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I'm a big fan of the television show "The Walking Dead." (Geek confession: I have not read the comic books by Robert Kirkman. I know, I know, that's as big a sin as not reading "Game of Thrones.") I am an even bigger fan of "Breaking Bad." If there is any show on cable right now that I consider "appointment television" it's BB. The show is just so well written, the characters so compelling, that I just need to know what's going to happen next.
So you could imagine my cynicism when someone pitches the book "FIEND" to me as "Breaking Bad meets The Walking Dead." That's a pretty high bar you've gotta reach in my opinion.
And then I read the book. And while the comparison to the 2 shows in question may give you an idea of what to expect in "FIEND", the truth is that this debut novel by author Peter Stenson really does stand on its own. As a recovering addict, Stenson is intimately aware of how your life is turned upside-down when it's spent in the dogged pursuit of your next fix. In looking through the eyes of Chase Daniels, the protagonist of "FIEND", the reader gets a look into the mindset of the junkie. And then Stenson adds the zombie apocalypse. Pret-ty clever if you ask me.
Here's an EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT from the book to give you an idea of what this world Stenson has created is like. Then let me know what you think about it in the comment section, or even hit me up on Twitter:
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Sometimes when I smoke shit, I reach the perfect balance of motivation and concentration. This is one of those times. I create a list as we drive north. A list of things we need to do,and of things we know or think we know. I'm writing on the back of an El Sombrero single-slice box.
1. We have killed two people things today (self- defense).
2. These things are zombielike.
3. Zombies don't exist.
4. There are at least two other people (perv on 18toplay, and Tibbs) who aren't dead.
I stop making the list and pull out my cell phone for the first time. Why the fuck haven't I tried to call anyone? I hit speed dial one, KK. It goes straight to voice mail. I think about her being Svetlana, naked and skinny and laughing a demonic laugh. I picture her as Rebecca, alone and dead, being eaten by greedy cats. Then I picture her as me, trying to make sense out of everything, terrified. I call again. I tell the machine I love her, it will be okay, to call and let me know she's alive.
Then I call my parents. It's been at least a year since I've talked to them. The phone rings and I'm picturing them sitting around the kitchen table, my dad with his graying hair, his readers resting on the bridge of his nose, holding my mother's hand, maybe brushing her dehydrated-piss-yellow hair away from her eyes. They're sitting there worrying, waiting for the call that tells them their son is dead. It goes to voice mail. Guns and shit, Typewriter says.
Supplies. Weapons. The list. Cabela's is 'bout twenty miles away.
I write:
5. Weapons. Food and water.
And dope, Type says.
You fucking serious?
As hepatitis, he says.
6. Meth
I look over the list. My fleeting sense of accomplishment fades. The list is retarded. It gets me no closer to understanding what's happening. I light a cigarette. Typewriter asks for one. He tells me to put cigarettes on the list. Fuck the list, I say. I look out the window and it's dark now, like really dark, an hour and a half north of the Twin Cities, nothing but an abandoned two-lane highway. Where is everyone? Like, if things really were the way they seemed—people were either
dead or walking dead— then where was the panic? Movies showed that shit all the time. Some dude getting bit in a shit box of a country, then flying back to the US, chewing up his family, and from there the plague shit spreading with the speed of herpes on an Ivy League squash team.
But people panic on TV. They break into stores. They board up houses. They run out of gas. And here we are, driving eighty, not a single car in the way. I mention this to Typewriter. He looks over, a Newport dangling from his swollen lips. He says, How the fuck do they know?
Hollywood and shit.
What do—
Like there's rules to the fucking apocalypse? Bro, this shit here, whatever is going on, you can bet your ass it's never happened before. Not in some movie. Not in a book. It's some dinosaur shit, you know?
I tell him I have no idea what he's talking about.
Extinction, man. The end. Finished. Us. Humans. Thanks for playing. Better luck next—
Yeah, got it, I say.
Typewriter starts to chuckle—like real live chuckles, like he's playing a part in a B movie. I think about those scratches on his back, if something could be transmitted that way. I think about him turning, his face even paler, him ready to tear my throat like the little girl did the rottweiler. I don't write it down, but I put it at the top of the list in my head: Typewriter might become one of them.
He finally quits with the staged laugh. He says, Just kind of weird that we're the motherfuckers chosen to last. We're quiet after that and I'm chewing on his word chosen.
I've already peaked and am coming down and we're out of shit and I can't stand the silence, so I turn on the radio. Static. Typewriter pushes in a CD. It's techno. I hate the shit, like it's so stereotypical that baseheads listen to trance, but at least it's a distraction. I call KK. My parents. Nothing. I picture them all dead. I know my parents would be lying in bed together, both of them in Christmas Carol flannel night-gowns. I wonder if Jared is next to KK.
Typewriter pulls off Interstate 35E. Cabela's, a giant Lego-shaped hunting and fishing store, sits in the middle of a sea of asphalt. I can't see any cars in the parking lot. Typewriter turns down the music. The energy in the car shifts, and neither of us says anything. This world shouldn't fucking exist. We park right in front of the entrance. Through the glass windows we see the store is pitch black. Typewriter takes the keys out of the ignition but I stop him. I say, Maybe we should leave them in the car.
Then he understands. He says, I'm not trying to get left in—
Neither am I.
We get out. We're nothing but swiveling heads, spooked by every gust of wind. I try the door. Locked. I give the plate glass a kick. It hurts like shit. Typewriter slams into it with his shoulder. He yells, Fuck.
Shut up, I say.
We look around for what could have heard us. Somewhere an owl cries and I think this is about the worst omen the world could possibly give us. Typewriter kicks the door again. The glass won't budge. This makes sense, a store housing guns having fortified security. I keep kicking. I feel useless, my efforts, my inability to break into a fucking store. And it's with this refrain of failure that my idea to smash the car through the door is born. I tell Typewriter.
Not smart, he says.
We need the guns, I say. And the car. How else are we going to break—
Not with the one car we have.
I tell him I'm not talking about the whole car. Just enough to crack the glass. That it will be a little damage to the front bumper. That's it, I say, I promise.
He shakes his head.
I get into the car and back it up, maybe fifty feet from the entrance. Fifteen miles per hour is all I need. I give it some gas. I'm closing in on the entrance and it's a brilliant idea and I hit the curb and bounce and then I'm at the door and there's a solid thud. My head hits the wheel. My ears ring. I look up. The glass is smashed, the door cracked. Perfect. I get out and the ringing's even louder and Typewriter's yelling something I can't make out and I realize the ringing
isn't inside of my ears, it's a siren. I've set off an alarm system.
Red lights flash inside the store. Type's practically shouting into my mouth. He points to my head. I wipe my forehead and feel it's wet with blood but I tell him I'm fine. I point to the doors and we climb over the hood and into the store. I don't know what the fuck alerts the walking dead to their victims—light or sound or smell—but I know that flashing strobes and piercing alarms can't be helping us. The cut on my forehead fills back up. I wonder if it's maybe the smell of blood that attracts these motherfuckers.
In and out, I shout.
Typewriter nods.
The scene alternates between sheer darkness and flashes of emergency red—a rack of raincoats, sleeping bags, camping stoves—pulsing every second, maybe quicker, and I'm just waiting to see decapitated Svetlana naked and ready to tear into my jugular. We're making our way to the back-left corner and I barely notice that my hand is holding on to Typewriter's T-shirt and we're inching forward during our milliseconds of red, still and flexed during our breaths of blackness.
The strobes remind me of my short time being a club kid, all about watered-down Minnesota raves, abandoned ware-houses along the Mississippi, grams of ecstasy, techno, filthy red couches, and reach-arounds from random girls/maybe guys— basically my nineteenth year on this earth. I'm remembering one night in particular, Halloween, me dressed as a slut in fishnets with a run up my inner thigh, having smoked more scante than I'd ever done before. I'd stumbled through that warehouse, knowing I was going to die. I could feel it at the base of my throat, death. I knew that my only chance at redemption was fresh air. The strobe lights and my heart pounding and my dick practically hanging out of my mini-skirt costume and everyone I saw some gross perversion of people who had once said they loved me.
The sirens are so fucking loud. Both then and now. I'm swallowing spittle thicker than come. That night, inch by inch, I'd made my way to a steel door, the flashing Exit sign like pure love. I'd pushed with all of my might. It wouldn't budge. I crumpled there in my miniskirt and pumps. My left stuffed tit had fallen out. I cried because this was the end and I was dressed like a slut and I felt better than I'd ever felt before.
Typewriter says, Right there, the guns.
I can barely make out the glass cases of guns. I'm hoping for machine guns and grenades like Call of Duty and I just want the siren to stop and the lights to pick a side, red or black, and I'm still holding Typewriter's fat arm like a life preserver. He hands me a canoe paddle. I ask if he sees something. He doesn't respond. I'm about to cry because this isn't my life and there has got to be something so bad coming our way and I tell myself in and out, then back to the car, back to the deserted highway, but then where?
