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Bet, raise and bluff your way to the top as you make your mark in the virtual poker world by creating your very own character and controlling the destiny of your career. Gain experience points at every table, bump up career earnings with every win and even flaunt your poker prowess by decking out your player with accessories available for purchase with your earnings. Then, take your stack online to compete against players across the country, set up poker nights with your friends, and chat live. An exclusive presentation system featuring graphics and camera angles modeled after the popular World Poker Tour television show and insightful commentary by WPT commentators Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten, turn your living room into seat at a WPT table.
This just in -- poker is hot. World Poker Tour pits you against some of the sport's most celebrated personalities. Read More »
Also known as: World Poker Tour 2K6, World Poker Tour 2006
Release Region: United States
Release Date: October 18, 2005
Publisher: 2K Games
Also available on: PlayStation 2, PC, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance
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RECIPE OF THE WEEK – Sunday Rib Roast
Tasty Roast – No dish could be easier or more elegant than a standing rib roast.
Total Time: 1 hr 25 min
Prep: 20 min
Inactive: 20 min
Cook: 45 min
Yield:6 to 8 servings
1 (3-rib) standing rib roast (7 to 8 pounds)
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
Mustard Horseradish Sauce, recipe follows
1 1/2 cups good mayonnaise
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tablespoons whole-grain mustard
1 tablespoon prepared horseradish
1/3 cup sour cream
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Watch how to make this recipe.
Two hours before roasting, remove the meat from the refrigerator and allow it to come to room temperature.
Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F (see note).
Place the oven rack on the second lowest position.
Place the roast in a pan large enough to hold it comfortably, bone-side down, and spread the top thickly with the salt and pepper. Roast the meat for 45 minutes. Without removing the meat from the oven, reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F and roast for another 30 minutes. Finally, increase the temperature to 450 degrees F and roast for another 15 to 30 minutes, until the internal temperature of the meat is 125 degrees F. (Be sure the thermometer is exactly in the center of the roast.) The total cooking time will be between 1 1/2 and 1 3/4 hours. Meanwhile, make the sauce.
Remove the roast from the oven and transfer it to a cutting board. Cover it tightly with aluminum foil and allow the meat to rest for 20 minutes. Carve and serve with the sauce.
Note: Be sure your oven is very clean before setting it at 500 degrees F.
Mustard Horseradish Sauce:
Whisk together the mayonnaise, mustards, horseradish, sour cream, and salt in a small bowl.
2002 Barefoot Contessa Family Style, All Rights Reserved
Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/sunday-rib-roast-recipe.html?oc=linkback

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Face to face with chronic disease
The disease profile of the world is rapidly evolving. This is especially true in low and middle income countries where chronic diseases are creating a double burden on top of infectious diseases. As these stories will show, even least developed countries are not immune to the growing epidemics of heart disease, stroke, cancer and other chronic diseases.
Contrary to common belief, these diseases do not only affect men in high income countries: 80% of chronic disease deaths now occur in low and middle income countries and they affect men and women almost equally. Another unfortunate reality is that chronic diseases account for 60% of all deaths – corresponding to a projected 36.65 million deaths worldwide in 2007.
This series of stories is about people living with chronic diseases and common underlying risks. In a world where more and more people are dying as a result of chronic diseases, and many more millions are disabled, these stories aim to demonstrate the deep and personal impact of chronic diseases on individuals and their families.
Blindness: The gift of sight for Kuzhanthiammal
Kuzhanthiammal, 67, regained her vision after free cataract surgery done by the Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, India
Blindness: Trachoma snatches Mzurisana's livelihood
Despite surgery, Mzurisana still cannot see well enough to make necklaces that she once sold as her main source of income
Cancer: Maria faces health care barriers
Because of poor access to quality health care, Maria suffered for three years before her breast cancer was finally diagnosed
Cancer: Miriame struggles with cervical cancer
The financial burden of cancer treatment has exhausted Miriame's savings and forced her daughter to leave school
Cancer: Harmful sunlight causes Noemia's hardship
Over-exposure to the sun's harmful rays has led to skin cancer on Noemia's legs. It could have been prevented by simply keeping out of direct sunlight
Diabetes: Zahida suffers impact of late treatment
Late diagnosis and treatment cost Zahida, 65, severely, with one of her legs amputated due to serious complications from diabetes
Hearing impairment: Early detection averts hearing loss for Marinah
Six-year-old Marinah escapes serious hearing damage thanks to inexpensive and simple tests and treatment
Hearing impairment: Luciano and Cinthia's stories
Three-year-old Luciano has permanent hearing loss because his mother developed rubella infection while she was pregnant with him. Cinthia, 21, lost much of her hearing when she had meningitis at the age of 18 months
Obesity: Malri's childhood clouded by risks of disease
As an obese child, five-year-old Malri faces the risk of a number of chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and some cancers
Stroke: Roberto survives on family support
Neglect of high blood pressure, and Roberto's drinking and smoking habits led to three strokes, making him dependent on his family for basic needs


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Sport Kite Magic!: Advanced Flying Techniques for More Kiting Fun!
Gomberg Kite Productions, Intl., Apr 1, 1996 - Crafts & Hobbies - 124 pages
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So I like to highlight some bizarre, random links weekly on my comic, so I thought hey why not have a topic for ppl to give me some ideas for said random links.
If you post on please make sure its at least slightly tastefull, and if it isn't label it NSFW (not safe for work). Cuz I know theres a ton of sites out there that are truely bizarre that would really offend some ppl.
Oh and you should give a breif description of the site you are linking to, too.
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This listing is for a VINTAGE 1950s WEST POINT US ARMY ACADEMY COLLEGE PENNANT
This pennant is in Fair/Good condition. The top left corner and tip are torn, there is obvious fading on the lighter felt and the top tassels are missing.
There is no yellowing, staining or foreign markings present. This pennant was screen printed, the graphics are clear and show no signs of chipping or cracking.
The dimensions of the pennant are approximately 8" tall at the spine and 24" from spine to tip.
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noemu necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 23 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
We are a family run business, that brings this alternative health product to the market via our website. It helps people relieve aches and pains, especially back ache, headaches, bad circulation, insomnia and many more complaints. It makes you feel better by releasing oxytocin.
We are trying to bring this mat to a broad audience, internationally and may launch in different languages.
I am looking to touch up/professionalize my existing site http://www.mandalamat.ie.
I have gotten the feedback that it looks a bit amature, a bit flat.... So I would need it to get a 'lift' to make it look more snazzy, more professional, more 'finished'. Vague I know but I hope you get what I mean.
I do not want to change the basic colour scheme.
I do not to totally change the logo or the name font, but you can touch these up to add to/compliment the touch up of the site.
I am looking to do the touch up within the constraints of the existing code/css and I am looking for you to deliver basic html and css as part of the project.
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We are continually evolving and assessing the accessibility standards according to (these standards) and make the appropriate changes where feasible.
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All navigation will still function without javascript. The javascript only enhances the experience for users with javascript turned on.
All links are text-based. If an image is used for any link, techniques are used to keep the text within the code so they are still text-friendly for screen readers, text-based browsers and for those who browser with styles off (this included consoles that cannot render cascading style sheets).
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Link content text is contextual when possible (eg. Instead of 'more', the link may read 'more business news') to make navigation easier for screen readers.
A text description has been added to each image within <alt> and/or <title> tags. This will assist screen readers and users who browse the internet with images off.
All forms are built with accessibility in mind, including:
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Our Name A Star Premium Package includes our signature parchment star certificate, custom printed with the recipient's name and Star Coordinates indicating the location of your honorary star. Each name a star certificate is enclosed in an exquisite gold foil embossed folder to enhance the presentation quality of this truly unique gift idea! Also included in this name a star package are downloadable Star Charts and fun filled activities to help you locate notable Constellations and planets in the night sky.
As an added bonus Buy A Shining Star will also include access to "Be a Stargazer - A Guide to Astronomy" PDF eBook. Be A Stargazer will provide you with an understanding of astronomy and the universe around us. From our closest neighbors, the moon, sun and planets to the distant reaches of our galaxy, the stars and constellations, Be A Stargazer is your ultimate guide to the universe.


