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Jon Umber
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The Greatjon
Greatjon Umber
|Lord of the Last Hearth
|House Umber
|At the Last Hearth[1]
Smalljon Umber
A Game of Thrones (appears)
A Clash of Kings (appears)
A Storm of Swords (appears)
A Feast for Crows (appendix)
A Dance with Dragons (mentioned)
The Winds of Winter (mentioned)
|Played by
|Clive Mantle
|TV series
|Season 1
Jon Umber, known as Greatjon Umber[2] and the Greatjon,[3] is Lord of the Last Hearth and head of House Umber, a vassal family to the Starks of Winterfell.[4] His eldest son, also named Jon, is called the Smalljon. In the television adaptation Game of Thrones the Greatjon is played by Clive Mantle.[5]
Appearance and Character
- See also: Images of Jon Umber (Greatjon)
Jon is a large man, nearly seven feet tall. He is heavily muscled and is a formidable warrior. Jaime Lannister regards him as one of the strongest living men in Westeros when thinking of who could match him in a fight.[6]
The Greatjon is proud, boisterous, and fierce, and impressed only by those who earn his respect. He wields the biggest, ugliest greatsword that Bran Stark has ever seen, which makes it bigger than Ice.[4] Jon surprisingly has a decent singing voice.[7] The Greatjon is a prodigious drinker.[7]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Jon leads his men when Robb Stark calls the bannermen of House Stark to Winterfell. At first he challenges the young lord's authority, threatening to take his forces home if he is placed behind Lords Halys Hornwood or Medger Cerwyn in the order of march. After being called out by Robb, the Greatjon draws his sword, only to have the direwolf Grey Wind knock the sword from his hands and bite off two fingers. Impressed with Robb's courage, the Greatjon makes a joke of it instead of becoming angry and becomes Robb's greatest champion.[4]
When the northern host splits at the Twins, Greatjon goes south with Robb's force along with his son, the Smalljon, leading the van of the army and participating in the battles of the Whispering Wood and the Camps, where he sets fire to the Ser Jaime Lannister's siege towers.[8][9] After Riverrun is relieved and news of Lord Eddard Stark's death arrives, the Greatjon is the first to declare Robb the King in the North.[2]
A Clash of Kings
Lord Jon is present when Robb Stark explains his terms for peace with the Iron Throne in the Great Hall of Riverrun. After participating in the Battle of Oxcross, the Greatjon goes on to capture the gold mines at Castamere, Nunn's Deep, and the Pendric Hills.[10]
A Storm of Swords
After Robb breaks his marriage contract with the Freys, Greatjon Umber offers to make marriage contracts for his uncles, Mors and Hother, in Robb's place.[3] He leads the van on the march to the Twins for the wedding of Lord Edmure Tully. In Robb's plan to retake Moat Cailin from the ironborn, the Greatjon is given command of the van and told to make his diversionary attack convincing, as Robb's own force is to circle behind Moat Cailin with the guidance of the crannogmen.
During the wedding feast at the Twins, the Greatjon drunkenly sings "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" while musicians perform "Flowers of Spring". He carries Edmure's bride, Roslin Frey, over his shoulder and takes her from the hall as part of the bedding customs.[7]
In preparation for the Freys' betrayal of House Stark, Petyr, Merrett, and Ser Whalen Frey were tasked with getting the Greatjon too drunk to fight. Despite consuming enough alcohol to kill three normal men, when the Red Wedding begins eight men are needed to subdue the Greatjon in chains. He takes the sword of the first man to attack him, kills one, wounds two others, and bites off half the ear of Ser Leslyn Haigh.[11] His son and heir, the Smalljon, is slain during the massacre.[7]
A Feast for Crows
The Greatjon is held captive at the Twins.[12] Following the siege of Riverrun, Jaime informs Ser Edwyn Frey and Walder Rivers that the King Tommen I Baratheon requires the transfer of all captives taken by House Frey in the Red Wedding.[13]
A Dance with Dragons
With the Greatjon still a captive of the Freys, a portion of House Umber, led by his uncle Hother Whoresbane, grudgingly swears fealty to House Bolton, though according to Lord Roose Bolton their loyalty is highly dubious.[14] The other half of the Umbers, under Mors Crowfood, take up the cause of Stannis Baratheon.[15]
Jon is mentioned as having "sons and brothers" with him when he answers Robb's calling of the banners.[4] He also has daughters.[16] His eldest son and heir, Smalljon Umber, is killed during the Red Wedding.[17]
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2 daughters
Quotes by Greatjon
Robb: My lord father taught me that it was death to bare steel against your liege lord, but doubtless you only meant to cut my meat.
Greatjon: Your meat is bloody tough.[4]—Greatjon to Robb Stark after Grey Wind bites off two fingers
We'll shove our swords up Tywin Lannister's bunghole soon enough, begging your pardons, and then it's on to the Red Keep to free Ned.[18]—Greatjon to Catelyn Stark
MY LORDS! Here is what I say to these two kings! Renly Baratheon is nothing to me, nor Stannis neither. Why should they rule over me and mine, from some flowery seat in Highgarden or Dorne? What do they know of the Wall or the wolfswood or the barrows of the First Men? Even their gods are wrong. The Others take the Lannisters too, I've had a bellyful of them. Why shouldn't we rule ourselves again? It was the dragons we married, and the dragons are all dead! There sits the only king I mean to bow my knee to, m'lords. The King in the North![2]
Leave off, Karstark, it was a mother's folly. Women are made that way.[3]—Greatjon to Rickard Karstark
Your creepers best come fast, or my men will swarm those walls and win the Moat before you show your face. I'll make a gift of it to you when you come dawdling up.[19]—Greatjon to Robb Stark
Quotes about Greatjon
I thought he was going to kill me. Did you see the way he threw down Hal, like he was no bigger than Rickon? Gods, I was so scared.[4]—Robb Stark to Bran Stark
Catelyn: Your father once told me that the Greatjon was as fearless as any man he had ever known.
