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Connecticut sets 2 rail transportation meetings
HARTFORD -- The Connecticut Department of Transportation has scheduled two meetings to provide information about improvements at railroad grade crossings for a planned high-speed rail line from New Haven to Springfield via Hartford.
The service is planned to connect with Metro-North commuter rail and Amtrak Acela high-speed rail service on the New Haven Line to New York and on the Northeast Corridor to New London and Boston.
The railroad grade crossings are planned for Wallingford and Meriden.
The first meeting is set for 6 p.m. Monday at the Wallingford Public Library on North Main Street.
The second meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Meriden Public Library on Miller Street.


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Broadly speaking, dogs seem to have a bit of a raw deal in films today. They seem to fall into two categories: direct to video fluff similar to Air Buddies, which stars a quintet of golden retriever pups so cute they make you want to puke, or slavering zombie horrors trying to sink their teeth into Milla Jovovich in films like Resident Evil. It's a far cry from the fame and respect accorded to canine De Niros such as Rin Tin Tin and Lassie.
Many canine film stars owe their careers to Strongheart, a German shepherd who was one of the earliest animal actors. After being trained to be a police dog whilst in Germany, he was brought over to the States by married filmmakers Laurence Trimble and Jane Murfin, who had some experience with canine actors. Strongheart made several popular films, such as White Fang (1925), and did much to popularise the breed in America – his lineage survives even now.
Although many of his films are now lost, he paved the way for many four-legged thesps, which we at Dream Dogs now salute. Bear in mind that we're only considering the stars of the show, and not side characters; if that were the case, Jed, the wolf/husky cross who stars in John Carpenter's The Thing, would be first in line for a doggy Oscar.
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Starring Rin Tin Tin, this was a serial that spanned a dozen episodes. The plot is a little thin – the furtive Wolf Man is terrorising a small western town, and apple cheeked Jimmy Carter teams up with (more…)


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This Is Not a Joke.
@Dodgers May I sing nat'l anthem at a game? I've done it 3x in years past but my contact left. I've done @RedSox 4x. This is not a joke.
— Comedian Rob Delaney, explaining how he ended up singing the national anthem at a Dodgers game this past weekend: "I just asked the Dodgers' Twitter account if I could sing the anthem, and they wrote back, 'Sure.'"


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DesignBuyer necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 211 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for a logo for an internal system. The system is called "Harmony".
The system is used to help manage a multi-stage process before a "product" is released.
Tasks that are performed during this process are things like requirements gathering and approvals
The process also automates manual steps and interfaces between other systems
The system is workflow driven (with many different people being involved together).
Some words that help sum up the system are: requirements, gathering, automation. approval, notification, web, team, customer, process, workflow.
Internal corporate audience
• If doing multiple versions, please also try text with a "Helvetica" and "Minion" font (not required)
• We are not looking for a logo that uses the Ying/Yang graphics
• We are not looking for a logo that uses the Japanese symbol for Harmony (or Chinese/Korean)
• We are not looking for a musical clef (or any musical reference)
• The logo should have both an image or image(s) and the text "Harmony"
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Kina Grannis — Celeb Crush
Born and raised in Mission Viejo, California, Kina is proof positive that you can build a career on YouTube, if you work at it long enough.
Kina has come a long way from the 4-year-old who performed to an audience of stuffed animals; these days she's playing to sold out crowds and has over 143k followers on Twitter.
Her YouTube channel contains a wealth of original music, as well as an extensive library of refreshingly innovative covers, like this one:
During her four years as a full-time student at USC, she managed to find time to record and self-release three EPs. She got her start on YouTube when she entered Doritos' 'Crash The Super Bowl' contest, which got her a lot of attention, and a lot of followers.
In a brilliant move, she launch a campaign called 'Two Weeks For Kina,' where she made daily music videos in exchange for contest votes. Her video entry, titled, 'Message From Your Heart' aired during the Super Bowl for 97 million people. She was the #1 video on Digg.com, and had quickly become beloved by a quickly growing fan base.
After a short time with a label, Kina decided to go it on her own with the self-funded and independently-released 2010 album 'Stairwells,' named after the place she practiced her craft in college. The album reached #5 on the Billboard Top 200 and was featured on the iTunes Pop Chart. She appeared in The New York Times, and WNYC Soundcheck named her as one of the top Asian-Americans in pop music.
She's headlined tours all over America, Europe and Asia, and her YouTube channel currently has over 450,000 subscribers. Her videos have been viewed 75 million times. We can't wait to see what's next for this talented beauty, in the meantime, check out more of her below.


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Managing Our EnvironmentOver the past several years, STIHL has made significant investments in research and development to address our environmental footprint. We are dedicated to developing products that not only deliver the performance that our customers demand, but that are also more environmentally responsible. We are proud that our product line features some of the best available technologies and some of the cleanest running outdoor power equipment available today. We will continue to work toward socially responsible environmental stewardship both in our operations and in our manufacturing processes. We are also working to increase environmental awareness in our vendors and business partners. STIHL partners with agencies and organizations that encourage the responsible use of natural resources, promote sustainable growth woodlands, and support the continuing of our future farmers and agribusiness professionals.
Caring For Nature.
Have you seen this logo? The STIHL Inc. "Caring for Nature" seal identifies our powered products and oils that are more environmentally conscious. For powered products, the seal signifies that they produce zero or low exhaust emissions. STIHL Inc. defines "low exhaust emissions" as being cleaner than EPA and/or CARB exhaust emission standards. For oils, the seal means that the oils are highly biodegradable, degrading by 80 percent or more within 21 days. After all, taking care of nature is at the very core of of everything we produce.
Engine Technologies
Low-Emission Engines. STIHL uses a variety of engine technologies to provide powerful, lightweight equipment that delivers low emissions, increased fuel efficiency, low noise and decreased maintenance. You can choose from STIHL's patented hybrid 4-MIX® or stratified charge 2-cycle depending on your particular needs and objectives.
Electric. STIHL also produces a line of corded electric equipment that offers the quality, performance and safety features our customers expect from STIHL, while minimizing environmental impact.
STIHL Cordless Electric outdoor power tools with 36 volts of power feature superior operating speeds so more gets done in less time. The heart of the STIHL system is the 36 volt Lithium-Ion battery. It has no gradual loss of power, and can be charged in as little as 25 minutes with the optional rapid charger. Lithium-Ion products are lighter than most gasoline-powered equipment. Without the restrictions of electric tools, the items in this product line eliminate both fuel costs and exhaust emissions. Choose the greener solution that doesn't sacrifice performance. No Gas. No Cord. No Emissions. No Compromise. And STIHL has partnered with the RBRC (Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation), and batteries can be returned for recycling at participating STIHL servicing dealers: www.call2recycle.org.
Ergonomic Designs increase operator comfort and safety and help reduce fatigue. From reduced vibration levels and the shape of the handle to the contour of the shoulder straps, STIHL engineers have taken every detail into consideration and designed STIHL equipment with the end user in mind.
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STIHL OILOMATIC® Saw Chains and Ematic™ Guide Bars provide optimal lubrication, longer wear and less oil consumption than conventional methods which can translate into significant cost savings.