Typewriter smashes the case full of handguns. He shouts for me to do the same with the shotguns. I run behind the counter. The first display holds shotguns, that much I know, mostly because the barrels are fatter than the butt plug from Svetlana's arsenal. I swing the oar into the glass and it shatters, bits raining down on my hair. I reach in and grab the first shotgun, some Terminator short-barrel number. It's heavy like a motherfucker, but I love it, the weight. It's the first gun I've ever held. I scan the store, giving it a pump. I'm almost hoping for some walking dead piece of shit to charge me.
Something lands at my feet and I scream like hell, jumping toward the wall. It's a giant green duffle bag. Typewriter already has one full of the pistols. He walks to the other case, presumably full of rifles. I take the shotguns out one by one. I wonder why we could possibly need this many guns. I've loaded ten into the bag, with six or seven still to go. A bag of pistols. Another bag of rifles. Like what are we expecting? Then I think about us being the only ones left. Just us— Typewriter and his B cups, me and my forehead tic—driving around, breaking into stores, killing fictional characters. How long can this really go on? A week? A month? A year? And then I'm thinking about that Halloween again. About wondering how long the shit I'd smoked would
last. About how long it would be until the rave was over and I could get out of my whore getup, how long until everything got back to normal. How fucking badly I'd wanted things to go back to normal. It's funny, you go through your whole life thinking everything sucks, that if only you had this, said that, then things would be better. But when shit happens, like real shit, say smoking enough scante to kill a village or choosing drugs over KK or the world dying and reanimating, it's only then that you pray for the rewind, when you realize your life had been just fucking peachy before.
I have no idea about ammo. I just take boxes of everything. My duffle bag is ungodly heavy and I struggle to put it over my shoulder. Typewriter waddles over, a bag in each hand. He yells something about camping gear. I tell him we need to get out of here. I hear sleeping bags and tents. I say, Right fucking now.
We get back to the car and throw the duffles in the back. The parking lot is still vacant. Typewriter takes the wheel and throws the gearshift into reverse. I'm breathing a little steadier now, not quite believing that we accomplished what we set out to. The back tires go over the curb, then the front. I think I hear a hiss. It feels like my side is sagging. I keep quiet because
I'm not going to change a tire in the middle of all this noise.
Fucking flat, Type says.
Just go, I say.
He keeps driving. I look out of my window, half expecting sparks to be shooting out.
No spare, anyway, Typewriter says.
You serious?
You know that.
Shit, I say. I think about the space in the bottom of the trunk where a spare normally sits, the space we fill with the ounces of shit we get from the Albino and transport back to the city. But part of me is glad that at least we won't be fucking around changing the tire. I ask how long we'll be able to ride on it.
He shrugs. I ask again.
He says, Just pretend the shit isn't happening.
I like this line of reasoning. It's been my motto before I even knew what a motto was. None of this is happening. We drive thirty-five on the highway. I ask where we're going. Again with the shrug. I'm not sure why I even asked, because we both know damn well we're going to see if the Albino is still alive. That's the only reason we've been driving north. Maybe we didn't say anything, but it's one of those things that is understood.
You think he's still alive? I ask.
Typewriter tells me it doesn't matter.
How not?
A week's gone by since we last paid him a visit.
I smile. He's right. It's Monday, our normal pickup day. And I think about our ounce of methamphetamines waiting there like an ice pack for a sore knee. Normally, it's us having to sell at least enough shit to smoke for free, which is hard as hell, breaking it down into teeners, Typewriter taking the bars along West Seventh, me spending a weekend at the clubs over
in Minneapolis. And this selling isn't to make money, since neither of us owns a TV, a computer, even a headboard. It's selling twenty-dollar bags, each one a felony possession, our pockets accumulating to felony intent to distribute, in order to support our habits. I laugh. We can't call this shit a habit anymore. That stopped years before, back when crystal was for special occasions or to fuck all night.
What's funny? Typewriter asks.
Kind of messed up, I say.
What's up?
Like the world's ending or whatever, and here we are . . .
Tryin' to get our heads straight, Typewriter says.
He pulls his fat lips in on themselves. The fuck we supposed to be doing?
I have no idea. Driving to our cook's house with a flat tire and thirty guns in our backseat is about as logical a reaction to being attacked by a little girl with umbrella socks as anything else.
No, really, he says, I'm asking you, what would anyone else be doing?
I don't answer. Instead I pull out my phone and try KK and my parents again. Nothing.
Probably fine, Typewriter says.
I'm quiet for a second. For some reason, I know my parents are dead. Know might be a bit strong, but I just have this feeling, an image, them together, not breathing. I tell Typewriter I doubt it. Typewriter tells me to keep the faith. I wonder what faith he ever kept. Maybe he's heard somebody say that in a movie. I say, Yeah, I guess.
He reaches over my legs to the glove compartment. I notice the tears in his shirt, the bloody scratches from Svetlana. I need to keep an eye on him, need to get a loaded gun in my possession. Typewriter rifles around in the glove box and I tell him I've got the pipe and it's cashed anyway. He pulls something out, turns on the dome light. It's a photo. He hands it to me. Typewriter as a pudgy grade-schooler. He's standing next to an Italian-looking woman, short and dark, her hand resting on his shoulder. Both he and the woman are smiling. I don't know what to say or how long I'm supposed to look at the picture. I don't know what the fuck he's showing this to me for. Then I realize he thinks my parents are dead and this is his silent vigil, his burning candle, his feeble attempt at keeping the memory of his mother alive. Miss her, man, Typewriter says.
I hand the picture back. Typewriter studies it. I don't have a picture of my parents. He puts it back in the glove compartment. I find this whole thing uncomfortably touching, this sharing and opening up. I need to get high.
FIEND: A Novel, Peter Stenson
Crown Publishers * On sale: July 9, 2013 * ISBN 978-0-770-43631-5
Hardcover * Price: $22.00 * 304 pages
Also available as an ebook: 978-0-770-43632-2


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if you haven't already, you HAVE to go watch the brainwash series! really. trust me. it's terrific! and i'm not the only one who thinks so (see some of the comments in this post). (^_^)
the show — from norway, but now with english subtitles (thank you, internet!), available here and here — was conceived and is hosted by a norwegian comedian (yeah, i didn't know they had any either (~_^) ), a guy named harald eia. i guess maybe it takes a comedian to point out the most absurd aspects of our modern, western society, eh?
wikipedia says:
"'Hjernevask' ('Brainwash') … contrasted cultural determinist models of human behavior (also referred to as the Standard social science model) with nature-nurture interactionist perspectives."
but it's funnier than that. waaaaaaay funnier than that!
the basic layout of the show is that eia picks a topic — gender equality, for instance — and then goes and interviews some norwegian social scientists — you know, "specialists" in the subject — about it (in this episode it was — heh — gender researchers). and then he goes and interviews researchers in touch with the real world, like biologists or whatever, both norwegian and others (american, english). and THEN he goes BACK to the social scientists with recorded interviews of the non-social scientists in hand and gets the reaction of the lost-in-space social scientists to what the real scientists had to say.
needless to say, much hilarity ensues! (^_^)
the first episode is about differences between the genders and whether any of it is innate or not (i know — pretty basic — how could anyone get this one wrong?). more specifically, it's about a BIG problem they, apparently, have in norway — the "gender equality paradox." that is, despite the fact that norway has equal — prolly more than equal — opportunities, education, etc., etc., for everyone, they still have this awful, awful problem that something like 90% of engineers are men and something like 90% of nurses are women. the horror! the horror.
the norwegian gender researchers, of course, blame the differences that men and women have in capabilities and interests on the fact that, from day one, boys and girls are treated differently — boys are dressed in blue and called "little tough guy" while girls are dressed in pink and referred to as sweet little things. you know. that sort of thing. according to one (of the more clueless) gender researchers, some guy named lorentzen, men and women are exactly the same in all ways — mentally, emotionally, etc., etc. — there are just a few minor differences like different genitals, women have boobs, men have beards, and so on. *facepalm*
eia records all of them explaining these concepts and then heads off to talk to some people who have at least half a brain.
first, he talks to one norwegian researcher, trond diseth, who studies behavior in babies born with an unclear sex to see if they behave more like boys or girls (i guess this one of the tools they use when considering what sort of gender-reassignment surgery or whatever you call it to maybe perform on a baby). throughout his research, this guy has found that most boy babies born with all of your standard "boy parts" prefer playing with masculine toys, while most girl babies born with all of your standard "girl parts" prefer playing with girlie toys. there are exceptions, of course, but we're just that — exceptions.
eia then heads to the u.s. where he interviews richard lippa, who has found that, curiously, gender differences in things like job preference (do you want to be an engineer or a nurse?) seem to be consistent on a global basis. strange if these differences have only a cultural cause that the same differences should show up in different cultures. he also visits simon baron-cohen at cambridge who has found that gender differences are present on day one of life [opens pdf], so again it's hard to see how culture can be 100% of the explanation for the differences between the sexes.
finally, he also speaks with anne campbell, evolutionary psychologist, who explains natural selection beautifully and points out how unlikely it is that men and women should be exactly the same mentally or emotionally:
"Campbell: 'The key to all this is how many descendants you leave behind you and any traits that increase the number of descendants you leave behind you will tend to stay in the gene pool. And that's what's selecting in particular traits both in males and in females…. If women are generally the ones that give birth, that lactate, that raise children, it would surprising if there wasn't some kind of psychological orchestration that helped women achieve those tasks and made those kinds of tasks particularly pleasurable to women. So, things like empathy in women, things like avoiding dangerous confrontations where you may be hurt or injured, things like avoiding social exclusion, being pushed out of the group, all of those are good things. All of those mean that you are more likely to survive and to reproduce, and to leave children who they themselves also reproduce.'
