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Andrew Strenio's Top Ten Spirits of 2013
New brands and bottles you should know.
It's been a banner year in the spirits industry, with incredible new releases flowing fast and furious. After reviewing dozens for this site (and drinking even more beyond that), it's always difficult for me to choose favorites. Still, you're wondering what to seek out to tuck under the Christmas tree or order online as a gift to yourself, so I might as well try. Here are my top 10 spirits of the year, in no particular order.
Herradura Colección de la Casa, Port Cask Finish
The first in what is promised to be a series of annual releases of different cask-finished tequilas, this reposado from Herradura spends 11 months in medium-char American oak before finishing with 2 months in Douro Valley port casks. Bottled at 80 proof, it's a light straw color with a hint of darker golden, coppery ambitions. The aroma is intensely sawdusty, with salt, prickly pear, dried fruit, and a bit of sweetness hiding in the background.
And the flavor? It's lovely, round, and whole. There's a surprisingly sweet entry, progressing to a welcome agave bite. While massaging your tongue, it mellows out to plum, cinnamon, leather, and a sweet port-y undertone. Finishing long and warm, with no burn whatsoever, lingering oak and spices melt into chalky dark chocolate if you stick around for it. There are times where it tastes like a light highland Scotch, but in the end it's a spirit all of its own.
Find online at Astor Wines, Hi-Time Wine Cellars, France 44, and Gotham Wines.
Laphroaig Triple Wood
Not entirely new this year, Laphroaig's Triple Wood made the jump from travel retail only to wide release this year, and in so doing secured a spot on the list. I've always had a soft spot for Laphroaig, and the Triple Wood (so named for its tripartite aging in ex-bourbon casks, small quarter casks, and finally Oloroso sherry casks) is no exception.
All of the trademark smokiness and iodine is here, but muted and filtered through oak and sherry prisms. The sherry particularly helps to round out the whisky, adding a fruity balance to the black pepper, brine, and peat that is as complicated as it is lovely.
Find online at Astor Wines, Hi-Time Wine, Heights Chateau, and Schneider's of Capitol Hill.
Tanqueray Malacca
This Tanqueray gin is both old and new—it's a re-release of a legendary spirit that helped jumpstart the modern cocktail movement—and it's easy to see why it's made the list. Grapefruit takes the lead, wrapped in a distinctly floral scent. The gin is soft and round, with prominent cinnamon and bubblegum flavors. It finishes clean and easy, almost leaving you wondering if you were drinking booze or rosewater.
Malacca really elevates the classic G&T to whole other level, creating an effortlessly amazing spiked citrus punch. It's a sip of history, and more balanced and sure of itself than many of its current imitators.
Find online at Astor Wines, France 44, K&L Wines, and Hi-Time Wine Cellars.
Angel's Envy Rye
Angel's Envy's entry into the world of rye is a deliciously successful experiment. Aged for six years in new charred American oak barrels, the rye is then finished in specially selected Caribbean rum barrels (which were themselves formerly cognac barrels). It's the first rye that's been given the rum treatment, and as a result it's a beast entirely unlike anything out there.
The scent is all spice, but not grassy, biting rye spices. Instead, it offers sweet baking spices—cloves, cinnamon, molasses—and maple syrup above all. The body is nicely chewy, and the dessert-rye hybrid keeps coming round again with gingerbread, molasses, maple, and only a hint of hot whiskey at the end.
It's clearly meant for sipping straight, but also uniquely suited for an amazing dessert-like twist on the Sazerac. Absolutely delicious.
Find online at Schneider's of Capitol Hill, Bottle Bargains, and Skyview Wine & Spirits.
Lock, Stock, and Barrel Rye
The latest release from Cooper Spirits, Lock, Stock, and Barrel has all of the stats for success. 13 years old, 100% Canadian rye, 101.3 proof, it's a whiskey with serious character. Sourced from Alberta Distillers, the aroma leaves no doubt that this is a world class rye. Aromas of spice, fruit, honey, caramel, and mint fairly explode out of the glass in a pleasantly aggressive way.
The flavor is similarly bold, yet balanced. It's quite spicy (no masking of the pure rye mashbill here), with loads of caramel balancing the winter spices, vanilla, and oak. It's huge stuff, and is equally as much fun on the rocks as it is neat. It just depends if you want an untamed or slightly more refined experience.
Find online at Astor Wines, Mister Wright, San Francisco Wine Trading, Hi-Time Wine Cellars, and K&L Wines.
Ardbeg Ardbog
A mixture of whiskies aged in bourbon and Manzanilla sherry casks, this is my favorite Ardbeg to come out in some time. It strikes me as one of the more sherry-influenced Islay whiskies, and yet does a wonderful job of balancing out smoke, spice, and sweetness.
Earthy peat mixed with fruity sherry aromas draw you in, while typical Ardbeg campfire smoke and sea spray drifts from the glass. On drinking you'll find these flavors deepen and evolve, with an underlying caramel sweetness that ties together the oak, fruit, and smoke. Finishing long, complex, and satisfying, it's a thick and chewy dram that will stay with you all night.
Find online at Crush, Sherry-Lehmann, Beltramo's, and Bounty Hunter.
Powers John's Lane
Crafted at the New Midleton Distillery, this is a single pot still Irish whiskey, aged at least 12 years. Aged predominately in first fill ex-bourbon casks, with a small amount of the spirit aged in Oloroso sherry butts, it's reminiscent of an unpeated, muscular Highland Scotch.
The aroma is snappy, with honey and spice notes competing with oily leather and charred wood, plus dark chocolate in the background. The whiskey is huge and chewy, and while it starts out quite spicy, vanilla and apricot round things out, and then sweet cereal grains bring balance, with loads of apples and fresh green fruit. It finishes long and warm, with charred wood and honey. Bottled at 92 proof, this is Irish whisky worth seeking out.
Find online at K&L, Hi-Time Wine Cellars, Astor, and Mister Wright.
Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2013 Release
The 12th yearly release in the annual series from Old Forester, this 2013 bottling is a 12 year old bourbon from barrels filled on a single day of production, and it's a remarkable effort. It's sweet, spicy, and complex, while at the same time dangerously drinkable.
Deep aromas of vanilla and well-seasoned oak jump out of the glass, supported by dark berries and chocolate. The flavor is incredibly well balanced, delivered with a wonderfully thick texture. Cinnamon and clove notes add complexity to the sweet vanilla base, with hints of walnuts and pistachios and even a bit of coconut rounding out the ensemble. Finishing long, rich, and warming, it's a challenge to get to the bottom of the glass because it somehow keeps getting refilled...Sadly, it may be hard to track down a bottle at this point. If you spot it anywhere, let us know!
Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition: 125th Anniversary
Bottled at 110 proof, this beauty of a bourbon from Four Roses is simply a masterpiece. Vanilla and oak scents come through strong, with a hint of smoke and cherry. It offers a perfectly balanced body, managing to be creamy and rich yet dry and not syrupy. There's dried apricot, buttery maple, and a honeyed grain sweetness, culminating in a dry tobacco and sweet spice finish that lingers for minutes. Seriously, it's one of the longest lasting bourbon finishes I can remember.
This whiskey is smokier and a bit more wood-forward than past releases, but it's probably my favorite Four Roses yet, balancing aggressive spice and complex sweetness for an experience that gets better every time. Unfortunately, it looks like this limited bottling is already sold out.
Suntory Yamazaki 25
This standout Japanese Single Malt Whisky lists at around $1600 a bottle, but I was lucky enough to sample a glass at a press event earlier this year. Like all of Suntory's products, a fierce attention to detail echoes through the spirit. Aged in sherry casks , this is one of the darkest whiskies I've ever seen, pouring a deep glowing ruby/brown.