Robb: Grey Wind ate two of his fingers, and he laughed about it.[18]—Catelyn Stark and Robb Stark
Catelyn would sooner Lord Umber had seen fit to stay sober, but telling the Greatjon not to drink was like telling him not to breathe for a few hours.[7]—thoughts of Catelyn Stark
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Jon Umber (Greatjon).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI.
- ↑ Game of Throne cast so far on Liftingfaces
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 21, Jaime III.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 51, Catelyn VII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 63, Catelyn X.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69, Tyrion IX.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 39, Catelyn V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Epilogue.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 44, Jaime VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 46, A Ghost in Winterfell.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 62, The Sacrifice.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 17, Jon IV.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 51, Sansa IV.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 55, Catelyn VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 45, Catelyn V.
External Links
Greatjon Umber on the Game of Thrones wiki.


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Eastbourne Beer Festival Kicks Off New Autumn Tour
12 September 2018
Fans of Eastbourne Beer Festival need not be disappointed this autumn, as the annual real ale celebration kicks off its first ever tour, while its Winter Garden home enjoys a renovation.The two month festival from 26 September to 26 November will see 32 pubs join in the tour across Eastbourne, Pevensey, Polegate, Seaford and the South Downs, offering a mouth-watering selection of real ale and cider, plus the chance to win prizes along the way.
Kicking off with a launch event on Wednesday 26 September at The Lamb Inn from 6.30pm, punters can pick up a free tasting passport and sample some Harvey's brews, including festival favourite, the 'Star of Eastbourne'. Using the tasting passport, real ale and cider fans can collect stamps at each pub along the route for the chance to claim a free festival t-shirt and win exclusive prizes.
The new real ale tour replaces the annual October beer festival which is due to return next year at the newly opened Winter Garden from 10 to 12 October 2019.
Eastbourne Borough Council Lead Cabinet Member for Tourism and Enterprise, Cllr Margaret Bannister said "We couldn't let the October beer festival date go by without a nod to our wonderful local ales and ciders. We have an impressive array of friendly pubs and local beers on our doorstep and this is the perfect way to get out and explore while sampling some tantalising brews this autumn."
All pubs on the tour have been selected with the help of CAMRA and local publican Shoes Simes, for their array of real ales, traditional ciders and close links to public transport on bus and rail routes.
Sponsored by Harvey's Brewery, those taking part can pick up stamps in their passport at each pub, and be on their way to claiming a free festival t-shirt at the end of the tour. All those also reaching 25 stamps will be entered into a competition to win an exclusive brewery tour at Harvey's in Lewes.
Festival fans can also look forward to another two evening events, with a mid-tour event at The Stage Door on Thursday 18 October and closing night on Monday 26 November at The Eagle, both from 6.30pm.
The Eastbourne Beer Festival on Tour runs from 26 September to 26 November 2018. Real ale and cider drinkers can also make a note in the diary for Beer and Cider by the Sea, which returns from 24 to 26 May and the October Eastbourne Beer Festival returning to its Winter Garden home from 10 to 12 October 2019.
Festival passports priced at £1 each will be available to buy from The Lamb Inn, The Eagle or The Stage Door, or alternatively participants can grab a free passport at the opening night at The Lamb Inn on 26 November.
For more information on all festivals please visit www.eastbournebeerfestival.co.uk.

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Crusaders winger Sean Maitland has farewelled a promising New Zealand rugby career to sign with Scottish club Glasgow Warriors.
The 24-year-old former New Zealand age group standout and 2010 New Zealand Maori representative has signed a contract, subject to a medical and visa clearance, starting next month to keep him at the club until 2015.
The move could have international implications, with Maitland qualified to represent Scotland through his Glasgow-born paternal grandparents and he has never represented the All Blacks.
He came closest to national honours last year following a bright attacking Super Rugby season with the Crusaders. His highlights were a memorable two-try performance against the Sharks in their match at Twickenham and a competition record-equalling haul of four against the Brumbies.
Maitland has scored 24 tries in 54 Super Rugby games since his 2008 debut but this year's campaign was ruined by injury and subsequent mixed form.
Glasgow coach Gregor Townsend said securing Maitland's signature was a coup for the club.
"The back three is an area of the team where we already have a number of excellent options, and Sean will provide a further layer of quality as we enter another busy phase of the season," Townsend told the club's website.
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So you want to dye your Easter eggs naturally – without chemicals and artificial colors? While it takes longer than the commercial egg dye kits you buy at the store, dyeing your eggs with natural foods is better for you and your child(ren)'s health, produces much more interesting colors and is, quite arguably, more fun!
Why dye with natural colors instead of artificial?
According to Organic.org, "Many food colorings contain color additives such as Red No. 3 and Yellow No. 5, which, according to a 1983 study by the FDA, were found to cause tumors (Red No. 3) and hives (Yellow No. 5)." I wrote about the drawbacks of artificial colors a while back if you'd like to read more on the topic.
It is more time-consuming than using a store-bought conventional egg dye kit (and I highly recommend preparing the egg dye baths a few hours before you plan to dye the eggs with the kiddos), but it is healthier for your kids and the environment. "Dyeing eggs the natural way gives you the opportunity to spend more time with your family, teaching kids to use alternative project methods that are healthier for them and the environment." I think it will be a lot of fun and a great family project.
To get started you will need:
- Hard boiled eggs (preferably white eggs since they take on the dyes better than brown eggs)
- Ingredients to make your dyes, which I will discuss in more detail below – As a guideline, use up to 4 cups for vegetable solids and 3–4 tablespoons for spices per quart. Mash up fruits.
