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The State of Working America
From reviews of previous editions—
"The State of Working America remains unrivaled as the most-trusted source for a comprehensive understanding of how working Americans and their families are faring in today's economy."—Robert B. Reich
"It is the inequality of wealth, argue the authors, rather than new technology (as some would have it), that is responsible for the failure of America's workplace to keep pace with the country's economic growth. The State of Working America is a well-written, soundly argued, and important reference book."—Library Journal
"An indispensable work on family income, wages, taxes, employment, and the distribution of wealth."—New York Review of Books
Since 1988, The State of Working America has provided a comprehensive answer to a question newly in vogue in this age of Occupy Wall Street: To what extent has overall economic growth translated into rising living standards for the vast majority of American workers and their families? In the 12th edition, Lawrence Mishel, Josh Bivens, Elise Gould, and Heidi Shierholz analyze a trove of data on income, jobs, mobility, poverty, wages, and wealth to demonstrate that rising economic inequality over the past three decades has decoupled overall economic growth from growth in the living standards of the vast majority.
The new edition of The State of Working America also expands on this analysis of American living standards, most notably by placing the Great Recession in historical context. The severe economic downturn that began in December 2007 came on the heels of a historically weak recovery following the 2001 recession, a recovery that saw many measures of living standards stagnate. The authors view the past decade as "lost" in terms of living standards growth, and warn that millions of American households face another decade of lost opportunity.
Especially troubling, the authors stress, is that while overall economic performance in the decades before the Great Recession was more than sufficient to broadly raise living standards, broad-based growth was blocked by rising inequality driven largely by policy choices. A determinedly data-driven narrative, The State of Working America remains the most comprehensive resource about the economic experience of working Americans.
Heidi Shierholz
Heidi Shierholz is an economist at the Economic Policy Institute and coauthor of and , 12th Edition, both from Cornell.
The State of Working America, 2008/2009
The State of Working America, prepared biennially since 1988 by the Economic Policy Institute, includes a wide variety of data on family incomes, wages, taxes, unemployment, wealth, and poverty.
The State of Working America
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His newest mansion, also in Beverly Hills, is about to hit the market, and it's nothing to scoff at, either. The mega-mansion, which was featured on Bravo's "Shahs of Sunset," will hit the market somewhere in the neighborhood of $60 million, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The home features a ballroom, a temperature-controlled Turkish-style bath with mosaic tiles and hand-carved Egyptian limestone columns, and a 50-seat media room. There is about 30,000 square feet of house above ground as well as a 14,000 square foot basement.
We grabbed some shots from Bravo's recent tour of the house.
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PSP: How many users here??
@Nokuthula sorry I didn;t see your original post but here is a link for a button tutorial http://digitalscrapbookplace.com/university/tutorials/psp_buttontut_eh.shtml
I am a PSP user, teacher and scripter. I started with PSP7 when my mom upgraded her. I got hooked right then. I have all the versions from 7 to X6 (only 7 is no longer installed on my computer). And they all run fine on my W7 machine (I am not about to install W8). I have to have them all since I need to test my scripts in all versions.
That's what I get for reading the forums before my required amount of coffee intake.
Carole, you put x6 and I got giddy thinking the next version had come out and jumped over to the website to see what's been fixed. lol
I love making and using scripts but I'm sure I haven't utilized them to their full potential.
Carole, you put x6 and I got giddy thinking the next version had come out and jumped over to the website to see what's been fixed. lol
Shh... it is not available ... yet.
I am on the beta testing team.
OMG... x6 is almost out?! I got x4 a year ago, and x5 came out a few months later... I just can't keep up.
Tutorial request for Paint Shop Pro are posted to the community. If you see one for Photoshop you may be able to adapt it to PSP.
Scrap Stuff With PSP -You can find a lot of resources including tutorials for Alpa,Frames,Ribbons,Buttons she has preset shapes for use as well
http://scrap-stuff-with-psp-tutorials.blogspot.com/ I love her site
This site also a Fave of mine has tutorials and free scripts it's called Humbug Graphics Galore I love going there as well
I hope these are helpful
Nokuthula, you can try using Photoshop tutorials and see is you are able to adjust them to PSP.
Hi I got PSP 9 for my birthday but I dont have a clue how to use it, at 59 the brain cells have stopped working. I am looking for bit of help if possible as I dont know where to start even after reading the instructions and watching utube. I also got photoshop elements 5 but thats just as bad. I feel like a right thickoooo.
@Nokuthula there is the old PSP forum you can go through. You may find something there.
Hi, Brill, thank you for the link I have bookmarked it to check t out.
Thank you so much, everyone iso hepful hear I am so glad I found this site.
thank you, I am bookmarking all the links so I n check them all out. I need a lot of help I think. I used to use a free paint.net prog. but PSP is so different.
Can I do most of what I need in Photoshop Elements?
Yes you can Vickie - specially if you´re not going to design your own papers and elements. Even this is possible to do in PSE, but then you´ll have some limitations - and will maybe need help of someone else to check some things for quality control...
Photoshop Elements is a scaled down version of Photoshop. So you can edit your pictures and complete your pages in PSE
I have used PSP since PSP4. Now on PSP X5. What I particularly like about it, and use more often than anything else, are the effects - especially the Kaleidoscope and Pattern sub-menus in the Reflection menu. Great for turning a small image into a full-size scrapbooking paper!
I have PSP x5 and x6 and love it. I am glad there are other PSP users here I also have PSE and sometimes hop back and forth between programs.
You girls who are on X6.... Where did you get your training on PSP? I'm looking for books, inexpensive classes, tutorials. Most of what I find on the net is either defunct or for older versions of PSP. I was hoping to even find a community that's just for PSP digiscrapping & might have mentoring and what not just like they do for all the Photoshop users.
I'm getting to the point that I'm considering jumping ship - I've been looking to no avail for quite some time, and I really wanted to be at a different place as a layout maker at this point (& maybe even try my hand at some designing - so I can make stuff that I want but can't find).
Everyone I know is a Photoshop user. And I see classes, tutorials, etc. being offered all the time - but they're all geared toward Photoshop. The only thing holding me back from the switch is I don't have $699 floating around (I'm a sahm & we really can't afford that) - that's the current cost of Photoshop CS6. And I don't want to do Photoshop Elements (which is a "light" version of Photoshop & even less powerful than PSP) or be a "renter" (which is what Adobe had moved toward).
Don't jump ship Lizanne Killian, I am on a forum that is for learning PSP - 3 versions X4 X5 and X6. I am loving it.
