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Mweene's late heroics in this Africa Cup of Nations Group C clash on Friday cancelled out Emmanuel Emenike's goal with Nigeria's John Obi Mikel failing to convert a first-half penalty.
The stalemate left defending champions Zambia and Nigeria tied at the top of the mini-league, with Burkina Faso and Ethiopia playing later.
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi made three changes.
In came Chelsea winger Victor Moses, making his Afcon debut after missing the 1-1 draw with Burkina Faso with a hamstring injury.
Joining Moses were Lazio midfielder Ogenyi Onazi and Fegor Ogude.
Fenerbahce defender Joseph Yobo dropped to the bench after a late ankle injury, with goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama taking over his captain's armband, Dynamo Kyiv striker Brown Ideye was also out, while Celtic defender Efe Ambrose was suspended.
Ambitious starts
For Zambia, defender Emmanuel Mbola and Southampton striker Emmanuel Mayuka were called up for Hichani Himonde and Collins Mbesuma, the scorer in the 1-1 stalemate with Ethiopia.
Chisamba Lungu, who suffered an ankle injury when floored by Ethiopian goalkeeper Jemal Tassew, won his battle to be fit for this sixth Nations Cup meeting between the two sides.
For the Zambians this clash on the threadbare Mbombela Stadium pitch represented the chance to avenge defeats to Nigeria in Angola in 2010 and in the 1994 final, the last of Nigeria's two titles.
Hervé Renard's men started ambitiously, but Nigeria's defence held firm as the title-holders struggled to capitalise on all their possession.
On 25 minutes, Zambia had a lucky escape when defender Davies Nkausu felled Ahmed Musa in the box, with Egyptian referee Ghead Grisha pointing to the spot.
Mikel stepped up, but his far-from-vintage low effort went the wrong side of Mweene's right post.
On the attack
Zambia ended the first half as they'd begun it, on the attack, yet unable to land a sucker punch.
A more assured Nigeria emerged after the restart, and deservedly took a 57th-minute lead when Emenike raced on to Mikel's neat through pass. He controlled the ball well before shooting low into the left hand corner of Mweene's net.
The Spartak Moscow striker was doubling his tally in South Africa, having scored in Nigeria's first game.
That sparked Renard to alter his line-up, Mbesuma and Mulenga Mukuka coming on for captain Christopher Katongo and Lungu. Soon after, Isaac Chansa came off for Jonas Sakuwaha as Renard strengthened his attack.
Mweene then saved Zambia's day.
The keeper, who regularly takes penalties for Free State Stars and converted his effort in last year's Afcon final shoot-out, stepped up to slot home a spot kick awarded harshly when Onazi tangled with Mayuka in the box. – Sapa


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Regularizing Resources, Results, Recordings, and Reporters
Quizbowl's [multi]media presence
We've already started discussing this topic here, so I presume I don't need to lay out all the specifics again. Quizbowl could do a ton more to get accurate images of itself out there in the public eye. News articles and coverage is one component of this, but a simple expansion of the amount of quizbowl images, recordings, and the like will do just fine for the purposes of having more to show to parents, teachers, friends, administrators, etc. after the fact.
Baby steps have been made on the media front in the past three or four years; some teams and hosts are starting to get in touch with local newspapers to make sure that news about local tournament wins and championship contenders gets broken. Alan Siegel did a lot with his article two years ago. Perversely, the Andy Watkins cheating scandal brought a lot of media attention to the quizbowl community for a while (though, frankly, I don't want that particular reason for media attention to ever, ever recur, and none of us should). More coordinated efforts to do press releases, make contact with student papers, local news networks, etc. can go a long way on this front.
Even if an HSNCT title run doesn't make the news, it's still just useful to have more content on hand to be able to point towards, both for potential reporters and for interested non-quizbowlers of various types (parents, significant others, etc.).
- In today's era of web design, most of high-traffic sites have lots of pictures available, often embedded into the pages; many quizbowl websites are about 15 years behind the curve on that front. (Example: NAQT takes lots of pictures at their nationals; where do they go besides the one on the front page?) For the past three years, PACE has maintained a Flickr page in part so participating teams have something to show of themselves in game-mode, or receiving awards; I believe TQBA has had something similar for even longer. It'd be good to see more of that material get used.
- Part of the reason why there aren't very many standalone articles about quizbowl, interestingly enough, is the very centralization of resources which I put forward as an ideal elsewhere -- on these forums. HSQuizbowl posts serve a similar purpose and get to a wider audience more quickly. For many people, it's better to just make a long post and await replies from one's peers than it is to blog or podcast something and hope for anonymous commentators to find it. Still, it'd be interesting to hear from more people in more essayistic/thesis-driven posts, or in quick-format dialogue as one might find in an audio setting. What's more, a lot of these expostulations on quizbowl theory aren't archived well. It's a shame to see excellent points on how to do stuff from discontinued initiatives such as the 9 Minutes podcast go ignored, and therefore re-made every year or two to refresh institutional memory. Resources like the chronically under-occupied Best of the Best section of HSQuizbowl, and the Quizbowl 101 section of pace-nsc.org , could stand to store more of this information on a lasting basis (and I'll be doing what I can to get the latter updated more during this academic year). A few of the Skype 'roundtables' which I did take part in or listen to (such as the January 2012 'debate' over question writing principles between Ted Gioia and Matt Weiner) were never posted or redacted for public view; those folks who want to prepare audio discussions should be encouraged to save a recording, even if they need to use Audacity or another free sound editing software to take some stuff off-the-record before posting.
