sufficient time to make up the necessary ground." The "bottom line" is that Roski and AEG, who teamed to build Staples Center, "seem headed toward a spirited battle" (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 10/24).


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Barrett: The 84 anglers reported 1,144 bass, 50 bluegill and 4 crappie, all released. Open Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday by reservation only. Reservations may be obtained from Ticketmaster at ticketmaster.com.
Chollas: Open daily to youngsters 15 and under. San Diego Fly Fishers sponsors a Lend-A-Rod program on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., It includes free bait and tackle and fishing tips. Good perimeter hiking trail, with shady spots for picnicking.
Cuyamaca: Trout fishing still the ticket, but you have to go into deeper water to find them. Crappie and catfish biting. Rod and Tom Knochenhawer, 5 trout, Power Bait and night crawlers. Manola Del Pozzo, 4 trout, Power Bait. Carly Childress, 10 crappie, wax worms. Open daily. All boats, kayaks, float tubes and waders must be decontaminated to prevent the spread of quagga mussels in the lake. Excellent hiking opportunities, with trails leading into Rancho Cuyamaca State Park. Good peak climbs include Stonewall, Cuyamaca Peak and North Peak.
Diamond Valley Lake: Open daily.
Dixon: Lake is getting 1,000 pounds of channel catfish this week, so fishing should heat up. Most of the fish are in the 1- to 2-pound range, but there are bigger channel catfish in the lake. The lake is open every Thursday and Friday night to fishing. Daley Ranch has a network of excellent trails for hiking and equestrian. Open daily.
El Capitan: The 45 anglers reported 57 bass released and 6 bluegill. Fishing and water activities permitted Thursdays through Saturdays, with Sundays reserved for water contact only. Fishing only on Mondays. Water contact activities include water-skiing, wake-boarding, Jet Skis, towing inflatables. All persons entering reservoir property must purchase a day-use permit. Boat rentals on Saturday and Sunday.
Henshaw: Good fishing for a multiple of species, but mostly channel catfish, carp and crappie active. Lake is open every Friday and Saturday night for fishing until 10 p.m. Lee Mallory, Hemet, 43 crappie, two days, fishing from the Fishing Float. The crappie weighed up to 1½ pounds. Eric Pascascro and Joshua Pascascro, both of La Quinta, caught a combined 40 crappie, with the best going 1 pound. Catfish action remains strong. Tha Phasout, San Diego, limit of five channel catfish, each weighing up to 2 pounds. Bob Gillespie, limit of 5 channel catfish. Tony Maceda, Ramona, 12 channel catfish, mackerel, with each averaging 2 pounds. Dennis Whyte, Santa Ysabel, limit of 25 crappie, minnows, through the holes in the Fishing Float. Vanna Bouaphavondg, San Diego, Piakeo Bounnhing, San Diego, and Phon Sithidej, National City, 10 channel catfish, heaviest 3 pounds. Spencer and Avery Suazo and Chad Stephens, Lakeside, caught and released 11 bass, heaviest going 8 pounds. Dennis Whyte, Santa Ysabel, 7 bass, released. Zino Nakasuji, Los Alamitos, and Mike Ward, LaVerne, 2 carp, inlcluding a 6-pounder. Open daily, including Friday and Saturday for night fishing.
Hodges: The 52 anglers reported 6 bass kept, 58 bass released, 17 bluegill. Network of trails include the San Dieguito River Park and a pedestrian bridge connecting the south and north shores in the eastern part of the lake. Open Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
Jennings: Good catfish action highlighted the midsummer fishing. Cloister Cove and Hermit Cove continue to be the hot spots. Best baits continue to be chicken livers, shrimp, hot dogs, night crawlers, all scented heavily. Early morning bite for bass should improve as the lake is drawn down and crawdads begin getting uncovered. Try No. 13 silver Rapalas for the early-morning bite. Zara Spooks and drop-shotted 4-inch worms also working. Water remains cool, in the 78-degree range, 3 to 4 degrees cooler than normal this time of year. John Visser continued his assault on the channel catfish in Jennings. Visser, Jake Alirez and Melody Noble, Lemon Grove, caught 15 channel catfish using chicken livers dipped in Secret 7 sauce. Another 1,000 pounds of Rock and Fish Ranch channel catfish due this week. Great hiking opportunities on perimeter road and on trails. Camping available at the campground on the west side of the lake. Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Friday and Saturday for night fishing. Check lakejennings.org for more information.
Loveland: Open daily to hike-in fishing only on a limited area of shoreline. No permits required. Fishing license is required. There's a 140-foot fishing pier on the west side of the fishing cove.
