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The Mile-High Hotel
Chilean architects Germán del Sol and José Cruz employed varying ceiling heights, curving stairs, and angled walls to create a minimalist all-white lodge that complements its stark Patagonian location among 9,000-foot granite peaks, glacial fields, and gray-blue lagoons. Every one of the 49 rooms has mountain, lake, or waterfall views.
In the Bath House, three walls of windows surround an indoor pool that overlooks the frigid Lake Pehoé below, giving swimmers the illusion of a Patagonian plunge. Nearby, adventure abounds in Torres del Paine, Chile's 600,000-acre national park. Make sure to hike around the base of the Cuernos del Paine or kayak the Serrano River. This is the ideal place for the guy who longs to see Patagonia's savage peaks and finds comfort in clutter-free quarters.
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It's a mystery worthy of an Indiana Jones adventure. Earlier this week, the staff of the University of Chicago revealed that they had received a strange package. It was addressed to "Henry Walton Jones Jr." care of the university, and was processed with the regular mail. On further inspection, the package was more than it appeared to be. Once they realized that something peculiar was going on, they opened it to find a treasure trove of Indiana Jones prop replicas.
Now, fans of the Indiana Jones movies will know that a young Henry Jones Jr. attended the University of Chicago where he studied archeology under the tutelage of Abner Ravenwood. So the Indy geek in me was fascinated by the story. Was this some cool stunt being pulled by a fan even more devoted than I? Was this an experiment in social networking? Or just someone misplacing a Christmas gift in the most appropriate place in the world?
I reached out to the good folks of the University of Chicago to ask these very questions. Grace H. Chapin, the Senior Admissions Counselor of the The University of Chicago was kind to answer them via e-mail:
Geek To Me: What are some of the ideas you and the U of C staff have come up with to explain the origin of this package?
Grace Chapin: Well, as you can imagine, this is as much of a mystery for us as it is for everyone following-- it was just an incredibly bizarre thing to receive with no note, especially given the volume of very-normal mail we receive, and has only grown more baffling as time wears on.
Some thoughts on what this might be, which have been greatly helped by information from those who have been following the story and sending us updates to email@example.com:
1. This is perhaps the least fun but most plausible possibility: it looks really similar, but not exactly the same as, the journal we linked to in the original post that is currently being sold on Ebay. We're wondering if someone purchased it off of Ebay, it somehow fell out of the original packaging (because the package it arrived in is in no way close to USPS-mailable, as we've determined the stamps aren't real), and a mail carrier wrote on our zip code and delivered it to us without noticing the postage. Or if it was purchased off of Ebay and slipped in to our mail just for fun.
2. Biggest theory we've been getting from followers online: it may be a portion of an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) and contain a "trailhead", or clue, to some adventuresome thing. We've been contacted by a few people who think this may be the case and are going to work on getting some higher quality photographs for those people so they can see if it might have the type of information they look for as part of an ARG.
3. The third, but perhaps least likely, possibility is that it is some type of promotional material for any type of upcoming Indiana Jones events. We've also considered that it is something a student mailed to us as part of their application, but students tend to put their names on things, and to my knowledge we do not have any "Indiana Jones"-es in our applicant pool this year!
Geek To Me: Is this the first time that you've had an experience related to Indiana Jones at the University?
Grace Chapin: This is the first time I've experienced any Indiana Jones related mysteries or events on campus-- but he is purported to have gone here and worked here, so it is not the first time we've heard mention of "Dr. Jones" on campus. I wouldn't say it happens with great frequency, but we do see students who mention our famous Indiana Jones affiliation in their essays, especially if they're interested in archaeology.
Geek To Me: If an "answer" is not discovered for the items, what will happen to them?
Grace Chapin: Whether or not we find an answer for this, we're definitely going to hang on to the journal! The University of Chicago library system has an AMAZING "Special Collections" full of rare books and interesting artifacts, both of a scholarly nature and relating to the University of Chicago (for example, they have a collection of t-shirts with relatively snarky sayings that our students sell on campus). Once we're done with it, we'd be happy if they wanted to put it in their archives!
UPDATE: The University of Chicago informed REDEYE that they've SOLVED THE MYSTERY!
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Diamond Says BET Fixed Their Awards So Nicki Minaj Can Win Them! [Interview With Breakfast Club]
"Power 105 1's "The Breakfast Club" Interviews Diamond formally of Crime Mob. Talks about her and Lil Scrappy breaking up because Scrappy was jealous of her. Her relationship with Soulja Boy, how she felt the BET Hip Hop Awards was rigged for Nicki Minaj to win, her car being repossed and more" - The Breakfast club
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Pirates ensure 20th straight losing season
Reds 4, Pirates 3
The Pittsburgh Pirates ensured they'd finish with a record 20th straight losing season Sunday when they blew a ninth-inning lead in a 4-3 defeat to the Cincinnati Reds.
Pinch-hitter Xavier Paul led off the ninth with a home run off Joel Hanrahan (5-2) and Zack Cozart had a go-head double for Cincinnati, who clinched home-field advantage in the NL division series. They are competing with Washington for best overall record in the league.
The Pirates extended their major North American professional sports record. Pittsburgh was 16 games over .500 on Aug. 6, but has lost 18 of 23 to fall to 77-82.
Aroldis Chapman walked Jose Tabata to lead off the bottom of the ninth, but Tabata was thrown out at third trying to advance after Chapman's throwing error on a pickoff attempt.
Chapman then walked Clint Barmes and allowed a single to Rod Barajas before striking out Michael McKenry and Starling Marte to end the game and earn his 37th save.
Joey Votto went 2 for 4 with an RBI double for the Reds, who have won four of six to improve to 96-63.
Reds bench coach and interim manager Chris Speier said that Dusty Baker would join the team later Sunday in St. Louis and resume his managerial duties Monday in the series against the Cardinals. Baker has missed 11 games after having a mini-stroke.
Johnny Cueto pitched effectively but failed in his attempt to become the Reds' first 20-game winner in 24 years. Cueto allowed three runs - one earned - on six hits in seven innings.
The most recent Reds 20-game winner is Danny Jackson in 1988.
Wandy Rodriguez allowed two runs in six innings for the Pirates, who beat the Reds on Saturday but could not win consecutive games for the first time since Sept. 4-5.
It also was the previous time the Pirates won a series, but things were looking good for fans at PNC Park on Fan Appreciation Day with Hanrahan taking the mound having converted his previous 16 save opportunities. Hanrahan had allowed four earned runs in 33 prior appearances at home this season.
Andrew McCutchen put Pittsburgh up 3-2 with a single to center in the fifth.
Steady rain accompanied the game's first pitch, and umpired halted play four minutes later. Grounds crew placed small tarps on the pitching mound and home plate but were stopped from pulling out the large infield tarp.
Play was resumed after a 4-minute delay - tied for the shortest delay of any kind in the majors this season, according to STATS LLC. Each of the other two 4-minute delays took place in a dome.
The Reds scored twice in the second inning on Votto's ground-rule double and Todd Frazier's groundout. Garrett Jones' 26th home run, a two-run shot in the bottom half, tied it.
Wilson Valdez and Miguel Cairo added two hits each for the Reds. Sam LeCure and Sean Marshall (5-5) combined to pitch a scoreless eighth.
Rodriguez finished his season 5-4 with a 3.72 ERA in 13 games (12 starts) with Pittsburgh since being acquired in a July 24 trade with Houston.


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Dieters who can't stomach the idea of going hungry seven days a week just got good news: You might be able to drop more weight if you cut back on carbs just two days a week.
British researchers found that women who essentially gave up carbs for two days and ate normally the rest of the time dropped about 9 pounds on average, as compared to the 5 pounds lost by women who cut back to around 1,500 calories every day, according to a report presented at the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
"We came up with the idea of an intermittent low-carb diet because it enables people to still have foods that are very satiating," said the study's lead author Michelle Harvie, a research dietician at the Genesis Prevention Center at the University Hospital in South Manchester, England. "Also, there's a lot of evidence from other studies showing that restricting carbohydrates has the same effect as restricting energy."
Harvie and her colleagues were spurred to find a diet that would be easier for women to follow because research has shown that obesity and the changes it causes in the body increase the risk for breast cancer. "We know from our research in animal models that losing weight has the potential for reducing breast cancer risk," Harvie said.
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The researchers followed 88 women for four months. All the women were at high risk for breast cancer based on their family histories.