The aroma is exquisitely complex, full of ripe berries, citrus, and figs, with enough of an oaky undertone to balance. The taste is huge, soft, and buttery. Dried fruits, prunes, port-like flavors, and savory roasted coffee give the luscious body some backbone. Finishing slowly, the sweetness finally gives way to oak and pepper, continuously unfolding over the course of the evening. An utterly unique sherry and whisky lover's dream.
Find online at Hi-Time Wine Cellars.
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Contrary to its name, participants in the Flying Mako fishing tournament don't usually expect to see crazed, flying mako sharks when they try to nab top honors in this strictly catch-and-release contest. However, Alex Beck, Mark Martin, and Keith Langford (the cameraman) captured footage of a 10-foot-long mako shark doing just that, flying out of the water not one, not two, not three, but nine palm sweat-inducing times.
Here's how Langford recounted the moment for GrindTV:
When the shark first approached, Martin said it was merely investigating, and would start circling them from a distance before coming back and hitting the fly. "And that's exactly what it did," says Langford. "And once it took that thing that's when all the crazy stuff started."
Craziness certainly did abound, as you can see in the video above. And just 1,400 miles to the north, some fishermen in British Columbia snagged an 1,100-pound sturgeon measuring 12 feet, 4 inches in length. Thinking maybe I'll just stay out of the water for a little while.


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'I failed as a mate because I left him out there to die'
A SUPREME Court Justice has labelled the execution-style murder of Jye Burns as calculated and cold.
Shane Michael Oulds was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday morning after a jury found him guilty of murder.
Oulds shot Mr Burns five times at close range on Old Caloundra Rd at Landsborough about 10pm on July 8, 2010, after they had been on a pub crawl together.
The 40-year-old bikie associate took the unusual step today of reading out a statement in court.
He apologised to Mr Burns' family and referred to the murdered Sunshine Coast man as his mate.
"I want to say to Jye's family I still cry sometimes and I failed as a mate because I left him out there to die and I have to live with that until the day I die," he said.
"To my family, words can't explain how much I love them."
He said if it was him who was shot instead of Mr Burns, Mr Burns, 24, would not have left him there.
Oulds' legal team confirmed they would lodge an appeal against their client's conviction on Friday.
He maintained he did not pull the trigger that killed Mr Burns.
Justice David Boddice said the murder was brutal.
"The evidence established a cold, calculated execution of an unarmed human being who was supposedly your friend," he said.
CCTV footage shown to the jury in the trial showed Ould's movements after the killing, including disposing of items in a public bin and visiting a nightclub.
Justice Boddice said the footage showed a person devoid of remorse for the loss of life.
Crown prosecutor Ben Power read out a victim impact statement from Mr Burns' sister.
Mr Power said the statement referred to Mr Burns as a larrakin who missed out on getting married and having kids.
Justice Boddice sentenced Oulds to life imprisonment.
He also sentenced Oulds on two unrelated drug offences committed on the the Gold Coast in 2008.
Oulds received two years jail for the drug offences.
Justice Boddice said Oulds was on bail when he murdered Mr Burns.
Oulds has already served 892 days in custody.
Courtroom ordeal finally over for mum of murdered Jye
MOTHER Gail Burns found some comfort during the trial for her son Jye's murder by keeping treasured memories of him in her handbag.
She had a lone dreadlock, a stubbie holder emblazoned with Jye and his beloved dogs, and the order of service from his funeral with her at all times.
"It was like taking Jye with me into that courtroom each day," she said.
"It was very mentally draining. The whole time we just wanted justice."
The Dalby mother diligently sat through eight days of horrific evidence detailing her son's execution-style killing on a dirt track on the Sunshine Coast.
Mrs Burns said she felt huge relief when Shane Michael Oulds was found guilty of murder on Tuesday night.
"I'm just relieved that he can't go around doing it to anyone else," she said.
"Jye was just like any normal teenager. He went out, enjoyed having a drink, sometimes got into trouble.
"There's things in his life he would have regretted but I don't think any human being deserves to be shot in the back and left on the road.
"If Oulds had a problem with Jye why couldn't he have a man-to-man with him?"
Mrs Burns described her son as a larger-than-life character who had an infectious smile and laugh.
She said he had a Catholic school education in Dalby and loved pig-chasing with his dogs Simba and Fifi.
Jye became a qualified carpenter through a local Dalby company but shifted to the Sunshine Coast.
Mrs Burns said the three-hour drive from Dalby to the Sunshine Coast the day Jye was shot was the "longest trip of our life".


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A bill recently introduced in Congress would require lobbyists to identify relatives who are senior government officials, and prohibit candidates and their committees from employing relatives.
Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., recently introduced H.R. 5011, that seeks to curtail the benefits involved with candidates who hire relatives and lobbyists who have lobbying contacts with their relatives who are government officials.


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End of an era
- 30 September 2013
- From the section Business
After 12 years on Newsnight, Economics editor Paul Mason has moved on to pastures new and this blog is now closed.
Morocco accused of human rights breaches over migrants
- 4 September 2013
- From the section World
In the age of Bogart and Bacall, the Moroccan port of Tangier was deemed "international territory". It was a backdrop to intrigue and a centre for the rootless and displaced.
Today, this city, just eight miles (almost 13km) from the maritime border with Spain, is again a transit route for those seeking refuge or a better life.
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Online porn boom: Liberating minds or damaging brains?
- 14 August 2013
- From the section Business
"What's it like to work on Newsnight?" I've been asked that question many times as I report from workplaces across Britain, but never in a place like this.
It's a small industrial unit outside Birmingham and the man in the overalls, conversing casually with me about our respective jobs, is doing a particular kind of manual labour. The kind you need to do if you are a porn actor between takes.
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Is there a tech solution for hatred of women?
- 30 July 2013
- From the section Technology
Since I've been on the trail of the people threatening high-profile women with rape on Twitter I've learned a lot. I get a fair amount of grief on social media, usually from the kind of people who get driven to using the F-word about Keynesianism, or the Laffer curve.
Now my timeline's been flooded with abuse - and its alter ego, gentle condescension laden with malice - from all kinds of trolls, griefers and flamers (the latter, one of the trolls explained, are not serious, adding that it is they, the trolls, who are the kings when it comes to ruining people's lives online).
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GDP figures offer hard evidence for political narrative
- 25 July 2013
- From the section Business
Chancellor George Osborne put in a night shift in anticipation of today's GDP figures. He visited a bakery, a road works gang and then the night shift at Tesco's enormous distribution centre outside Rugby. Here he did what politicians do when given a hi-vis vest: he drove a fork-lift truck.
By daybreak the cause of this outbreak of energy was clear. Britain's economy is growing again. By 0.6% from April to June - and 1.4% year on year. And for the first time since 2010 all four main sectors of the economy were in positive territory, with the service sector in the lead.
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Shared symbolism of global youth unrest
- 20 June 2013
- From the section Europe
The language and the time zone changes but, from Turkey and Bulgaria to Brazil, the symbolism of protest is increasingly the same.
The Guy Fawkes masks, the erection of tent camps, the gas masks and helmets improvised in response to the use of tear gas as a means of collective punishment. The handwritten signs - scrawled in defiance of the state's power and the uniformity of the old, collective protests of yesteryear.
Will gas canisters or yoga prevail in Turkish spring?
- 8 June 2013
- From the section Europe
Anti-government protesters are continuing to demonstrate in Istanbul's Taksim Square and elsewhere, despite Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's demand for the protests to end.
When I was a kid, footballs were made of leather and when they got wet, and when you headed one, you came away with a stunned, slightly spacey feeling.
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A Flood of Apps to Hit Android Market Next Week Thanks to In-App Payments
A lot of what has kept the Android Market from being a true alternative to the iPhone's App Store is about to be eliminated.
