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A seal escaped the deadly jaws of an attacking great white shark in waters off South Africa by balancing on the shark's nose before dropping back into the water and swimming away.
The incredible images above and below were captured by photographer David Jenkins of Dublin, Ireland, while on a great white shark tour boat off Cape Town. They show just how close the seal came to meeting its death, as the white shark clearly missed its target while attacking from below, as white sharks are known to do. The shark appears to have pushed the seal up into the air with its snout as the seal held on before making its escape.
"The seals were making their way back to 'Seal Island' after feeding out at sea and the sharks travel below them," Jenkins said, according to Yahoo! News UK. "The sharks are really well camouflaged due to their dark backs and when the seal looks down it is hard to make out the shark in the dark below.
"When the shark picks its time to attack, it can accelerate at around [25 miles per hour] upwards, which can send both the shark and the seal flying up out of the water."
The resulting aerials are usually spectacular, and the reason great white sharks are known as "Air Jaws" around Seal Island in False Bay and area waters.
"The breaching sharks are amazing; the speed and agility just takes your breath away as they can explode from below without warning," Jenkins said.
"This seal was one lucky pup."
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UNH hockey skates to tie with Michigan
UNH Press Release:
Nick Sorkin (Rockville, Md.) scored the game-tying goal to lift the 13th-ranked University of New Hampshire men's ice hockey team to Friday night's 1-1 tie against fifth-ranked University of Michigan at the Whittemore Center.
UNH's record levels at 1-1-1 and Michigan remains unbeaten at 2-0-1. The Wildcats and Wolverines conclude the two-game series Saturday (7 p.m.) at the Whittemore Center.
UNH goaltender Jeff Wyer (Reading, Mass.) made 17 saves, including one in overtime. UM goalie Zach Nagelvoort, who entered the game with 18:19 remaining in the third period, played the last 23:19 of the game and was credited with the tie and 15 saves, including two in OT. Starting goalie Steve Racine stopped 19 shots before exiting the game due to injury 1:41 into the final frame
The teams combined for nine penalties and 29 penalty minutes in the first period as UNH was whistled for two minors, a major and a game misconduct while Michigan committed four minor infractions.
With UNH on the power play, a Trevor van Riemsdyk (Middletown, N.J.) slapshot from the left point ricocheted off the pipe. Kevin Goumas (Long Beach, N.Y.) corralled the puck off the rebound at the right post and lifted a shot across the goalmouth.
In the 11th minute, Michigan's JT Compher snapped a shot from the high slot that sailed wide and caromed off the end boards back into the crease, where a UNH defenseman swept the puck aside.
With the teams skating 4-on-4, UNH's Dalton Speelman (San Jose, Calif.) was called for a contact to the head major and game misconduct. The Wolverines capitalized on the extended power play to generate a flurry of shots, including three consecutive attempts from the slot off the stick of Mac Bennett – two of which were wide – and another Phil Di Giuseppe shot from the right circle that was stopped by Wyer.
Michigan took a 1-0 lead on that power play with a tally at 15:32. Andrew Copp initiated the scoring sequence from the right circle with a pass to the high slot, where Compher slapped a low, hard pass toward the left post and Tyler Motte redirected the puck into the open left side
UNH's Grayson Downing (Abbottsford, British Columbia) had two quality scoring chances in the last 3:30 of the first period. On a breakaway down the middle, he shifted to the forehand in the low slot but was stoned by Racine at the left post. With two minutes on the clock, Downing lifted a close-range shot past Racing that caromed off the crossbar.
The Wildcats opened the second period with 1:46 remaining on a power play, and they scored three seconds after it expired to tie the score, 1-1, at 1:49. The initial shot from the high slot by Justin Agosta (East Meadow, N.Y.) was saved by Racine, but Sorkin corralled the puck at the left doorstep and jammed the puck into the net. Goumas was also credited with an assist.
UNH went on its seventh power play of the game at 4:27 of the third period but Nagelvoort was stout in net to preserve the tie. The Wildcats were awarded a penalty shot when Derek DeLois was whistled for hooking at 13:59. Dan Correale (Prince George, British Columbia) skated down the slot and attempted to stuff the puck low inside the right post, but Nagelvoort slid in position to make the save.
New Hampshire went on its eighth power play at 15:41, but a staunch Wolverine penalty kill kept the 'Cats on the perimeter.
The teams ended regulation with UNH holding a 33-17 shot advantage. The Wildcats were 0-8 on the power play, while Michigan when 1-4 on the man advantage.


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The November 2009 Daring Bakers' Challenge was chosen and hosted by Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives. She chose the Italian pastry, Cannolo (Cannoli is plural), using the cookbooks Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and The Sopranos Family Cookbook by Allen Rucker, recipes by Michelle Scicolone, as ingredient/direction guides. She added her own modifications/changes, so the recipe is not 100% verbatim from either book.
Cannoli originated in Sicily and are an essential part of Sicilian cuisine. Cannoli were historically prepared as a treat during Carnevale season, possibly as a fertility symbol. They consist of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling usually containing ricotta cheese (or alternatively, but less traditionally, sweetened Mascarpone) blended with some combination of vanilla, chocolate, pistachio, Marsala wine, or other flavorings. Some chefs add chocolate chips. Sometimes, cannoli can be found with the shells dipped in chocolate, in addition to being stuffed with filling.
The following is the recipe Lisa Michele provided for the Challenge.
Cannoli Shells
2 cups (250 grams/16 ounces) all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons (28 grams/1 ounce) sugar
1 teaspoon (5 grams/0.06 ounces) unsweetened baking cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon (1.15 grams/0.04 ounces) ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon (approx. 3 grams/0.11 ounces) salt
3 tablespoons (42 grams/1.5 ounces) vegetable or olive oil (I used unsalted butter)
1 teaspoon (5 grams/0.18 ounces) white wine vinegar
Approximately 1/2 cup (approx. 59 grams/approx. 4 fluid ounces/approx. 125 ml) sweet Marsala or any white or red wine you have on hand (I used Marsala)
1 large egg, separated (you will need the egg white but not the yolk)
Vegetable or any neutral oil for frying – about 2 quarts (8 cups/approx. 2 litres)
Garnish: 1/2 cup (approx. 62 grams/2 ounces) toasted, chopped pistachio nuts, mini chocolate chips/grated chocolate and/or candied or plain zests; Confectioners' sugar for dusting over cannoli
Cannoli Filling
2 lbs (approx. 3.5 cups/approx. 1 kg/32 ounces) ricotta cheese, drained
1 2/3 cups cups (160 grams/6 ounces) confectioner's sugar, (more or less, depending on how sweet you want it), sifted
1/2 teaspoon (1.15 grams/0.04 ounces) ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon (4 grams/0.15 ounces) pure vanilla extract or the beans from one vanilla bean
3 tablespoons (approx. 28 grams/approx. 1 ounce) finely chopped good quality chocolate of your choice
2 tablespoons (12 grams/0.42 ounces) of finely chopped, candied orange peel, or the grated zest of one small to medium orange
3 tablespoons (23 grams/0.81 ounce) toasted, finely chopped pistachios
Directions for Shells:
1. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer or food processor, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in the oil, vinegar, and enough of the wine to make a soft dough. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and well blended, about 2 minutes. Shape the dough into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest in the refridgerator from 2 hours to overnight.