I hope it's ok to share the link to the other forum here. It is strictly learning the functions of PSP. They have a total of 90 lessons broken into 3 levels. You progress at your own pace, but must do at least 1 per week. You create a login, read the guidelines, fill out the questionnaire, then they assign you a mentor and you can get started. I love it.
Have you tried a Photoshop tutorial, Many of the tools are the same. You may have to look for something equal, but it does give you a starting point.
Lizanne, there is also the Campus where I do have a long term class where you learn to create many elements and effects. Right not, there are almost 150 tutorials. It is not free though, but all the tutorials are done using the latest version available at the time of recording. Also, I am always available to answer questions about X6 or any other version (I have been using PSP since version 7).
Let me know if you have ANY specific question about X6. I will be happy to help.
I am also open to suggestions to create live presentations to address whatever question anyone has.
Dawn, that site, Scrap Stuff with PSP is pretty old (last entry is from 2009) so the PSP version is likely something like version X or X1 at the most. The purchase link does not seem to work either.
@ Kat: Thank you! Bookmarking that... I'll try to check that out sometime tomorrow.
@ Judy: I've tried that before, but I'm not usually very successful with that... And with the discrepancy in names or tools (or said tools not even available in PSP), I sometimes end up frustrated.
@ Carole: I know about the Campus. But, as you brought up, there's the issue of the videos not being the same version I'm on (which would only add to my confusion). And, honestly, the Campus is not affordable to me (keep in mind I am a sahm, my family lives off one salary, and this is just a hobby - I must be very frugal in my purchases). Taking a college class on PSP would be more affordable, only I haven't found any. Though they teach Photoshop @ the Academy my older son attends!
@ Lizanne I do hope you join and you can message me here for any tips or help. I'm on facebook a lot, so if you are on there we should get together and we can chat about any issues. I have learned so much about how the program works. I truly think the workshop will help. It starts very basic but quickly moves into doing other things.
I think once you get the basics of how to use the program you can watch the videos on Scrapbook Campus and enjoy them too. I love both places.
As for loving place, I am in love with this site too. I am so happy I found it.
@ Kat: Thanks for the offer, but I'm not on FB. I'd be willing to email though, if that were okay with you. I signed up at that forum today & have been approved - just waiting to be assigned my mentor. I don't know what I'm going to learn, but I can't wait. Just curious, Kat - did you ever find any good books on digiscrapping in PSP? I had hoped I'd find one of those "dummies" books, but I've never come across one.
I'm glad you are going to try the forum for the workshop @ Lizanne Cassel has a kindle ebook that I have on my wishlist on Amazon, but I haven't purchased any other books.
I'm another PSP user. I started out on PSP7 years ago, upgraded to 8 and that's what I still use. I've got that one that I use at work. Here at home, I've had my Mac for a year, but since really wanting to get back to making graphics, just bought Pixelmator the other day since Corel doesn't make PSP for Macs. As for PSP, most things that people do in PS or PSE can be done in PSP. It just takes time to figure out what the equivalent is sometimes!
There's even less tutorial sites for Pixelmator, but it seems to have just about everything PSP does. It'll be interesting going from one program to another and seeing if I can open files saved in one to another and vice versa!
Okay, so I just downloaded the trial version of PSP Pro 6X. It looks a little like Pixelmator. Got to looking at when PSP8 came out and it was in 2003, so I figure if I like 6X I might upgrade. Anyone that's taken that big of a jump in versions think it's worth it?
This may help anyone who is trying to use a PS tut for PSP: PaintShopPro.info > Photoshop to Paint Shop Pro Term Dictionary
@Linda: That sounds like a great resource - thanks!


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Farewell to Cymre
It was going to happen eventually, but my good friend Cymre left the guild yesterday. Her other half, Coolidge, left a few months ago, with the thought of quitting game, and also our raid times were too difficult for his American time clock, he wasn't able to regularly attend. All those in Frosties know that Cym and Cool are almost inseparable and they like to do everything together. As most of Cym's friends are in Frostwolves, she stayed because I asked her to (she was going to leave as well, as she was feeling a bit emotional at the time), because I didn't want her to be lonely in WoW!
Cym and Cool came over from Khadgar (which is where Frostwolves was from originally) because her friends are here (one of the closest being me! She introduced me to WoW in 2005... and here I am still!). They have their own guild that they have had since Vanilla, Mischiefus, which was kind of like their own secret playground if you know what I mean /wink /nudge - populated with their mains and alts. On Khadgar they started doing some 10 mans but eventually decided to come over to Dath'remar. Maybe she missed me? :D But likely it was because they were looking for a fresh start and nicer ping.
Just recently, Coolidge decided not to quit WoW, and wanted to work with Cymre on levelling their own guild, so Cym has gone back to her own guild (where all her level 85 alts live anyway!) and work on her guild rep and maybe one day start a small raid guild again like she used to have on Khadgar.
People asked if I'm ok with her leaving. But she hasn't really gone anywhere, realID means that your friends are never far from you in WoW, so we will still talk as much as we ever did. And I have to say sometimes it can be really hard being an officer when good friends are in the guild! Bossing your friends around can be .. well... stressful!
But now Thraso is number one in achievment points in guild. That makes me number two. So at least I have an attainable goal now - see if I can have the most achievement points in the guild!


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Hubble Harvests Distant Solar System Objects
This is an artist's concept of a craggy piece of solar system debris that belongs to a class of bodies called trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). Most TNOs are small and faint, making them difficult to spot. Generally, they are more than 100 million times fainter than objects visible to the unaided eye. The newfound TNOs range from 25 to 60 miles (40-100 km) across. In this illustration, the distant Sun is reduced to a bright star at a distance of over 3 billion miles. Astronomers culling the data archives of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have added 14 new TNOs to the catalog. Their search method promises to turn up hundreds more.
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Alumnus Zhao Granted Tenure at University of Alberta
Dr. Vicky Zhao, a former Ph.D. student under Christine Yurie Kim Eminent Professor of Information Technology and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies K. J. Ray Liu, has been promoted to the position of Associate Professor with tenure in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Alberta, Canada.
Dr. Zhao also received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Signal Processing Society's (SPS) 2008 Young Author Best Paper Award, for a paper she co-authored with advisor, Prof. K.J. Ray Liu, titled "Behavior Forensics for Scalable Multiuser Collusion: Fairness vs Effectiveness".
Her research interests include: media-sharing social networks, information forensics and security and digital signal processing and communications.
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I am often reminded of a saying my friend and senior Sensei Pat Nakata is fond of: "There is a difference between practicing Karate for 30 years, and practicing Karate for 1 year 30 times.