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Galileo technology developments
Galileo has facilitated European industry's participation in technologies related to very accurate position and time determination and in their applications. It is also encouraging synergy with other technologies being developed for the information society such as mobile telecommunications and interactive services.
Critical technology
Two on board atomic clocks have been developed for Galileo:
- a Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard
- a Passive Hydrogen Maser
In parallel, a system for generating navigation signals has been developed, with a navigation signal generator, a navigation antenna and associated equipment.
Galileo satellite clocks
The clocks that will mark time for the next generation of navigation satellites are based on oscillations at the atomic level. They will keep time to within a few hundred-millionths of a second per day.
Why would anyone want to keep time so closely? The answer has to do with the speed of light. Nowadays, you can determine your position on the Earth's surface by measuring the time taken for a signal broadcast by a navigation satellite to reach you. As signals travel at the speed of light, this means measuring tiny fractions of a second very accurately. And to do that, you need to know precisely when the signal left the satellite and precisely when it arrived at your receiver. In navigation, clocks are the driving factor for accurately determining positions. With an accuracy of better than one billionth second in one hour, the clocks on the Galileo satellites will allow you to resolve your position anywhere on the Earth's surface to within 45 cm.
Each of the 30 satellites in the Galileo system will have two of each type of clock on board. The clocks use different technologies, but make use of the same principle - if you force atoms to jump from one particular energy state to another, it will radiate the associated microwave signal at an extremely stable frequency.
This frequency is at around 6 GHz for the rubidium clock and at around 1.4 GHz for the hydrogen clock. The Galileo system uses the clock frequency as a very stable reference by which other units can generate the accurate signals that the Galileo satellites will broadcast. The broadcast signals will also provide a reference by which the less stable user receiver clocks can continuously reset their time.
ESA has chosen the rubidium and hydrogen maser clocks as they are very stable over a few hours and because their technology can fly onboard the Galileo satellites. If they were left to run indefinitely, though, their timekeeping would drift, so they need to be synchronised regularly with a network of even more stable ground-based reference clocks. These will include clocks based on the caesium frequency standard, which show a far better long-term stability than rubidium or hydrogen maser clocks. The clocks on the ground will also generate a worldwide time reference called Galileo System Time.
The clocks on-board the satellites are the first of their type to be developed and built in Europe. Similar clocks are available in the US and in Russia (for example. those flown on the GPS and Glonass satellites), but technological independence is part of mastering Europe's own navigation system.
The passive hydrogen maser clock was actually the first one of its type ever to fly. It has been built by the Observatoire de Neuchatel in co-operation with Officine Galileo of Italy, the former being responsible for the overall development and in particular for the so-called physics package, the latter being in charge of the electronics. A similar arrangement applies for the rubidium clock for which Temex Neuchâtel Time assumes overall responsibility and Astrium Germany contributes the electronics.
The first two flight models of the rubidium clock are in orbit on board GIOVE-A, the first Galileo satellite. Two flight models of the passive hydrogen maser are flying on GIOVE-B since April 2008. Both clocks have shown their reliability and two of each model will be embarked on board the four In Orbit Validation satellites.


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A word on Ratings
It would appear that if one wants to review things, there must be some sort of rating attached for quick judgment by a fickle readership. While I of course subscribe to the literary snob idea of writing the review as text and letting the reader make up his or her mind based on a careful reading and analysis, I realize that most people just skim a review for anything funny and/or inflammatory and skip to see what the score is.
So, without further ado, I reveal my rating system, which will heretofore be used to score anything and everything a review in the future. Please note that I review everything "as is" and "how I feel about it at the time." There is rarely any conscious analysis and comparison against the greats of a particular genre or medium, or even against items of similar ilk.
This means that I loved it. Go out and do whatever it takes to have the experience, even if it means watching Gigli.
I liked it. Do whatever it takes, short of watching Gigli.
It was "okay". Check it out if the opportunity presents itself, but don't go out of your way.
I didn't like it. It's better than Gigli, but unless you love the genre or not having fun, don't bother.
I hated it. It probably is Gigli. If you have a dog-eared copy of The 120 Days of Sodom. on your shelf, this might be right up your alley. But don't forget to pick a safeword…