Google said today that it will be launching in-app billing next week, allowing developers to monetize by selling chapters, episodes, levels or virtual goods from inside the application. Previously, the only other way to monetize on Android was to sell an application. This opens the door to a whole new way to monetize free applications on the platform.
Google's Eric Chu made the announcement on the developer blog today.
He did not elaborate on which day the in-app payments would launch; however, we are hearing it is on Tuesday.
The launch of in-app payments will open the door to thousands of applications on the iOS platform, which have been waiting for a way to effectively monetize their applications. Many developers give away their applications for free and then try to get users to purchase additional features or levels once they are hooked.
Social games are a huge proponent of the model, and typically monetize through selling virtual goods.
In the past, very successful companies like Tapulous, which is now owned by Disney, have listed the lack of in-app payments on Android as the reason why they have not yet launched on the platform.
With this impediment lifted, we can expect a flood of applications to hit the store as early as next week. One of the apps expected at launch is Tapulous' Tap Tap Revenge 4, which has generated 10 million downloads from Apple's App Store.
"There's a boatload of pent-up demand from applications that have been successfully deployed on iOS, but haven't had the means to monetize yet on Android. There's a deluge of developers who will go live with it," said Scott Kveton, the CEO of Urban Airship, a company that provides tools to application developers.
Kveton said he's been working with Google to build additional tools around in-app payments to make the process even easier for developers to build into their applications. Those tools will also be ready at the time of launch.
"We announced we would be supporting it and we have 300-plus developers who have signed up already. It's mostly our customers from iOS," he said.
Chu said that, in preparation for the launch, Google is beginning to test apps that use in-app billing. Developers can now upload the applications and set prices for them. But the apps won't fully launch until next week.
While this will mark one important milestone for Android, another one occurred earlier this week.
Amazon launched a competing app store for Android on Tuesday with 3,800 apps. Applications that prefer to be distributed by Amazon will also be able to leverage Google's in-app payments platform, the company said.
Amazon cites its experience as a retailer and merchandiser as the reason why it thinks it can build a better store than Google has to date.


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A patio door is a great way to bring the spaciousness of the outdoors into your home. And with its sliding screen, you can enjoy fresh air without inviting in a variety of airborne pests. As for routine maintenance, there's little more to do than keep the track and rollers clean. That is, until someone accidentally tears the screen.
Most modern screen doors consist of a lightweight aluminum frame across which fiberglass screening material is stretched. While fiberglass is an economical choice, it doesn't take much to punch a hole in it. The good news is that a damaged screen is easy to replace and you'll find all the materials you need at your local hardware store.
Before your shopping trip, slide the door back and forth and check for broken parts. If the door doesn't slide easily, vacuum all dirt from the track and try again. If it's still sticky, add new rollers to your shopping list. To remove the door from the frame, simply lift it up and pull the bottom edge away from the track.
When you replace a damaged screen, there are two things you need to become familiar with, fast. After the screen itself, the most important material is the spline--the narrow rubber tubing that locks the screen in a groove around the frame. Spline comes in various diameters--with some sizes differing in diameter by only 1/64 in.--and matching your new spline to the old is important. Then, you'll need a spline-installation tool. This pizza-cutter-like device has a roller at each end. The convex end forms the screen in the groove, and the concave end presses the spline in place.
What to Buy
While almost all home centers and most hardware stores stock rescreening supplies and universal door hardware, doors from some larger manufacturers may require specific replacement parts. Anderson, for example, sells replacement hardware for its doors at The Home Depot. However, if your door is from a smaller, regional company, generic parts will most likely work. If you're replacing your door's rollers, bring an original along so that you can find the right match.
Buy enough screen to overlap the doorframe by about 2 in. on each edge. You'll also need a new spline (which holds the screen in its groove) if the existing one is brittle or breaks, and a spline-installation tool
Removing the Screen
A sliding screen is supported on rollers that ride in a track. Lift it until the rollers clear the track. Then, pull the bottom out and lower the door until it clears the top edge of the frame.
Step 1: Remove the Handle
Remove the door handle to provide unobstructed access to the screen. If the handle is damaged, this is a good time to replace it.
Step 2: Use an Awl
It's common to find a separate length of spline on each side of the frame. Use an awl or pick to catch the end of a piece and pry it up. Try not to damage the spline--if it's not broken or brittle it can be reused.
Step 3: Remove the Spline
Grab the screen spline with your hand and gently pull upward to remove it. Repeat the process for the other spline segments.
Step 4: Remove the Rollers
To remove the rollers, carefully pry them from the edge of the door with a screwdriver. On some doors, you may have to depress a spring clip to release each assembly.
Step 5: Installing New Spline
If you're installing new spline, use scissors or a knife to cut it to lengths that fit in the frame grooves. Make sure that the diameter of the new spline is the same as that of the old material.
Step 6: Align Replacement Screen
Lay the replacement screen over the doorframe. Align one edge of the screen with the outside edge of the door to ensure that the screen is square to the frame.
Step 7: Convex Roller
Beginning at one corner, use the convex roller on the spline-installation tool to press the screen into the groove on a long edge of the doorframe.
Step 8: Concave Roller
Use the concave roller on the tool to press the spline into the groove. Apply gentle pressure and angle the tool slightly toward the outside of the frame to avoid tearing the screen.
Step 9: Pull it Tight
Step 10: Trim the Excess
After installing all of the spline, use a sharp utility knife to trim the excess screen. Position the knife tip at the junction of the spline and outside edge of the spline groove.
Step 11: Install New Rollers
Slide the new roller assembly into the opening in the edge of the door and engage the clips that hold the roller in place.
Step 12: Replace the Panel
Replace the screen panel in the door track and check that it closes evenly against the jamb. If it doesn't, correct the roller positions by turning the adjustment screws.
Step 13: Secure Replacement Latch
If the door latch is broken, buy a replacement and secure it to the jamb with a screw.


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3D has always fascinated me. When I was young my brother and I had a ViewMaster and a Pan-Pet Panorama Stereo Viewer, both of which totally bowled us over when we first saw it. My brother as usual totally took it apart and fixed it up again, multiple times while I simply spent hours goggling at the thing. I have no idea where they are now but thinking back they were my first recollection of understanding stereoscopy is.
A bit of history
It's probably surprising to most people (at least it was to me) that the modern techniques of 3D imaging and stereoscopy dated way back before even photography. In fact the first few stereoscopic images were drawings. The picture below shows one of the earliest stereoscopic drawings by Jacopo Chimenti, a painter from Florence, Italy.
In 1838, Charles Wheatstone, a British inventor, published a paper that provided the scientific basis for stereography. He showed that the brain unifies the slightly different two-dimensional images from each eye into a single object of three dimensions. Wheatstone's early stereographs were also drawings rather than photographs.
Photographic stereographs were first produced in 1849 by the English physicist David Brewster who improved the stereoscope and in 1849 the first true stereo camera with two lenses.
3D/stereographic imaging techniques
The principles of stereoscopy are quite simple. We see things in 3 dimensions (i.e. being able to see 3-dimensional depth) because each of our 2 eyes actually see a slightly different image. This is because our eyes positioned are apart from each other which generates what is called binocular disparity. Recreating this effect with a 2-dimensional image then allows us to 'see' the image in 3D.
There are a number of ways to do this but generally the principle revolves around creating a set of 2 images, one for each eye and 'forcing' the left eye to view the left image and the right eye to view the right image.
This method places the left image on the right side and the right image on the left side. To view the image in stereo, force your eyes to go cross-eyed, which will produce 3 images. Then slowly ease the eyes to view the middle image in 3D. This is not as silly as it sounds, and actually works though it can be a strain on the eyes (obviously).
Wiggle method
The wiggle method surprises a lot of people (including me when I first read about it) but it can sometimes be pretty effective. Basically you use the 2 images and create a GIF that alternates between each other.