One third of the women were put on a Mediterranean-type diet that restricted calories to about 1,500 per day. A second group was told to eat normally most of the time, but two days a week to cut carbs and also calories to about 650 on those two days. The third group was also to cut carbs two days a week, but there was no calorie restriction on those days.
At the end of four weeks women in both of the intermittent dieting groups had lost more weight — about 9 pounds — than the women who ate low calorie meals every day of the week — about 5 pounds.
Women in the intermittent dieting groups also had better improvement than daily dieters in the levels of hormones — insulin and leptin — that have been linked with breast cancer risk, Harvie said.
And, yes, this is something you can try at home, Harvie said. You just need to dramatically cut back carbohydrates two days a week and try to eat sensibly the rest of the time, she added.
What that means, Harvie said, is that you can eat protein and healthy fats on the two low carb days, but skip bread, pasta, root vegetables like potatoes, carrots and parsnips to get to the 50g limit. The diet allows for one piece of fruit on the low carb days. Other foods on the menu include: nuts and green, leafy vegetables, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, broccoli, eggplant and cauliflower.
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World War 2 – ThailandAndrew Mason
World War Two came to Thailand by agreement between the Japanese and the Thai's – otherwise it was coming by force, but the Thai government in 1942 agreed to allow the Japanese passage and signed an agreement effectively saving it (Thailand) an invasion. This was opposed by many Thai's including the Thai Attache to the US (Khun Seni Promoj) who refused to deliver his declaration of war to the US. Due to America gaining supremacy in the Pacific with the Battle of Midway etc, Japan was struggling to send supplies back home via sea and to supply it's forces in it's ever expanding empire; this included essential supplies to Burma and any future foray into India. The Pacific was increasingly risky for shipping, so there had to be another way.
Only several months before on 15 February 1942 – the impregnable fortress Singapore fell – enslaving thousands of allied troops – who began their 3.5 years of occupation. Having secured the Thai tenure, the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) compiled the bold plan to use that labour to build a rail link from Ban Pong (near Bangkok) through some of the worst jungle in the world to Burma joining rail services to Moulmein and Ye – giving the IJA the ability to supply their depleted forces. A railway that would end up taking over 100,000 lives – as one author penned, 'A Life For Every Sleeper'. Over 6,000 British perished, 2,710 Australians, 2,600 Dutch, 400 Americans, and a combination of coolie labourers (Malay, Tamil, Burmese and Chinese etc) who lost great numbers of people. Deaths came to the prisoners from malnutrition, malaria, tropical ulcers, cholera, dysentery and murder.
There are two allied war cemeteries in Thailand – Chungkai and Kanchanaburi War Cemeteries (about 80kms NW from Bangkok). Chungkai War Cemetery holds British and Dutch servicemen and Kanchanaburi War Cemetery holds Australian, British and Dutch men. Kanchanaburi has over 7,000 boys buried in it's war cemeteries across many nations including men who were unable to be identified – and they have plaques referring to them as 'Known Unto God', it is the burial ground for the southern aspect of the railway. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery is managed by an Australian – Mr Rod Beattie and recently I interviewed Rod for my new travel guide to WW2 Thailand on his life, the cemetery and other interesting odds and ends. Rod is a busy character who not only manages the largest Allied War Cemetery in Thailand, but is the Director of Research of the Thai-Burma Railway Centre (museum) next door to the war cemetery.
An Interview with the Curator – Rod Beattie (Curator of the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery and
Director of Research of the TBRC among other things…)
Q. How did you first hear of the Thai/Burma Railway? In Australia or abroad?
A. Whilst in Australia I knew no more or less than anyone else. I got my first book about the railway as a school prize in 1966. My real knowledge started after moving to Kanchanaburi to work for a Thai company mining sapphires at Bo Phloi.
Q. Have you served in the military?
A. Yes, six years in the Army Reserve (1969-76).
Q. What is your profession? (OK Jack of All Trades – but what does your CV say?)
A. Jack of all Trades. Three tertiary qualifications. Two in Civil Engineering. One in Gemmology. Trade qualifications as Heavy Plant Operator and Truck Driver. Master gem cutter. I am multi qualified.
Q. Why your passion for the TBR?
A. I don't know other than a desire to learn more and to help other people.
Q. What year did you get to Kanchanaburi?
Q. Was it the same year you started as Curator of Kanburi Cemetery?
A. No. It was not until 1994 that I got involved in the railway. 1995 appointed Manager of the War Cemeteries.
Q. How did you get the job?
A. The British Embassy contacted me to ask for help in finding a new Manager. I gave them local advice which they passed on to CWGC. CWGC came back and asked if I was interested in the job. I said 'Yes'.
Q. What is your relationship with OAWG like? Is it very bureaucratic?
A. Since my contract as Project Manager of the Hellfire Pass Museum Project finished in 1998 I have had no formal relationship with OAWG. Unofficially I work closely with the Manager of the Hellfire Pass Museum.
Q. Do you think political correctness is a thing that has little place in the TBRC or the HFP Museum etc?
A. Absolutely. The truth would be better and more appropriate.
Q. I know you cleared a lot of railway with your wife, how much did you clear and how long did it take?
A. A total of 8 kilometres. Two years. Only 4 and a bit kilometres are now maintained by OAWG as the walking trail.
Q. Were you ever concerned about the tropical diseases etc, that our predecessors suffered, occurring to you whilst working there?
A. Not at all. I was brought up in the Australian bush so felt completely at home in the jungle. The
diseases are still here but in our present state of health we will not be affected provided we use normal health precautions. The son of one of my labourers had a tropical ulcer which was only cured after I put him in Kanchanaburi's best private hospital.
Q. How is your relationship with exPOWs that visit – there must have been many over the years – who sticks in your mind as the typical bloke you connected with most?
A. Excellent, with those who know me personally. I really can't pick out any one individual of the very large number. They are almost universally wonderful men. A tiny number use their status as former POWs to their own advantage. The one who I owe the deepest debt is Tom Morris. He was the one person who had the courtesy to discuss with me what was going on in Kanchanaburi three years ago, when I and my plans for the TBRC were the subject of so much bad press. He believed in what I was doing and stood by me – unlike many others who have not met me and simply believed what they read or heard.
Q. What was Weary Dunlop like when he was in town?
A. I never met Weary.
Q. What about Japanese? Have you had many dealings with them visiting over the years?
A. Yes, many visit Kanchanaburi. Most know nothing of the true story. As an historian I put aside my personal feelings in an attempt to get the Japanese side of the story. It is important that a balanced story be recorded for historical purposes. I have a close relationship with a senior Japanese Engineer and other Japanese interested in the story being told accurately.
Q. A little birdie tells me that you may have had an altercation with some 'characters' in the cemetery playing up and being disrespectful? What happened – who were they and why did they make it out alive?
A. Only a minor one, two or three. I am very mindful of the position I hold and only extremely distasteful behaviour will provoke me. Like people running around climbing trees. Like a bus load of tourists using the hedge as a toilet. Like some ignorant people sitting on headstones.
Q. How long are you going to stay in Thailand? Will you ever leave?
A. Totally dependent on the future education of my three little girls. Secondary education in Kanchanaburi is not good so I may move back to Australia for this.
Q. The TBRC has been a long time coming. Has other museums like JEATH even Hellfire Pass (HFP) Museum been annoyed at this new one or have they been supportive.
A. Terrified would probably be a better description. I have a close relationship with the Manager of the HFP Museum so we actively promote each other. I offered a space in my TBRC to OWAG for a HFP display and this offer was accepted.
Q. What is your project at Chungkai doing? What have you unearthed?
A. A huge 'dig'. Hundreds of items. Personal possessions, camp items, tools, numerous medicine bottles, the actual fireplaces etc.
Q. What do you miss about Australia? (Rugby, AFL, Fish'n'Chips, Meat Pies?)
A. The ease of travelling and going on holidays. Packing up the car, trailer and boat and heading off in any direction. Camping by a western stream and fishing for yellow belly. Pulling into a caravan park anywhere on the coast and putting the tinnie in the water. Cleanliness and order of daily life. But there are also many things I don't miss.
Q. Have royalty shown interest before in the Thai-Burma Railway and its history etc?
A. Very little interest shown by any Thais. Khun Kanit is an exception. No Thai royal visit in the offering. We have just had a visit by the Queen of the Netherlands.