- Most of the (already-paltry) set of videos which exist of quizbowl matches on good questions are of high-difficulty college questions. The fact that our go-to example of quizbowl-in-action for newcomers is a video from ACF Nationals 2012 to 2014 (sometimes with a warning that 'these questions are really high difficulty!') is not good. As YouTube gets better at hosting videos and video recording technology gets cheaper/more intuitive, it'd be good to see more TDs and staffers take on the challenge of filming matches on low-difficulty questions for posterity, presuming the teams consent to their being posted. Many of these videos could do more to focus attention on both teams, etc. The iHigh video stream at HSNCT was a great example of what these videos might look like for the two years in which it existed; I do wonder why it doesn't come back. (Of course, Mike Bentley's heroics in recording audio for hundreds of quizbowl matches deserve another round of praise here.) It seems like a reasonable goal, if we really want to grow the amount of available audio and video recordings out there, to see to it that one match per round, at one site, of each high school and college set each year, gets preserved for posterity.
Keep resources up to date, phase out old resources as new ones become standard, and keep centralizing information
It's important that the quizbowl world be brought fully up to date with the resources we have at our disposal. For example, some people still use the Stanford packet archive for some reason. And while many college teams' old websites are an interesting treat of quizbowl history (the Berkeley lexicon being a particularly notable example), the era in which players reliably update a standalone website about their own teams seems to be fading in a lot of quarters. It does little for one's team to leave a defunct or unused website up if social media or email lists are doing all the communication work. If you have a website, maintain it semesterly or move the key info to something like QBWiki, a Facebook group, etc. Similarly: Many statistics pages have gone dark over the past few years as school-provided or personal Web hosting services have transferred or shut down; it's important that TDs archive all their old stats in the Quizbowl Resource Database or another central repository which is being actively maintained (such as the IHSBBCA page).
I'd like to see more resources, beyond quizbowl packets and tournament statistics, added to the stable of things we can give to (and expect of) tournament directors. For example, it would be good to maintain a set of printable templates for well-tested, good schedules given varying numbers of available packets and competing teams, which any coach or player can use with minimum hassle (i.e. NOT LaTeX -- no matter how much LaTeX users love LaTeX, that program is NOT general-audience-friendly and teams without someone on them who isn't already familiar with it aren't likely to learn it just to print their schedules). It might also be great to create a Coaches' Database or a Staffer Database, which teams could use to mass-mail all the coaches or potential staffers (incl. retired players, college players, etc.) within a specified number of miles if their tournament is underattended or undermanned. I'd imagine the searching feature would have to be pretty limited to people who opt in, so as to avoid privacy concerns, but that's no reason not to embark on such a project. In a similar vein, I'm excited by the initial forays into online scorekeeping via WUStL and Abacus, and I'm curious to see if a paperless platform for keeping digital score could one day outmode the need for scorekeepers at almost every tournament.
If more quizbowl teams are directed in toward the same sites and resources, it becomes easier for them to connect to other players across the country, make friends, and draw on our expertise to pull themselves up the ranks. In many salient ways, the success story of quizbowl from 2003 to the present has been the story of hsquizbowl.org, to which most of us (and anyone reading this post) are at least slightly indebted. What can we add to the existing stable of resources from 2013 to 2023?

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|Rating Update
|By Greg Shahade
|June 12, 2006
June 2006 Rating List Recap
Here is a quick recap of the movement since the last Rating Supplement and a list of the top 10 men and the top 5 women. The number in parenthesis represents the total rating point gain/loss since the last supplement. Because the Olympiad just finished there will be some mention of who is likely to make the team in two years.
1. Gata Kamsky 2736 (+6)
After his powerful performance in Sofia there can be no doubt that he's the player to beat in the USA. Gata was rusty when he first reentered the tournament scene, but he's already proven himself capable of beating the best players in the World, and has notched a +2 score against the mighty Viswanathan Anand since his return to the chess scene. Gata also played a very solid board 1 to anchor the United States towards their Bronze Medal in the Olympiad.
2. Alexander Onischuk 2704 (+18)
One could have argued that he belongs in the number 1 spot, but after Kamsky's spellbinding performance in Sofia, Alex will have to settle for number 2. Alex has been playing tremendous chess, capping off his US Championship victory with a superb performance on board 2 in the Olympiad. This is the second consecutive Olympiad in which Alexander has had an incredible performance.
3. Hikaru Nakamura - 2697 (-58)It's shocking to see Hikaru slip to the number 3 position, as many thought he would remain in first or second for years to come. Unfortunately Hikaru has been playing erratically lately, starting terribly in the 2006 US Championship only to redeem himself with late surge. Hikaru has already begun to turn things around with a stellar performance in the Olympiad, as his 3 last round wins were crucial to the USA's bronze medal performance. It's a testament to Hikaru's incredible talent that anyone would be surprised to see the 18-year-old only ranked third in the United States.
4. Gregory Kaidanov 2696 (-26)
Gregory had another strong performance at the Olympiad, however his spot on the team may be in serious jeopardy. Gregory has been relatively inactive lately and has dropped a few points. There are now quite a few up and coming players within striking distance of him, and he will need to keep putting up solid performances if he wants to stay among the top 5 in the nation
5. Ildar Ibragimov - 2692 (-10)
Ildar is not as well known as many players on this list, but has an ambitious and exciting style that's always fun to watch. Ildar is perhaps most famous for his action packed final round loss in the 2005 US Championship to Hikaru Nakamura. Ildar hopes to change this perception, as being the 5th ranked player in the nation, he is clearly capable of winning any tournament he enters. Ildar was also a member of the 2006 Bronze Medal winning Olympiad Team.
6. Jaan Ehlvest 2685 (+9)
Americans are going to have to be careful, as 2 time World Championship Candidate, Jan Ehlvest, has recently switched federations and now represents the United States. Jan has tremendous experience playing against the top players in the world, and will be a very serious threat to qualify for the 2008 Olympiad.