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NASA has officially retired the space shuttle, but last summer the agency did launch a new venture. In collaboration with publisher Tor/Forge, NASA is commissioning sci-fi authors to write about the future of space travel, a low-cost way of exploring some far-out alternatives to obsolescence.
What if every government agency hired writers to scope out the future for them? Wired asked several of the finest sci-fi novelists to pitch a book to the bureaucracy of their choice. Here are the six stellar responses we received.
Homework Hunters
By Orson Scott Card
» For The Department of Education
In 2022, Asael Zwick is a 15-year-old with a mind for math - and little interest in it. At school he is pressured to join the Math Wizards Club, which violates the law by requiring an unceasing grind of homework in order to advance students at a rapid rate.
He becomes a confidential informant for the US Department of Education's Homework Hunters to gather evidence. His real love is writing systems, and he keeps his notes in Cretan Linear A. This is regarded as a code by the espionage agency that is secretly funding Math Wizards, and Asael is arrested as a spy.
During interrogation he reveals his decipherment of Linear A. None of the kids made any breakthroughs in their assigned work, proving yet again that the mind needs down time for new ideas to percolate. The Homework Hunters locate him, shut down the illegal program, and liberate hundreds of bright kids from homework slavery.
Every Critter
By Rudy Rucker
» For The National Zoo
With the coming of biotech, the planet is flooded with wetware-engineered plants and animals. The government wishes to archive a living sample of each of the new lifeforms being made. So a so-called NonZoo is set up as an offshoot of the National Zoo.
The former chamber of the House of Representatives is cleared out to provide quarters for the amazing NonZoo collection, which can be visited only with elaborate decontamination routines at the entrance and exit. Within the NonZoo, we find the original alpha versions of the squidskin wallskin display, the housetree, the slugsled, the snap-on angel-wings, the dragonfly camera, the fungus rug, the please-plant, the floor-tongue, the soft chair, the fly-dino, and a myriad of other biotweaked organisms.
The crisis occurs when our hero, a fanatical New Adamite, signs on as a keeper at the NonZoo and manages to create a chimerical creature that is a fusion of each and every one of the wetware-tweaked species. His so-called universal life form or everycritter breaks out and, in one frantic twenty-four span, the nimble and uncannily mobile everycritter has sex with - and impregnates - every female animal of any kind to be found on Earth.
The despondent males of the planet agree to eliminate each other in a gargantuan Superbowl death-match - leaving our New Adamite as the sole survivor. Calmly aging, he looks on as the everycritters settle into an eons-long domination of his world.
The Hate Room
By Greg Bear
» For The Department of Health and Human Services
As a new president enters office, a top-secret project at Justice and Health and Human Services is shut down without explanation. HHS researchers are under scrutiny by internal ethics committees, their careers in ruins.
Project leader Dr. Carly McCann's disappearance is investigated by FBI agent Rebecca Rose. McCann's work: the nature of racial and religious prejudice. Her mandate: "Find the cause of one of humanity's greatest scourges. And cure it."
McCann apparently found an actual mental illness, communicated by upbringing – but also by a virus.
Bigotry, it turns out, is a social disease.
McCann was testing a cure – brain-wave stimulation, OCD drugs, and interferon. The cure worked. But the new administration considers bigotry to be free speech. One adviser tells Special Agent Rose, "That's our base. Even if they are crazy, they need representation, right?"
Rose uncovers a beltway cabal where politics and disease intersect by ancient tradition.
As one operative straps her to a table and injects her with serum, he taunts: "We have the equivalent of chicken pox parties. We bring our kids. Have for centuries. And there isn't a goddamn thing you or anyone can do to
stop it.
"Enjoy your new brain!"
The Power Brokers
By Gregory Benford
» For The Departments of Energy and Commerce
Uniting the Departments of Energy, Commerce and NASA into an enormous new enterprise changed the nature of the US Government. The drift began as resources dwindled, energy demand rose and the economy faltered. A growing sentiment saw that any true 21st Century game-changer dynamics demanded use of resources beyond our atmosphere. The idea of putting up satellites to capture sunlight and send energy down to Earthly antennas in microwaves was old. But the best place to put the solar panels was not in low orbits. Better to go to our moon, where robots made panels and antennas from local materials. That built capability to propel craft to the asteroids, riding microwave beams for propulsion and power. There, robo-miners stripped asteroids of metals worth trillions of dollars, shipping them into high Earth orbit for refining and manufacture.
Soon, electro-flingers could drive whole asteroids Earthward. Robots hollowed out the kilometer-sized rocks, throwing mass overboard with flingers to propel them. Ever-smarter AI 'bots took a decade to deliver habitats with meters-thick walls, rotate them for artificial gravity, and begin remodeling for humans. By mid-century, space industries produced more than the USA ground-pounders — but Americans owned a big share, along with China and India.
When oil finally ran out, these three ran the planet. Energy, Commerce and NASA sat atop the US Cabinet, and Defense had to rent out office space to keep going.
Rescue the Moon
By David Brin
» For The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A moon colony was established around 2030 with mixed government and commercial support, as well as from the "League of Amateurs." All went well till the Blowout - when one of the domes and several tunnels exploded for unknown reasons. Our hero was the base commander who got most of the colonists out and kept them alive till evacuation. Now, ten years later, he is retired and bitter... and angry when reporters show up on his lawn, demanding that he plug his internet back in and see the news... that radio signals are coming from the moon! Scratchy codes, them images of a young woman who claims to be a survivor, left behind when she was just a girl, demanding plaintively: "Why did you abandon me?"
Arguments rage. Could it be a hoax? Surely no one could have survived this long. Amid sudden public support for a return to the moon, there are hints of coverups, hidden agendas, claims of alien involvement and the strong emotions of a nation and world deciding to reclaim an old dream.
Little Saints
By Ben Bova
» For The Department of Energy
Sam Bristow is the newly-appointed Secretary of Energy. Arriving in Washington, D.C., Sam is quickly plunged into a whirl of problems and proposals: new technology for getting natural gas out of the ground, a solar-powered "artificial leaf" that can produce hydrogen fuel from water efficiently, solarvoltaic cells that are cheap and efficient enough to power individual houses with rooftop panels..
Each concept has its own advocates pressuring him for support. Sam realizes that what is needed is a broad, integrated plan to use each of these technologies to reduce American dependence on imported petroleum. He begins to work out such a plan.
Only to run into opposition from lobbyists, powerful chairmen of Senator committees, and even the White House! Sam is bewildered by the intricacies of Washington politics.
Sam meets Steve Connors, a cynical, hard-bitten old bureaucrat in the Department of Energy, wise in the ways of Beltway insiders. Connors begins to open Sam's eyes to how Washington really works.
"You'll never get anything through that threatens the oil and coal lobbies," Connors tells Sam. "That's a fact of life."
But Sam is determined to change that, and Connors reluctantly tries to help him. The key figure is Senator Mario Santino ("The Little Saint"), chairman of the Senate Energy Committee. A senator for more than thirty years, Santino is crude, crusty, and very powerful.
"Be careful when he smiles at you," Connors advises Sam. "The Little Saint never loses his temper. He doesn't get mad, he gets even."
One of Sen. Santino's former aides is Tamiko (Tammy) Umetzu, a young, slim Japanese-American from California. She was fired from Santino's staff and now works for a non-profit "green" company in suburban Crystal City.
Through Tamiko, Sam learns of a scandal that Sen. Santino and his staff have been covering up.
Revealing the scandal could topple Santino. Threatening to reveal it might get Santino to go along with Sam's comprehensive energy plan.
But threatening Santino puts both Sam and Tammy in danger, not merely of political reprisal but actual danger of their lives.
Despite Connors' warnings, Sam plunges ahead. Until Tammy disappears.


