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Rct. Jadhiel Ojeda, Platoon 3057, Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, smashes a target with the buttstock of his rifle during the Crucible on Aug. 8, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. The Crucible is the 54-hour culminating event of Marine Corps recruit training. During this time, recruits are often pushed past their physical and mental limits as they reach toward the title of Marine. Ojeda, 19, from Miami, is scheduled to graduate Aug. 16, 2013. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent for females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink)
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As Celebrity Theatre nears the 50th anniversary of its opening, Phoenix historians want to recognize it as one of the city's most significant performing-arts structures.
The Phoenix City Council is scheduled to vote on the building's historical designation on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The building, at the southwestern corner of 32nd and Fillmore streets, is Phoenix's third-oldest entertainment venue, general manager Alycia Klein said.
Historical preservationists have increased their efforts in recent years to save the city's historical buildings.
Recognizing Celebrity Theatre is a move in the right direction, said Jennifer Boucek, director of Preserve Phoenix, a non-profit organization focused on preserving the city's historical sites.
"We have a lot of properties that are going to be coming of age in the next few years, mainly in the Midcentury Modern style, which is really Phoenix's greatest treasure," she said. "It's something we have that a lot of places around the country don't have. It makes us unique and makes us special."
Building meets criteria
The theater's eligibility for recognition is a no-brainer, Boucek said.
"It holds great significance from an architectural and structural standpoint. The design has won awards," she said. "It meets ... criteria for designation, so that makes it especially fitting to be part of our historic registry."
A property must demonstrate significance in local, regional, state or national history; architecture; archeology; engineering; or culture to qualify for a historical designation. The property's association with a historical event or significant people is also factored into the decision, according to Phoenix.
A property must also be 50 years old or in exceptional cases, have achieved significance in the past 50 years.
Beverly Hills architect Perry Neuschatz designed the 196-foot-diameter building as a multipurpose conference center. Gary Call was the associate architect. Owners planned to use Celebrity Theatre as a concert venue during the winter.
Builder/Architect magazine in its September 1964 issue wrote, "Prestressed concrete is used throughout the auditorium, but its most unique application is in the 180-foot clear span, inverted conical roof."
The theater opened on Jan. 13, 1964, as the Phoenix Star Theatre with the musical "South Pacific." It was initially known for bringing Broadway plays to Phoenix.
Owners renamed the venue Celebrity Theatre in the early 1970s to reflect its growing reputation as a concert venue.
The list of entertainers who performed there is long and includes George Carlin, Nat King Cole and Etta James.
The building underwent renovations and reopened in December 1995. Today, the 2,650-seat theater has a round stage that can turn through four revolutions.
The theater still attracts popular acts: Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist Lil Wayne had a show this month.
Significance of designation
Historical designations make implementing changes to a facility more difficult, said Michelle Dodds, Phoenix's historic-preservation officer.
If the owner wants to demolish the building, the designation prevents him or her from doing so immediately and gives the community the chance to find another buyer or alternative use for the property.
"The historic designation triggers a design review for any serious changes," Dodds said. "That's kind of an extra hurdle for people to have to go through, whether it's an addition or something else on the side."
Business owners aren't always open to historical designation because it makes it harder to alter a building and change can sometimes be beneficial for a business, officials said. But profit alone isn't always what matters most, said Rich Hazelwood, the theater's owner.
"As a business owner, sometimes we get caught up in the financial importance of being successful, which it is," he said. "Being a part of history is something that money can't buy, and you cannot put a price on that level of longevity."
Dodds said granting historical designation to more sites makes good business sense for Phoenix.
"Historical sources are very important to the well-being of the city from an economic standpoint and a tourism standpoint," she said. "It's something to be proud of. In the city, we really like to preserve the best of what we have for the future."
Owner supports designation
City officials said getting a historical designation for a city is a lot easier when the owner is on board. Hazelwood contacted Phoenix in May 2011 requesting that the property receive historical designation. Celebrity Theatre was featured in January that year in Midcentury Marvels: Commercial Architecture of Phoenix 1945-1975.
Staff personnel were not able to zone the property for historical preservation until the following year, in part because other historic-preservation cases surfaced unexpectedly, including efforts to save the David and Gladys Wright House in Arcadia, officials said.
City Council approval is the last step in the process. Zoning is effective after 30 days.
The theater's historical significance is undeniable, Hazelwood said. He was first introduced to the theater as a child.
"While I was delivering newspapers in the neighborhood, I would ride my bike past the theater and dream the dream of success," he said. "Now, to know it will be here forever, and might inspire future generations to dream bigger, makes it even better."
Like Hazelwood, many longtime Phoenicians have fond memories of the theater, Klein said
"Over the past 50 years, Celebrity Theatre has hosted some of the biggest names in music and comedy. Many people remember their first date, first concert, first play or first performance at our theater," she said.


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Vernon Jordan, former president of the National Urban League and civil rights activist, is in town Wednesday to observe the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.