2. Cut the dough into two pieces. Keep the remaining dough covered while you work. Lightly flour a large cutting or pastry board and roll the dough until super thin, about 1/16 to 1/8" thick (An area of about 13 inches by 18 inches should give you that). Cut out 3 to 5-inch circles (3-inch – small/medium; 4-inch – medium/large; 5-inch;- large. Your choice). Roll the cut out circle into an oval, rolling it larger and thinner if it's shrunk a little.
3. Oil the outside of the cannoli tubes (You only have to do this once, as the oil from the deep fry will keep them well oiled). Roll a dough oval from the long side (If square, position like a diamond, and place tube/form on the corner closest to you, then roll) around each tube/form and dab a little egg white on the dough where the edges overlap. (Avoid getting egg white on the tube, or the pastry will stick to it.) Press well to seal. Set aside to let the egg white seal dry a little.
4. In a deep heavy saucepan, pour enough oil to reach a depth of 3 inches, or if using an electric deep-fryer, follow the manufacturer's directions. Heat the oil to 375°F (190 °C) on a deep fry thermometer, or until a small piece of the dough or bread cube placed in the oil sizzles and browns in 1 minute. Have ready a tray or sheet pan lined with paper towels or paper bags.
5. Carefully lower a few of the cannoli tubes into the hot oil. Do not crowd the pan. Fry the shells until golden, about 2 minutes, turning them so that they brown evenly.
6. Lift a cannoli tube with a wire skimmer or large slotted spoon, out of the oil. Using tongs, grasp the cannoli tube at one end. Very carefully remove the cannoli tube with the open sides straight up and down so that the oil flows back into the pan. Place the tube on paper towels or bags to drain. Repeat with the remaining tubes. While they are still hot, grasp the tubes with a potholder and pull the cannoli shells off the tubes with a pair of tongs, or with your hand protected by an oven mitt or towel. Let the shells cool completely on the paper towels. Place shells on cooling rack until ready to fill.
7. Repeat making and frying the shells with the remaining dough. If you are reusing the cannoli tubes, let them cool before wrapping them in the dough.
Directions for the Filling:
1. Line a strainer with cheesecloth. Place the ricotta in the strainer over a bowl, and cover with plastic wrap and a towel. Weight it down, and let the ricotta drain in the refrigerator for several hours to overnight.
2. In a bowl with electric mixer, or food processor, beat ricotta until smooth and creamy. Add confectioner's sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla, and blend until smooth. Transfer to another bowl and fold in chocolate, zest and nuts. Chill until firm. The filling can be made up to 24 hours in advance. Store the filling in a pastry bag, or in a covered bowl, in the refrigerator, until ready to fill the shells.
Assembling the Cannoli:
1. Just prior to serving, fill a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain or star tip, or a ziplock bag, with the ricotta cream. If using a ziplock bag, cut about 1/2 inch off one corner. Insert the tip in the cannoli shell and squeeze gently until the shell is half filled. Turn the shell and fill the other side.
2. Press or dip cannoli in chopped pistachios, grated chocolate/mini chocolate chips, candied fruit or zest into the cream at each end. Dust with confectioner's sugar and/or a drizzle of melted chocolate if desired.
I recommend watching Maria Batali's video series prior to making cannoli for the first time. I've also made Mario's Cannoli de Ricotta recipe (posted here), with excellent recults.
Making Cannoli Dough, by Mario Batali
Forming and Frying Cannoli Shells, by Mario Batali
Filling Cannoli, by Mario Batali
I adapted Giada De Laurentiss' Ricotta Cappuccino recipe for my filling. The texture is smooth and creamy and the hint of espresso is wonderful.
Ricotta Cappuccino
Adapted from Giada De Laurentiis
3/4 cup sugar
1 vanilla bean
2 (12 oz) containers ricotta cheese
1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
Pinch ground cinnamon
Pinch cocoa powder
Place the sugar in a food processor. Cut the vanilla bean open lengthwise, scrape out the seeds, and place them in the food processor with the sugar. Run the machine to make vanilla sugar.
Place the ricotta and espresso powder in the food processor. Blend for about 30 seconds. Stop the machine to scrape down the sides with a rubber spatula. Add cinnamon and cocoa powder. Blend for another 30 seconds. Spoon the mixture into a pastry bag and pipe into prepared cannoli shells. Drizzle cannoli with melted chocolate (I melted a Dark Chocolate-Orange bar)
I'll leave you with this poem I came across...
How to eat a Cannoli
by Ray Brown
Cannoli won second place
for the dessert with the worst eating design
second only to a hot dipped, thin-coated,
chocolate covered soft vanilla ice cream cone
on an August summer's day.
I understand why
they have to see through both ends of the shell
when filling it up -
but why would anyone design a dessert
which, when you bite on one end,
you lose 25% of the equivalent of the dessert out the other?
Now a Hot Dog.
There's a functional cylindrical type food.
The dog tucked cozily in the bun.
When you chew on one end you do not loose
mustard, relish and onions out the other.
Compare that to a Big Mac.
Bite at any one point and you have drippings drama
around all of the edges.
The cannoli's problem would be almost tolerable
if you were losing just mayonnaise, ketchup or mustard
or that messy combination of goo that
soothes your hamburger taste buds.
But cannoli filling is Italian health food
the whole cow's milk ricotta cheese
dark milk chocolate chips
(and whatever else is in there)
the sweet nectar of life.
I ate dinner once with an American
who thought he'd solve the problem with a knife and a fork
attempting to daintily cut through the shell
in order to pick up pieces.
Cutting through a cannoli shell!
"gat outa here"!
If they wanted you to break the shells apart
they would have crushed them up for you
and sprinkled them on top of the filling
and served them to you with a plastic spoon
in one of those paper cups for pansies.
There is only one way to eat cannoli.
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The Damned United Movie Review
Review by Nathan Samdahl (B+)
In the latest British historical film from the Oscar-nominated screenwriter Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon), The Damned United is a sports movie not really about sports, but about the crazy personalities that populate them. Certainly on a much smaller scale than Morgan's previous two films, the story here is probably one not known to most outside of Great Britain, or to most non-soccer fans (i.e. the majority of Americans). Despite this, the film is in many ways more satisfying to watch than Frost/Nixon or The Queen.