Kanchanaburi is about a two-three hour trip by bus from Bangkok's Southern Bus Terminal, cost 79 baht one way. The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery is located on Sangchuto Road about 15 minutes walk from the bus terminal. The Thai-Burma Railway Centre is located in a street that overlooks the cemetery – a two storey building with the upper storey overlooking parts of the war cemetery, it costs 60 baht to enter.
The title of my travel guide is 'A Different Brand Of English' and is available at www.poseidonbooks.com/a_different_brand_of_english.htm (ISBN: 1-9208-8490-4) An A5 Paperback with 367 pages including over 150 photographs of Singapore and Thailand. This comprehensive travel guide has an emphasis on WW2 Singapore and Thailand. It guides the traveler around Kranji, Chungkai and Kanchanaburi War Cemeteries and includes many graves of war time luminaries to visit with next of kin permission and in some cases includes photographs of the deceased all with information on how and where they died etc. It guides the traveler to cuttings, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Hellfire Pass, POW Camps, Changi Prison etc.
The travel guidebook also consists of Ex Prisoner of War (POW) interviews of men who toiled on the Thai-Burma Railway & includes an interview with the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery and Museum Director/Curator. Along with never published before prison camp reports marked SECRET and released before the end of the war for Australian Prison Camp Investigators. The Australian Prime Minister provided comments exclusively for the book about his travel in and around Hellfire Pass. Has over 150 photographs from many and varied luminaries including many of George Aspinall's war time collection, exclusive pictures of the Queen of Holland in the Thai War Museum, contemporary shots of Singapore and Thailand's memorials, plaques and places of interest, including Australian War Memorial photographs and maps etc.
The guidebook also discusses the main touristy attractions in both countries including Raffles Hotel, Singapore Cricket Club, Merlion, Bangkok Palace, Bangkok Prison, Patpong Market to Phuket etc. It has a recommended restaurant guide, a hotel stay guide and tips and travel advice down to scams to avoid with up to date foreign office warnings.
This type of book on this combined issue has never been written before and it goes where no guidebook has gone before on this subject. The journey the book takes is one of wonder, excitement, sadness and reflection.
Andrew Mason


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Is it cheating to wear a hat of some sort so as to soften the pain of corpse asana?
I'm pretty experienced in corpse asana now and after 45 minutes or so the pain in the back of ones' head is full on. I was thinking of a soft sports hat. Furthermore my hair is thin at the back and I'd like to curb the effects of bruising.


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German prosecutors say they have charged a 46-year-old Turkish man with membership in a terrorist organization on allegations he led the European finance operations of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party.
Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that Abdullah S., whose last name was not released in accordance with privacy laws, was charged Jan. 23 and has been in custody since last April.
Using the alias Hamza, he's alleged to have run the PKK's finances in Europe from sometime after June 2007 to 2010.
The Kurdish group, also known as the PKK, has been fighting for self-rule in southeastern Turkey since 1984.


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Academic round-up
The Court heard oral argument in American Electric Power v. Connecticut on Tuesday. The case raises questions about the role of the federal courts in addressing climate change–a subject that has interested academics as well. Professors David Markell and J.B. Ruhl address the issue empirically by reviewing every climate change case brought through December 31, 2009, to determine whether courts are serving as "battlefields" in the "climate fights." A forthcoming article in the Yale Law Journal by Benjamin Ewing and Douglas Kysar argues that climate change litigation illustrates how tort law can prod political actors to address social problems. And John Wood's article in the Environmental Law Reporter runs through the arguments regarding displacement of public nuisance claims in the context of climate change. All three articles contend that climate change litigation raises important questions about the relationship between the judiciary and the political branches of government. We'll soon learn the Court's views on these questions as well.
Recommended Citation: Amanda Frost, Academic round-up, SCOTUSblog (Apr. 22, 2011, 1:17 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2011/04/academic-round-up-68/


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Inspirational: Amazing African Genius (14yr Old Self-Taught Engineer Harnessed Electricity Via Windmill FOr His Village)
A great story of a succesfull young African man! In late 2006, a Malawian newspaper first wrote about a remarkable young man from a remote rural village north of the capital city. This is his story. William Kamkwamba Moving windmills Africa
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The heat has arrived, school buses will soon be in storage and the beach is beckoning — summer is almost here. That also means it's time for the annual Summer Reading Program at the Beaufort County public library system. We have been hard at work planning and preparing for this exciting annual event.
According to the American Library Association, the annual Summer Reading Program began in the 1890s as a way to persuade school children to visit the library and develop lifelong reading habits. While it started as a way to promote literacy with children, the program has evolved over the past century into an enjoyable and worthwhile annual string of events in which all children, teens and adults can participate.
Funded by Beaufort County, our Friends of the Library groups and our Public Library Foundation, the official Summer Reading Program begins June 13th and concludes July 23rd. There will be branch-specific prizes and countywide grand prizes. This year's overall Summer Reading theme is "Travel." So whether you have plans to escape to a faraway destination or stay here in the Lowcountry, the Beaufort County library branches will provide you and your family with plenty of materials to keep you busy — regardless of your travel plans (or lack thereof).
"One World, Many Stories" is the theme for children ages 4 to grade five, and "You Are Here" is the theme for teens (grades 6 to 12). Each participant signs an agreement to read (or have read to them) a minimum number of books. A visit to the library once a week will earn them a small prize. Once they fulfill their agreement, they earn a certificate, medal and a chance at winning one of our grand prizes.
Children and teens can visit their branch library to register beginning Monday. Check with your local library's children's room for more information for both teen and children's Summer Reading programs.
"Novel Destinations" is the travelworthy theme for adults ages 18 and older. Adults can read whatever they choose and submit reviews. Each review gets one entry into the prize pool, and names will go into prize drawings at the respective branches. Adults may submit their reviews beginning June 13 (there's no need to register). This year, reviews can be submitted online or to your branch's reference desk. Blank book review forms are located at all branches. There are no limits to how many reviews participants can submit. Reviews must have a minimum of 50 words in order to be eligible for prizes. If participants are feeling extra creative, they can submit their reviews in poetry form.
Hours at our library branches in Hilton Head, Bluffton and Beaufort will be changing starting Monday, so check out our website or contact your local branch for more information on all of our upcoming events.


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One of the top sessions from the 2012 GDC AI Summit has been released for free on the GDC Vault. The session rated a 4.56 (out of 5) on the attendee reviews and was our 3rd highest-rated lecture.
Last year's GDC AI Summit features a collection of sessions that don't fit into the "main stream" of game AI. As such, we figured it deserved its own session. Chris Jurney (Double Fine), Michael Robbins (Gas Powered Games) and Ben Sunshine-Hill each brought their own unique gem to the party!
"Off the Beaten Path: Non-Traditional Uses of AI"
From the GDC description:
In the game industry, AI is typically thought of as a collection of simple tools used to make characters "do things." This lecture will show three different ways that people have leveraged more esoteric AI techniques in manners not traditionally seen in games. Michael Robbins will show how he successfully used neural networks for tactical decision-making in Supreme Commander 2, Chris Jurney will discuss computer vision tricks for Kinect in Double Fine's Happy Action Theater, and Ben Sunshine-Hill will explain how to use AI techniques to dynamically adjust level of detail to match what a player is likely to perceive and remember.
Ben Sunshine-Hill, Software Engineer, Havok
Ben Sunshine-Hill is a software engineer at Havok, working on character pathfinding and local steering. Ben recently completed his PhD work at the University of Pennsylvania, designing ways for game characters to switch behavioral techniques in real-time, and for games to exploit players' limited powers of memory and perception. His dissertation was ultimately titled "Perceptually Driven Simulation" after his original title, "Messing with the Player's Head for Fun and Profit", was rejected.
Michael Robbins, Gameplay Engineer, Gas Powered Games
Michael Robbins is a Gameplay Engineer with Gas Powered Games working on everything from UI to AI. He has been working in the industry for a little over two years after being a long time member of Gas Powered Games' modding community. His most notable work is featured in Supreme Commander 2, released March 2010.
Chris Jurney, Lead Programmer, Double Fine Productions
Chris Jurney is a rock and roll experimental lead programmer at Double Fine Productions, with 12 years experience in games and simulation. He has shipped numerous titles in the games industry including Company of Heroes, Dawn of War 2, and Iron Brigade. Chris frequently speaks on the topic of game AI, having presented at GDC 5 times as well as at GDC China, Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, aigamedev.com, and various IGDA chapters. He has also written articles published in AI Game Programming Wisdom and frequently modifies his behaviors and routes to avoid the enemy psychics of Galactic Rear Admiral Thoothius Branx.


