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No question they are viewed as a Pac-12 program. Utah's department budget is about $20 million more, so Fresno recognizes there is a deficit there. They have been in the Pac-12 longer than Fresno has been in the Mountain West. Utah's obviously a step up from where Fresno is right now. —Robert Kuwada
Utah will welcome Fresno State to Rice-Eccles Stadium for an afternoon showdown on Saturday. The Bulldogs are the defending Mountain West Conference champions but have lost some key contributors from last year's squad, including star quarterback Derek Carr.
What will Fresno State have in store for the Utes come Saturday?
In preparation for the contest, the Deseret News caught up with Robert Kuwada, who covers the Bulldogs for the Fresno Bee, to find out.
DN: Fresno State played a two-quarterback system last week against USC, should Utah expect to see that on Saturday?
A: I think it will probably go like it did last week. One of them will start and the starter, whoever it is, will get the first quarter and the other guy will get the second quarter and depending on how that goes, they will adjust from there.
They need one of them to step up and kind of win that job. They weren't able to do it last week. (Fresno State coaches) will just grab him and run with it.
DN: Utah gave up 179 yards rushing to Idaho State; should the Utes be concerned with any Fresno State running back?
A: I would expect Marteze Waller to have the same type of game that he had against USC (Waller ran for 97 yards and two touchdowns in the game). He's a solid back and runs the ball hard. (Fresno State) blocked a lot better than some people thought they might last week against USC, and I would expect (Waller) to get the majority of the carries. The guy he competed with, or split time with last year, (Joshua) Quezada is still a bit banged up, and I don't know how much he'll play. Waller proved that he can carry the bulk, so I would think they would give that to him.
The other in the equation is Dontel James. They might try and get him on track a little more. He's bigger, faster than Waller, same type of runner, but different physically.
DN: Fresno State offensive coordinator Dave Schramm spent seven seasons with Utah. Do you think this game will be special for him?
A: You know I really don't. He coached like three or four different positions (at Utah), he was a coordinator, then he split the coordinator, then he wasn't the coordinator. I mean if he was the offensive coordinator the whole time, I think it might be a little bit different. Obviously he was there during some pretty good runs, but yeah, I don't think it's any different for him than anyone else going back there.
DN: How does Fresno State view Utah as a program?
A: No question they are viewed as a Pac-12 program. Utah's department budget is about $20 million more, so Fresno recognizes there is a deficit there. They have been in the Pac-12 longer than Fresno has been in the Mountain West. Utah's obviously a step up from where Fresno is right now.
DN: Fresno is playing Utah in between games against USC and Nebraska, does a game against the Utes generate the same amount of hype among the fans as games against those schools?
A: Any other year I think it would (generate the hype), but this year when you have at USC, at Utah, against Nebraska, of those three if you put them in a pecking order, it'd be USC, Nebraska and then Utah. From a fans' standpoint and from a program standpoint, I don't think Utah is at the same level as the other two, but do recognize it's an opportunity for Fresno State to compete against a better program, better players and things like that.


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Canton, OH, United States, 2013/03/29 - Dr. Susan O'Malley, Dr. Sydney De Angelis and ED Medical Director Dr. Daniel Snediker accepted the award - EMP.com.
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue, NY, was named Site of the Year at a recent EMP Leadership Forum held in Park City, UT. EMP has partnered with Brookhaven since July 2010.
Daniel Snediker, MD, FACEP, FAAEM is the ED Medical Director. He is actively involved with numerous hospital committees focused on utilization and hospital census development. When asked why the Brookhaven ED is so successful, Dr. Snediker replied,The reason that Brookhaven is successful is that everyone in the department works together to overcome obstacles. For every issue, we collaborate to come up with the best solution for everyone.
Dr. Snediker added,To the entire ED staff, thank you for making our department a wonderful place for our patients to receive care and a wonderful place to work.
Opening its doors in 1956, Brookhaven today has 71,000 annual visits. It is a 306-bed acute-care, not-for-profit hospital which offers leading edge healthcare solutions in technologically advanced facilities. However, staff maintains the core values of compassion and integrity.
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AC/DC to keep on playing despite guitarist Malcolm Young's ill health
Australia's pre-eminent hard rock band AC/DC announced yesterday it would carry on making music without ailing rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young.
"After 40 years of life dedicated to AC/DC, guitarist and founding member Malcolm Young is taking a break from the band due to ill health," the group said on its website, without disclosing the nature of his illness.
"Malcolm would like to thank the group's diehard legions of fans worldwide for their never-ending love and support."
The statement added: "The band will continue to make music."
Formed in Australia in 1973 by Malcolm and brother Angus Young, AC/DC is famed for rock anthems Let There Be Rock, Whole Lotta Rosie and Highway to Hell.
Rumours about the band's future began circulating earlier this week following an anonymous tip-off to a Perth radio station by someone calling themselves Thunderstruck. The tipster said in an e-mail that Young, 61, was "very ill" and had returned with his family to Australia.
"That is true, Malcolm is sick," Mark Gable, the frontman for Australian band Choirboys and a former record label mate, told the ABC on Wednesday. "From what I understand, and it's even been confirmed in part by his son Ross, that it would appear Malcolm is unable to perform any more."
The band appealed for Young's privacy to be respected and its website was full of comments and prayers for the guitarist and his family.
"If you return we will be here waiting," said one message signed "xo".
Reports in Australia said AC/DC, which has sold more than 200 million albums, would still keep a May date at a Vancouver recording studio.
The band is known for its blues-tinged rock 'n' roll, pounding sound and the raw vocals of Briton Brian Johnson, who took over when singer Bon Scott died after a night of heavy drinking in 1980.
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Detroit Electric SP:01 Looks Like a Reborn Tesla Roadster
Unveiling its first new vehicle in over 70 years, the resurrected Detroit Electric car company debuted the SP:01 in the motor city last night.
If it looks familiar, it should. The SP:01 uses a Lotus Elise shell and an electric powertrain – not unlike the Tesla Roadster.
Spearheaded by former Group CEO of the Lotus Engineering Group and executive director of Lotus Cars of England, Albert Lam, the new model brings back the Detroit Electric name, a company known for producing around 13,000 electric vehicles between 1907 to 1939. Boasting just 17 employees, Detroit Electric began its revival in 2008 and is introducing the first of what it hopes will eventually be a four car lineup.
Detroit Electric is bragging that the SP:01 sets a "new benchmark for electric vehicle performance and handling." Powered by an electric motor that generates 201 hp and 166 lb-ft of torque, the SP:01 weighs in at a scant 2,354 pounds allowing it to accelerate to 62 mph in just 3.7 seconds. Top speed will be limited at 155 mph and its range from a single charge will exceed 180 miles.
It's the first car to be marketed under the Detroit Electric name since 1939 and it'll be hitting select markets by the end of August – though without a planned production facility its not clear where the company will produce the cars. Pricing will start at $135,000 and will come with a three-year, 30,000-mile warranty. Transmission options include a four-speed manual or a twin-speed automatic and production will be limited to 999 units.
Detroit Electric hopes to add three more vehicles to its portfolio, including a family sedan to enter production by the end of 2014 with a price of less than $50,000.
"Our research engineers at Detroit Electric have taken steps to break the mould," said Mr. Lam. "SP:01 is more than just a sports car, it is a mobile energy unit, allowing the user to use its stored battery energy to power not just the car but even an entire home. SP:01 is equipped with bi-directional charge and discharge capability, allowing it to release its stored electrical energy to power a home."