This satisfaction mostly comes from watching Morgan's fave Michael Sheen deliver his best and most noticeable performance to date. I say "noticeable" because he finally plays the character that people will take away from the movie, unlike Frost/Nixon where Frank Langella stole most of the accolades and The Queen where the contemporary figure of Tony Blair overshadowed Sheen's great character work. In Damned United, Sheen is manager Brian Clough, the star, an unpredictable, ruthless, cocky asshole that you love (or hate, but in a good way).
Structurally, the film operates in two time periods, in the present (1974) where Sheen's character takes over Leeds United (English soccer/football's best team) replacing the team's most accomplished coach Don Revie, and in the past (about five years earlier) showing Sheen's rise from his humble yet wildly successful beginnings as coach of a couple lower division teams. One of my only issues with the film is that the initial sequences in the past take a while to get going or at least get to the core of the film (Sheen's competitive feud with Revie). I found the 1974 sequences much more engrossing and was a bit bummed to get pulled away at the best parts to jump back in time. However, the film quickly picks up steam in both time periods and finishes strong with a great scene involving Sheen groveling to his longtime assistant manager Peter Taylor played by Timothy Spall (who he undeniably needs to succeed).
This film may not immediately appeal to everyone given the subject matter, but once audiences realize the movie is primarily a great story about the friendship between two men (Clough and Taylor) and the long-simmering feud between two egomaniacs (Clough and Revie), more interest should be created. If nothing else, see the film because Sheen, Spall and Revie (played by Colm Meaney - yes, from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine for all you Trekkies out there)) are all outstanding. Or see the film because overall all it's one of the better ones out there in the thus-far barren wilderness of 2009 films.
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Bykerk clinches Women's EnduroCross championship
KTM's Taddy Blazusiak took his second win of the year at the Boise, Idaho GEICO AMA EnduroCross, fueled by Monster Energy. And more important to Blazusiak, Mike Brown finished fourth and the two riders are now tied on points going into the Las Vegas finals on November 23rd.
The main event was another spectacular battle for the win. Beta's Cody Webb made an aggressive pass on Blazusiak and appeared to be headed to his third win in a row but Blazusiak clawed his way back and re-paid Webb with an aggressive block pass of his own at the halfway point. The two stayed close for several laps but then Blazusiak started to edge away and took a comfortable win. "Trying to get that start is key but I made a mistake and let Cody pass me, which was a good one" Blazusiak said with a chuckle. "Vegas is going to be crazy and a battle to the checkered flag for the championship" he continued.
Webb was a little disappointed with his second place finish after taking the win at the previous two events. "I had a huge lead and then I pumped up so bad that I couldn't even take my own helmet off after the race" Webb said. But he now moved into third in the points despite missing a race due to a broken foot.
Lucas/Rockstar JCR Honda backed Colton Haaker rode a strong race to finish third. He had set the fastest time during the evening Hot Laps to get the first gate pick for the main event but was unable to convert that into a good start. He was shuffled back to tenth after getting stuck in the wood pile on the second lap so third was a great result.
KTM's Mike Brown had entered the event with a seven point lead in the championship and started the day strong by setting the fastest time during the afternoon Hot Laps. But then Brown had a tough heat race, getting stuck in the wood pile several times to finish fifth, which meant he had to go to the LCQ. The LCQ was nearly a disaster for him but he ultimately took the win to get into the main. He then rode a strong race to hold third but lost touch with Blazusiak and Webb and then got passed by the charging Haaker late in the race.
Fifth place went to Justin Soule on the Monster Kawasaki. Like Haaker, Soule also moved through the field and was right on Brown's rear wheel for the last lap but could not find a way to pass him. Taylor Robert had a tough main event and finished sixth and fell from third to fifth in the points. Kyle Redmond, Geoff Aaron, Kevin Rookstool and Gary Sutherlin finished seventh through tenth.
Brown and Blazusiak will head to Las Vegas tied with 130 points each. Webb is third with 110, Haaker fourth with 108 and Robert is fifth with 105. The top five are mathematically still alive in the chase. The 2013 GEICO AMA EnduroCross Championship will be decided in Las Vegas on Saturday, November 23rd.
Boise Endurocross Results
RPM KTM's Chantelle Bykerk came into Idaho just needing finish ahead of Rachel Gutish to clinch the 2013 Women's GEICO AMA EnduroCross title and she left no doubt by taking her fourth win in a row. Bykerk battled with Shelby Turner and made a last lap pass to take the lead and win. She now has an insurmountable lead heading to the Las Vegas finals. Sarah Whitmore, the long standing Women's pro motocross racer earned her first ever EnduroCross podium.
In the Open Amateur main event, Harrison Oswald took the win over Wyatt Hart and Tucker Larrieu. The Vet Class was a crazy battle with multiple lead changes on the last lap. Colby Begin took the hard fought win over Stephen Foord and David Stirm. And the TrialsCross class win went to fourteen-year-old Ty Cullins over Shad Petersen and Kyle Larsen.
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Watercycles - Drain Water Heat Recovery
What is drain water heat recovery?
Drain water heat recovery (DWHR) is the practice of recovering the thermal energy we throw away down our drain particularly during a shower. The Watercycle is a water to water heat exchanger designed for use with drain water.
Water is the most expensive natural element to heat and carries a significant amount of energy. Any hot water that goes down the drain carries away energy with it. That's typically 80-90% of the energy used to heat water in a home. Drain water (or greywater) heat recovery systems capture this energy to preheat cold water entering the water heater or going to other water fixtures.
How it works
Water enters the home cold, is heated in the hot water heater and you take a shower around 41C (100 F). This water then goes down the drain. We can pre-heat this water from 5-25C (40-70F) before it hits the hot water heater. This will double the output of the hot water heater and cut cost in half.


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Agence France-Presse: Democrats Target Bush Anew on Iraq
Washington, D.C. -- Democratic leaders of Congress Friday took the wraps off a new effort to force troop withdrawals from Iraq, hoping to heap more political misery on a weakened President George W. Bush.
The new assault on White House Iraq strategy follows the collapse of a landmark immigration drive on Thursday in the Senate, which dealt a grievous blow to Bush's hopes of a legacy-enhancing second-term domestic achievement.
Mounting Republican anxiety over the war is emboldening Democrats, who have been repeatedly frustrated by Bush's congressional allies in their attempts to handcuff him over Iraq policy.
'We have many arrows in our quiver, and we are sharpening them,' said House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi Friday, as members of Congress left town for a week-long Independence Day recess.
Pelosi said she would introduce a bill in July to authorize troop redeployments to start within four months and to be completed by April 1, 2008, a formula that Bush has already blocked once with a presidential veto.
The only exceptions would cover forces fighting terrorism and protecting US installations in the war-ravaged country, she said.
Senate Democrats will introduce their own attempts to force Bush to accept troop withdrawal timelines, extend rest periods for troops between deployments and curtail his congressional authorization to wage war.