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Meet & Eat: Stephanie Moreno, Spirits Buyer, Astor Wines & Spirits
Some may think that Stephanie Moreno has the dream job: tasting spirits made all over the world and deciding which to stock at Astor Wines & Spirits, one of New York's biggest and best liquor stores. Stephanie might agree. This native Texan and former fishmonger has turned using her tastebuds into a career through focused education and tasting, tasting, tasting.
We talked to Stephanie about how she creates tasting notes, the best booze bargains, and her favorite food and cocktail pairing.
Name: Stephanie Moreno
Occupation: Spirits Buyer, Astor Wines & Spirits
Location: Greenwich Village
Website: astorwines.com, Twitter: @Brooklynwino
How did you get into this line of work? Well, this certainly wasn't something I thought I would be doing when I was a little girl in Texas, but looking back at my adult life it makes sense. Long story short, in about a 12 year span, I went from vegetarian to fishmonger to wine salesperson to spirit buyer. I guess for me it was about learning where my food and drinks came from and discovering just how careful work in the farm, vineyard, distillery, etc. translates, often times, to a quality tasting experience. At the end of the day, I think this line of business finds you, not the other way around.
Did you have to get special training or take classes to gain a deeper knowledge of spirits? I did most of my training hands-on initially; just sticking my nose in a glass and tasting things neat and writing my thoughts down. I certainly have taken my fair share of spirit classes at our sister facility, Astor Center, but when I had the opportunity to participate in the most fantastic program out there on the subject of spirits and cocktails, my world really never was the same again. The Beverage Alcohol Resource (B.A.R.) taught me so much. Paul, Dave, Steve, Andy, Doug, and Dale are rock stars and I am in love with each and every one of them. They have so much passion and knowledge about spirits and cocktails and the history of these beverages that you can't help but become just as excited and passionate yourself. The. Best. Time. Learning. Ever.
I've also got to say that visiting distilleries and meeting the makers really helps for everything to sink in. I've been so fortunate to visit Scotland, Oaxaca, and our local distilleries here in New York State. I encourage all to do the same. My goal this year is to visit more craft distilleries all over the United States on top of doing the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, which I can't believe I still haven't done yet.
How do you go about translating what you taste into descriptions that are helpful to your customers? I actually get images of items in my head like fuzzy peach skin, bacon fat, mesquite burning on a cool summer night, maple syrup slowly dripping down a stack of pancakes. I write those down in a short hand way initially for myself and then try to rewrite for our shelf talkers how all of those things make sense together.
Any tips for Serious Eaters (and Drinkers) on how to taste a spirit properly? As the B.A.R. guys taught me, always smell the spirit with your mouth open. This way the alcohol has somewhere to go instead of straight to your nostrils. Also, always taste twice. To paraphrase Paul Pacult, I don't know where your mouth has been. Rinse for the first time and then taste the second. I also always spit when evaluating. Even then, the alcohol goes to your bloodstream through your gums, so always drink plenty of water. That is my secret to success.
How do you keep on top of what's new in the spirits world? Naturally, I have sales reps come see me and show me what's new, but I try to stay in touch with the makers when possible to get a sense of what they are working on. Also, I use websites such as Ministry of Rum, Tequila.net and What Does John Know almost daily. Magazines such as Imbibe and Whisky Magazine are essential reading material. NYC is one of the best cities on planet earth for cocktails so I go out a few times a week. Visiting our local watering holes is tough work, but someone's got to do it. I am a big nerd so whenever I visit a bar, I sit at the bar and scan the bottles on the back wall. When I see something I don't know, I ask for a wee taste. Knowing what a base spirit tastes like is a very important step in cocktail making. Bacardi Gold and Appleton Reserve are both rum, but they are going to make your drink taste completely different.
What's the last thing that you tasted that blew you away (in a good way!)? There are some new mezcals coming to NYC soon that are freakishly good. Mezcales de Leyenda. They are using agaves that we haven't seen here in before: Angustifolia, Cupreata and Duranguensis. These are spirits that make me proud to be a Mexican American. I can't wait to see them on our shelves (and in my house).
Any suggestions on where to start when building a home bar? I would say to think about what drinks you like and build out from there. Gin is my favorite spirit for cocktails so I always have to have this on hand. Building on that premise, I need to also make sure to stock vermouth, bitters, maraschino liqueur, Cointreau, etc...If you find yourself drinking lots of whiskey cocktails, then build on that; make sure to have sweet vermouth, bitters, and absinthe.
What do you think are the best values in spirits these days? Beefeater Gin (classic benchmark for London Dry), Jim Beam White Label, Rittenhouse Rye. (I think every time this is used to make my old fashioned, an angel gets his wings). Compass Box Asyla is one of the first Scotch whiskies I tried that really turned my head around. This has become my warm weather Scotch, and proof that blends are far from inferior to single malts. And finally, vermouth. There is no reason you shouldn't have several different types. Buy small bottles if you don't make cocktails often and keep in your fridge, but I often drink them on the rocks with a twist in the warmer months and encourage all to do the same.
What's your favorite spirit and food pairing? This is such a tough question! A Remember the Maine cocktail with Steak Tartare from The Clover Club. For me, this pairing is so primal. The rye and vermouth with the splash of absinthe are perfect, and the duck fat fried chips are simply sinful.
What's your go-to cocktail? It's gotta be a margarita. I do, however, change things up a bit. Sometimes I add a mezcal float; sometimes it is made with mezcal instead of tequila, sometimes I make it with orange juice. It's in my blood or something.
What are some of your favorite bars in NYC and elsewhere? I still have so many spots to try, but these places are where you'll often find me, if I'm not at Astor.
Mayahuel. This place serves up tequila and mezcal cocktails that allow me to open my mind both figuratively and literally. Agave spirits just warm my soul and Rob, Erin, Adam, Mena and Phil know what the f*&k they are doing.
I also am quite fond of Ward III in TriBeCa. (Editor's note: hey, so are we!) I love that I can ask Mike to make me something by giving him only the base spirit and he comes back with questions like stirred or shaken? Spicy or sweet? Winter or spring?
Last but not least, Idle Hands Bar. Bourbon, beer, rock and roll. What else could a girl ask for?
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Italian journalist for La Stampa daily missing in Syria for 2 months contacts family
MILAN – Italy's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that a war reporter for the Turin daily La Stampa has been in touch with his family for the first time since disappearing in Syria in April.
La Stampa's editor-in-chief Mario Calabrese broke the news with a message on Twitter on Thursday evening that 62-year-old Domenico Quirico was still alive and had spoken briefly by phone with his wife. Calabrese said that Quirico remained in Syria, and that the situation has not yet been resolved.
The Foreign Ministry statement emphasized that it was a delicate moment.
Quirico, an experienced war reporter, entered Syria on April 6 from Lebanon, and was heading to the Homs area when he went missing on April 9.


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Most Requested Titles - July
Ever wonder what other library users are reading? Then take a look at our most requested titles. The top titles for July 2012 are:
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Friday, 15 June 2012
USU Common Literature Experience
The Beast in the Garden by David Baron has been selected as the 2012 USU Common Literature Experience book. Each year a book is chosen by a selection committee for USU Connections students and the Cache Valley community to read during the summer.
Everyone is also invited to attend the convocation talk by the author at USU on Saturday, August 25 at 9:30 a.m. For the first time this year, the convocation will be broadcast online at aggiecast.usu.edu and the library's Bonneville Room will be a satellite viewing location. Come watch it with us!
Joseph Anderson, Logan Library's representative on the committee, shares his thoughts about The Beast in the Garden: "This book is an important read for anyone living in the American West, but it's also an exciting and frightening tale because it's true. What happens when modern American cities are once again faced with large predators within their borders?"
Logan Library has four single copies of the book and also a book club kit (generously donated by USU) for our patrons. For more information about the book, the author, or the convocation, visit the USU Common Literature Experience website.
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This lesson combines a lesson on genre with an opportunity for students to write and experience how genre changes a situation. Students first share what they know about letters and discuss books that feature letters. They then compare and contrast letters written for different purposes and situations. Then, by examining letters in selected picture books, students see how genres have flexibility and can be used in different situations. Next, they practice this flexibility with genres by writing a story using a series of letters to tell the storyusing a book they have recently read, rather than creating one of their own, so that they can see the effect of genre choice. Finally, students make final revisions to their letter-stories and share them with the class.