7. Alexander Shabalov 2671(+5)
Always a fan favorite due to his swashbuckling style, Alex continues to be one of the strongest players in the nation. Unfortunately for Alex he lost out on an Olympiad spot to Akobian, as the youth bonus points that Akobian gained propelled him into the 6th board position. With Ehlvest now joining the fray, the qualification for 2008 is going to be as competitive as ever.
8. Larry Christiansen 2663 (+16)
The top American born player on the list has been playing fantastic chess lately. He tied for first place in his US Championship group only to lose out on tiebreaks. Larry had been having some difficulties in the previous year, with his rating dropping under the 2600 mark. Since then he has been storming the barricades and drumming up attacks left and right. In his last three tournaments he has gained almost 50 rating points, and is close to achieving his highest rating ever, despite being older than the other members of the top 10. This is his highest rating in 5 years.
9. Yuri Shulman 2660 (+37)
Yuri has burst into the elite of the US Chess Scene like wildfire. He took the USA by storm with his impressive display in the US Championship, emerging from his group to face #2 Alex Onischuk for the title. With his youthful exuberance and fighting spirit, Yuri is a solid contender to compete for a 2008 Olympiad spot.
10. Alexander Ivanov 2660 (+22)
Alex has been quite active lately, gaining a few points here and there, yet never having any incredible result. Ivanov must be happy as he has his highest rating in four years (2663 in Feb 02).
Rounding out the list:
11. Alex Stripunsky- 2659(+12)
12. Boris Gulko -2659 (-25)
13. Igor Novikov- 2650 (+7)
14. Varuzhan Akobian -2649 (-13)
15. Ben Finegold- 2648 (-5)
There are an interesting group of players fighting to get into the top ten. Gulko has been perched there for a long time, but has been slowly dropping. This, combined with his relative inactivity, may make it difficult for him to reclaim his place amongst the American elite.
Stripunsky continues his solid ways after last years 2nd place US Championship finish. It remains to be seen whether he can crack the top 10 and fight for an Olympiad birth. He has shown himself to be a consistant player, but can he rack up enough wins against top flight competition to smell the magical 2700 plateau? Note that both Gulko and Stripunsky were just a single point away from the top 10 and are just 12 points away from being ranked #7.
Akobian is the wildcard of the bunch. Varuzhan qualified for the Olympiad based on a new system that rewards youth. He was an integral part of the team, worked hard to help the players to prepare, and came through bigtime in a final round win, to secure the bronze medal for the United States Squad. At just 22 years of age, the best has yet to come from Varuzhan.
Novikov was on the 2004 Olympiad team but has been unable to keep his rating around the 2670-2680 level that's required to qualify. Ben Finegold clocks in as the 2nd highest rated American born player and the only IM on the list.
Top American Women:
1. Anna Zatonskih - 2499
Anna clocks in at an unaesthetic 2499. She has never been above 2500 USCF, so she will be working hard to gain that one extra point. Anna is clearly deserved of the number one spot in the nation, as she put forth an impressive display to win the 2006 US Championship. Anna stumbled a bit while playing first board for the US Womens Olympiad team, although she held her ground enough to give them a 4th place finish
2. Irina Krush - 2449 (0)
It was an unpleasant start to 2006 for Irina, as she was unable to compete in the US Championship, as the World Women's Championship was held at the same time! Irina was the star of the Womens team in the Olympiad, as she scored an impressive +5 with a performance rating of 2512.
3. Rusudan Goletiani- 2412 (+21)
The 2005 US Womens Champion, Goletiani has been consistently working her way up the charts, and put forth another solid performance in this years US Championship by winning her group and eventually falling to Zatonskih in the Championship match. Rusa also had a solid Olympiad performance, with a +5 score and a 2440 FIDE performance rating.
4. Camilla Baginskaite - 2342 (+11)
Right now there a reasonable sized gap between the 3rd+4th ranked woman in the country. Camilla is not as active as the women ranked above her, however she does have some serious bite, as #3 ranked Hikaru Nakamura found out in the 3rd round of the US Championship. Camille took down the defending US Champion in impressive style, while gaining a busload of rating points in the process.
5. Tatev Abrahamyan -2297 (+4)
Tatev is one of the USA's most promising young female players, and hopes to qualify for future Olympiad teams. At just 18 years of age, one would expect this to be the case.
Others to Watch:
Batchimeg Tuvshintugs -2268 (-1)
These two young stars are the biggest threat to leap into the US Women's elite. Chimi, as Batchimeg is often called, shocked the world as she knocked off THREE grandmasters at the start of the US Championship. She's only 19 and rapidly improving.
Laura has been one of the brightest young female stars for quite a while. She is just 17 and already rated 2250. Laura has been around the 2200 mark for quite a while now, and it remains to be seen whether she can make that leap into the 2300-2400 range.Of course one always has to remember to include Susan Polgar in this list. When she's active she's far and away the best female player in the nation, however she hasn't played much since the 2004 Olympiad and thus she was not eligible to be rated on this supplement. This may change with her participation (and impressive 2nd place finish) in the 2006 Mayors Cup.


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The CNS consists of the brain and spinal cord. The brain is an important organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger, and every process that regulates our body.
The brain can be divided into the cerebrum, brainstem, and cerebellum:
Cerebrum. The cerebrum (front of brain) is composed of the right and left hemispheres, which are joined by the corpus callosum. Functions of the cerebrum include: initiation of movement, coordination of movement, temperature, touch, vision, hearing, judgment, reasoning, problem solving, emotions, and learning.