Now, I have practiced Karate for over 30 years -- about 35 or 36 years. So it is easy for me to say that "I have practiced Karate for 35 years!" But have I really practiced Karate for 35 years, or have I practiced Karate for 1 year 35 times? Hmmmm?
The truth is probably somewhere in between. Each of my first few years were probably separate years, but I am sure that there were many years when I was stuck and doing the same things over and over again with little or no results. In that sense, these were "1 year over and over" years. I was stuck for a long time.
Then, in 2002, I was lucky enough to get unstuck, thanks to the help of many people and fine Sensei. Every year since then has definitely been a separate year -- no repeats.
So some of my 35 years have been separate years and some have been repeats. And I think that it is a natural thing. We all go through periods when we are learning and improving. We also go through periods when we reach a plateau and feel stuck. Sometimes we might even feel like we are moving backward.
During these difficult and frustrating times, the main thing is to keep practicing and not give up. If we give up, then it is all over. But if we keep working at it, we have the chance to reach the point where we can move forward.
In my case, I reached a point where my frustration was so great that I was figuratively dying for a solution. And when I had the opportunity to learn and move forward, my pent up frustration was turned into determination to practice hard, study what I had learned, and keep moving forward.
If things had always been easy for me, I don't think I would have had such determination. I probably would have taken things for granted.
It is not good to practice for 1 year 30 times. But it is pretty rare to be able to practice for 30 years straight with constant progress. Sometimes we reach plateaus and that is the time to work even harder and to examine what it is that is holding us back. Sometimes the mountain cannot be reached until you have crossed the plateau. Maybe crossing the plateu makes your legs strong enough to climb the mountain.
One of my sons was talking to me about Karate. He told me that he admired me for something. This was a little surprising to me because my sons and I generally tease each other and they are all stronger, faster, and in many ways better at Karate than me.
My son told me that he admired that I never gave up. As a result, I learned a new way to move (new to me) and so did my sons. If I had given up, my sons would not have learned how to move either, nor would our students.
Charles C. Goodin
30 Years Training
I am often reminded of a saying my friend and senior Sensei Pat Nakata is fond of: "There is a difference between practicing Karate for 30 years, and practicing Karate for 1 year 30 times.
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Thursday, September 30, 2010
What does it take for a student to become truly skilled at Karate? There are several things, but one of the most important is commitment.
Karate is very easy to start but very difficult to finish (actually, there is no finish as it is a lifelong pursuit). Many students begin Karate training filled with enthusiasm. But then they find that Karate training is hard work, not just for a few weeks or months, but for many years. I sometimes say that it takes about 10 years for a student to become pretty good at Karate. By this, I mean that the student will probably be comfortable with the curriculum by that time (know the basics and kata) and will probably be in pretty good shape. But this is just the starting point for continued training and refinement. Ten years is just a good start!
If that is true (that 10 years is just a good start), then the commitment required to learn Karate is pretty great, far greater than most students understand when they begin training.
Many Karate students are not athletic or even coordinated. Some are in bad shape, some are overweight, some have physical limitations or challenges, some begin training when they are older and aches and pains are part of everyday life. But a committed student, despite his challenges or limitations, will gradually improve. I have seen students overcome all kinds of problems and become quite skilled, confident, disciplined, and composed in the process. But it takes time and effort and in order to devote this much time and effort, the student must be committed.
Have you ever heard of a "mosquito student?" Here in Hawaii, that means a students who just shows up at class from time to time, like a mosquito buzzing in your ear. I don't know why, but I have also heard such students referred to as "mosquito fish." It is extremely hard for a student to learn if he does not attend class regularly and practice at home. It takes both. You come to class to learn and you practice at home.
My second son saw a student at our class. The student was doing very well. My son said, "You don't get like that by accident." It was obvious that this student, who attends class regularly, was also practicing diligently at home. Remember, you don't become skilled in Karate by accident, it takes time, effort, and commitment.
You might be thinking at this point that I mean commitment to the class, dojo, style, or association. No, I mean commitment to training -- commitment to Karate itself. Commitment to the other things might also be important, but skill comes from commitment to training (advancement may come from commitment to the other things).
In addition to "mosquito" students, there is also another kind. This student starts at one dojo, quits, joins another, quits, starts another style, quits, goes back to the first dojo, quits, starts/quits, starts/quits, on and on and on. Obviously, this will not lead to skill in Karate. The student may be able to superficially discuss Karate and other martial arts very well, but that is it.
A little Karate training is like being a little smart -- it is enough to get you in trouble but not enough to avoid trouble or get you out of it. This is important. Please remember it. A little Karate training is a dangerous thing.
I know many skilled Karate people. Some of the people I have met are truly amazing, despite the fact that they look and act like ordinary people. When people with minimal/shallow Karate experience, but a "big head" in Karate, meet and speak to such skilled Karate people, I always cringe. It would be like me talking to Einstein about physics. It would be like a child going up to a tiger and hitting it on the nose with stick. I just cringe.
But if the student is sincere and committed, more advanced students and instructors will always be understanding and supportive. "Just keep training," they will say, "and you will get it."
That is true. Just keep training. You will get it. The "secrets" of Karate are revealed to the student through training, particularly through training in the kata.
It takes time, effort, and commitment. If a student puts in the time and effort, and is committed, he will certainly improve and eventually become skilled in Karate. It will be no accident. It is certain to happen. But it will take a long time and buckets and buckets of sweat.
So attend your classes regularly (after you have attended to your work, school, and family obligations) and practice at home. You will make it. Try your best! And don't forget to encourage your juniors as you advance.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Thursday, September 30, 2010
All Different Karate
There are many ways to teach Karate (or any martial art for that manner). The way you might teach a 6 year old differs from the way you might teach a soldier in a hand-to-hand combat course. While I do not like tournaments and competitive forms of Karate, I do appreciate the dedication and hard work that many students devote to such events.
I respect many different ways to teach and practice Karate. My own approach is the one I feel most comfortable with at this point in my training and at this point in my life. I'm sure that my views will change and grow (hopefully) as I continue to mature in the art.
There are so many aspects to Karate. We all pursue a certain mix of these aspects. I work a lot on body dynamics, particularly the use of the koshi to generate and direct power. However, this is just one aspect of Karate. Body dynamics, by itself, is not Karate -- it is just one of many aspects (albeit an important one).
A diamond has many facets. That is what makes it beautiful.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Sometimes I hear about people who are caught driving while intoxicated. Here in Hawaii, that is called a "DUI".