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Embarcadero Technologies has unveiled CodeGear Delphi 2009 and C++Builder 2009 rapid application development (RAD) tools for Windows. Among other features, the updated tools expand the global reach for applications via built-in support for Unicode in Delphi 2009 and C++Builder 2009. In addition, new and enhanced localization tools make it easier to translate applications to take advantage of specific local opportunities.
"For us as a database vendor, Delphi 2009 is the most important new release since Delphi 3," said Thorsten Engler, Principal Software Architect at Nexus Database Systems. "The full Unicode support and the numerous changes to the data access layers put Delphi 2009 at the top in terms of rapid application development. For anyone serious about internationally deployed database applications, Delphi 2009 is an absolute must."
This release provides a number of new Delphi and C++ language features, including Delphi generics and upcoming C++0x standard language features. A new multi-tier DataSnap architecture lets developers use RAD to build high-performance, highly scalable database middleware applications. The middleware applications can be connected to via a lightweight, open communications protocol with thin, full-featured clients that can reside on virtually any native or Web client platform.
In addition, Delphi 2009 and C++Builder 2009 represent the first Embarcadero solutions to bring together advanced CodeGear and DatabaseGear functionality in a single offering. The Delphi and C++Builder Architect editions include ER/Studio Developer Edition to provide a complete solution for designing and building database applications. This integration results in enhanced productivity and time-to-market for developers.
Other new and enhanced features of the two products include:
- New Visual Component Library (VCL) components including Microsoft Office style ribbon controls.
- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image support, dozens of new capabilities for existing controls, and the ability to seamlessly build powerful UIs for Windows XP and Vista desktop applications simultaneously.
- Major new language features including Delphi generics and anonymous methods, and the first commercial IDE support for C++0x and Technical Report 1 (TR1) in the C++ language.
- VCL for the Web for creating AJAX and Silverlight-enabled rich intranet and line of business web applications.
- Updated built-in dbExpress support for CodeGear InterBase and Blackfish SQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server , Informix, IBM DB2, SQL Anywhere, Sybase, and MySQL databases.
"Our goal with 2009 is to deliver the best Delphi and C++Builder ever, to enable ISVs and client/server developers to simultaneously and seamlessly expand their business footprint globally with more client platforms and databases, and richer UIs," said Michael Swindell, Vice President of Products for Embarcadero Technologies.
"Our goal as a combined company is to eliminate the development barriers between applications and databases," he added.
Delphi and C++Builder 2009 support development and deployment on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008.


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Padres claim lefty LaFromboise from Mariners
SAN DIEGO -- The Padres claimed left-handed pitcher Bobby LaFromboise off waivers from the Mariners on Wednesday and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso.
LaFromboise, 27, appeared in 10 games for the Mariners last season, posting a 5.91 ERA. He spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Tacoma, going 6-0 with a 3.39 ERA and 63 strikeouts in 61 innings.
"All winter we tried to get some left-handed options, and it's an ongoing process," said Padres general manager Josh Byrnes. "He's got a good track record against lefties. He's a good guy for inventory."
To make room for LaFromboise on the 40-man roster, the Padres transferred right-handed pitcher Joe Wieland from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list, retroactive to March 21.
Wieland had a clean-up procedure on his right elbow last month and is still several weeks away from being able to play catch. He recently started range-of-motion exercises.


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Limbaugh: GOP has surrendered
Rush Limbaugh lashed out at GOP leadership Wednesday, saying they issued a "surrender" to Democrats on the fiscal cliff and have adopted a "liberal premise" since Election Day.
"The Republicans have just given in. They have compromised, what have you, on the premise that raising taxes on the rich will fix the problem. They have conceded that the problem exists in part because the rich aren't paying their fair share," Limbaugh said on his radio program, according to a show transcript.
He continued: "They must feel so squished, so defeated, so universally disliked. I think we all had a sense of this. The first few days after the election, you start listening to Republicans from the consultant class to the elected class, all talk about what they had to do to start winning elections."
Limbaugh said that after suffering defeats on election day, GOP leaders have adopted a "liberal premise."
"It basically was, 'Well, we have to adopt the liberal premise on things without actually saying so. We gotta be open to amnesty, relax our views on abortion. We gotta concede that many of the Tea Party's a bunch of kooks,' all that," he said.
The fuel for Limbaugh's rage? Earlier today Republican lawmakers held a press conference in Washington about the fiscal cliff. During the press conference, House Speaker John Boehner said GOPers made "a good-faith offer" that was a "balanced approach that [President Barack Obama's] been asking for."
Too soft, says Limbaugh.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this morning there was a joint press conference that featured the so-called Republican leadership of Boehner and [Majority Leader] Eric Cantor and about 15 other people that were standing there. I don't know why, but they were smiling," Limbaugh said.
He added: "And what we got today was a seminar on how to surrender. It was weak. The Republicans have conceded the language."
Boehner has been criticized recently from several among the farthest right in his party, including Limbaugh and former GOP presidential nominee Rick Santorum.


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Meet Two Face the Camaro. Can you tell which is the good half and which is the bad on this '68 convertible?
State Farm had it built to serve as a gimmicky training tool for classic car insurance appraisers, so that they'd know the difference between a factory spec restoration and a cobbled together resto-mod.
The driver's side of the car was refinished exactly as it came from the Chevrolet assembly line, while the passenger side was the recipient of sloppy welds and body filler application, incorrectly sized wheels and brake parts, and a less-than-concourse quality paint job. It also has a bunch of goofy modifications — bling bling rims and weird brakes among them — that many classic car aficionados would consider anathema.
Looking at the picture, you still might think that this is just a quick cut and paste photoshop job, but State Farm's restorers made sure the line between concourse and crappy was abrupt enough to look almost fake. From paint and interior carpet to the car's convertible top and cylinder heads, it's the Harvey Dent of Camaros.
The dual Camaro took three and a half years to complete, but using a totaled '68 Camaro they had in storage, four guys at State Farm's Vehicle Research Facility in Bloomington, Ill. decided that the best way to show appraisers the difference between a good restoration and a half-assed one was to apply both to the same car.
In addition to using the two tone car as a training tool, State Farm also parades it around at car shows, using it as a prop to promote classic car insurance policies.
Even though functional parts like the brakes, wheels, and cylinder heads are mismatched — the passenger side head is an aluminum performance upgrade — the car runs and drives, albeit weirdly. You wouldn't want to take it on any long trips, but driving this car around town would be a blast. Imagine the incredulous stares you'd get.
(Hat tip to nobody backflips jetpacks!)
Photo credit: State Farm via Flickr


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New: What is the California Real Estate Independent Expenditure Committee, and What Are They Doing in Berkeley?
The Moore (District 2) and Capitelli (District 5) campaigns for city council have received support, in the form of mailings and on-line advertising, from an independent expenditure committee known as CREIEC: The California Real Estate Independent Expenditure Committee. -more-