- White vinegar (2 Tablespoons for every quart of water)
- Several pots and bowls
- Optional: stickers, rubber bands, and crayons for decorating the eggs and making interesting patterns
- Egg cartons for drying the dyed eggs
Natural egg dyes can be made from a variety of ingredients. Here's a list of what I used last year along with comments on the colors that resulted.
- 3 cans of beets in cranberry juice (instead of water) – produced a dark reddish hue
- Frozen cherries – made a very light pink
- 3 tablespoons of chili powder produced a nice reddish-orange color
- 3 Tablespoons of tumeric produced a great yellow
- A mix of spinach leaves, canned blueberries and their juice and a few tablespoons of tumeric produced a gorgeous earthy green color – I think it would work without the spinach leaves, but I happened to have some that were wilting so I threw them in.
- 3/4 of a head of red cabbage (chopped) made a beautiful blue
- 2 cans of blueberries and their juice made a grey-blueish color
- Frozen cherries mixed with blueberries yielded a grey color (not the purple I was going for).
Last year I found a couple great web site with tips on "Natural Easter Egg Dyes" and Natural Dye from Organic.org. The natural dyes come from spices like paprika, tumeric and cumin; vegetables like spinach and red cabbage; fruit juices and even coffee. All of your dye ingredients can (and should) be composted after you are done.
On Organic.org, there is a boil method (which produces darker results) and a cold-dip method, which is suggested for children or if you plan to eat the eggs, which is the method we used last year.
The two methods are:
Method 1—Hot
Place eggs in a single layer in a large, nonaluminum pan. Add the dyeing ingredient of your choice—it's best not to mix until you are comfortable with experimenting. Cover the eggs and other dyeing "agent(s)" with one inch of water. Add 2 tablespoons of white vinegar per quart to help the color adhere to the egg, and bring to a boil. Next, simmer for 20–30 minutes or until the desired shade is achieved. If you cook the eggs longer than 15 minutes, they will become rather tough.
Method 2—Cold
The cold method is the same as the hot method with the following exception. Once ingredients have simmered 20–30 minutes (depending on desired shade), lift or strain the ingredients out of the water and allow the water to cool to room temperature though you may wish to try keeping the ingredients in the colored water to give the egg more texture as the dye will become concentrated in areas where the vegetable touches the egg. Submerge the eggs until the desired color is achieved. You may keep the eggs in the solution overnight as long as it is refrigerated.
The longer the egg stays in the dye, hot or cold, the deeper the hue will be. Using vinegar will also help the color deepen.
Definitely feel free to experiment and try out other foods and spices. For me, that was a big part of what made it so much fun, trying out different things to see what colors would come from them. For example, the dye from the spinach, tumeric, blueberry mix looked orange or brown, but the eggs came out green! And the red cabbage dye was purpley-pink, but the eggs came out blue. It was like a fun science experiment that the whole family could get involved in. Happy egg coloring! 🙂
The process of making the dyes:
And the results:
Links to other people's natural egg dyeing results:
- Michelle at What's Cooking Blog tried three different concoctions and got three lovely results
- Phyllis at Ima On and Off the Bima created Passover eggs using cilantro leaves and onion skins
- Shutterbug Mama, who had good luck using turmeric and curry powder, paprika, and blueberries
- Inexplicable Ways tried out a variety of ingredients and got some beautiful results
- Green Baby Guide – Natural Silhouette Easter Egg Dyeing
If you dye your eggs naturally and blog about it, please leave me your link and I'll add it to the list. 🙂


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Just minutes after the Perry family graced the Bridgestone Arena stage to perform their hit 'All Your Life,' they were brought back to the podium to collect yet another award. 'American Idol' runner-up Lauren Alaina and Jake Owen delivered the New Artist of the Year prize to the Band Perry, who were chosen from a strong group of contenders: Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Thompson Square and Chris Young.
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The Brandeis baseball team continued its strong finish to the season, defeating Trinity College 2-0 and 3-1 in an afternoon doubleheader at Stein Diamond today. The Judges have now won four-straight games to move to 14-20 on the season, while the Bantams fall to 20-15. It was Brandeis' first victory against Trinity since 2006, ending a 10 game head-to-head losing streak.
The story of the first game was pitcher Kyle Brenner (Brookfield, Mass./St. Peter-Marian), who had a dominating compete-game shutout. Brenner yielded just two hits and two walks, striking out a career-high nine batters. After losing his first five decisions of the season, Brenner has pushed his record to 4-5 and cut his earned run average to 3.46.
Brandeis scored both of its runs in the fourth inning. Rookie center fielder Liam O'Connor (Avon, Conn./Avon) led off the home half of the frame with his first career triple, and senior left fielder Nick Cortese (Guaynabo, P.R./Baldwin School of Puerto Rico) smashed the first pitch he saw up the middle to plate the Judges' first run. An error and a wild pitch moved Cortese over to third base, and sophomore 2b Tom McCarthy drove him home on a groundout.
The top of the order had most of the offensive production for the Judges, as the 1-2-3 combination of senior catcher Chris Ferro (Walpole, Mass./Walpole), O'Connor and Cortese combined for two runs, an RBI, a steal, and five of the team's six hits.
Rookie John Meuchner (Rockville Centre, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland) picked up the loss for the Bantams despite allowing just one earned run in five innings.
The second game featured another pitchers duel. Junior Brian Ing (Sandwich, Mass./Sandwich) started the game and gave up one run in three innings of work. Rookie James Machado (Dracut, Mass./Dracut) relieved Ing in the fourth inning and put in the best outing of his young career. Machado allowed the first batter he faced to reach on a single, but besides a fifth-inning error, did not allow another Bantam to reach base. The rookie pitched four innings in all, striking out six batters to earn his first career victory.