"According to Campbell, that's why today's women are more oriented towards other people than men."
the best zinger comes right at the end, tho, from simon baron-cohen:
"Baron-Cohen: 'It's a very moderate proposal to say it's a mixture of biology and culture. I'm not saying it's all biology. I'm simply saying don't forget about biology.'"
heh! 'nuff said, really. go watch the show to see the reactions of the different types of researchers to each other's theories — it's all very amusing — and very informative!
btw, the gender-researcher, lorentzen, is a real winner. not only did he insist that his "culture only" theories were correct, he actually laughed at other sorts of research. and he thought that american researchers were particularly bad. from the show:
"Lorentzen was skeptical of this kind of research [specifically richard lippa's research].
"Eia: 'It's a funny study… You're laughing as I say the word "study."'
"Lorentzen: 'I get telephones from every media when they get these American studies. They're often American.'
"Eia: 'Are Americans especially good?'
"Lorentzen: 'No, especially poor, I would say. Or especially speculative.'"
you gotta remember that this lorentzen guy was laughing the whole time he was saying this.
now, don't take this the wrong way, mr. lorentzen, but i have to point out that it's not like norwegian gender-researchers are, by any stretch of the imagination, on the cutting edge of human behavior studies. you know, you guys gave us ibsen
and the paper clip. feel free to rest on those laurels for as long as you like. really. please don't think that you have to compete with anybody to prove that you're the best in show science (only to wind up feeling second-rate like you obviously do).
previously: brainwash and the hard sciences are soooo sexist!
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text: Veteran ABC news correspondent Bill Blakemore was the latest guest for Kirk Heinze, '70, on his "Greening of the Great Lakes" radio show. ABC's primary reporter on climate change, Blakemore discussed the significance of Hurricane Sandy and his own Northern Michigan history. Blakemore's radio appearance also previewed his upcoming visit to Albion College November 19-20. Blakemore was featured, with history professor Geoff Cocks, in the new documentary "Room 237," an exploration of the Stanley Kubrick classic "The Shining." The film will be screened November 19 on campus, and Blakemore and Cocks will anchor a panel discussion following the show.


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The Joseph A. Labadie Collection, the oldest publicly-accessible collection of radical history in the world, documents a wide variety of social protest movements and organizations of the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. While the printed materials—some 15,000 serials, 60,000 monographs, and 40,000 pamphlets, in addition to 2,100 posters, 1,200 photographs, 9,000 subject vertical files, scrapbooks, audio recordings, political buttons, — are the major strengths of the Collection, the unique manuscript holdings provide added coverage of certain subjects and persons involved in radical movements.
The nucleus of the Collection, donated to the University of Michigan in 1911, consists of the personal papers and library of Charles Joseph Antoine Labadie (1850-1933), known familiarly as Jo Labadie, an important figure in the fledgling Michigan labor movement of the late nineteenth century. Labadie was born on a frontier farm near Paw Paw, Michigan, to parents of French and Indian descent. Learning the printer's trade in South Bend, Indiana, he joined the International Typographical Union in his teens and after a few years of wandering about the country, settled in Detroit in 1872.
In 1878, Labadie organized the first Michigan branch of the Knights of Labor, disguising it as the Washington Literary Society, and in the same year amassed several hundred votes as candidate for mayor of Detroit on the Greenback-Labor Party ticket. In 1880, he helped organize the Detroit Council of Trades and Labor Unions and served as its first president. Attracted by the Socialist Labor Party, he furthered its views by editing several of the earliest labor newspapers in Michigan, such as the Detroit Socialist, Three Stars, and Advance and Labor Leaf. Labadie's interest in the labor movement continued, and nine years later he was instrumental in the founding of the Michigan Federation of Labor, again serving as first president.
Labadie did not adhere to the dominant Republican and Democratic parties but remained radical in his social views. Fearing the concentration of power in a centralized government, he became wary of the future of socialism and found the doctrines of individualist anarchism, as promulgated by Benjamin Tucker, more congenial to his aspirations. His subsequent activism, writings, and demeanor won him the appellation "the gentle anarchist." His life was not without drama, however. Labadie had been employed by the Detroit Water Board since 1893 but was suddenly dismissed in 1908 because of his anarchist convictions. Vehement public outcry resulted in his quick reinstatement and brought him many new friends.
In 1912 Labadie retired to a cabin in the woods near Wixom, Michigan (now in Kensington Metropark, where the ruins may be viewed), spending the next twenty years writing, printing, and distributing anarchist materials. Before moving to "Bubbling Waters," he donated his books, pamphlets, journals, personal papers, and ephemera to the University of Michigan. *
One of Labadie's friends in later years was Agnes Inglis (1870-1952). The daughter of a prominent and wealthy Detroit family, Inglis led a confined life for her first thirty years, nursing her invalid sister and mother. After their deaths she volunteered for settlement work at Hull House in Chicago and Franklin House in Detroit. In 1905 she moved to Ann Arbor where her interests broadened to include such social issues as trade unions, prostitution, and birth control. Although she briefly joined the Socialist Party, her friendship with Emma Goldman led her to anarchism. Over the next two decades, she zealously supported Goldman's causes, opposed U.S. involvement in World War I, and protested the trials and imprisonments of anarchists and Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) members.
In 1924 Inglis tried to consult the Labadie Collection for her research but found it had remained boxed and untouched. Since the materials were too disorganized for use, she began what was to become her life-long work: the arrangement and custodianship of Jo Labadie's donation. Because Inglis was without archival or library training, her methods of organizing the material were personal and somewhat idiosyncratic. Nonetheless, she enriched the collection enormously by acquiring books, serials, pamphlets, letters, photographs, and other records of persons involved in radical movements. Moreover, Inglis corresponded extensively with her network of friends, soliciting their memoirs and documentation of significant events and people. During the period Inglis served as curator (1924-1952), the Labadie Collection grew perhaps by twenty-fold.
In 1960 Edward C. Weber became Curator of the Labadie Collection. Following Inglis's earlier example, Weber initiated extensive correspondence with individuals, groups, and organizations active in publishing or disseminating radical literature. He was largely responsible for the collection's substantial holdings in the areas of civil rights, the student protests and anti-war movements of the tumultuous sixties, modern anarchist and socialist literature, as well as LGBTQ, radical feminism, pacifism, and ecology movements.
Weber retired in 2000, and Julie Herrada, who had been Assistant Curator since 1994, took over as the third Curator of the Labadie Collection. She maintains the growing collections, continues to add retrospective materials as well as those of contemporary movements, corresponds with researchers and donors throughout the world, creates exhibits, and exposes its treasures to as many people as possible.
* For more information on the life of Joseph Labadie, see All-American Anarchist: Joseph A. Labadie and the Labor Movement by Carlotta Anderson, Wayne State University Press, 1998.


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As the regular season winds to a close, Brush head coach Tom George's
band of Beetdiggers are putting a now 10-7 overall, 6-3 in Patriot
League record on the line as the ladies ready to host their final two
regular season games this week, both at BHS.
After earning a 51-38 victory over Lyons early last week, the 'Digger
varsity hit the road to Platte Valley to take on an ambitious and
likewise 10-7 overall, 6-3 in league Bronco team. The Brush varsity
struggled to keep pace throughout the contest and found themselves
downed in all four frames and battling through a 17-10 loss at the
The third frame saw a defensive battle as both teams struggled to
score during the 4-3 quarter but the Broncos finished the fourth
quarter strong, edging out Brush 12-8 and taking the final 33-21
Junior Krisen Berg, who lead her team with 20 points during the game
in Lyons, chalked up just 2 points on the night. Brush scoring was
led by senior Alex White (6), who netted the team's only three-point
shot of the night. Scoring was followed by Emma Mortensen (5) and
Shelby Wolever (4). Wolever also lead the team on the boards with 7
total rebounds, while Mortensen brought in a team-high 3 blocks. The
squad managed swift steals on the night, chalking up a total of 13 and
lead by the efforts of seniors Bailey Kraich (3) and Alex White (3).