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Vessel Crews Thwart Pirate Attacks
American Forces Press Service
MANAMA, Bahrain, Oct. 29, 2008 – Proactive measures taken by masters and crews of targeted commercial shipping vessels thwarted five piracy attempts yesterday in the Gulf of Aden, Combined Maritime Forces officials reported.
Even when shots were fired during two of these attacks, officials said,
the crews of commercial shipping vessels conducted evasive maneuvering
and used fire hoses to repel their attackers.
"The proactive measures taken yesterday by merchant vessels are exactly what we have been recommending," said Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, commander of Combined Maritime Forces. "For slightly more than two months, the coalition has been working with the commercial shipping industry and the International Maritime Organization to recommend best practices and leverage lessons learned to employ reasonable self-protection measures. These measures range from proactive lookouts and evasive maneuvering to embarking professional security teams."
The Combined Maritime Forces established a maritime security patrol area Aug. 22 in support of the International Maritime Organization's call for international assistance to discourage attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden. Since its establishment, coalition units have deterred more than two dozen attacks, officials said.
"Piracy is a threat to the security of all nations and requires an international solution," Gortney said. "The coalition's presence is helping deter destabilizing activity, allowing the shipping industry time to implement self-protection measures and the international community to establish a legal framework to hold pirates accountable for their actions."
In addition to coalition naval forces, ships and aircraft from several other nations, including a NATO task force, are operating in the region. Though no formal agreement exists between the coalition and other navies, they have been communicating with each other and sharing information to more effectively patrol the area, officials said, noting that these additional forces allow Combined Task Force 150 to more broadly assign assets to conduct maritime security operations throughout their 2.5 million square mile operating area.
Maritime security operations complement the counterterrorism and security efforts of regional nations and seek to disrupt violent extremist use of the maritime environment as a venue for attack or to transport personnel, weapons or other material, officials explained. Through training opportunities with regional partners, they said, Combined Task Force 150 enhances existing cooperative relationships that aim to support regional countries' struggles against violent extremism.
(From a Combined Maritime Forces news release.)
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Anyway, I presented the Dialogues of Plato and the Plays of William Shakespeare as forums in which characters real or imagined, help to move forward the reader under "ideological progressions," as if, dealing with this inductive/ deductive realization of information and probable outcomes once given the scenarios which are displayed for the mind to entertain Understanding our Angels and Daemons
While one gets to the point of what is self evident, and lays the point or question as a point of gaining access to that information, how does one see this conscious intent, as it gains access to levels of perception becoming fully aware of "other entities(Gateway Program)," versus, access to information in terms of the collective unconscious? Everything is information, and information, is not lost.
Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.
The author of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert has thought long and hard about some large topics. Her next fascination: genius, and how we ruin it.Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity
The question arises in my mind with regard to seeing these entities as being apart from oneself(Daemon) not Demon:) and gaining access to the same information exhibited in recognition of this higher intelligence that already exists in us all?? Are you aware of the content of "deep play?"
The words daemon, dæmon, are Latinized spellings of the Greek δαίμων (daimôn),[1] used purposely today to distinguish the daemons of Ancient Greek religion, good or malevolent "supernatural beings between mortals and gods, such as inferior divinities and ghosts of dead heroes" (see Plato's Symposium), from the Judeo-Christian usage demon, a malignant spirit that can seduce, afflict, or possess humans See:Daemon (mythology)
I try to elaborate more here. So it was more that we loose something of ourselves when we see the nature of "an entity" as something apart from ourselves as we consciously push the boundaries of information access. I give two examples with regard too, Robert Pirsig and John Nash. More the fear then, that such genius is associated with illness and that with this creative spark, and assumed so?
This understanding is a foundational perspective that Socrates may have shared as he intently listened to people. He was looking for this ability of people to access and use this aspect of them self. To express aspect of this higher intelligence? Historically then, the understanding and development of the Socratic foundations? Here my view may be skewed by what is mythical as Gilbert portrays of Socratic as to "a being" inside of us, while I intend to show a development of knowledge pursue.
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Checking in on… the Pac-10Posted by rtmsf on December 23rd, 2010
Andrew Murawa is the RTC correspondent for the Pac-10 and Mountain West conferences.
A Look Back
- For the first time this season, the Pac-10 had a week where a handful of teams combined to put together some good efforts, and more importantly, some good wins over quality competition. As of Saturday morning, it looked like more of the same for Pac-10 teams, as USC headed to Lawrence and put up a valiant effort against Kansas, before letting it slip away – a familiar course of action from around the conference. But, later that afternoon UCLA handed BYU its first loss of the season in the Wooden Classic, one of the leading candidates to that point for the best win of the season by a Pac-10 school. The next day, Arizona beat North Carolina State in Raleigh, qualifying as a decent road win. And then on Tuesday, USC wrapped up its tough two-game road trip with a win at Tennessee, probably making the Saturday UCLA win take a back seat. At any rate, while some success has come the Pac-10's way lately, the conference still sits at 72-39 on the season, with the really quality wins over quality opponents remaining few and far between.
- Team of the Week. USC – This award was headed to the Southland one way or another. But USC gets the nod over its L.A. rival after basically playing Kansas and Tennessee to draws on the road, escaping with a win in Knoxville despite coming up short at the Allen Fieldhouse. The Trojan win over Tennessee gives Kevin O'Neill's club perhaps the two best Pac-10 wins in non-conference play to this point (the other a win over Texas), with the start of Pac-10 play a week away. Junior point guard Jio Fontan saw his first action as a Trojan this week, after sitting out the first semester due to his transfer from Fordham. He was effective in his first two games (he had 15 points at Kansas and 13 points, four assists and three steals at Tennessee), but is still working on getting comfortable with his teammates. As he settles into his role, he has the ability to make the rest of his team better, meaning the Trojans of February and March should be even more dangerous than they are now.
- Player of the Week. Klay Thompson, Junior, Washington State – The week started out a little iffy for Thompson, as for most of the Cougars' game at Santa Clara on Sunday, his shots weren't falling. Throw in six turnovers and Thompson had his Washington State club on the verge of being upset. But with 17 seconds to go, he hit a three to tie the game at 71. From there the game went to overtime, where Thompson scored another seven points and his Cougs pulled out a tough one by six. Thompson wound up with 23 points (albeit on 5/16 shooting), seven rebounds, six assists, five steals, a couple blocks and four threes along the way. Not bad for a rough night. He followed that performance up with a much crisper performance in the opening round of the Diamond Head Classic on Wednesday, with 28 points and four more threes in a Cougar win over Mississippi State. He is now averaging 21 points per game on the season while hitting 48% of his shots and leading his team in assists and steals.
- Newcomer of the Week. Josh Smith, Freshman, UCLA – Smith was a major factor in UCLA's Saturday win over BYU, scoring 15 points, grabbing eight rebounds and playing gutsy and smart minutes down the stretch, despite playing with four fouls, as UCLA fought off the Cougars. Smith picked up his fourth foul on a questionable call with about 15 minutes left in the game, and after he went to the bench BYU scored 11 straight points to cut the UCLA lead to just two. However, rather than keep Smith on the pine until late in the game, head coach Ben Howland showed a lot of faith in his big kid, putting him back in the game with over ten minutes still to play. Smith responded immediately, rebounding his own miss and getting the put-back just after re-entering on his way to seven points, three rebounds and perhaps the biggest defensive play of the game in a span of just over four minutes. That big defensive play occurred when Smith, playing with those four fouls, slid over in the lane in front of a driving Jimmer Fredette, and drew an offensive foul, the fourth foul on BYU's All-American candidate. Smith has been up and down in his first month as a collegiate player, but if the Bruins entertain hopes of an NCAA Tournament invitation, they'll need to continue to get play like this from their big and talented youngster.
- Game of the Week. USC 65, Tennessee 64 – In all honesty, that USC/Kansas game was probably the more entertaining game. But in a week where the Pac-10 actually pulled out some big wins, I wanted to mention a Pac-10 win in this space for the first time this season. After leading by as much as eight in the middle of the second half at Thompson-Boling Arena, the Trojans had to hang on down the stretch in order to pull this one out. Senior guard Donte Smith continued his hot play of late by hitting a big three with just over two minutes left to give USC some breathing room at 65-60, but Tennessee pulled back within striking distance with four straight free throws. But USC stepped up the defensive pressure down the stretch and forced a deep Volunteer three which rattled off the rim as time expired to earn the win. USC won despite a rough night for leading scorer Nikola Vucevic who was held to just four points and one rebound before fouling out after just 24 minutes. The Trojans were led by 5'7 freshman guard Maurice Jones and his 15 points, four rebounds, four assists, four steals and three three-pointers.
- Game of the Upcoming Week. Washington State in the Diamond Head Classic, ESPN on 12/23 and 12/25 – The Cougs should get a chance or two at some quality opponents in Honolulu. With a win over a short-handed Mississippi State team already under their belts, they get to face Baylor in the semifinal round. Baylor will present quite a challenge for WSU, but it also gives the Cougars a chance to put another good win on their resume. Win or lose, they should then get a chance to face either Butler or Florida State on Christmas Day, either in the championship game or the third-place game. While neither one of those opponents is ranked, they each present Ken Bone's club with another opportunity to face some big-league competition.
Power Rankings
1. Washington State 9-1. We mentioned the Cougars' overtime win at Santa Clara above while awarding the Player of the Week award to Klay Thompson, but several other Cougs contributed in that game. Junior forward Marcus Capers hit all five of his shots in that game, ending up with 14 points and seven rebounds, and front-court mate DeAngelo Casto scored 15, including five in the overtime period, and added ten more rebounds. From Santa Clara, WSU headed to Honolulu for the Diamond Head Classic, and got things off to a strong start there, taking apart Mississippi State in the second half of their opening round game there. WSU outscored MSU 44-17 in the second half while hitting 12 of their 24 three-point attempts for the game and outrebounding the Bulldogs 39-23.
Looking ahead: Baylor awaits in the second round of the Diamond Head tournament, with Butler or Florida State rounding up the weekend. Once back on the mainland, all thoughts turn to conference play as a trip to Pauley Pavilion opens Pac-10 play next Wednesday.
2. Washington 7-3. Two wins this week by an average of 29 points over teams with a combined 7-15 record tells us little or nothing about this Husky team. We know they can beat up on bad teams – they've made a living out of doing so. Isaiah Thomas led the way for the Huskies as he broke out his own personal 10-0 run to start the second half of Washington's 30-point victory over San Francisco. And he took that streak and turned it into a season-high 24 points in the 28-point win over Nevada on Wednesday. Thomas' numbers this season thus far are up nearly all the way across the board. While his scoring average is down a bit, he's averaging career-bests in assists, steals, field goal percentage, three-point percentage, assist-to-turnover ratio, with a career low in turnovers. With competition going up a notch as conference play nears, we'll keep an eye on those numbers to see if Thomas can keep up that level of play.
Looking ahead: A trip to Los Angeles in advance of the new year, with the Pac-10 opener at USC on 12/29 followed by a visit to Pauley Pavilion on New Year's Eve.
3. UCLA 7-4. The importance of the UCLA win over BYU can't be overstated. For a young team, bouncing back from a horrific 09-10 campaign, with an 0-3 record in their three biggest games of the season and a painful loss to Montana to boot, the BYU win showed this young team that they are capable of playing with top-25 caliber programs. But, just as important as their performance in a highly anticipated game was how they would respond in the next game, against a team without as much name recognition. After UCLA's strong performance in a loss at Kansas a few weeks back, they got caught napping in their next game against Montana. This time, they faced Montana State after the BYU game, and while there were lapses of concentration (after leading by as many as 15 in the first half, UCLA got sloppy and allowed Montana State to retake the lead), UCLA was able to pull away late and secure a 16-point win behind Malcolm Lee's 18 points. Ben Howland would have preferred more consistent play in the follow-up game, but at least his team was able to come away with the win.
Looking ahead: The Bruins wrap up their pre-Pac-10 non-conference slate on Thursday with a visit from UC Irvine before hosting the Washington schools in the opening weekend of conference play.
4. Arizona 11-2. The Wildcats looked pretty bad in knocking off Northern Arizona by five last Thursday, but bounced back with a solid win over NC State on Sunday night, and then a blowout of overmatched Robert Morris on Wednesday. In the NAU game, Arizona was outrebounded 28-18 and had to fight back from a seven-point half-time deficit to get to a tie game with just over a minute left. From there, Kevin Parrom connected on a three-point play, and then Brendon Lavender got a steal that led to a breakaway bucket to complete the final margin. The NC State game was much less dramatic, as the Wildcats never trailed in the second half, but they did get outrebounded again, this time by a 36-28 margin, including an 18-7 deficit on the offensive end. The Robert Morris game was a whole other level of undramatic, as the Wildcats won by 26. Derrick Williams continued his efficient play, scoring almost 19 points per game this week, although his rebounding numbers have fallen off some – he had just eight total rebounds in the first two games before grabbing nine against RMU. The sophomore Parrom was the most impressive Wildcat this week, with his 14 points, five rebounds, four assists and three threes against NAU making up the best line of his young career.
Looking ahead: Nothing but Pac-10 play from here, as the Wildcats open with visits to the Oregon schools beginning on 12/30.
5. USC 7-5. We've talked about USC pretty extensively above, so we'll just point out here that aside from the addition of Fontan, the Trojans have plenty of room to grow defensively. In each of the last four seasons, USC ranked in the top 25 teams in the nation in terms of defensive efficiency, according to Ken Pomeroy, and last year they were number two in the country in that area. This year, they sit at a respectable 44th, but if we know Kevin O'Neill, you can expect that ranking to improve as the year goes on.
Looking ahead: Lehigh on Thursday is the last non-conference game of the regular season, with conference play kicking off Wednesday with a visit from pre-season Pac-10 favorite, Washington.
6. Arizona State 6-4. The Sun Devils scored a couple of solid wins this week, with a three-point road-win over Nevada and a 17-point home handling of Long Beach State. The concern around Tempe has been the relatively quiet performances from seniors Rihards Kuksiks, Ty Abbott and Jamelle McMillan, but no such worries this week. Kuksiks led the way in the Nevada game with 20 points and four threes. But it was Ty Abbott who hit a clutch three just under a minute to silence a run by the Wolfpack and give the Sun Devils some breathing room. Abbott wound up with 17 in that game, then followed that up with a team-high 15 against LBSU. McMillan was also solid this week, averaging six assists per game and snagging six steals in the Long Beach game alone. Freshman Kyle Cain also had a big game against the 49ers, grabbing 16 rebounds and scoring 12 points.
Looking ahead: North Carolina A&T is the final non-conference visitor prior to Pac-10 play, with a trip to Corvallis kicking things off there next Thursday.
7. Cal 6-5. Win a game you should win, lose a game you should lose. That's the story of the Golden Bear week, as a loss to Kansas followed a win over Cal Poly. The bad news is this team doesn't seem to be improving a whole lot as the season goes on. We knew that this Cal team had some growing pains ahead of it, with a slew of youngsters trying to replace last year's decorated but now-departed seniors. In the early going, Mike Montgomery has relied on veterans like front-court grinders Markhuri Sanders-Frison and Harper Kamp and backcourt annoyance Jorge Gutierrez to keep the Bears in games out of sheer determination. These guys fight and scrap and bother the opposition (at times to the point of retaliation, as we saw with Kansas' Marcus Morris and his flagrant elbow on Wednesday night), but they're just not the type of guys who you can create offensive opportunities, a problem which leads to things like the infamous Cal five-point half. The hope for Golden Bear fans was that freshmen guards Allen Crabbe and Gary Franklin would use the non-conference season to settle in and be ready to break out in Pac-10 play, but while Crabbe has had some moments on his way to averaging 7.4 points and 4.7 assists per game, Franklin has struggled mightily. He's turned the ball over more than he's handed out assists and he's shooting an awful 28.4% from the field. Montgomery keeps running him out there though, for 26-plus minutes a night every night, hoping that his confidence in his talented freshman will rub off some. If it does, this Cal team could surprise some people; if it doesn't, they'll just continue to annoy people.
Looking ahead: A meeting with Hartford on Tuesday wraps up the non-conference slate, then it is on to Palo Alto for their Pac-10 opener with Stanford.
8. Stanford 6-4. From here on down to the last place team in the conference, there is nothing but bad news and losses this week. Stanford's struggles started Saturday when they were dominated at Butler. After already trailing by 19 at halftime, the Cardinal were outscored 10-0 to start the half by Matt Howard alone as Butler got all over Johnny Dawkins' club in every aspect of the game. On Tuesday, in what was the final game of an 8-4 Big 12 win in the Big 12/Pac-10 challenge, Stanford tripped up against at Oklahoma State. Juniors Jeremy Green and Josh Owens led the Cardinal again this week, as they have done most of the season, scoring 33.5 points per game between the two of them this week, as opposed to the 28 they normally average. However, there hasn't been even a semi-consistent third option anywhere else, although freshman guard Aaron Bright threw his hat into the ring for that role against Oklahoma State with 15 points and four assists.
Looking ahead: The Cardinal host Yale on Thursday, then get their conference play opened on the second day of the new year with a battle against Bay Area rival Cal at the Farm.
9. Oregon 7-5. Losses to Virginia and Idaho this week turn what had been a reasonably good non-conference slate for the Ducks into just a typical ugly record for a team expected to finish near the bottom of the conference. Oregon showed this week that not only are they an undersized team, they're also simply an under-talented team, as they shot just 34% from the field combined. Senior Joevan Catron continued to produce – he led the Ducks in scoring and rebounding in each game – but he's still playing out of position and is more or less surrounded by an underwhelming cast.
Looking ahead: The Arizona schools come to town, starting on Thursday, in what should be a long and ugly conference run for the Ducks.
10. Oregon State 5-6. The Beavers had two very winnable games this week at home, and came away with a 1-1 record. First, the bad news: a loss against George Washington in which they turned the ball over 19 times, forced just nine turnovers and missed 15 of their 19 attempts from three. A forgettable performance, so let's just forget it, especially since the win this week was a 20-point blowout of Illinois-Chicago, a team that just got done beating Illinois, a top 25 team. Not only is that a pretty good win for the Beavs, the way that did it has to have their fans excited, as four OSU players scored in double figures: a sophomore, a redshirt freshman and two true freshmen. Sophomore Jared Cunningham led the way with 22 points and three steals. Highly-anticipated redshirt freshman Roberto Nelson went from 14 in just his third game in a Beaver uniform. Freshman Ahmad Starks had 12 points, three assists and four threes, and fellow freshman Devon Collier had ten points, seven rebounds and three steals. When Craig Robinson assembled these kinds of recruits in Corvallis, this is what OSU fans had in mind. Throw in guys like senior forward Omari Johnson and sophomore centers Joe Burton and Angus Brandt and all of a sudden you've got the makings of a rotation that looks like a passable Pac-10 group. And that's without even mentioning senior guard Calvin Haynes, a guy capable of going for 27 points, as he did against Charlotte, although just as likely to go for two points on five field goals attempts in 25 minutes, as he did in a blowout loss at Colorado. This is still a bad Beaver team, but there is no reason this team can't at least be competitive in many games in a down Pac-10.
Looking ahead: It's all Pac-10 play from here, as the Beavers will host the Arizona schools next week.