The Judges plated all three of their runs in the first two innings of the contest, and all with two outs in the inning. Cortese hit a two-out single through the left side in the bottom of the first inning, and Brenner promptly lashed a double down the right field line to score the run. In the second, senior 3b Pat Seaward (York, Maine/York) reached on an infield single and took second on an errant throw. Senior right fielder Dylan Britton (Poughquag, N.Y./Arlington) singled up the middle to drive in Seaward, and promptly picked up his first career stolen base. Ferro tripled to deep center field, driving in Britton for Brandeis' third run. In total, eight different players each added one hit for the Judges.
Rookie Dylan Callahan (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich) picked up the loss for the Bantams to fall to 1-3. Sophomore Evan Abraham (Pacific Palisades, Calif./Brentwood) had his best outing of the year in relief, allowing just three baserunners in three scoreless innings of work. Sophomore left fielder Scott Huley (Greenwich, Conn./King) went 2-for-3 in the game, the only player from either team that finished with more than one hit.
Brandeis will play host to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. The team's final game of the season will be on Wednesday afternoon against UMass Dartmouth.
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By Todd Schulte
Marketing of timeshares performs best when it is closely
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It's summer time, which for millions of Americans means
vacations. And for our industry, this means show-time as we deliver on the
dream of better vacationing for our consumers. That is if they take their earned vacation time.
There is good news on that front. Project: Time Off found
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decade, according to their latest report The State of American Vacation 2017. This is, of course, great news for our
Even with American travel being up, our ARDA advocates have remained
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- If possible, stop the water from flowing into your basement, or at it's source ASAP!
- Turn off the electricity, unplug and remove smaller electrical devices from the areas with excess water, if it is safe to do so. Unplug large appliances.
- Avoid walking on wet carpet as it can spread the water damage and cause injury.
- Remove small furniture from carpeted areas or place aluminum foil, or something water resistant under furniture legs and flat bottom furniture. This helps prevent permanent rust of furniture stains.
- Remove, or hang draperies off the ground and pin up bed skirts to avoid contact with wet floors.
- Remove any moisture-sensitive, breakables and valuable items, as well as items that may stain floor coverings. Do not forget to check under the beds, sofas, behind televisions and other furniture.
- Plan for restoration crews to move furniture into dry areas, the garage, or other clean staging areas.
- Wash your hands after handling damaged items, and remove shoes, be fore going into non affected areas.
- Avoid turning on fans, the furnace, and air conditioning units as they may spread contamination if the situation is sewage, or mold related.
- Industrial strength extraction equipment is brought into the home to physically remove any free standing water and water that is trapped and should be extracted in carpet and carpet padding, and upholstery.
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- Special instruments like hygrometers and moisture meters will be used to identify hidden pockets of water that can be trapped in wood, drywall, and other cellulose materials.
- Proper water extraction and professional drying techniques help minimize the possibility of secondary damage, potential mold growth and reduces costs to rebuild the damaged areas.
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- 2nd Chance Water Restoration will even work directly with you and your insurance adjuster to process the insurance claim and bill your insurance company directly.
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We have all of our technicians take continuing education courses every year to make sure that we have the best water removal specialists not only in East Chicago, Indiana, but in the entire Chicago land area.
We can deal with your homeowners insurance company after your basement floods and bill them directly for the work that we do. You need to call your insurance company, if your basement floods, so that you can get a claim number, which allows us to bill them directly.
Some insurance companies deliberately omit floods, or other "acts of God", so they don't have to cover the cost of replacing water damages items, or home material, so make sure to speak to your agent and check your policy, before a water damage disaster strikes. Make sure that you are covered for flooding and other "acts of God".
The insurance company should send out an adjuster right away to assess the damages. There are times, where they try to put this assessment off, which they shouldn't, because items and materials damaged by water need to be removed and drying needs to start right away to avoid further damage. Insurance companies will be the first ones to use words like neglect, so they don't have to pay for additional damages, so hold them accountable and try to get the adjuster to your home as soon as possible, so they have to cover the loss.
Whether you have insurance, or not, you should call 2nd Chance Water Restoration to get a free estimate on water damage, sewage cleanup, or mold removal at 630-546-2239!
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Facts about East Chicago, Indiana :
East Chicago is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 29,698 at the 2010 census. It is the home of Marktown, Clayton Mark's planned worker community.
The city operates a free bus service known as East Chicago Transit. It features three routes: Route 1 Crosstown, Route 2 West Calumet, and Route 4 Woodmar Mall. GPRT Route 12 stops in East Chicago en route from Hammond to Gary. PACE operates Route 892, a special work shuttle between Gary, East Chicago and UPS' Hodgkins facility. Its schedule coincides with UPS workers' shifts. The route is operated in cooperation with UPS, which partially funds its operations.
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Satellites and computer simulations create thousands of datasets that describe phenomena on the Earth, such as images of cloud formations and land features, models of climate change, and graphic depictions of ocean currents and atmospheric conditions. But typical 2-D displays of such data distort the images on a flat surface.
That bothered Alexander MacDonald of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the primary producers of such data.
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"As scientists we should be looking at the Earth as it really is," said MacDonald, director of NOAA's Forecast Systems Laboratory in Boulder, Col. "I wondered: Why don't we display things on the full Earth?"
At home, using a beach ball and a couple of video projectors, he rigged up a garage prototype of a spherical movie screen on which data gathered from the Earth's globe could be rendered in the same format.
"It looked pretty good," he said.
After years of software development and material testing, NOAA's Science on a Sphere moved out of the garage and debuted in 2002 at Broomfield Heights Middle School in Colorado. As of this writing, there are about 35 of the spheres installed in museums, science centers, research facilities and schools around the world, with as many as 50 expected by the end of the year.
"We're getting a lot of international orders," MacDonald said.
"It's a big white ball, and it uses a system of four projectors," said Miles Roberts, curator of the National Zoo's Amazonia Science Gallery in Washington, which installed Science on a Sphere in February. "It's a very powerful teaching tool," he said, and the zoo is planning several teacher training programs using the sphere this summer.