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Family: Learn from French child-rearing methods
PUBLISHED: 17:00 25 February 2013
Benjamin Barda / Pamela Druckerman
Like children the world over, French youngsters can be badly behaved, sleep poorly, eat fussily and have tantrums.
But such behaviour is not the norm, insists author Pamela Druckerman.
After bringing up three young children in the country, she firmly believes that the French style of parenting is more pleasurable and easier than the British way.
She says the more relaxed Gallic style of child-rearing achieves the results many British parents struggle for - and she wants to share her knowledge of their methods with parents this side of the Channel.
American Druckerman moved to Paris after meeting her English husband, who works in France, and they now have three children - twin boys aged four, and a seven-year-old girl, all born in France.
She first wrote about her experiences of French parenting in the best-selling book French Children Don't Throw Food (Black Swan, £7.99), which proved so popular that she's now condensed its advice into 100 key tips in the new guide French Parents Don't Give In.
She says: "Of course there are French children who are picky eaters or who took 18 months to sleep through the night, but that's not the norm."
She points out that British and American parents tend to "micromanage" their children, and seem to believe parents should dedicate themselves completely to the child, sometimes sacrificing both their wellbeing and relationship as a result.
"But the French believe you have to find a balance between what's good for the parents and what's good for the child," explains Druckerman.
"If everything's continuously set around the child, it's considered out of balance by the French, and not good for the parents or the child."
Highlighting this more laissez-faire parenting style, one of Druckerman's tips is not to over-stimulate children, and another is that extra-curricular activities are for pleasure, not competitive advantage.
"The French idea is yes your children need stimulation, so read to them, show them things, play with them - but not all the time. The goal is balance," she explains.
She addresses all the common parental concerns about eating, discipline and sleeping, pointing out, for example, that it's usual for French parents to say their baby sleeps through the night at three or four months of age, never because they're left to cry, but because they use sleep teaching, a gradual process that follows the baby's cues.
French parents will probably pause for a few minutes before going to baby when he/she cries, just in case they manage to fall asleep again themselves.
Druckerman says she tries to get her kids to eat like the French, and her tips are aimed at encouraging children to eat a variety of foods at meal times, and not to eat between meals.
Examples of French food tactics are for children to at least taste every food on the table, and for parents to serve smaller portions, not to pressurise a child to clear their plate, and serve more if the child asks for seconds.
"They instil very good eating habits - when kids sit at the table, they're hungry and that makes an enormous difference," explains Druckerman.
"They serve vegetables first - if the first thing a hungry child sees is some carrots or broccoli, he's much more likely to eat it, and things at the table are more likely to be pleasant instead of confrontational.
"They present food as something pleasurable, as an experience or a journey you're going on together."
It sounds ideal to prevent the battles that erupt between many parents and children at mealtimes. However, Druckerman warns such strategies won't be successful overnight. A gradual introduction is key, she says.
"The French idea is that if something doesn't work the first time, you don't switch to a whole new theory. You have to have a quiet confidence in yourself and the principle and give it time to take hold and become a habit."
As for authority, Druckerman explains that the French say you're not disciplining your child, you're educating them. Bearing in mind that many bad reactions, such as food throwing, are part of a learning curve may make it easier for parents to deal with feeling angry and disrespected, she says.
"It's a gradual process, and if there's some spilled milk on the way, that's just part of it, but you keep your eye on the long-term goal to instil certain habits," she explains.
Druckerman says she's been told by both British and American parents that the French methods feel like a return to common sense.
While she's undoubtedly impressed with the French way of raising children, is there anything she thinks the French could learn from the British?
"Yes - I think they could cheer up a bit," she laughs.
"France is a famously pessimistic place, and I think they could learn from the British sense of humour, and the American/Anglo influence of creativity and letting kids express themselves."
Nevertheless, she's convinced that adopting at least some of the French parenting methods could benefit many British families, and stresses: "You don't have to become a French person to adopt these common-sense habits.
"Learning from the French parenting style isn't something that's going to make parenting simple suddenly - but it's something that should make life a little bit easier."
- French Parents Don't Give In is published by Doubleday, priced £12. Available now.


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Nemesis II (Game Boy)
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Hiroyuki Fukui
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Nemesis II (ネメシスII Nemeshisu Tsū), released as Gradius: The Interstellar Assault in North America and Nemesis II: The Return of the Hero in Europe, is the second Game Boy game in the Gradius series. The game was later ported to the Konami GB Collection series of Super Game Boy and Game Boy Color compilations; it can be found in the Japanese Vol. 3 and the European Vol. 4. Like Nemesis before it, these versions were renamed Gradius II for the Japanese Vol. 3 and Gradius II: The Return of the Hero for the European Vol. 4.
Nemesis II retains the traditional horizontal scrolling gameplay from the Gradius series. Once again the player takes control of the Vic Viper and flies through five different stages destroying Bacterion's army. However, unlike most of the games in the series, the game lacks many recurring themes that have become a staple of the series. Some of the more popular elements missing from this game are: A moai stage or any moai enemies, classic Gradius stages, classic Gradius music, and the traditional giant entity that is unprotected and serves as a final boss. There are, however, a handful of classic elements that are present such as Core bosses and even a portion where the Vic Viper must maneuver around a countless array of tiny spaceships like those featured in the original Gradius.
The game retains the traditional power-up bar from the original Gradius. As usual the player can speed-up multiple times, use missiles, shoot double firepower or lasers, use several options at a time and use the classic shield (although it is referred to as a forcefield). However, before each game is started or continued, the player is given a "Weapon Select" screen. Here the player can choose between one of three settings for the missiles, double firepower, and lasers.
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I've been running into an issue where I get an error "password authentication failed" while using the psql ODBC driver for Windows, with the database residing on a Linux machine. I know my current setup is (relatively) correct since: 1) I've previously used a JDBC driver with postgres and md5 authentication, with no problems (with Linux on both client and server) 2) In Windows I can look at the ODBC sources and always verify that I can connect to the database 3) I'm able to fix the problem by using trust instead of md5 authentication Basically, I'm using the driver to connect the statistics program SPSS to a database. I can always connect to the database and see the tables, but the problem occurs when I try to make a query. The first time might work and actually return results, but after that, I consistently get the "password authentication failed" error. Is there a chance this is a bug/human error with how I'm using the driver, or should I be on the SPSS message forum instead? Thanks, Chris
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Stars Mix It Up for the Bambi Awards
Celebs headed to Germany for the 2007 Bambi Awards in Düsseldorf this evening. Katie Holmes' shocking new hair was the excitement of the red carpet, but back to that in a second. Eva Longoria, who accepted the award for Best International TV Series, looked old Hollywood glam. Meanwhile Rihanna decided to get crazy with her streaked hair and leopard print dress. She and Bon Jovi were among the musical acts who performed during the show. Katie was there to support Tom, who was presented with the "courage" award for taking risks with his movies, particularly Valkyrie. We're not quite sure if Katie got a haircut or decided to rock a wig for the event, but either way she is definitely getting style tips from Suri (and Anna Wintour). Bella wants to know what you think about her new look.
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An Interview With Manuel Quesada
The head of Manufactura de Tabacos S.A. (Matasa), makers of Fonseca, Cubita and other cigars.
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Q: How cheap are we talking about?