'People in Iraq are celebrating dying of natural causes,' Reid said Friday, relating details of what he said was a 'mind boggling' radio report.
'If you die of a heart attack or cancer in Iraq, they celebrate because so many people are being killed prematurely ... I feel that I -- and just not as a senator, but as a person -- have a moral obligation to do what I can to stop the death and suffering. By pushing a withdrawal date, it does just that.'
The new Democratic initiative comes a month after party leaders bowed to Bush's demands to strip troop withdrawal timelines out of a new 100 billion dollar emergency war budget.
Although Democrats grabbed control of Congress in elections last November, partly on a wave of voter anger over the war, they lack the crucial super-majority of at least 60 votes in the Senate needed to overcome Republican blocking tactics.
Asked whether signs of ebbing Republican support for Bush could help the Democrats piece together 60 votes, Reid said : 'I don't know if we can or not. We're going to keep pushing, because it's the right thing to do.'
Bush was able to keep his firewall intact in the last showdown over Iraq because most Republicans and many Democrats were unwilling to take the ultimate step of halting funding for the war while troops were in harm's way.
But as the next Democratic assault will be attached to bills setting policy for the Pentagon, rather than to appropriation bills funding the war effort, some observers believe Republican support may be more prone to fracturing.
Bush on Thursday pleaded with Americans to give time for his strategy of surging nearly 30,000 extra troops into Iraq, to work, after the US death toll rose above 3,500 in the war.
'Americans have got to understand it takes a while to mobilize additional troops and move from the United States to Iraq,' he said.
Bush's plea came after two Republican senators broke ranks with renewed calls Wednesday for changes in US
Senator Richard Lugar, a reluctant rebel and foreign policy expert, sent shockwaves through Washington by warning the 'surge' would not work.
Fellow Senate Republican George Voinovich, who like Lugar has resisted Democratic attempts to curtail Bush's war powers, recommended a disengagement from Iraq.
The new Democratic attempt to skewer Bush on Iraq is seen as a prelude to what is shaping up as a crucial month in September, when the US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus is expected to report on the progress of the surge.
Senior Republicans in the House and the Senate have said they expect Bush will have little option but to look for a course change in Iraq once the report is delivered.


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The Soviet Union map appeared in National Geographic in February 1976 as half of a two-map set with the Peoples of the Soviet Union map and the article "Siberia's Empire Road, the River Ob." This detailed map offers a historical snapshot of what was once one of the world's superpowers.
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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
The timeline is also available in a larger JPEG image (3368 pixels wide, 1.1 MB) and in PDF format (32 KB).
Key: contemporary historical events are in green; publications are in red; events in the life of the author are in blue.
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Editor's note: CMT Insider's interview with Carrie Underwood is featured in the new episode premiering Saturday (Aug. 4) at 11 a.m. ET/PT.
Carrie Underwood instantly knew what she wanted for the video of "Blown Away." And her ideas came to the big screen when she premiered the video for contest winners in San Antonio.
"When I first heard the song, I just had visions of what I wanted it to be like. And I really wanted it to be a dark Wizard of Oz in 2012 kind of thing," she told CMT Insider at the premiere event earlier this week.
In the video, Underwood addresses an abusive situation with a cinematic twist — or twister, as the case may be.
"The girl in the story has been struggling with this for a very long time. She just wants a fresh start. She is at her wits end, and she gets what she wants," she added.
In this exclusive interview, Underwood discusses her desire to turn the song into a mini-movie, her real-life experiences with tornadoes and the intense opening scene that left her bruised.
CMT: How do you feel about having this event in San Antonio with your fans?
Underwood: It's really all about the fans and getting them excited and participating and wanting all of us to come and have this music video premiere in their town. So it's really all their fault. It's really great to be here in San Antonio, and we've had so much time to make this video perfect. It's exciting that we're finally releasing it into the world.
Do you think that it will end up being controversial?
I hope not. That's not what we were aiming for at all. I try to stay away from controversy in any form or fashion. It was just such a great story and such a mini-movie, listening to the song, and we really wanted to do it justice in the video.
You must have at least considered the possibility that it might be considered controversial.
I think it would always be in the back of someone's mind, but I can't live my life like that. I love the song. I wanted to sing the song. I thought it was such an amazingly well-written song, and the music ended up being so amazing. That's what it was all about for me. So, if anyone else tries to read too much into it, I think they're just … digging too deep. They're digging into stuff that's not real and not the way we mean it.
Growing up in Oklahoma, did you see these kind of storms for real?
Yeah, and I do feel like that kind of adds to my cred in making this music video. This is something that I did grow up with. And there were many, many nights where we would have to go wait it out in the cellar. Yeah, it is something that I'm pretty used to.
The song was written by Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins. Did they write this song for you, or was it just a happy coincidence?
When I saw them after I heard the song, I was like, "Oh, my gosh. This is going to be huge! I cannot wait to record the song!" And they said, "Well, we were sitting there writing, like, 'Well, either we're writing for Carrie Underwood, or we're crazy.'" This song never belonged to anybody else. It always belonged to me. And they knew it, and I knew it when I heard it.
What do your fans say about the song?
So far, so good. A very good response about the song. And hopefully about the video after it's out. I think people love that it's different. It doesn't sound like anything else on the radio. It doesn't sound like anything I've ever done. They love the juicy story.
At the beginning, when you're acting, how difficult was that scene for you? You've done some acting, but that was pretty intense.
That was a last-minute thing. We weren't originally planning to do that, but obviously in getting in there and making the video, it would make sense that father and daughter actually interact at some point. He was such a great actor, the guy that played my dad. I felt uncomfortable, to be honest. He was that good because he was so intense and so angry. … There was no script. We went in and acted out the scene the way we thought it might happen. And I actually left with bruises on my arm from when he would grab me and I would pull away. I had finger marks on my arm when I left at the end of the day, so I was like, 'Wow.' … It was intense. I wasn't just imagining it, it was really intense.


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The Internship
Genial giant Vince Vaughn keeps making the same movie again and again, but he's good at it, and "The Internship" is one more rehash of his fast-talking underdogs-band-together-to-triumph formula. Yet the script (which Vaughn co-wrote, pretty much a two-hour product placement spot) is mostly zippy and typically irreverent - "it feels good to laugh about Alzheimer's" - and another recent film refreshingly set in Silicon Valley (Larry David's "Clear History" also features shots of San José State University and references the Mercury News).
Aging buddies Vaughn as Billy and Owen Wilson as Nick lose their old-school watch sales jobs, because nobody uses watches anymore, says their retiring boss (another fine cameo by John Goodman), people use their phones to tell time.