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Mail and Parcel Forwarding
This is a mail scanning service with US mailing address.
You can get your mail and parcels sent to you wherever you are in Libya, whenever you want them, and you can decide what to forward to Libya and what to discard.
Their service includes:
- US street address for receiving your mail and parcels
- See the front and back of every piece of mail you receive
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- Ship only what you want, recycle the rest
With the Mail and Parcel Forwarding subscription, you get a single street address in Beaverton, Oregon. Your address will look like this:
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Includes one address and the ability to view and manage your mail and parcels
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Dec 12th How Small Business Owners Can De-Stress
Even though small business owners rock at taking risks to get their ideas off the ground, they generally suck when it comes to letting go. And we get it – this business is your baby and your livelihood! But if you can't learn to delegate smaller tasks to your team, you'll only create bigger ... Read More...
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LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (March 13) – Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) won a record 17th Audi FIS Alpine World Cup globe and record sixth straight downhill title after fog forced officials to cancel the final men's and women's downhills on Wednesday. Vonn won three of seven World Cup downhills this season and missed two due to injury following her super G crash at World Champs. Wednesday cemented the U.S. Ski Team's win of the women's downhill standings by 457 points over the Swiss thanks to nine U.S. podiums from five different women.
QUOTESLindsey VonnIt is always an honor to win a title, even if I wish I had done it by competing alongside my teammates over the past month. I hope they will bring home many more titles this season. This only fuels me to work even harder to get back out on the mountain as soon as I can.
Stacey CookIt's pretty anti-climatic. Normally finals are so fun and such a good atmosphere, especially here with how many people show up to watch. It's not the way you want to end, but I'm psyched to be ranked where I am and to keep getting better year-by-year. It's kind of bittersweet because I know I let a few things slip this year. I had mistakes in seven of my eight downhill runs and so that's something that is driving me going forward. But to be ranked fourth even with all those mistakes is pretty sweet and I'm psyched that the globe stays in our country.
Leanne SmithIt was a good year. It was a big step for me, and I'm really happy to be where I'm at in skiing right now. I feel really confident in getting ready for next year. Too bad today was cancelled but I'm going to work really hard this prep period, whether it be in the gym or out at a training camp in Chile. So I'm really happy about it. I'm happy about the future, next year's a big year. Hopefully it just keeps going up from here. It's great that we have the title in the U.S. again and it's really cool and a lot of fun to be a part of this historic team. People will look back at this and we all know that we were a part of it. It's great. I'm happy for Lindsey and Stacey on fourth place in the season. It's really cool. We got everybody on the podium in speed this year. So it's exciting for us. Laurenne RossIt was a little bit of a tough season for me actually. Starting in Lake Louise I was skiing pretty well and I got a bit of tough luck with the weather. It was a pretty tough race there. Throughout the season I just was so inconsistent. So coming into Garmisch I just decided to let everything go, and yeah, I'm glad that that's the way it ended for me. I think it's because we work really well as a team and the speed training that we've had in Copper in November has been really beneficial for us. That course is really fun and the snow is almost always perfect. So that's helped us a lot.
Alex Hoedlmoser Head Coach, Women's U.S. Ski TeamWithout support, there's no chance at being successful and we have a really really strong group behind us; those working in the office, lots of people there that are usually not on the road, but you need those people also. We get a lot of support. I have to thank especially Patrick Riml, our alpine director, who's doing a fantastic job with supporting us with whatever we need. And also the corporation with Soelden and Copper Mountain, our primary training partners, who always provide the best possible training opportunities. It's a huge part of our success.
Chip White, Women's U.S. Ski TeamI'm very fortunate. We are very fortunate to be a part of a great team right now. We have great athletes. We have a great coaching staff, great physical therapists and great servicemen and so it's very much a team effort. I have to congratulate all of the people that are a part of this team that have brought all of these girls up to podium potential every time that they come out. So it's been a very exciting year for us and for me.
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One Fearlful Yellow Eye (Tequila)
In keeping with my recent tradition of naming my new tequila cocktails after the 21 novels in the Travis McGee series by American author John D. MacDonald. I have named this cocktail after the eighth book in the series, One Fearful Yellow Eye. I have always liked the Travis McGee novels, and I believe that most of the titles for these novels make great names for cocktails.
One Fearful Yellow Eye
1 oz Anejo Tequila
1/2 oz Galliano
1/2 oz Cointreau
Orange and Pineapple Juice
Squeeze of Lime
In a metal Shaker filled with ice add the Tequila, the Galliano and the Cointreau
Add equal parts of Orange and Pineapple juice (about 3 oz total)
Shake until the sides of the metal shaker frosts.
Strain into a tall highball glass
Garnish with a squeeze of lime
Note: If you are interested in more of my original cocktail recipes, please click this link (Cocktails and Recipes) for more of my mixed drink recipes!


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One K Defender Brown Matte Helmet
One K
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- One K Defender Brown Matte Helmet
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$282.99 Original Price -$43.04 Sale Savings
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- Polycarbonate and Advanced ABS Composite outer shell
- Injection-molded shell design
- Washable, quick-dry, moisture-wicking lining
- Stainless steel mesh
- Comfort-padded harness with synthetic suede lining
- Hook-and-loop adjustable Fastex buckle
- Striped venting for natural air conditioning
- Certified to ASTM and CE EN standards for safety
New to the United States, One K Helmets boast the perfect synergy between advanced technology and aesthetically pleasing design. With enough features to appeal to those seeking everything a helmet could possibly offer, wrapped in a package that traditionalists can appreciate, One K has the best of both worlds. Certified to ASTM and CE EN standards.
One K's Defender helmet features a sturdy Polycarbonate and Advanced ABS Composite outer shell (available in a matte or glossy finish); injection molded shell design; washable quick-dry, moisture wicking, anti-microbial liner; stainless steel mesh; comfort padded harness with synthetic suede lining, hook & loop adjustment, and Fastex buckle; two side, two front, one back, and two center stripe vents.


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Historic Miller Hall
Originally built in 1901 as a men's dormitory, Miller Hall has been transformed into a beautiful modern hotel while keeping its historic charm.
President's Cottage
Built in 1930 as the home of the President to the Albion Normal School, this charming restored cottage sleeps up to 16. Enjoy a full kitchen, private deck, hot tub and comfortable living areas.
The campus offers many fun activities and outdoor recreation. Expansive lawns make it a great place to spread out and enjoy making memories.
Albion Campus Retreat
Family Reunion and Event Center
Miller Hall is the perfect location for a large group or family reunion. Historically known as the Albion State Normal School, this campus is rich in history. Miller Hall is a beautiful historic, but modernized 8,000 sq. ft. lodge sleeping up to 75 guests. With 15 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, 8 showers, and plenty of gathering space, Albion Campus Retreat is the perfect location for your next family reunion or group event.
Along with comfortable lodging, Campus Retreat offers many on-site activities, such as, a swimming pool, hot tub, sand volleyball, horseshoes, disc golf, specialty bikes, and inflatable jump houses. This location has endless recreational activities within the Albion area. Pomerelle Mountain Resort and City of Rocks National Reserve are just some of the recreational possibilities to enjoy.
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Two (2) span digital T1/E1/J1/PRI PCI-Express x1 card.
Digium's dual span digital interface cards support 48 (T1 / J1) or 60 (E1) connections to PSTN trunks over two spans (digital circuits). Built exclusively for use with Asterisk and Asterisk-based communications systems, the dual span cards provide the best value in digital connectivity.
Dual span digital cards are available in PCI and PCI-Express form factors. All dual span models can be combined with an Octasic DSP-based echo cancellation module from Digium to provide effective hardware echo cancellation across all channels.
Digium cards are compatible with all versions of Asterisk using the DAHDI driver framework. Asterisk and DAHDI are available for free from the Asterisk.org website.


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The wind blew in from the west, sending the clay targets bobbing and bouncing through the air.
In case that wasn't enough, the microphone used to pull the targets repeatedly malfunctioned, causing clays to shoot out randomly or not at all.
Catherine Skinner had just enough patience — and a bit of anger — to ride out the difficulties and earn a gold medal in her first Olympics.
U.S. & World
The Australian survived a shoot-off in women's trap to get into the final round and hit 12 of 15 targets in the gold medal match to beat New Zealand's Natalie Rooney on Sunday.
"It made me a bit more angry instead of being nervous and locking up," Skinner said of the difficulties. "It made me just want to see and smash."
Skinner hit 67 of 75 targets in qualifying, tying her with Canada's Cynthia Meyer. Both women hit their first shots in the shoot-off, but Skinner hit and Meyer missed, sending the Australian into the final six.
Skinner navigated the gusting wind well in the semifinals, hitting 14 of 15 targets to earn a spot in the gold-medal match. Rooney won a shoot-off with American Corey Cogdell-Unrein after tying for second to set up the finals showdown.
Skinner started slow, missing two of her first four shots in the gold medal match, but hit seven straight as Rooney twice missed consecutive shots. Skinner missed her 12th shot, but could still clinch gold by hitting her final three shots.
She did, making Rooney's final shot moot, and threw her head back after taking home gold in her first Olympics.
"I can't really say there was emotion; it was kind of like a shock," Skinner said. "Even now, I can't really believe I have this (medal) in my hand."
Cogdell-Unrein qualified fourth in her third Olympics, but opened the semifinals with a miss. She recovered by hitting her final nine shots, only to miss in the shoot-off with Rooney.
Cogdell-Urein met Spain's Fatima Galvez in the bronze medal match and again was faced with a shoot-off after both shooters hit 13 of 15 targets. Cogdell-Unrein hit her shot and Galvez missed, giving Cogdell-Unrein a bronze to match the one she earned at the 2008 Beijing Games.
"Missing my first target out was definitely not a good feeling," Cogdell-Unrein said. "But I knew if I smoothed out and do what I normally do, I could still continue to shoot a good final and that's what I did."
Defending gold medalist Jessica Rossi of Italy hit 10 targets in the semifinals and finished sixth.