This method uses various kinds of viewers, from the 18th century Wheatstone stereoscope to the popular Holmes American stereoscope and the transparency viewers like the ViewMaster and the Pan-Pet that I grew up with. It also includes high tech head-mounted displays.
Parallax barrier and lenticular printing
These 2 methods are similar though parallax barrier is pretty high-tech while lenticular prints is as low-tech as it can be. Parallax barrier essentially places a barrier in front of an image source, usually a LCD display, with a series of precision slits, allowing each eye to see a different set of pixels. This is famously used in the Nintendo 3DS.
Lenticular printing uses a similar technique but with lenticular lenses. Lenticular prints are popular as novelty items and you'd probably encountered them in many places without knowing what it was called.
These 2 methods are often also classified as 'autostereoscopy' or glasses-free 3D.
3D glasses
This is probably the method you're most likely to encounter nowadays in movies and in 3D TVs. I classify both passive and active glasses in this category though the actual technologies can be vastly different such as alternating different frames with special projectors and using polarized light.
Which brings us to the type of 3D image we'll be trying out today — anaglyphs.
The idea of anaglyphs is simple. We start with the 2 left and right images again. This time they are superimposed on each other, but the left would be corrected to show only red color while the right would be corrected to show cyan color. Actually we can use other colors besides red and cyan but these 2 colors are the most popular (and patent-free).
The image is then viewed with a pair of glasses that filter soff red on the left lens and cyan on the right lens. The results is that the left eye would only see the left image and the right eye the right image, therefore generating the perception of depth.
The main problem with this technique (besides the necessity of wearing glasses) is that the colors are a bit wonky. Also if some color from the left image gets into the right eye (and vice versa) a faintly colored "ghost" will be seen. And if the filter from each lens filters off different amount of light resulting in luminance imbalance, it can easily cause headaches (happened to me lots of times during the experiments I did below).
However there are plenty of advantages of anaglyphs. Firstly there isn't a need for fancy high-tech equipment. Anaglyph red-cyan glasses can be easily created at home or bought cheaply and as you will see below, creating anaglyphs is child's play.
Creating anaglyphs with Ruby
Creating anaglyphs is ridiculously easy with RMagick. This is the whole script I used.
#!/usr/bin/env ruby require 'rubygems' require 'rmagick' include Magick left = ImageList.new(ARGV[0]).gamma_correct(1,0,0) right = ImageList.new(ARGV[1]).gamma_correct(0,1,1) anaglyph = left.composite right, CenterGravity, ScreenCompositeOp anaglyph.write('anagylph.jpg')
As you can see, the real work is done in only 3 lines of code. Firstly I create an ImageList object (assuming the first parameter is the file name of the first image). Then I use #gamma_correct and filter off the greens and blues of the left image while keeping the reds. The for the right image, I do the same thing, except this time I filter off the reds while keeping the greens and blues. Finally I use #composite and blend the 2 images together using the screen blending mode (which lightens the image after blending). I used CenterGravity to place the right image at the center of the left image here but it really doesn't matter since both images are supposed to be the same size anyway. And what remains is just to write the anaglyph back into a file.
Of course, all of these means nothing if we can't capture the left and right images. For this there are the stereo cameras, ranging from the amazing to the weird and the totally slap-together.
Alternatively you can do the same thing with a single camera, although I wouldn't recommend it for anything else except still shots. To do this, some recommend to use what is known as the 'cha-cha' technique. This requires the photographer to snap a picture then shifting weight slightly to the left or right therefore moving a few centimeters to take a reasonably good second image.
Me? I didn't want to buy a fancy 3D camera and wasn't inclined do the cha-cha so I applied a bit of MacGyverism on my primary camera.
It's not perfect but it does take a reasonably good picture.


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[EDITOR'S NOTE: A more detailed response to the Grand Jury's review of the Berkeley Rent stabilization board, along with supporting documents including the full report, can be found here in PDF format.]
The Alameda County Civil Grand Jury has just completed a review of the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board's budget, fees and personnel procedures and issued a Final Report. From the outset of its inquiry, we offered our full cooperation and provided extensive written documentation to support our oral testimony.
Civil Grand Juries can perform a vital role in our modern democracy by reviewing the activities of public agencies and acting as "watchdog" to ensure that those agencies are not abusing the public's trust. We would have welcomed a critical, fact-based analysis of the Rent Board's charge under the City Charter: the administration of the Rent Stabilization and Eviction for Good Cause Ordinance. Unfortunately, this Grand Jury missed such an opportunity. Instead, it has issued a report that ignored significant evidence substantiating the effective enforcement and reasonableness of the administration of Berkeley's rent and eviction laws, choosing to mask a disagreement about what type of rent control law Berkeley should have under the guise of criticism of administrative issues. Even more troubling for a report from a public body is the reliance on inaccuracies, innuendo and "perceived" problems, to give a veneer of plausibility to its conclusions. -more-
Berkeley's civic downtown is about to be dealt a body blow if plans by the Postal Service to sell the Main Post Office at 2000 Allston Way go through.
The stately building, completed in 1915, is now scheduled to be closed and sold as surplus property.
Augustine Ruiz, a regional spokesperson for the Postal Service confirmed today, in response to an inquiry from the Planet, "we are in the process of selling the post office. All carrier operations and Bulk Mail operations will move to the Berkeley Destination Delivery Unit (DDU) located at 1150 8th Street." -more-
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This is the second in a series of excerpts from John Curl's long article about Mayor Bates and his effects on the city. The article follows Bates and the progressive movement in city government from its beginnings to today, based on extensive quotes from Bates' own oral history and interviews with other players in the political events. In this excerpt Bates talks about Rent Stabilization, low-income housing, the homeless, and his role in the change to district elections. You can also download a Full PDF. of the entire article.
A woman who died in a fire at a multi-unit Berkeley home this Thursday has been identified as 26-year-old Meredith Ann Joyce, according to the Alameda County coroner's bureau. -more-
Chris Norton died on Friday, June 22, 2012 at his home in Sebastopol, surrounded by loving family and friends. Born June 5, 1950 in Manhattan, New York, to Sylvia Staudt Norton and Charles Norton, Chris was a proud graduate of Stuyvesant High School in New York, attended Amherst College and then moved to Northern California in the 1970's, drawn by the political climate and activism. In 1981 he attended the National Autonomous University in Mexico City where he studied Spanish, history and political economy. He graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Central American Studies in 1983, writing his senior thesis on the rise and fall of General Rios Montt (Guatemala). In 1981, he won the University Presidential Grant to conduct independent research in Central America. -more-
Mary Struve, a longtime resident of Berkeley, California, died in her sleep on June 17, 2012, in Santa Clara, California. Mary was born Mary Kriger in 1926 in Los Angeles, the daughter of Simon Kriger and Sarah Kerr, but grew up first in the Russian emigre community in Harbin, China and then in the French Concession of Shanghai, where she attended the Public School for Girls. Her family came to the United States in 1938, where Mary graduated from Central High School in Washington, DC, in 1943. -more-
In today's email: a note from someone named Bruce Mann, earnestly exhorting me to wish Elizabeth Warren a happy birthday. Even though I don't know the guy, it's something I'm pleased to do. I was lucky enough to meet her at a Berkeley garden party on Monday, and I'm here to tell you she's great—just as smart as she seems to be on TV, and even more charming. -more-
Plans for U.C. Berkeley police to acquire a tank for shared use with the city of Berkeley are reported on an international news wire this week, in a critical article by a Berkeley journalist. -more-
Five and half months before the election, polls find President Obama and the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, in a virtual dead heat. The reason is the stagnant economy. While Obama holds Democrats, and Romney Republicans, Independents have swung to Romney because they dislike his economic ideas less than Obama's. -more-
For those of you who have a pond (if I may paraphrase Vita Sackville-West), here's an opportunity to make a personal contribution to science. The Xerces Society, a nonprofit group that supports the conservation of insects and other invertebrates, has announced a Dragonfly Pond Watch to help document the annual movements of two migratory dragonfly species, the common green darner and the black saddlebags. Both are common and widespread insects, found throughout California, and are easily recognizable even without binoculars. The darner has a particularly felicitous Latin name: Anax junius, the Lord of June. Volunteers are needed to observe a pond or other wetland on a regular basis and note the migrants' arrival and departure dates (see www.xerces.org/dragonfly-migration/pondwatch for details.) -more-
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a holiday in the United States commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas in 1865. Celebrated on June 19, Juneteenth is a combination of the words June and nineteenth. While it is a celebration, it should also be a remembrance of race and real estate, part of the dark side of Black history in this country. -more-
I like large print. Large print, large-type, large-font, whatever. Books, newspapers, online publications with typeface or font that accommodate my increased need for visual senior power. -more-
Persons with mental illness are a very misunderstood category of people. From our perspective, the perspective of the person with mental illness trying to live in society, it seems like many of those who are successful people behave toward us as though we were lepers. Even among those who have more understanding, there is always that subtle bit in which we are not being treated as equals or as intelligent, aware people, which many of us are. -more-
This weekend opera lovers have three great chances to experience opera live and up close. -more-
Berkeley's got a hip new nightclub. It's so hip, in fact, that most people don't know where it's located.