I have noticed that people who are caught and charged with a DUI tend to complain about it -- how unfair it is. Sometimes they hire attorneys to try to get them out of the charge. They are not saying that the charges are untrue, just that it is somehow unfair. They will privately admit that they were drinking and were drunk -- they just don't want the DUI on their record.
It seems to me that a person who was caught driving drunk should get down on his hands and knees and thank the police officer for potentially saving his life and the lives of innocent people! Who knows what could have happened just a few minutes later?
A DUI is a terrible thing. It is an expensive and inconvenient thing. But that is to deter drunk driving. A DUI is bad, but killing yourself and others is far worse.
The way to avoid a DUI is to not drive when you have been drinking. And you know my feeling -- it is better not to drink at all.
Now if you were not drinking and were charged with a DUI wrongfully, then by all means you should fight it. But if you were guilty of the crime, you should face up to it and change your ways.
Just my two cents.
Oh, and if you are convicted of a DUI, when you eventually get your license back guess what happens to your insurance premiums?
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Clear Headed
One more on drinking.
If I allow myself to become drunk, how can I defend myself or loved ones if it becomes necessary to do so? Some of you might be thinking that a drunken Karate expert can still use his skills. While I do not necessarily agree with that (being drunk would affect one's physical control), there is another issue.
Karate is used for self defense as a last resort only -- correct? If I become drunk, will my judgment be clouded such that my determination of "last resort" can be called into question? Will my drunkenness make me more prone to fight or react in anger?
Let's say that I am drunk and am attacked. Will my actions be considered self defense? Will the fact that I am legally drunk factor into this question? I am pretty certain that it will.
How am I supposed to be able to determine whether or not a situation presents a "last resort" when I cannot walk in a straight line and say my name clearly? I suspect that the police would also arrest me for fighting and if the attacker was injured or killed, I could be charged with a crime.
That is one reason why a Karate student always has to be clear headed enough, not only to be able to defend himself and loved ones, but to make the determination of "last resort" and to know when enough is enough (when to terminate the use of force).
Changing the subject a little, have you ever heard of a Karate student or instructor coming to class after drinking alcohol or when drunk? In our dojo, I can say with certainty that any student who did so would be sent home immediately. And if an instructor did so, we would probably expel him (or her). There are children in our class and that is no place for alcohol.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Thursday, September 16, 2010
Armed and Dangerous Drinker
Let's say that a policeman goes to work. Naturally, he carries a gun (as part of his job). You wouldn't want this policeman to stop by a bar on the way home and get drunk while still carrying his weapon. You wouldn't want any drunken person to be carrying a gun!
The problem with Karate students is that we are always armed and dangerous. We are always carrying a weapon, so to speak. We cannot leave our Karate in the car, at work, or in a locker. It is with us 24 hours a day. Our Karate is with us when we are sober, and remains with us when we are drunk (or otherwise under the influence).
We have to control our drinking not only to protect ourselves, but in order to protect others from what we could do.
As Karate students, we are held to a higher standard of personal conduct... or at least we should be.
OK, you can blame me on this post too.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Designated Driver
Sometimes I hear about people who are going out drinking. Usually, one of the members of the group is named the designated driver. That person will not drink and is responsible for driving the others home safely. As far as it goes, that sounds like a good idea. Certainly, people who have been drinking should never drive.
But does having a designated driver mean that you can drink all you want without any concerns?
What if on the way home, there is an accident? What if the designated driver and others are injured? Will you be sober enough to rescue them?
What is your group is attacked in the parking lot of the bar?
What if the designated driver has a heart attack?
What if, what if, what if?
My point is that by putting your trust in a designated driver, you are giving up your own responsibility. You should always be your own designated driver. You should not rely on someone else when it comes to safety.
If I went out drinking with my wife and she was the designated driver, how could I protect her? If I were drunk, would I be clear headed enough and in control of my senses and body to defend her, and other loved ones?
I think not. I am responsible for myself and also for my family. That is not something I would delegate to anyone else. If I go out with my family, I am responsible for them. Each of my children is also responsible for themselves and the entire family. We are responsible for each other. We are not going to designate anyone to take that responsibility.
We live in a culture where drinking is glorified -- because the people who sell alcohol spend countless millions of dollars conditioning us to believe that drinking will make us somehow better, more attractive, cool, etc. The radio plays songs specifically about drinking. People have bought into the marketing.
I am always the designated driver of my own life. I cannot let alcohol or drugs interfere with that responsibility. And with Karate skills, being sober and in control of one's senses is even more important. Can you imagine a drunk Karate (or other martial arts) student losing control?
We are responsible for our actions. As Karate students, we have to be in control of ourselves at all times -- all times. That is the only way to ensure that should we have to use the destructive aspects of Karate, it will only be as a last resort -- not a drunken response.
For parents of teenagers and young adults, please feel free to share this post with them. You can blame it on me!
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Pinan Shodan -- Some Points
Last night we worked on Pinan Shodan at our dojo. That was the only kata we did and it was good to focus on the fine points.
As I have written before, I don't know what Itosu Sensei was thinking when he developed this kata, presumably for school children. Wow, what a hard kata!
I should clarify that. It is a pretty easy kata to do but a very difficult one to do well. The opening sequence itself it extremely difficult. I can honestly say that I have only seen two or three people do it well (in my opinion).
One of the things we worked on is the block/kick sequence (about the 5th movement of the kata, depending on how you count). After blocking and striking first to the left and then to the right, you step and block/kick to the rear. The block (right handed) is a chudan uke (middle block) and the kick is a tsumasaki geri (right front kick with the tip of the toes).
This one sequence deserves several classes (actually many years). If the opening sequence is difficult, this one combination is at least equally hard to do (well).
One of the things I mentioned to our class is the old adage that "a block is a block and a block is a strike" (and vice versa). This is an instance where the block is taught as chudan uke but done more as a strike, almost an ura ken.
The "block" and the kick look simultaneous but if you look carefully they are not. The block is a little ahead. Generally, no two movements are simultaneous, even if they look that way. Simultaneous movements have simultaneous recoils that can cancel, offset, or dispupt each other. With staggered timing (even if only in microseconds), the recoil is more controllable and usable.
The recoil of the "block" has to work into the next chudan shuto uke. After the block/kick combination, you step down and turn the front and throw a left chudan shuto uku. The recoil of the right chudan uke to the rear has to go into the torquing at the beginning in the left chudan shuto uke to the front. You do not simply do the first movement, stop, and then do the second. The two waves have to work together.