A series of computers feeds data to projectors, which display the images on a sphere 68 inches in diameter, typically in a format of 4,000 by 2,000 pixels. The large scale globe can realistically depict ocean currents, atmospheric temperatures, population trends and other data. In the seven years since its debut, Science on a Sphere has been patented — and the name has been trademarked — and its software has been upgraded to take advantage of advances in computing power. Today, in addition to full-motion video, the display image can be re-rendered in real time, allowing a user to shift the point of view on the globe using a Wii remote wireless controller so that you can see ice pack conditions at the north and south poles or watch the spread of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
"We couldn't do that until three years ago," MacDonald said.
The latest innovation is SphereCasting, a scheme to network stand-alone spheres via the Internet so that people can give synchronized presentations around the world, controlled from a central location.That still is in testing phase, MacDonald said. "We have done several that prove you can do it."
The system was developed in NOAA's Forecast Systems Laboratory, where a graphics team led by David Himes was assembled to write the software.
MacDonald has a doctorate in meteorology with computer science as an allied field. "I like software," he said. "I was always interested in graphics." But he decided to take advantage of the graphics expertise already available in the forecast lab. MacDonald roughed out requirements for a system that would distribute data to multiple projectors, perfectly synchronize displays and format images so that they remain in focus on a convex surface and merge into one another without visible seams.
The task took a three-man team about three years to initially complete. The software is written in C++, and despite the complexity of the task, it consists of about 100,000 lines of code, considerably smaller than a typical operating system. It runs on a "pretty hot Linux box," he said.
Five different materials were tested for the globe. At 245 pounds, a six-foot fiberglass globe was too heavy to be practical and plastic stretched under its own weight when suspended, elongating the globe. "We ended up with carbon fiber," MacDonald said.
The cost of a Science on a Sphere unit is about $165,000. Each owner pays for software and hardware, although NOAA's Office of Education has provided more than $3.7 million to assist with developing exhibits and creating content. The owners purchase their own computers and projectors. NOAA loads the software, provides a crew to install the system and offers support for three years.
"They have created a system that is as maintenance- and trouble-free as possible," the National Zoo's Roberts said.
The software is written to support any number of projectors, but the zoo's setup is typical, following NOAA's recommendations for equipment. It uses four high-end Sony projectors that provide a resolution of 72 dots per inch on the sphere. These are aligned every morning to keep the images in sync. Each projector is controlled by a Dell Precision T3400 workstation running Red Hat Linux. A fifth T3400 hosts the content for the sphere and controls the other four computers. There is a Bluetooth connection on the control computer for the Wii Remote.
There are about 250 datasets now available for display on the sphere, said Kairo Vivas, coordinator of the Amazonia Science Gallery, who runs the sphere on most days. Many of those have been produced from NOAA and NASA Earth observation programs. Some are compiled from satellite images, others are computer simulations, and others are visualizations of data gathered from surface or satellite sensors. Sphere owners also can create their own programs, which can be made available to other spheres on a Web portal.
"Very little programming is required to use this," Roberts said. "We're the only zoo that has one of these. What we are able to contribute is data on wildlife," including landscape, ecology and habitat ranges.
The zoo has developed a playlist of popular datasets that run more or less continuously on the Amazonia sphere. As visitors ask questions or request other displays, Vivas, using the Wii Remote, presents the data and shifts the globe's orientation to answer questions.
Some of the popular displays for the Sphere of Science are:
Science on a Sphere is being commercialized by Global Imagination, which offers what it calls Magic Planet in a variety of sizes, from portable 16-inch globes with an internal projector that can be run from a laptop or DVD player to 60-inch and larger globes using external projection systems similar to what NOAA uses.
There also is talk of military applications for the sphere, such as showing deployments and other activities around the world. But research and education remains MacDonald's primary focus for the systems.
"There is no better way to look at that data than on a sphere," he said.
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"I think it would be incredible," said Vettel. "Obviously it has been a very tough season, up and down I think for everyone. Extremely challenging, different to previous years in many ways. I think we learned a lot and did way less mistakes this year. We have a very competitive car, we've had one since the start of the season. Maybe sometimes not good enough to win, but still good enough to collect a lot of points.
"I think that put us in a very strong position and we are able to fight for the championship. Only two races to go, so whatever happens this weekend, before anything happens we have to make sure we get the maximum on Friday, on Saturday, because the points are there to grab on Sunday and not before. But for sure it would mean a lot, and probably difficult now to find the right words."
Meanwhile this weekend Vettel is celebrating his 100th GP, having co-incidentally run his first in the USA in 2007
"I remember my first race obviously. I think you can't forget. There are some positives, some negatives. I didn't have the best start, and not the best first corner but then it was quite an interesting race. And obviously a big challenge at the end of the race. I was physically destroyed, I remember that as well. And I knew that I had a lot to do – but I knew as well that's what I want to do in the future.
"Sitting here 100 races later is quite crazy in a way. I think if the number gives you anything, it's just that you don't realise how quickly time goes by. I think it's always like that when you do something you enjoy a lot. You don't count the days and the months and the years going by. Looking back now it doesn't seem a long time ago but looking on the calendar it's five years ago."
Vettel also made a somewhat reluctant apology for his now infamous use of the F-word on the Abu Dhabi podium.
"I think if you're sensitive you should watch - I don't know - some kids' programme. You have the remote control in your hand, so you can chose. Surely it wasn't intentional at the last race. I think it's a bit unnecessary to create such a big fuss but anyway, if I said some things that weren't appropriate then I apologise, but I think there's not a lot I have to do differently to succeed in that regard."