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She is more robust than most 86-year-olds could ever hope to be, but questions will inevitably be raised as to whether the Queen is being asked to do too much.
Not only did she head straight from hospital to Buckingham Palace to be briefed by her private office, she will continue to work remotely from Windsor Castle for the rest of the week.
According to the monarchy's official website: "Often, one of the last lights on in the Palace at night is the Queen finishing her 'red box' of official papers."
In 2012, the Queen undertook 425 meetings, visits and investitures and publicly re-affirmed her determination to serve her people for the rest of her life, putting paid to speculation that she would consider abdicating in favour of her heir, Prince Charles.
But this weekend's events will inevitably reignite debate as to whether the younger members of her family should be starting to shoulder some of the burden of public life.


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Every Olympic opening ceremony is essentially the same—the host nation's history, by way of Cirque du Soleil. The real drama is in seeing how they'll whitewash the bad stuff. So, how did Sochi organizers cover the period between the Russian Revolution and World War II, the period of purges and famines that killed millions?
After beginning with the arrival of the Kievan Rus' and progressing through the rise of Christianity and the Russian Empire, the birth pangs of communism were represented by a red light bathing the Fisht Olympic Stadium, and the policies of Stalinism were reduced to a pantomime of industrialization, with massive mechanical sets and a choreographed collective propelling the country into the 20th century. The Great Patriotic War was represented by darkness and silence, then it was on to reconstruction and the space race. The end of communism was represented by a girl releasing a single red balloon into the skies.
There was no mention of the deaths, the forced resettlements, the classicide—nor did (or should) anyone expect there to be.
London did not acknowledge the harmful effects of imperialism; Vancouver had no mention of the forced removal or residential schools of its First Nations people; Beijing did not pay tribute to the millions who died in the Great Leap Forward; Turin did not recognize its fascist period, or Athens, its military junta; and Salt Lake City did not recognize Indian genocide or slavery or Jim Crow or a standing policy of foreign wars.
That's not how the Olympics work. They're the glossiest form of nationalism, with the bad stuff airbrushed away. You want some sort of allusion to the Soviet era? Well, there you go.


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Theres one yearly meteor shower thats always worth watching out for. This weekend, the Leonid meteors are set to peak on November 17th. The bad news is: this is a bad year for this shower; although the Leonids can reach storm levels of +1,000 per hour as last happened in 1998 & 1999, this year the Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHR) isnt expected to top 15. [Read more...]


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MILWAUKEE -- This spring, Jeff Samardzija said his goal was to focus on going deeper into games rather than having another 200 strikeout season. The Cubs starter has done just that. Trouble is, he doesn't have any wins.
Samardzija has posted quality starts in his five outings so far, and gone at least seven innings in each. He lasted 7 1/3 innings in his last start on Wednesday against the D-backs.
He ranks sixth in the National League entering play Sunday with a 1.53 ERA, but is winless. He's the only NL starter with a sub 2.00 ERA who doesn't have at least one win. The Cubs were shut out in two of the games in which he started, and scored one run in another.
"He's pitching really good and should have a couple wins already," catcher Welington Castillo said of the Cubs' Opening Day starter. "We're not hitting really good and not getting a lot of runners and not scoring a lot of runs. I think he's doing all that he can control. He goes to the mound and does his job and focuses on what he can control.
"He's doing good, because he's doing what he's supposed to do," Castillo said. "He's giving us a chance. We just have to score a couple runs for him. I think he's been throwing the ball really good."
Last season, Samardzija reached 200 innings and 200 strikeouts for the first time in his young career. He's not as focused on the K's.
"The longer he goes in the game, we have a better chance [to win]," Castillo said. "He wants to compete, he wants to win. He wants the ball in every situation. He talked to me in Spring Training and said, 'I don't care about the strikeouts, I just want to go longer in games.' I think he's been doing really good. He's been throwing his fastball down in the zone and getting quick outs."


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Dr. Ben Carson deplores the moral decay in our society and argues that we are less civilized than we used to be ("Remarks vault Carson into the political arena," Feb. 18). I doubt, however, whether Dr. Carson would prefer to be living several generations ago when an African American was not even admitted into a venerable institution like Johns Hopkins, much less appointed to head one of its divisions. It was through the efforts of many individuals and groups, including progressive Democrats that he is now criticizing, that achieved this remarkable progress in our society.
Dr. Carson sounds a lot like a conservative Republican in his political views, an ironic situation given that the GOP stood steadfastly against many of the civil liberties that have benefited Dr. Carson and allowed him to succeed. It's no coincidence that the solidly Democratic South became the solidly Republican South after passage of the voting rights law by a Democratic Congress and signed by President Lyndon Johnson.
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In Pokemon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness a Snag Machine enables a regular Poké Ball to capture a Shadow Pokémon in the game (they can technically "steal" any Pokémon, but in Colosseum, your partner stops you from doing so). In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, the Snag Machine only works on Shadow Pokémon). In the beginning of Colosseum, your character blows Team Snagems' Base apart and steals one. Team Snagem, however, were the only known one to have such a device. In XD Gale of Darkness, your Snag Machine is built by Professor Krane, who is in turn captured by Cipher, and questioned by Lovrina. It is also on a Sinnoh TCG card.
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The defining reaction to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's nomination of Thomas Prendergast, a career public transit officer, to lead the largest transit agency in the nation has been one of elation.
"We were all hoping Tom got it," said James Sedore, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's longest-serving board member and Dutchess County's representative. "The governor couldn't have made a better pick."
Prendergast, 60, of Brewster, has been president of New York City Transit, the MTA's subway and bus subsidiary, since 2009, as well as the MTA's interim executive director since Jan. 1, when Joseph Lhota resigned to pursue the city's mayoralty.
Ironically, he was a runner-up for the job in 2011, when Cuomo's national search team bypassed him for Lhota. His appointment as chairman and CEO, at a salary that is still being negotiated but is expected to top $300,000, is subject to state Senate confirmation.
The Chicago native's transit career is heavily weighted with stints at the MTA, including six years as Long Island Railroad president, but has also included jobs in Europe and Asia. He was running Vancouver's public transportation system when he returned to the MTA this last time.
"This is his dream job," said Susan Metzger, Orange County's representative to the MTA. "He gets so excited when he talks about transit in New York and he knows intimate details about every aspect of it. This is where he wants to be."
Sedore and Metzger said other pluses, on a more personal level, were that the board already knows Prendergast and knows how he works.
"I go way back with him," said Sedore. "He's a smart guy, really up on transit, really committed to what's best for the MTA, its employees, its customers."
Added Metzger: "I like his what-you-see-is-what-you-get style. There are no mysteries about what he is thinking."
Jeff Zupan, senior fellow for transportation at the Regional Plan Association, said transit advocates always hope the gubernatorial appointees to lead the MTA will be people who know something about transit in general, if not about transit in New York specifically. In Prendergast, he said, they got a bonus in that he knows both.
Prendergast, however, will still have to grapple with the same challenges as his predecessors: building the new Second Avenue subway, bringing the LIRR into Grand Central Terminal, reaching an agreement on an expired labor contract with the MTA's largest union, securing stable sources of funding for the operating and capital budgets and continuing the agency's recovery from Superstorm Sandy.
"I'm hoping he stays for awhile," said Metzger, pointing out Prendergast will be the MTA's fourth chairman and CEO in five years. "He's the kind of person who is most likely to stay a long while. So that's good."
Transportation veteran in line to lead MTA
The defining reaction to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's nomination of Thomas Prendergast, a career public transit officer, to lead the largest transit agency in the nation has been one of elation.