Miramar: The 63 anglers reported 17 bass (all released), 19 bluegill, 2 channel catfish. Open daily to fishing and boating. Vehicles may be driven to the north shore of the lake Saturdays through Tuesdays. Perimeter road is paved and used by walkers, runners rollerbladers and bicyclists. Crowded on weekends. Picnic area on the southeast side of the lake and a few spots on the northwest shore. Pay fees at iron ranger or electronic pay station near the concession building. No boat rentals. Launch ramp is back in service.
Morena: Pacific Crest Trail, which starts south of Campo at the U.S.-Mexican border, cuts through the eastern side of the park. Good hiking from the campground on the east shore to the dam. Open daily.
Murray: Perimeter road is mostly paved and frequented by walkers, runners, rollerbladers and bicyclists. Cowles Mountain, the highest and most-hiked peak in the city, gets a lot of visitors. Open daily to fishing and boating. No boat rentals. Pay fees at iron rangers near the abandoned concession building or at key access points.
Otay, Lower: The 226 fishermen checked reported 19 bass kept (218 released), 271 bluegill, 3 channel catfish. Shoreline access is limited. North shore has some good spots. Access road on the west side reaches fishing pier and some shoreline fishing areas. Open Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Pay fees at iron rangers near the boat launch and abandoned concession building. Boat rentals available on Saturday and Sunday.
Otay, Upper: The 12 anglers reported 11 bass and 8 bluegill, all released. No boats permitted, so float-tubing, wading and shoreline fishing are good options. Great hike around the perimeter. Open Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday for fishing, sunrise to sunset. Upper Otay is a catch-and-release fishery. Bait is not permitted, only artificial lures with barbless hooks.
Poway: Catfishing remains steady. Jeff Kopischke won the Midnight Catfish Craze with an 8.15-pound channel catfish. Topwater action also fair for bass right now. Bass are busting on shad, so look for that. The lake level has stabilized and should stay the same for next 30 days, lake officials report. Good trail around the perimeter of the lake. Also great hiking in the Blue Sky Reserve, with a hike up to Lake Ramona a tough one in the heat. Take plenty of water. Massive network of trails that include Mount Woodson and Iron Mountain. Open Wednesday through Sunday. In order to prevent the introduction and infestation of quagga mussels, the following items are prohibited at Lake Poway: float tubes, private motors and anchors, live bait containers, fish finders, floating catch baskets, live bait from any source other than the Lake Poway concession, any items the staff considers to be potential contaminants.
Santee Lakes: Next night fishing event is Thursday. Lakes 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be open 5 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Good for catfish. Hiking opportunities around the seven lakes. Lake 7 is reserved for campers, though. Good camping opportunities. Check santeelakes.com. Open daily.
San Vicente: Closed. For construction schedules and information on the Emergency Storage Project, go to the San Diego County Water Authority's website at sdcwa.org and click on San Vicente Dam Raise.
Sutherland: The 63 fishermen reported 50 bass released, 21 bluegill, 25 channel catfish and 37 carp. Hiking on the east shore is a great experience and opportunity to see mule deer, wild turkeys, bobcats and more. Open Saturday and Sunday.
Sweetwater: Could be a lot more, but limited shoreline fishing gives hikers a small amount of dirt to cover. Open Saturday, Sunday and Monday to limited shoreline fishing only.
Wohlford: Like Dixon, the lake is getting 1,000 pounds of channel catfish added this week to make for some good weekend fishing here. Good hiking trails, with paths through an oak grove on the southeast side. Open daily. Ban on private boats remains in place due to the threat of quagga mussels. Other banned equipment include canoes, kayaks, float tubes, trolling motors, fish finders, anchors, etc. Rental boats available.
Catfish: Dixon, Jennings and Wohlford, each with 1,000 pounds of channel catfish.
Local ocean overview: Albacore bit for 1½-day boats at the 100-mile range west of San Diego. There's also an area about 110 miles south that is holding albacore. Locally, sand bass and halibut are biting in the nearshore. Some yellowtail showing locally, too. Madison Rooney, 13, fishing with her grandfather, John E. Pye, on his boat, The Menu, caught a 30.9-pound yellowtail to take first place in the junior division of the Mission Bay Marlin Club Yellowtail Tournament. Threshers were spotted off Black's Beach yesterday, thrashing bait. White seabass continue to show and will take the market squid still showing in the area. Yellowtail action remains fair at the Coronado Islands, but the big news down that way is the sand bass action off Imperial Beach.
East Cape: Strong yellowfin bite last week helped things, with the fish ranging from 10 to 150 pounds. Dorado in the 10- to 50-pound range showing. Rooosterfish in the 50-pound class showing. Blue marlin are in, with a few caught and released last week. Also a couple of wahoo in the 60-pound range caught.