Fifty years later, many of the hopes of the law remain unfulfilled: Black unemployment is nearly double the national average; the criminal justice system is highly inequitable; and access to higher education is difficult for low income Americans of color.
"What I am stunned by is that northern states -- Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and others -- are passing voter identification laws as cruel, as discriminatory as the segregated white primaries before Smith v. Allwright," he said on The Daily Circuit. "While we thought we were making progress, we seem now to be going back... Our politics seem not to appreciate what needs to be done to make good on the Civil Rights Act of 1964."
Jordan discussed why America is at the place it is today when it comes to racial disparities:
Jordan also responded to Ta-Nehisi Coates' piece in The Atlantic that argues for reparations.
"I've never bought into the whole reparations thing," he said. "I don't know how you work it; I don't know how you qualify people. I think it's a waste of time to talk about it."
Much of his 1978 speech at the National Press Club still rings true to many today:
Because the disproportionate and disadvantaged borne by blacks and other minorities is the heritage of centuries of oppression. It is the residue of a society that practiced institutional discrimination and racism. It is the result of a complex web of federal, local, and private sector practices that operated to the exclusion of blacks and their interests. The rights granted in the 1960s left that structure largely intact. The National Urban League's report, "The State of Black America 1978," documents the fact that "black progress has been limited." In the report's words, "There is a disturbing duality of the black economy, a slowly growing black middle class, and an increasingly jobless lower economic class."
So despite some gains in employment and in education, the masses of black people did not witness significant changes in their lives because of the rights they won in the 1960s. We were poor then; we are poor today. We were disadvantaged then; we remain so today.


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I have test ridden the Trek Valencia, and it is freaking sweat. It is way expensive, though. And I'm concerned that because it is so sexy, it will be a beautiful target for a thief (I of course will lock it up, but locks are never 100% safe... if a thief wants it badly enough, he will get it).
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EUGENE, Ore. – Minnesota junior Devin Stanford used a personal-best throw of 198-3 (60.44m) to finish 15th and earn Second Team All-American honors in the hammer throw at the 2014 NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., Wednesday afternoon.
Stanford earned her lifetime-best mark on her first throw at the championships. After entering the event seeded 22nd at 58.51m, Stanford improved her previous best mark (196-7, 59.92m) by nearly two feet to finish 15th (198-3, 60.44m) and move into second among Gopher throwers all-time.
"It was an exciting competition for Devin today, and she did a great job of executing," director of women's cross country and track & field Matt Bingle said. "She was really relaxed in the national championship environment, so it was fun to see her just let it go and compete well. She's had a solid year and been a great leader for us, and coach Peter Miller has done a great job of developing her this year.
"Being a junior and being in this position is great for Devin and for our team. Hopefully it will catapult her to a strong summer and some even better things next year."
Making her NCAA championships debut, Stanford became the first Gopher thrower to compete on the national stage since Nikki Tzanakis finished 14th in the discus in 2011. She is the first hammer thrower to advance to the NCAA finals since Liz Alabi in 2007.
The NCAA championships continue through Saturday at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Minnesota's 4x400-meter relay team of Titania Markland, Jessica Waldvogel, Te'Shon Adderley and Megan Geyen will race in the national semifinal at 8:40 p.m. CT Thursday evening with the 4x400m relay final set for 5:55 p.m. CT Saturday.
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The countrys first womens bank the Bharatiya Mahila Bank is set to commence operations on Tuesday. It is starting with five branches and will open its headquarters in Delhi and another office in Indore, after the upcoming state elections. Usha Ananthasubramanian, CMD of the bank spoke to Surabhi on expansion plans and empowering women in all possible ways from loans for efficient kitchens to lending to self-help groups. Excerpts:
What will be the banks key focus areas?
As the name suggests, the bank will predominantly cater to women, although men will also be welcome to open accounts. But our main focus will be on women and womens empowerment through products and services, financial inclusion and financial literacy.
Will the bank offer special products and services to women?
Like all commercial banks, we will offer plain vanilla products such as savings and current accounts. But we will focus on all categories of women entrepreneurs, salaried class and unbanked sections. For instance, for working women, the bank will provide loans for day care centres, home food and tiffin services and even lend to build efficient kitchens that will ease the burden of working women. Similarly, we will also lend to self-help groups. We also plan to work on last-mile connectivity through NGOs to impart training to women to improve their economic productivity.
To what extent are men involved in running the bank. Also how far will the bank cater to male customers?
Women is the catchword for the bank. So we are predominantly employing women and of our staff strength of 100, most are women. But men will be welcome to open accounts and we will also lend to them.
New bank licences will be given out early next year. Will it mean more competition for the Bharatiya Mahila Bank?
We must realise that India is a largely underbanked and under served country. So there is great scope for banking services and that is how we look at it. But not every bank can only serve those living in metros and cities. Banks must come up with novel concepts and new business models.
What is your expansion plan? Do you plan to increase the Rs 1,000 crore initial capital outlay?