In the final week of regular season action, the Lady Beetdiggers will
host two contests for 'Digger fans at BHS, beginning with a tough
Tuesday, February 19 match-up with the No. 8 ranked Sterling Tigers
who have earned a 15-3 overall and undefeated 9-0 in league status.
The contest, slated to begin at 6:30pm for varsity action, will be
the final game for the Lady Tigers before heading to District Action
which is slated to begin for all 3A Patriot League squads, including
Brush, near Tuesday, February 26.
For the Beetdiggers the regular season won't end there, however, as
they'll host one final Thursday, February 21 match-up at BHS with a
13-4 overall, 5-4 in league Bishop Machebeuf. Varsity action for that
game is slated to begin at 7:00 pm.
District action for the Brush Beetdiggers and for 3A Patriot League
squads is scheduled to begin near Friday, February 22 and could
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You shouldn't use profanity when telling people to grow up
Will you trade me all of your good players for my bad players? Thanks!
Please do, it's too hilarious
Where's the video to your sig? I can't stop laughing.
Your sig pic is awesome.
VOTE DRIVE! Jetsforever said he hates Chicago!
haha sorry for this post I accidentally clicked your link on marlinsfans page and didnt notice it. My Bad.
Just in general. I was looking at the Bulls forum and every little negative thing someone says about the team becomes a major issue with them.
And yeah, I'm likely done posting in the NBA forum for a long while. So glad baseball's starting up.
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Jim Brulte will lead California GOP
Veteran California politician Jim Brulte faced dozens of difficult challenges as GOP leader in both houses of the Legislature. Starting next week, the pragmatic Brulte, who has built a reputation as "the adult in the room" of California politics, will face a new set of problems.
On Sunday, Brulte, 56, of Rancho Cucamonga (San Bernardino County), becomes chairman of the greatly diminished California Republican Party, which is clinging to just 29 percent of California's voters. And as he moves to revive a party decimated by internal warfare that has pitted conservatives against moderates on divisive social issues, Brulte insists he will not wade into incendiary matters like immigration, climate change or same-sex marriage.
There are "more than enough people to engage in policy discussions," Brulte said in a recent interview in the offices of California Strategies, the Sacramento lobbying firm where he is a partner. "I'm going to do the boring, time-consuming, labor-intensive, below-the-radar-screen work that has not been done for a long time."
Yet, in a state where Democrats hold every statewide office and majorities in both houses of the Legislature - and appear to be strengthening their hand - Brulte says renovating the GOP could take at least six years. That's a lifetime in politics.
Brulte assumes the chairman's job as national polls show the Republican Party's image at an all-time low. In a recent Pew Research poll, more than two-thirds of respondents said they believe the party is out of touch with the American public and more than half said the party is "too extreme."
Tough task
Longtime observers of the GOP in California, where the party holds just 15 of the 53 House seats, say that Brulte's attempts to revive the flagging donor base and bulk up its grassroots membership will be tough.
Among his challenges: erasing about $800,000 in debt, bulking up the campaign war chest and making the party more attractive to Latino voters, a tough mission given lingering bitterness that dates back to Republican Gov. Pete Wilson's support of Proposition 187, a ballot measure denying state services to illegal immigrants, in 1994.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who joined Brulte last weekend at an outreach event for Asian voters in Los Angeles, said the incoming chairman is clearly "committed to growing the party and raising the funds necessary" to getting it back on its feet in California.
He said the challenges Brulte and the GOP face "are a little more magnified in California, but are very similar to the issues we have as a country in presidential elections."
Brulte knows that "we have to be a party that's involved at the community level for years and years and years," Priebus said. That means "getting to know folks in a genuine, authentic way - concentrating on voter registration, education and community events, and building those relationships."
Gathering the tribe
It's a testament to Brulte's pragmatic style and long resume in California politics - he was elected to the Assembly in 1990 - that he's managed to win admirers from all factions of the party.
Tea Party Express co-founder Sal Russo says Brulte has managed the "critical component" in California GOP leadership: "He has had almost unique ability to keep the grassroots and the donors both engaged and active." He's always understood that "the cardinal rule of politics is you unite your friends and divide your enemies," Russo said.
Jon Fleischman, who runs Flashreport.org, the state's most influential GOP website, said recently, "Jim Brulte will have a lot on his plate ... but he will bring a lot of gravitas to the table."
"He's a big step in the right direction," agrees former state Sen. Tony Strickland, who recently lost a House race to Democrat Julia Brownley in Ventura County. "I have the utmost respect for him. We're looking to professionalize the party - and we're lucky he's willing to take the position."
Strickland says Brulte was prescient as a party leader, able to "see the wave" of Latino voter impact, redistricting and other trends.
Another run?
GOP strategist Joel Fox said Republicans, hoping for a comeback, have been begging Brulte for years to take over the party. And he's among many who suggest that, should he succeed at what many still see as an impossible mission, Brulte would be a leading candidate for the governor's seat.
"I'm sure at some point, when he's comfortable and established, he will think about running for office," Fox said.
Brulte says that his new post will keep him plenty busy.
And when that is over, he adds, "I'm not running for anything - ever again."
Modernizing: National GOP chairman comes west in search of social-media savvy. A7
Carla Marinucci is the senior political writer at The San Francisco Chronicle. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @cmarinucci.


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Miami (mīăm´ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. The region of Greater Miami encompasses all of Dade co., including Miami, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Hialeah, and many smaller communities.
The second largest city in the state, a port of entry, and the transportation and business hub of S Fla., it is also a popular and famous resort of the E United States. Tourism remains a major industry, closely followed by manufacturing and commerce. Miami has an international airport and is the principal American port for cruise ships to the Caribbean. The city is also the processing and shipping hub of a large agricultural region and a center for rebuilding and repairing aircraft. Manufactures include clothing, transportation equipment, machinery, plastics, and electronic components. Other industries are printing and publishing, fishing, and shellfishing. Miami is the home to the National Hurricane Center (at Florida International Univ.) and the headquarters of the U.S. Armed Forces Southern Command, responsible for military operations in Central and South America.
Professional football's Miami Dolphins, baseball's Florida Marlins, and basketball's Miami Heat play in the city, and college football's annual Orange Bowl contest is held there. Professional hockey's Florida Panthers play in suburban Sunrise. Miami is the seat of a number of institutions of higher education, including Barry Univ., Florida International Univ., Florida Memorial College, Miami Dade College, and St. Thomas Univ. The Univ. of Miami is in nearby Coral Gables. The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, host to the Miami City Ballet and the Florida Grand Opera, is also there, and the nearby Pérez Art Museum Miami opened in 2013. A number of state parks, gardens, and major tourist attractions are in the area.
The first modern settlement was made in the 1870s near the site of Fort Dallas, built in 1836 during the Seminole War, but it was preceded by more ancient settlements, such as the Tequesta site unearthed in 1998. In the 1890s, Henry M. Flagler made Miami a railroad terminus, dredged the harbor, began a recreational center, and promoted tourism. Miami received its greatest impetus during the Florida land boom of the mid-1920s. Since 1959 the large influx of Cubans has created "Little Havana," an ethnic sector that has had sporadic racial unrest; by the 1990 census nearly 50% of the city population was Hispanic, predominantly of Cuban descent.
In Apr., 1980, the U.S. government agreed to allow 3,500 Cuban political refugees into the country; a national announcement by Cuban leader Fidel Castro that those wanting to leave Cuba should gather at Mariel, near Havana, resulted in the boatlift of more than 100,000 Cuban refugees to S Florida. The 1980s and early 1990s were marked by large suburban growth, spurred by the increase of high-technology industries in the Miami area. Metrorail, the city transit system, opened in 1984. In the 21st cent. Miami has experienced continuing growth in its Hispanic population, which has been augmented an influx of Central and South Americans, and a revival of its downtown area.
See J. Buchanan, Miami: A Chronological & Documentary History, 1513–1977 (1978); J. Didion, Miami (1987); T. D. Allman, Miami: City of the Future (1988, rev. ed., 2013).
2 City (1990 pop. 13,142), seat of Ottawa co., extreme NE Okla., in the foothills of the Ozarks and on the headwaters of Grand Lake, which provides both electric power and recreation. It is a trade, shipping, and marketing center for a tristate livestock and dairy region where lead and zinc are mined. Manufactures include apparel, metal and leather products, electronic materials, motor coaches, and fiberglass boats.


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As so many of you know I have had some of the most interesting jobs around. Before the old Sanctum decided to flop and die I had posted many pictures and stories about my work as a Repo man and a manager of a pawn shop. Now days I make a living as a Bail Bondsman. I thought I would share some of the adventures I have so you can live vicariously through me.