So the Luddite lads land internships at the sprawling Google campus (shot on site in Mountain View, complete with nap pods, conference bikes, free food, volleyball and driverless map cars), becoming Noogles (newbies) under the tutelage of the exasperated Mr. Chetty (funny but scream-y Aasif Mandvi). The perennial playbook of "loser awakening" montages includes drinking binges, female subjugation at a strip club, and mumbling riffs. A 12-looking 20-year-old even notes "you're saying lots of words really fast."
And that's the blessing and the curse of the piece. The film explores what happens to the generation gap in the age of Google, the era of limitless information: what's the visceral difference between actually living through the 70s, 80s and 90s (recounted via lots of "Flash Dance," "Star Wars" and Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" song references) and just looking up this cultural material?
Blu-ray extras include audio commentary with director Shawn Levy, deleted scenes, and the featurette "Any Given Monday" about the filming of the Quidditch match (Vaughn's team was Hufflepuff, of course). The dialogue is mostly silly, but occasionally astute, including a Malcolm Gladwell "Outliers" joke. And after failing to grab the Golden Snitch (a guy in a lame lamé suit with a tennis ball), Nick wonders "what does this have to do with computers?"
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Your Child's Immunizations: Influenza Vaccine
Influenza — what most of us call "the flu" — is a highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory tract.
Immunization Schedule
Flu season runs from October to May. It's best to get a flu vaccine as early in the season as possible, as it gives the body a chance to build up immunity to (protection from) the flu. But getting a flu vaccine later in the season is still better than not getting the vaccine at all.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends a flu vaccine for everyone 6 months of age and older (instead of just certain groups, as was recommended before).
But it's especially important that those in higher-risk groups get vaccinated to avoid health problems as a result of the flu. They include:
- all kids 6 months through 4 years old
- anyone 65 years and older
- all women who are pregnant, are considering pregnancy, have recently given birth, or are breastfeeding during flu season
- anyone whose immune system is weakened from medications or illnesses (like HIV infection)
- residents of long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes
- any adult or child with chronic medical conditions, such as asthma
- kids or teens who take aspirin regularly and are at risk for developing Reye syndrome if they get the flu
- caregivers or household contacts of anyone in a high-risk group (like children younger than 5 years old, especially those younger than 6 months, and those with high-risk conditions)
- Native Americans and Alaskan natives
Babies younger than 6 months can't get the vaccine, but if their parents, other caregivers, and older kids in the household get it, that will help protect the baby. This is important because infants are more at risk for serious complications from the flu.
- Kids younger than 9 years old will receive two doses of flu vaccine this flu season if they have received fewer than two doses before July 2016. This includes kids who are getting the flu vaccine for the first time.
- Those under 9 who have received at least two doses of flu vaccine previously (in the same or different seasons) will only need one dose.
- Kids older than 9 need only one dose of the vaccine.
Talk to your doctor about how many doses your child needs.
Types of Vaccines
Different types of vaccines are available. One type (called trivalent) protects against three strains of the flu virus (usually, two types of influenza A viruses and one influenza B virus). Another (called quadrivalent) protects against four strains.
The vaccine is currently recommended to be given to kids by injection with a needle (the flu shot). It is safe and effective.
Although the flu vaccine also came in a nasal spray (or mist) form in the past, the nasal spray is not currently recommended.
Some vaccines are approved only for adults at this time, such as egg-free vaccines and intradermal shots, which are injected into the skin (instead of muscle) with a smaller needle.
Vaccine shortages and delays sometimes happen, so check with your doctor about availability.
Why the Vaccine Is Recommended
While the flu vaccine isn't 100% effective, it still greatly reduces a person's chances of catching the flu, which can be very serious. It also can make symptoms less severe if someone does still get the flu after immunization.
Even if you or your kids got the flu vaccine last year, that won't protect you this year, because flu viruses constantly change. That's why the vaccine is updated each year to include the most current strains of the virus.
Sometimes the same strains are included in the vaccine one year after the next. In this case, it's still important to get a seasonal flu shot because the body's immunity against the influenza virus declines over time.
Possible Side Effects
Usually given as an injection in the upper arm, the flu shot contains killed flu viruses that will not cause someone to get the flu, but can cause mild side effects like soreness, redness, or swelling at the injection site. A low-grade fever and aches are also possible.
Very rarely, the flu vaccine can cause a severe allergic reaction.
When to Delay or Avoid Immunization
Certain things might prevent a person from getting the flu vaccine. Talk to your doctor to see if the vaccine is still recommended if your child:
- has ever had a severe reaction to a flu vaccination
- has Guillain-Barré syndrome (a rare condition that affects the immune system and nerves)
In the past, it was recommended that anyone with an egg allergy talk to a doctor about whether receiving the flu vaccine was safe because it is grown inside eggs. But health experts now say that the amount of egg allergen in the vaccine is so tiny that it is safe even for kids with a severe egg allergy. This is especially important during a severe flu season.
Still, a child with an egg allergy should get the flu shot in a doctor's office, not at a supermarket, drugstore, or other venue. And if the allergy is severe, it might need to be given in an allergist's office.
If your child is sick and has a fever, talk to your doctor about rescheduling the flu shot.
Caring for Your Child After Immunization
Check with your doctor to see if you can give either acetaminophen or ibuprofen for pain and fever and to find out the appropriate dose.
A warm, damp cloth or a heating pad on the injection site may help reduce soreness, as can moving or using the arm.
When to Call the Doctor
Call if:
- you aren't sure if the vaccine should be postponed or avoided
- there are problems after the immunization, such as an allergic reaction or high fever, or if you have other concerns


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After a monthlong delay, Nintendo's TVii service for the Wii U arrives in North America tomorrow, but some features touted earlier this year still won't be on board when the service launches. Notably, it won't support Netflix or TiVo subscriptions, nor will it allow users to program or access content stored on DVRs.
Netflix and TiVo are projected to join TVii in early 2013, Nintendo said in an official news release. DVR support is something that requires a deal with cable and satellite TV providers, a Nintendo of America representative told the Los Angeles Times.
TVii is a second-screen experience using the Wii U's GamePad, connecting all TV and streaming services into one location. Additional content relevant to the program—movie reviews, IMDB and Wikipedia entries and sports scores are examples cited—is served over the handset. Social media also is tied in, so folks can gab about what they're watching on Twitter or Facebook—or within the Wii U's Miiverse—as they're watching it. TVii may be personalized for everyone in the household using it, serving up recommendations and saving favorites for each one.
At launch, the service will support cable and satellite providers in the United States and Canada, as well as direct integration with Amazon Instant Video and Hulu Plus subscriptions in the U.S. Users can still watch Netflix content over the Wii U's regular app, as they have since launch. TVii is free and requires no additional hardware.


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The technology behind the Star Wars MP3 player is hardly light years ahead, but the unit's kitsch value alone means it's sure to excite some of the film's fanatics.
The Star Wars MP3 player: impressive, most impressive?
Sadly, the player's major drawback is that it only has a 512MB internal memory and there's no mention of an SD memory card slot for extending that capacity.