We plan to open about 25 branches by March 2014. But not all of them will be the typical brick-and-mortar branches, we will also open mobile and satellite offices. Additionally, we will be setting up ATMs to increase the


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Nineteen-year-old Australian actor Liam Hemsworth has had a peculiar year in Hollywood. After notching a few seasons in Australian TV, the youngest in a family of acting brothers was flown to Los Angeles to screen test for the lead in 2011's Thor; the role went to his older brother, Chris Hemsworth (Star Trek), but before long Liam landed a decidedly different gig with which he makes his Hollywood debut this week: the Nicholas Sparks drama The Last Song, opposite musician-actress Miley Cyrus.
It may seem an unexpected move for a young actor who might have been the face of action heroism for a new generation, but Hemsworth takes it all in stride. Fully embracing his role as Will Blakelee, a college-bound teenager who falls for rebellious teenager Ronnie Miller (Cyrus) one summer on Georgia's Tybee Island, Hemsworth makes for an engaging (and yes, strapping) love interest and All American foil for Cyrus's sarcastic, guarded Ronnie.
Cinematical caught up with Hemsworth to discuss his burgeoning career, his on-set first kiss with real-life girlfriend Miley Cyrus, and the undeniable power of Nicholas Sparks. He also discussed his recently-announced action movie debut in Chuck Russell's Arabian Nights, offered some of his favorite films and actors, and shared with us what he learned from watching Nicolas Cage at work on the set of Alex Proyas's Knowing.
There's been a lot of chatter about how you and your brother were up for big action roles, but The Last Song, a romance, is how you're making your big Hollywood debut. How did your role as Will Blakelee come to you?
Liam Hemsworth: Originally I'd been in the States for about five weeks before I got this script. And I'd been flown over here to do a screen test for Thor, which my brother got. I'd seen The Notebook before and thought that was a really great story, and I got this script and thought it was a great story, too; I think Nicholas Sparks, he's got the power to affect people in some way or another. His stories incorporate so many different emotions, and have really good messages about family and love and friendship. I felt the same way about this story; it's about a girl growing up and getting to know her father, and falling in love and dealing with responsibilities that come with that. And dealing with death, also.
It's interesting that you bring up The Notebook, since a lot of men don't really give it a chance, do they?
Hemsworth: No, and I would have been one of those guys, too. I watched it years ago. But, you know, it's a good story. I think whether guys watch it or not, you can relate to Nicholas Sparks stories because they're very real, about very real emotions that people deal with in life. I think that's why they do so well.
Speaking with you now I'm even more struck by how well you mask your natural accent in the film.
Hemsworth: It's not easy. I did a film just before I came to America, in an American accent. So I've worked with an accent coach before, and I worked with an accent coach on this as well. I do a lot of work with it. And we grow up with more than half of our television being American TV, and we watch a lot of the same movies that you guys do. It definitely takes work, but I've done it my whole life.
You're 19 years old, but you'd already spent several years acting in Australian TV before moving to the States to work more extensively in film. At what point did you decide you wanted to pursue a career in Hollywood?
Hemsworth: I think when I started acting, the whole time I was working towards one day coming to America. Hollywood, in particular, is seen to be the center of this industry, and I was just waiting for the right time to come. I'd gotten flown over for Thor, so that was kind of the right time for me. And it definitely feels like I'm doing the right thing, and in the right spot.
Rumor has it that on your very first day of filming The Last Song, you and Miley had a kissing scene. Was that a strange way to start things off?
Hemsworth: Yeah! It's funny, because I didn't actually know there was going to be a kiss in that scene; it wasn't in the script. In the script it just said we were running through the water, having fun and splashing... about halfway through the screen, Julie Anne [Robinson], the director, yelled out, "Kiss!" And we kissed. It was kind of a good way to do it, because neither of us had time to get nervous about having a first kiss in front of a hundred people. It was good, we just got right into it, and then you've got the first kiss out of the way and you're fine!
As opposed to most of the time with movie kisses, when they're meticulously planned and rehearsed...
Hemsworth: Absolutely. And you just sit there wondering how to kiss, and what to do. So it was good, we just got thrown into it. [Laughs]
It's recently been announced that your next film will be Arabian Nights. What can you share about the story this early out?
Hemsworth: Yes, I'm in negotiations at the moment. It's a big epic, fun film. It's about magic, and swords, and action... I play the commander of an army, and my king gets killed and I meet up with Sinbad and ask him to help me and come defend my kingdom. He comes back, and we do some sword fighting. I think it's going to be really cool. I love getting into physical shape for a film, it makes me feel more like what the character needs to be.
Have you spoken at length with Chuck Russell about his vision for the film?
Hemsworth: He's an amazing guy; he's got so many great ideas for the film. He showed me concept art. It'll look amazing. I think he's got a strong vision for the film. He's so enthusiastic about it, and he believes in it so much, and when you have a director like that you know you're in good hands.
Your name's been thrown about with a lot of action-type properties, but what other kinds of work interest you?