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David Chang, microbiology and fermentation.Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Some weeks ago I had the honor of attending a fun cooking event at Electrolux with chef David Chang, the owner of Momofuku. He has been awarded with the White Guide Global Gastronomy Award and thus visited Sweden during a couple of days. The Swedish chefs Magnus Nilsson, Mathias Dahlgren and Sayan Eriksson also participated in the cooking event. The event was a bit special since the theme was microbiology and fermentation. David Chang held a presentation about his work in the Momofuku lab where they experiment with fermentation and different kinds of molds…
Already during the presentation we each received a plate with fermented rice and barley and three kinds of miso (pine nut, almond and pistachio). It actually tasted really good. The presentation was very interesting and David Chang is a great speaker.
Afterwards Magnus Nilsson spoke about fermentation at his restaurant and we got to try a couple of dishes.
Above you can see how crowded it was in the Electrolux kitchen (the Swedish culinary team actually practices here). From left to right you can see Magnus Nilsson, David Chang, Sayan Isaksson and Mathias Dahlgren. Standing on the opposite side of the table, in stripes, is chef Klas Lindberg who won the prestigious title "chef of the year" in January.The whole event ended with lots of scrumptious food served by the Swedish culinary team. Delicious!
Swedish television filmed the event, and you can see a short 5 minute program below. Most parts are in English. You'll be able to catch a glimpse of me (dressed in orange) and also my fellow food blogger Anne.