Brainstem. The brainstem (middle of brain) includes the midbrain, the pons, and the medulla. Functions of this area include: movement of the eyes and mouth, relaying sensory messages (such as hot, pain, and loud), respirations, consciousness, cardiac function, involuntary muscle movements, sneezing, coughing, vomiting, and swallowing.
Cerebellum. The cerebellum (back of brain) is located at the back of the head. Its function is to coordinate voluntary muscle movements and to maintain posture, balance, and equilibrium.
More specifically, other parts of the brain include the following:
Pons. A deep part of the brain, located in the brainstem, the pons contains many of the control areas for eye and face movements.
Medulla. The lowest part of the brainstem, the medulla is the most vital part of the entire brain and contains important control centers for the heart and lungs.
Spinal cord. A large bundle of nerve fibers located in the back that extends from the base of the brain to the lower back, the spinal cord carries messages to and from the brain and the rest of the body.
Frontal lobe. The largest section of the brain located in the front of the head, the frontal lobe is involved in personality characteristics and movement. Recognition of smell usually involves parts of the frontal lobe.
Parietal lobe. The middle part of the brain, the parietal lobe helps a person to identify objects and understand spatial relationships (where one's body is compared to objects around the person). The parietal lobe is also involved in interpreting pain and touch in the body.
Occipital lobe. The occipital lobe is the back part of the brain that is involved with vision.
Temporal lobe. The sides of the brain, these temporal lobes are involved in short-term memory, speech, musical rhythm, and some degree of smell recognition.
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This week brings the series premieres of "Ground Floor," "Alpha House" and "Almost Human" and the series finale of "Eastbound & Down." Also on the schedule are the return of "Parks and Recreation" after a short hiatus, the Season 4 premiere of "Raising Hope" and the U.S. premieres of two very different British thrillers, "Secret State" and "Black Mirror."
Here are more highlights of what's on TV for the week of Nov. 11-17. Click here for a look at premieres, finales, movies and specials airing in November.
Monday, Nov. 11
7 p.m. Monday, Fox
Hodgins mothers a fly larva, which is only a subplot in this episode, but I couldn't stop laughing at the thought.
Church Rescue
9 p.m. Monday, Nat Geo
The Church Hoppers revamp churches around the country.
World's Best Bartender
10 p.m. Monday, Travel
Bartender showdown!
Tuesday, Nov. 12
8 p.m. Tuesday, CW
Press release says of "Heaven Can't Wait:" "Castiel (Misha Collins) gets a job at a Gas-N-Sip and actually starts to enjoy life as a human." Not quite sure those two can go together.
The Goldbergs
8 p.m. Tuesday, ABC
The Goldbergs meet their seemingly perfect new neighbors, the Kremps. Perfect until they don't respons to Beverly's invitation. Tom Cavanaugh guest stars as Ed.
Secret State
8 p.m. Tuesday, DirecTV Audience
In the aftermath of a deadly industrial disaster involving a U.S. petrochemical firm, deputy prime minister Tom Dawkins (Gabriel Bryne) fights the powers that be, including members of his own government, in this four-part, intrigue-filled political thriller from Great Britain.
Black Mirror
9 p.m. Tuesday, DirecTV Audience
Another British import, "Black Mirror" takes a disturbing look at our relationship with technology in six hour-long, standalone episodes that harken back to the strangest reality-based episodes of "The Twilight Zone."
Chicago Fire
9 p.m. Tuesday, NBC
Severide's jog turns into a battle to save the life of a boy trapped in a backhoe loader at an abandoned construction site.
Wednesday, Nov. 13
Modern Family
8 p.m. Wednesday, ABC
Phil and Claire plan surprises for each other for their 20th wedding anniversary. We can all agree things won't go well, right?
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
9 p.m. Wednesday, WTTW (PBS)
"Secrets of the Dead" opens a new season with this minute-by-minute look at how journalists covered the shooting of John F. Kennedy 50 years ago. Narrated by George Clooney.
American Horror Story: Coven
9 p.m. Wednesday, FX
Voodoo queen Marie Laveau continues her war against Fiona and her coven in a surprising way, while Zoe, Queenie and Nan conjure up a dark spirit of their own who is trapped in the Academy.
9 p.m. Wednesday, ABC
An influential radio DJ promotes Layla over Juliette after she angers him. It's so unlike Juliette not to flirt her way to success.
South Park
9 p.m. Wednesday, Comedy Central
When the best deal on new gaming systems is at stake, the boys will do anything to be first at the mall on "Black Friday."
Thursday, Nov. 14
Parks and Recreation
7 p.m. Thursday, NBC
The sixth season resumes with two episodes and the recall election of Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler).
The Vampire Diaries
7 p.m. Thursday, CW
Now starring as three characters, Nina Dobrev demands separate salaries for all three roles. Just kidding, but she is playing Elena, Amara and Katherine.
Braxton Family Values
8 p.m. Thursday, WEtv
As the season resumes, Traci confronts her hubby about his possible cheating and her sisters about the part they played in making the rumors public.
Ground Floor
9 p.m. Thursday, TBS
The new sitcom from "Cougartown" and "Scrubs" creator Bill Lawrence follows a up-and-coming banker (Skylar Astin) who falls for a one-night stand (Briga Heelan) who works in the bank's maintenance department. Uncomfortable, which is how I feel saying that this doesn't live up to Lawrence's much funnier other shows. A second episode follows at 9:30 p.m.
9 p.m. Thursday, ABC
We learn how Fitz, Mellie and Cyrus became a team in "Everything's Coming Up Mellie." But this being "Scandal," a mere flashback just won't do. We also get Mellie plotting her comeback, Cyrus plotting against Sally Langston and Huck plotting to keep annoying Quinn at arm's length.