This is something you do not see too often. Most students execute movements separately and independently... 1, 2, 3.
The first two sequences of the kata are to the left and right. The next two sequences are to the rear and front. Many Karate students turn to the left, then turn to the right, then turn to the rear, and then turn to the front. Their shoulders sway from one direction to the next.
When I do the first two sequences, my koshi and shoulders generally face the front. For the next two sequences, they generally face to the right. I do not turn for the first two sequences and turn only once for the second two sequence. In essence, I am turning without turning.
I also tend to torque through my body rather than around it (see Pulsing Koshi).
The overall effect is minimized movement with more explosive power and speed.
As I mentioned, this kata is very hard to do well. And again, I wonder what Itosu Sensei was thinking? I will write more about this challenging kata.
Charles C. Goodin
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Thursday, September 09, 2010
Table of Contents Updated
I have updated the Table of Contents page. Try it. It now goes back to my very first post on February 21, 2006 (On Effort).
There should now be 1339 posts (including this one).
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Best Karate Expert Ever
Who was the best Karate expert ever?
I am sure that everyone has their own opinion about that. However, based on my research for the Hawaii Karate Museum I suspect that the best Karate expert ever was probably a hidden bushi or hermit, someone whose name is not even known.
Remember that the great Karate "masters" we know about often went to learn from these hidden experts. So what does that tell you?
Today, we learn about Karate experts as part of marketing campaigns designed to sell things: memberships, rank, titles, seminar, videos, books, etc. We know what marketing people want us to know.
Trust me, some of the Karate experts we know nothing about were truly great!
Charles C. Goodin
When a student joins our dojo, I always feel that he is full of potential.
But each student has a different and unique potential. Many factors affect how much of their potential each student will realize.
The first factor is pretty obvious. If a student quits after training for only a short time, he will certainly not have realized very much of his potential at all. Karate takes a long time to learn and a long time to refine. By a long time, I mean about 20 years to get to the point of being "pretty good" (or something like that). Certainly after 20 years a student will still have a long way to go. Refinement probably takes the rest of the student's life.
Some students have physical limitations. With determination, students can do remarkable things.
Some students begin training when they are already older. If it takes 20 years to become "pretty good", what does this mean to a student who begins training at 60? Can a student who begins training at 60 realize as much potential as a student who beings training at 11? Certainly the 11 year old can look forward to the possibility of more years of training.
Personally, I adjust my expectations based on the totality of each student. I measure "potential realization" on a case by case basis. I do not compare students, except that I am more impressed by how much of their own potential each student realizes, and by the obstacles that each student has had to overcome.
Over the years, I have had students with tremendous potential who have done nothing with it. I have also had students who were not very athletic but became skilled in Karate due to their hard work and determination.
In the long run, what counts is how a student can apply what he learns in Karate to his daily life. A student who can do that has realized something special indeed.
Did you notice that I have not spoken about "potential" and "potential realization" in terms of rank? That's right!
Charles C. Goodin
Four Sensei
I was speaking at class recently about our three Sensei, and then realized that we actually have four Sensei.
The first is the Sensei (person) who teaches us. We learn from him.
The second is the mirror, where we watch ourselves. We learn to correct ourselves.
The third is the kata itself. We learn the kata and the kata teaches us.
And the fourth is the students we teach. We learn as we teach them.
I'm sure there are other Sensei, but these are four that come to my mind.
You might be thinking that "daily" life is another Sensei. I would say that "daily life" is the dojo where we practice!
Charles C. Goodin
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Bus by another name is still a bus — sort of
There are some indisputable truths that have emerged since VIA launched the Prímo — a sleeker bus than the others in the transit's fleet — last weekend.
Prímo is undoubtedly fast. It carried me from the Medical Center (along Fredericksburg Road and I-10) to downtown in less than 40 minutes. A regular bus can take an hour.
Its aesthetics are truly new. The accordion-style buses and the larger station-like stops are novel to these parts.
Another truth is that the Prímo marketing campaign borders on the absurd.
Banners read "Unbelievably amazing" at every stop along Fredericksburg. On VIA's website, there's a button that says "Click to be amazed."
Settle down there, VIA. Prímo's cool, but it's not like it's Chicago's "L."
But is it worth it?
The cost to launch Prímo is $66 million. Of that amount, 70 percent was funded through federal programs, and 30 percent (just under $20 million) from sales tax revenue.
Is the purpose of Prímo to move large numbers of people from downtown to the Medical Center and points in between? Or is it to whet the public's appetite for other modes of transportation? With a streetcar slated to launch in 2017, is the point to get the public to eventually crave a faster form of rail, as opposed to 12 years ago when it was defeated by a public vote?
Prímo is just a bus. If you want an example of a bus route that zips down a major thoroughfare with few stops throughout, I give you the No. 3 on San Pedro Avenue. But I must give VIA credit for not masquerading Prímo as something it's not.
The wheels on the MAX — Las Vegas' version of bus rapid transit — are covered, giving the impression that it operates on rail. Prímo looks like a bus.
All seats are covered in comfortable blue fabric with geometric curves and orange spheres. In the middle, higher seats like shoe shine seats. Three upright bike racks are amply spaced in the back. "Free Wifi" is thoroughly advertised. Samsung screens (20-inchers, it looks like) were blank, except for one that displayed the words "A little courtesy goes a long way" along with a picture of a penguin.
It stayed that way from downtown all the way to the Medical Center station.
On Tuesday afternoon, the novelty factor was hard to ignore. Although not as intense, the feeling was similar to my first ride on the subway cars in New York and D.C., and Chicago's "L." Of course, those experiences were new — to me. The Prímo is new to an entire city.
When all of the bells and whistles are stripped away, does Prímo truly add something new and unique to the public transportation experience here? Probably not. But if it's one step closer to getting real modern public transportation options in this antiquated city of ours, then I'm all for it.
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On the Street……Full & Rolled, Stockholm
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Isn't this from outside the Stockholm Fashion Week at Berns?
And now she is ready to star for the Stockholm Community Theater production of Flash Dance.
wow. seriously breathtaking. i love her.
what a cutie! and i loove the hair! wantst it
is everyone in stockholm amazing? or just the majority?
Very nice, but between the hair and the shirt and the trousers and the bag I'd like to see something more structured and linear somewhere. As it is those shoes appear to be just kind of random and unrelated to what's going on.
god this lady is beautiful!!
ADORE the shoes.
so ideal.
femme #2 featured in the 9:08 post WISHES she looked this good in high-waisted pants.
I love the emphasis on replicated line and volume. A very cohesive look!