It's called The Monkey House and it's the home of Ira Marlowe, a multi-talented singer/composer The Planet once dubbed "the love child of Tom Waits and Tom Lehrer."
As a way of boosting Berkeley's music and art community, he's converted the front section of his live/work storefront on University Ave. into a cozy performance space, a maroon-walled mini-club complete with a small, well-lit elevated stage and several dozen folding chairs (interspersed with the occasional small wooden table). Earlier this month, he sent out word to a small universe of friends that a special club-warming party was to take place on June 9. By 8PM, the place was packed and the joint was jumping. In order to gain admission, you need a password. (The Monkey House follows in the tradition of other subterranean cultural treasures like Strings, another "secret," word-of-mouth performance space that has flourished for years.) The Planet uttered the magic phrase "Chim-chim" and was quickly ushered into the nicely lit band-cave. The walls are appropriately fitted with lamps that bear a monkey-tail insignia and a large stuffed monkey presides over one well-upholstered sofa. The front walls are adorned with a tangy assortment of Monkeyabilia—graphics, artwork, and circus posters. (An easy guess is that this collection will continue to blossom as fans begin bringing their own Monkey art to add to the walls. -more-
The Magic Flute at San Francisco Opera is a lovely cartoon of an opera which is, in this case, more about the extraordinary designer Jun Kaneko than the work of Mozart. -more-
Bahram Beyzaie, celebrated Iranian playwright, film and theater director (his play 'The Death of Yazgird,' performed at Ashby Stage eight years ago by Darvag Theatre in collaboration with Shotgun is the best play by a living playwright I've reviewed in the past dozen years), has been in residence at Stanford. Next week, he'll be staging a shadowplay, from his new play 'Jana & Baladoor,' a story of music, myth and the elements, which the brilliant Larry Reed of Shadowlight Productions consulted on, at Cubberley Auditorium on the Stanford campus. Noted Iranian actres Modeh Shamsaie and famous musician Mohsen Namjoo will participate. With the exception by shows at Cal Performances, Stanford and the annual San Francisco International Arts Festival, we seldom have the opportunity to see the work of major artists and companies from elsewhere in the world. Beyzaie is the genuine article; I urge you to make the trek to Palo Alto to see what he has to show us. With Iran being heaped with opprobrium in the news, it's refreshing to have one of its most eminent artists staging a production here. -more-
Just Send Money: Elizabeth Warren Does Berkeley 06-22-2012
Berkeley's Proposed Tank in the News 06-24-2012
Odd Bodkins: Beaney the Existentialist (Cartoon) By Dan O'Neill 06-25-2012
Bounce: Falling prey & broken promises (Cartoon) By Joseph Young 06-25-2012
Berkeley Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Marijuana Conspiracy, Gun Possession By Julia Cheever, BCN 06-27-2012
Press Release: Berkeley Rent Board Chair Responds to Civil Grand Jury Report By Lisa Stephens, Chairperson, Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board 06-25-2012
Flash: Main Berkeley Post Office
Scheduled to be Sold BY Steven Finacom 06-25-2012
Tom Bates and the Secret Government of Berkeley: Excerpt 2 By John Curl 06-22-2012
Berkeley Fire Victim Identified By Jeff Shuttleworth and Scott Morris (BCN) 06-22-2012
Two Wheel Tripping Berkeley--the Great Rides By Ted Friedman 06-22-2012
Chris Norton 1950-2012 By Mary Maloney 06-25-2012
Mary Struve 1926-2012 06-22-2012
THE PUBLIC EYE: Obama vs. Romney: The Economy By Bob Burnett 06-22-2012
WILD NEIGHBORS: Citizen Science and the Lord of June By Joe Eaton 06-22-2012
ECLECTIC RANT:From Raisin in the Sun to Clybourne Park By Ralph E. Stone 06-22-2012
SENIOR POWER: Large Print By Helen Rippier Wheeler 06-22-2012
ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Some Discrimination and Misunderstanding By Jack Bragen 06-22-2012
AROUND AND ABOUT OPERA: Three Bargain Opportunities This Weekend: Happy End, Lucia di Lammermoor, Summer Eve By Planet and Ken Bullock 06-22-2012
The Monkey House: Berkeley's New Underground Nightspot Reviewed by Gar Smith 06-22-2012
EYE FROM THE AISLE: Colorful Cartoon "Magic Flute" at SF Opera—a pedestrian review By John A. McMullen II 06-22-2012
AROUND AND ABOUT THEATER: Iranian Playwright & Director Bahram Bazai, St. Marks Playreading, A Folkie Bard On Disk ... By Ken Bullock 06-22-2012


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Aus 234 Designs von 70 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
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Geeks, nerds, hacker, it admins, roleplayers, internet natives, social media fans, coders, programmers, hacker, cracker, sci-fi fans, fantasy fans, manga and anime fans (otakus), Japan fans, computer gamers, etc. I hope you get the picture (if not, you are probably not the right designer for this contest :P )
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Internet memes (longcat, lolcats, etc)
Robots in any way (e.g. emphasizing the difference between technology and humans: a little girl giving flowers to a robot or a woman hugging a robot with the slogan love technology, etc)
Physics: Quantum mechanics. Killing cats since 1925 (maybe like a whiskey or beer label)
Something inspired by computer games, especially (but not restricted to) retro games like Space Invaders, Tetris, etc (remember the brand names, do not use the word "Tetris" for example)
Anything refering to popular internet websites (like facebook or twitter) or to blogs in general, etc
References to the annoying job of IT admins
Please look at our current assortment for many many more ideas.
We want to add cool shirts to our assortment. Please have a look at our website http://www.getdigital.de/index/outfit to get a rough idea what we mean and please read the target audience description to find out who should be attracted by the shirt designs. You will probably notice that most of our current shirts consist mainly of text and some easy graphics, but that is something we want to change with this contest (so feel free to use an existing idea which we already sell)
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Remarks at the launch of the High-Level Policy Forum on Global Governance reportAug 29, 2013
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The Hospital to Home/Community page will help families prepare for the transition between leaving the hospital and going back home, to school, or into another medical facility. The page offers sample forms and helpful hints for keeping the Medical Home, school, and other organizations informed and working together for the best interest of the child and their medical condition.
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Well, Befor I start, I have completely no knowlege of ISA at all, but I think I'm ok when it comes to OPSEC related products.