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LiLo's Latest Launch: Lindsay Lohan has entered the fashion blogosphere with a self-titled style site. {The Telegraph}
Samira's Beauty Secrets: ELLE's own fashion director Samira Nasr opened up to Into the Gloss about her beauty routine and must-have products. {Into the Gloss}
A Foot Ahead: Fast fashion favorite Nasty Gal is capitalizing on its online retail popularity with a new footwear collection, Shoe Cult by Nasty Gal. {Nasty Gal Press Release}
InstaGIRLS: Preview the third season of HBO's Girls with a new teaser of behind-the-scenes shots, captured Instagram-style. {Vulture}
The Royal Baby Is a Rascal: In Prince William's first post-baby interview, he shared tidbits of first time fatherhood, admitting his son is "a little fighter." {The Hollywood Reporter}


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Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) deserves "an 'A' for creativity but an 'F' for content" for his scheme to obstruct future nominees to the nation's second most important court, Alliance for Justice President Nan Aron said Thursday.
Aron was referring to Grassley's plan to eliminate three of the four vacant judgeships on the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a plan he raised again at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Thursday.
During that meeting, the committee voted in favor of president Obama's nomination of Sri Srinivasan to fill one of four vacancies on the 11-judge court. "But don't be fooled: Today's vote by no means shows Republicans' willingness to stop playing games with the president's nominees. During the same meeting, Grassley announced what amounts to a 'pre-emptive filibuster,' declaring his intent to eliminate the other three vacancies on the D.C. Circuit, effectively blocking any nominees to those seats," Aron said.
Grassley cited what he claimed is a light workload for the court, based solely on the number of cases handled by each judge. "That claim is as nonsensical as it is hypocritical," Aron said.
|Patricia Wald
Aron also noted that "less than a week ago, at another meeting of the same committee, Sen. Grassley's close Republican ally, Sen. Jeff Sessions said it was wrong to measure caseload by raw numbers without factoring in complexity.
"The hypocrisy is clear when one looks at Sen. Grassley's own record. When the caseload on the court was lighter than it is now, Sen. Grassley supported President George W. Bush's nominees to fill all eleven seats on the court.
"The current majority on the D.C. Circuit has used its power to issue decisions undermining protections for workers, consumers, and the environment that affect all Americans," Aron said. "Sen. Grassley and his allies are using every trick in the book to try to keep it that way."
"If the Republican obsession with obstruction persists," Aron said, "then the Senate majority must reform Senate rules to allow the will of the majority of Americans to prevail."
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By KASIE HUNT
REDMOND, Wash. — Mitt Romney accused China of stealing American inventions and assailed the nation's currency policies Thursday, playing to voters' economic fears amid worries about another recession.
In a speech at Microsoft's headquarters, Romney repeated calls for a new free-trade zone among countries that agree to respect those intellectual property rights and called for broader punishments for China if they don't allow their currency, the yuan, to appreciate in value.
Romney didn't offer any new proposals, instead using the speech to hit China's trade practices. He said China's currency manipulation has cost "millions of jobs" in the U.S.
"I want to make sure that people we trade with follow the rules and if someone consistently cheats, I want to make sure they understand that can't go on," he said.
China's government controls the value of its currency against the dollar, a practice that makes Chinese products cheaper in U.S. markets and U.S. goods more expensive in China. U.S. manufacturers say the currency manipulation hikes the price of American imports by as much as 40 percent.
Romney also harshly criticized China for ignoring U.S. copyright laws, accusing it of counterfeiting American designs, technology and pirating software.
The Chinese are "stealing ... intellectual property, appropriating it at no cost, duplicating and selling it around the world," he said. "There's also hacking going on, where Chinese companies or even the government itself, perhaps, hacks into computers to steal technology."
U.S. officials have long pointed to China as one of the leading safe havens for cybercriminals, or government-sponsored or tolerated hacking.
China has said that allegations of cyberespionage against U.S. companies were groundless, and the sources of Internet attacks are notoriously difficult to pin down.
Amid stubbornly high unemployment and a persistent economic recession, the GOP presidential candidates have often attacked China as they seek to convince voters they can create jobs and turn the economy around.
China's monetary policy has come under fire in Congress, too. The Senate this week passed a bill to impose higher tariffs on China if they don't allow their currency to gain value more quickly. That bill is unlikely to pass the House, where Republican leaders have opposed it.
Romney said if elected president he would immediately label China as a currency manipulator. He also wants American trade authorities to consider China's currency policies as a subsidy on Chinese goods, which would allow the U.S. to put a countervailing subsidy on Chinese imports.
Democrats say Obama has repeatedly pressured China to stop manipulating its currency.
"A year ago, Romney hit Obama in (Romney's) book for being too tough on China. Now Mitt's a trade warrior? Should he have called his book No Shame!" top Obama adviser David Axelrod wrote on Twitter on Thursday.
Romney rival Jon Huntsman, a former ambassador to China, has also criticized Romney's trade proposals. "I don't subscribe to the Don Trump school or the Mitt Romney school of international trade. I don't want to find ourselves in a trade war," Huntsman said during Tuesday's debate in New Hampshire.
Economists largely agree with Huntsman; the policy debate among Republicans — Democrats, too — is whether that risk is worth it. Opponents of confronting China worry about a trade war that the fragile global economy cannot afford.
China may have more to lose than the U.S. if trade in goods were curtailed. But Washington depends heavily on China to buy U.S. Treasury securities to help finance its budget deficits.
As part of his Thursday trip, Romney also held a fundraiser at a downtown Seattle hotel — and was confronted by demonstrators from the Occupy Seattle protest, one of the demonstrations across the country that have grown out of New York's Occupy Wall Street protests.
Before his trade speech, Romney met privately with Microsoft executives, including chief executive Steve Ballmer.
Romney also on Thursday announced that Carlos Gutierrez, who served as commerce secretary under President George W. Bush, will become his top trade adviser.


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Water jet technology extends celery shelf life
The technology was designed and supplied to UK firm Len Wright Salads by Quasar Automation, which is based in Yorkshire in the UK.