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After Koh Lipe we spent a week on Koh Lanta, a three hour boat ride away. It was longer than we had planned but Scott and I both came down with some food poisoning and had to extend our stay. Our days were full of swimming pools, banana shakes, walks on the beach and massages. Compared to Lipe, Lanta is very developed with a little town, a major road down the center, and many beach resort areas. We spent the first night in a little hut that wasn't technically open for the season, and moved to a hotel with a swimming pool for me and air conditioning for Scott. One of Scott's friends came from Canada to join us on Koh Lanta, and while Scott was sick we got massages, went snorkelling and to an underwater cave and while I was sick he enjoyed drinking fancy coffees with Scott. My absolutely favourite part about Lanta was the wonderful cooking course I took on my birthday.
Although I won't be rushing back to Lanta, whose beaches are not as beautiful or uncrowded as many other thai islands, and whose size made it difficult to get around with renting a scooter, it was really a lovely and cheap place to relax!
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A Connecticut Democrat apologized profusely to his district's constituents after he was photographed playing computer solitaire inside
stately Wayne Manor the statehouse (pictured) while the state House Republican leader addressed the chamber on the budget.
"It was certainly bad judgment for me to play a computer game even for just a few minutes during the final House session on the budget," Rep. Jack Hennessey, of Bridgeport, wrote. "I am embarrassed, and I apologize to each and every person in the North End and to people across the state."
The Associated Press photo, taken Aug. 31, caused a category three foofaraw because, naturally, few things convey such disrespect as to play goddamn Solitaire when the opposition's talking about the budget. Hennessey could have at least played Bejeweled or Peggle or something. Not only that, he's playing the unwinnable Canfield. His colleague to the left, Rep. Barbara Lambert, was absorbed in either Freecell, Forty Thieves or Montana. Hard to tell. Guy back and to the right is reading about Andy Pettite on ESPN.com. What in the hell is the matter with you people!
Rep. Larry Cafero, the dissed House Minority Leader in question, faced off with the state House Speaker on a local public affairs program. "This has made international news because it captures the frustration of the public. While Rome is burning, they're playing solitaire.''
Yes. How dare someone fool around with games, the Internet, whatever, during a super important speech.
Rep. Jack Hennessy Apologizes For Playing Solitaire at State Capitol During Late-Night Budget Debate [Hartford Courant via GamePolitics]