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Asus U31 13.3-inch ultrathin comes soon
The Asus U31 features some quite impressive specs for an ultrathin and we are looking at a 13.3-inch 1366x768 LED backlit screen, Intel's Core i3-370M/380M or Core i5-460M CPU, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, up to 500GB of HDD space, 802.11bgn WiFi, and a 6-cell battery,
The Asus U31 will be available in two versions, the U31F and U31JG. The difference is the graphics card as the U31F features Intel's GMA 4500M while the U31JG will come with Nvidia's DirectX 11 ready, Geforce GT 415M with 1GB of memory. The U31JG will of course feautre Nvidia's Optimus technology for automatic GPU switching, something that we talked about for a couple of times.
As noted, the new U31 should appear in Europe by the end of December with a retail/e-tail price starting at €799.
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It takes a special breed to look out the door of an airplane or over the edge of a cliff and think that hurling yourself into the void is a good idea. But that's what each of these skydiving, base-jumping, wingsuit-wearing athletes do for kicks.
The film, titled Experience Freedom, has been cobbled together by the folks at InfinityList.com and features aerial acrobatics filmed at some of the most breathtaking locations on the planet. [InfinityList via The Atlantic]


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Merrohawke Nature School of Newburyport is will have it's annual fundraiser silent auction bash at the Black Cow Newburyport to celebrate a turn in the season as animals start their migrations back to the North Shore and awaken from their Winter slumbers! Proceeds from the auction will go to fund programs at Merrohawke Nature School.
The Black Cow Newburyport closes the whole restaurant to the public and donates their restaurant to the bash for the evening! In addition to the auction, the Zach Field Drum Studios will be letting people give hand drumming a try!
Some of the items up for auction include:
- Weekend in Franconia, New Hampshire
- A Week in Abaco, Bahamas
- Sunset Cruise Aboard the Erica Lee for 20 guests
- Painting by Alan Bull
- Lighthouse Dinner
- One week of Top Shelf Lacrosse at The Governor's Academy
- Essex County Greenbelt membership basket
- Mackerel fishing rod and reel + gift certificate for two for half-day fishing trip
- Whale watching passes for the ALL NEW Newburyport Whale Watch aboard the Captain's Lady III
- Signed Bruins shirt and hockey puck
- Hand-made hand drum by Capt. Rob, using white pine log from Newbury + gift certificate for drumming lessons
- Private Chef for an evening, Mary Vyn of Madarava
- Kids' Day at the Barn
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Friday, September 25, 2009
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- Ingesting excellent Beef Fry at Gunpowder. Strongly recommend it. Might not be to the taste of those who like their steaks rare or medium-rare, but the Kerala spices, very strong though they were, didn't overwhelm the flavour of the meat.
- Watching some favourite old silent films on TCM, among them King Vidor's The Crowd (a fascinating historical document, with its depiction of the New York of 80 years ago as an impersonal, soul-sapping metropolis - and this was a time when even the Empire State Building hadn't yet been constructed) and The Big Parade. Found to my alarm that I had no memory of some scenes; maybe I should start tattooing notes on my chest when I watch movies. Also saw the (definitely non-silent) classic The Mask of Fu Manchu, with Boris Karloff as the evil chin-chooing doctor and Myrna Loy (looking very amused, or so I like to tell myself) as his daughter Fah Lo See.
- Reading for pleasure every now and again. Highlights include Patricia Highsmith's The Tremor of Forgery, Wodehouse's Piccadilly Jim (first read in school library circa 1988), and Pearls Before Swine anthologies. Just finished The Perplexity of Hariya Hercules, an English translation (by Robert Hueckstedt) of Manohar Shyam Joshi's Hariya Hercules ki Hairaani. The first half was brilliant but I got a bit lost towards the end. More on it soon.
- Struggling horribly with the project that I'm supposed to be spending most of my time on - big problem with writer's block, or ennui, or whatever. Trying hard to put on a brave face instead of doing the sensible thing and drowning myself in a tub of liquified Prozac.
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Piccadilly Jim is rather underrated I think. I think a lot of his pre 1920 full length novels deserve a wider audience, especially the three Psmith novels. They're so much better than the widely read Jeeves short story collections.ReplyDelete
I agree. The pre-1920s stuff is awesome. Leave it to Psmith (which was early 20s I think) is one of my all-time favourites.ReplyDelete
"a tub of liquified Prozac": some needed here, please.ReplyDelete
Jai -- have been a reader for three years now, and it's about time I expressed my gratitude for all the good stuff I find in this space.ReplyDelete
Curious about the project -- a book perhaps? Perhaps it's too early for you to reveal details?
Sumana: but you spend most of your day on Facebook - isn't that better than liquid Proz?ReplyDelete
Hari: it's part of HarperCollins' series of books on Indian movies; I'm doing the one on Jaane bhi do Yaaro. Have been struggling a lot over the past month or so, partly because I'm still also doing 2-3 columns/reviews every week, and I need a lot of mindspace for this book - haven't quite been getting it.
Great blog I like it if you want the best free hosting ... details at http://hubpages.com/hub/hosting-ms-sql-web and much much more..ReplyDelete
Did you catch Naseer's interview on MTV? He listed Tracy,Muni,Laughton and Quinn as his favorite male actors.But his choice of favorite female actor as Audrey Hepburn surprised me as I have always found her strictly average.By the way, Mallika Sherawat's favorite actress is Barbara Stanwyck.ReplyDelete
Also, I like Lord Emsworth series more than Jeeves.Long back on DD there was a serial based on the PSmith novels.ReplyDelete
Just checked the Naseer interview. I thought it was rather incoherent with a lot of random name dropping.ReplyDelete
Take this for instance -
Kapoor: But you spoke about Henry Fonda and James Stewart. Who were the actors from the Indian screen at that time?
Naseer: Firstly the greats in my book from Hollywood are Charles Laughton, Spencer Tracy
Wonder why people prepare so poorly for interviews. Many of us wouldn't speak so arbitrarily even over a cup of coffee at a college canteen. It is disappointing, coming from two intelligent film artists.
Compare this with some of the meticulously planned interviews posted by Jai on this site. I guess incoherent soundbytes sell better than thoughtful, albeit staid, interviews.
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Here's an old interview link with Jimmy StewartReplyDelete
It is all that a good interview should be. An all time great, who is as personable as an old avuncular acquaintance. There is no trace of the pretentious name dropping we saw in the Kapoor-Naseer "interview"
shrikanth: you're being way too harsh, and needlessly so. I wasn't aware the Rajat Kapoor-Naseer interview was on TV, but I've read the whole thing in the new issue of Man's World magazine. As far as I know, that conversation is meant to be very informal and free-flowing.ReplyDelete
Having spoken to Naseer myself, I can tell you that he's one of the most articulate, candid and naturally intelligent interviewees around. And there is no "pretentious name-dropping" in his discussion of actors he admires. There are so many names to choose from, it's inevitable that at some point he'd flit from one to the next, name one person, then suddenly remember someone else. It's the sort of thing all of us routinely do in conversations with friends, and that's what the tone of the Kapoor interview was meant to be like.
If you want to see a better, more structured interview, see these excerpts that Sepia Mutiny has linked to: here and here.
Thanks for the links. That was much better.ReplyDelete
I know the Kapoor "interview" was meant to be an informal chat. I wish that they had stuck to discussing things that are generally discussed in casual conversations - like food, kids, colleagues etc.
But Naseer turned rather judgmental on bygone stars. Statements like 'Brando is believable, but Olivier is not. Grant does not have the panache of Olivier' and so on.
I'd expect popular artists like Naseer to weigh words a little more closely since their remarks can colour the views of a lot of fans.
shrikanth: but those are his views, no? I admit to disagreeing with some of them: for instance, I'm uncomfortable about how dismissive both Naseer and his wife Ratna are towards the classical British actors (I remember reading a Ratna interview where she recalled going to the Old Vic in the early 1970s and feeling completely dissociated from the theatrical "Acting" done by giants like Olivier and Richardson). It could be a form of inverse snobbery (or working-class snobbery) and it also fits in with Naseer's general disillusionment with what he calls "the Elkazi type of theatre" - grandstanding, elaborate sets etc. I also think it's simplistic to think of someone like Brando as "believable" (as compared to an Olivier). But you have to respect his right to hold those views.ReplyDelete
As for colouring fans' views is concerned, I doubt more than one percent of these fans will ever get around to seeing a Tracy or Muni or Laughton film!