The business claimed the fresh produce industry traditionally used high speed circular blades to perform topping and tailing, portioning and cut-to-length operations.
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However, the company said this could have a negative impact on quality and appearance, especially if blades begin to blunt, causing bruising or unsightly strands on the portioned product. Material retained on the blades could also be a source of contamination, it added.
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How Should Christians Vote in 2008 and Beyond?
There are countries and circumstances in which the persecuted Church of Jesus Christ cannot even publicly identify itself, much less talk about getting involved in the decisions of our civic leaders. There are countries today in which Christians are arrested, detained and killed for no reason other than being Christian. There are countries that are being run by dictators, and in those countries wisdom may very well determine the level of involvement that a Christian will attempt to achieve in the decisions of their civic leaders.
But thank God that for the time being America still proudly parades itself as the world's greatest and freest democracy. Under that disguise, Christians in 2008 can still publicly assert their right to involvement in the system established for the making and/or breaking of laws in the United States of America. God expects us to make use of this privilege. The fact that our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world, and especially in countries where Islam is the established religion, cannot freely and openly practice their Christian faith without risking their lives is all the more reason for us to militantly exploit the privileges associated with the democracy that we enjoy in the United States of America.
I borrow from the title of a sermon preached in Jamaica by Bishop Vaughn McLaughlin of The Potter's House Christian Fellowship, Jacksonville, FL: "Our Normal is Another Man's Miracle." The two feet we take for granted represent a miracle for the man who has only one. Our ability to speak represents a miracle for the man who is dumb, and our ability to see represents a miracle for the man who is blind. The right to involvement in public life in America must never be taken for granted. On the contrary, it must be vigorously defended and preserved by aggressive use.
Christians Must Vote
God has allowed members of the Body of Jesus Christ in America to function as light and salt through access to the highest corridors of earthly power and influence. Every Christian in America must vote every time they get the opportunity. To not vote is irresponsibility of the highest order. Not even the Founding Fathers of America got the concept of voting right. In the days of George Washington, poor white men who did not own land were not allowed to vote. Black men were not allowed to vote. Wealthy and or bright white women were not allowed to vote either.
It took time, great debate, ill will and struggles to set the stage for what we now call universal, adult suffrage, or the right of every adult to vote. Every Christian from the age of eighteen must therefore make full use of the priceless privilege of voting. And just in case you know of any 'smart' people who still insist on not voting, be kind enough to give them a message for me – tell them that everyone votes. Those who do not vote decisively or deliberately do so by default. You either vote for the candidate of your choice by marking the X beside your candidate or pressing the appropriate button on the one hand, or you vote for the majority's candidate whether you endorse him or not. It is that simple. Failing to vote is to vote for the winner. And needless to say, you become subject to whoever is elected, whether you like it or not.
However, voting is clearly not an end in itself and must not be seen as such. It is a reasonably nonconfrontational way for Christians to select leaders who are either committed Christians themselves, or at least leaders who are demonstratively sympathetic to all that is necessary for the expansion of the kingdom of heaven on earth. This means that the Christian must vote intelligently and must submit their choice of candidate for God's approval. The Christian must vote for candidates who as close as possible represent the ideal of the Christian faith and philosophy. Christian voters must therefore research their candidates and at all times be in a position to evaluate their performance.
Christians Must Actively Lobby
However, there is more. Not only must the Christian research and observe electoral candidates, but the Christian must attempt to influence willing candidates to represent what is right and pleasing in God's eyes. Christians must monitor the performance of elected representatives with a view to determining whether or not to reelect them. And since the Christian is to be wise like the serpent and harmless as the dove, he or she must understand the nature of majority rule in a democracy and make use of the political leverage of numbers in the Christian community as well as that of non-Christians who are supportive of Christian positions. Christians should therefore add their voice to any for a specific Christian value, unless of course that lobby is already identified with anti-Christian values. However, even in such a case, God will give wisdom to Christians so that they can support the good message of an otherwise evil messenger.
Think it through. Is it not hypocritical for the individual Christian as well as the Christian Church to denounce homosexuality and engage resources in preaching against its inherent sinfulness and social ills on the one hand, and yet refuse to lobby against a political candidate with a known homosexual agenda? Put another way, would it not be wiser and more consistent for the Christian to help prevent a candidate with a known homosexual agenda from being elected, rather than sit back and do nothing to dissuade the majority from electing him and then become very active in condemning his agenda after he is elected?
Admittedly, the decision becomes more difficult when electing the President of the United States as against electing a State Senator. A Presidential candidate who supports one or even two distinctly anti-Christian values may otherwise be evaluated as being the more suitable of two candidates for the top job in America. On the other hand, a Presidential candidate may line up with all major, socially visible values, but may otherwise be evaluated as being the less suitable of two candidates for the top job in America. How then should the Christian vote in an American democracy in which the President seldom has the final say? Fortunately for me, I do not have to provide that answer outside of the context of specifics. The Christian experience is characterized by a dynamic relationship between God's Holy Spirit and the individual Christian. God requires that the Christian be aware of the issues and He is willing and able to guide decisions.
In the area of the discharge of our civic duties, the Christian must subscribe to the maxim that 'an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure'. 'A stitch in time saves nine'. If the aim is to expand the kingdom of God on earth and cover the earth with His righteousness, then the Christian must strategically identify and give his support to all that will help to make that possible. All laws, programs, ideologies along with their proposers and backers that will work contrary to that goal must be identified the moment they are first put forward, and, as William Shakespeare said, "think him as a serpent's egg, which hatched, would as its kind grow mischievous, and kill him in the shell." On the other hand, the Christian should identify all laws, programs and projects – as well as their proposers and backers – that are consistent with and supportive of the expansion of the kingdom of God on earth and give those their full support and backing. It is ultimately easier to prevent a problem from developing than it is to cure it after it has developed.