Lets start with a fellow I will call "Crappie Eyes". This fellow had a commercial burglary charge and had been out on bond for almost two years. After all that time he decided to skip court and hide at a relatives house around 40 miles away. We pressed the snitches and go word where he was. It was a perfect place to hit. There was no way out but the front door. We love those shotgun houses that were made before building codes. So all three members of the catch team went in the front door and asked where he was. His cousin said "He is in the bathroom." We walked down the hall and waited. After a few minutes Crappie Eyes opened to door to find three men standing there with handcuffs. He decided to play ball and not argue. Here is his picture along with the fellow I will nickname "Duck Commando".
The next one I will share about I will call "Walter White Wannabe" for his desire to cook meth. He had been on the run for a while and his family would threaten violence if you came around them asking about him. His brother took a swing on one of the catch team one evening. It did not end well for him and was not real bright. After our team member laid him out and called the police, they arrested the brother for assaulting the agent. When the police went inside to get the brother a shirt our agent went inside with the officer and found the bond jumper hiding in the bathtub naked. So both of them went to jail. One in a police car, the other in the agents car.
Now we get to one of my favorites. This fellow I will refer to as "Don't taze me, Bro." He had a theft charge and went to court a couple of times then decided to hide out at his girlfriends house. I called him and asked him to turn himself in. He pretended that I had the wrong number. So we hit his house and did not find anything. One of the agents noticed a shoe mark on the wall near the attic entrance. He decided to call out "Covering attic with tazer!" the next thing we heard was "Oh @#$%, don't taze me! I am coming down!" and we took him into custody. For giggles I called the number he said was not his and the phone in his pocket rang. I still giggle when I think about that.
This one sorta broke my heart. I really liked the person, she was sweet and nice. I will call her "Leia Streetwalker" because she was a prostitute. I bonded her on a drug charge. She was real good about checking in weekly and made payments on time like clockwork. One day she overslept and missed court. I called her and told her to come to the next court date and I would stay on her bond. But she got scared and did not appear. The judge issued a warrant and I went on the hunt. After about 2 days I found her at a local motel. I was forced to bring law enforcement into it because the manager refused to open the door unless the police were there. When he opened the door I burst in there like I owned the place and asked the man there where she was. He said he had no idea. I told him to cut the crap because I had failed recess when you're messing with my money. He was so scared to see me in my full fury he looked toward the bathroom and so I walked to the door and threw it open. She was sitting on the toilet with her pants around her knees. I told her to get up and she made a sudden movement and I drew my pistol on her. I will never forget that look on her face when she realized how serious I was. She slowly got up, pulled up her pants, and walked out with her hands up. I holstered my pistol and put her in cuffs. While I was talking to her the police looked around the room and found a large amount of meth on the nightstand. She told them it was hers. The officers told me that they were taking her into custody on possession of a controlled substance. So I took my cuffs off of her and they put hers on. I reminded her while she was crying that if she had simply taken care of her obligation then I would not have done this.
This fellow I will not give a mean name to. He was not a capture but a prisoner transport I got called into because the company's normal guy had car trouble. I went to the prison here and picked him up and drove him to a jail about 3 hours away. He had just gotten done with 18 months and still had to do 6 months in that county jail. I gave him a choice on how things could go when I picked him up at prison. He could act like a child and wear pink cuffs and we would not do anything fun or he could be a man and we would make the best of the trip. He told me would not be any trouble. He was right and so I bought him a pack of cigarettes, McDonalds value meal, and let him pick the music on the trip. He was thankful to get to a taste of freedom before he lost another 6 months of his life. I gave him my office address and told him to write me. He has and does not stop thanking me for making his time a bit easier to take.
This is one that I picked up today (9-9-14). I will call her "FloJo wannabe". I bonded her and the evening before one of her court appearances her mother called me and said she was in the ER having a miscarriage. I told the mother that I would need copies of the paperwork and to keep me informed, that I would give them to the judge and he would give another court date. After she got out I talked to her and gave her the new date. She did not appear. I called the mother and she told me that FloJo had left and had not talked to her since. I told her that there was a warrant and that I would prefer to not get the mother into any trouble. After a few weeks I get a call from someone that FloJo was at her mothers house. So I called Duck Commando and we hit the house. When I went in, I checked the first bedroom. While I was in there I saw the other bedroom door open and she took off running. I caught her before she made the back door. After I put her in cuffs she told me that she was amazed that I caught her. I told her I am a lot faster than people realize. I allowed her kids to hug her bye and we loaded her into the car for the trip to jail. She cried and squalled the whole way but I had little pity. She knew what would happen if she missed court.


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Circus PAWS, a spectacle of fabulous artistic movement, took place last weekend at the Avalon Theatre in Hollywood. At the Olympics, one of the most beautiful and exciting events is the gymnastic dancing. I always wished there were more of it. Well, Circus PAWS has been in town, and it is loaded with artistic acrobatic and trapeze tricks with themes and movement. Not only is it exciting, it proves that we no longer need circuses with cruel animal practices in town!
Choreographed and staged by Nathalie Yves Gaulthier and her team at Le Petit Cirque, this event was thrilling to both children and adults. The themes focused on animals, with gorgeous big screen video backgrounds. The one that highlighted birds and the performers felt they were flying across the stage. The butterflies complete with beautiful costumes were stunning.
The underlying theme of Circus PAWS is about animals and how innocent and free they are they are in the wild, and then how they've been treated in captivity and then again how that can change. Effective devices as whips and screams are introduced all in artful dance and choreography form so that they are chilling and yet not heavy handed. All the magic is executed by very talented troupe of children aged 6 to 14.
A highlight of the Sunday night show was the insertion of Kat Kramer in water goddess costume singing to the "Bless the Beasts and Children" from her father's (Stanley Kramer) children's film in combination with the Barbara Streisand hit "Not While I'm Around." It was sublime, Kat's vocal interpretation along with the children dressed like animals interacting with Kat.
Thank you to Pat Derby, a long time professional actress and book author, turned co-director and founder of the PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society) along with her partner Ed Stewart, and its three wild animal sanctuaries in northern California. At the PAWS sanctuaries, animals who have been captured from the wild and removed from their homes and families often forced into slavery most of their lives, now live in dignity with space and freedom and members of their own species.
This show is Pat Derby's brainchild. "Since PAWS' founding in 1984, we have rescued many performing animals from the perils of circus life. Proceeds from the show go to support the rescued and retired animals at PAWS. On a personal level, I have always been amazed at the many talents of human circus performers. So when I heard about the thrilling young performers from Le Petit Cirque, I knew we had to host our own Circus PAWS."
Besides being artistic and beautiful and fun to watch, Circus PAWS is also very educational. The emcee, Kevin Axtell who impresses with his juggling and fire play, at one point calls for a press conference and a video is shown of Ed Stewart, Bob Barker, Jorja Fox and Jan Creamer with Congressman Jim Moran at the congressional hearing when TEAPA (Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act – HR 3359) was introduced in Congress to prevent the cruelties which are inflicted on wild animals who travel with circuses around the country. Since being introduced it has picked up several more co-sponsors in Congress. There were members of IDA (In Defense of Animals) and ADI (Animal Defenders International) in the lobby eliciting signatures on a petition to push this forward. They are calling on all compassionate people to contact their District reps to show support and encourage them to co-sponsor this bill.
Celebrities Lily Tomlin and Bob Barker as well as dozens of PAWS supporters have underwritten kids' tickets, making it possible for members of several local children's organizations including Project One Song, LA Police Department's Youth Programs, LA Sheriff's Youth Foundation, The After-School All Stars, Boys and Girls Clubs from Compton and Watts, A place Called Home, and a number of charter schools to attend. Among the three showings of Circus PAWS over the weekend, over 900 disadvantaged children were entertained and educated about wild animals.
Boy band IM5 opened the how Sunday evening and tore up the stage with their voices, dancing and charisma. The Silhouettes opened Act 2 wit their beautiful shadowed mime routine. An important part of the show was Kaelyn Whaley, 8 time martial arts champion, dynamic and strong who dazzled us with her fast and accurate movements and swordplay as well as her strong voice. She seemed to represent the domination of animals by people. At the end of the show after the introduction and hope of TEAPA was included, her movements became soft and she changed from her customary devilish red costume to white.
Piano genius Rio Mangini played the "Third Movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata" to accompany the piece about wild birds. Drummer Julian Pavone, barely bigger than a drumstick himself knocked our socks off with his unbelievably energetic solo act. Another highlight was when one of the performers, a wheelchaired young girl was included in the action and was helped into a harness and able to fly about the stage.