Venn Diagram: Use this online tool to organize ideas for a compare and contrast essay, or while reading to compare and contrast two works of literature.
Texts Containing Letters and Letter Writing: This sheet offers a list of children's books that contain letters or feature letter writing.
Letter Generator: This online tool allows students to read about the parts of a letter. They can then write and print their own friendly or business letter.
Genres, once thought of as ways to categorize texts and therefore defined only by formal features, now are known in more complex ways, as ways of acting in specific social situations (Devitt). Because genres are social responses, they carry meaning beyond their form-the choice of genre also carries contextual meaning and frames readers' reception of it. When we read a fairy tale, we expect certain textual characteristics, and we position ourselves accordingly: we suspend logic for instance. But Anne Freadman also notes that the relation of formal properties of text with context (which together constitute a genre) "does not mean. . . that the formal properties of a genre cannot travel . . . . Texts plunder the features of a variety of genres. . . . Indeed, writing to a genre is itself a game, which can be played with more or less brinkmanship or bravado" (117). So, genres can be, and often are, engaged for purposes beyond those intended in their original situation. This flexibility inherent in genre is an important concept for students to understand as they develop as writers: it means they have choices as writers, even within genres, but it also means they have responsibilities to readers and to situations.
This lesson helps students see genres as they change through time to meet different purposes and also how a writer can use generic expectations in readers to carry messages beyond those originally intended, thus teaching the flexibility of genres.
Further Reading
Cope, Bill and Mary Kalantzis.1993. The Powers of Literacy: A Genre Approach to Teaching Writing. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Dean, Deborah. Strategic Writing: The Writing Process and Beyond in the Secondary English Classroom. Urbana, IL: NCTE 2006.
Devitt, Amy J. 2004. Writing Genres. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.
Freadman, Anne. 1987. "Anyone for Tennis?" The Place of Genre in Learning: Current Debates. Ed. Ian Reid. Geelong, Victoria, Australia: Deakin University Centre for Studies in Literacy Education.


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Question: Partitioned tables were the new shiny feature in SQL Server 2005 – why are partitioned views even still available? Are there any benefits that they provide?
Answer: In the first post (Partitioned Tables v. Partitioned Views–Why are they even still around?) I raised some of the general questions and concerns that come with VLT (very large table). Today, I'll start to tackle why partitioned views can be a fantastic choice for partitioning large sets – even for new design.
When I first posted, some folks emailed me and said that the most obvious reason to choose partitioned views is that they don't require Enterprise Edition. While that's a fantastic reason, it's still not the only reason (or my favorite). The most important reason for me is that there are still a few concerns around VLT that even partitioned tables don't solve. In this post, I'll tackle two concerns with partitioned tables.
The first issue is related to statistics. Statistics always cover the entire set described by the index (or statistic). For the purpose of this discussion, I'm going to focus primarily on table-level statistics (meaning statistics that are NOT filtered). And, while you can use filtered statistics with partitioned tables – there are significant limits to fast-switching. As a result, they might solve one problem yet introduce another. So, why are table-level statistics an issue? Really, in concept, they're not. But, remember, a statistic must be relatively small to be useful. With larger and larger tables (especially those that have a lot of uneven data distribution), it becomes more and more difficult for a statistic to be accurate.
Additionally, it also takes longer and longer for the statistic to get updated. There is a special trace flag available to change the invalidation threshold for statistics (so that they don't wait as long to get updated) but there's nothing that changes their accuracy (except filtered stats – which then eliminate fast-switching if the filtered statistic isn't over the entire set). And, unfortunately there's also an issue with regard to how/when filtered statistics get updated. Simply put, you'll need to manage their updating in order to keep them more accurate. So, none of the solutions to make statistics for VLT more accurate really work.
However, what does solve the problem? Keeping your tables smaller and more manageable. Conceptually, this IS "partitioning" but partitioned tables don't solve the problem. Instead, partitioning your data into "partitioned views" is exactly that solution. Instead of having 20 years' worth of sales in one VLT, consider one table per year. These "yearly" tables could each be partitioned tables or just standalone, non-partitioned tables. Then, how do you query 20 tables? If you constrain the tables by date (possibly by ID as well if there's a correlation) and then use a UNION ALL view to bring them together, then your queries can do partition elimination. As long as your queries supply either the date (or the ID, if the base tables are also constrained by ID) then the optimizer can compare your WHERE clause to the constraints that exist. If the tables have been "checked" against the constraint then the constraint is deemed trusted. Trusted constraints can be used by the optimizer to eliminate partitions. Tables without any relevant data will not be accessed. This is the definition of partition elimination. The end result for statistics is that each table's table-level statistic will be more accurate because the data set over which it covers is smaller.
This brings me to the second issue – maintenance. While partitioned tables do offer some maintenance benefits (fast-switching for data loads and/or data removal) they do not offer online rebuilds at the partition level (in any release or edition – even SQL Server 2012). So, if you have a single, VLT of 20 years' worth of data with only the most recent/current data being updated then you only need to defragment that last year. In a single partitioned table you'll need to take the partition offline to rebuild it. If you have separated this into 20 individual years of data then you can rebuild the most current year (at the table-level) online. You can always do only reorganization of your data but a rebuild cannot be done at the partition level as an online operation. Online operations are only supported at the table-level.
So, for part 2 – those are two of my favorite reasons to consider partitioned views over partitioned tables! I'll tackle a bit more around this scenario in part 3.
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Teachers take technology in classroom to a whole new level
Using YouTube videos to 'flip' the classroom
MELBOUNE, Fla. – These days, you can find just about anything online.
If you're looking at YouTube, you can find all kinds of videos; everything from entertainment to music to how-to videos to educational videos.
In fact, YouTube actually has their own Education category, that features more than 1,000 channels, comprising more than 850,000 individual videos. It's actually one of the fastest rising categories on YouTube by view count, many viewed more than 100,000,000 times, according to a YouTube spokesperson.
Your children have probably used those educational videos before to help them study.
"Whenever I don't understand a lesson, I'll Google it or go on YouTube," said a teen we asked.
"I'd just YouTube search the topic and it would come up with videos that would teach you how to do math problems and problem sets like that," said Ben Brockman.
Dennis Amico is a math teacher at Ascension Catholic School in Melbourne. He said for many kids, math is the most difficult subject.
"Math is one of those things where kids walk in saying, 'I hate math, my parents can't do math, I hate math, when are we ever going to use this stuff?'" said Amico.
That's why when he heard about "flipping his classroom," he was all ears.
"I was like, 'Hey, that's pretty cool, I like that, I need to do something different to connect with my students,'" said Amico.
So what is a flipped classroom?
Math class used to be where the teacher would check your homework, go over every problem and answer any questions, all before getting into that day's lecture. After class, you would head home and do your homework by yourself and hope you remembered how to do the problems correctly.
But when the classroom is flipped?
"I'd videotape my notes and my lecture and post it on YouTube and the students would go home at night and take the notes from the video. Then when they came in class, we did the work in class," said Amico.
Amico said doing the homework in class is the whole point. In the past, he said just checking the homework could take up to 20 or 30 minutes, not leaving much time for the new lecture.
"I'd get 30, 40 percent of the kids saying they didn't know how to do it," Amico said.
But now-- the kids are working together to understand the concepts.
"By them watching the video and then working in class, now, they were getting about 47 minutes of it. They were getting it right," said Amico. "Not only were we getting the skill, okay, solve for x. Then we put it into a word problem because that's more of what we're getting to with Common Core."
Common Core is Florida's new education standards, which the Department of Education said are more rigorous than ever before. Those standards lay out the knowledge and skills students are required to know at the end of each grade level and are being phased in right now, to be complete by the 2014-2015 school year.
They're being adopted nationwide, and for math, focus on building on previous concepts, and being able to apply those skills. The goal is to make sure all students are better prepared to head to college or into the workforce after graduation.
Amico said when those standards were initially introduced in 2010, it was difficult to fit everything in with the regular coursework. But now, he said the "flip method" has made that all much easier.
"When I finished the year before, when we took our end of course exam, there was a chapter I couldn't get to, I didn't have time," Amico said. "This past year, we finished everything we were supposed to cover, had a week and a half to study for the end-of-course exam and in that whole thing we took 7 class periods out and did a project where we built a roller coaster, looking at slope."