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Rafe de Crespigny new book, Imperial Warlord: A Biography of Cao Cao has been published by Brill Academic and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. It carries a price tag of $248 (at the time of writing), but offers 600 pages of what is certain to be the finest history of Cao Cao available to the English reader (if not everyone), and an excellent opportunity to learn so much more about one of the Three Kingdoms' most important and misunderstood players. We would definitely love to read this one. Update: $167.40 at Barnes & Noble
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Jamie Lynn Spears Discusses 'Zoey 101′ + Touring With Britney [VIDEO]by Maggie Malach | PopCrush
When your big sister is Britney Spears, it's hard to imagine ever getting starstruck. For Jamie Lynn Spears, however, meeting Alan Jackson was a "pretty big moment."
In an interview with Taste of Country, Jamie Lynn explains why getting introduced to Alan was so special, talks the likelihood of going on tour with Britney and discusses her daughter watching 'Zoey 101.'
"I get parents all the time telling me 'My little girl or my little boy is watching 'Zoey," Jamie Lynn says. But, she admits, being a country singer is much different than playing a character on a television show.
"Now that I'm up there sharing these personal stories about my life, it's me putting myself out there," she says, adding, "It's a lot more nerve-wracking."
The show has a lot of old fans, but is it attracting one very special new fan? Jamie Lynn shares her daughter Maddie's reaction to watching 'Zoey 101.' See that and much more in the video above!


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Prompted by a useful article at the SBL site, I've been playing around with google Books.
It has Cooke's Textbook of North-Semitic Inscriptions.
Now, if it's on google books as a whole, does that mean it's in the public domain?
Now, an official BW module of inscriptions doesn't seem to be in the immediate future, at least last that I heard.(Anyone heard anything else yet?)
So, is there interest in putting together a user-database of inscriptions/translations, untagged at first, from Cooke? I've finally finished my comprehensive exams, and have some time for other things. I'm particularly interested in old Aramaic inscriptions, but I'd like to see as many as possible. Who else is interested?


