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Mobile Video Growth Attracting Advertisers15 May, 2013 By: Doug McPherson
NEW YORK – Video advertising on mobile devices is getting more viewers, and advertisers are opening their wallets a little wider to capture them, says a new eMarketer report dubbed, "Mobile Video Advertising: Choices for a Rapidly Changing World."
eMarketer reports that the number of smartphone video viewers in 2014 will hit nearly 87 million, or more than one in four Americans – numbers big enough to lure bigger ad bucks.
U.S. ad spending for mobile video may quadruple from this year's $518 million estimate to nearly $2.1 billion in 2016, e-Marketer reports. It adds that growth rates for mobile video ad spending will be far greater than for any other related channel – television, online or total digital.
But, e-Marketer also points out that while 2016's figure will represent more than one-quarter of all digital video ad spending, it will still be less than 10 percent of all mobile ad spending.
eMarketer also says it's "shortsighted" to assume that this year's triple-digit growth means mobile video is becoming the dominant video ad format. In fact, while spending growth rates point to market energy and advertiser interest, a channel's share of the total is a more important indicator of its place in the entire ad spending universe.
Mobile video advertising serves several potential objectives and offers a number of possible benefits for marketers, including: It cuts through the clutter.
Ujjal Kohli, CEO at Rhythm NewMedia, told e-Marketer that multitasking is "the enemy of branding. The requirements for branding include full-screen, immersive content. The stunning thing about tablets and smartphones is that somehow these systems have been designed to single-task when video is played. And it's full-screen."In second-quarter 2012, the average U.S. mobile subscriber spent 5 hours and 20 minutes per month watching video on a mobile phone, according to Nielsen. If one added in an estimate of time spent watching video on tablets, that mobile figure would likely be at least the same as the time people spent watching video online.
Data show the mobile video audience skews younger, with the 12-to-17 and 18-to-24 age groups indexing higher than average.
But all age groups spent far more time watching traditional TV, which is another reason why many brand marketers see mobile video advertising as a way to reinforce and complement their TV commercials, not replace them.
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Stevie Wonder is in talks to become the first blind contestant on "Dancing With the Stars," the legend confirmed.
"It'd be fun," he told Los Angeles 104.3 MYFM radio jock Valentine. "It's not impossible."
Wonder, 58, who signed to Motown as a pre-teen, said nothing is set in stone yet, but the dialogue to get him to show off his fancy footwork in the ballroom is open.
"Right now, it's just a thought," he said.
Though the crooner is known for his soulful pop hits like "Superstition," and "For Once In My Life," he told Valentine that he certainly has some dance moves too.
"Come on… If I have seven children, I've got to be able to dance right?" he added.
And like many "Dancing" contenders before him, Stevie said he'd be happy to use the show as a weight loss regimen.
"I think it'd be fun – working on my little stomach thing here and losing some more weight," he said.


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Is it easier to feel 'the lump' via the FRONT [anterior] or BACK [posterior] aspect of the knee?
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All three are serious Orthopedic conditions, requiring Specialist-Doctor's expertise for proper management, so I highly recommend that you consult an Orthopedic Surgeon soon. A detailed knee exam plus imaging study [such as Knee MRI], plus possible biopsy if needed, should clinch the exact Diagnosis, which is always the FIRST step to getting the appropriate treatment.
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What do you do if you're in the business of producing a wide variety of metal presses to meet special customer requirements? You choose your system components wisely, and flexibility of function plays a large part.
Multipress, Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, is a leader in design and production of hydraulic press technology based on flexible architectures, The company has been producing hydraulic presses since the 1920's, for applications as diverse as high-speed stamping of self-locking nuts (3-4 nuts/second to a +/- 10 pound tolerance), metal extrusion, and forming of metal components. Over the years, Multipress has continually focused on evolving and enhancing the technologies employed in their presses.
Multipress' two most recent presses will be used to form metal components for the automotive industry. These presses needed to move quickly, but also precisely. Multipress' system designers met the challenge by setting up the press to operate at three different speeds. At the start of a press cycle, the hydraulic ram needs to move very quickly. Then, it needs to slow down as the business end of the press ram approaches the work piece.
The faster steps in the process use open-loop moves for maximum speed, and when the machine slows down near the end of the cycle, it does precise positioning by making minute, precision flow control adjustments via a servo valve. Though each press uses a 31-inch cylinder, closed-loop position control is only needed for the final 3 inches of motion. Under closed-loop control, final positioning of the axis is accomplished to within .001 inch of target values.
Flexibility the key
There are three key types of components in the typical press: mechanicals, hydraulics, and electrical/control elements. Correct decisions must be made in each area. If the mechanical design isn't right, there may be no way for the hydraulics to make it work effectively. If the hydraulic components aren't selected and sized correctly, an electronic motion controller may not be able to maintain precise control.
The hydraulics and electronic controls for the Multipress machines were designed in conjunction with Advanced Industrial Products, Inc. of Plain City, OH. Multipress strives for simplicity and flexibility in the designs they do and a track record of success proves that this approach works.
To control the hydraulics, Multipress needed a programmable electronic motion controller that was capable of smoothly transitioning between several different modes of operation. The company selected the RMC75, manufactured by Delta Computer Systems, Inc. of Vancouver, Washington (see Figure 1).
For maximum flexibility in the hydraulics, the Multipress machine (see Figure 2) uses an open loop regenerative circuit for fast advance and fast feed speeds. A small servo valve is used to do final press positioning on the main ram cylinder. The position of the ram is controlled using a Balluff transducer. The Delta controller enables this system to run in both open and closed-loop modes, allowing a cost savings and energy savings by not having to use large servo valves.


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I was asking about the DE cleansers in another thread but thought asking about the ingredient directly might get a better response. How harsh is sodium coco-sulfate (from coconut) ? Laurabeth? Anyone? :)
I'm not sure. But I will say this without hesitation. It's all about how much of a concentration of a surfactant more so than the actual one. One of the most drying, harsh poos I've tried in a while was a coco betaine poo.
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Ahhh, ok. It was actually the one Kurlee mentioned in that thread - DE Green Apple. Maybe I will rethink trying it. Thanks!
Yeah, there is a risk you'll hate that shampoo. It was harsh feeling.
Kurlee, the lady at the store said there was no lather, that it was like a creamy film, does that sound about right?
No, it lathered like a normal shampoo in my hair. Felt like straw after. Pretty bad actually.
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The U.S. and Washington hold grave fears about the security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons and Arab leaders are privately urging an attack on Iran, according to reports based on classified U.S. embassy cables leaked to major media news organizations by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.
The first tranche of more than 250,000 classified cables also says American officials were also told to spy on the United Nations' leadership and get biometric information on its secretary general Ban Ki-moon.
These revelations alone would be likely to reverberate around the world. But the secret dispatches, which were obtained by WikiLeaks also reveal Washington's evaluation of many other highly sensitive international issues.
These include a shift in relations between China and North Korea, high-level concerns over Pakistan's growing instability, and details of clandestine U.S. efforts to combat al-Qaida in Yemen.
The UK's The Guardian also reports U.S. diplomats had been ordered by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to spy on allies, including the UN. Top secret cables revealed that Mrs Clinton even ordered diplomats to obtain DNA data – including iris scans and fingerprints – as well as credit card and frequent flier numbers.
All permanent members of the security council – including Russia, China, France and the UK – were targeted by the secret spying mission, as well as the Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-Moon.
Work schedules, email addresses, fax numbers, website identifiers and mobile numbers were also demanded by Washington. The US also wanted 'biographic and biometric information on UN Security Council permanent representatives.'