The VIP Reception on Sunday night brought out some luminary animal advocates, including David and Pam Casselman. David recently presented the case against the LA Zoo animal exhibit in which the judge ruled that the elephants were not being treated properly and mandated several major changes. Councilman Paul Koretz, an advocate of the newly proposed ban on traveling circuses in Los Angeles was there with his wife, and Lily Tomlin, who has herself spoken out and conducted fundraisers for captive elephants was there as well. All in all a fabulous evening. There are plans to digitize the show to spread to more children and possibly find ways to take it "on the road."
Georja Umano is an actor and animal advocate.
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Aluminum Alloys, Processing and Characterization
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This Aluminum Alloys, Processing and Characterization Symposium, along with Cast Shop Technology, Aluminum Reduction Technology, Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production, and Alumina and Bauxite form the Light Metals Symposium. This is an excellent opportunity to interact with experts from the Light Metals industry and academia from all over the world and get the latest update on key issues in the industry. The symposium covers all aspects of the physical and mechanical metallurgy of aluminum alloys as well as processing methods, product development, testing, and implementation of aluminum for end applications, including transportation (automotive, aerospace, and marine), packaging, and other key product segments. You are invited to submit papers of fundamental and applied research in the following subject areas:
- Alloy Development
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A General Formulation of Eutectic Silicon Morphology and Processing History
A Study of Sensitization in Naturally Aged 5xxx Alloys
Advances in Aluminum Extrusion Alloys and Processes
Aluminum for Aerospace Application: History, Current Challenges, and Path Forward
Aluminum In-situ Formed, Low Cost, Aluminum-silicon Nano Composite Materials
Application of the Hot Stamping Process to Aluminum Alloy Structural Components
Assessments of Sc-containing Ternary Systems Al-Sc-Ti and Al-Sc-Zr within the Thermodynamic Database for Aluminium Alloys, TCAL5
C-10: The Influence of Microstructure Length Scale on Dry Sliding Wear Behaviour of Monotectic Al-3.2Bi-3Cu Alloy
C-11: Effect of Mg and Cu Additions into ADC12 on the Mechanical Properties during Heat Treatment after Die-casting
C-12: Friction Stir Welding of High Strength Al-7050 and Mg-WE43 Alloys
C-13: Grain Size Modelling and Simulation during Hot Torsion of AW6082 Aluminium Alloy
C-14: A Comparison of Strain Profiles Obtained by Nanoindentation and Glancing Angle X-ray Diffraction in Hot Rolled Aluminum-magnesium Alloys
C-15: Direct Preparation of Pure Al and Si from Al-Si3O Alloy by Molten Salts Electrolysis
C-16: Effect of Electromagnetic Stirring on the Distribution of Primary Silicon in Hypereutectic Aluminum Alloys Billet
C-17: Development of V-arm Manufacturing Technology for Heavy Truck Using High Vacuum Die Casting Technology
C-18: Effect of Alloying Elements on Microstructure Adjacent to Grain Boundaries in Al-Mg-Si Based Alloys
C-19: Effect of Mg Amount on Interface Reaction between Molten Al Alloy and Tool Steel
C-1: Aluminum Matrix Composites
C-20: Effect of Stacking Fault Energy on the Deformation Behavior of Al-Mg-(Zn) Alloy Sheets
C-21: Effects of Extrusion and Heat Treatment Conditions on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Er Alloy
C-22: Effects of Rare Earth Er Additions on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of an Al-5Cu-2Mg Alloy
C-23: Effects of Rare Earth Er Additions on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy
C-24: Particle Stimulated Texture Development in the Al-Si-Mg Alloy Sheets Containing Transition Metals
C-25: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Three Dissimilar Aluminum Alloys by Accumulative Roll-bonding Process
C-27: Precipitation Processes and Strengthening Mechanisms in Al-Mg-Si Alloy Extruded to High Strains
C-2: Effect of Mg on Microstructure and Mechanical Property of Al-B Alloy
C-30: Study of Variable and Constant Blank Holding Force Techniques in Hydroforming of Cryorolled Aluminum-magnesium Alloy Sheets
C-31: Study on Fe-rich Phase in Al-Mg-Fe and Al-Mg-Mn-Fe Alloys
C-32: The Effect of Waiting Time after Furnace Exit on Mechanical Properties of AA6082 Rod Profile
C-3: Effects of ZnO Nanoparticles and its Decomposition on the Mechanical Behavior of A356 Gravity Casting Alloy
C-5: High Thermal Conductivity Aluminum Alloy for High Pressure Die Casting
C-6: Study on the Process Parameters of Preparing Al-Mg-Sc Alloy by Electrodeposition
C-7: Formation Mechanism of Surface Segregation in Heated Mold Continuous Casting Al–Cu Alloy
C-8: A Study on the Thermal Conductivity of Aluminum Die Casting Products with the Variation of Cooling Rate
C-9: Mitigation of β-AlFeSi Intermetallic Formation on Spray Formed 319 Aluminum Alloy with Different Iron Content
Characterization and Constitutive Modelling of AA 7075 for Hot Blank-cold Die Stamping
Comparison of ASTM Grid and ISO Digital Image Correlation Methods on Determination of Forming Limit Curves for an Aluminum Alloy
Comparison of Texture and Surface Finish Evolution during Single Point Incremental Forming and Formability Testing of AA 7075
Deep Drawing and Anodizing Quality Improvement in AA3003-O Alloy by Optimization of Homogenization, Rolling and Annealing
Determining a Retrogression Heat Treatment to Apply during Warm Forming of a High Strength AA7075 Sheet Material
Development of High-strength and High-electrical-conductivity Aluminum Alloys for Power Transmission Conductors
Development of Innovative Aluminum Alloys with High Mechanical Properties
Effect of Addition of Mn and Cr on Precipitation Behavior of Dispersoids in Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloy
Effect of Ni Addition on the Solidification Process and Microstructure of Al-12%Si-4%Cu-1.2%Mn-x%Ni Heat-resistant Alloys
Effect of Tooling Size and Geometry on the Determination of Forming Limit Curves for an Aluminum Alloy
Effect of Ultrasonic Melt Treatment, Mn and Cooling Rate on the Formation of Fe-containing Intermetallics in Hypereutectic Al-Si Alloy
Equal Channel Angular Pressing of a Newly Developed Precipitation Hardenable Scandium Containing Aluminum Alloy
Evaluation of Hot Tearing Susceptibility of 6000 Series Aluminum Alloys Using Constrained Solidification Test
Factors Influencing the Cast Duration of Horizontal Continuous Ingot Casters
Failure of 5000 and 6000 Series Aluminum Alloys in Modular Wastewater Treatment Aeration Tanks
Grain Boundary Precipitation and Fracture Behavior of Al-Cu-Li Alloys
Grain Refinement of Al–Si–Mg Cast Alloys by Al3Ti3B Master Alloy
High Volume Production Validation of Aluminum Tailor-welded Blanks
Improving Bendability of Al-Mg-Si Alloy Sheet by Minor Alloying Element Addition
In-situ Fitness-for-Service Assessment of Aluminum Alloys Developed for Automotive Powertrain Lightweighting
Indentation Deformation of Cold Rolled AA 6061 Aluminum Alloy
Influence of Additional Elements (Si Ti and B) on the Castability, Corrosion and Mechanical Properties of A201 Alloys
Investigation of Effect of Aging Treatment on Deformation Behavior of Al-Mg-Si Alloy Using Quasi-2D Polycrystalline Sample
Investigations on Pb-free 6000 Series Aluminum Alloy for Machining Applications
Microstructural Evolution after Single and Multi-pass Friction Stir Welding (FSW) of Wrought Mg-WE43 and Al-2024 Alloys
Multiscale Model for Al-Li Material Processing Simulation under Forging Conditions
New Aluminum Alloys for High Pressure Casting
New Design of High Strength Wrought Aluminum Alloys
On Si Redistribution during Friction Stir Processing of Cast Al-7%Si-0.4%Mg Alloys
Optimization in Novel Partial-solid High Pressure Aluminum Die Casting by Taguchi Method
Phase Formation of Monotectic Al-In and Al-Ga-In Alloys and Implications Thereof
Predicting Local Segregation and Microstructures in an Advanced High Pressure Die Cast Al Alloy
Progress in Aluminum-cerium High-temperature Alloy Development
Research on the Effect of the Processing Parameters on Susceptibility of Liquation Cracking of Al Alloys during Refilled Friction Stir Spot Welding
Stiffness Improvement Through Alloying Elements in Al Alloys
The Combined Effects of Sr Additions and Heat Treatment on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of High Pressure Die Cast A383 Alloy
Understanding Large-strain Softening of Aluminum in Shear at Elevated Temperature
Understanding the Co-precipitation Mechanisms of Al3(Sc, Zr) with Strengthening Phases in Extruded Al-Cu-Li Model Alloys
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Back in May, Apple managed to hold up the import of HTC handsets on the grounds that they infringed a number of patents. The ban didn't last for long—and now the ITC is flatly refusing to listen to Apple's whining.