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The driving forces of Unite for HER: Cameron Cavuto, Sue Weldon, and Julie Hillhouse.
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A crisp fall day and a great cause brought more than 200 runners and walkers out to Anson B. Nixon Park on Oct. 13.
The first Run for HER 5K, to benefit Unite for HER, was a joint venture of Julie Hatfield, owner of J Hatfield Fitness in Unionville and Sue Weldon, founder of Unite for HER. A breast cancer survivor, Weldon started the West Chester-based non-profit in 2009 to aid other women battling breast cancer by providing, at no cost to the patient, an array of healing therapies including acupuncture, yoga, massage, and nutrition.
Both women were thrilled at the turnout. Hatfield, whose business focuses on developing lifetime fitness skills in children and adults, said, "Between Sue and me, we had a great community outreach. We did a lot of social media promotion and then just word of mouth."
"This is great," Weldon said. "I hope it will continue to grow like the Pink Invitational!" Now in its
sixth year, that annual team gymnastics event benefiting Unite for HER has grown to 2,900 participants, necessitating a move from United Sports in Downingtown to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia for its 2014 dates, Feb. 21 to 23.
Some of Hatfield's young athletes came out to support the event. Two of them, Noelle Wilson, 10, and Elle Slachta, 9, both of Glen Mills, were presented with a trophy to acknowledge that they had collected the highest dollar amount in donations for the event.
"We just went to our neighbors and told them we were running today to help people with breast cancer," explained Wilson. Nodding her agreement Slachta added, "And we are also here to support our coach, Julie."
Students from Hillside Elementary School in the Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, along with their parents comprised another group with a large presence at the 5K. They came for their teacher, Rachel Paster, a breast cancer patient. The group, with the name Rachel's Roadrunners, was also awarded a trophy for the largest team.
Twelve-year-old Connor Ash says he heard about the 5K from some friends. "I just love running and thought this would be a good warm-up because next weekend I am running my first half-marathon," he said. In addition to running cross-country, the Unionville seventh grader plays baseball and lacrosse.
Not all of the participants were as serious as Ash, who finished with the second fastest time out
of all the participants. But, no matter what pace they chose, each crossed the finish line with a smile.
Including the awards ceremony, the event finished up before 10 a.m., leaving families the rest of the day for other activities. Weldon said that the timing was great, since they had a tattooing event (both permanent and temporary) to attend in the afternoon.
Julie Hillhouse, Unite For HER's communications director, explained, "While the Pink Invitational is definitely our largest resource, we host a number of other events and the list keeps growing."
The Mother's Day fashion show, featuring breast cancer survivors as models, has quickly become a favorite of many. "We keep trying to engage our community," Weldon added. "Through events like the fashion show, attendees get to meet others and share their stories. That's what it's about - connecting."
Hillhouse is excited about a new event, Harvest, slated Oct. 24 at the Phoenixville Foundry. This event will feature culinary experts from Philadelphia and local restaurants, wine and beer, musical entertainment, and a silent auction.
As special events manager for the organization, Cameron Cavuto has been busy getting local middle school, high school and college sports teams involved. "The students raise funds through raffles, bake sales, car washes and T-shirt sales. Usually, a 'Pink Game' - a sporting event of some type -- is also included," she said.
Then, depending upon the amount of money they raise, the group will be awarded a grant for a member of their local community. "Not only are they learning about giving back [to Unite for HER], but they are also helping a community member," Cavuto said.
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By Ford Cochran
Fifty years ago–January 23, 1960–Don Walsh, then a U.S. Navy lieutenant, and Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard climbed inside a sphere at the bottom of the "bathyscaphe" (deep-diving research submarine) Trieste and descended some 35,800 feet to the deepest place in any ocean on our planet, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench off Guam. No one has ever returned to the spot, literally Earth's ultimate abyss.
Last night, National Geographic bestowed its highest honor, the Hubbard Medal, on Walsh in a ceremony at our Washington, D.C. headquarters. The U.S. Department of the Navy also awarded Walsh its Distinguished Public Service Award.
"Don Walsh is one of only two people to have visited Earth's deepest place, and no one else has come close," said Gil Grosvenor, National Geographic's chairman of the board. "His accomplishment ranks along with those of our other Hubbard Medal recipients, people like Robert Byrd, Charles Lindbergh, and Robert Ballard." Jacques Piccard died in 2008, at the age of 86.
I spoke with Don Walsh, now 78, about the historic journey and its legacy.
How did you end up aboard Trieste?
I got into the program primarily because no one else wanted to volunteer for it. It wasn't like the astronaut corps: I sort of backed into it. I was just 28 years old when I made the dive. I didn't have any competition.
I had been in submarines a couple of years at that point. I was serving in the "smokeboats," as we called them in those days, the diesel boats. I had just come back to San Diego from a tour on a submarine as a bachelor, thinking about the grand times I'd have around Coronado, when I got asked up to see the commodore. I thought, crikeys, what have I done? I'd only been in port about 30 minutes.
Turned out they wanted me to act as an aide to the commodore. Now I'm the guy in the motorboat going out to meet returning submarines. I was working a desk job. I ended up doing it for three months.
I really am a sailor. I love to go to sea, and I was afraid I'd be driving a desk on the submarine tender for years. Among my duties, I set up briefings for the commodore. One day this guy comes into my office, says the Navy's got this new Trieste bathyscaphe ready to dive the depths in the Pacific. It was going to be based not far from where the submarine corps was and he thought the boss might be interested. He invited him to lunch, and said 'Why don't you come, too?'
He was a marine biologist with a PhD out of Scripps [Institute of Oceanography], and he had Jacques Piccard in tow. An opportunist, he had arranged for Trieste to be brought alongside the submarine tender (one of the two ships that serves the subs in San Diego). The bathyscaphe had been shipped in pieces, and was getting towed up the bay to the Navy electronics lab for reassembly.
It looked like an explosion at a boiler factory. That was my first glimpse of Trieste. I'm a submarine officer, but I had no idea what any of that stuff was. I thought "They're all nuts!"
After they left, I was directed to write up a radio message for all the subs operating in the eastern Pacific asking for volunteers. There were about 15 subs, and we got one volunteer. I went in to see the chief of staff and said 'Captain, we only got a single volunteer.' The commodore had promised to send over two officers. So I told him I thought I ought to volunteer to keep the commodore's promise.
That's how I ended up becoming the officer in charge of Trieste.
How did the deep dive come about?
The Navy had bought the Trieste in 1958, not to set a world's record, but as a scientific platform. It was carefully evaluated during the summer of '57 by a group of ocean researchers: A biologist, an acoustics guy, a geological oceanographer. They chartered it to see if such a platform would be useful for naval research and decided, yeah, having the trained mind and trained eye right at a deep-sea work site would be ideal.
At the time the Navy purchased it, they also took note of the fact that, theoretically, Trieste could go to any depth in the ocean. That was in the back of everyone's mind.
When it was brought back to the U.S., I took the operating plan to the Navy Department to get approval for the deep project at Guam. I finally ended up in front of the chief of naval operations–the senior-most admiral in the U.S. Navy. All the lower ranks were not ready to sign off on this.
Admiral Arleigh Burke finally, tentatively, approved it, but conditionally: There would be no publicity. If you come back, we'll publicize it, he said. But if you don't, no one will know about it. Satellite launches were failing, there was lots of publicity, and it was embarrassing. He didn't want more of that.
There were only three organizations that sniffed out the story and got inside the tent: Life magazine, National Geographic, and the London Daily Mail. The Navy made a deal and said you can go out there with them, you just can't publish until afterward.
As a submarine officer, had you dreamed about exploring the deepest parts of the ocean?
Before I got involved with the project, I had no idea how deep the ocean was. As a navigator, you only care about having a lot of water under your keel so you don't hit anything. That's navigation, not oceanography. I'd been serving on submarines that could dive to 300 feet, maybe 400. I go to a Navy lab, and they start talking thousands of feet. In March of '59 I made a dive to 4,000 feet. Then they started talking about going to 36,000 feet.
Within six months, I'd gone from being behind a desk on a submarine tender to getting ready to make the world's deepest dive.
Were you nervous about making the dive?
No. When we got to Guam, we set out to do a series of increasingly deep test dives. Each one was designed to test out the platform, figure out what would break, fix it, test it again. The harbor at Guam was the first–just 400 feet.
By the time we did the deepest dive, we'd been through this many times. Two weeks before, we dove to 23,000 feet. It was simply a longer day at the office, I tell folks.
It's like flying an airplane: Your preflight, your operations, your checklists are pretty much the same whether you fly around the control tower and land or take it to New York City. So the deep dive was just a longer day.
Were there any surprises during the journey?
The diving sphere–our cabin–was pretty tiny, about the size of a household refrigerator and the same temperature. By the time you put all the kit inside, there wasn't much room for us. And we were in there for nine hours.
Something gave out with a loud bang as we got near the bottom. That was extraordinary, but at least it wasn't fatal to the dive, fatal to us. At about 31,000 feet, where it happened, the pressure is kind of high, something like five or six tons per square inch. We would've perished instantly. We sure as hell didn't know what had failed, and it wasn't routine. Were we scared? No, but we were concerned.
We checked everything out, checked all the gauges. Trieste appeared to be working. So we continued on with the dive to the bottom.
Jacques saw a fish just before we landed. The invertebrates weren't such a surprise. But to find a fairly high-order marine vertebrate at that depth was a significant find. And it was a flat bottom-dweller, not something that had just gotten lost and ended up down there. If there was one, there had to be more.
After 20 minutes on the bottom, we dropped our ballast and headed back to the surface.
What followed?
We definitely enjoyed getting recognized for what we did. Myself and the other chief plotters of the program, we were happy with what we'd done with our little crew: We had delivered on what we set out to do. We had a damn good team that worked really hard for a long time, seven days a week, to get us to the point we could make that deep dive. But I think we had also showed what is possible in the oceans.
There was the Life cover story and the one in the Geographic. It all went by, and by the time we turned around twice it was gone. What we did was really not noted for very long. It disappeared into the mists of history.
I think more than a thousand people have climbed up Everest. Several hundred have gone into space. More people have walked on the moon than have done what we did. At the time, few people understood the scale of the challenge. I like to joke: The right stuff, but the wrong direction.
But today, our group can still see our fingerprints all over almost every submersible in the world, manned or unmanned.
In our time, you couldn't go to a catalogue and buy what you needed. You either made it yourself or told people what you needed and had them make it for you. Cameras, lights, underwater electrical systems–we had to do it ourselves. It's not like we were trying to be terribly clever: If we wanted to operate, we had to make these things. In those days, the number of people who had the technical skills and the pilots–you could probably invite them all to lunch for a sandwich around one table. There wasn't a lot of support structure.
Even Woods Hole's Alvin–the original concept was developed by our group at San Diego. We were beating up the bathyscaphe taking it out and around the world's oceans. We wanted a small submersible you could put on the back of a ship of opportunity rather than towed along behind a vessel at five knots, which is what we had to do with the Trieste. Our captain thought it was a wonderful idea. We called the conceptual design the Sea Pup. Then he dropped the other shoe: Said 'We're gonna get one of these and send it to Woods Hole.' That became Alvin.
When you made the historic dive, did you imagine that 50 years later, yours would remain the only manned journey to the deepest place in the ocean?
No, no. We thought there'd be more dives to Challenger Deep and places like it. While we were waiting for someone to find us after we returned to the surface, we were chatting, happy that we'd gotten the job done. We wondered: How long will it be before someone else does this? It would never be routine, we figured. But we agreed it would just be a year or two before someone was back out again, doing research in the deep trenches.
Ford Cochran directs Mission Programs online for National Geographic. He has written for National Geographic magazine and NG Books, and edits BlogWild–a digest of Society exploration, research, and events–and the Ocean Now blog. Ford studied English literature at the College of William and Mary and biogeochemistry at Harvard and Yale, with a focus on volcanoes, forests, and long-term controls on atmospheric CO2. He was an assistant professor of geology and environmental science at the University of Kentucky before joining the National Geographic staff.