Friday, Nov. 15
7 p.m. Friday, Fox
"Bones" moves to a new day and time with "The Fury in the Jury," in which Brennan serves as a juror in the trial of professional soccer player Peter Kidman (guest star Brandon Quinn), who is accused of murdering his wife.
Styled to Rock
7 p.m. Friday, Bravo
The contestants have to style publicity loving Miley Cyrus for "Miley's Sexy Night Out." Let me guess: see-through top, barely there shorts and a giant foam finger?
Raising Hope
8 p.m. Friday, Fox
Burt, Virginia and Jimmy learn that the mysterious man (guest star Jeffrey Tambor) they keep seeing is, first of all, real. Secondly, he may have something to do with a secret Maw Maw's been keeping. The Season 4 premiere is followed at 8:30 p.m. by the new episode "Burt Bucks."
Hawaii Five-0
8 p.m. Friday, CBS
The Jo Bros' split doesn't mean we can't see them separately. Nick Jonas guest stars as a computer hacker the governor tasks Five-0 to find.
Alpha House
Sometime Friday, Amazon
John Goodman plays John Biggs, a North Carolina Republican senator who lives with three other lawmakers in a Washington, D.C., townhouse in this new comedy written by "Doonesbury" scribe Garry Trudeau. The first three episodes post Friday, then one a week after that.
Saturday, Nov. 16
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth
7 p.m. Saturday, HBO
Mike Tyson reveals some shocking stories from his past in this filmed version of his one-man stage show. Both were directed by Spike Lee.
The Challenger Disaster
8 p.m. Saturday, Science and Discovery channels
William Hurt stars as Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Richard Feynman in this story of Feynman's work to uncover the cause of the Challenger explosion in 1986. The film is based on Feynman's book, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?"
Eagleheart: Paradise Rising
11 p.m. Saturday, Adult Swim
Chris is accused of murdering Brett with a wood chipper, in the Season 3 premiere.
Sunday, Nov. 17
Almost Human
7 p.m. Sunday, Fox
A human cop with mechanical parts (Karl Urban) and an emotional android (Michael Ealy) partner up in this teach-savvy cross between a buddy cop drama and a sci-fi thriller. I called it a brobomance, but the more common robromance sounds better. Watch an extended 8-minute trailer with my full review here.
The Simpsons
8 p.m. Sunday, Fox
"Mad Men" star Elizabeth Moss guest voices a pregnant woman who goes into labor while in an elevator—with Homer. Oh boy.
Eastbound & Down
9 p.m. Sunday, HBO
Danny McBride's cringe comedy comes to a close. Has bad-boy former ball player Kenny found redemption?
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This collection thinks the "rights" of the negative against the more common association of the term "rights" with human rights and rights that can be posited. Such rights, despite their seeming liberalism, produce a normative notion of the person which is in the end biopolitical, and moreover, in assuming that rights can always be posited, they assume the primacy of the public sphere. The essays in this collection all resist the current emphasis on the public sphere that has resulted from the absorption of "Romanticism" into the "Nineteenth Century," and focus instead on Romanticism as a retreat from publication, publicity and consensus. Whether this retreat is absolute negation or a withdrawal that holds something in reserve is a question left open in the spaces between these six essays on Godwin, Charlotte Smith, Coleridge and Goya.
Is Romantic prose a neutral instrument of representation? Does it struggle to engage questions of experience and sensation in new ways? How should prose be understood in relation to poetic expressiveness? The essays in this volume explore Romantic prose across multiple genres as a kind of performative utterance that redraws the boundaries between the private and the social.
This volume of five essays focus on how the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley uses and modifies Gothic conventions across his whole writing career so as, on the one hand, to extend the limits of the Gothic, shading it into a wider Romanticism, and, on the other, to press the limits of the Gothic down to their most basic foundations, releasing new potentials. These essays all argue in different way that, by the end of his career, Shelley has proposed an answer to the question: what does Gothic writing most basically assume in its mixtures of previous genres, and how do these assumptions both establish its limits and set the stage for transgressing them?


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The story of Ruffian is possibly one of the saddest you will ever hear when it comes to famous racehorses. Born at Claiborne Farms in Kentucky in 1972, Ruffian was a pretty little dark bay filly with plenty of spirit. Her sire was Reviewer and her dam was Shenanigans out of Native Dancer, so she had plenty of good breeding to go with her plucky little attitude. She grew fast, and before long she was on her way to becoming Queen of the Racetrack.
When she was ready for training, Ruffian was shipped to Belmont Park in New York for schooling and training. Frank Whiteley Jr was to be her trainer and he succeeded in bringing out her best. By this stage she was tall, almost black, long-legged and sleek. Simply put, she was born to race – a point she proved on her maiden race when she not only broke the track record but won by fifteen lengths. It was a great start to a great season. Ruffian won every race she was entered in for her 2-year-old season. However, those delightfully slender legs started to cause problems near the end of the year and she suffered a fracture late in the year. Though she was retired to recuperate, she was crowned 2-year-old filly of the year.
By now Ruffian already had a strong following and people were eager to see if she would return in good form the following year. Now that the races were longer, would she still have what it took to cross the line in first place? It would seem that Ruffian truly was Queen of the Track. As her races increased in distance, so did her winning margins. Before long she was back to he usual 7 length winning distance. By the time she ran the 1 1/8 mile Mother Goose Stakes, she had a winning margin of 14 lengths! She won the Filly Triple Crown that year and she was due to receive the 3 Year Old Filly of the Year award – even if she never raced again. So instead of more races or early retirement, a match race was proposed. Ruffian would race against Foolish Pleasure – the colt who'd won that year's Kentucky Derby. Ruffian was up for the challenge and after a little extra training for her opponent; they were ready run the most exciting race of her career.