Apple placed an emergency request for a new ban to be imposed, but the ITC is having none of it, reports Bloomberg. A statement issuesd by the ITC explains:
"Apple has not demonstrated the propriety of temporary emergency action... the commission will not direct Customs to detain all subject HTC products because the commission does not have the information necessary to determine whether the respondents are currently violating the commission's limited exclusion order."
The ITC is investigating a number of possible patent infringements on HTC handset, but it's certainly not hurrying itself along on Apple's say-so. It's kind of amusing to see Apple failing to get its way for a change. [Bloomberg]


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President Barack Obama hit the road last week with a two-day bus tour of New York and Pennsylvania to promote his new college affordability plan as he gears up to face the next round in the U.S. budget battle when Congress convenes for its new legislative session starting Sept. 9.
Over the back-to-school weeks in late August and September, Obama is targeting rising college costs as part of a series of speeches that seek "a better bargain for the middle class" in terms of education, jobs, housing and health care. Not surprisingly, the speeches blame Republican lawmakers for hurting the middle classes with a growing U.S. wealth gap — and Republicans, for their part, have responded by calling Obama off the mark.
"At a time when a higher education has never been more important or more expensive, too many students are facing a choice that they should never have to make," Obama said in his kickoff speech on college tuition at the University of Buffalo on Thursday. "Either they say no to college and pay the price for not getting a degree — and that's a price that lasts a lifetime — or you do what it takes to go to college, but then you run the risk that you won't be able to pay it off because you've got so much debt."
Obama rightly stated that college has never been more expensive, stating that over the past three decades, the average tuition at a public four-year college has gone up by more than 250% while a typical family's income has only gone up 16%. The average student today will graduate with more than $26,000 in debt, he said.
Obama's plan would rate colleges before the 2015 school year based on measures such as tuition, graduation rates, debt and earnings of graduates and the percentage of lower-income students who attend, according to The New York Times. "The ratings would compare colleges against their peer institutions. If the plan can win congressional approval, the idea is to base federal financial aid to students attending the colleges partly on those rankings," The Times reported.
At the same time, the president took a dig at his opponents in Congress, accusing them of throwing up obstacles to U.S. economic recovery and blocking the attempts of average Americans who are trying to keep up with the rising cost of living.
"Rather than keeping focus on a growing economy that creates good middle-class jobs, we've seen a faction of Republicans in Congress suggest that maybe America shouldn't pay its bills that have already been run up, that we shut down government if they can't shut down Obamacare."
After its five-week recess, Congress on Sept. 9 will renew talks on three financial issues: 1) a stopgap measure to fund the government in the first few months of the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1; 2) raising the government's $16.7 trillion debt limit; and 3) replacing about $1 trillion in the across-the-board spending cuts of sequestration.
Already, Obama's college plan has received much press and commentary nationwide, not all of it good.
Republicans on Capitol Hill were quick to criticize, The Washington Post said, with Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the top Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, calling the proposal a form of government overreach and suggesting a state-by-state approach would be preferable.
"Washington needs to be careful about taking a good idea for one state and forcing all 6,000 institutions of higher education to do the exact same thing, turning Washington into a sort of national school board for our colleges and universities," Alexander said.
A story in The Wall Street Journal, meanwhile, estimated that a debt forgiveness part of the Obama plan would cost the government $6 billion over a decade. And in a Journal weekend interview, Richard Vedder, Ohio University's director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, says the Obama plan doesn't deal with the fundamental problem of government subsidies. Vedder places blame for skyrocketing tuition on the Higher Education Act of 1965, a Great Society program that created federal scholarships and low-interest loans, saying they have encouraged colleges to splurge on cushy classes and lush amenities.
Also paying close attention to the viability of Obama's plan are groups that focus on helping students and their parents save for college.
Joseph Hurley, founder of SavingforCollege.com, which analyses 529 college savings programs, said he applauds any plan to tie financial aid funding to student outcomes, but he wonders whether the Obama plan would be bogged down by red tape or politicking.
"Why should institutions that are not doing a good job receive the same federal resources as those institutions that are doing a good job?," Hurley wrote in an email. "However, creating the ranking system proposed by the president will become very unwieldy and most likely will become watered down in the design and implementation process. The colleges will probably be hiring special consultants to find ways to improve their rankings under the system, without necessarily improving their educational processes, much as they hire enrollment consultants now."
Eleanor Blayney, consumer advocate for the CFP Board, said Obama's plan to use a competitive marketplace among colleges and universities to determine which get the most federal funding for student loans "makes at least conceptual sense," though the devil is in the details and logistics of a rating system.
"What would not make sense, in my judgment, is a system that allows the 'Pay as You Earn' loan repayment plan, without corresponding reduction in tuition costs," Blayney wrote in an email. "The 'Pay as You Earn' plan allows a much longer payback period than do the standard student loans: 25 years versus 10 years. The problem with this is that borrowers can still find themselves paying these loans back well into their forties, even fifties, when there may be a lot of other financial demands that they should be addressing. The higher the amount borrowed (as a result of uncontrolled tuition amounts), the more of the debt burden shifted to later years."
Read 8 Back-to-School Planning Tips for Advisors (and Their Clients) at ThinkAdvisor.


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Well, we hate to blow our own company's horn, but Google's annual year-end list of most searched-for terms is out and the Charlotte-specific Top Ten shows "Charlotte Observer" is the most searched-for term for 2011. After several brutal years filled with budget and staffing cuts, unpaid furloughs and the like, it's nice news to get. Just a little nugget of validation that, even though we've got a long haul ahead in transitioning from the old paper-only business model, our online platform is not only keeping us relevant, it's got a little digital swagger going on.
Hats off to all the reporters, editors, photographers and producers who make the magic happen every day!
P.S.: This blog has been dark for a while as I transitioned from reporting on social media to becoming an assistant city editor in charge of crime news and coverage of philanthropy and the environment. It's a lot of work, and leaves little time for writing (and none for reporting), but I'll keep trying to update this blog with interesting social media tidbits that cross my desk from time to time.


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Evil Plateau.
This plateau is evil evil evil.
And it is so mentally exhausting to be throwing yourself into working out…upping the minutes, upping variety, analyzing the calorie intake….and nothing.
I admit, I am kind of OCD so not being able to control this is like torture. Also, Trust me, I am not a crazy dieter, I don't expect to lose "Biggest Loser" numbers….but to lose nothing!?…not even a .1 of a pound in over a week?! Why why why.
It's hard to stay motivated when there isn't a budge in the scale despite all the hard work I am putting in.
Anyway. Just venting.
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Citing a desire to spare his family, embattled Lt. Gov. Mark Darr said Friday he will resign, effective Feb. 1, in the face of possible impeachment over his misuse of campaign and taxpayer money.
"Politics can be a toxic business," Darr said in a statement released at 6:30 p.m. "I will no longer subject my family to its hard lessons. All my forgiveness to those who play the games and all my respect and appreciation to those who serve with class and humility."
Darr said he was submitting his resignation "to the people of Arkansas, not an elected official." He said he had advised Senate President Pro Tem Michael Lamoureux, R-Russellville, and House Speaker Davy Carter, R-Cabot, of his decision and that "they agree with me it is in the best interest for me, my family and the state at this point."
On Dec. 30 the state Ethics Commission reprimanded the Republican lieutenant governor and fined him $11,000 for 11 violations of state ethics and campaign finance laws. The panel said it found evidence that Darr used campaign money to make about $31,500 in personal purchases, received about $3,500 in improper travel reimbursements, accepted $6,000 in campaign contributions that exceeded the individual limit and submitted campaign finance reports that omitted required information.
A legislative audit that took a more in-depth look at Darr's travel reimbursements found that he received more than $9,000 in improper reimbursements.
Over the past two weeks, a number of elected officials have called for Darr's resignation and have said he likely would be impeached if he did not step down. As late as Wednesday, Darr said he would not resign.
In a series of interviews with reporters on Tuesday, Darr attributed his violations to poor record-keeping and misinterpretations of state law. He said he had mistakenly believed that because he had loaned money to his 2010 campaign, he could repay the loan by using campaign money for personal purchases.
In announcing his resignation Friday, Darr again asserted that he did not willfully break the law.
"Throughout this process, it has been my desire to share the facts, and I feel this has been accomplished. I have been honest, forthright and acted with integrity. I made mistakes, but not one with malicious intent," he said.
Darr also said it has been an honor to serve as lieutenant governor.
"This office has allowed me to meet so many wonderful Arkansans over the past few years," he said. "My family and I are forever grateful for the support the people of this great state have shown us for the past few years and during this extremely difficult time. We have learned that difficult days demand decisions of faith."
Lamoureux said he had been talking to Darr throughout the ordeal and that Thursday was the first time the lieutenant governor wavered in his refusal to step down.
"This whole thing is bad, but I think he ultimately did the right thing for Arkansas," Lamoureux said Friday.