The leaked memos also disclose how American diplomats compared Iran's President Ahmedinejad with Adolf Hitler and labelled France's President Nicolas Sarkozy as the "emperor with no clothes".
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel was depicted as "risk aversive", while the Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin was an "alpha dog". Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai was "driven by paranoia". The unguarded comments were contained in the classified cables from US embassies, details of which were published by The New York Times and several other news organizations last night. Some of the cables were sent as recently as last February.
The material was originally obtained by WikiLeaks, an organization devoted to revealing secret documents. WikiLeaks posted 220 cables, some redacted to protect diplomatic sources, in the first installment of the archive on its Web site on Sunday.
The disclosure of the cables is sending shudders through the diplomatic establishment, and could strain relations with some countries, influencing international affairs in ways that are impossible to predict.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and American ambassadors around the world have been contacting foreign officials in recent days to alert them to the expected disclosures. A statement from the White House on Sunday said: "We condemn in the strongest terms the unauthorized disclosure of classified documents and sensitive national security information."
As the leaks went public, WikiLeaks said in its Twitter feed its website was "under a mass distributed denial of service attack". The site was showing no reference to the latest leaks, dubbed "cablegate".
US diplomats have been contacting foreign governments, and the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has given personal briefings to several senior politicians, including the Foreign Affairs Minister, Kevin Rudd.
The US fears the released embassy files could have a negative impact on its relationships with other nations and may contain confidential and bitingly frank views of world leaders.
The US State Department has released a letter from a legal adviser, Harold Koh, in reply to correspondence from a lawyer acting for the editor of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, on Friday. The original letter from Mr Assange has not been seen, but Mr Koh suggested the WikiLeaks letter sought information on those who might be at risk of harm from its publication.
"Despite your stated desire to protect … lives, you have done the opposite and endangered the lives of countless individuals," it said. "You have undermined your stated objective by disseminating this material widely, without redaction, and without regard to the security and sanctity of the lives your actions endanger."
Mr Koh said the US would not negotiate with WikiLeaks and demanded the return of all "classified US material in its possession". He said WikiLeaks was in violation of US law by holding and disseminating the material.
An open letter from the US ambassador in Germany, Philip Murphy, was published in the German tabloid Bild, saying WikiLeaks was committing a "grave breach" of trust.
"The consequences are difficult to predict. It will at least be unpleasant – for my government, for those who are mentioned in the reports, and for me personally as the American ambassador to Germany."
In London The Times, quoting unnamed Whitehall officials, warned that the cables would reveal "anti-Islamic" British views that could cause a violent backlash in the Islamic world.
In what appears to have been a mistake, one of the media outlets given advance access to the files, the German news magazine Der Spiegel, briefly released a statistical synopsis of the embassy files yesterday.
In a report hastily removed after it was posted on its website, the magazine said the embassy cables were made up of 251,287 diplomatic cables and 8000 State Department "directives". It said more than half the cables were unclassified, 40.5 per cent were marked confidential and 6 per cent were secret.
Der Spiegel said the first release would take place at 10.30pm on Sunday Berlin time – 8.30am today, Sydney time.
The Sunday Telegraph in London quoted British government sources as saying the releases would begin with "lively commentaries" on world leaders such as Nelson Mandela and the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai.
Then, day by day until next Sunday, a steady stream of cables on topics such as the Korean peninsula, Guantanamo Bay, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and China would be released.
However, that article was challenged when David Leigh, the investigations editor of The Guardian – which has had access to the cables – wrote a Twitter message saying the London Telegraph story was wrong, adding "wait for the guardian!" The US network NBC reported on Friday that the documents would reveal "damaging" details of US efforts to renegotiate a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, as well as counter-terrorism efforts in Yemen.
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WASHINGTON (Mar. 21)
A request by the United States for United Nations action to avoid an Israel-Arab war will postpone a final decision on Israel's arms application, government sources predicted today as President Eisenhower gave new emphasis to the importance he attaches to United Nations action on the Arab-Israel crisis.
Government sources said President Eisenhower feels that arms sales to Israel at this time might exacerbate the dangerous situation at a juncture when he thinks the United Nations might make some progress in lessening tension. Mr. Eisenhower, however, said nothing on the Israel arms issue at his press conference today.
The President appealed however, for mediation of the Arab-Israel crisis to avoid war. He warned that any major outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East would be a catastrophe for the whole world. He stressed the importance of Arab oil to the West. The major American effort, he said is to find some way to help the Arab states and Israel see that their interests he in mediation. He said the United States must regard every bit of unrest in the Middle East as a most serious thing.
The United States, said President Eisenhower, is committed to using peaceful means to bring about implementation of its policy. In this aim, he pointed out, this country is supporting United Nations efforts and has expressed itself through the Tripartite Declaration of 1950. In mentioning the Arab oil factor, the President pointed out the importance of avoiding war for strategic material reasons apart from other considerations.
Mr. Eisenhower expressed doubt that "prejudices" could be eliminated in the Middle East. He said that the United States nevertheless would never give up trying to use every peaceful influence it could to avert war. Asked if a new United Nations action plan suggested by the United States included the return to the Middle East of United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, the President said the American plan would be published at the proper time.
Comparing the French-North African situation with Arab-Israel difficulties, the President said the United States was trying in each instance to help. He said both sides in each conflict must realize that their true interest could be found in compromise and trade rather than war. The President evaded a question which sought to elicit his thinking on seeking Congressional backing for military intervention in the Middle East similar to the Formosa resolution. He said bi-partisan consultations have been held on the whole question of U.S. policy in the Middle East but did not indicate that such consultation pertained to possible U.S. armed intervention.
Israel Ambassador Abba Eban today met with George V. Allen, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, in what appeared to be a preparatory step to a meeting between Mr. Eban and Secretary of State Dulles who returns today from abroad. The coming Eban-Dulles talk is expected by some to be the "showdown" session on the Israel arms application.
Today Ambassador Eban said he reviewed developments in the Middle East. Most of the important problems in Israel-American relations were covered, Mr. Eban said, indicating that the arms issue was included among these topics. Mr. Eban said Israel had been notified of a United States plan for UN peace action in the Middle East. He made no comment on the plan.
U.S. willingness to help solve the Arab-Israel crisis by supporting regional projects to harness the energy of the Jordan River or facilitate the resettlement of the Arab refugees was reiterated today by John B. Hollister, director of the International Cooperation Administration before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He outlined the factors which motivated President Eisenhower's special $100,000,000 fund for the Middle East and Africa.
Mr. Hollister said more flexible action on the economic front is needed because of the increased Soviet activity in the Middle East, sudden economic crisis, and aid programs which deal with two or more countries where "sensitive political issues" are involved. In the latter case, he said, a capacity for flexibility is needed because "the exact timing and character of the eventual solutions to these problems cannot be accurately forecast, nor the precise manner in which our aid can contribute.


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This map is part of the OstWest 05 chapter and included in the Operation Apocalypse mod.
This map is maybe the toughest of all the OA maps and it demands patience, a lot of micro-managing and requires your best skills. Run the game once, sit back and see what is coming at you. Learn from it and then restart.
The AI will attempt to conquer all the villages. You cannot afford to lose Brusilov (#1) itself, but you will need to give up one, two or maybe more villages, depending on your play. Losing them has consequences and will only make things worse. Therefore, delaying the enemy is very crucial as is laying mines at the most strategic places.
The village Tarasov in the south (#2) will be impossible to hold, but the longer you defend it, the longer it will take before the enemy gets reinforcements. Once the village is lost, the enemy will first regroup and then attack Brusilov after some amount of time. More or less the same for the next village Yastrebenka in the southeast (#3), exept that it is possible to hold this, although the sacrifice would be tremendous. Succeeding this however, will prevent another enemy reinforcement. It is one of the important choices that you will have to make, but each choice will cause a complete different outcome and different behavior of the AI.