A: A quarter. Twenty-five, 30-cent cigars.
Q: How can they do that?
A: Well, anybody can do that. Anybody can do that. And it's sad, because I sat with a big wholesaler and he told me, "These are my prices: bundles or boxes, this is what I pay." I said, "I can't sell you cigars at these prices, because I'm not going to give you consistency, I'm not going to give you quality." He says, "I'm not interested in that—I want price." I said, "Well, I'm sorry. That's not the way we do things." And we still sell him some cigars, but not many, because we can't compete.
Q: So what's your opinion of the market today? And how was last year for you?
A: In conversations I've had with a number of people, the gist of last year was, if you came out in 2003 as you did in 2002, tip of the hat and you're doing great. And basically, I was a standard of last year. If 2003 was as good as 2002, you were doing good, because the first four months of 2003 were the worst four months that I've ever seen in history. Weather had much to do with it. When weather hits from Chicago to Boston and from New York to Atlanta, that's a big chunk of the market right there. That's a huge chunk of the market. The rest of the year made up for the first four months and that's why, if you came out even, you were doing very well.
Q: What about this year? Are you optimistic about the current state of the cigar market?
A: Quite so, quite so, quite so. I think it's an exciting time, because manufacturers are in a situation where they have to be creative, they have to be innovative, they have to be consistent, and it's really fun. And again, if we overdo it, if we're creating new things every two months, then we're just adding too many things into the market. And then we're not making anything stable anymore.
Q: Tell us about some of your new stronger blends.
A: Well, the Cubita SMS [Spanish Market Selection], in particular, is a rather strong cigar. And of course, it's given the smoker a totally different area to smoke in the Cubita line. For example, the regular Cubita was a little stronger than the Fonseca, but still along middle-of-the-road strength. Now the SMS brings a different level of strength and aromas and tastes into the same brand. So we have been able to capture those that are looking for something different, something more exciting, something a little heavier for a particular time of the day or week or whatever.
Q: The wrapper on that is something unusual for you, right?
A: Yes, indeed. It's a Nicaraguan criollo seed that we are purchasing from Plasencia.
Q: Now, on the inside, is there stuff that you normally maybe haven't used in the past, too, or just more ligero from the Dominican?
A: A little more ligero, yeah. And the combination makes a different cigar altogether.
Q: Is it the strongest cigar you think you make?
A: Ah, that one and the [Fonseca] Reserve…different taste, but strength level, they're more or less in the same ballpark. And we also represent Joya de Nicaragua Antaño from Nicaragua, which is a very strong cigar.
Q: Tell about that relationship a little bit.
A: Brad [Weinfeld] decided to come back into the industry, and he decided to come back with us. Brad had a great relationship with Joya, which had been rebought by Alejandro Martinez, and he was looking for a distributor in the United States, so he came to Brad, and Brad came to me. Unfortunately, the old Joya de Nicaragua had been beaten so badly that it was a difficult proposition to get it off the ground. And then Brad, who came up with the name Antaño, said, "Let's do something a little different. Let's do something a little heavier in taste." And it's quite different. Unfortunately, it's a very limited production cigar.
Q: I want to talk to you about a difficult subject. The awful day in 2002, when you lost your brother, your nephew and—
A: And Julio.
Q: And Julio Fajardo, your right-hand man. Could you talk about what happened that day?
A: I was coming back from Spain. I was in Madrid. And Julio, Alvaro and Alvarito, my nephew, wanted to go to Haiti to look at a cigarette factory, because we were involved in the purchase of a cigarette factory in the Dominican Republic. So they wanted to go to Haiti to see the cigarette factory because they wanted to go see what their capabilities were. So I'm flying back, and they were leaving that morning to go to Port-au-Prince. And coming into Santiago, it must have been 5:30, 6 o,clock. And I called my niece to find out if they had come back from Haiti. And my niece tells me, "We have no news from them. They left this morning around 11 and we haven't heard from them since."
Q: They were supposed to be back…
A: Ah, 3 o,clock, 4 o,clock. So instead of going home, I went straight to the airport because they were starting a…not a rescue operation, but a flyover to see if they could find anything. So helicopters were going out and airplanes were going out. Weather was not good that day. Visibility was not good. So they came back around 6:30 or 7 o,clock, with no news. That night, we had no news. The next morning, which is April 18, rescue operations went out again and around 2 o,clock in the afternoon they found the airplane…from the air. They saw the airplane from the air. It was unreachable because of where it was and weather. Nobody could land where it was. Finally, Friday morning, they were able to land and a rescue team had left by land to go up to the mountain and try to see firsthand what had happened. So by the time they landed, on Friday morning, and the rescue team had gotten to the place where they had seen the plane, the news came back that all the…that it had been a fatal accident. So they were able to bring the bodies back that Friday. And we buried them that Friday afternoon.
Three-quarters of the company went down that day, so I was left sort of alone. I have my daughters and my niece, but, of course, they were, at the time, and they still are, works in progress. They're young and they're learning and they're involved, but not at the level that these three…well, my brother and Julio, because my nephew was also a work in progress.
Q: How old was your nephew?
A: Twenty-four.
Q: And Julio was your right-hand man.
A: Yeah. But, fortunately—in all the bad, you can always find some good things—Julio and I had talked of bringing up people from the factory, because Julio and I could no longer be casing wrapper,
following filler, seeing what the yields were on the floor, making
sure that the blends were being properly done. So Julio had been bringing up a lady called Lourdes Veloz de Rodriguez, and my daughter Raquel, who had come back from Boston, had finished her schooling and working for David [Kitchens] at Gloucester [Street Cigars] and she had been already in the factory for about a year. So both of them were being brought up by Julio and myself into running the factory.
So, when the accident happened, we just left Lourdes and Raquel where they were, now under my supervision instead of Julio's, now [that] Julio was no longer available. And thanks to that, I was able to maintain some sort of structure in the factory and some sort of sharing of the load as far as running the factory was concerned.
Q: That must have been crippling.
A: [Sighs] It still is. It still is. Because you can't walk into the factory and not see where these people used to roam and walk and talk and do. But I told the family, "You know, the world does not stop and, unfortunately, we have to deal with this as best we can individually, but we have to move forward, because there are other responsibilities. You, as children, you're working in the company, so you're young. There has to be a future. So we have to work towards that and make do as best we can."
And thank God, we have been able to maintain ourselves in the level of quality, in the level of commitment that we had previously. And we haven't put a lot of emphasis on real growth, because we don't have the capability of duplicating, for example, our efforts. But we have been able to grow ever so slightly and maintain our position within the industry.
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By Tzilla Rapdrilla
Jul 29, 2011
|Nice route, but the top anchor was not in the greatest condition yesterday. Both anchor bolts only had one quick link each, a situation that will totally ruin a rope if used for lowering. There may have been carabiners originally that some moron snatched. I added quicklinks to both anchors, so things should be better now, and then it started to rain. The other routes looked nice too.
By Kevin Capps
From: Golden, CO
Jul 29, 2011
|That's great! Thanks for adding those, it's good to have some help on that wall :). I usually rappel when I lower that. Are the links you added stainless steel? Anyway, thanks for your help and I am glad you liked the route!