Online retailer Forbidden Planet claims the half-a-gigabyte is enough capacity to store 240 songs in WMA format or 120 songs as MP3s - enough, we'd say, for the six movies' soundtrack albums. But such a small selection of songs won't keep any galaxy hopping music junkies entertained for very long.
Many Bothans died to bring you this MP3 player
Thankfully, an integrated radio is the one saving grace. Although quite what the reception for Radio 5 Live is like on Tatooine or Naboo is anyone's guess.
A small LCD display's built into the player's front. The MP3 unit doesn't run on The Force, but rather a pair of supplied rechargeable batteries. A USB cable's also thrown in for transferring tracks onto and off of the player.
The Star Wars MP3 player will be available online later this month for £40 (€50/$80).


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Last updated on October 2020
Dimethyl Fumarate (DMF) Observational Study
Brief description of study
The primary objective of the study is to determine the incidence, type, and pattern of serious adverse events (SAEs), including but not limited to infections (including opportunistic infections), hepatic events, malignancies, and renal events, and of adverse events (AEs) leading to treatment discontinuation in patients with MS treated with dimethyl fumarate (DMF). Secondary objectives of this study in this population are as follows: To determine dimethyl fumarate (DMF) prescription and utilization patterns in routine clinical practice in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS); To assess the effectiveness of dimethyl fumarate (DMF) on multiple sclerosis (MS) disease activity and disability progression in routine clinical practice as determined by the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score and multiple sclerosis (MS) relapse information; and To assess the effect of dimethyl fumarate (DMF) on health-related quality of life, healthcare resource consumption, and work productivity.
Detailed Study Description
Patients aged 12 to under 18 may be included where enrollment of pediatric patients in this study is considered observational and is permissible by local regulations.
Clinical Study Identifier: NCT02047097


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NFL Network
Steve Wyche celebrates the life and legacy of Willie Brown
Oct 22, 2019
NFL Network's Steve Wyche celebrates the life and legacy of Willie Brown.
In the Pocket: Rich Gannon details Derek Carr's statement win, game-changing plays from Henry Ruggs III
Raiders host Erin Coscarelli is joined by former Raiders quarterback and CBS analyst Rich Gannon to recap the Raiders' massive victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, discuss wide receiver Henry Ruggs III and more.
Raiders Gameday: Raiders shock the Chiefs at Arrowhead & display what the offense is capable of
Raiders host Erin Coscarelli and analyst Eric Allen recap the Las Vegas Raiders' Week 5 victory against the Kansas City Chiefs and discuss quarterback Derek Carr, the effort from the defense and the rest of the action around the NFL from Week 5.
Charles Davis' early progress report, Guy Fieri describes Raider Nation & Brian Baldinger talks Raiders' defense
JT The Brick is joined by NFL on CBS analyst Charles Davis, Food Network star and restaurateur Guy Fieri, and NFL Network's Brian Baldinger to breakdown the Week 5 matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Coach Gruden details positives and negatives through first four games & previews Week 5 vs. Chiefs
JT The Brick is joined by Head Coach Jon Gruden to recap the first four games of the 2020 season, the dynamic play of wide receiver Nelson Agholor, and preparation for the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 5.
Raiders Gameday: Need for consistency after Week 4 vs. Bills & breaking down the Chiefs
Raiders host Erin Coscarelli, analysts Marcel Reece and Eric Allen recap the Raiders' matchup against the Buffalo Bills, turn their attention to the Chiefs and discuss all the action around the NFL from Week 4.
In the Pocket: Rich Gannon credits Derek Carr vs. Bills & talks turning attention to the Chiefs
Raiders host Erin Coscarelli is joined by former Raiders quarterback and CBS analyst Rich Gannon to breakdown Week 4 against the Bills, discuss quarterback Derek Carr, depth at wide receiver, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and more.


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Researchers have found a new method of controlling the quantum states of solid particles, and the research could enable a different approach to quantum computing, according to a paper published in Nature.
Using doped silicon, scientists found that they were able to exert control over the solid atoms using terahertz frequency radiation, getting the atoms to oscillate between states normally found in hydrogen atoms. While the equipment they used was very specialized, the authors hope that this new level of coherent control will allow for a different style of entanglement, as well as finer manipulation of quantum information held in excited atoms.
Scientists have had a field day using lasers to perform all manner of quantum manipulations on various particles: trapping photons, entangling them, and sending them over long distances, even using this to perform simple quantum calculations. However, these quantum states are often unstable and hard to control, creating errors and unreliability in their information and in the calculations they perform.
To help fix this, a group of researchers are pursuing the use of well-known quantum states, called Rydberg states, using atoms in a solid. These states follow the rules of a formula that was designed to explain free hydroden atoms, but a special physical loophole allows larger atoms to be obey the formula, too.
Atoms that can be manipulated in Rydberg states have an interesting property: their ground states are too compact to interact with each other. If two such atoms were used for quantum computing, they could be entangled only in their excited states, leaving their ground states independent. This could provide a new quantum information relay method.
A material's impurities can occupy Rydberg states if they have exactly one more valence electron than the host material. Phosphorus-doped silicon, a common type of semiconductor, fits the bill perfectly. The researchers behind the new paper decided they would use radiation in the terahertz range on the phosphorus impurities, hoping that the fine oscillations would let them switch the atoms between two closely spaced Rydberg states.
In order to prove they were actually exerting control over the phosphorus at a quantum level, the researchers had to look for two kinds of activity in the atoms. One was Rabi oscillations, a set of waves that indicate the atom is being driven between a ground and an excited state by the laser. If the laser was set to the right frequency, it would create a superposition of the ground and excited wavefunctions that emits a simple, easily detected wavepacket that oscillates over time.
The other thing they needed to find was photon echoes from the particles. An echo comes from putting a set of particles into a coherent state by zapping them with a laser, then letting their wave functions evolve over time. A second laser pulse would reverse the evolution and cause the particles to send out an extra "echo" of energy.
Packed into the echo is a record of the environment's effects on the atom—a sort of "while you were away" note to would-be observers. Reading the echo would allow researchers to figure out exactly how long the wavefunctions of the atoms would take to "dephase," or get all confused by environmental effects. That length of time is a stand-in measure for how resilient the wavefunctions are, and how long they could be used to hold or transfer quantum information.
Using the Free Electron Laser for Infrared Experiments (FELIX) in the Netherlands, the researchers were able to create laser pulses that exerted remarkable, and remarkably fast, control over the phosphorus atoms. At terahertz frequencies, they were able to stimulate both Rabi oscillations and photon echoes. The Rabi oscillations indicated a superposition of the atoms' ground and first excited states, and had energies that corresponded to the Rydberg series they were looking for.