Also bear in mind that there's a lost enemy tank 'squadron' behind your lines (northeast and just above the river) and they will cause trouble in your back. You have some units nearby however, and before they should continue their way to the village, they should be taking care of those tanks first.
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Anna Deavere Smith to Receive the 19th Annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
The Gish Prize Trust today announced that playwright, actress, author and educator Anna Deavere Smith has been selected to receive the 19th annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, given annually as a legacy from the legendary film and stage actresses. Established in 1994, it is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious awards in the arts and is also one of the largest, currently bearing a cash value of approximately $300,000. Throughout the years, the Prize's mission has helped to support artists who have pushed the boundaries of their art forms and contributed to social change, therefore paving the way for future generations of artistic innovators.
Recipients of the Gish Prize are nominated by members of the arts community and selected by a distinguished committee of arts professionals. Under guidelines set forth in the will of Lillian Gish, the prize is awarded "to a man or woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind's enjoyment and understanding of life." In honoring Anna Deavere Smith, the selection committee chose her from a group of 30 esteemed finalists from the fields of dance, visual art, music, theater, film, writing, architecture, and interdisciplinary arts.
Anna Deavere Smith stated, "The Gish Prize provides credibility and recognition for artists who invented a new path for themselves and their work. The Gish sisters leave an enduring lesson for all artists that forging their own a path is worth the effort. I am deeply honored and can't imagine a greater honor than having my name linked with the incomparable Dorothy and Lillian Gish."
The selection committee for the Gish Prize was committee chair Vishakha Desai, Senior Advisor for Global Programs at the Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation and President Emerita of the Asia Society; Garth Fagan, choreographer; George Negroponte, visual artist; Rebecca Robertson, President and Executive Producer of the Park Avenue Armory; and Darren Walker, Vice President of Education, Creativity and Free Expression for the Ford Foundation.
Vishakha Desai stated, "The Gish Prize stands apart from others in the field because of the deliberately broad scope of its mandate. Open to all disciplines, it seeks to draw the public's attention not only to specific artistic contributions but to the vital role in our world of creativity itself. This is not a grantmaker's approach, but the expression of a great artist establishing a legacy for artists to come. In Anna Deavere Smith, we have a recipient who is fully worthy of that trust."
According to Darren Walker, "As a writer and performer who has created what is in some ways a new art form, Anna Deavere Smith exemplifies the trailblazing courage of the Gish sisters themselves, who did so much to make the early cinema a great artistic medium. As an artist and educator who uses her work to address today's major social issues, Anna also fulfills Lillian Gish's desire for the prize to recognize someone who has 'served as a model to others.' Anna opens our eyes, ears and minds to some of the most challenging aspects of our lives, and in so doing helps give others the courage to do the same."
"The Gish Prize acknowledges and celebrates artistic breakthroughs and supports the indomitable spirit of trailblazers like Anna Deavere Smith," says Jacqueline E. Elias, Senior Philanthropy Advisor at The Philanthropy Centre at JPMorgan Private Bank." This tremendous gift inspires us year after year and we are honored to maintain the legacy and spirit of the pioneering Gish sisters." JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves as trustee of the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize Trust.
The 19th annual Gish Prize will be presented to Anna Deavere Smith on the evening of Wednesday, February 13, 2013 in New York City at a private event hosted by JP Morgan and attended by leaders of the arts community. The ceremony will include remarks by Glenn D. Lowry, Director of The Museum of Modern Art; a special performance by Ethan Philbrick, a student of Anna Deavere Smith and Assistant Curator at Anna Deavere Smith Works; and a performance by choreographer Elizabeth Streb.


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With a month to go before the first game, UCF basketball coach Donnie Jones met with members of the local media to preview the season ahead.
The Knights are gearing up for what will be the most difficult schedule in program history. UCF has made the move to the American Athletic Conference, featuring basketball heavyweights such as Louisville, UConn, Memphis, Cincinnati and Temple, and the non-conference slate includes matchups against Florida State and Miami.
During the 10-minute interview, Jones talks about the new league, how they go about replacing an impact player like Keith Clanton, the continued development of Isaiah Sykes, and much more.
How did the pinstripe jerseys come about?
"We were looking for something different like we did with the court," Jones said. "How do we brand our program? I kind of liked the old Orlando Magic look that they had back in the Shaq days. I thought that might be appealing to the Orlando community, so we kind of went with that look thinking that would be something neat because I haven't seen too many programs across the country wearing pinstripes."
What does it mean for UCF to have a schedule like they do playing in the American Athletic Conference?
"Incredible challenge, one. Incredible opportunity, two. I think our guys are excited about that opportunity. With who we return, I think we've got good experience. Obviously losing Keith Clanton is a big loss, but I think you take them one at a time. Try not look at who the next one up is. That will be the biggest thing for us. The mindset of handling the competitive teams night in and night out, how you handle a huge victory or how you handle a tough loss. It's how you come back next. Now that you have a very competitive schedule, that's the big challenge."
You return four starters, including the big two in Isaiah Sykes and Tristan Spurlock. You do lose Keith Clanton, but what does it mean to have the core group back?
"It means a lot. Experience means that guys have been there. I think knowing what's expected of our program, but the unexpected is who we play night in and night out. A lot of the new guys will be key figures for us coming in. I think we'll have to do it by committee for Keith's position. Eugene McCrory coming in will be a big help for us, and Staphon Blair and Dylan Karell made strides. I think those three guys will be the focal point in trying to fill that void."
Not having a postseason opportunity last year, how excited is this group to have that chance this year?
"We haven't talked about that, but we know that's the opportunity that we do have for this year. I think that our focus is always to compete in the conference. I think if you take care of your conference it puts you in a situation to play in the NCAA Tournament, especially in this conference when you have four teams in this league that went to the NCAA Tournament last year and you've got two teams that have won the national championship in the last three years. From a tradition and a competitive standpoint, you have some of the best teams."
In trying to replace Keith Clanton, junior college newcomer Eugene McCrory is a player we don't know much about. What kind of game does he bring?
"Eugene's game is different than Keith's. He's a post-up, strong post-up block guy. He's a lefty. He can score on the block and really knows how to seal. An excellent rebounder as well, like Keith was. Plays hard. Plays tough. Doesn't have the outside threat that Keith had and the ball-handling skills, but gives us a different big man presence than what we had last year."
What are the intangibles that you'll miss from Keith Clanton?
"I think any time you lose a guy that had that kind of career over four years, just his presence in the locker room and his leadership. He won his three years with me, 20-plus games. He's used to winning and he brought that culture here. That will have to be carried on by the guys who have come back. The other guys are going to have to pick those spots up. We can't replace what Keith has done, we'll have to do it in a different way."
Isaiah Sykes seems to have made a big jump every year. What strides do you think he's made going into his senior year?
"It's going to be a different focus for him. A lot of the pressure was on Keith last year, so that gave him the ability to do things which really helped our team. This year he'll see the treatment that Keith got last year as a senior with a lot of attention.
"One thing that Sykes does a great job is he's one of the most unselfish players I've ever coached. He makes everyone around him better. He's done a good job in practice in really including his teammates. He's realizing that the success of our team is not only going to be because of him, but it's going to be how well those guys play around him. That's going to make us all better. He's done a great job I think in practice in really encouraging and teaching these young guys how to be a part of winning."
Is Daiquan Walker your point guard, or will it be more point guard by committee?