Now, the change should be obvious after documenting your security policy <No not your rulebase, your needs>. What sort of content passes thru your Proxy to your FW? most <if not all> can be monitored by simple INSPECt scripts <Phoneboy's HTTP script for example> that could be coded in no time while in bed, just define a function <#deffunc foobar> that accepts packets and then SNATs them to 0.0.0.0 <this is a special configuration in CP that tells FW-1 to use the outgoing interface's IP address, similar to the concept of MASQ> So, you wouldn't actually need the proxy anymore.
On the other hand, asuming you really need the proxy and can't make without it. Then I suggest you'd go with inivctus' advice. Limit traffic to the FW from the Proxy alone and try to be as strict as possible. Just a small addition, you might want to use the proxy as your small network's FW and leave the heavyload on the FW for the DMZ and other sverers <that's what I do regularly>.
About M$ providing me with a securtiy solution, i think I would not accept it for a simple reason. CP means the OPSEC alliance. In other words, when I bought CPNG I didn't onyl get a FW, I also got support for CVP, PKI, IDS, HA, etc.. from big names that I can relay on, also a good point that CP offers is INSPECT code, wich isn't provided by any opponant. The power of knowing your FW's language means that you guarantee the best of all worlds <simple example is Anti-Spoofing, I used to do it by CP's AS in the GUI, but after doing it by INSPECT code using the nets {} and netsof commands I got really better performance than I ever did.> yet, unfortunantly other competitors have completly ignored providing a language to their FWs making them either inconvineit, corrupted or both :-)
Well, my own Advice,
If your just doing a small network that just needs raw power and not a huge e-commerce site, then go for StoneSoft's StoneGate it has proven to be ten-times better than CP's performance <in my crude tests > but still, I'm a CP-wiz and I will die as a CP-wiz
I've attached StoneSoft's comparison of their StoneGate vs. NextGeneration <aka. CPFW-1 5.0> for anyone interested in it
Hope this helps,
Wow....Very impressive etsh....
I am amazed every time I read posts by you that are at all related to Checkpoint.
Ugh, forgot to say this, about your port-scan, this behaviour is a result of CP including fwui_trail.def wich has 'drop' and not 'vanish' drop mangles a packet befor it actually ignores it. This results in the 'closed' if you go thru your INSPECT code and s/drop/vanish, everything should be stealth :-).
CP rules my world,
Originally posted here by iNViCTuS
Wow....Very impressive etsh....
I am amazed every time I read posts by you that are at all related to Checkpoint.
eow! thank you invictus
Errr...um....INSPECT code? I have no idea how get to that! Thanks for the explanation of why the ports are closed though. I will be using my ISA server as a 'glorified proxy', but I'm definately going to be keeping my FW-1! I just need to learn how to work the damn thing a bit better!
Thanks guys!
INSPECT is CP's core logic. Your rulebase is converted to INSPECT befor it is applied to your fwmodule. Look for *.pf files and in $FWDIR/lib/ those are written in INSPECT.
I'd recommened learning INSPECT ASAP as it is the best way to get raw power outta your box <altough I tend to use the GUI sometimes for creating users and groups, but most of the rest is done using emacs >. You'd really feel a great diffrence....
Note : to add 'vanish' to the GUI, just open $FWDIR/lib/setup.C and add
: (vanish
:type (vanish)
:color ("Black")
:icon-name ("icon-vanish")
:text-rid ("61466")
:windows-color (green)
To your
:unix_actobj (
section just below the other actions, and you'll be fine...
There you go, this isn't documented anywhere else even on Phoneboy's site < http://www.phoneboy.com/faq/0134.html >
If your system encounters any troubles with this addition then it is probably because of the installed SPs <I have encountered troubles myself > So, just open user.def and add
deffunc my_vanish_macro {vanish;}
And add
To the code
Happy vanishing
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Everybody's favorite so-so Yankee swingman, Joba Chamberlain, was diagnosed today with a torn elbow ligament that will likely require Tommy John surgery.
Joba's sojourn from MLB—recovery takes about a year—should make us reflect on his never-not-scrutinized five-year Yankee stint. In 2007, he appeared in September for 19 relief outings—one earned run and 34 strikeouts in 24 innings. Joba was king.
He came back in '08 to do the setup man thing, with the legendary "Joba Rules," silly and seemingly arbitrary innings limits. Then, in May, the Yankees figured what the hell, we'll make him a starter. Joba went seven innings in only one of his 12 starts. By September, the Yankees had turned him back into a reliever. The shine was off Joba, but he still pitched well enough—2.60 ERA, 10.6 K/9—in both roles.
Then, in the offseason, we got the DUI. We got the mug shot. He came back as a full-season starter in '09 and got shelled—4.75 ERA, highest walk and hit rates and lowest strikeout rate of his career. The splendid Mike Francesa diatribe from above came in the middle of the '09 season. The Sports Pope didn't persuade Joe Girardi. Joba started all season until it became the playoffs and he didn't.
2010, the next year—you guessed it—he was a reliever again, with slightly (and predictably) better component stats. Down the stretch, though, David Robertson and Kerry Wood became Joe Girardi's preferred chew toys. Phil Hughes was the starting rotation's golden boy. Our hearts didn't beat for Joba the way they once did. This offseason, Joba porked up and the Yankees signed Rafael Soriano to a baffling contract. Chamberlain had pitched fairly well (and certainly better than Soriano) to date this season, but Robertson was now the one with the bonkers strikeout rate and the ERA (1.16, as of today) to match. And Joba got hurt.
Fare thee well, Joba. We'll miss you not because you were particularly good at baseball, or deserving of the unending hype you received, but because whenever we were alone with you, you made us feel like we were young again.


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Patricia Muñoz necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 656 diseños de 133 diseñadores freelance.
Galeria d'Art i Disseny Patricia Muñoz
The international artist and cultural manager Patricia Muñoz Piedrabuena is starting her own Art and Design Gallery in Barcelona, Spain.
Opportunity to design the logo of an art and design gallery with international projection. As an art and design-related company, we will provide high visibility and credit to the winning design and his creative, and permanent promotion in our space.
Men and women. All ages, young and adults interested in art and design.
We will exhibit painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, photography, video art, installation, mail art, art books, performance, music, dance, contemporary jewelry, clothing design, etc.
We believe in young artists and contemporary art, and also in established artists. Artists around the world. So, our audience will be very varied.
The kind of people attending will be purchasing a medium-high level. People with high cultural level and with an open mind.
Our art gallery will be a cozy space, but also modern and contemporary, in line with the latest trends in art and culture. The decoration will be minimalist, zen and oriental.
We are looking for a logo represent our art gallery: Galeria d'Art i Disseny Patricia Muñoz.
We are looking for help in designing a creative and distinctive logo for a new art gallery in Barcelona.
Some things to think about:
1. Colors: White and Red. Others: Black, Gold, etc.
2. Decoration in the gallery: minimal, zen and oriental (some budas and lotus). Colors: lots of white and red, and some black and gold.
3. We want a logo:
- Elegant and serious
- With visual impact, highly distintive
- Modern and artistic
- We dont want: paint spots, frames and classical visual concepts overused in this area.
* During the contest, when we will see your designs, we'll give more details.
* Please feel free to experiment with forms and more colors.
* Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK) and Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
We will use it to our website, to put on the walls and door of the Art Gallery, and all the merchandising.
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Next time I take out a piece of handsome gadgetry on a plane, I...do not expect to get this reaction. Were things really that much more fun in the 60s? I never expected to be so jealous of a Leica.
Advertising needs to take a page from this vintage shot—forget spec sheets, viral videos, and annoying web banners—just stick a gadget in a flight attendant huddle and you're set. Except maybe replace the two in the middle with women who don't look like their faces are about to be torn apart by the power of their own winks. [I Love My Leica]


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The International Coastal Cleanup is an annual coordinated volunteer effort to remove debris that has accumulated in our oceans and on our coasts. It is a chance for world citizens that are concerned about the health of our oceans and waterways to participate in meaningful action that will make a difference. In 2012, more than 560,000 volunteers from 97 countries picked up more the 10 million pounds of trash. This year's efforts begin this weekend and will last throughout the coming weeks.