Hemsworth: There's a lot of things I want to do. I'd love to do action-y types of films; you know, as long as they're good stories. My favorite actors are Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith, guys like that. I love films that they've done. I love The Departed, it's one of my favorite films. I'd love to do a film like that; the acting is just amazing. Or a film like The Bourne Identity, something that's physical and on edge. I love those kinds of films, and they're the kinds of films I'd love to do. It's almost impossible to plan out what you want to do. You choose things that interest you, what feels right at the time in my career. I want to do things that I'm genuinely interested in and believe in. I want to make good stories. I'd love to do comedies!
A few years ago you appeared in Alex Proyas's Knowing, which was shot in Australia. What are your strongest memories from that shoot?
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RS CNC and DSLR Photometry
Hi everyone,
A couple of weeks ago, I thought I found a good potential target for DSLR photometry, RS CNC. It has a decent sized amplitide, and the publications that I have been able to find on this star gives a B-V color of about 1.35, but I am finiding that maybe it isn't so good of a target for DSLR measurements.
I'm now starting to crunch through some measurements, and when I compare my calculated V magnitude with other measurements made at the same time, I noticed that my results differ by about 0.05. I usually don't worry too much if my results differ from other observers by about 0.02, but 0.05 is a bit larger than usual.
So I wanted to see if perhaps the color index I was taking from catalogs was wrong. To do that, I would measure the magnitudes of various stars in the same image field using the DSLR Blue and DSLR Green channels. I would then plot a graph of B-V[catalog] versus DSLR(blue)-DSLR(green). I'm attaching a spreadsheet of the comparison. It shows a nice leanear relationship for the color index, at least in the range of -0.1 to 1.6 for B-V.
After I calculated the color for RS CNC, I got a value of 2.13, significantly redder than 1.35. I find this a bit puzzling, because my measurements of other stars that have published colors as red as 1.5-1.6 did not show any such discrepancies. So I now wonder if RS CNC can get significantly redder than the catalogs indicate, especially when it is in the dimmer part of it's cycle?
I don't have hard data yet, but after trying some tests with Betelgeuse, I think with stars are redder than about 1.7 or so, I am getting enough IR light leaking through the green filter so that it makes the star appear brighter in the green channel. Which in turn causes my V calculations to be brighter then they actually are.
Let me know what you think,
-Mike Durkin (DMPA)
Using Seqplot I found that BSM photometry (41 nights) give B-V=1.667 for RS Cnc. (B-Verr=0.13)
You should ask Arne if you want to know more about the BSM data of RS Cnc. They were probably uploaded into the database Seqplot uses in the last few years.
We put RS Cnc on the BSM queue for an SRc/SRd program for Matt. It was observed at BVRI from March 2010 through January 2011, on about 50 nights. Looking at the data for that year, the color remained nearly constant at (B-V) = 1.7, and I doubt that it would be any different if you looked at it today.
It is an M-star, and so is much brighter in the red. (V-Ic) for example is about 4.1, which means that any filter that has a red leak will be compromised.
My suggestion to DSLR people (as well as unfiltered observers, or any observer with a non-standard filter) is to avoid red stars. There are lots of bright stars of other variability types that are fun to observe and neglected!
Hi Mike,
The typical "hot mirror" reflects NIR light and transmits visible; the normal use is for projection systems where you want to get rid of the heat. They typically transmit about 80% of the visible light, and get rid of about 90% of the NIR light. Basically, they would be ok with a loss of ~20% throughput, and they do cut down some of the possible red leak, but a factor of 10 decrease of the red light is really pretty minimal (usual blockers decrease the red light by 3-4 orders of magnitude). A better choice (but probably more expensive) is an IR blocker. However, either one is something to try, and see whether things improve!
Don't get too concerned over the 1.37 vs 1.7 vs 2.13 color index for RS Cnc; red stars are really hard to measure correctly.
Hi Arne, Mike,
In fact there is no need for extra IR filter with present "regular" DSLR. DSLR have both an interferential IR cut at 700 nm and a dye IR filter that reduces the response to deep red and further reject IR. The difference between the Johnson V filter and the G DSLR channel is that the DSLR red response is too low for us, not too strong ! To achieve a near perfect V response we could use an Hoya Y50 filter that will cut the extra blue sensitivity of the G channel, achieving a blue roll-off just right such of the V reference proposed by Mike Bessell. Then to achieve a near perfect red roll-off it's enough to compensate the missing red by just adding about 5% of the R channel output to the G output.
But, if I remember well, Mike has a 450D from which the IR filters have been removed by Hutech ? In this case it should be used with the external or clippable replacement IR filter. Regular IR cut are available for few ten $. Then there is probably no need for the addition of 5% R in this case.
But if I understand well Mike also uses the B channel to determine B-V. If the V from the present DSLR can be excellent, extracting B from the B channel is more difficult. The difference of centroid between both is large. This is probably the reason for the B-V discrepency seen by Mike. I also should denote that there is a large difference between the filters of old DSLR (before the 350D) and the present ones, present ones are much better for us.