La Paz: Good fishing for dorado, tuna and jumbo squid. Dorado running in the 20-pound range. Tuna in the 100-pound class.
Cabo San Lucas: Fishing remains slow, with boats averaging one billfish per outing. But the Gaviota IV, with Octavio Castillo, reported three striped marlin released for one day of fishing. Also had the area's only wahoo.
The DFG now has dove hunt applications available for the 2010 season. The hunts will be held at 12 locations, with San Diego and Imperial counties the closest here. You don't need to draw to hunt the 25 fields planted with food plots by Desert Wildlife Unlimited, but you do need to apply for the Rancho Jamul dove hunts set for the morning of Sept. 4 and the afternoon of Sept. 5. That will be open to 60 hunters who are drawn in the lottery. Call (805) 965-3059 for more information. For more information, check dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunting/uplandgame/gamebird. Applications must be received by Tuesday, Aug. 10 at 5 p.m. Applicants will be drawn at random and successful applicants will be notified by mail within a week. The hunts were developed in cooperation with private landowners, Department of Water Resources, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Southern Tulare County Sportsman's Association and the DFG.
Young anglers get their choice of piers Saturday with tournaments scheduled for Shelter Island and Chystal piers. The IGFA-San Diego Sportfishing Council Young Anglers Tournament is set for Shelter Island Pier. Registration is at 9, with fishing starting at 10 a.m. Lots of raffle prizes and awards for top catches. The Ron Baker Kid's Tournament is set for Crystal Pier and starts at 8 a.m. Both tournaments will feature a free barbecue by Tommy Gomes' Crew. Gomes will be at Shelter Island Pier, while his split crew will handle the cooking and chores at Crystal Pier. Both events are free, and both offer loaner rods and reel and furnish tackle.
The Cable Park at Big Beat Lake is up and running, with two 20-foot towers equipped with a cable pulley system to tow wakeboarders of all skill levels. Cost is $25 per hour. It's located in Metcalf Bay, where the water is calmer than other areas of the lake. The Cable Park also is open to water skiing, wakeskating and kneeboarding. Call (909) 556-3345 or go to designatedwakesports.com
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Recent scientifi c advances allow the use of technology to expand the number of forms of energy that can be perceived by humans. Smart sensors can detect hazards that human
sensors are unable to perceive, for example radiation. This fusing of technology to human's forms of perception enables exciting new ways of perceiving the world around us. In this paper we describe the design of SpiderSense, a wearable device that projects the wearer's near environment on the skin and allows for directional awareness of objects around him. The millions of sensory receptors that cover the skin presents opportunities for conveying alerts and messages. We discuss the challenges and considerations of designing similar wearable devices.
There are three scenarios that can bene fit from the use of SpiderSense.
1. One of the wearer's senses has already identi ed an object and SpiderSense helps localize the direction of the object. Pedestrians for example when walking use their vision to locate obstacles and avoid them. By using SpiderSense they could bene t by feeling" on their body how far away, qualitatively, an obstacle is. This is especially useful if, at some point, the object is hidden from the wearer as they approach.
2. Sometimes senses are overwhelmed with information and SpiderSense may be used to ease the load on one sense by displaying this information through another sense. Firemen for example, when working in a hazardous environment have limited visibility because of smoke and need to be constantly aware of their surroundings to avoid falling debris for example. By using SpiderSense they get spatial information of the room from these Sensor Modules, therefore potentially allowing them to concentrate their vision on the re hazards.
3. There is an incoming obstacle or threat that is not being detected by any of the other senses (e.g. an intruder approaching from behind).
Alex Knapp at Forbes had coverage
The suit weighs a little over 3 pounds.
The prototype cost around $500.
Technology miniaturization and getting the SpiderSense into a production line will cut the costs down even more.
The preliminary experiments showed that the tactile display works well in outdoor environments where the number of obstacles is low. However this is more challenging indoors when the sensor modules overwhelm the user with tactile feedback.
We described how to calculate the maximum delay that occurs when using ultrasonic distance sensors to build a tactile display. While we identifi ed a positioning for the Sensor Modules that we believe is representative for 360o coverage, other confi gurations need to be evaluated as well. Psychophysical studies show that tactile distance is overestimated on areas with high mechanoreceptor density (as opposed to low) hence a more elaborate algorithm needs to take this into consideration when providing tactile feedback. Furthermore, we experimented only with a linear mapping between sensor distance and tactile pressure, therefore other mappings need to be investigated. It is conceivable that different environments will require di erent distance to pressure mappings.