By Tzilla Rapdrilla
Jul 29, 2011
|I think the links I had are plated steel & I wrenched them down as tight as I could. I don't think that there would be any mixed metal stress corrosion issues for the links as nothing is under stress like a bolt and hanger are. I would think that even rapping thru single link would foul your rope when you pulled it though. Even the Fixe' single rings suck despite their attempt to change the angle of the hanger. Also, a place called Pambina has very good prices on quick links & let me know if you need help locating them. I hope to be able to enjoy the other routes someday soon when it finally quits raining.
By Jay Eggleston
From: Denver
Nov 30, 2013
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
|I agree that this route has excellent stances between difficult moves. I did a lead rope solo of this, and it was nice that these stances existed and the route was not completely sustained.


text: Rookie Charles Spencer, a third-round choice who won the starting job in training camp, suffered a fractured left tibia in the third quarter of Sunday's loss at Indianapolis and will be placed on injured reserve, a move that prematurely ends his debut campaign. The injury occurred about six minutes into the third quarter on a running play on which tailback Ron Dayne gained no yards. "It's really sad," said coach Gary Kubiak. "The kid's going to be a great player. He needed this year. Now he's going to have to sit back and watch."


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Persistence of Vision, by Stephen Herbert
"Virtually every ... account of the perception of movement in film texts [is] wrong. The impression of movement is not due to persistence of vision. The very persistence with which this 'explanation' has been recited says more about the hermetic and impressionistic world of some film scholarship than it does about the actual mechanisms involved. "
Bill Nichols and Susan J. Lederman
More than fifteen years ago, a number of writers pointed out, in detailed studies, that the long-quoted mechanism for motion perception in cinema, 'persistence of vision', an effect usually attributed to a 'defect' of the eye, (or in some accounts the 'eye-brain combination'), was an archaic concept long left behind by psychologists and physiologists specialising in perception. Most film writers were (and still are) unaware of, or unconvinced by, these writings, and continue to write of persistence of vision as being the mechanism by which we see motion pictures. They argue, when challenged, that the term is 'simple to understand', 'elegant' even 'poetic'. They are either unaware or unconcerned that it is incorrect.
The word 'persistence' has a meaning, and it seems that we do not perceive motion pictures through any kind of persistence, either in the eye or in the brain. So let's take a look at what those researchers wrote back around 1980, as their work is still valid (though still largely ignored) today.
"The notion of 'persistence of vision' seems to have been appropriated from psychology in the first decade of the century, the period during which cinema came into being. But while most film scholars accepted 'persistence of vision' as the perceptual basis of the medium and proceeded to theorise about the nature, meaning and functioning of cinema from that base, perceptual psychologists continued to question the mechanisms involved in motion perception; and they have achieved insights that necessitate the re-thinking of many conclusions reached by film scholars during the past 50 years."
Joseph and Barbera Anderson
"To begin with, 'persistence of vision' is itself an imprecise term. We can only guess that film writers are referring to what psychologists call 'positive after images'. When a person stares at a light, he or she can still see it after the light has been turned off. Positive after-images retain the colour and brightness relations of the original stimulus. Common sense would suggest that the positive after-image is a plausible explanation of motion perception in film since it allows one image-frame to 'bleed' into another, despite the fact that the beam of light projecting the film-frame itself is intermittent. But this fusion occurs regardless of whether motion is perceived or not. The appearance of a continuously visible series of images, in other words, is a phenomenon distinct from the appearance of motion. "
Bill Nichols and Susan J. Lederman
It may help to understand the phenomenon of apparent motion in motion pictures therefore, if we think of it as two things:
1) Firstly, it is necessary to ensure an apparently continuous, reasonably flicker-free image on the screen. Early experiments showed that a minimum of about 10 separate frames must be projected every second to give the illusion of movement. But this is not enough; the image will flicker very badly if a projector with only a single blade (to cover the period of film pulldown) is used. A simple experiment will show that the flicker rate must be of the order of 50 per second for it not to be obvious. For much of the 'silent' period, films were shot at roughly 16 frames per second and shown on a projector with a three-bladed shutter. Each individual frame was shown three times, so around 48 screen images were projected every second, (close enough to fifty to give a reasonably flicker-free result). Taking and projecting speeds gradually increased so that by the time 'talkies' arrived a standard speed of 24fps was decided upon, which meant that the shutter could be reduced to two blades to achieve the same effect of 48 screen images (each frame shown twice) per second.


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Did you know that a lifetime of foot or leg or back pain might possibly be cured by realigning the jaw?
"Every part of the body is either directly or indirectly connected to every other part, and the solution to a problem in one part might be found in almost any other part," says Dr. Charles "Chuck" M. Hulsey, a highly respected Ramona orthodontist who has developed and patented many procedures and instruments used in tracking down the sometimes elusive problems connected with the jaw and nervous system.
With an ever open and inquiring mind, Hulsey has spent 40 years working with other medical specialists, podiatrists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, experts in homeopathy, cranial osteopathy, herbalists, nutritionists — indeed, anyone and everyone from here and many foreign lands who can expand his understanding of the human body and mind.
"We owe it to our patients to pursue every possible avenue that might lead them to a better quality of life," said Hulsey.
Born in a small town close to the Canadian border in Washington State, Hulsey said he "enjoys small towns like Ramona, especially for raising a family."
A lifelong gifted athlete himself, he believes that any student with some athletic ability can enjoy many sports in a small town school, like he did, excelling in football, track and basketball.
He learned to ride horses at his grandfather's ranch, tie flies for fly fishing and reload ammunition, something he still does for his shooting hobby. He became an expert water skier and was one of the first barefoot water skiers on a nearby lake in the 1950s. And now he still goes snow skiing and Rollerblading for exercise.
Hulsey graduated with honors from the University of Southern California School of Dentistry and sought immediately to continue his education to a master's degree. However, at that time, an applicant needed to have two years of orthodontic experience or two years in military service to be admitted to a West Coast school.
So Hulsey followed a fraternity brother to the Midwest, attending Washington University in St. Louis, where he earned his master's degree. It was a "great choice," said Hulsey, "because St. Louis is the center of the American Association of Orthodontics and we were able to learn a lot from the close association."
The nation was in turmoil. The Vietnam War was at its height, and Hulsey joined the U.S. Air Force, which sent him to the Tachikawa Air Base in Japan as a captain, where he practiced his orthodontics skills on 70,000 dependants of U.S. forces in the Far East. It also gave him the chance to study Japanese medical practices and teach U.S. orthodontic protocols at Japanese universities.
By 1970, with three years of Air Force service behind him, Hulsey returned to civilian life and once again followed the advice of a good friend who recommended the San Diego area as a place to begin practicing.
He opened in Solana Beach, which was a perfect fit, because as a young man he loved the ocean, spending most of his spare time in Hawaii or at any nearby beach, where he got into the habit of wearing Hawaiian shirts. He started wearing them in the 1970s and still does, even though, he admits, "They have gone in and out of style a couple of times since then."
It also gave him the chance to study with the outstanding orthodontist, Dr. Robert Ricketts, who invented the first tomographic X-ray machine to take pictures of the jaw joints, or, in orthodontic speak, the temporomandibular (try that five times fast) joints.
Intrigued, Hulsey bought one of Ricketts' machines and continued his research.
During the early years of Hulsey's practice, virtually no one knew how to treat or understood TMJ (temporomandibular joint disorder) and, with characteristic determination, Hulsey set out to find answers.
It was this search that took Hulsey on a journey down the major highways of traditional medicine where, he said, he found little of value and continued around the lesser known byways of alternative medicine, where he started to find solutions.