All types of volunteer groups will join forces over the next couple of weekends to remove and quantify the trash ending up in our waters. Because this is a coordinated effort led by the Ocean Conservancy, each volunteer will be asked to fill out a standard data sheet. This allows event coordinators to track the amount and types of trash that end up on our coasts every year and to make comparisons across the globe and through the years. Ultimately, it informs and focuses the efforts being made to change behaviors that will benefit our natural world.
The top ten list of items found on our beaches during the cleanup should come as no surprise to anyone. The list includes cigarettes, plastic bottles, plastic bags, food wrappers and straws – all single use items that we've come to rely on in our society of convenience. With the exception of cigarettes, the global list closely mirrors the list the National Aquarium has been tallying at Fort McHenry over the past 14 years. Of the 600,000+ items collected in this area over the years, more than 95 percent has been plastic or foamed plastic.
These items weren't born in the ocean or the harbor, they were carelessly discarded on land and delivered to the nearest stream (often via storm sewers). From here, there are carried downstream by the tides and water flow until they end up on a shoreline somewhere.
We know, if we want to make a difference, we need to stop the debris at its source – cleaning it up after the fact is not a long-term solution! We need to look at our own behaviors and determine how to eliminate the flow of debris from our homes to our streets to our waterways. We thought that if we focus on the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) we would be successful.
For many years, the emphasis has been on recycling. In truth, recycling should be our last choice. Our ultimate success will depend upon how well we can assimilate the fourth R into the equation – Refuse. This world does not have unlimited resources and we need to stop acting like it does. We need to be thoughtful in our everyday consumer decisions so that we look beyond the gratification of that warm cup of coffee or cold soda and begin to consider the real-world costs of the decisions we make. The real-world cost of using non-degradable, oil-based, disposable drink ware instead of carrying a reusable coffee mug.
In the mean time, while we are figuring out how to turn our consumer society on it's ear, we have a big mess to clean up. In my job, I get to see much of the Chesapeake Bay. I get to travel to it's islands and remote wetland habitats and enjoy all of the benefits our natural world has to offer. In all of those travels, I have never seen a shoreline unmarred by the sight of trash. It's everywhere. Baltimore and the more populated areas of the watershed are admittedly more affected by debris, but there is no place that is immune. If we want to truly champion a healthy Chesapeake (healthy for humans and animals alike), we need a trash-free environment. It is possible and we can start today.
If you haven't already, register to join us at our October 5th Fort McHenry event in Baltimore or find another International Coastal Cleanup event near you!


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Your all-encompassing guide to managing people, projects, and teams Being a manager can be an intimidating and challenging task. Managing involves teaching new skills to employees, helping land a new customer, accomplishing an important assignment, increasing performance, and much more. The process of management can be very challenging at times, but it can also bring you a sense of fulfillment that you never imagined possible. Managing All-In-One For Dummies is the practical, plain-English guide that covers all the basics of business management, helping you to navigate today's most innovative business strategies. * Pulls together content from the Dummies Management library * Offers advice for anticipating change and leading subordinates through change * Includes tips on how to manage your business with effective leadership Whether you're a new manager or a seasoned professional, Managing All-in-One For Dummies gives you everything you need to manage successfully.
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Expert Reviews
2012 Honda Odyssey
The Honda Odyssey is about function and making family life easier. It can carry a family of eight, or half a high-school soccer team, with all their coolers, balls, tents, shoes, whatever. It can tow a small trailer with a motorcycle or watercraft. It can carry 4×8 plywood flat on the floor, with 10-foot-long boards can be stacked on them, extending between the front seats when the convenient removable console is taken out. Best of all, it's loaded with conveniences designed to simplify life.
The Honda Odyssey was thoroughly redesigned and re-engineered for the 2011 model year, marking a new generation of one of America's favorite multi-purpose vehicles. For 2012, the only change, besides a new color, is that the 2012 Honda Odyssey EX gets some of the fancy electronic equipment previously reserved for the Odyssey EX-L.
Though still called a minivan, there is nothing mini about the modern minivan. The Honda Odyssey, Nissan Quest, Toyota Sienna, and Chrysler Town & Country are big passenger vehicles. If you need a true mini-van, you might consider a Mazda5. For many uses, and especially for carrying people, a Honda Odyssey or one of its competitors makes more sense than a full-size sport-utility or crossover. A minivan handles better, is roomier, and is more fuel-efficient than an SUV does.
The Odyssey is less expensive than a luxury SUV, gets better fuel economy, and has more cargo room, with greater flexibility in how the space is configured. Unless you need four-wheel drive or you tow a big car or boat, the Odyssey should work. Odyssey's third-row seats set a new standard in legroom, with as much space as the front seats in a Cadillac Escalade or even the Odyssey itself.
The Honda V6 engine leads the class in fuel economy and delivers 248 horsepower. A 5-speed automatic transmission is standard, but Touring models get a 6-speed automatic that delivers better acceleration and better fuel mileage. Honda is a leader in engine development and the Odyssey's V6 is smooth.
Comfort and poise are excellent, even with six large people on board. Six airbags including three-row side curtains are standard. The Odyssey leads its class in safety ratings, with 5 Stars from NHTSA and Top Safety Pick from IIHS. Honda boasts that it's the only eight-passenger minivan to ace both tests.
Odyssey's main competition is the Toyota Sienna, which offers more choices with a four-cylinder engine, a sport model and all-wheel drive available but not eight seats. The re-engineered Chrysler Town & Country is an eight-seat rival.
Model LineupHonda Odyssey LX ($28,225); EX ($31.475); EX-L ($34,875); EX-L rear entertainment ($36,475); EX-L navi ($36,875); Touring ($41,180); Touring Elite ($43,675)
Walk Around
The Honda Odyssey got longer and wider in its 2011 revision, resulting in good aerodynamics. It's still plus or minus a couple inches of its competitors in every measure. The grille and headlamps appear to be a cross between the Honda Insight and Civic, and Toyota Sienna. Odyssey's looks are somewhat daring, but boxy minivan architecture, function and mission all conspire to limit styling. Touring models have aero rocker panels and mirrors, and larger wheels.
One distinctive visual feature is the drop at the bottom of the window line, behind the sliding doors. They call it the lightning-bolt look, a bit of an exaggeration, but it does break up the monotony and improves the view from the third row.
The front and rear door handles are paired in a mild recess, almost reminiscent of a Rolls-Royce with rear-hinged rear doors. The power sliding doors can be opened without having to shift to Park first, sometimes useful but not a good idea to do so, especially with kids.
The roofline looks something like a tent pulled taut over a stake, similar to that of the Acura MDX, or even the Mercedes R-Class. Taillights use clear lens signals with amber bulbs for visual pop, without the expense of LED lamps. A spoiler atop the hatch is standard, and the power tailgate (EX-L and above) has pinch protection. Roof rails are a dealer accessory.
The Odyssey LX seats seven, and all other models seat eight. We found it roomier and more comfortable than any SUV including a long-wheelbase Cadillac Escalade. Only a Sprinter van offers more interior space, until you get to buses and motor homes.
With all three rows of seats up, the cargo area is 38.5 cubic feet, just 7 less than the biggest SUV. With the third-row folded it grows to 93 cubic feet, and with the second row down there's a breathtaking 148.5 cubic feet. A 4×8-foot sheet of plywood will go flat on the floor, and 10-foot-long 2x4s will even fit, between the front seats when the center console is removed. The floors are lower than they are on SUVs, so loading is easy. The Lazy Susan-like cargo area under the floor carries a spacesaver spare tire.