He said the YouTube videos he made even made review for the end-of-course exam much easier and more comprehensive for students.
"I went through and I did every problem, I did them in a video," he said. "I had like 10 videos, so I worked every problem, so the kids could be at home working the problems out and they can go online and see if they did it right."
Students said that kind of review was beneficial.
"I can rewind it if I don't understand something, so I can watch step by step exactly how they did it," said one student. "I can understand what step I'm getting confused on and just rewatch that until I understand it."
Amico said parents also love the idea.
"Absolutely, even me, when I have to learn something when they don't get it, I'll watch it and I'll remember and go, 'Oh, ok, I remember now,' and then I can help them," one parent said.
Amico said one of the coolest things about the videos he makes, is he said he's not only helping his own students; he's even gotten 'thank you' emails from kids around the world.
"My wife and my daughter started kidding me, calling me 'rockstar' and stuff," Amico said. "All this stuff is coming in and I'm just shaking my head. I never dreamed other people would be watching this kind of stuff."
Another Catholic school in Brevard County, Our Lady of Lourdes, also has several teachers using the method. Parents and students are saying they love it.
"The landscape of education is changing, and the "flipped" classroom will be an integral part of this change. I think it is amazing that Joey and his classmates have the opportunity to be engaged in this cutting-edge learning environment," said Alan Paternoster, the father of a 7th grader.
"Flipping is a creative way to understand math concepts. In my opinion one of the biggest advantages is that flipping allows the student the ability to go back as many times as necessary to grasp the concept being taught or explained," said Chip Allen, who has a son in 8th grade. "For a subject like math, this is VERY helpful. Repetition and practice is so important in mathematics."
"I liked flipping because it allowed me to learn the lesson from the video the day before, which gave me more time in class to work on my Math worksheets and do other activities," said 8th grader Branden Hall. "It also gave me opportunities to ask questions and receive more help if I needed it. The videos were also not as long as the regular class lectures."
Other schools in Central Florida are using the method, as well, with officials from local public school districts saying most have at least one teacher using the method.
For students who need help on other topics, there are a variety of YouTube teachers with an assortment of lessons. Other teachers included in the video above are a math teacher from St. Petersburg, Rob Tarrou, and history teacher Keith Hughes.
If you're looking for science videos, try Steve Spangler, or Alex Dainis. You can even learn Japanese from Loretta Scott. For any other help, head to YouTube's education category.
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STUDY: South Dakota, Land of Short Commutes
(NPN) – Tired of the rat race and your commute? Then the Platte, S.D. area is for you.
The south central South Dakota area has one of the shortest home to work commutes in the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau—just zero to 10 minutes of windshield time.
Public radio station WNYC in New York this week compiled a map of commuting times based on U.S. Census data for each ZIP code. Marylanders have the longest average commute time at 31.9 minutes. South Dakota was the lowest at 16.7 minutes. The national average, according to the Census Bureau, is 25.4 minutes.
The Platte area ZIP code is 57369.
But even within low-commute time South Dakota, there is considerable variation. While rural areas often have the shortest commute times, it isn't necessarily across the board. The Union Center ZIP code area (57787) has one of the longest commute times in South Dakota and the United States at 60-plus minutes. Meanwhile, the White Owl area (57792), just east of Union Center, has one of the shortest commuting times at zero to 10 minutes.
Here are commute times for selected South Dakota Zip codes:
· Rapid City (57101, 57102, 57103): 10 to 15 minutes.
· Pierre/Ft. Pierre (57501, 57532): 10 to 15 minutes.
· Sioux Falls (57104): 10-15 minutes.
· Sioux Falls (57103, 57105, 57106, 57108, 57110): 15-20 minutes.
· Aberdeen (57401): 10 to 15 minutes.
· Fairview (57027): 35-45 minutes.
· Yankton (57078): 10-15 minutes.
· Fulton (57340) and Letcher (57359): 20 to 25 minutes.
· Spencer (57374): 35-45 minutes.
· Fedora (5733): 0 to 10 minutes.
· Eden (57232): 45-60 minutes.
· Mitchell (57301): 10-15 minutes.
The full national and South Dakota maps are available at http://project.wnyc.org/commute-times-us/embed.html#5.00/42.000/-89.500


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This show focuses on three superstar chipmunks who have their own band and the crazy adventures they get into. It also features The Chipettes, their female counterparts and girlfriends. If you have any info, please contribute. Broadcast History ----------------- During its run, Alvin & the Chipmunks, existed in 2 forms... Alvin & the Chipmunks (or The Chipmunks (seasons 6-7)) (Seasons 1-7): All of the original episodes have aired on NBC. The Chipmunks Go To the Movies (Season 8): This also aired on NBC, but not as traditional episodes. All of the episodes were spoofs of famous movies. The Characters Alvin Seville Alvin is the oldest of the chipmunks, and also the lead singer of their group. He is most often the one who gets them into trouble, (usually in an attempt to get rich or famous) and tends to be selfish, self centered, and conceited at times. He really hates to be alone and is VERY vain about his looks, although he does suffer from 'small munk complex'. (his height). Regardless of all this, he is very protective of his brothers. Simon Seville Simon is the middle brother of the chipmunks and is considered the brain of the group. He is always the voice of reason and logic behind Alvin's crazy schemes, and usually (unsuccessfully), tries to talk him out of following these crazy ideas.. He is very level headed in tough situations and is a strong believer in following the rules-- though occasionally he does break them along with his brothers to make sure they don't get into too much trouble... In his spare time, he enjoys reading and studying. Theodore Seville Theodore is the youngest chipmunk, considered the nicest out of all the chipmunks and can get along with just about anyone-- although he does tend to be shy at times. He loves to eat and almost always seems to be hungry. He also enjoys cooking and baking in his spare time-- ( which helps explain his cute little plump figure) and tends to scare easily. He usually gets really nervous when he's around a girl he likes, and tends to be a little slow when it comes to learning in school. David "Dave" Seville Dave is the Chipmunks adoptive father, and also their manager. He found the boys after they were abandoned on his doorstep, and loves them as if they were his own. But Alvin is always driving him crazy with his schemes, causing him to yell his name in exasperation. Brittany Miller Brittany is the oldest of her sisters, and also the lead singer of their group. She can be egotistical and selfish, just like Alvin at times, and is EXTREMELY vain about her looks. She enjoys acting, modeling, and singing-- and is constantly competing with the Chipmunks over whose group is better. Since she is supposed to be the counterpart of Alvin, she too is always coming up with different ideas on how to get rich and famous. And again, just like Alvin, she tends to be very protective of her sisters-- although at times, it takes her awhile.... Jeanette Miller Jeanette is the brains of the group, and also the nice one, though she is very clumsy. Yet her personality doesn't resemble Simon's very much (except for her intelligence). In that respect, she is much more like Theodore. She is very kind towards her sisters, and tends to be quiet and shy. She is very confident about who she is, however, and doesn't seem to care what other people think about her. In her spare time she enjoys reading and studying. Eleanor Miller Just like Theodore, Eleanor loves to cook and bake, and because of it, is a little plump. Here though, the similarity ends. Her personality is not really like Theodore's at all: in reality, it's actually closer to Simon's than anyone else's. Like him, she is usually the one who tries to talk Brittany out of following her crazy schemes and tends to gets extremely annoyed and complains when her sister does something stupid. In a way, however, she is also a lot like Alvin: she is very athletic and good at almost every sport and would do anything to help her sisters. In this way, I think Eleanor is supposed to be a combination of all the Chipmunks, even though she is usually meant to represent Theodore's counterpart. Miss Beatrice Miller Miss Miller is the strange, eccentric, but nice, old lady who lives next door to the Chipmunks. She also happens to have a crush on Dave! She eventually ends up raising the Chipettes. Harry A sneaky, greedy, con-artist chipmunk who originally pretends to be the Chipmunks' long-lost mother's younger brother, in order to get them to work for him, with minimum wage: (or nothing at all). The Chipmunks eventually figure out that he's not really their uncle, and so successfully scheme to take the money he made off of them, and leave, returning to Dave. Harry, however, makes several more appearances throughout the television series. At his last, he even cons the Chipettes. Vinny, the Chipmunks' Mother Eventually, the Chipmunks go searching for their long-lost mother, Vinny, and after days of a treacherous search, actually manage to find her! At first, everyone's happy, but eventually Alvin gets upset since he doesn't understand why she abandoned them. Vinny explains that the year she abandoned them there was a horrible winter and all of the animals in the forest were forced to leave their homes because of it. The fact that they were so young, forced her to realize that they wouldn't survive the journey if she brought them with her. So instead, Vinny decided to leave them with a nice man who was always kind to the forest animals (Dave). She said, "Giving up her babies was the hardest thing she ever did," and then told them that when spring came and she could finally return to get them, she saw how happy they were with Dave, and thought they'd be better off with him. Eventually, Alvin forgives Vinny, and they all part ways on a good note: promising to keep in touch. Theme Song Lyrics "Watch out...cause here we come! It's been a while but we're back in style So get set to have some fun We'll bring you action and satisfaction We're the Chipmunks C-H-I-P-M-U-N-K We're the Chipmunks Guaranteed to brighten your day When you feel like a laugh Give us a call we'll give you our all And if you feel like a song Tune in to us and sing right along We're the Chipmunks Coming on stronger than ever before We're the Chipmunks Alvin, Simon, Theodore! Do-do, do-do-do-do!"moreless
|S 9 : Ep 14
|Rockin' Through the Decades
|Aired 12/9/90
|S 9 : Ep 4
|Chipmunk Classics
|Aired 9/20/88
|S 9 : Ep 1
|Around the World with the Chipmunks
|Aired 10/11/88
|The Easter Chipmunk
|Aired 1/1/95
|Trick or Treason
|Aired 10/1/94
Frank Welker
Additional Voices
Tress MacNeille
Additional Voices
Nancy Cartwright
Additional Voices
Janice Karman
Theodore / Brittany / Jeanette / Eleanor
Dody Goodman
Miss Beatrice Miller (1986-1990)


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The stakes are always high, the encounters always memorable.