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Episode 66 A Conversation with Kristin Cashore
Episode 66 A Conversation with Kristin Cashore
Kristin Cashore is one of those rare authors whose books are deep and beautiful, and whose work helps readers gain perspective on their own lives. The worlds she creates in her fantasy novels serve as context for philosophical questions and her characters inner growth. Because theyre complex structurally and emotionally, her novels are compelling for all kinds of readers. Tune in to hear about Kristins process of writing Bitterblue, how music helps her with writing, and how she copes when writing gets hard.
After listening to this episode, be sure to print out this list of recommended titles to take to the library or book seller.
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FAYETTEVILLE — Old-fashioned about gambling on fourth down, second-guessing is permissible if announced prior to the ball being snapped.
FAYETTEVILLE — Old-fashioned about gambling on fourth down, second-guessing is permissible if announced prior to the ball being snapped.
Equally distributed between South Carolina and Arkansas, the whispered "punt it" call fell on deaf ears Saturday and the Gamecocks won both ways. South Carolina's success on fourth-and-1 — Mike Davis made 7 yards, 6 after contact — and Arkansas' failed fake punt were an integral part of the thread that did in the Razorbacks.
Both decisions could be defended — Steve Spurrier's because the 5-foot-9, 215-pound Davis is a load; Bret Bielema's because his team needed a lift.
Once again, Arkansas was outmanned. In the first half, South Carolina led 16-4 in first downs, 254-95 on offense, and 24-7 on the scoreboard. The final was 52-7, Arkansas' fourth straight loss with No. 1 Alabama dead ahead.
Added together, those factors will make it difficult for Bielema and his players to avoid the "Negative Nellie" attitude that he mentioned last week when his theme was about staying positive and making progress.
Risking redundancy, the arduous task is to maintain solidarity with an eye on November when the opponents are less talented than Texas A&M, Florida, South Carolina and Alabama. A press box seatmate cited Keon Hatcher's fumble at the end of a 50-yard run early in the third quarter as being symbolic of Arkansas' woes during those four games.
He departed for the dressing room before running back Alex Collins fumbled into the end zone in the fourth quarter.
Three times in the second quarter, when the deficit was only 10, the Razorbacks had possessions without production — PWP for short:
• From the Arkansas 35, a reverse ended with Jadeveon Clowney congratulating the other defensive end for tackling Nate Holmes for a 5-yard loss. It was one of the few times that Clowney did anything noticeable, although he did get some pre-game headlines when ESPN tried to make a funny about Clowney not being on the bus because Spurrier had thrown him underneath.
Back to the action, a good throw by Brandon Allen went for naught when Brison Williams swiped at the ball as he passed by Hatcher. Lining up with four wide receivers did not convince South Carolina to ignore Collins on a third-down screen.
• A 53-yard completion behind Rohan Gaines and Connor Shaw's 18-yard scramble flipped the field, but Arkansas escaped when Shaw and Davis got in a hurry and fumbled. On third-and-1, Allen stumbled and Kiero Small made nothing.
• From the Arkansas 43, three plays netted 6 yards and Sam Irwin-Hill's pass that worked well against Rutgers didn't come close.
Presented an opportunity to put Arkansas away, the Gamecocks pounced or whatever Gamecocks do when on the attack. Shaw completed four passes for 34 yards before the Gamecocks faced fourth-and-2 at the Arkansas 7. South Carolina used its last timeout before sending the offense back on the field.
Bielema saw South Carolina's personnel and rushed onto the field to call time. A nice fake to Davis — Arkansas is not the only team in the Southeastern Conference with good running backs — suckered most of the defense and Shaw kept for three yards. The TD pass was too easy with 13 seconds left in the half.
For perspective on Arkansas' 248 yards total offense, remember that 74 came on two plays in the fourth quarter. Combine an inept offense with a defense that could not deal with the blend of Shaw and Davis and a rout is inevitable. Watching Shaw — his correct read and keep for 14 was instrumental in the second touchdown — reminded me of Florida coach Will Muschamp saying last week that game manager is the greatest compliment you can give a quarterback.
For emphasis, he added, "Tom Brady is a great game manager."
In barely three quarters, Shaw, a senior, was 19-of-28 for 219 yards and three touchdowns and gained 56 rushing before his three sacks.


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The only thing that may temper Lamar Odom's disappointing playoff run with his L.A. Lakers is the sale of his Manhattan Beach bachelor pad, which has been on and off the market since he got hitched to Khloe Kardashian in September 2009.
The NBA hoopster's bachelor pad is a five bedroom, six bathroom home that is ideally located on 5th Street in the perpetually sunny SoCal beach enclave of Manhattan Beach. The bachelor pad features a large living room with a custom wet bar, a pool, spa, built-in BBQ area with a gas fire pit, three fireplaces, and soaring ceilings and hardwood floors throughout. The home has been on and off the market, for both rent and purchase, for the last two years. It's now listed for a cool $2.199 million.
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There are more than a few films opening across the nation this weekend: "Piranha 3D," the silly but scary R movie you've undoubtedly seen commercials for; the PG "Nanny McPhee Returns"; the PG-13 "The Switch," starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman; the goofy "Vampires Suck," PG-13; and the PG-13 "Lottery Ticket."
On this date in 1959, Hawaii became the 50th state. In honor of the Aloha State, why not hold a Hawaii-themed party? You could eat pineapple, wear leis and dance the hula.
Saturday is Poet's Day, so take the time today to read and/or write some poetry. Think it's all boring stuff? You're overlooking Shel Silverstein, Edward Lear and the like. And don't forget Shakespeare! You could also try your hand at your favorite poem style.
Today also is Senior Citizens Day, so you could combine your poetry reading with this event, a day that's designed to get people interacting with seniors. You could spend some time with an older relative, visit a local nursing home or write a poem for a senior – anything you can think of.
School starts soon for most districts, so make the most of the last of your summer this weekend. Head to the pool or beach, go to a ballgame, ride your bike, go fly a kite – just take some time to appreciate the season.
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