The photon echoes that the atoms generated indicated that they had a dephasing time of 160 picoseconds. This sounds too short to get much of anything accomplished, but the electrons in the phosphorus atoms were oscillating between states every 100 femtoseconds. If the atom were carrying information, theoretically this means users have over a thousand opportunities to read the atom before its wavefunction gets too distorted to use.
Going forward, the authors of the paper seemed most interested in the prospects for entangling pairs of Rydberg-capable impurities. A Bell state where each atom's ground state is entangled with the other's excited state sounds particularly interesting, since reading one of the atoms has only a chance of setting the other. Aside from that, the researchers hope their new method for exerting coherent control over the quantum states of a solid, widely used material will introduce a bit more versatility to the field of quantum computing.
Nature, 2010. DOI: 10.1038/nature09112 (About DOIs).


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This special edition of the Cap-O-Matic features an eagle logo and dates to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Let's get the famous story out of the way. Everyone 'knows' that ballpoints didn't work in space, without gravity, so the Americans spent millions of dollars to develop a special pressurised ballpoint that did work in space. The Russians just used a pencil. Well, not really.
The Americans and Russians both used pencils. Paul Fisher, an inventer and pen maker, developed the pressurised refill, creating the 'Space Pen'. Then both the Americans and the Russians bought them from him and used them in space. Graphite is conductive, so snapped off bits of lead were considered a bit of a safety hazard floating around in a space capsule, so they were glad of a good alternative.
Oh, and standard ballpoint pens do work, and astronauts do sometimes use them, they're just not as reliable in zero gravity and extreme temperatures.
But Paul Fisher's Space Pen was reliable in these conditions, which makes it useful in all sorts of conditions, not just in space. They'll write better on damp paper, and greasy or dusty paper. They'll cope better in freezing conditions or excessively warm conditions. They have a much longer shelf life than standard ballpoints, too. They're just more reliable here on Earth, as well as in space.
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For those who don't know, Gladys was rejected by her real mom and had to be hand-raised by Cincinnati zoo staff. Then, she got a surrogate mom and since then, she's been doing pretty well, from the looks of it! I don't anything about if it's OK for baby gorillas to eat birthday cakes, but the people at the zoo seem to be all about it. (And it doesn't look like people cake, you guys.) I never realized how much I would enjoy watching gorillas lick food off their fingers, but apparently it makes me super giddy.
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BERNARD (Saint) Abbot (August 20) Doctor of the Church. (12th century) This famous French Saint, surnamed the "mellifluous Doctor," was born at Fontaines, near Dijon (A.D. 1091). At the age of twenty-three he consecrated himself to God under the leadership of the holy English Abbot, Saint Stephen Harding, in the newly instituted Abbey of Citeaux, and became the second founder of the austere Cistercian Order, of which the Trappists are now the best known branch. In obedience to Saint Stephen, Bernard, in the year 1115, founded the Abbey of Clairvaux, of which he remained Abbot for the rest of his life, besides erecting several other monasteries. He preached the Second Crusade in France (A.D. 1146), exerted a strong and healthy influence on the European politics of his age, and by his prudence and zeal healed more than one incipient schism. He passed away at Clairvaux, August 20, 1153, and was buried in the Ladye-Chapel of his Abbey. Since its destruction in 1792 his relics have been venerated in the neighbouring parish church. Alexander III canonised Saint Bernard twelve years after his death; and Pius VIII proclaimed him a Doctor of the Church. Notable among his writings are his noble Treatise on the Canticle of Canticles, and his book, Be Consideratione, addressed to Pope Eugene III, who had been one of his monks. To him also is attributed the familiar Hymn, "Jesu dulcis memoria" (Jesus, the only thought of Thee). His tender devotion to Our Blessed Lady has led to the liturgical use of his Homilies on her festival days. He is often represented with three mitres on a book, or at his feet, in allusion to his refusal of three Bishoprics — or with a beehive near him — or again, with an Angel holding his crozier.


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Léopold Eyharts
Born 28 April 1957, in Biarritz, France, Léopold Eyharts is married and has one child. His hobbies include jogging, mountain biking, tennis, reading and working with computers.
Léopold graduated as an engineer from the French Air Force Academy of Salon-de-Provence in 1979. He qualified as a fighter pilot in Tours, France in 1980 and graduated from the EPNER French test pilot school in Istres in 1988.
Special honours
Léopold has been decorated as Officer of the French Légion d'Honneur and Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite. He was awarded the Médaille d'Outre-Mer, the Silver Medal of the Défense Nationale and the Russian medals for Friendship and Courage.
Léopold joined the French Air Force Academy of Salon-de-Provence and graduated as an aeronautical engineer in 1979. In 1980 he became a fighter pilot assigned to an operational Jaguar A squadron in Istres Air Force Base in France. In 1985, he became a flight commander at Saint-Dizier Air Force base.
In 1988 he was assigned to the Brétigny-sur-Orge Flight Test Centre near Paris, France, and promoted to Chief Test Pilot in 1990.
Léopold has logged 3800 hours flying time on over 50 types of aircraft and 21 parachute jumps including one ejection. He holds a commission as General in the French Air Force.
In 1990, Léopold was selected as an astronaut by France's CNES space agency and assigned to the Hermes spacecraft programme managed in Toulouse, France. He was also one of the test pilots and engineer in charge of CNES' parabolic flight programme with the Caravelle aircraft and carried out Airbus A300 qualification flights.
Léopold had two training sessions at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre near Moscow, Russia, in 1991 and 1993. He took part in an evaluation of the Buran Space Shuttle training in Moscow, where he flew in the Tupulev 154 Buran simulator.
Léopold was part of the selection process for new ESA astronauts in 1992.
In July 1994, Léopold was assigned as backup crew for the French–Russian Cassiopée spaceflight, which took place in August 1996. In December 1996 he was selected for CNES' mission Pegase, which took place from 29 January to 19 February 1998.
In August 1998, Léopold joined ESA's Astronaut Corps based at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. He was assigned to train at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA, where he became part of the 1998 Mission Specialist Class.
Léopold received technical assignments from NASA's Astronaut Office at the Johnson Space Center. He worked in the International Space Station Operations Branch as a section chief for Space Station systems, software and on board information technology.
Léopold was assigned as backup of astronaut Thomas Reiter for ESA's first long-duration mission to the International Space Station. From October 2004 Léopold trained with American and Russian backup crewmembers at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre near Moscow and at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
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Léopold's first spaceflight was to Russia's Mir space station from 29 January to 19 February 1998. During this French–Russian 'Pegase' mission, he ran experiments in medical research, neuroscience, biology, fluid physics and technology.
Léopold's second spaceflight was an almost two-month mission to the International Space Station to deliver Europe's Columbus laboratory. He flew to the Station on Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-122 with ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel. They were launched on 7 February 2008. Léopold returned to Earth with Space Shuttle STS-123 on 27 March.