Clear Skies !
Hi Mike,
As I have said before, TB and TG are not B and V. The filter bandpasses and central wavelengths are very different, and RGB filters are not necessarily IR blocked like Johnson filters are. Unless you carefully calibrate your system, you will get weird results like this.
I don't know of any fields that have bright red/blue standards. For telescopes, the usual fields are SA110 and SA111 along the equator, where there is lots of reddening, so that intrinsically-normal stars become very red objects. This means that they are stable, yet red - the ideal choice for standards. Arlo Landolt calibrated lots of these stars, but primarily faint ones. Bright stars in those regions tend to be nearby stars, with little reddening, and therefore blue.
However, what you need are some fields where there are stars significantly redder than the target star, so that you interpolate rather than extrapolate. Otherwise, I'd recommend that you avoid red stars.
Hi Mike,
We are setting up some calibration fields, using data from the Bright Star Monitor. These would possibly be useful for your setup, but won't be ready until mid-Summer (after the CCD School). I'll post here when they are available. With the existing data, I expect calibration stars to be in the range of 5-10mag, but only over the BSM 2.2x1.4deg field of view, so useful for some DSLR setups, but not others.
I do have a modified Canon Rebel XT (350D) which makes it more sensitive to Hydrogen Alpha and the red end of the spectrum. This causes a red color shift which can be corrected by using a custom white balance.
Well, I think if you do photometry white balance correction won't help. Especially in the case of red variables. If there is H-alpha or other red emission that significantly effect the photometry. So I would not use modified DSLR cameras for photometry except in the case of CV's where the B-V color-index is around zero, but definitely avoid using them for photometry of red stars.
I think there is a confusion here. There are two kinds of modifications of the IR filtering of DSLR. This is linked to the fact the DSLR have a stack of two IR rejection filters. One is a classical dye (tinted glass) similar on red side to the Shott BG39 (used in Johnson filters) the second being an interferential filter that cuts the IR starting at 700 nm. Both combined in regular DSLR provide a very strong IR rejection, even stronger than the single IR filter used in the Johnson sets.
Then the modification of IR filter in DSLR can be the removal of all the stack or only the dye: two different ways.
If the stack is removed the sensitivity to the IR is high, like an unfiltered astro CCD. In this case the photometry would be very difficult as the RGB filters made from pigments deposited on pixels are transparent to IR.
But if only the dye is removed keeping the interferential cut operative, in this case (Mike's one) the rejection of IR remains strong thanks to that interferential filter (similar to what is used in more recent Johnson filters like Astrodon ! ) Only the sensitivity to the red is increased, but not a lot ! The resulting response curve of the G channel is then very similar to the red roll-off of the Johnson V pass-band. By the way I do not see why it would not be usable for red stars like a Johnson V ? The difference is in fact on the blue roll-off side, this could be corrected either with a transform, or my VSF technique, or an Hoya Y50 filter.
Color Balance: the color balance of the 350D doesn't affect the RAW image file output. The RGB response curves of the 350D are identical to such of the 450D. What I have published on the regular 450D (unmodified) is usable for the 350D. I recently made the response measurment of a very recent Canon "M" and I found it unchanged. The Canon filters system has apparently not changed since the 350D.
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Youkilis probably out of the lineup again. Back Still stiff.
Youkilis probably out of the lineup again. Back Still stiff.
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With a larger than life presence both onscreen and off, Dan Blocker was a television legend for his role of Hoss Cartwright for 13 seasons of the 1960s Western television series "Bonanza" (NBC 1959-1973) until his untimely death in 1972. While Blocker would go on to appear in films and play other characters, he was inseparable from his role on one of the longest running series on television.
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Attaching tags to manatees, which does not cause harm or
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Determining animal movement patterns and use of important
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Attaching tags to manatees allows researchers to follow individual
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The tag weighs approximately 5 pounds. While the flexible tether
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in the tether allows the manatee to break free if the tag is
caught. The tag contains a satellite and VHF transmitter. The
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per day on an individual manatee. Directly observing the tagged
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manatees, and reproductive success of females. Unique color band
combinations at the top of each tag are used for visual
identification of individual manatees. Tags occasionally get hit by
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I am programming oci and allready able to perform DML Statements with and without hostvariables. But now i have got problem by understanding the techique of fetching result (cursor) from a query.
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|Annual All Cancer Walk this Saturday in Wauneta
|Written by Wauneta Breeze
|Friday, 20 September 2013 17:25
The annual Chase County Community Hospital Cancer Walk will be held this Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Legion Hall in Wauneta.
The theme for the 2013 event is childhood cancer. September is also Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
As of Friday, 127 individuals and six teams had pre-registered for the walk.
There is a competition among the teams to see which one can get the most people on a team.
"As of Sept. 13, it is a close race. The top three teams are within a couple of individuals of each other," said Jennifer Harris, who is helping with registration.
Registration for the walk begins at 7:30 a.m. The walk will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a blessing by Pastor Kevin McGraw of the Hamlet Union Church.