The pain in the jaw joint was rarely caused by the jaw joint itself. It was mainly a muscle imbalance problem involving the muscles of the head and neck caused by involved muscles elsewhere in the body, said Hulsey. He found that in some cases the whole body structure was out of alignment, and he started to find answers that worked.
As a result, he developed his own system called the Structural Balance Solution. With other health practitioners, he works to achieve the structural balance that can bring about a total resolution of the TMJ problem.
In 1978, as a result of these studies, he started the Holistic Dental Association, which has grown from only a handful at the beginning to more than 600 members today, all working to learn all that alternative health has to offer in their practice.
Like top performers in any field, Hulsey had a desire to teach and to spread what he was learning to as wide an audience as possible. He started lecturing across the country and gave weeklong seminars at his offices and, in 1981, became a diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics — the highest achievement in orthodontics.
By 1992, Hulsey was ready to take time off to be with his family, as his daughter Christiana and son Charley were proving to be accomplished athletes in high school.
He by no means, however, retired from life. In fact, for many years he has bordered on being an extreme athlete.
Hulsey has river rafted on some of the most dangerous rivers in North America, almost losing one of his group in Canadian waters. He sailed to Hawaii, almost capsizing in a race off Diamond Head. He helicopter skied and on one trip had the guide go off the edge of a cliff right in front of him. Fortunately the guide landed in a tree and only broke a ski.
A world ski champion ran a mogul camp and offered Hulsey a job as instructor, but he turned it down because he would have had to leave his practice. As a private pilot he had his engine die in his Cessna aircraft at 10,000 feet, but he managed to glide down and land on the U.S. Air Force base at Gila Bend, Ariz.
"Boy, was that expensive," recalled Hulsey. "They hit me with a $10,000 fine! I decided not to press my luck any further and sold the plane, and I'm no longer searching for any hair-raising adventures."
By 1995, the family was settled and Hulsey wanted to get back to what he describes as the "thrill of the research and the pleasure of the patients."
His practice has always been recognized for high quality state-of-the-art orthodontics, hence its name, Leading Edge Orthodontics, with offices at 1721 Main St., Suite 102 in Ramona, as well as La Mesa and Rancho Bernardo. Dr. Hulsey feels very fortunate to have a long standing team working alongside him, many of the team has been in the orthodontic field for over twenty years. Along with Dr. Hulsey, they have set a high standard for patient care and have a great rapport with each patient.
Hulsey's orthodontic treatment is unique because he is very concerned with the bite and its relationship with the rest of the body structure.
"Improper jaw position," Hulsey explains, "cannot only cause headaches, neck ache and back pain, but can affect an athlete's strength and cause injuries."
He has found that, by totally balancing an athlete's structure, the athlete can improve performance and overcome some injuries easier and faster.
Hulsey has found that about 20 percent of his orthodontics patients have a TMJ syndrome problem subtly manifesting itself.
"Studies have revealed that 38 percent of a person's neural input (from all parts of the body) goes through the jaw joint area, so problems here can play havoc on a patient's health and performance," he said.
Focusing intensely on preventive orthodontics, Hulsey likes to see children when they are young — 6 to 7 years of age — because he can evaluate the jaw relationships and see if change is needed. He can do this with dento-facial orthopedic appliances without resorting to the old headgear still used in some offices.
This procedure is done to make enough room for future permanent teeth, to alleviate future extractions and to balance facial components. This is what Hulsey calls Phase I of an orthodontic treatment.
When all the permanent teeth have "erupted," Phase II begins.
"If the jaws are in a normal relationship, then the next challenge is the teeth. Are the proper number there and is there enough room for them to be straight? The jaw can be expanded but, if there is severe crowding, permanent teeth may have to be removed," Hulsey said, adding that, because of newer developments, there is much less extraction of teeth than in past years.
"In fact, extractions of permanent teeth are almost never done with the current new Damon braces," he said. "There is even an improvement in them, called Insignia, where impressions of a patient's malocclusion are scanned into a computer.
"The teeth are set up to an ideal position and are measured to get dimensions to machine the new braces," said Hulsey. "The braces are machined exactly to the positions that the patient's teeth need to be placed in. These braces are placed by the computer on the virtual teeth and this is used to construct wires that will attain the ideal result. Templates are made so the orthodontist can place the real braces in the exact position on the teeth.
"It is a very exacting technique, but it is the optimum, at present, and will be for years to come."
Unfortunately, said Hulsey, some patients are allergic to the materials used in making the braces.
But that is no problem for him.
With his multi-disciplinary background, he can dig into his holistic skills to evaluate whether the braces under consideration could cause problems, and, if so, seek out alternatives.
"We take the time to get to know our patients and any special needs they may have," said Hulsey. "I can say with confidence that you won't find more advanced solutions, more options to fit your needs, or a staff more eager to assist you. We have the ability to meet your expectations."


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The city's snow parking ban has only been declared three times and some aspects of the bylaw may need immediate tweaking.
Some city politicians say they received complaints from irked residents that enforcing the parking ban at 6 a.m. was too disruptive.
They had to find alternate parking in the middle of the night so they wouldn't get ticketed for leaving their vehicles along the snow routes.
Ald. Gian-Carlo Carra suggested that enforcement should start at 7 a.m., an hour later, while Mayor Naheed Nenshi said 8 a.m. would be better.
More than 900 vehicles were ticketed Jan. 11 when no-parking along snow routes was enforced.
On a local radio show, Carra was asked if he'd ask council to give amnesty to parking violators.
He said yes, but later Carra told reporters he was sleep-deprived when he was asked the question and he found out later that none of the vehicles were ticketed before 9 a.m.
Both Carra and Nenshi said they're talking with the roads department to figure out a way to adjust some aspects of the bylaw.
Carra said enacting the bans an hour later could make a difference in people's lives.
Nenshi told reporters the city needs to figure out how to balance the snow route parking bans and the hindrance it causes.
"The plowing should really commence as most people have left for work already in those residential areas, we'll figure out a way to do that."
As some council members thought about how to adjust the snow route parking ban rules, Ald. Jim Stevenson mused about putting rumble strips on select playground and school zones in Calgary
He convinced his colleagues that the city should look into using rumble strips and other vehicle-slowing devices to make sure children and parents near playground and school zones are safe.
As soon as bureaucrats know how much it's going to cost to put the strips in, some zones may get them in the summer.
Meanwhile, transportation planners will identify choke points along congested roadways in the city's southeast following council's approval of a plan for a better public transit service in the area.
Council approved in principle a staged introduction of dedicated bus lanes along the Southeast Transit Way, where an LRT will eventually be built.
It's still a long way to go but that council's decision is another inch forward towards building what Nenshi loves to call the "purple line" — the Southeast LRT and the North-Central LRT.
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Boyd Coddington, star of the "American Hot Rod" TV show and hot-rod ambassador, died at age 63 on Tuesday morning.
The cause of death wasn't disclosed. However, Edmunds.com revealed that Coddington had been hospitalized since January after a fall at his home.
Obituaries by the New York Times and Popular Hot Rodding provide a good overall glimpse of the man.
Coddington had at least one link to Route 66 and arguably more.
First, he was inducted into the Route 66 Wall of Fame, which is associated with the
Historic Arizona Route 66 Association Cruising Hall of Fame and the Route 66 Rendezvous in San Bernardino, Calif. He also was inducted into the National Rod and Custom Car Hall of Fame and Museum, an hour from Tulsa.