"It will be by committee. I think Daiquan will play the point for us. Calvin Newell, we've really worked a lot with him being at the point and being more of a pass-first guy instead of a shoot-first guy. He has the ability to do that. Then obviously we've got Brandon Goodwin coming in as a freshman. We've got three guys that can play multiple positions. They can also play the off guard, which I like having the ability to do both."
Matt Williams battled with health issues last year with his appendix. What are your expectations for him being at full health?
"Matt has really improved. He's 220. He came in at 180. He's gained 40 pounds. He's been one of the hardest workers of anybody we've had. Experience was great for him last year to be a part of what he was able to do, even when he wasn't at full strength. But I think his experience now, understanding his role a little bit, his ability to shoot the basketball and do other things, can really help our team. I think he's going to be an important factor for us."
Calvin Newell missed the early part of last year before he became eligible. How big is it for him being part of the team at the beginning of the year?
"He sat seven games and he sat a whole year before that. It takes a while to get in the flow. Now coming into the season he knows who he's playing with. He knows what's expected. He knows he's going to play in that first game. It's a different focus as you go throughout the year. I think that will be huge. He's a senior and played a lot of games. Tristan Spurlock is a fifth-year senior, Sykes, all three of those guys have played a lot of games at this level."
Isaiah Sykes explored the NBA Draft waters this past spring and received feedback about what he needed to do to play at that next level. How did he handle that feedback and what areas did he focus on going into the season?
"Zeke was anxious to hear what he needed to do. His goal is to play in the NBA, but I think he was very humbled in the aspect that he loves UCF just like Keith Clanton. Wanted to come back moving into this new conference and being able to take us to a different level. I think he's really worked on his shot. His shot has gotten better. He knew that was one thing he needed to improve. His free throw being another. He gets fouled a lot because he's got the ability to create. Those are two factors that he had to get better at. You know what, he's a multi-position player. He can play three spots. He'll play the point guard at times this year too, in certain aspects of the game. I think he's improved in a lot of areas and he's really worked hard this summer."
How do you see Tristan Spurlock's role changing in being more of the second option after Sykes?
"Tristan will be more of a focal point for us, especially offensively. He'll play the four spot some, kind of like what Keith did at times last year. And he'll also play the three and the two. I think he's a mismatch guy with ability on the perimeter and size to cause problems because he can rebound and post up. And at the four, he's a pick and pop mismatch guy with the way he can shoot the ball. But yeah, he will be a guy we will run plays for and offensively look for him to give us more scoring and rebounding."
Do you get excited about matching wits with some of the coaches in this league, such as Rick Pitino?
"It's always about our team. Obviously you get a chance to play against great coaches and great programs. It's always a great challenge and we've been able to do that the past three years. We've played against some pretty good coaches and some pretty good teams. I've been fortunate being with who I've been with, being with Billy Donovan and people like that, had a chance to watch one of the greatest coaches. It's been great to do that. It's always exciting to play against great programs to raise the bar to have a chance to see where we need to get to and where we're all striving to get to."
What are the goals for the season? Have you outlined what you need to do to take the next step?
"We've just really talked about our team. That's really what it's been. Defensively, it's all about defense. That gives us a chance to win every night with the way we defend. I think we're offensively talented enough that we can score. This is probably our best scoring team that we've had here in the three years I've been here. It is going to be about our ability to be able to defend and rebound. When you do that you have a chance to win."
This conference will offer great TV exposure and playing marquee teams. Are you seeing an impact in recruiting?
"Well, I can't talk about the recruits but you've seen the impact that it's had. I think we've really tried to spread the word that we've got a great place right here in Orlando at home. Obviously having a chance to be on national TV. We've never had an ESPN game in this building ever before and now we're going to have a bunch of them this year. I think playing against some of the best in the country, national championship caliber teams. Now this is a place here that I think kids, especially in the state of Florida, realize they can stay home and play at. It's had great impact in that aspect with the chance to be on the national scene and compete night in and night out."
What's the outlook in the conference? You're coming from Conference USA which was usually a one-bid league, maybe two, and now this should be a top conference with multiple bids.
"It's going to be one of the top five (conferences) without question. Getting the defending national champion (Louisville) in here and UConn won it two years ago and now you've got three other teams that have been in the top 25 at one time or another. When you have that type of talent, night in and night out, it's going to be a battle. At least when you're in your conference you have a chance to advance in the RPI because you're playing against such good teams."


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Sat Dec 8, 2012, 06:12 PM
Beartracks (6,619 posts)
Anything special about making Medicare your primary insurance?
Up until this year, I had my spouse on my insurance thru my employer. My spouse doesn't work, but collects SSD, so she gets Medicare (disability); thus she also has one of those advantage plans that "handles" her Medicare for her. My insurance was primary, hers was secondary.
The dual premiums became something of a hindrance this year, so we dropped her from my insurance, which made her Medicare advantage plan the new "primary." (I say "primary" because, of course, it's her only insurance now; there is no secondary.)
A couple months into this plan year, doctor offices are contacting us because they're not getting paid. The a**hat, er, representative at the advantage plan snottily claims we didn't "inform them" about the change, and frankly called my spouse a liar who was trying to commit fraud by getting things double-paid.
I'm going to re-fax them the documentation from my insurer showing the date my spouse's coverage ended. Should they need anything else -- besides an attitude adjustment and literacy tests?
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Response to Beartracks (Original post)
Sat Dec 8, 2012, 06:15 PM
Wounded Bear (17,934 posts)
1. I think I see your problem....
"Advantage" plans are more of an advantage to the insurer IMHO. Any reason you didn't just go straight Medicare and skip the advantage crap I believe they tend to inject too much of corporate Amerika into Medicare, which I have always heard works pretty decently.
Response to Wounded Bear (Reply #1)
Sun Dec 9, 2012, 10:45 AM
eridani (51,896 posts)
11. The thing is, if your employer does the paperwork for Advantage, it is far less hassle
Although straight Medicare is definitely superior, if your employer makes you jump hoops to get it a lot of people are just going to say hell with it.
Response to eridani (Reply #11)
Sun Dec 9, 2012, 03:11 PM
Beartracks (6,619 posts)
13. I think I meant Medicare "supplement." Is that the same thing as "advantage"?
Are those terms interchangeable, in that they describe when you get a private insurer to manage your Medicare plus offer additional features?
Response to Beartracks (Reply #13)
Sun Dec 9, 2012, 10:03 PM
FarCenter (18,170 posts)
15. Medicare Advantage and Medicare supplement are two different kinds of insurance.
With Medicare Advantage, a private insurer essentially takes over and becomes prime on your Medicare coverage.
Wih Medicare Supplement, the benefits are paid by Medicare CMS and then you file with the private Medicare Supplement insurer for the amount that CMS didn't cover.
Response to FarCenter (Reply #15)
Mon Dec 10, 2012, 08:29 PM
Beartracks (6,619 posts)
17. OK, then I think she has Advantage.
They tell her to inform providers that she has "their plan" as opposed to having "medicare."
Response to Wounded Bear (Reply #1)
Mon Dec 10, 2012, 08:34 PM
trof (50,166 posts)
18. Right. Avoid 'Advantage' plans.
They're more like HMOs.
Have a list of doctors they 'approve'.
Cheaper, but you get what you pay for.
Response to trof (Reply #18)
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:15 PM
Beartracks (6,619 posts)
19. We did an Advantage plan to get the Part D coverage.
I've been looking at the option to go "original Medicare", buy a Part D, and buy Medigap. However, I may eventually just opt to put her back on my employer plan during open enrollment this summer, but I *think* if I drop the Medigap to do that then eventually she may have a problem getting any Medigap plan in the future.