Ah we love stockholm street, so sweet! Mozarella! We fashion week Olé!
Although she's obviously pretty, I think the outfit would have worked better with volume on either the bottom or the top, but not both. The puff sleeves and the baggy pants are just too much. Love the lucite peep-toes though!
the best I've seen lately.
Note to self: Fly to Stockholm ASAP.
Sat I have to give it up to you for finding this fantastic looking lady,i am in love with the way she has played with the propotions making sure that the outfit doesn't drown her, she is so chic
love the hair! hot pants…and the shoes are totally amazing. fantastic! effortless euro chic
she's beautiful, it's barely balanced, but it works so well.
quite promethean ..! her shoes add an 'exclamation point' to her outfit ! beijos
Now this is too much.A cute girl wearing funny pants-not to mention the bag.I would toss away the shoes too.
Uh-oh, another baggy-kneed, gathered pant. I was not aware of this trend until its feature on this site. It's definintely a retreat from the norm, but kinda captivating. So is this girl. Her hair is fab, very editorial, and the color story is inspiring. I said in highschool that if I were a designer, I would appal and amaze people with lots of navy/black brown/black, and I'm surprised it took this long to happen, although current fashion conditions are perfect for this kind of convention-breaking. An alluring combo of sweet, smart, and saucy (hello lucite shoes!)
Love the pants and her hust rolled out of bed hair. I think the color of her pants is a good match for the silver shoes. The two colors also intensify(sp) each other.
i love this–the blouse, the shoes, her smile
Not everyone could pull this off. She does, and marvelously!
pretty face! love how the hair is situated to show off her perfect oval face.
where do i find pants like these in nyc? i've been looking…
i really wish you would make a comment, so i can try to appreciate what you see when you posted this photo and others, because your most recent stockholm visit is going over my head.
perhaps you are looking at the faces and not the clothes, because i notice how your other readers are commenting on how good looking they are. i am focusing on their clothes and style. there are many good looking people. but very few well dressed people with style.
Cute! Especially love the hair and shirt.
YES! loving the balloonish harem pants, the high waist fit, the shoes, the bag, and the hair–because it all goes together so well. she looks amazing.
I LOVE this photo. The whole 'voluminous' look is fabulous, and I especially like the shorter pants (casually rolled up, no less), with those shoes. I myself used to wear such combination, and I like to see someone similar-minded.
The whole Stockholm series is great.
I'm having trouble processing this one. All the poufs – the blouse, the pants, the purse, the hair! And I've never been a fan of lucite heels.
Hopefully someone will have something positive and incisive to say about this to educate me.
She's very cute, and very poufy everywhere, including her purse and her hair. I'm getting a weird 80s feeling somehow.
this is love!
This out fir is very hard to pull off, but she does it well.. Kudos to her.. ;)
wow, i love this outfit!
all the volume is making her look like a 1980s wind-sock.
Whoa, look at those awesome MC HAMMER pants! She definitely rocks them!
She's a modern-day Gibson Girl!
The silhouette of hair, blouse, pants, bag. All accented by the shoes.
It shouldn't work. Yet, it does. Effortlessly.
– desertwind
She is a classic beauty. I personally don't opt for that pant style, but she pulls it off well. And nothing beats a crisp white shirt against olive skin. Nothing.
I just simply love the way you succeed to catch Stockholm with all its best in every picture; the light, the people, the surroundings. And no, not everyone in Stockholm are this adoreable, but the ones that are are good-looking enough for the rest of us!
i love her outfit!!! but her hair's.. kinda.. weird at the crown eh?
I love the hair and the sandals!
Oh no…not a "frech rolled" pant leg… I know the 80′s are back in full swing but this is one I thought we were going to avoid re-hashing. Some trends should just stay dead!
Other than the pant ove her…shoes, bag, hair and all!
fab, you're in sthlm!
harem baggy pants, wow! is this the new volume trousers are headed to? takes a special physique and confidence to pull this one off and of course, a sense of humor.
Love it! The proportions work so well – she's fantastic!
I can't figure Stockholm out. Either they are so far forward that they've gone straight into the late 80′s for their fashion sense or else they are still trapped there. I mean, I dressed just like this in High School (and received the 'best dressed' award, mind you) so please don't tell me this is coming back.
Hammer Time
She's beautiful but she's ruining it with the balloon effect. Where is the girl in those clothes? Marnee hit it perfectly.
She's got an amazing face
Oh, anything but those shoes. All that volume and then her body just tapers off to little points??
I'd put some black high tops with that outfit. Or anything substantial.
This would never work on me but she carries it off!
One of the best outfits I've seen so far. She looks GR8!
i love this look
though i would like her hair tied up and her shoes delicate white gold gladiators
the fluffy pants and shirt looks more like a clown or a child playing dress up then something for a beautiful young woman to wear.
it just isn't pretty to me. it just looks silly.
Personally, I don't love the blouse and the pants together. But separately, I think they would be great paired with something more fitted or tighter.
she rocks those pants!!
i love it so much
she makes me smile. :)
Wore this exact look in the 80s. It's still adorable, and what a relief to see young women in real clothes again!
I wish those trousers were mine!
WOW – I'm not liking this ultra poufy look probably because I've already suffered thru the 80s.
Her hair is stunning. Is the heel on her shoe clear? She could be floating on air…
Everything is just pretty about this.
Greatest hair ever. She's adorable.
So hard to get away with this harem / odalisque look but she does, and does it so well.
Inspiration goes so much deeper than the 80s, a mere bleep in time.
I love people striking out for themselves away from tight fitted clothing. Not that there's anything wrong with close fitting but this is so much sexier and intriguing than molded silhouettes.
oh, the pouf of her hair, her cheeks, her blouse, her pants… it's angelic!
i love how she exaggerated by wearing oversized clothes and yet, she still manages to look great.
She looks like she's just walked out from a photo shoot! Pretty amazing!
I love the way how she manages to pull off a poofy hairstyle, a poofy blouse, and poofy trousers. The usually say choose only one poofy item at a time, but she clearly dispells that idea! As someone else said, somehow it all balances out.
this looks more like a NY look than stockholm!
love the poetic hair…she reminds me of Jennifer Beal (is that her name?) in Flashdance…dont know why …maybe its the very strong 80′s look!
she pulls it off though…and she's gorgeous too!
what a completely surprisingly lovely outfit!
i love it
and she has this natural beauty that makes you smile
the heels say it all you can be wacky on top but with those shoes , she looks very sexy, off course her beauty also takes care of that ! the mix of sharp heel and full rounded volumes (sleave/pants/bag) is great !