Second, Coddington was in Tulsa less than a year ago to oversee the attempted salvaging of a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that was buried in a concrete vault for 50 years. Alas, the car was inundated by water because of flaws in the vault and essentially ruined. The Belvedere was taken to a New Jersey rust-removal firm in November; there have been no updates about the car since.
Condolences can be expressed here at Coddington's Web site.
UPDATE: Correction made regarding the Route 66 Wall of Fame.
UPDATE2: Mike Callens of Teepee Curios in Tucumcari, N.M., sent me this photo of Coddington, in the white shirt, next to the unearthed Belvedere last year in Tulsa.


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We're officially half-past the summer break! One month left to go yet you and your friends have still not pushed through with that bonggang roadtrip you all promised you'd go on. Fret not because we're here to remind you that even if the summer days run out, your youth won't!
The key to maintaining youth is positivity. Take a look at yourself and everything around you. Laugh about those things. Find ways to have fun. That's the secret to being young. Check out our "Young And Restless" playlist of all those songs that remind you of the sometimes hard but mostly fun times about being a kid!
1. High School Never Ends - Bowling For Soup
Something's wrong with you if you're not yet dancing 30 seconds into this song.
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2. Here's To Never Growing Up - Avril Lavigne
Avril knows the secret to the fountain of youth.
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3. YOUTH - Troye Sivan
*Aggressively shouts "MY YOUTH IS YOURS"* *Awkward hardcore dancing to bass drop*
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4. Grow Up - Simple Plan
Pop-rock really gives you an adrenaline rush! Just like this song.
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5. What's My Age Again? - blink-182
People always tell you to "grow up" like it's a bad thing. Joke's on them!
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6. The Anthem - Good Charlotte
This was the early 2000s anthem of the young rebel.
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7. Die Young - Ke$ha
A playlist about being young is not complete without this party essential.
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8. The Great Escape - Boys Like Girls
And of course, youth is not complete without the feeling of nostalgia. And the growing desire to get away from your roots.
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9. We Are Young (Feat. Janelle Monaé) - fun.
Let's set the world on fire! We can burn brighter than the sun! Actually, don't set anything on fire, please.
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10. 22 - Taylor Swift
A lyric that encapsulates ages 13-23? "We're happy, free, confused, and lonely, at the same time."
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What song makes you jam like you're forever young? What theme would you want for another playlist? Tell us in the comments!


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Few people like to get up in front of a room full of people and speak. In fact, surveys have shown that people fear public speaking more than death, which leads comedian Jerry Seinfeld to quip that the average person at a funeral would be better off in the casket than giving the eulogy. Scientists often need to present their ideas to an audience, but all of us have been to at least one incomprehensible talk that left us scratching our heads or annoyed that we'd wasted an hour of our day. But hey, what does it matter if the presenter gave a terrible talk? Good science will ultimately triumph, right?
Well, not necessarily. "I've seen a number of students go out on interviews, and it's not their qualifications that impede them, it's their communication skills," says marine biologist Mark Moline of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. "If you expect that you're just going to walk into a room and dazzle someone with your work, that might get you 60% to 70% of the way there. But the real kicker is that you connect with people."
And connecting with an audience, which usually won't consist of experts in your field, is increasingly important. Giving adequate background and telling people why your work is important and where it fits into the larger picture can ultimately make or break an interview, whether in academia or industry. With the focus on more interdisciplinary collaboration, clear presentations are also essential, because people won't be able to sift through jargon or a mountain of data to understand the importance of your work and how it might benefit them. Industry scientists may present their work to nonscientists in sales and marketing, and business-minded academic scientists may be involved in presenting their work to venture capitalists. Employers consistently rank communication skills higher than technical skills.
So how can you improve your presentation skills?
The best known way to get public-speaking experience is to join Toastmasters International. There are more than 8000 Toastmasters clubs around the world in corporations, universities, government, and the community. Groups, usually consisting of 20 to 30 people, generally meet once a week for about an hour. There are no teachers or instructors, and members receive a series of manuals and resources on speaking when they join. At the club's meetings, members get experience conducting meetings and giving impromptu speeches. Members also give prepared speeches and are assigned a person to evaluate the speech and suggest ways to improve. Toastmasters executive director Terry McCann says that a lot of scientists are members, and they have more people with Ph.D.s than people without degrees. (Read a recent testimonial from a Next Wave reader in Scotland who joined her local Toastmasters club.)
An entertaining, 20-minute video called Talking Science: The Elusive Art of the Science Talk, which was written and directed by filmmaker and former marine biologist Randy Olson of the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in conjunction with the Annenberg School for Communication, might also be useful. Olson says that he got the idea to make the video after attending his first conference in several years and realizing that some people needed work on their presentation skills.
The film follows marine biologist Moline, a former colleague of Olson, as he gave a talk at an ocean sciences meeting last year. It mercilessly catalogs his presentation, pointing out that he looked at the screen 87.6% of the time and said "um" 92 times in 11 minutes. The film also has comments from scientists in various fields on talks they've attended, as well as advice from experts in communication, film, and theater. The video, which provides tips on giving presentations, including the use of visual aids and pointers, is available from the Wrigley Institute for $39.95.
Moline says that he probably learned the most from the video, which he uses in a class he's taught for several years called "Communicating Biology" for undergraduates and master's students. Biophysicist Peter Basser of the National Institutes of Health hosted a screening of the video for the Biophysics Interest Group, and the NIH director's office now has several copies. Marine ecologist Suchana Chavanich of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, recently ordered the video after seeing it at an ecology meeting and says she plans to use it to teach her undergraduate and graduate students.
Some universities offer courses to teach students to give better talks. Through the University of Texas, Austin's Graduate School Intellectual Entrepreneurship Program (see also a Next Wave article on the program), students can take a semester-long course in academic and professional communication. The course is taught by Thomas Darwin, who emphasizes using conversation and orienting your talk toward the audience. Darwin teaches students about principles of communication, and students give several formal presentations that are videotaped and evaluated by him and other students. Students also have opportunities to give short impromptu talks and practice thinking on their feet through question-and-answer sessions. In addition to improving their presentation skills by explaining their work to people outside their disciplines, Darwin says that students learn to be good audience members and ask questions, which is "part of being a professional and academic colleague." The program offers a similar course for people whose native language isn't English.
At the University of Pittsburgh, neuroscientist Michael Zigmond and colleague Beth Fischer run the Survival Skills and Ethics Program. One of the workshops they run teaches students and postdocs how to give a research seminar through a combination of lectures, discussion, and practical exercises. Because the workshop is only for a day, for long-term help Fischer encourages people to join Toastmasters, which she says is a "fabulous" organization and has a chapter at the University of Pittsburgh. She also encourages students to volunteer to give presentations to lay audiences at schools and at local organizations (for example, talking about research being done on a disease to a support group) to help them develop their speaking skills and minimize their nervousness. Zigmond and Fischer also train people from other schools to start their own Survival Skills programs (see Dave Jensen's Tooling Up column on the program).