Response to Beartracks (Original post)
Sat Dec 8, 2012, 06:19 PM
cbayer (146,218 posts)
2. Straight Medicare definitely has some advantages.
The major ones are the lack of restrictions on who one can see for care and the generally rapid and relatively fair payment system to the healthcare professionals that you do see.
There are, however, drawbacks. The copays and deductibles can be higher and there are some services that an "Advantage" plan may provide that straight Medicare does not.
For these reasons, many people have Medicare with a low cost supplement from a private insurer. These supplements can cover copays, deductibles and some services that may not be covered by Medicare.
To be fair, you really should have told the doctors offices about the changes you made so they didn't waste their time billing and trying to collect from a company which no longer covers her.
Response to cbayer (Reply #2)
Sun Dec 9, 2012, 03:14 AM
Beartracks (6,619 posts)
7. The doctor's offices knew to bill the Medicare supplement plan.
It's the Medicare insurer who is playing dumb and not paying the claims.
Response to Beartracks (Original post)
Sat Dec 8, 2012, 06:49 PM
Sekhmets Daughter (7,513 posts)
3. You are dealing with a health insurer...
that always takes extreme patience.
Response to Beartracks (Original post)
Sat Dec 8, 2012, 07:22 PM
dixiegrrrrl (51,631 posts)
4. Call the Medicare 800 #, I find them very responsive.
And inform your/her docs that only Medicare is to be billed.
( I assume you are saying she is getting Medicare B for outpatient????
as well as A for inpatient?)
Response to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #4)
Sat Dec 8, 2012, 08:28 PM
CTyankee (50,414 posts)
5. I agree. Medicare always has provided knowledgeable people that I can talk to and feel
comfortable with. Try them.
Response to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #4)
Sun Dec 9, 2012, 03:20 AM
Beartracks (6,619 posts)
9. We told her docs, who then billed the Medicare suppl plan.
I'll have to see which Medicare "parts" she is getting.
Response to Beartracks (Original post)
Sat Dec 8, 2012, 09:44 PM
Old Codger (4,205 posts)
6. I found
That my out of pocket expenses were higher when I had an "advantage" plan as supplementary to my medicare by a lot, I was paying for medicare plus 175 month to supplement and it cost me much more per office visit than without the added insurance.. I am pretty healthy so my case is not necessarily a good example but I get by fine with straight medicare.
Response to Old Codger (Reply #6)
Sun Dec 9, 2012, 03:18 AM
Beartracks (6,619 posts)
8. Her supplemental plan is currently $60/month.
It used to be around $120; then they dropped it to $32 in early 2011 ("to be more competitive" they said -- which just made us wonder how much they'd been non-competitively ripping her off before then); then bumped up to $60 about a year ago.
Her Medicare premium comes out of her SSD payment; I think it's pretty low.
This is the time of year that she needs to be examining and comparing plans for 2013, which I guess means comparing these private insurer supplemental plans?
Response to Beartracks (Reply #8)
Sun Dec 9, 2012, 10:38 AM
Old Codger (4,205 posts)
10. medicare payment
Is $106.90 for most people, and time for open enrollment in any of them is over for the year.
Response to Old Codger (Reply #10)
Sun Dec 9, 2012, 03:07 PM
Beartracks (6,619 posts)
12. ?? Thought she had til end of year...??
Response to Beartracks (Reply #12)
Sun Dec 9, 2012, 09:56 PM
Old Codger (4,205 posts)
14. It is too late this year
Medicare Open Enrollment is your opportunity to make changes to your Medicare coverage for the 2013 calendar year. Open Enrollment 2012 begins on October 15, 2012, and ends on December 7, 2012. Any changes that you elect during Open Enrollment will take effect on January 1, 2013. Take note that the Open Enrollment period was lengthened and moved to an earlier start date in 2011, and the new dates remain in effect for 2012: from October 15 until December 7.
Response to Old Codger (Reply #14)
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:18 PM
Beartracks (6,619 posts)
21. I think she's got a special case because...
... her Advantage plan is terminating. The notice we got indicated she had til the end of the year -- or, technically, about 45 days into the new year.
Response to Beartracks (Reply #21)
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 10:48 AM
Old Codger (4,205 posts)
22. Ok that may be
I certainly hope so..... Good luck
Response to Beartracks (Original post)
Sun Dec 9, 2012, 10:06 PM
Panasonic (2,921 posts)
16. Medicare "Advantage" is nothing but a scam.
designed to rip you off by the private insurance companies.
I'd check with Medigap, to find a better rate.
Response to Panasonic (Reply #16)
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:17 PM
Beartracks (6,619 posts)
20. We did an Advantage plan to get the Part D coverage.
I've been looking at the option to go "original Medicare", buy a Part D, and buy Medigap. However, I may eventually just opt to put her back on my employer plan during open enrollment this summer, but I *think* if I drop the Medigap to do that then eventually she may have a problem getting any Medigap plan in the future.


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All the notable news, links, pictures, and video in and around Friartown and college basketball all in one digestible, tasty place
Deron Williams said he was enjoying some popcorn out of "Rook" Marshon Brooks' car with Reggie Evans. I guess since they technically haven't started the season yet, Marshon is still considered a rookie? That's rough. If that was kettle corn though, I would actually be pretty siked to find that in my car. Mmm, salty and sweet. I don't know if I would be eating it with my shirt off though.
YouTube: Bryce Cotton Ready for 2012 Season
And I am ready for ICE Cotton. We need to get Cox Sports on board with this. Remember when Cotton almost transferred this offseason? That sucked. Cooley keeping him on board was just as good as adding a good recruit IMO.
New England Hoops News reported that Florida State is the latest school to offer both Jared Terrell and Abdul-Malik Abu. They don't know if the two 2014 big prospects are a package deal quite yet, but there are over 10 schools that have offers out to both. PC is one of the schools in hot pursuit, and they have already been on campus for visits.
ESPN: No MSG bid for future ACC tourneys
This one would have set me over the edge. You can take our opponents who routinely beat us, but you best not take away my annual trip to MSG for a tournament in which I never see a 2nd round!
The deadline to bid for the 2016-21 ACC's men's basketball tournaments has passed, and Madison Square Garden did not submit a bid, sources told ESPN. The 2013-15 ACC men's basketball tournaments will be held in Greensboro, N.C.
A decision for where the 2016-21 ACC tournaments will be held will be made in the coming months. The Barclays Center in Brooklyn also did not submit a bid.
PC coaching staff was out in California recruiting, according to @TheBasketballDiary. Not sure who they are looking at yet though. Maybe some 2015 guys?
GoLocalProv: Curtis HS Coach: Rams Got A Good One!
Here is the evidence that Cooley wasn't really going hard after Hassan Martin.
Buckheit said that schools like Providence College from the power conferences were sleeping on him because most of them are looking for the McDonald's All-Americans. "I talked a couple of times to coach Cooley but, because Hassas isn't a top 25 guy, they probably didn't put in the effort that they would for an All-American," he said. "I think a lot of those Big East and Big Ten schools wanted to see him play as a senior before making a serious run at him. The thing is, I think Rhode Island got themselves a real good player. Right now he may be a top 125 player, but Danny and Bobby saw a potential top 25 guy. He's only 16. I think by January, he'll be a Big East or a Big Ten player and a lot of big-time programs will probably wish they had recruited him."
The LaDontae's Inferno T-Shirt design got some FIRE.