Carter said he was sad for Darr and his family but agreed with his decision.
"I think he's a good person and I hate it for him personally, but I'm glad he did what he did because it's best for state," he said.
Gov. Mike Beebe, who was among the first to call for Darr's resignation, was not advised in advance of Darr's decision, according to spokesman Matt DeCample.
DeCample said the Democratic governor "does think this is the best thing, both for Mr. Darr and for the state."
It was not immediately clear whether a special election would be called to choose someone to complete Darr's term. Carter and Lamoureux said state law apparently requires the governor to call a special election, but because the office is up for election in November anyway, legislators would like to spare the state the expense if possible.
"I'm hopeful we can pass legislation (during next month's special session) that would avoid the state spending millions of dollars on a special election," Lamoureux said, noting that little time would remain in the unexpired term by the time the governor called a special session, a filing period was set and party primaries, possible runoffs and a general election were held.
" In my opinion, there's really no point in going through all that," he said.
Asked what Beebe thinks of the idea of bypassing a special election, DeCample said, "We're looking at all possibilities, but we have to look at the law we have now and where things will go from there."
Darr is the second state constitutional officer to resign in less than a year. Former state Treasurer Martha Shoffner, a Democrat, stepped down in May following her arrest by the FBI on federal public corruption charges. She now faces 14 federal counts of extortion and bribery. Federal officials allege she accepted $36,000 in kickbacks in exchange for steering state bond business to a broker.


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I'm having a hard time grasping the idea of embedding a database into the application. I've read various tutorials and guides and I'm still a bit lost. I've created the shell of the program in NetBeans and i have yet to embed the database. I was wondering if anyone could help me out here and also suggest an embedded database (ie derby) to use. I'm sorry if I'm not making much sense but I am quite confused.
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SnowGlobe necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 248 diseños de 48 diseñadores freelance.
I have worked with illustrators for the past five years in creating everything form comic book characters to company mascots. This is probably my favorite part of the process where I bring the client's idea to life with the help of a talented artist. I feel that I give clear and concise direction to my "team" -- but leave them enough room to explore where their creativity takes them. I am really excited to be trying this process here!
Upscale and sophisticated women who enjoy dressing for a night on the town or a shopping excursion, dressed in something fun and sassy. These are the working moms, executives and upper class women who drive Escalades, BMW's...but still like turning heads and having fun. When a truck driver honks at them -- they honk back. They are not uptight, even though they are going 20 hours a day. Life is good!
Please take a look at some of the photos and renderings of our initial model, Anna at:
She very much represents the look we are aiming for: Hispanic, flirty, fun, sexy. Anna looks sweet, but is something more provocative going on behind those big brown eyes? She's not too plastic and is very real.
Please make sure you take a look at some of her photos on the link -- we are looking for her to be translated into carton, comic, animated form.
There is no specific, clothing or theme -- since this will change often for her, so be as creative as you like. Proverbial "bonus points" for fun themes -- but we are looking for an artist that can capture the personality and CURVES of our model.
At this point, we are focused more on LIFESTYLE: Is she in Hawaii, at the office or a dance club? Today's woman is all over the place and not afraid to be sweet, sultry and sexy.
Rendering should be head to toe and final format will need to be in hi-res PSD (both layered and flat). You may submit as few as one view for the contest, but DELIVERY will be FOUR views/poses/themes of Anna.


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After fooling around with a prequel and a lesser sequel, Ukrainian developer GSC Game World gets down to brass tacks with a true sequel to popular first=person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, due out in 2012.
2007's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl received a prequel in 2008, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. This year's S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat was more of a continuation to the original game than a true sequel. Consider the whole trilogy to be the first chapter in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. story.
Chapter two begins in 2012 with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2.
"After the official sales of the series exceeded 4 million copies worldwide, we had no doubts left to start creating a new big game in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe. This will be the next chapter of the mega-popular game players expect from us" - said Sergiy Grygorovych, CEO of GSC Game World."
According to the official release, the next game will abandon the X-Ray Engine used to create the first three games, instead being built using completely new multi-platform technology developed by GSC.
Hopefully we'll see more on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 next week during GamesCom 2010.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 in development, officially [GSC Game World - Thanks Sean!]


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Investigators are looking into whether the firefighting response to the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion contributed to its sinking, a Coast Guard spokesman told a nonprofit watchdog group.
In a report issued Wednesday, the Center for Public Integrity quoted Capt. Ron LaBrec as saying that "the joint investigation is absolutely looking into that, and whether it contributed to the sinking."
The concern focuses on the fact that saltwater was used on the floating rig instead of retardant foam. That could have overwhelmed the ballast chambers that kept the rig afloat with air and water, changing its weight distribution and causing it to list and then sink two days after the April 20 explosion, the center stated.
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The Coast Guard has said none of its ships were equipped to fight a rig fire and that they focused instead on search and rescue.
"We have expertise in fighting a fire on board our vessels, but since firefighting is not one of our missions, we do not train for rig fires and that has really been the responsibility of the rig owner and operator," LaBrec was quoted as saying.
Instead, the firefighting effort was led by a half-dozen private boats, the center said.
The center said LaBrec acknowledged that spraying salt water onto a burning rig may have affected the ballast. "In the end it may really depend on what agent is available and in this case it appears it was salt water only," he said.
Experts interviewed by the center agreed that salt water can affect a rig's balance, but they disagreed whether it would have mattered in Deepwater Horizon's case since the explosion was so severe.
The center also cited testimony before the Deepwater Horizon investigative commission suggesting that the Coast Guard did not follow its procedure to put someone in charge of firefighting in such a disaster.
Kevin Robb, a civilian Coast Guard specialist who was the first watch commander the night of the accident, said at a May 11 hearing that he knew of no attempt to designate a fire marshal.
The center cited testimony by the Coast Guard official chairing the investigation, Capt. Hung Nguyen, who then questioned whether that chaotic response contributed to the sinking.
"So what we're looking at here is maybe if there's no coordination out there, no direction out there, we may be throwing water onto a disabled vessel that may lead to this sinking; is that correct? Is that the potential?" Nguyen asked Robb.
"That is exactly correct," Robb responded.


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Full Name: Francesca Dewi Rezer
Nick Name: Dewi Rezer
Nationality: Indonesia
Place / Date of birth: Jakarta, September 29, 1980
Zodiac: Libra
Father's Name: Yotin Rezer
Mother's Name: Nurdiati
Hobbies: basketball, watching
. TK: Regina Pacis (1985-1987)
. Elementary School: Regina Pacis (1987-1993)
. Junior School: Regina Pacis (1993-1996)
. Senior School: Budi Mulia (1996-1999)
. University: STIKOM London School of Public Relations (1999-2003)
Hobbies: Sport, Read and EatAchievements & awards: Cover Girl Finalist 1995
. Beverages: Milk, Mineral Water
. Food: Food is delicious whatever
. Type of Clothing: Casual
. Perfume: BCBC, Benetton, Armani etc.
. Colors: Black, White, Blue, Biege, Green Light
. Actor / Actress: Angelina Jolie, Laetitia Casta, Giselle Bundhcen
. Singer / Band: Suede, Blur, Pulp, etc.
. Books: Birds chirp (A.de Mella)
. Sports: Roller Blade, Swimming, Running
. Animals: Dogs, Turtles and fish
. Vacation spot: The beach or the mountains
Initially dream to become an artist does not have to be in the minds of Goddess Rezer while still small. Door to the wide spread when there himself out as one of the winners GADIS Covers 1995, while still seated in the junior grades 2. After the bid to become a photo model mapun star on the ad continued.
Although the Goddess Rezer initiated since his career is still young, the new name melejit holds the title after VJ (Video Jockey) MTV Indonesia. However, the profession dilakoninya only one year from 2002-2003. Dewi decide pause from the sparkling world of entertainment because concentration Rockface task as requirements script graduated from the London School of Public Relation.
In 2002, Dewi Rezer menyempatkan try to play themselves in movies garapan Mira Lesmana, Rudy Sudjarwo, Riri Riza and titled "Seventh House." In the first movie, playing together Rezer Goddess Indra Birowo. After playing in the "Seventh House," Goddess 2 Rockface another film, which is "One More Film Presentation to Indonesia Lovers" and "awesome party just Launch."
Although the film has been playing, Dewi not forget the work first, the presenter. Dewi Teknopop driving events in the FAP and ANTV through IBL Insider.
* Seventh House (2003)
* Do I Kiss (2004)
Private life
Once engaged for three years, Dewi Rezer eventually married John Marcellino Victor Lefrand. They married in the chapel Tirta Bali Hotels International, Uluwatu, Jimbaran, Bali, on 18 July 2007. December 21, 2007, Dewi first child birth, Marcel Brinet Lefrandt. [1], however, refutes that the Goddess is the first child, the result of accidents, 'observed the birth of God's grace is Brineth.