To help its postdocs with their presentation skills, the University of Pennsylvania Health Systems' Office of Postdoctoral Programs held a workshop last year by anEdge, a company that gives seminars on how to give technical presentations. Lisa Marshall, anEdge's managing director, gave two workshops, one on informal presentations and the other on formal presentations. She tailors her presentations to her audience, she says, and works with someone at the institution beforehand so she has examples, such as slides, that are relevant. The formal presentation workshop consisted of the basics of giving a presentation (organization, delivery, and visuals). The informal presentation workshop covered how to deal with anxiety, handle question-and-answer periods, explain what you do in 45 seconds or less, and cope with disasters, and it also gave presentation do's and don'ts. (Some of Marshall's basic advice on giving technical presentations is available online, as well as the full details of her presentation.)
"I thought it was very helpful and should be a part of postdoc or graduate student training," says postdoc Cindy Dowd, who attended the anEdge workshops. "It's one of the few opportunities we have to say what we do."
Even without outside help, scientists can help each other polish their presentations. At the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, postdocs organized a bimonthly forum focused on giving each other a chance to give a talk and get feedback. Normally, postdocs give talks only at lab meetings, where everyone already knows what they're talking about, or at large conferences, according to forum organizer Margaret Harmon. The talks are voluntary and are usually reports on research in progress, presentations about proposed research, or job talks. The speakers can invite whomever they want and are encouraged to invite a faculty member as an outside mentor, although it's not required. Postdocs at the University of Chicago have organized a similar monthly series, which is open to everyone, at which postdocs have the opportunity to give 45-minute talks on their research to a general audience and get feedback on their presentations.
Learning to give a clear presentation is just as important as learning technical skills. "In building one's reputation and doing well in science, and doing well in the politics of science, the talks are all-important," says neurobiologist William McClure in the Talking Science video. "If you can't give a good talk, you can almost kiss your scientific career good-bye."


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Some life events took place this week, births, an anniversary, that brought to mind a way of looking at investing that I thought would be good to share with my huge reading audience. I call this, ta-da, age-related risk investing, and I do not claim to have originated this approach, although as far as I recall I did back when I was finishing up graduate school 15 years ago. I will go into more details in future entries but here are the fundamentals.
The basic premise of ARRI is that the younger you are, the higher the level of risk you should be willing to take in your investments. As you age, the level of risk in your portfolio is lowered until there is essentially no more risk. There are two key considerations, that higher risk often means higher reward and that at some point one no longer has enough working years left to earn one's retirement nestegg. The goal of this strategy is to ensure a sufficient amount of savings to fund a 30 year retirement although I won't go into how to calculate that amount here. Should the strategy work very well, an individual could consider retiring at a younger age.
ARRI splits one's investing life into three stages: under 45 years old, 45-55, and over 55. People under 45 should essentially go for investments that have as much risk as possible, common stocks. If an individual is willing to take some time to educate themselves, options and futures should be added to a portfolio. People at this stage should have no, or nearly no, low risk investments like government bonds. As mentioned above, high risk often brings higher reward and, in this age range, people still have time to take chances. Historically, common stocks have provided the best return over time and should be the main investment vehicle; picking specific stocks requires an effort to do some research and analysis, as blindly following an individual newsletter or Wall St. analyst has rarely been successful.
The middle stage is a transition period. Some risk is still worthwhile, given the value of compound interest/return. ARRI calls for gradually changing the risk profile of the portfolio over the 10 years, so that at the end their is essentially no risk left. Some discipline is required here so that the transition is gradual although moving in 10 equal steps is also too strict. By age 55, the entire portfolio ought to be in investment grade bonds, preferably a mix largely slanted towards medium term government issues. There is no risk-free investment, of course, but the biggest foreseeable risk in American government bonds is inflation and there is little safe harbor from this risk that does not entail others.
Some people look at the stock market as a game, one they enjoy playing. I know because I have a close relative who does and as well off as this person is, the question could be asked as to how much better their account would otherwise be. For these individuals, the discipline of ARRI may be difficult if taken to an extreme. However, as long as one keeps the underlying goal (funding for 30 years of retirement) in mind and has a separate account for this purpose, there is no reason not to keep playing.


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Arusha to Lake Manyara
Depart from the northern town of Arusha (adjacent to Kilimanjaro International Airport) and drive to the Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge, which stands on a cliff high above the lake and national park. After lunch, take a game drive in the National Park which lies at the base of the western wall of the eastern arm of the Rift Valley. Typically shimmering in a golden heat haze, the lake is often frosted with thousands of flamingos, while the trees that surround the lake are famous for their tree-climbing lions. The park also offers abundant sightings of; monkey, jackal, mongoose, hyena, hyrax, zebra, hippo, warthog, buffalo, Masai giraffe, duiker, waterbuck and impala. Significant numbers of elephant are also resident in the Park whilst sightings of black rhino and leopard are not uncommon. Dinner at the lodge.
Lake Manyara to the Ngorongoro Crater
Leaving the lodge after breakfast, drive to the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area via Olduvai Gorge the 'cradle of mankind', and site of one of the most important and controversial Palaeolithic finds in recent history. Ascend the steep walls of the crater and drive around the rim, upon which is located the magnificent Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge. After lunch at the lodge, visit a traditional Maasai village or 'boma'. In the evening, watch the sunset over the crater from your private verandah, perhaps take a short stroll around the grounds, then enjoy cocktails on the panoramic crater view terrace before sitting down to dinner in the stone built dining room, which centres on a blazing log fire.
Ngorongoro Crater
After an early breakfast, drive the short distance to the crater and descend to its floor for a half-day tour inclusive of a picnic lunch by the hippo pools. Often referred to as 'the eighth wonder of the world' the Ngorongoro Crater is one of Africa's best-known wildlife arenas. A World Heritage Site, it is also one of the largest volcanic craters in the world (almost 20 kilometres wide, 610-760 metres deep and covering a total area of 264 square kilometres). An utterly unique biosphere, the Crater harbours grasslands, swamps, forests, saltpans, a fresh water lake and a glorious variety of birdlife, all enclosed within its towering walls. Due to its high concentration of wildlife, close-range viewing opportunities and striking scenery it is also Tanzania's most visited destination. In the afternoon, ascend once more to the rim of the crater and the lodge, where you may like to take a massage or a guided walk before dinner.
Ngorongoro to the Arusha
After breakfast drive back to Arusha to connect with your onward travel plans. Alternatively connect with a flight to the magical island of Zanzibar, which lies just off the coast of Tanzania. Here, you can check into the sumptuous Serena Zanzibar Inn, which stands in the very centre of historic stone town, within easy reach of the winding lanes, bazaars, sultan's palaces, spice tours and dhow harbour. The Inn also has its own private beach resort for ultimate Indian Ocean relaxation.
Safari Itinerary
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Full board accommodation at the Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge and Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge.
Entry to the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area; a visit to a Maasai village.
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We regret that we cannot accept either personal cheques unless cleared in advance of arrival. We are pleased to accept to accept the following cards: Visa, Access/Master Card, American Express, JCB, Senator, Diners International as well as well as proprietary travelers cheques.
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My family is Jewish -- for most of my childhood, our Christmas tree was a houseplant decorated with tinsel and whatever Christmas ornaments we'd made in school (public school, only Jewish family in town, parents didn't want us to feel left out, yadda yadda yadda).
For the last 17 years of our relationship, neither DP nor I cared about having a Christmas tree, so we didn't. (He grew up Unitarian Universalist, but neither of us is religious.)
Now that DD is 3 and happens to attend a Catholic preschool, she's VERY interested in Christmas. So we celebrated Chanukah with a menorah etc, and are figuring we'll have a mellow Christmas celebration, too.