A silent auction featuring over 70 items will be conducted during the morning. Individuals can begin placing bids at 7:30 a.m. The public is encouraged to participate in this worthy event, which should wrap up by 12 noon.
Several area residents will also speak at the event. Vanessa Terryberry and Cassie Carman will visit with those attending about the challenges they have faced related to cancer.
Jeff Schuman of Imperial will also be on hand to provide music during the event.
Other activities during the morning will include a "Fun Photo Booth" face painting (provided by Chelsea Zuege and Wauneta Bronco Cheeleaders) and snacks for those attending.
Registration costs are as follows: Individual—$20, family groups of four or more or teams of six individuals or more may register for $15 per person
Funds raised by this annual event go to assist local residents in the prevention and fighting of cancer. Funds can be used to assist in paying for cancer-related tests such as mammograms, medical bills related to treatment of cancer or incidental expenses related to cancer treatment such as travel, lodging and meals.
An individual can apply for up to $250 per year. Over the past three years, Cancer Walk Funds have assisted nearly 70 individuals. The majority of these individuals live in Chase County.
For more information on the CCCH Cancer Walk, contact the following individuals: Vicki Buffington—882-2224, Francisca Morales—882-7306, Jen Harris—882-7327 or Randy Vlasin—882-7379.


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The Popularity Factor in Today's SEO
Being popular gets you everywhere.
Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor from the American show The Office) talks in her book "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me and Other Concerns" about how she imagined getting award show gift bags with vacations to wildlife reserves and $500 jars of miracle face creams made from human placentas. But since she's not an A-List actor so in reality she would get stuff like protein bars and socks, and sometimes wouldn't even be allowed into events.
It's not that Mindy isn't a fantastic person – she is. But she's simply not as popular as the Meryl Streeps and Angelina Jolies of the world. The awards show gift bag preppers and door bouncers have a standard for who they let in and what they give them, based on how popular they are right now and among others at the event.
Google works the same way. When there are hundreds, thousands, or even millions of potential pages that could be in those first ten search results, Google has to make a decision about who is the most relevant and who is most popular among their peers right now. If that's your page, well then welcome to the Oscars, and please enjoy your placenta cream.
The popularity factor in ranking
Knowing that links can and do affect rankings, our industry has blossomed around buying, selling, injecting, manipulating and basically selling our first born to get every link possible. It's time-consuming, it's not fun, and it certainly doesn't make Google happy, since it clouds their vision of who is really popular. And it's not news that Google has been working on fixing that.
So if you're thinking ahead – thinking about what tactics you're going to be able to implement as Google continues to crack down on SEO manipulation over the next year, 5 years, 10 years, then you should be thinking about more than just links. You should be thinking about what is going to make your audience naturally love and share and engage with your stuff online. I call this the popularity factor.
Popularity factor #1: Sharing is caring
In December 2010 Danny Sullivan asked Google and Bing if and how they consider Facebook and Twitter in their algorithms, and because Danny is magic, they answered him. Although some of the answers were a bit nebulous, we got a sense for how the search engines are thinking about what social signals might be important.
Before this there was some disbelief that a link from Twitter or Facebook (if it's crawlable) could potentially contribute to a page's rankings because of nofollows on the links. With thousands of PhDs working at Google I'm quite certain that the fact that a share, something people are excited about enough to tell others (not unlike a link), wouldn't be beyond their grasp. It makes complete sense. Whether the link is nofollowed or not, it's a sign that someone likes this piece of content. Just like a typical link, it's a vote. And with the exception of social sharing spam, there's no reason to ignore this increasingly popular type of signal.
Even in 2010 Google and Bing shared that the authority of a social share and the quantity of shares were factors considered in their algorithms and/or search result displays. Deducing the nebulous answers we can see that they were considering these factors (in web search and/or social search results, which have changed since then):
- Authority: Importance or authority level of the person sharing the URL.
- Quantity: How many times the URL has been shared.
And I'd also bet that by now they are also considering and possibly using these factors:
- Expertise: Whether the sharer is an expert in the topic. A recent Microsoft & Carnegie Mellon study defined browsing "experts" as people who had been to a site x times. In social metrics, authority (how many followers/friends/etc you have) + topics (what you talk about most, what's retweeted most, etc) could easily equal experts.
- Type of query: It makes perfect sense that social signals might affect some kinds of queries more than others. For example, social signals probably come into play a lot more for news-related queries like a celebrity death, than static queries like refrigerator parts.
It's all about Google+, right?
A few studies have attempted to look at the effects of social sharing on rankings (examples: 1, 2). Though, in my opinion the studies should be taken with a very large grain of salt, the interesting commonality seems to be that Google+ has more of an influence on the rankings in these tests than Twitter or Facebook shares.
Many people take the conspiracy theory route and blindly claim that Google favors pages that have verified Google authorship (in my experience it's typically because they heard someone else say it). Google has also said that Google authorship doesn't affect rankings, although it could in the future.