Christian Political Candidates
Not only must Christians vote, but Christians must also offer themselves to be voted for. Is it not hypocritical for the Christian to criticize and condemn those who run for public office as being unrighteous and unworthy while at the same time placing restrictions on the righteous and worthy from offering themselves as alternatives? And is it not hypocritical to claim to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world while maintaining the claim that involvement in politics will damage the Christian's testimony? Or is it true that if the truth be told, many Christians feel comfortable in the safety of the sanctuary but scared in the cauldron of the society?
If there is a large enough constituency of Christians or Christian sympathizers who effectively believe that a Christian candidate will do a better job for the community than would a non-Christian, then the Christian will be elected. If the Christian candidate fails to be elected, they would have made good use of an opportunity for their voice to be heard and their values to be shared. If they remain faithful to their public ministry, their voice will continue to be heard even though they were not elected. Moreover, at any time there is a problem with the performance of the incumbent, the Christian alternative will have first right of audience. If the Christian were elected, they would then have the opportunity of leveraging their testimony with the facilities of the state, which is nothing more than the collective resources of the same people who elected them. Under God's guidance, God will now have access to a 21st century Shedrach, Meshach, Abednego, Daniel or Joseph, all of whom were minority servants of God who became effective politicians and brought honor and glory to the name of God.
So, whether elected or unelected, Christians and the church must analytically and critically comment on the administration of the state so as to facilitate the establishment of the kingdom of God on earth.
And because to whom much is given, much is expected, the church of Jesus Christ in America must use the influence and freedom guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America to influence the government of the USA to support the defense of the inalienable rights of Christians in oppressed countries throughout the world.
Adapted from an excerpt from pages 135-140 of the brand new book Put Him Back… America! by Godfrey E. McAllister, Ph.D.


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The Central Connecticut volleyball team earned a four set victory over Bryant on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Devils (16-12, 11-4 NEC) dropped the opening set, but rebounded to win three straight and the match. Senior Blaike King led the offense with 16 kills.
The Bulldogs (11-21, 5-10 NEC) opened the match with a 25-23 set victory, but the Blue Devils responded taking the second set, 25-21, the third, 25-17, and fourth, 26-24.
Both teams played strong defense at the net, which produced 14 blocks for the Blue Devils and 13 for Bryant.
The Blue Devil offense got going in the second set with three players recording three kills. Sophomore Rachel Dunlap, senior Emily Cochran and King all connected for three kills in the set and senior Jamie Rademacher also had two kills.
Junior Veronika Ban got the Blue Devils off to a quick start in the third set with four service aces over a five serve stretch, which helped the Blue Devils build a 5-0 lead. CCSU did not look back from that point, building on their lead and winning the set 25-17.
Central need extra points to claim the fourth and final set, but the Blue Devils finally ended it on Cochran's 14th kill of the match.
Freshman Makenna Lommori contributed 43 assists in the match and also led the Blue Devils at the net with eight total blocks. Rademacher, Ban and Dunlap all totaled five blocks and King chipped in with a pair.
Senior Allyson Porter recorded a match-high 21 digs on defense. Cochran (10), Lommori (9), King (9) and sophomore Brittany Schumacher (5) also contributed multiple digs.
Before the match, the Blue Devils honored their five senior student-athletes.
Today's contest was the final home match of the year and the Blue Devils conclude the regular season at Quinnipiac tomorrow. Next weekend the Blue Devils will travel to LIU Brooklyn for the Northeast Conference Tournament. It is the program's 10th consecutive NEC Tournament appearance.


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You always knew the future would involve some kind of advancement in sex technology, but you couldn't quite put your finger on what it would be. Until now, that is: Popular vibrator maker Jimmyjane has just released what may well be the next wave of personal stimulation that will do for old, bulky vibrators what the microchip did for computers. Say hello to the Hello Touch: a wearable device with tips that turn your fingers into a vibrating surface, for easy manipulation and, ahem, "exploration," in the company's own words.
Jimmyjane says that Hello Touch, which is waterproof, washable and sells for $65, also "allows hands to play naturally. Stroke, tickle and squeeze — the dual Vibration Pods have the same mobility and flexibility as your fingers."
It looks like something Tom Cruise's character might have worn in "Minority Report."
Weaker fingertip vibrators have been on the market already, but this one claims to be the first not to skimp on the pleasure power.
But would anyone use such a strange, sci-fi contraption that looks more "Blade Runner" than "Rabbit"?
Some New York women are eager to try it.
"I'm all about this, wires and all," says Diana Vilibert, a 26-year-old freelancer who has written for Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and others. "It's nice to be able to add extra stimulation when you're with a partner without wedging a vibrator shaped like a duck down there."
Hello Touch will be available in time for Valentine's Day at Babeland, a sex-toy shop with three locations in New York City. Store founder Claire Cavanah thinks it might be the best design she's seen in 20 years of selling sex toys . Customers are already clamoring for it.
"It's an innovative approach to sexy play because the vibrations can go anywhere hands go, so imagine the possibilities!" she says.
The appeal for customers is that it's discreet and fun for couples, eliminating the need for a bulky object you have to hold onto.
But some arousal seekers worry this is the Apple-ization of their own personal touch pad.
"The design looks a little too robotic and sterile, and well, too much like an iPod," says Katrina, a 22-year-old blogger from Bed-Stuy. "It doesn't seem sexy or organic. I like the idea of putting more power into something I already use, but it could stand to look less like a robot."
One adventurous lady says the device doesn't go boldly enough into the promised future.
"I like the idea of cyborg sex, and sex without a large plastic animal jabbing at my [private parts], but it doesn't seem as futuristic as they are claiming it to be," says Emily, a 27-year-old social worker in Manhattan. "In the future, there should be no wires."
It might not look sexy but for a generation of multitaskers, it may have just the right touch.


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