The 2015 Recruiting Board is not fully operational yet, but here are two names to keep an eye out for. Donovan Mitchell (6-2 PG from New Milford) and Jarred Reuter (6-8 forward from New Rochester, MA) already have offers from PC. (H/T Peter Lawless from GiveNGoBasketball)
New York Post: Smith emerges as prized prospect in year of change
Great in-depth read on Dayshon Smith. The young man lives in a house with his teammates, and cooks, does his own laundry, etc. Providence may be one of the top programs recruiting him as of right, but sounds like that will not be a big advantage for Cooley. I've also heard some things about the staff not going all out for 2013 players (much like what we saw with Hassan Martin up above), which could be a shame if Smith is really interested.
"If he stays at that Colonial/MAAC level range, he can have the same kind of impact Steve Burtt Jr. had at Iona or Keydren Clark had at St. Peter's," one Division I coach recruiting Smith says. "He'll be on your scouting report as a guy you have to pay attention to."
Smith, himself, isn't sure what he wants to do. He admittedly has yet to go over the schools recruiting him. He's enjoying the process, trying to make the most out of his summer on the court.
He's not necessarily going to take his highest offer, he says. It makes sense, considering the two moves he's most recently made. PSA is far from a prep juggernaut and Smith could've joined bigger AAU programs than the Lightning.
"If my best opportunity is the mid-major level, I'm going to go there," he says.
Tim Higgins was disgusted with those calls last night!


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Five Finger Death Punch, 'American Capitalist' – Album Review
There's a reason that Five Finger Death Punch have become one of the most popular metal bands of the past several years.
The band certainly siphons from the nu metal genre of yore; okay, so maybe a decade-and-a-half ago isn't that long ago and "yore" is a little bit of an exaggeration, the point is that the genre has been dormant and existed in a time and a place! 5FDP fuse the crunchy, sometimes low-ended riffs with vocals that shift from vitriolic barks and guttural growls in the verses to clean, melodic and sounds-good-on-the radio choruses, all of which were nu metal hallmarks.
It's a tried, trued and tested formula. But with 'American Capitalist,' 5FDP play into the hands of all that is meat 'n' potatoes when it comes to rock 'n' roll, and they do so with solid songwriting and a genuine pissed off-ness.
But 5FDP songs aren't simply designed for young, angry men that hate their jobs while they fight to attain the American dream to enjoy. They are certainly deft at creating songs that appeal to that faction of the country, thanks to the band's ability to tap into the disaffected human being vein. With 'American Capitalist,' the band's third album, they've honed their skills as players. This isn't simplistic mook rock that goes down easy; 5FDP are well beyond that stage and have the ability and confidence to shift tempos and get a little more complicated on the record.
Songs such as the title track, the flip-the-bird single 'Under and Over It' (call us blasphemers, but that one reminds us a wee bit of Pro-Pain for a hot second) and 'The Pride' could get a crew of Marine cadets through boot camp with their ferocity and their ability to cause your adrenaline to surge. We admit it: We felt invincible when cranking these tracks. If that's not the sign of quality hard rock, what is?
While it's true that Five Finger Death Punch aren't the Red Chord or Lamb of God, they still don't water down the rage in their music. They are more akin to, say, Mudvayne, especially on a track like 'Coming Down,' but there are lots of layers to explore in the band's music.
The music may not be as cool or as techy as something like Meshuggah, but it's got a strong pulse. Much of the lyrics are of the "You pull me under to save yourself" variety, which ensures they will reach a wide array of people. Isn't that what any self-respecting band is trying to do with the release of an album.
With 'American Capitalist,' 5FDP deliver mid-tempo, fiery, quality hard rock that should further increase their visibility.
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Cakes sure are the rage right now! I love this blue inspiration, and here is one of my other favorite wedding cake blog posts. xo
Numbers 3 and 9 are absolutely lovely!!
These cakes are so beautifully designed! In fact, someone like me might hesitate to eat it because I don't want to destroy its art & beauty! 🙂
Wow, those wedding cakes look so beautiful!
These are really dramatic colours, but the quality of the detail make them look really classy. They must take hours to make.
Blue is definitely my favorite color… All the cakes look awesome!


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PBS: Tesla - Master of Lightning Feature Summary
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DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) -- A brief look at the Presidents Cup on Sunday at Muirfield Village:
WINNER: United States 18 1/2, International 15 1/2.
SERIES: United States leads, 8-1-1.
MAN OF THE MATCH: Tiger Woods went 4-1 and delivered the clinching point with a 1-up win over Richard Sterne.
MATCH OF THE DAY: Graham DeLaet and Jordan Spieth halved their opening eight holes and no one had the lead for more than three holes. Canada's DeLaet ended the match by holing a bunker shot for birdie on the 18th hole with Spieth facing a 15-foot birdie putt.
SHOT OF THE DAY: Phil Mickelson hooked a 7-iron around a tree from 190 yards to about 10 feet on the 18th hole, setting up Keegan Bradley for a birdie putt that allowed them to halve their foursomes match Sunday morning against DeLaet and Jason Day.
KEY STATISTIC: The International team won the singles session 7 1/2-4 1/2, its largest margin in that format.
NOTEWORTHY: Fred Couples became the first captain to win the Presidents Cup three times.
QUOTEWORTHY: ''We're a real hodge-podge of a team that came together from four corners of the planet, and they gave the might of America a run for their money.'' - International captain Nick Price.
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This week's challenge places our remaining six designers in two teams of three to create functioning kitchen and dining spaces for real-life families. As you probably remember, the kitchen challenges are far from simple. Has Brooks finally met his match in the form of an outdated tile backsplash? He looks mildly terrified. Write your best caption in the comments below.


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A sudden gust of wind carries away the hat from atop the head of an American visitor to an Italian piazza, and the chance encounter with a young Florentine man who retrieves Clara Johnson's hat begins a life-changing adventure for the young woman and her mother, Margaret.
A highly romantic story with intriguing revelations at its core, the Tony Award-winning "The Light in the Piazza" will be staged by BYU's Theatre and Media Arts Department.
"'The Light in the Piazza' is about relationships and how those relationships grow and develop, especially as they experience trials and hardships," says dramaturg Kristen Leinbach. "Margaret and Clara's journey shows the beauty of the love between a mother and a daughter. Throughout the story, Margaret has to make many difficult decisions — the most difficult being allowing Clara to make decisions. It is a story about learning how to love and also how to let go."
"Audiences can't help but fall in love with this piece because of its unabashed romanticism," adds Carson Wright, who assists the musical's director. "The piece explores love in all of its intricate and complicated ways, and it does it so honestly and without apology."
What begins as a romantic story of young love gradually moves into a more tragic tale involving a past accident with serious consequences, family secrets and conflict between maternal love and responsibility.
In its review of the 2005 Broadway production, the New York magazine critic wrote, "Anyone who cares about the rather uncertain future of this truly American genre (of musical theater) should — must — see this show."
Composer Adam Guettel won a Tony Award for Best Original Score, which music director Mark Johnson calls "emotionally driven and intellectually satisfying, but more than anything deeply beautiful. The intricate rhythms are very harmonically sophisticated compared to what else is out there in musical theater. Personally, Guettel is my favorite contemporary composer."
Largely considered the premier theater composer in the post-Stephen Sondheim era, Guettel is the grandson of legendary Broadway musician Richard Rodgers, and Sondheim has called the young composer's work "dazzling."
"Writing for character and telling stories through music (is) something I really love to do, and that allows me to express love," Guettel has said.
"Adam Guettel's score really captures so well the feelings of the play, it's hard not to let music take you away," says Wright.
Guettel and script writer Craig Lucas based "The Light in the Piazza" on the 1960 Elizabeth Spencer novella-turned-MGM-film that starred Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi (of "South Pacific" fame), Yvette Mimieux and George Hamilton.