The problem is that left to his own devices, I don't think DP will take any action on a tree. So that leaves me, the partner who is even less invested in Christmas, to decorate a Christmas tree. We're thinking that we'll decorate a large houseplant for this year at least, as I did as a kid. We own no Christmas ornaments and neither of us is inclined to spend a lot of time or money on this project. This is basically about providing our 3-year-old with the experience of having a tree to find some presents under.
I'm not excited about tinsel because we have cats, and I can remember my childhood cats eating the tinsel off our tree. That seems like a bad plan.
We can make paper chains out of construction paper, I suppose.
I remember one year we tried stringing popcorn and cranberries when I was a kid and discovering that it took REALLY long to get a long string of them, and wasn't that easy to do.
We could make play-doh-type ornaments and hang them with ribbons, but they might be a bit heavy for a plant.
What would you do as simple, not-time-consuming, Christmas houseplant decorations?
painted newspaper cut into stars and hung on the tree.
Yarn pom-poms, ribbon as garland.
Slices of citrus fruits, slightly dried in a 200 degree oven on a rack over a drip pan, then hung with hooks, or unbent paperclips. Or several cranberries/popcorn strung together and hung - just as festive as the long strings, but far less time consuming. Think "earrings" instead of "necklace".
Last year when my son was 3 we made a paper chain. Get some glue sticks and go for it! It was a fun project. And, you can save it. We put it up again this year.
You can buy a roll of ribbon and tie bows on the branches. Also, hang candy canes. I did that one year and it was very cute and festive.
You can make cookies - the kind you roll out and cut. I believe Martha Stewart has a recipe on her site for a dough that stands up to being used for ornaments. That's something I've been wanting to do but haven't gotten around to it. If you bake you probably have all the ingredients on hand.
Cut out paper snowflakes and use those.
Use small toys tied on with ribbon. How cute would that be? With a paper chain? Adorable! Oh my gosh, now I want to do a toy tree. LOL.
When I used to work I had one of those small trees (I think it was a cook pine) in my office. Like this:
Easy to care for, cheap and will last for years with minimal attention. The branches are perfect for small ornaments.
You can also do a rosemary tree - those are everywhere right now and you can use it after the holiday.
You can do a (dead) tree branch in a nice pot. It can actually look quite nice though it does go against the whole symbolism of the evergreen tree, I suppose.
We are athiests, but do celebrate Christmas secularly. We have a real tree this year.
Would your DD be disappointed if the "tree" didn't have the right shape?
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Thanks for all the great ideas! We had a grand time painting card stock yesterday (just filling whole sheets with swirls of color), then cutting it out into shapes and decorating with glitter pens. Today we'll punch holes and add ribbons for hanging.
I'm going to add some of these other ideas, too!
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The Anoka County Board has signed off on a multimodal transportation career development plan for the Anoka County Highway Department.
Its purpose is to attract and retain employees in the multimodal section through a career advancement and pay structure that is competitive with both the public and private sectors.
Career development plans are not new to the highway department; they have been put in place in the traffic signal and engineering sections, according to Doug Fischer, county highway engineer.
"We have found that these systems have allowed us to attract, retain and compensate our professional and technical talent in a competitive and performance based manner," Fischer said.
The multimodal section of the highway department comprises a manager, senior transportation planner, a full-time temporary transportation planner, along with two Transportation Management Organization (TMO) employees – a coordinator and assistant coordinator.
Its focus is not just on highways, but also transit, pedestrian/bicycle and freight.
The past several years, the department has had a fairly stable staff which has been able to secure grants averaging $10 million to $15 million annually for construction projects, develop and implement a low-cost, high benefit public involvement program for several projects, complete the 2030 transportation plan and establish the TMO now known as Commute Solutions, according to Kate Garwood, multimodal transportation manager.
In addition, the multimodal section has worked with Anoka County's GIS office to develop an interactive construction map for use by the public and has been working on a project to bring bus service to Highway 65, Garwood said.
But things have changed – the senior planner left earlier this year and Garwood plans to retire at the end of the year, she said in a memo.
There has been frustration in the department over the lack of opportunities for career advancement, Garwood said.
For example, the last two staff persons to leave had been with the department five years or more and both left the county for advancement opportunities with consulting firms, she said.
The county's salaries for transportation planners have not kept pace with peer counties or private sector consulting firms, nor with other careers that incorporate complex, long-term, multi-jurisdictional, plans and projects involving sensitive political negotiations and mediations with neighboring elected officials, individual and businesses, Garwood wrote in her memo.
"Unfortunately, the benefits from the training and development investment made in these folks will not accrue to the county, but the new employers," she said.
Adding the multimodal section to the career development plans in place for the overall highway department will provide more opportunity for employees to grow with the county and for the county to build and maintain a seasoned and dedicated workforce, according to Garwood.
In addition to being beneficial to the multimodal section employees, the career development plan will provide the highway department with the most flexible structure to meet the county's needs, Garwood wrote.
"The system offered is structurally comparable to the existing engineering and signal sections and reflects the current market for transportation planners in the Twin Cities metro area and across the country," she said.
The new system will give professional and experienced employees room to grow and not become "stuck" in the system at the same level after a certain number of years with their only option to leave, Fischer told the county board.
The career development plan will be performance based and can be achieved in a way that is budget neutral, he said.
"This will be very helpful to the highway department," said County Commissioner Robyn West, chairperson of the board's Management Committee, which recommended approval of the career development plan.
"This is long overdue and something we have done in other areas."
According to Anoka County Board Chairperson Rhonda Sivarajah, this proposal will "ensure people don't feel they are stuck in a dead end" and have an opportunity to grow.
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Bruno Sammartino Being Inducted into International Sports Hall of Fame, Speaks on What Turned Him Back Around to the WWE
– CBS KDKA in Pittsburgh reports that WWE Hall of Fame inductee Bruno Sammartino is the first to be inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame at the Arnold Classic in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday. Arnold Schwarzenegger is scheduled to induct Sammartino.
This week Sammartino also spoke with NewsRadio 1020 KDKA in Pittsburgh about changing his mind and entering the WWE Hall of Fame. You can listen to the complete audio at the above link. Here are some highlights:
Why he stayed away from the WWE and the Hall of Fame for a long time: "It became an embarrassment for me. And, I was very turned off, which is why I turned down the Hall of Fame for the past 20-something years. They contacted me about seven months ago and assured me they are doing a very strict drug programming and also the nudity, vulgarity, and profanity was all gone."
How WWE's association with doctor Joseph Maroon was also a factor in his coming around to WWE: "They hired Dr. Joseph Maroon. I know him well. He operated on me three different times (to save Bruno from paralysis). I had no circulation going to my lower extremities and my nerves were going to be damaged. At that point, there was nothing they could do for you, and you would be in a wheelchair for the rest of your life. It took three different surgeries – a couple of surgeons wouldn't even touch me after the MRIs – so he put me back on my feet. And, here I am doing road work and pumping iron. He became in-charge of their Wellness Policy for concussions and overall physicals to make sure these guys are fit to go in that ring. When I heard about it – because I quit watching wrestling for 20, 25 years – I started watching it after Paul Levesque (Triple H) contacted me."
Sammartino will also be part of a song recording for the song "Strong Like Bruno." The song is part of a program to inspire youth to not take a day off from hard work.
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