One of Léopold's tasks as a member of Expedition 16 was to support the docking of the European Columbus space laboratory as well as to activate the module and its scientific racks. Léopold also contributed to international scientific experiments and maintained Station equipment.
When STS-123 arrived at the International Space Station on 13 March 2008, Léopold changed crew again. As a qualified mission specialist in robotics he then contributed to the STS-123 assembly mission as operator of the Station's robotic arm. Working with other astronauts, Léopold installed Japan's Experiment Logistics Module and assembled and activated Canada's Dextre robotic arm. Léopold was the second ESA astronaut to become a resident Station crewmember.


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The Intuition Platino range is the "big brother" of the Intuition range. Pure lines, highly-polished deep colour and contrasting platinum plating define the entire Intuition Collection, while features as the trumpet shape, ribbed end cap and elegant spring-loaded pocket clip are traditional Graf von Faber-Castell styling cues. The platinum-plated front section is discreetly engraved with the words 'Handmade in Germany' on the rear.
The barrel features precious grenadilla wood, normally used to make woodwind instruments, carefully worked into a finely-ribbed barrel. Natural variations in grain and colouring ensure that every item is unique. This wood is particularly hard and durable.
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Sensory homunculus, cortical homunculus, Motor Homunculus are different ways to call a graphical representation of the anatomical divisions of the the portion (primary motor cortex and the primary somatosensory cortex) of the human brain directly responsible for the movement and exchange of sense and motor information of the rest of the body. We see the image below, courtesy of McGill university.
Always on McGill University website we find the explanation: "Dr. Penfield's experiments in stimulating the cortex enabled him to develop a complete map of the motor cortex, known as the motor homunculus (there are also other kinds, such as the sensory homunculus). The most striking aspect of this map is that the areas assigned to various body parts on the cortex are proportional not to their size, but rather to the complexity of the movements that they can perform. Hence, the areas for the hand and face are especially large compared with those for the rest of the body. This is no surprise, because the speed and dexterity of human hand and mouth movements are precisely what give us two of our most distinctly human faculties: the ability to use tools and the ability to speak."
Another way to portray this map is with a 3D human body, with disproportionately huge hands, lips, and face in comparison to the rest of the body. Because of the fine motor skills and sense nerves found in these particular parts of the body they are represented as being larger on the homunculus. A part of the body with fewer sensory and/or motor connections to the brain is represented to appear smaller.
This model shows what a man's body would look like if each part grew in proportion to the area of the cortex of the brain concerned with its sensory perception. The cortical homunculus is a visual representation of the concept of "the body within the brain" that one's hand or face exists as much as a series of nerve structures or a "neuron concept" as it does a physical form. This concept relates to many neuro-biological phenomena including "phantom limb" and "body integrity identity disorder".


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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Ray Gallegos scored 20 points and made a career-high six 3-pointers to lead Nebraska to a 63-51 victory over Southern California on Monday night.
The Cornhuskers (6-1), off to their best start since 2008-09, led by as many as 20 points in the most lopsided game in the four-game series with the Trojans.
The Huskers, who came into the game shooting just 29.8 percent on 3s, made a season-high 11 of 17.
Dylan Talley, who made three 3s, finished with 14 points.
J.T. Terrell scored 14 points, Byron Wesley had 12 and Jio Fontan 11 for the Trojans (3-4).
Nebraska had beaten USC each of the past three years by a total of eight points, and it looked like it would be another close game early. Then Gallegos went on a tear, scoring all 11 of his first-half points in a row to give the Huskers a 33-25 lead.


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Heritage Travel – In Search of Ancestral Roots
In our continuing series of Guest Bloggers who are introducing subjects of interest to the Genealogy Community, we welcome Kathy Wurth of Family Tree Tours who gives tips for planning a Heritage Travel trip.
Almost every U.S. citizen either originally came from somewhere else or their forefathers did, and for those of European origin, many countries across the Atlantic make a special effort to welcome Americans in search of their ancestral roots.
For those of us tracing our family history, finding that hometown place usually results in a funny dance or a loud whoop of joy. Genealogical research is a journey of discovery that leads you to explore the lives and times of ancestors who lived hundreds of years ago–and perhaps thousands of miles away–in circumstances which are all but unimaginable today.
Walking in the footsteps of your ancestors will not only bring the past to life, it will also make your homecoming the most exciting and memorable experience of your life.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau most Americans claim German heritage. To take advantage of this fact, Germany has dedicated a brand new website for Heritage Travel to Germany in 2008. The website is www.germanoriginality.org. This site has helpful information on researching your German ancestors and planning a Heritage trip to Deutschland. (When on the site click on Travel tab and under Routes to your Roots you will also find my trip to the Southwest of Germany Sept. 2008). If you do travel to Germany in the near future, I urge you to visit one of the many "Freilichtmuseums". These are open air living history museums which give you a walk into the past to see how your ancestors really lived. Different regions of Germany have put together examples of actual homes and farms and trade shops and re-assembled them together on museum grounds. This is very enlightening on where and how your ancestor lived. Also, when in Germany, plan a stop at one of the newly opened Emigrant Museums in either Bremerhaven or Hamburg. This is a great glimpse into what the journey from the homeland was like. Remember to also attend as many local festivals as possible. A lot of villages still hold seasonal festivals that have been celebrated for centuries, what better way to learn the culture and experience like a local.
As mentioned before many of the European countries are welcoming the "family researcher" and a call or visit to the National Tourist Board may help you with your plans. If you prefer to travel independently these boards or a travel agent can help set up transportation and accommodations but you may be on your own to find the archives and libraries. There are a few companies that are set up to help with ancestral research or will take small groups on a research trip. The best way to find these is to Google "Heritage Travel".
If you plan to visit your ancestral homeland to research, the old adage of "Be Prepared" is essential. Another golden rule is to do only what you can't do at home. You don't want to spend all your time in an archive instead of visiting with relatives or walking through the village. Take full advantage of local libraries, genealogy societies and the extensive microfilm holdings of the Mormon LDS Library before you go–plan to look for what you know you can't find here.
Once you have determined you are ready to make the trip, plan well in advance. Decide what churches, houses, farms and towns you would like to visit and start getting maps to locate where they are, as well as information on opening hours and transportation to them. A letter written to the local town hall or Historical Society, will usually result in someone directing you to a resource that will help you find the records you are looking for, or, in some cases, the family you are searching for.
Many archives in Europe require an appointment or may have limited opening hours, so make sure to have these facts before you go. Your genealogical trip abroad or even at home can be quite an experience. It is up to you to make the best of it by preparing well. Whether you want to research or just soak up the culture of your ancestral homeland, there is no more rewarding experience than Heritage Travel.
–Kathy Wurth
Kathy of Family Tree Tours conducts Heritage Tours throughout the year. You can reach her by contacting firstname.lastname@example.com