While directing "The Light in the Piazza," Scott Eckern is able to refrence an unexpected trip to Florence, Italy, a "special place where my passion for theater blossomed."
In her research for the production, Leinbach discovered a Spencer quote: "It is practicality versus love that comes into conflict. (Margaret's) heart goes to battle with her mind. Readers and audience members will certainly have their own opinions as to the rightness or wrongness of her decision. This mystery is the center of any real story's appeal and offers, to my mind, the only approach to what life is about. It cannot be predicted or reasoned through from any remote vantage point. It can only be lived, experienced, felt. My story invites you to go along with her and see."
While rehearsing the musical, cast members "have learned about the complications of love, about how to enjoy trials even though life may be difficult and about how you have the opportunity to give your life to others and then have to learn how to let these individuals go in order to love them even more," Leinbach believes. "The story has touched each member of the production team as we have each experienced our own journey in bringing 'The Light in the Piazza' to life."
"Everyone involved in this production has made his own discoveries as we have progressed through the work," adds Wright. "What excites me about putting this up on stage is the potential the show has to lead our audiences to their own discoveries."
If you go
What: BYU Theatre and Media Arts Department presents "The Light in the Piazza"
Where: Harris Fine Arts Center Pardoe Theatre
When: Friday, Nov. 15, through Saturday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m. with 2 p.m. Saturday matinees
How much: $16-$22
Tickets: 801-422-2981 or byuarts.com/tickets
Theater preview: Deeply beautiful music adds to romanticism of 'Light in the Piazza'
BYU Theatre presents "The Light in the Piazza"


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Pro Surfer. Make that Pro "Free" Surfer. Dave Rastovich lives the dream. It's easy to be envious. Here's a guy who seems to have it all. For some, that would be enough, so it's wonderful to see him giving back by helping us realize, as surfers, just how blessed we are to be close to nature and how important it is for us to look after, not destroy the ocean and its creatures. Dolphins, whales, and sharks are being systematically killed by the thousands each year by selfish irresponsible people who seem to have a total disregard for the impact they are ironically placing on their own well-being and the well-being of future generations.
Minds in the Water does have great surfing, but with a more meaningful message. One man can make a difference if he has the strength to move others. Good on ya "Rasta".


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Not just the facts, ma'am: Why science alone can't defeat Big Food's policy stranglehold
Nancy Huehnergarth, Grist
Food-reform advocates like to stick to the facts, believing that if they can just construct a rational, air-tight argument, they'll convince the public and transform policy around food. But that's a bit like bringing a butter knife to a sword fight. As Robert K. Ross, president and CEO of the California Endowment, declared at the May 4 Future of Food conference in Washington D.C., "We need to bring as much rigor to the fight [for a healthy, sustainable food system] as we have to the science." (Hat tip to Marion Nestle for highlighting Dr. Ross' speech in her blog, Food Politics.)
The world of public health and its funders can be very genteel. When a policy like the soda tax fails to get enacted due to strong, well-financed opposition from industry, public health advocates want more science. They often believe that the new data collected, the indisputable conclusions drawn, or the attendant policy recommendations will finally convince policymakers and the public to take action. But, as Ross pointed out, if you think you are in a policy debate and the other side thinks it is in a fight, you are not going to come out too well. And so far in this food fight, public health is pretty bruised and battered.
The reality is, that when up against deep-pocketed, no-holds-barred opponents, like Big Food, Big Beverage, and Big Agriculture, public health's focus on science and evidence is easily trumped by money and messaging.
(20 May 2011)
Somalia food aid cut amid UN funding shortfall
Martin Plaut, BBC News
A drought which began late last year has left many Somalis short of food. The country has also been ravaged by two decades of violence.
Already, one in four children in the south of the country are severely malnourished.
Aid agencies describe their plight as very serious indeed.
"We began having to cut ration sizes from February, to try and eke out what food we did have coming through the system," WFP spokesman Peter Smerdon said from Nairobi.
"Now, in May, it has really got extremely serious. We have only about 30% of the food that we need to feed the one million people that we were expecting to feed this time of the year.
He said the organisation had been forced to reduce both the number of those it feeds and the ration given to each person.
"In fact we're feeding 66% of the one million people we should be feeding but the amount of food being given out is only 33% of what we should be giving out."
Often Somalis cross into neighbouring Ethiopia, to search for pasture and food.
But an attack on a convoy earlier this month has forced the WFP to cancel its aid distributions.
Until the security situation improves in Ethiopia, these cannot be resumed.
Meanwhile, the Kenyan army has attempted to prevent an exodus into the country, while across the Red Sea, another potential haven – Yemen – is in the throws of a political crisis.
The WFP is to hold consultations with donors in the next few weeks to explain the severity of the situation.
But currently there is little Somalis can do but wait and hope, as they face the prospect of war and drought as aid stockpiles are depleted.
(21 May 2011)
Washington conference on sustainable food: organic ag goes mainstream
Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle
Georgetown University last week packed a lecture hall usually reserved for presidential foreign policy addresses for a conference on food, keynoted by the world's most famous organic farmer, Prince Charles.
"Topsoil is the cornerstone of the prosperity of nations," the Prince of Wales told the crowd of more than 700, citing at times UC Berkeley professor Michael Pollan and first lady Michelle Obama, heralds of the new food movement. "Why is it that an industrialized system, deeply dependent on fossil fuels and chemical treatments, is promoted as viable, while a much less damaging one is rubbished and condemned as unfit?"
The sustainable farming movement, cradled in Northern California, has gone mainstream, challenging the industrial model that has ruled American farming for more than half a century.
Eight big foundations – the Ford Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation – have just banded together in a group, called AGree, to examine food systems and mediate the conflict between conventional and alternative farming.
(16 May 2011)
We posted a transript of Wendell Berry's outstnding talk at the conference: What must we do?. -BA
The oceans are emptying fast
Geoffrey Lean, Telegraph/UK
We must grasp one more chance to reverse the over-exploitation of dwindling fish stocks
It was a shameful par for a very long course when European, Middle Eastern and North African governments met in Rome this month to decide how to save the fast-vanishing fisheries in their common sea. You'd think there would have been a sense of the need for urgent action at the annual meeting of the cumbersomely named General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. After all, scientists had warned that 22 of the sea's 23 stocks of bottom-living fish – including hake, mullet and red shrimp – are over-exploited, and called for drastic catch reductions in fishing.
But even though the commission's raison d'être is to "promote the development, conservation, rational management and best utilisation" of fish and other "living marine resources", the meeting broke up last week without having adopted a single measure to address the decline.
This was typical of the way governments have approached the ravaging of the seas
(21 May 2011)
Anton Smedshaug's Definitive Guide To The Oil-Driven Food Crisis
Anton Smedshaug, Business Insider
One of the best presentations at last week's peak oil conference in Chicago was given by Norwegian agronomist Anton Smedshaug.
Smedshaug showed how the Malthusian food crisis of the nineteenth century was averted by increased crop yields and a transportation revolution.
As fuel prices increase, however, food supply will be limited to what's local. Moreover, governments will be forced to commit land to biofuel production, food production will diminished.[slideshow at original] (10 May 2011)
Dung loaming: how llamas aided the Inca empire
Rory Carroll, Guardian
Inca culture spread from Andes after manure from llama herds provided fertiliser for corn crops at high altitude
The Incas may have created the biggest empire in the Americas and built Machu Picchu, among other wonders, thanks to a previously overlooked ingredient: llama dung.