That morning on 6 July 1975, more than 50,000 people turned up to watch the match race. Foolish Pleasure leapt from the gate and for the first time ever, Ruffian was headed at the start. However Ruffian refused to give up. She fought to get to the front but the two stayed neck in neck for most of the race and the crowd went wild. On the final turn, Ruffian managed to increase her margin to about half a length. She was stretching, struggling to cover as much ground as she could. Then, just as they reached the mile marker and only half a mile of the race was left, there was a loud, sickening breaking sound and Ruffian stumbled. Though she had snapped her sesamoid bones of her right foreleg, she still struggled with her jockey in a valiant attempt to finish the race.
Action was taken immediately and before long, Ruffian was under anaesthetic while her leg was being operated on. Twelve hours later, the four veterinarians and the orthopaedic surgeon who had been working on her sealed the injury in a cast. It seemed that Ruffian had a good chance of recovery until she woke up. Disorientated from the anaesthetic, she lashed out at her surroundings, as if still running the race. In doing so, all the work of the surgery was undone, along with additional damage to her elbow. Knowing that nothing could now be done to save her, her owner decided to put her down. She is buried today near the flagpole at Belmont Park with her nose pointed towards the finish line. She died on July 7, 1975. She had set or equalled a new stakes record in each of the eight stakes races she'd won. She'd run everything from 5 ½ furlongs to 1 ½ miles and she had an average winning margin of 8 1/3 lengths. It is unlikely that the world will ever see another filly that can match her.


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The South Oakland Concert Band, South Woodward Jazz Orchestra, Women's Ensemble and Royal Oak High School's A Cappella Choir will present their Home For The Holidays concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Kimball Auditorium at Royal Oak High School, 1600 Lexington Blvd.
The combined band and choirs will perform 'A Christmas Festival' classic arrangement of carols by Leroy Anderson. The Concert Band will present 'The Night Before Christmas' in a unique arrangement with a narrator, and the Jazz Orchestra will do a number by Stan Kenton that utilizes, in addition to the standard big band instrumentation, four French horns, chimes and flute. The remainder of the program is holiday music.
Tickets will be available at the door for $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors. Children 12 and under admitted free.
Deborah Buffa directs the high school choir. Members of the choir are scheduled to tour Europe in February, performing in Munich and Prague. The Concert Band is directed by Erick Senkmajer and the Jazz Orchestra is led by Don Marriott.
If you would like to be a part of future performances of the South Oakland Concert Band, they are in need of musicians who play percussion, saxophone and bassoon. The band rehearses every Monday evening from 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. at Royal Oak Middle School, and performs six concerts each year. Call Director Senkmajer between 11 a.m. and noon any day at 810-334-7958 if you are interested.
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- What personal qualities define you as a leader? Describe a situation when these qualities helped you lead others.
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- Have you ever had difficulty getting others to accept your ideas? What was your approach? Did it work?
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We recently launched our official podcast, we're excited to bring you episode 2 this week. For those of you who missed the first episode, you can find it on our Ars Technicast page. During each episode, a group of Ars editors delve into topics we have covered at Ars Technica. We publish a new episode every two weeks. You can also find us in the iTunes store or via RSS. In this week's episode, we take a retrospective look at the Internet and discuss the impact it has made on each of us. We started this as a response to Paul Miller's current experiment to disconnect himself from the Internet for one year while continuing his work as a journalist. Our host, Senior Apple Editor Jacqui Cheng, is joined by Open Source Editor Ryan Paul, Microsoft Editor Peter Bright, Contributing Writer Casey Johnston, and Social Editor Cesar Torres. We will talk about our various entry points into the Internet and Internet culture, as well as ways in which we are dependent on it today for certain social interactions. What parts of the Internet can we live without? And how has our individual relationship with the Internet changed over the years? Listen to find out.
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Likewise. A few years ago I spent a week working with some consultants from a "household brand name" computer systems supplier, helping them write what they call Adapters and Connectors for part of their middleare product range.
The Connectors are the bits of glue that interface to the external systems and hardware. The Adapters perform the translation between the format of the information gathered from or supplied to those external entities, and the internal middleware comms protocol.
You have never seen such a lash up in your life. Most of the connectors and adapters are written during the post-sales installation and deployment phase, by post-sales engineers (who are usually more saleperson/liason than programmers). They get hacked together at the customers site and tested on-the-fly. I was supposed to modify two pieces of code that "were written by the guys in XXX office for a similar job", and adapt them to the task at hand. You cannot beleive what hookey, inefficient, polling loop nightmares they were. Really quite unbelievably bad.
Luckily, I got moved on by cirumstances before I had to make a decision about whether to speak up or shut up.
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?
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Alongside his fellow Detroit brethren DJ Soko and producer Apollo Brown, Journalist 103 made an unexpected yet impressive introduction with Gas Mask in 2010. Collectively known as The Left, the album captured a nostalgic prestige with Journalist playing an integral part as the mouthpiece of the group's movement. Two years later and on the solo tip this time around, he looks to carry on this distinct style with his debut Reporting Live.
While Apollo Brown's backdrop presence is only found here in the form of "Where Is The Love," Journalist makes do with varying beats from the likes of ATG, Lex Luthorz and Monkodelic to round out the sound. Their overall execution may not match that of Brown, but it's still an appreciative cast who likewise are able to adapt to the emcee's needs. Journalist 103 fares better with his shortlist of guests, who present a colorful dynamic to his usually firm delivery. As such, Fashawn ("Hear Me"), Eternia ("Where Is The Love") and Freeway ("Danger") act as effective counterbalances, and they're no slouch with the pen either.