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have built the best rivalry in tennis on a mountain of big-time matches, the likes of which they'll play Monday in the U.S. Open final.
It will be the 37th meeting of their careers - the most times in the Open era that any two men have played.
''When you are involved in these kind of matches,'' Nadal said, ''you feel special.''
Nadal will be going for his 13th major title, Djokovic his seventh. Nadal is seeded second, Djokovic first. This will be their third meeting in the last four years in the final in Arthur Ashe Stadium, a stretch interrupted last year when Nadal sat out with a knee injury. Nadal won the first match, in 2010, and Djokovic won the rematch in 2011. Both were tense four-setters that played a role in the winner being ranked first at year's end.
''It's always the biggest challenge that you can have in our sport now,'' Djokovic said of playing Nadal. ''I mean, he's the ultimate competitor out there. He's fighting for every ball and he's playing probably the best tennis that he ever played on hard courts.''
Both players are seeking their second major title of the year: Djokovic won the Australian Open and Nadal won the French.
Nadal leads the overall series 21-15, though Djokovic has an 11-6 edge on hard courts.
Fittingly for a match with these sort of stakes, the U.S. Open has built in a planned day of rest for the men, abandoning the tradition of playing the semifinals and final back-to-back over the weekend. It's a nod to the intensely physical nature of the modern game and to the desires of the players, who complained loudly about such a quick turnaround at the tail end of the year's final Grand Slam.
''I like to finish the tournaments on Sunday, not on Monday,'' Nadal said. ''But talking about fair, for sure it's a more fair finish on Monday, having one day off between the semifinals and final.''
The day off will certainly help Djokovic, who grinded through a 4-hour, 9-minute five-set win over Stanislas Wawrinka in the semifinals, while Nadal dispatched Richard Gasquet in three, losing his first and only service game of the tournament.
But is it enough rest for the world No. 1, who will keep that ranking - at least for the time being - regardless of Monday's result?
In July at Wimbledon, Djokovic played 4 hours, 43 minutes in a five-set semifinal win over Juan Martin del Potro, while Andy Murray won his semifinal in four sets. When they returned two days later for the final, Djokovic was clearly not his usual self. He rushed points, tried finishing many of them at the net, which isn't his strong suit, and paid the price - a three-set loss to Murray.
''Hard court is my most successful surface,'' Djokovic said. ''This is where I can say I feel most comfortable and confident. Hopefully, I can perform better than I did in the Wimbledon final and maybe get a chance to win a trophy.''
While Djokovic has the most wins on tour this year on the hard courts (31), Nadal is undefeated - a perfect 21-0. It's an amazing statistic, especially for a man who missed seven months with knee problems between 2012 and 2013. He won the French Open on clay, his favorite surface, then made a stunning first-round exit at Wimbledon. That loss to 135th-ranked Steve Darcis at the All England Club marks the only tournament of the 13 Nadal has entered this year in which he didn't make the final.
''He lost three matches this year,'' Djokovic said. ''With no doubt, he's the best player in the moment this year, no question about it.''
This will be their sixth meeting in a Grand Slam final.
In addition to the split at Flushing Meadows, they've met once each at the other three Grand Slams.
Included in those matches was their five-set Australian Open masterpiece in 2012 that went 5 hours, 53 minutes, a record for a Grand Slam final.
Later that year, they had a four-set final at the French Open that stretched over two days because of the rain.
This year, Nadal pulled out a 9-7 win in the fifth set of a semifinal at Roland Garros, denying Djokovic a chance at the closing leg of the career Grand Slam he most dearly wanted to honor his one-time coach, Jelena Gencic, who died earlier during the tournament.
Their only meeting this year on a hard court came in a U.S. Open tuneup in Montreal, where Nadal won the best-of-3-sets match in a third-set tiebreaker.
Indeed, these are always memorable affairs, though Nadal acknowledged with a laugh that he'd rather be playing someone else.
''In the end, we have to be honest, no?'' he said. ''Talking about a final, I'd want to play against a player that I have more chances to win. But I play against him. I've played against him a lot of times. Always, we've played very exciting matches.''
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Actress and writer Ashley Taylor along with Bryan Rasmussen in association with Whitefire Theatre unleashed their outrageous comedic gem FRIDAY NIGHT QUICKIES: ORIGINAL BEDROOM TALES to a sold out crowd . Taylor, Rasmussen and along with a myriad group of talented writers and actors created eight original 10 minute short plays presented in one evening that touched upon a variety of themes such as love, betrayal, humor, drama and extreme satire.
First up on deck was the play BEDTIME STORY starring Hanni Feldheger and Bryan Rasmussen is an outlandish comedy about a daughter pleading with her father to tell her a bedtime story. The story and the scenario unfolded quite well as Rasmussen and Feldheger played father and daughter beautifully and made the scene entertaining. BEDTIME STORY was written by Marty Parker and directed by Tom Shell.
Next up was NON-SMOKING ROOM starring Gil Darnell and Leah Falls. This scene tells the complicated story of a couple who are married to other people and meet in a hotel room to have an affair. While having their steamy encounter, certain elements of truth and realizations begin to unfold. Darnell and Falls worked seamlessly well together to create the chemistry the writer's script called for. NON-SMOKING ROOM was written and conceived by Kerry Bailey.
The next scenario LOVERS AND GIRLFRIENDS AND BEDS, OH MY! stars Kelly Brooks, Sally Hall and Paige Ryan. Writer and director David Wally upped the ante and gave his actresses some heavy dramatic stuff rich in texture to sink their teeth into. What was interesting about this scene was that these actresses switch up their parts each time for each performance, a very nice touch for his actresses to play out.
In I WILL IF YOU WILL, a husband and wife revealed some startling truths about themselves that redefined their relationship completely and took it to an unprecedented level. The real-life husband and wife team of Ashley and Stephen Taylor brilliantly played their comedic moments to the hilt, definitely one of the strongest pieces in the bunch. I WILL IF YOU WILL was written by Ashley Taylor and directed by Adam Conger.
QUICKIE tackled the issue of conception in a light manner that is funny as well as almost on the borderline of poignant. The scene played on several levels as the lead actress ( Drier) descended into desperation over her almost impossible situation. QUICKIE stars Elizabeth Drier and Christopher Rich and written by Robin Ribakoff and directed by Moosie Drier.
Next up was BROKEN TOYS starring Steve Apostalina and Lia Sargent about a couple who gets an added jolt to their sex life which takes their relationship to another level. Sargent's subtle humor brought this tale to life and along with Apostalina's humor, this segment flowed and brimmed with laughter. This "vibrant" tale was written by Dan Spector and directed by Moosie Drier.
Finally, there was CUFFS starring Tony Nunes and Kate Warner as a guy who woke up only to find himself in a sticky situation and having to find a creative way to get himself out of the mess he got into. Nunes does a great job of playing the panic-stricken guy. CUFFS was written by Ashley Taylor and directed by Christian Lohf.