My thought on this is that there may be a high congruence between Google authorshipped pages and rankings, but if there is I'd believe that it's currently more likely due to an indirect effect. Google has written about the tests they've done on the clickthrough rate of G+ results in September 2011, and increased the image sizes after the tests, presumably so that the CTR would be higher. We assume that organic search results that get clicks can perform better overall than SERPS that are ignored. Therefore, just like other video and image rich snippets in SERPS, it would make sense that people would tend to click on the results with the G+ author photo, especially if it's someone they know.
All in all, Google's Matt Cutts recently mentioned social likely becoming an even stronger factor in the future and is crucial currently for personalized search.
Popularity factor #2: Engagement
It's still pretty tough to say exactly what the search engines might be able to see and/or take into consideration around what happens once a searcher enters a site. Google has said, in an older version of their policy page I saved called Ad Planner data methodology – Ad Planner Help, that they dip into a wealth of places to gather data for AdPlanner including Google Analytics and the toolbar and Google Analytics. Why wouldn't the Search folks be doing the same? It's entirely possible.
Several Google and Microsoft research papers and patents have mentioned a variety of ways they are thinking about engagement, including scrolling on a page, printing or downloading something from the page, bookmarking it, how long it is in focus, and more.
For example, here is an excerpt from a Google patent titled "Systems and methods for demoting personalized search results based on personal information"
Other characteristics of user behavior that can be used for user profiling include one or more of the following: the length of time that a user interacts with the website, the proportion of the website viewed by the user, actions (in addition to clicks) taken by a user while visiting the website (e.g., printing, bookmarking, cutting and pasting, annotating), and a user's activity subsequent to the interaction with the website.
We would be pulling the wool over our own eyes to think that engagement in some way, shape or form, even if it's simply bounces back to SERPS, time on page/site and/or pages per visitor, is not considered as a factor when weighing the popularity of your page versus the millions of others on the same topic.
Popularity factor #3: Links
This one needs no explanation. Links are still, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, a ranking factor, and of course an indication of popularity. Of course the level of link manipulation that SEOs can get away with is changing, there's no doubt good links can still work wonders for a page and the site it's on.
But I sell toilets: Woe is me
Around 2006 I wrote a blog post on toilets. It was on a Yahoo 360 blog (a product that no longer exists) and I wasn't popular enough for anyone to scrape anything I said, so it is unfortunately long gone, but here's the point: I was excited about a toilet. Excited enough to not only link to a few toilets, but actually write about them too. It's not that I'm a plumbing aficionado by any means, but who wouldn't get excited about a toilet that has a seat warmer and plays music while you do your duty? Or an innovation being considered where your "deposit" is analyzed to give you, and potentially your health care provider, an analysis?
The point is, I've heard the complaint over and over again that it's impossible to generate links and shares naturally for something boring like refrigerator parts and cranes and toilets. I respectfully disagree for two reasons:
- It's all relative: Your popularity in search results is relative to other search results. Your toilet page is competing with other toilet pages, so be the best toilet page you can be and don't worry about how many links travel articles and celebrity news sites get. You're likely not being compared to them.
- If these guys can do it, you can too:
- Social media savvy vacuum 'tweets what it eats'
- The 15 Manliest Toilets
- 12 Cool and Unusual Refrigerators
- Mobile Crane Accidents
So what can the Mindy Kalings of the internet world do to generate more popularity? Figure out what you're good at and do that better than everyone else. Write a book, become a thought leader, hone your craft, get creative, prove yourself, know what gets your audiences excited and go out there and do it. Spend less time building links to try to make it look like your popular in the directories and blogspots of the internet and instead spend that time doing something remarkable. It's the way SEO is going. And just like SEO has always been – you're better off paving the way than being late to the game.
Agree? Disagree? Know of other factors you'd consider popularity factors? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments or via @lauralippay on Twitter!