What stands out the most on Reporting Live is Journalist 103's command on the microphone. From the lyrical vigor and socio-political narrative of "United We Stand" to the melancholic disclosure of drug addiction within his family on "3 AM," there's magnetic conviction in Journalist's voice. Bringing clarity to his personal journey, "Walk With Me" is a record filled with anecdotal teachings for navigating life. Over throbbing drums and a rich melody he raps, "And no, it ain't all good / Truth will always stand clear from the falsehood / Witness corruption, but know that there's still hope / Ease comes with hardship so you'll have a full scope."
Regardless of how professional an individual is, no live broadcast is without an error or three. The same can be said for Reporting Live, where brevity limits the extent of a handful of tracks' significance ("Arson," "Moving 2 Fast") to which they feel unfinished. Then there's a record like "The System." Channeling shades of Lupe Fiasco's "Words I Never Said," Journalist merely rattles off a plethora of social ills throughout the world. However, in no instance does he suggest or enlighten his listeners with an alternative solution. Exploitation is exploitation, even if intentions are sincere.
Journalist 103 stands to be a vital force for the unheard, and Reporting Live solidifies him as such. With this album and Gas Mask held in succession, it's clear that Journalist has found his rightful place within Hip Hop. It may not be glossy and glorified by the masses, but it's music with an honest cause, and that should keep him above the fold.


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Well it may be just 1 day into Novemeber, but suddenly I'm ready to Christmas shop. Amazing how you can switch focuses so fast. My hubby is soooo hard to buy for....but he is the best gift giver in the world. He always makes holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries extra special. That's just one of the many reasons I adore him. But back to my point...I've got to figure out what to get him this year. Any ideas?
Tonight's card is "pink". Just love the little cherry embellishments from K & Co. I have to buckle down real soon and get my Christmas cards done! Sooo I figure I'd better get all the pink in that I can now, because all I see in my future is red and green!
Hope everyone remembered to set their clocks back. I'm already looking forward to springing forward - my glass must be half full instead of half empty!
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beautiful card....one of the best u have ever created.
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How cute! I have some of that dotted paper - don't you love it!!
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LOVE the card...you are one of the best! I will try to faten Packer up by Thanksgiving :)
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This is adorably cute! Love the little cherries!
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*cheers*. Agreed.brianna_cullen wrote:Definately Nemo by Nightwish!!! It describes Bella's dead feelings completely!!!
I also liked the idea of Ride by The Vines for a motorcycle scene.
I think Within Temptation would make a really good addition to the New Moon soundtrack, especially Our Solemn Hour and maybe The Cross. This is the link to a fanmade Twilight trailer using Our Solemn Hour, tell me it couldn't work for a scene in Italy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjZSj3_WCyo
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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
> 1. I'd like to control volume of MD from other devices Just have that device call the MessageSend utility and send a volume command to the media player. Or send the volume command to media plugin and media plugin will forward it whatever media player is active. MessageSend works on both Linux and Windows.
> 2. I'd like to control some other media player from Pluto Orbiter interfaces Add the device to your system as a child of whatever will control it. If it's controlled by I/R, add it as a child of the i/r transmitter. The system will automatically add a media scenario to play that device that turns the device on. All commands (volume, pause, play, etc.) will go to that device automatically. If it's controlled via I/R, the i/r code will get sent. If that device implements DCE, meaning it's a separate software program, then it will get the commands directly.
> 3. ambient musicScenarios have no random command. You could create a perl script or something like that to do it. Then create the scenario in Orbiter that sends an 'Spawn Application' command to the App Server with the file to spawn being the perl script.
> 4. sensors in my pluto setupAdd the devices just like any other devices. If they are within the appropriate category, they should autoamtically appear on the floorplan. Air quality, window/door are already there under security, and appear on the security floorplan. Brightness is already there under lighting. Air pressure can be added to the climate category. I would put liquid flow, heat pump and pon also under the climate category since they are environmental type devices.


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Public- and private-sector IT professionals attended the annual GTC West Conference on Wednesday, August 21, in Sacramento, Calif., to celebrate government leaders who've completed notable technology projects, and the achievers had advice for other government workers.
Government Technology and the Center for Digital Government presented the Best of California awards to honor more than a dozen programs and applications in the public sector. Recipients spanned various California regions in city, county and state government.
Recipients who spoke to Government Technology following the afternoon reception credited teamwork as the reason for their respective wins.
Cathy Cleek, CIO and division chief for California's Franchise Tax Board, accepted the award for Best IT Collaboration Among Organizations on behalf of California's tax agencies: the Franchise Tax Board, the Board of Equalization and the Employment Development Department. They won for their collaborative effort, the Financial Institution Record Match Project, otherwise known as FIRM. The project allows the government to collect delinquent tax dollars more efficiently.
Cleek feels that stakeholders should spend less time talking and more time listening for the sake of group projects like FIRM.
"I really think that listening skills are so critical in collaboration," she said. "I think there's a reason why we have two ears and one mouth and we need to do more listening and less talking, oftentimes, so that would be my advice to people is to make sure, when you come together, to really listen."
Eddie Appell, senior IT analyst in the Technical Services Division of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, also stressed the importance of teamwork. His department won the award for Best In-House Developed Application for the Web-based Known Person Finder (WebKPF) application, which allows police officers to search online for information about possible offenders. Sacramento's law enforcement community wouldn't have completed it without compromise, Appell explained.
"It's easy to get bogged down in minor details, so it's important to prioritize and … to be willing to give up a little bit so that you can come to some consensus and move forward and be open to new ideas and not be stuck," Appell said. "I think that's what bogs teams down a lot is just being stuck demanding one way to do it when there are multiple ways to do it."