Also to be determined is whether an individual, through long-term use of the sensors, can learn to adapt to them and begin to recognize signature patterns such as the feeling on both their arms whenever they walk through a door; and whether sequences of signature patterns can be remembered and therefore used to form a tactile map of the environment. Lastly it would be interesting to solicit the feedback of individuals who are visually handicapped to compare how well their current technologies (physical or ultrasound cane) compares to SpiderSense
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Contra Costa County has an extremely rare opportunity to make historic improvements to its broken criminal justice system. We have the resources available to test what would happen if we made deep investments in people by creating access to employment, housing, and services for every one of the 400 or so people with past felonies coming home under AB109.
It does not make sense to use these rare funds to simply expand jail facilities and replicate a system that is widely recognized as not working.
In October 2011, the new state legislation AB109 or "realignment" took effect, and the county became responsible for incarcerating and supervising an increased number of individuals with nonserious, nonsexual, and nonviolent offenses.
Realignment followed a 30-year escalation of mass incarceration and prison expansion, the cost of which became unbearable and forced the state to change direction.
The legislators writing AB109 hoped that the counties could figure out a way to do what it could not: reduce recidivism and find more effective ways of responding to crime.
With this shift in state policy, Contra Costa County will receive $19 million this year to fulfill this responsibility.
This is the first time the county has had significant funding available to implement policies and programs detailed in its Re-entry Strategic Plan, a detailed, 67-page plan developed with the input of more than 250 stakeholders and adopted by the Board of Supervisors (www.cocoreentry.org).
The plan includes strategies to address the 80 percent unemployment rate among residents recently returned from incarceration, the endemic homelessness and other challenges to successful reintegration.
One proposal for this funding is to use the biggest piece of it to build out and staff additional jail facilities.
The sheriff has asked for nearly $10 million for a plan that would add 150 jail beds and 24 deputies, among other additions.
Crowding at the county's jail population must be addressed and there are clear strategies for doing so that are backed by the county's strategic plan, scientific research and broad community support. Those are just beginning to be implemented in the county.
More than 80 percent of the people in our county jails are pretrial, they have not been sentenced, and many of them are simply there because they cannot afford their bail.
The lead agencies in our county justice system are in the process of reforming the bail process, reforms that in other counties have reduced the pretrial inmate population to less than 60 percent.
The county has also hired a re-entry coordinator to assist with implementation of the Re-entry Strategic Plan.
Finally, the Community Advisory Board on realignment has researched and recommended strategies for housing, employment, mental health and integrated services proven to reduce the rate of people re-offending.
This is the moment to invest in people by supporting these promising new approaches, rather than recommit the county to the costly continuation of a system proven to reproduce itself by failing to prevent most people from successfully redintegrating into our communities.
Years into the future, let us hope that 2012 is looked back on as the moment Contra Costa County embarked on a path toward a justice system that is safer, fairer, and more effective.
Please join us at the Community Corrections Partnerships meeting at 8 a.m. Thursday at 50 Douglas St. in Martinez.
Eli Moore is program director of the Pacific Institute; Adam Kruggel is executive director of the Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization; LaVern Vaughn is community researcher for Safe Return Project.


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Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical Sunset Boulevard comes to the London Coliseum, with Glenn Close reprising her Tony-Award winning role as Norma Desmond.
Sunset Boulevard is a compelling story of romance and obsession, based on Billy Wilder's classic film, with celebrated book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. When impoverished screenwriter Joe Gillis stumbles into the reclusive world of faded silent-screen goddess Norma Desmond, she sees the opportunity to make a comeback and rise to her former glory. He by turn is seduced by the actress and her luxurious lifestyle. But the entanglement between the pair is to have dramatic and tragic consequences.
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Lonny Price (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) returns to the London Coliseum to direct the strictly limited run of 43 performances.
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"I agree with almost all of the posts on this subject, but I have a problem with some of the terminology. The phrases "fight dirty" and "fair fight" should not
be allowed into this conversation. When you are fighting for your life, nothing is "dirty" fighting, "fair play" has no place in it, and I resent those terms being used to describe a life-or-death struggle."
The only fight that is dirty, is one I loose... It is my responsibility to be prepared and adhere to the instruction I have been given.
I was taught at a very young age to make it home for dinner and I intend to do that every day. (if you ever see my belly you will believe that I have not missed a meal
Any fight is a fight for my life and I will not loose. It is that simple. I am not going to break somebodys neck if it is not required to win, and if possible I will run away but I will not loose the fight. More then likely the only time I would not be able to run away is if my wife and kids are with me. In that case any threat is going to be considered as deadly or an iminent bodily harm threat in my mind, and I will do whatever is needed to protect them.
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