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text: Print Comments Culture The Movies Culture | The top 5 movies in popularity as measured by box office receipts from 9/24/99 to 9/26/99 By The EditorsIssue: "Gunpoint evangelist," Oct. 9, 1999Posted Oct. 9, 1999, 12:00 a.m. Double Jeopardy $23.7 million 1 week in release $23.7 million to date Cast Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones Director Bruce Beresford Studio Paramount Pictures Content Rated R for bad language, violence, and sexual situations Plot Innocent woman convicted of murdering her jerk husband discovers hubby isn't dead Worldview Revenge is mine! Since she already did jail time for "killing" her husband, she decides she can hunt him down with impunity Blue Streak $13.2 million 2 weeks in release $37.7 million to date Cast Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson Director Les Mayfield Studio Columbia Pictures Plot Dumbed-down action comedy about a burglar who discovers his stolen diamond is hidden inside a police station, so he pretends to be a policeman so he can get his goods Content Rated PG-13 for bad language and violence Worldview People who play by the rules are stiff and stupid, while cons and crooks know where the action is The Sixth Sense $8.5 million 8 weeks in release $225.1 million to date Cast Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment Directors M. Night Shyamalan Studio Hollywood Pictures Content Rated PG-13 for bad language, violent images, and gore, typically ghost-story ghouliness Plot Child psychologist must rescue a little boy who sees ghosts GistWillis is a spiritual leader from the secular priesthood (psychology) in this Exorcist-like suspense thriller Worldview Exorcising the boy's demons with counseling doesn't work, showing that secularism doesn't have a clue about dealing with spiritual issues For the love of the game $6.6 million 2 weeks in release $23.2 million to date Cast Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston Director Sam Raimi Studio Universal Studios Content Rated PG-13 for bad language, sexual situations, and blood from accident Plot Veteran star baseball pitcher playing his last game of the season ponders his life and whether to play another season Gist Generational turning-point movie about a baby boomer trying to age with dignity; great baseball scenes Worldview Man knows not his time: Yesterday's MVP may be tomorrow's forgotten legend American Beauty $6 million 2 weeks in release $7.6 million to date Cast Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening Director Sam Mendes Studio Dreamworks SKG Content Rated R for bad language, nudity, sexual situations, drug use, and violence Plot Ensemble drama featuring a middle-class dad who chases after a high-school cheerleader Gist A rootless, shallow family heads down the road to destruction then steps on the gas Worldview Suburbia as existential nightmare; seemingly normal people live lives of quiet desperation In the Spotlight Robin Williams plays the title role in the Holocaust film Jakob The Liar (Columbia Pictures, rated PG-13 for violence, bad language, and Holocaust themes), which debuted at No. 8. Jakob is an obscure member of a Jewish ghetto in 1944 Poland until he reveals he has a radio hidden away and that he heard the war was about to end. This little white lie was supposed to be kept quiet but it spreads everywhere. Whether Jakob's lie was good or bad was left hazy. Other Jews in the ghetto, looking for hope, start asking him for news. Jakob's storytelling has an unforeseen result: People aren't killing themselves out of desperation anymore, leaving their bodies to be dragged away through the streets in wheelbarrows. So the ruse carries on. Meanwhile, Jakob has a bigger secret locked away; he's hiding a 10-year-old orphan in his basement. Jakob the Liar is a remake of a 1975 East German movie, which may explain why Stalin and the Soviets are portrayed as heroes. It shares some plot twists with last year's Life Is Beautiful. While the earlier movie tried to find hope amid the terror, this film reeks of existential doom. Jakob also reeks of lackluster direction and distracting gaffes: American swing music is heard in Nazi Poland, and our hero has an apartment all to himself while another is packed. There's an interesting morality tale lost in here somewhere. We see you've been enjoying the content on our exclusive member website. Ready to get unlimited access to all of WORLD's member content? Get your risk-free, 30-Day FREE Trial Membership right now. (Don't worry. It only takes a sec—and you don't have to give us payment information right now.) Absolutely! Sign Me Up! Forget the Trial … Make Me a Member! Already a Member? Login Now


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- 4. Add UCCW uzips to data>com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker>themes folder
- 5. Add Minimalistic Text preferences file to MinimalisticTextPreferences folder
- 6. Add Compctab.ttf to your Fonts folder
- 7. Add Borderlands 2 Icons folder and Wallpaper folder wherever you like on your device
- 8. Delete all but 2 screens. Use Multi Picture Live Wallpaper to set Screen 1 to Homescreen.jpg, and Screen 2 to Apps Screen.jpg, don't crop
- 9. Add UCCW widgets. Battery Bar at top (7x1), Clock below that (7x1), Email etc below that (7x3)
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- 11. Add Eye in the Sky (Eye In Sky Forecast 4x1), resize to 7x2
- 12. Hold down on apps to bring up options, tap Edit, tap the current icon, tap Files, tap QuickPic (or your favorite viewer)
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"Star Trek" hunk ZACHARY QUINTO beams out of closet, goes public with romance with "Glee" star JONATHAN GROFF!
Quinto, 34, has been secretly dating Groff, 26, since last year. But sources say he felt he couldn't take their romance public – until now.
"Zachary had wanted to come out for some time, but his handlers wouldn't let him," a source close to the couple told The ENQUIRER.
"They were afraid it might jeopardize his 'Star Trek' role as Spock. So Jonathan kept it quiet too."
Despite that, Quinto and Groff – who plays a rival school's lead singer, Jesse St. James, on "Glee" – were often seen out together in New York and Los Angeles.
The two even double-dated with Groff's "Glee" co-star Lea Michele and her then-boyfriend Theo Stockman.
"Zachary recently went to see Jonathan in his off-Broad way play 'The Submission,'" added the source. "They're both very supportive of one another."
Quinto shot to fame as super-powered villain Sylar in TV's "Heroes" and is now starring in the just-released Wall Street drama "Margin Call." He recently wrote on his blog that he was spurred to reveal his sexuality secret by the tragic September suicide of gay teen Jamey Rodemeyer.
"After that, Zachary knew that he had to come out," said the source.
And the first thing he did was to take his romance with Groff public.
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