High-quality cloth upholstery is used in the LX and EX, leather in the other three models, with carpeting and soft-touch panels above the muddy foot zone. The LX doesn't feel cheap like a commercial vehicle, while the Touring model is as luxurious as the nicest Accord. The Odyssey is full of useful bins and good ideas. If you've never owned a van, the Odyssey makes you wonder how you managed without one.
The dashboard, center stack and controls are conventional, and the styling is conservative. The Toyota's swooshy woodgrain interior is fancier (and it has dual gloveboxes), but the controls aren't as simple or logical as they are in the Odyssey, and that's a big thing.
The major gauges are easy to see through the steering wheel, which can be tilted and telescoped. Four small displays at top center are shaded by a hood, and we could see them even wearing polarized sunglasses. Center vents frame the climate controls, including a sync button to match all the zones, while audio and navigation controls are lower. Operation of all controls is reasonably intuitive, and if you don't like buttons there's voice command.
The rear climate controls are overhead, where only a kid could spill a milkshake on them.
A power driver's seat is standard. Adjustable pedals are unavailable. Tall drivers might find their right leg resting sharply against the center tunnel.
The Odyssey chassis uses active noise cancellation and active engine mounts to minimize vibration. A laminated windshield reduces wind noise, in the Touring. In the middle row, any noise comes from the sliding door, and in the third row it comes from the rear tires. We found it is easy to carry on a normal conversation at freeway speeds.
The view out the windshield from the rear seats is very good, with tidy pillars and front headrests. Of course, if the passengers are watching a movie using the available entertainment system, the drop-down screens take away visibility both directions, but that's how it goes, it's worth it. Having six passengers in back will be more of an issue, because the center shoulder belts anchor in the roof on opposite sides. Upper models have parking sensors, multi-view rear camera and blind-spot warning, but in the rearview mirror, the driver can see through the right rear anyhow, unlike some SUVs with thick pillars.
There's a whopping 40.9 inches of legroom in the second row. The seats can be moved apart so that three child seats will fit, or you can have two child seats and still be able to move the third section for back-row access. The middle section slides forward for an easier reach for front-row occupants, or creates a large center armrest, and all can be removed for cargo. One lever will fold, tilt, slide or remove the seats. We love it all.
Third-row seats set a new standard in legroom, with as much space as the front seats in a Cadillac Escalade: 42.4 spectacular inches. It's three-wide for kids and two for adults, with good headrests. Like the second seat, the split-folding wayback seat can be folded into the floor with one tug.
If gadgets and details make the minivan, the Odyssey does not disappoint. Besides that removable center console, you can get a six-pack coolbox under the dash, grocery hooks, 15 beverage holders, four coat hooks, a trash bag holder for passengers, and bins, cubbies and reading lights throughout. Indeed, the Odyssey is a great vehicle for six adults out on the town.
On Odysseys with leather, for $1600 you can get the rear-seat entertainment system with a 16-inch widescreen that shows side-by-side images or one panorama, using 650 watts driving 12 speakers in 5.1 surround sound. So in the unlikely event anyone asks, "Are we there yet?" you won't hear them.
Driving Impressions
It's easy to see why the Honda Odyssey is called a benchmark by reviewers. When it comes to road manners, it's the most refined of its kind. When it grew in 2011, it also got tighter.
The 3.5-liter V6 is smooth, quiet, and efficient. It has active cylinder management that runs on 3, 4 or 6 cylinders as needed, improving fuel efficiency.
Honda Odyssey is rated 18/27 City/Highway miles per gallon by the Environmental Protection Agency. That's better than the Toyota Sienna and Nissan Quest, each EPA-rated at 19/24 mpg. The Sienna V6 has a bit more power than the Odyssey does, but it isn't as refined or as economical when cruising on the highway.
The Odyssey is about equal in power to the 4.0-liter V6 in the Chrysler Town & Country, but gets better fuel mileage, even with its 5-speed automatic versus the Chrysler's 6-speed automatic. Town & Country gets an EPA-estimated 17/25 mpg. With an EPA-rated 21/28 mpg, the Mazda 5 is more fuel-efficient than the big Odyssey around town, but the Odyssey nearly matches the much smaller Mazda 5 on the Highway fuel economy rating. Kia Sedona is rated 18/25 mpg. Regular gasoline is recommended for the Honda Odyssey and the other minivans.
Odyssey Touring models come with an excellent 6-speed automatic transmission. The Touring models weighs an additional 200 pounds, but thanks to its 6-speed it accelerates better and climbs hills more smoothly than do the LX and EX models. The 6-speed transmission and its aero kit helps raise the EPA fuel economy rating of the Honda Odyssey Touring to 19/28 mpg City/Highway. The transmission lacks a sport mode, but we don't think it's needed.
Vans generally handle better than people expect. They are often more stable than SUVs because they're lower. Among minivans, the Odyssey is one of the best handling. The steering is light on center, and weights up nicely with cornering effort. It's direct without being quick, gives good feel for the front tires, and pulls a U-turn in 36.7 feet, way tight for a long-wheelbase minivan. The brakes also have good feel, unfazed by our downhill charges. No van is tuned for sports-car handling, but that didn't stop us from trying sports car roads and parking-lot autocross courses. That tells you something about how it would behave in an emergency maneuver.
We found the Odyssey corners like a heavy, front-wheel-drive sedan: stable, predictable and secure. The electronic stability control is not invasive; on the one occasion we managed to reach the limit it gently and quietly put things back on the ideal course.
The Odyssey rides like a big sedan, too, admirably soaking up bumps. The Toyota Sienna is stiffer but compared to the Odyssey feels rubbery, leaving the driver slightly less connected and passengers rolling more. Among the minivans, the Honda is the driver's car.
The Odyssey doesn't offer all-wheel drive, so it's not a van for places with lots of snow. The Toyota Sienna is available with AWD.
The Honda Odyssey seats eight, has a vast cargo capacity, passenger legroom, and is chock full of storage places and good ideas for convenience. Its crash ratings are the best for any minivan. The Honda V6 is smooth and efficient, with excellent fuel economy. The 5-speed automatic works well, but the 6-speed offers better performance and fuel economy. The handling and ride are sweet. The Odyssey can be equipped for full-tilt style and fun, with a rear-seat entertainment system.
G.R. Whale and Sam Moses contributed to this NewCarTestDrive.com report.


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While 79 percent of Latino adults in the U.S. believe preparedness is a very important issue, only 39 percent of Latino households have taken any steps to prepare for an emergency.
Since 2003, the Ad Council has partnered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on the Ready Campaign, which strives to educate Americans about the best ways to prepare for an emergency. That same year, the Ad Council and FEMA launched a complete Spanish-language component: The Listo Campaign includes Spanish-language public service advertisements (PSAs) for all media types, its own website, and an information hotline, 1-888-SE-LISTO.
While the Listo Campaign targets Latino families specifically, it promotes the same key actions to prepare for an emergency as the Ready Campaign: 1) be informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur and their appropriate responses to them; 2) make a family emergency plan including information on how to reconnect and reunite; 3) build an emergency supply kit to have supplies you will need whether at home, at work or in the car; and 4) get involved by finding opportunities to support community preparedness.
In 2010, multicultural ad agency The Vidal Partnership created Spanish TV, radio, outdoor and digital assets to illustrate the importance of preparing today to help reduce the consequences of a disaster tomorrow.
The public service announcements (PSAs) direct audiences to listo.gov, where they will find a downloadable family emergency plan, emergency kit checklists and guidelines on how to better prepare.
Site visitors can also access a clickable map to find contact information for state and local government agencies, where they can learn about specific emergency information in their communities. The TV and outdoor PSAs are also available in English, and direct audiences to the Ready Campaign website, ready.gov.