Manure from llama herds provided fertiliser which enabled corn to be cultivated at very high altitudes, allowing the Inca civilisation to flourish in the Andes and conquer much of South America, according to research.
The "extraordinary plant-breeding event" about 2,700 years ago transformed the region's political economy and enabled the Incas to emerge centuries later, said Alex Chepstow-Lusty, of the French Institute of Andean Studies in Lima.
"This widespread shift to agriculture and societal development was only possible with an extra ingredient – organic fertilisers on a vast scale." The study, published in the latest edition of the journal Antiquity, found corn pollen in the mud of Marcacocha lake, near Ollantayambo, showing the cereal could be grown at least 3,350m above sea level. ,
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If all goes well (I have a cancer-riddled sister who is doing quite well on chemotherapy) and we get to go, we have a wish list of several sites and cities in southern France we'd like to see. The trip is planned for mid-October for probably 9 days in France and then 4 days in London. We will arrive Thursday and leave for London the next week on Saturday.
Nimes, Orange, Avignon, Pont du Gard, Arles and the Camargue.
At the moment, I have my eye on a nice, budget-friendly apartment in Rochefort du Gard for a base. We'll have a car. I was thinking we would stay in the apartment for 7 days and then move south, maybe to Aigues Mortes for a couple days, or we could one day here and one day there if there are sights to be seen that are far enough apart. Marseille is also an option as we plan on flying in and out of there.
I'm here to ask for help in organizing the trip logically, especially for those days we should or should not be in a certain town for market days, or not to be somewhere on certain days because everything will be closed. Also the "don't miss" things we will probably drive right by without even knowing they are there. Advice on where to park would be really appreciated because my husband is one of those people that doesn't like not knowing where he is going so if I can map out things like that it makes life better. Restaurant recommendations are greatly appreciated, under 25€.
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Roman ruins trip, southern France
If all goes well (I have a cancer-riddled sister who is doing quite well on chemotherapy) and we get to go, we have a wish list of several sites and cities in southern France we'd like to see. The trip is planned for mid-October for probably 9 days in France and then 4 days in London. We will arrive Thursday and leave for London the next week on Saturday.
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parking is very difficult in Nime. If you can get a handicapped parking sticker from your
home state then take it to France it will be a life saver. Keep in mind the french cops have
no way of verifying the sticker, but will honor it. Consider visiting attractions in the Luberon
east of Avignon. Rossillion, Gorde, etc. A nice place to have dinner after dark is in Isle de
Sorgue at one of the several restaurants along the river. See the movie 'A Good Year' to
get a view of the Luberon. We will be spending the month of June '13 in a villa near Murs
in the Luberon.
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Hi pd,
You might find the Provence part of my trip report helpful,
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If you like roman ruins, see what to visit here
If I were you I would spend the night in Aigues Mortes... Lovely
In Avignon the best value for money rest is (to my taste) "le tout petit"
As for parking, since you're coming in Oct I wouldnt worry too much since this will be a quieter period.
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Don't miss the "aqueduc romain" or "Aqueducs de Barbegal", southwest of Paradou on a back road off the beaten track (not well marked -- I drove past it before recognizing my mistake). Described and located in the Michelin Green Guide, these are remains of a Roman aqueduct built in the 1st century B.C. to bring water from a spring in Eygalières to Arles, and also to provide power for a series of tub (flour) mills through a cut in the hill at the south end of the aqueduct ruins. These mill ruins are described in some detail in "The Roman Remains of Southern France, A Guidebook" by James Bromwich (London and New York: Routledge, 1993). The remains of this rare Roman industrial site descend the hill steeply, and face a beautiful open plain to the south. The ruins looked like they haven't been touched since the Romans abandoned them almost 2,000 years ago (unlike many of the other Roman ruins I toured in Provence).
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Thank you, I'm looking this stuff up now.
This is a restaurant I've been looking at in the Camargue area. Not fancy, but I was looking for camarguaise food and this popped up. I love the food pictures.
I've looked for that book at our library, Rumseydog, but they don't carry it. It's $50 on amazon and I'm not ready to commit to that. I wish I could get my hands on it.
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Don't miss seeing Glanum, right outside St-Rémy.
And the absolutely most wonderful dining experience in the Camargue is here: http://www.restaurantlatelline.fr/
They used to have a dog named Idéal who came around and removed your napkins at the end of the meal, one by one, and deposited them in a basket in the kitchen. Doubt she's still alive, but maybe there's a replacement. You get whatever the patron has caught that day and whatever side dishes his wife has prepared. We had eel roasted on an open fire (the first time I'd ever had eel other than in sushi), and it was sublime. Just make sure you familiarize yourself with the drive there and back - it's pitch black out there at night.
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In October, I would not worry about parking in any of the cities.
My first instinct would be to choose Avignon, Nimes or Arles as a base. They are all relatively close to each other and since you are driving, that aspect does not make too much difference. But if you have found an apartment that you like in Rochefort, no problem.
Marseille is definitely a place to visit this year since it has been designated European Capital of Culture and has really made some major efforts to get in shape for the event, including some new museums and a total renovation of the Vieux Port.
I myself will make a special trip to Marseille this year to see some of the stuff.
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Vaison la Romaine? 2 areas of ruins
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Thank you for the replies, I'm googling everything. Love the looks of the restaurants and their menus, thank you. I'm a pro at finding tourist restaurants so this time I'm trying to focus on having good choices when we're sightseeing.
Do you think one day and night is enough for Aigues Mortes and the Camargue? That would leave two nights in Marseille.
Vaison la Romaine, Glanum, Aqueducs de Barbegal and the sites mention in Philippe's blog. Nice info in your blog, by the way, Philippe. It's the kind of info I've been looking for but it doesn't come up easily on google, does it?
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Thanks for your kind comments pdx.
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The two Radeon HD 4850 graphics cards we reviewed were from Diamond and these HD 4870 parts are coming from Sapphire Technology. To some dismay, Tux isn't to be found on their product packaging nor is there the Catalyst 8.6 Linux driver bundled on the product CD. Included with the Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB was one CrossFire bridge, HD video adapter, DVI to HDMI adapter, DVI to VGA adapter, Sapphire case sticker, graphics card user manual, and a collection of bundled software. The software included with this graphics card was Futuremark 3DMark 06, Cyberlink DVD Suite, Cyberlink PowerDVD 7, and the Ruby ROM collection containing some additional software. One Sapphire extra that is included with each graphics card is a 2GB USB flash drive.
While the Radeon HD 4850 graphics cards only need a single slot cooler, the Radeon HD 4870 occupies two expansion slots. The Radeon HD 4870 has a much larger fan and heatsink than the Radeon HD 4850. While the fan is larger, it isn't loud during operation and its heatsink design is similar to that of the ATI Radeon HD 3870. Powering the Radeon HD 4870 are two PCI Express connectors. However, these connectors use both 6-pin interfaces so you need not worry about your power supply having a new 8-pin connector. The peak power consumption for a single Radeon HD 4870 is about 160 Watts
Like the Radeon HD 4850, the HD 4870 has dual CrossFire connectors. This allows these graphics cards to run in tandem up to a four-card CrossFireX configuration. However, the Linux support for CrossFire won't be arriving until later this quarter.
The Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 uses two dual-link DVI connectors and the third output supports HDTV output using the included adapter. Like the R600 series, the Radeon HD 4870 has an integrated audio processor for broadcasting up to 7.1 channel audio when broadcasting over HDMI. There is RV770 APU support already (ATI R700 Series Gain ALSA HDMI Audio) within the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.
The MSRP for the ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB is $299 USD, which is $100 more than the Radeon HD 4850. At the same time though, the Radeon HD 4870 is much cheaper than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260/280.