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Phil Jackson pulled off the greatest sales job in sports history:
He convinced Michael Jordan to share the ball.
Championships to follow.
Ask him how he did that. Ask him how long that process took at a time when Jordan was the most talented player in the NBA. You can ask him, you know. You can do it at a Trib Nation special event.
The Zen Master --- "Big Chief Triangle'' to the Knicks --- wrote a new book called "Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success.'' He'll sell it to you and sign it if you're one of the first 200 people at the Palmer House at 7 p.m. Thursday. Don't bring pictures, jerseys or any of that. He won't sign those things.
It's a good deal. Get on it now at Tribnation.com/events. For $45, you get the book, an autograph and an audience with the coach of the Bulls' six titles. For $20, you get a ticket into the event. Either way, you get a chance to engage Jackson, and he's an engaging guy. Some people consider him smug and condescending, but what do New Yorkers know.
The event is co-hosted by Our Bulls Guy K.C. Johnson, and K.C. needs this, believe me. K.C. needs a chance to talk Bulls basketball without a daily Derrick Rose question. So, show up as an act of mercy for K.C., OK?
I don't know what's in the book because Jackson didn't send me a free copy. And you won't know what's in the book because you won't buy it until the event. But it doesn't matter because you've lived and watched and cheered a lot of Jackson's greatest moments. You can ask him about those happy-happy-joy-joy events.
But somebody might get to your question first. I get that, and because I'm a pleaser, not a teaser, I'm here to offer some substitute questions for you:
Phil, can you get me Michael Jordan's autograph?
Phil, how did your conversation with Scottie Pippen go when there were 1.8 seconds left in that playoff game against the Knicks?
Phil, do you have Native American artifacts that are bigger than Jeff Van Gundy?
Phil, why did Jerry Krause so breathlessly proclaim that your contract for 1997-98 would be your last when at that point the team might've continued to win titles?
Phil, do you still uncork a gravelly blast of "Hor-ace'' just out of habit?
Phil, what's it like to be engaged to a woman who posed for Playboy?
Phil, what's it like to be engaged to a woman whose brother took over the team and apparently didn't like you or at least didn't want to rehire you to coach?
Phil, when will Derrick Rose play?


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Kate (Aya Cash) started out being the gracious one. She was the one who offered up her New York rent controlled "palace" apartment as the classroom for the Seminar, conducted by the formidable, infamous writing coach Leonard. Included in the tiny private seminar are Douglas (Lucas Near-Verbrugghe), a exquisitely pretentious, award-winning Ivy League writer who comes from a family of famed writers, despite his practice of viciously assassinating the English language with every line of prose he writes; good thing no one has told him so.
Despite the five thousand dollar price tag on the private course, it is clear to all how hottie sex kitten Izzy (Jennifer Ikeda) has found her way into this exclusive group; she's a writer, one among many of her obvious talents. And rounding out the quartet is Martin (Greg Keller), the classic starving artist who births every word he writes with reverence and pain, but also in relative secrecy. Martin is a childhood friend of Kate but despite his long-lived schoolboy crush, Martin's oblique signs of affection are leaning towards a much easier target, Izzy.
Leonard (Jeff Goldblum) arrives. He is loud, he is loquacious, he is more than irreverent, he is actually mean. Given to flagrantly wondering off topic, He critiques Kate's Jane Austin inspired work with the venom of an arachnophobe that grinds an eight-legged insect under the heel of his boot. The following week he praise the sexually charged, albeit completely empty one and a half pages of Izzy's work as a good start. The following week, he generously slams Douglas's latest work as whore-ish. Leonard's passion, insensitive rants unfortunately resonate with the group as having a skeleton of truth within them. Nevertheless, the sessions leave Kate and Douglas with a taste for some kind of vindication seeded in Leonard's character, if not just outright revenge. Lastly, Martin's reluctant to share his work becomes apparent, drawing a challenge to him from Kate.
I really enjoyed this play. This group of actor, for all that they lack in actually ensemble chemistry, gave strong, believable, funny their individual roles. Aya Cash as Kate and Greg Keller as Martin, rendered the archetypal roles of misunderstood Rich girl and 21st century, anguished fiction novelist with vigor and depth; Keller in particular as one of the only two characters to display any relatable humanity.
For me, playwright Theresa Rebeck's Seminar served up some hard truths, or rather the insidiousness condition of being a nobody with talent. It is the grossly untold plight of the artistic – the conflict between artistic integrity and unrighteous opportunism. There are many who are draw to the arts, enticed by doctrine like –"the cream always rises to the top", "just be good and you'll make it one day" and my personal favorite "You have to believe it's gonna happen, or it won't." Rebeck's play reminds us artists that maybe we need a little cynicism. Because no one can climb any ladder until someone who has already ascended, reaches down to pull him or her up. So a little calculated compromise, to sell one's soul by just a tiny bit, is sometimes necessary to survive.
However, the artist should always remember to constantly measure that compromise with the cost to your soul and your art.
Seminar is running now through November 18, 2012 at:
Ahmanson Theatre
35 N. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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|Paul Klee
The folks who created Zentangles describe them as the following:
The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.When I learned about them, I started filling 6"x9" notebooks full of my own Zentangles which I have started to call Zendoodles. I teach classes about them at www.visarts.org as well as at my studio. Here are a couple of my earlier ones...
Almost anyone can use it to create beautiful images. It increases focus and creativity, provides artistic satisfaction along with an increased sense of personal well being. The Zentangle Method is enjoyed all over this world across a wide range of skills, interests and ages.
We believe that life is an art form and that our Zentangle Method is an elegant metaphor for deliberate artistry in life.
Recently I've been creating larger ones on 11"x14" Duralar, a type of translucent plastic paper that can be drawn on on both front and back. Here are some of those... (Sorry for the quality of the pictures. I photographed them with my iPad and cropped them there, but the crop didn't transfer.) These are done with Micron pens and color pencils which glow beautifully on Duralar.
|Figure Drawing 1st, Doodle 2nd
|Flight of the Bumblebee
I had such a wonderful time creating the Ringdoodles that I decided to create one that is much larger - 6'x10'! I had a piece of canvas I'd put up on the wall several months ago. I used it as a blow out piece and got all the mileage out of it I could so I decided to use it for this new piece. I spent 10 hours working on it today. (I've been busy with Beyond Barbie this week and with finishing up a commission the weeks before that and hadn't had much time to paint, so I've had a great time painting non-stop today!)
I don't consider this piece finished yet, but I made a lot of good progress today. The background was already done. I've just put in the rings today.
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Tuesday's pregame was a newsworthy one for the White Sox, and not just because of the Mark Kotsay-for-Brian Anderson trade made with Boston. Manager Ozzie Guillen announced that designated hitter Jim Thome would be sidelined for the final two games of the series against the Twins at the Metrodome with back soreness, aside from a possible pinch-hitting appearance. Guillen followed up that comment with the official move of Clayton Richard back to the bullpen.
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Children, health and the social order
Open University Press, 1996 - Education - 186 pages
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Around-the-clock labor coverage associated with decrease in C-section
In a study to be presented on February 16 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will report findings that suggest around-the-clock labor and delivery coverage decreased the odds of cesarean delivery.
The objective of the study was to determine if the implementation of "laborists" to provide around-the-clock coverage of labor and delivery would produce better outcomes. The study compared outcomes in hospitals with around-the-clock coverage versus hospitals whose coverage was based on need.
The study was a retrospective cohort study which covered live singleton births that were delivered in California between 2005-2006. There were certain variables that were taken into consideration to reduce the margin of error. Hospitals that had fewer than 1,200 deliveries were not considered for the study. The statistical analysis used included chi square and multivariable logistic regression. Hospitals were broken into two categories; one having a labor and delivery clinician "around-the-clock" while the other category was "as-needed".
The sample size was very large as 740,019 singleton births met the study criteria, and the breakdown was as follows:
- Around-the-clock 274,106 births (37 percent of births)
- As-needed 465,913 births (63 percent of births)
Data showed that around-the-clock hospitals had lower numbers of overall cesarean deliveries as well as primary cesarean delivery in both first time mothers and women who have given birth before. In addition, women who previously had a cesarean birth were more likely to attempt to achieve vaginal delivery in around-the-clock hospitals.
While the results indicate around-the-clock hospitals do have lower cesarean deliveries and better chances of a vaginal birth after a prior cesarean delivery, the overall feeling is that more research needs to be done before the laborist model can be given full credit for the rates.