God, her hair is so amazing. I'm jealous! And even though there's a lot of volume in her clothes, it's cinched in at her waist and ankles, so she isn't lost in there. She is so beautiful with her own cool style.
perfect combination-the sandals and the trousers
adore the heels but the trousers, no matter how unusual, are heinous
great style. but i think the 'balloon' sleeve in her blouse make her outfit "too much". isnt it? overall, she's great!
What a wonderful, flattering outfit! Now there is something people can learn from. A perfectly put together, comfortable outfit that will work on many people. Maybe not as well as this little angel.


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The 10-8 Ticats had earlier placed seven players on the East Division all-star team.
The Ticats tweeted they are the first team in league history to earn a spot in the Grey Cup without a single CFL all-star.
That drew a "LOL" retweet from the Argonauts. The Ticats responded with a "..and we still ended your season. LOL!" tweet from the Hamilton team.
That prompted a "and then what happened?" tweet from the Argos, complete with a photo of Saskatchewan quarterback Darian Durant kissing the Grey Cup.
Calgary led all clubs with seven CFL all-stars, with running back Jon Cornish adding to a memorable season that has already netted him the league's most outstanding player and outstanding Canadian awards.
Toronto had five all-stars while Montreal had four, B.C. three, Edmonton two and Winnipeg one.
In 2013, Cornish won his second straight rushing title by gaining 1,813 yards, fourth highest in league history. He also led the league and set a Calgary franchise record with 2,157 yards from scrimmage.
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Sheets ran for more than 100 yards in the first six games of the season and finished tied with a franchise-best nine. In 15 games, he ran 287 times for 1,598 yards and caught 37 balls for 264 yards.
The second-year Rider also ran for a Grey Cup-record 197 yards and two touchdowns to help the Roughriders thump the Ticats 45-23.
Cornish was one of three unanimous all-star selections. The others were Calgary defensive end Charleston Hughes and Montreal receiver S.J. Green.
The other Stampeder all-stars were receiver Marquay McDaniel, offensive tackle Stanley Bryant, kicker Rene Paredes, punter Rob Maver and special-teams player Larry Taylor.
Ricky Ray of the Argos got the nod at quarterback, with an all-star backfield of Cornish and Sheets. The receivers were Green, McDaniel, Edmonton's Fred Stamps, and Saskatchewan's Weston Dressler.
Ray, runner-up to Cornish for most outstanding player, had a record-breaking year marred only by injury and the loss to Hamilton in the Eastern final.
In 10 games, Ray completed 77.2 per cent of his passes (234 of 303) to erase Dave Dickenson's league record of 74 per cent.
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Thought I start a thread on a issue that IMO see's governments and police etc banging their heads against a wall or in some cases taking a nice piece of the pie.
Soft drugs have now been made legal in some parts of The States.
IMO its a war that can never be won. Its a waste of resources and vast amounts of money. Its also very complex and I don't think Governments who are profiting will want it "drugs" legalised.
People would have safe places to get their drugs, They would get drugs they know would be safe.
No more dealers on the streets. No more drug gang wars although they might find something else to fight over.
Taxes could pay for the rehab for the serious addicts and pay for their drugs so no one would need to get mugged or burgled for a fix.
Police would have more time to pursue other crimes and be able to deal with other issues more strongly in their communities.
Their would not be a need for the Legal high craze. That will just go underground as do all vices when made illegal...Look at the effects of prohibition.
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'This mission has been in the works for 10 years. If it is successful it will be one of the greatest engineering feats of mankind,' declared Museum scientist Joseph Michalski shortly before that feat was pulled off with aplomb in the early hours of today. As NASA's Curiosity rover beamed back its first image from the surface of Mars it was 06:14 BST, but it was only after a 14 minute-long journey via the Mars Odyssey orbiter, Canberra's Deep Space Network, and California's Mission Control, that it reached the large screen of our Mars Landing special event in the Museum's Flett Theatre.
The elated joy visible on screen at Mission Control was immediately mirrored by the eruption of cheers and applause from our audience. The relief was palpable, particularly as half of the previous missions to Mars have ended in failure; Michael Balme, panellist and - like Joe - one of the team of international scientists who worked on the mission, would later sum up the morning with, 'I expected the worst but hoped for the best, so today is now going to be like Christmas!'
Of the 7 minutes of terror during EDL (entry, descent and landing), if anything was going to go wrong it was the very last moments of the L as this was when an entirely new and untried mechanism for deploying a payload onto a planet's surface was put to the test. Although airbags had been hugely successful for Spirit and Opportunity in 2004, the near 900kg of Curiosity made the same approach highly impractical; instead, the brain-storming at NASA had produced 'sky crane', which Joseph described perfectly following the landing as something that '... looks bonkers, but it worked!'
From an altitude of tens of metres above the surface, this mechanism winched the Curiosity rover from its rocket-powered, hovering landing cradle gently onto the surface. In a very British style, Matthew Balme put it as, '... something you would call very Heath Robinson,' or, to paraphrase a tweet that flashed past on my phone at the same time, 'if you had put this crazy idea for a landing in a hollywood script, you would have been laughed out of the studio'.
Thankfully, NASA's team of engineers did Heath Robinson and the rest of us proud and Curiosity has started its Martian-year-long mission (equvialent to about 2 Earth years) with great success. The first black-and-white 64x64 pixel thumbnail image and, soon after, the sharper 256x256 pixel version announced its perfect landing on the anticipated flat, slightly gravelly surface.
These were closely followed by shots of its wheel and shadow on the same, and the end of the beginning for this multi-billion dollar adventure was reached. Sadly for our audience, Martian time prevented more than this handful of snapshots being captured during our event as Odyssey promptly disappeared over the Martian horizon and thus the link back to Earth was lost until its next pass over the region some hours later.
At this point, our extremely relieved panel of mission scientists and Mars experts started to take questions from the audience. These ranged from the planning behind the mission to the future of Mars and space exploration. Panellist Peter Grindrod had the onerous task of trying to follow the excitement of the landing and did an admirable job.
He first explained how sky crane had permitted the EDL team to target a much smaller landing area than those of previous missions. The huge benefit of this focussed, and very gentle landing of a large rover was the amount of scientific equipment it could carry to the surface (his slide below helps put that in true perspective - the rover is huge).
Peter Grindrod's slide of the different rovers that have made it to Mars. Curiosity is on the right.