What's very unique about each one of these plays was the fact that each one touched upon everyday parallel subjects and told them in an entertaining aspect. The process of seeing each one of these stories unfold was amazing. Each actor effectively used the space that was given to them to create wonderful stage pictures. An added bonus was how effectively each scene change played out. FRIDAY NIGHT QUICKIES was overall an enlightening evening full of laughter and drama that sustained the audience's attention leaving them to wonder what other madcap scenario was going to unfold next.
FRIDAY NIGHT QUICKIES plays at:
Whitefire Theatre
13500 Ventura Boulevard
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
Valet Parking is available for $5.00
Special Show Info.
Running time: Approximately 90 minutes.
There will be an intermission.
For Reservations, please contact:
(818) 990-2324
For more information, visit: ( www.whitefiretheatre.com)
Every Friday starting July 17th
through August 14 @ 8PM
Buy Tickets
$25 (1/2 Price available are available)
Photos provided by Ashley Taylor, still photo of NON-SMOKING ROOM provided by Paul Forte and photo from LOVERS AND GIRLFRIENDS AND BEDS, OH MY! provided by David Wally


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We've now downloaded an astronomical 25 billion iOS apps, and Apple's put out lists of the all time most popular for iPhone and iPad.
Angry Birds predictably infests the lists: It's got nine entries across the four top ten lists for free and paid iPhone and iPad apps. Words with Friends and Netflix are also popular across all categories. About the only surprising thing is that iFart Mobile finally got knocked off the iPad lists.
Here are the top tens for all the categories; for the full top 25s, head over to iTunes.
All-Time Top Free iPhone Apps
1. Facebook
2. Pandora Radio
3. Words with Friends Free
4. Skype
5. The Weather Channel ®
6. Google Search
7. Google Earth
8. Angry Birds Free
9. Shazam
10. Netflix
All-Time Top Paid iPhone Apps
1. Angry Birds
2. Fruit Ninja
3. Doodle Jump
4. Cut the Rope
5. Angry Birds Seasons
6. Words with Friends
7. Tiny Wings
8. Angry Birds Rio
9. Pocket God
10. Camera+
All-Time Top Free iPad Apps
1. Angry Birds HD Free
2. The Weather Channel® for iPad
3. Netflix
4. Skype for iPad
5. Kindle
6. ABC Player
7. Pandora Radio
8. Angry Birds Rip HD Free
9. CNN App for iPad
10. Words with Friends HD Free
All-Time Top Paid iPad Apps
1. Pages
2. Angry Birds HD
3. Angry Birds Seasons HD
4. Penultimate
5. Scrabble for iPad
6. Fruit Ninja HD
7. GarageBand
8. GoodReader for iPad
9. Angry Birds Rio HD
10. Cut the Rope HD
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Words mean more than what's in the dictionary. Some can be rhetorical devices loaded with positive or negative undertones. Consider "chase" and all its forms.
A dictionary says the verb means to pursue in order to overtake or capture; to persistently seek the favor of; or, just the opposite, to drive away. The derisive derivative most common in the cattle industry comes from the centuries-old noun phrase, "wild goose chase." That is, "an absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable; any senseless pursuit of an object or end."
In broader society, we criticize opportunistic lawyers as ambulance chasers. Politicians chase votes. Stock traders chase profits. Detectives chase down a lead but worry about chasing shadows and ghosts. Storm trackers chase tornadoes. Fools chase the sun, clouds and rainbows.
Poor business practices chase employees and customers away. Undisciplined dogs chase cars, cats, rabbits, squirrels, butterflies and their own tails.
It's usually better to lead than chase cattle, but one calorie-counting authority estimates a moderate walk in non-strenuous cattle chasing burns 238 calories per hour for a 150-pound person. At that rate, it would take more than three hours to walk off a Big Mac.
You may be thinking of another idiom: cut to the chase, or get to the point.
Some beef industry pundits proclaim ideal pathways for all logical producers. Dissenters are deluded and must be "chasing" something.
You can sense the judgment and condemnation in the cliché warning, "don't chase single-trait selection." It's such an obvious no-no that the only surprise is that we keep seeing the warning. There is usually an agenda, such as to imply that if you so much as include some popular trait, you are off on a rabbit trail. If you know the phrase at all, you know it's like saying, "don't chase your tail."
Some intense cattlemen lash out with the "c" word. They may include their goals and aspirations, which never include so much as a stray glance at what they own as a senseless pursuit.
However, those who see things differently are condescendingly lamented as chasing an illusive and impractical dream.
The most chased-after end seems to be genetic selection that would add value to the beef we sell to consumers. One might as well chase ping-pong balls or a cure for cancer. Critics include the range of those who see any attention to post-weaning traits as silly, to those who see it as a noble, if impossible dream.
When the rhetoric starts flying, a critic may deplore "chasing" something or other. He will usually balance that by pointing out the further errors of "ignoring" and "sacrificing" other things. The implication is that those slighted pursuits are at least as worthy as that being chased after, but the chaser is too blind to see.
It all boils down to bias in the critic. Look at their cattle, their field of study, perhaps their life's work. They may not realize their bias or the condescending nature of their chase to enlighten others.
Or, they could be using loaded words in a calculated manner to sell something.
Discussions that give rise to accusations of chase often deal with the idea that breeds have certain rigid roles in the cattle industry. No breed should evolve to something other than its textbook description. Producers of any supposed maternal breed had better not chase those traits that have been defined somewhere as better provided by terminal breeds. Those who are supposed to be raising terminal cattle may improve maternal traits only at the risk of such criticism.
Evolution in response to the market leads to convergence of type, which confounds the crossbreeding strategy of breed complementarity. Those who see crossbreeding as the only logical choice may want to keep breed differences as static as they were in the research that supports their programs.
To say anyone, any group or an entire industry is chasing something is to insult their individual or collective intelligence. Although the shoe sometimes fits, it is hardly constructive to call them on it.
Maybe you have superior knowledge. Maybe you are off chasing squirrels while barking at the hounds on point.


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Tamerlan Tsarnaev's uncle is in Massachusetts to arrange his burial, but four cemeteries have refused to bury him and protesters have set up camp outside the funeral parlor where his body is being held. NBC's Katy Tur reports.
The family of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a shootout with police can't find a place to bury him, even as his body is being prepared for just that purpose.
An uncle of suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev arrived in Worcester, Mass., on Sunday to "prepare the body" of his nephew for burial.
Ruslan Tsarni, of Mongomery Village, Md., came to the city about 40 miles west of Boston with three other men, who were not family members, and met with the director of the Graham Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlors.
The men who joined Tsarni were planning "religious washings" in accordance with Muslim burial rites on 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body, the funeral director Peter Stefan said.
Stefan said he and the family have been unable to find a cemetery in Massachusetts willing to take the body. Still, though he's had "no offers" of a cemetery, he expects the suspect will be buried in the state.
"We have to bury this guy," Stefan told reporters in an impromptu news conference Sunday. "Whatever it is, whoever he is, in this country, we bury people. I don't care who it is. That's what I do."
A small number of demonstrators had protested at the funeral home over the weekend, holding signs and chanting "USA!" One sign read: "Do not bury him on U.S. soil."
According to The Associated Press, several people drove by the funeral home Sunday and yelled, including one man who shouted, "Throw him off a boat like Osama bin Laden!"
Apparently in response to those protests, Stefan remarked, "I can't separate sins from sinners. I can't pick and choose. This is what we do."
For his part, the uncle said that Cambridge, Mass., was Tsarnaev's home, not the southern Russian republics of his roots.
"He lived in America, he grew up here," Tsarni said. "Any contemplations that his body should be taken to his home country, they cannot believe. His home country was indeed Cambridge, Massachusetts."
Stefan said he is planning to ask the city of Cambridge to provide a burial plot, and if Cambridge turns him down, he will seek help from state officials.
Shortly after Tamerlan and his 19-year-old brother Dzhokhar were identified as suspects in the bombings that killed three and injured more than 200, Tsarni said the brothers may have been motivated by shame and hatred.
"Being losers, hatred to those who were able to settle themselves," Tsarni said at the time.
Dzhokhar, 19, remains in a prison hospital while he awaits legal proceedings on federal terrorism charges. He could face the death penalty.
NBC News' Alexandra Moe and The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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