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11 animals more likely to kill you than sharks
March 6, 2018, 12:03 p.m. by Jaymi Heimbuch
If the mere thought of sharks sends chills down your spine, consider the damage that a swarm of ants could inflict. And even cows have been known to be deadly.
Man doing charity bike ride across Canada has bike stolen in Winnipeg (but he's not giving up!)
July 12, 2013, 3:53 p.m. by Michael Graham Richard
The 22-year-old is accepting donations to get a new bicycle to finish his ride.
9 superstar athletes who don't eat meat
March 5, 2013, 4:17 p.m. by Brian Merchant
Can vegetarians perform as well as their carnivorous counterparts in physical competition? Yes they can, as these 9 athletes prove.
6 of the best chicken coop tours in the U.S.
March 1, 2013, 4:45 p.m. by Jerry James Stone
Many cities offer tours and suggestions for backyard chicken coops. Check out these resources!
Guerrilla tree sculptor takes over U.K. town
February 26, 2013, 5:58 p.m. by Jerry James Stone
The locals of Knaresborough, the site of the surprise sculptures, like the art and are eager for more.
How throwing stuff away makes you frugal
February 21, 2013, 4:09 p.m. by Sami Grover
From time to time, it's important to reevaluate all the stuff you own, and whether or not you really need it.
Graffiti artists upcycle thousands of spray cans into botanical art
January 18, 2013, 3:42 p.m. by Ramon Gonzalez
They are on a mission to turn their culture's detritus into something beautiful.
Kids in England raise money to add solar power to African classrooms
January 18, 2013, 2:59 p.m. by Sami Grover
Working with the nonprofit Solar Aid, students earn enough to bring electric light to a school in Kenya that had relied on kerosene lamps.
Doctors use Skype to see ER patients in small towns
January 18, 2013, 12:20 p.m. by Derek Markham
Video conference calls allow physicians to help at understaffed rural hospitals.
Artist carves vintage books into astoundingly intricate 3-D sculptures
January 17, 2013, 1:38 p.m. by Kimberly Mok
Guy Laramee's work speaks to the 'erosion of cultures' and our over-reliance on analytical knowledge, symbolized by the book.
iFixit: The website dedicated to fixers around the world
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iFixit.org provides repair manuals to users and highlights repair gurus as a way to cut down on mechanical and electronic waste.
DIY solar panels with damaged solar cells
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Here's how an astronomer made his own solar panels on the cheap with damaged, inexpensive materials from eBay and lots of elbow grease.
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An arch is a holographic structure containing virtual computer control panels and interfaces; they are a feature of Starfleet holodecks of the 24th century. When a program is running in the holodeck, the arch could be made to materialize by voice command when participants wish to modify the current program, communicate throughout the ship, or access most general computer functions. Although the arch is visible to participants, the holographic characters generally do not perceive the arch, although there have been exceptions. (Star Trek: Generations; TNG: "Elementary, Dear Data")
A related voice command, "Exit", is used to remove the holographic environment around the holodeck door when participants wished to leave the holodeck without closing the program. (Star Trek: The Next Generation, et al.)


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I confess a fondness for the 1978 film, "The Buddy Holly Story," about Charles Hardin Holly, the gifted rock and roller from Lubbock, Texas who died in a plane crash at age 22, outlived by his influential trove of music. Any movie with songs like "Peggy Sue," "Oh Boy" and "Everyday" has a lot going for it, to say nothing of Gary Busey's dynamic performance in the title role.
But Sir Paul McCartney, who owned the copyrights to Holly's music, thought the film was inaccurate, and in 1985 he produced his own documentary, "The Real Buddy Holly Story," to set the record straight. McCartney went on to support the jukebox musical, "Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story," which opened in London's West End in 1989. Written by Alan Janes, it is that somewhat deracinated version of the tale that has now come to the Cadillac Palace Theatre courtesy of Broadway in Chicago.
With songs this good — in addition to Holly's outpouring, the audience is treated to Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode," the Isley Brothers' "Shout" and "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," written for Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers — the success of the musical should be a sure thing. The performers have terrific voices and many play instruments well enough to impersonate the band members they represent.
But musical theater is just as much about theater as it is about music, and in the case of "Buddy," a weak story, phlegmatically told, is not enough to hold things together. Things come alive only at the end of the two-and-a-half-hour show, when the story becomes the music. The occasion is a concert in Clear Lake, Iowa during which three one-of-a-kind performers jammed just hours before they were to board that fatal flight.
Alternating in the role of Holly (and of Tommy Allsup) are Andy Christopher and Kurt Jenkins. Christopher's voice is superb — more melodic than Holly's, in fact, although that takes away some of the quirky charm. The program notes that Christopher learned to play guitar while working in Lubbock and that he was tutored by Holly's nephew, and yet that local color seems washed away in this production.
Joining Christopher/Jenkins in the finale are Ryan G. Dunkin as J.P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper), who croons "Chantilly Lace," and Ryan Jagru, doing a turn as Ritchie Valens gyrating to "La Bamba." Dunkin and Jagru are both terrific and bring much-needed life to the production. That makes the well-orchestrated announcement of the plane crash all the more poignant, as the ages of the dead are revealed, with The Big Bopper the senior performer at age 28 and Valens only 17.
Until that finale, the liveliest moment on stage comes when Lacretta Nicole, an outsize vision in sequins, belts out "Shout" as a performer at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. The ensemble members acquit themselves nicely in multiple roles. Noellia Hernandez makes the best of the ill-defined role of Maria Elena Holly, the secretary at a New York City music publisher whom Holly decides to marry within moments of meeting.
"Buddy" is directed and choreographed by Norb Joerder. Part of the problem with the production may lie in the harsh amplification of the dialog. Words as unsubtle as these need not be earsplitting too. One further issue is that some of the best songs are played as recorded snatches, a shame given that the score is solid gold.
Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story
Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph, Chicago
Through June 30, 2013
Tickets $22–$85; (800) 775-2000; Ticketmaster retail locations; and www.BroadwayInChicago.com