Further prompting from the audience led him to describe how Gale Crater had been chosen as the target for the mission - it was the combination of all the characteristics they were looking for, topographical, geological and chemical, that carried the day for Gale Crater although another 3 very good contenders had been shortlisted following an approximately 6 year-long selection process. It also happened to be Peter's favourite choice, 'I can only imagine the view Curiosity must have now.'
He then described in brief each of the 10 instruments on board, including the X-ray spectrometer (the first to be deployed on another planet) that will analyse samples collected from drilling a few centimetres below the surface. 'Context is key for geological analysis,' and so the ability to pick locations and drive the rover to them forms an important part of the mission. At this point, Joe chipped in with 'some sort of organic material would be excellent to discover,' which led Peter to state that, as with all previous missions, it is the things that the planners haven't anticipated that will prove the most exciting aspect of the mission.
More questions and more responses from all of the panellists followed, including a great fly-over of Gale Crater in Google Earth (that is, the Mars version) from Matthew to show the geology of the landing area and crater. These taught us that Gale will be an exemplar for many other locations on Mars as similar sedimentary rock formations have been observed elsewhere on the planet. Matthew and Joe told us how the landing area was a compromise between the demands of the scientists ('we want interesting and varied topography and geology - the equivalent of the Grand Canyon!') versus the engineers ('we want flat, boring and windless!').
Matthew Balme shows imagery of Gale Crater on Mars captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Joe described how the marginally smaller size of Mars relative to Earth is a possible explanation for why it doesn't experience any plate tectonics - incidentally, Earth is the only planet in our solar system that does - which is a good reason for going there to study it (we don't have access to any truly ancient rocks here on Earth due to the churn and change that our heated core causes at the surface).
The mound in the centre of the impact-generated Gale Crater was, according to Peter, probably there because it was once infilled, and erosion has cleared the surrounding basin while leaving the central peak preserved. This means the base of the mound is the old geology, the top the relatively new. And, of course, the tantalising evidence of previous water flow and clay formation as the principal reason for choosing Gale Crater featured heavily in the discussion as it is this that makes it ideal for the search for a potentially once-habitable environment.
A few of the many great questions from the audience are worth highlighting here (I've summarised the replies):
Q: 'Why haven't probes sent to Mars looked for life since the Viking missions [in the 1970s]?'
A: Because of the likelihood that very few locations will have any evidence of life. We have to first discover where could there have been life before we ask is there life and we have to be patient. Therefore Curiosity is looking for habitats that could have supported life rather than life itself.
Q: 'How long will the mission last'
A: It is guaranteed funding for one Martian year but, due to its nuclear power source, it could go on for many, many years if the instrumentation remains working and is still returning useful data. [N.B. Spirit and Opportunity were originally funded for a 90 day mission as their solar panels were expected to clog up with dust and cease functioning; in reality they lasted 8 years as the wholly unexpected benefit of dust devils on the Martian surface periodically cleaned the panels enabling them to keep charged for far longer than anticipated].
Q: 'What will happen to Opportunity now that Curiosity has landed safely?'
A: Opportunity has taken a lower priority for obvious reasons, but its mission will keep going for as long as it sends back useful data and the funding is there [N.B. Spirit got stuck in a location that meant it could no longer charge and it lost power, thus effectively ending its mission earlier].
During the post-landing Q and A we also had the pleasure of linking-live for a few minutes to the boisterous Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California to talk with Dr Derby Dyer who worked on Curiosity's ChemCam instrument. She and her colleagues were walking around with big smiles on their faces, and not because of the cookies that had just been deployed in their office at that moment:
Q: 'What would have happened if the weather conditions hadn't been ideal for landing? Could the mission have been aborted?'
A: The landing was autonomous so we couldn't have aborted or changed it. However, the weather has been modelled for weeks in advance - if we had spotted potential issues a few weeks ago, we could have made a slight alteration to the landing schedule but there wasn't a lot of leeway.
Q: 'What would you recommend someone does to get involved in this type of project'
A: Learn how to be a critical thinker! Go to College [University] and be passionate about the science.
We were also joined by Ralph Cordey of Astrium, to talk about future missions to Mars. Astrium's prototype rover for the next major trip to Mars, the European ExoMars mission in 2018, was on display at the Museum today. Ralph explained how the Curiosity mission already contained a European element as it invovles the ESA's Mars Express as one of the orbiters capturing the data from Curiosity for transmission back to Earth.
For ExoMars, there are currently three prototypes of the rover: BRIDGET (Ralph believes it may be named after Bridget Bardot), BRUNO - which is being tested in Stevenage - and BRADLEY (Italy). The final rover will be smaller than Curiosity but will be designed to drill up to 2 metres below the Martian surface and look for biomarkers.
Members of the audience enjoy their look at BRIDGET, Astrium's prototype Mars rover
However, that mission is still to come, and from today we are looking forward to the first real results from Curiosity's in-built science lab and (hopefully) the excitement of seeing photos of its descent to the planet and video of the sky crane deployment as shot from the landing module. But, as must be the case with a 10 year long project, we will need to be patient over the next few days as all this data can't be sent at once and NASA's priority now is to perform tests to make sure everything is functioning as expected. That just leaves me to quote my favourite tweet from earlier today:
@Paul_Cornell: As Eugene Byrne put it: 'The nerds just took Gold in the 560 billion metres'
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Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has broken his silence on the bullying scandal that has engulfed his team, saying he's appalled by Jonathan Martin's allegations of daily harassment by teammates.
Ross said he plans to meet with Martin on Wednesday and that he has been in touch with the tackle through text messages.
"I'd like to hear from him what had happened, why he felt that way and what we did and what we could have done to prevent something like this from happening," Ross said. "I want to hear the circumstances, the facts."
The owner vowed before Monday night's game between the Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers to get to bottom of the allegations and create a locker room culture that "suits the 21st century."
"It couldn't have been a worse nightmare," said Ross, who was joined at the news conference by team President and Chief Executive Tom Garfinkel.
The NFL is investigating Martin's allegations against teammates, including Richie Incognito. Martin, 24, is with his family in California to undergo counseling for emotional issues. Incognito, 30, has been suspended indefinitely.
A special investigator for the league will determine whether Incognito harassed Martin, and whether the Dolphins mishandled the matter.
Ross strongly endorsed second-year Dolphins Coach Joe Philbin, saying he had the "utmost confidence" in the man he hired in 2012.
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"We're just concentrating on these seven weeks," Coach Mike Munchak said Monday after announcing Locker's injury. "Right now we've just got to go forward and try to win a game."
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Fitzpatrick threw for 264 yards and two touchdowns as a reserve in the loss to the Jaguars, and he also ran for a touchdown trying to rally the Titans.
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