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Greetings, druids. Last week we talked about the new changes that had been made to the Mists of Pandaria talent calculator, which held a few good changes for us. This week I want to focus in on two criticisms that I've had growing for a very long time. It's no shock to anyone that reads my column or follows me on Twitter that I abhor the new direction of Insect Swarm.
I've talked about this topic before, but I want to discuss it further.
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In the essence of fairness, I feel that I should go into why it is that I believe Blizzard is tweaking Insect Swarm the way that they are. To start with, Insect Swarm has been an extremely problematic spell ever since it was created. In TBC, it didn't deal enough damage in order to be worth using, the same was even true at the start of WotLK, and it nearly fell off the map again late in the expansion as well. It hasn't been until Cataclysm that Insect Swarm has finally become a sold piece of our rotation, and even now it's still the weaker of the two DoTs.


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Beiseker Open Houses returning as the Alberta Real Estate Association lifts its ban on open houses. Beiseker Open Houses many implementing new consumer safety policies, regulations, procedures to prepare for lifts ban on Beiseker Open Houses. Selling or buying a home has gotten a lot more difficult but Beiseker open houses are now open.
Beiseker COVID-19 Face Coverings Bylaw Updates with a growing number of instances new open houses safety policies, there are various questions and concerns during the pandemic.
It is important to make your Beiseker Open houses as accessible as possible, removing unnecessary furniture and retaining a small amount of personal items such as family photographs. The house should speak to potential buyers by presenting itself as a place others could easily call home. In other words, you want people to be able to envision themselves living there, which is more easily done without your family photos or kids drawings stuck on the fridge.
Beiseker Broker open houses are promoted exclusively to the brokerage community, very effective in educating agents on Beiseker open houses.


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Lies of Nazca - Cosmogonal Grounds LON is a brand new progressive deathcore band hailing from Vicenza, Italy, formed by the finest selection of musicians, constantly challenging themselves to write music that stimulates the mind. The band hit the studio on January 2013, recording a full length that has been mixed and mastered by Brian Hood (ERRA, A PLEA FOR PURGING & MANY MORE) and they're currently looking for a label to promote it. The record features the debut single "Cosmogonal Grounds", that premieres today on BlankTV. As a new band every single view, share, like or criticism will go straight to our heart, thanks to everyone who will check us out.


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Mistake-prone Michigan falters in 'The Game'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Jordan Kovacs grew up midway between the combatants in the annual showdown known as "The Game."
Nothing is more painful for a Michigan player -- particularly one who grew up just outside Toledo, Ohio -- than losing to archrival Ohio State.
Kovacs and the 20th-ranked Wolverines had the lead at halftime and a head of steam. But then couldn't do much right as the No. 4 Buckeyes finished off a perfect 12-0 season with a 26-21 victory on Saturday.
"It's not just about myself," said Kovacs, a former walk-on who stuck with it to earn a scholarship and become a valued starter. "You don't want to come down here and lose. That's about all I've got to say."
On that long, quiet three-hour bus ride back to Ann Arbor, Mich., the Wolverines (8-4, 6-2 Big Ten) will have a lot of plays to dissect and decisions to analyze.
The most obvious plays are the four turnovers -- three in the second half to keep them off the scoreboard -- which plagued them. Then there was coach Brady Hoke's curious decision to go for it on fourth and 2 near midfield on the opening series of the second half with his team ahead 21-20 and poised to pin the Buckeyes deep with a precise punt.
Instead, Denard Robinson, who rushed for 122 yards on 10 carries but saw the ball only four times for minus-2 yards in the second half, missed a hole and ended up getting snowed under by linebacker Ryan Shazier for a 2-yard loss.
Michigan's defense limited the Buckeyes (12-0, 8-0) to a field goal, but that was enough to give them the lead for good.
"One play can't change the whole game," said Robinson, who took the blame for not moving the chains. "We've got to keep going, catch our momentum. That's just one speed bump in the road."
Yet it's clear that the Wolverines, who had moved the ball all day, never were able to mount much of an attack again.
"It felt pretty good (against their defense)," Hoke said of the play call. "It felt pretty good about getting two first downs off the kickoff. It felt pretty good about the offense, to be honest with you. We say all the time we've got to have each other's back. We didn't get it and (our) defense went out there and did a nice job."
Michigan's defense limited Ohio State's high-powered offense to just two Drew Basil field goals in the second half. But the offense never found traction.
The Wolverines' next possession ended when Robinson fumbled as Ohio State's Christian Bryant hit the ball with his helmet while making a tackle.
They punted the ball away after running three plays on the next two series, then turned it over on first a fumble and then an interception by quarterback Devin Gardner.
"We know the reason we lost the game," said Robinson, who had scored on a 67-yard run in the first half. "We had three turnovers in the second half. That's not acceptable."
Gardner, the other half of Michigan's quarterback tandem, was 11 of 20 for 171 yards with an interception and a 75-yard touchdown pass to Roy Roundtree.
Roundtree spent several minutes with reporters after the game, but the only words he uttered were, "It hurts."
The Buckeyes had already clinched the Big Ten's Leaders Division, but aren't allowed to play in next Saturday's conference title game because of NCAA sanctions which also ban them from playing in a bowl or being considered for a spot in the Bowl Championship Series rankings.
Michigan needed a win to capture a share of the Legends Division with Nebraska, which will meet Wisconsin for the championship.
Now the Wolverines, saddled with their ninth loss in the last 11 meetings with Ohio State, will regroup and try to get ready for a second-tier bowl game.
Hoke's team beat Ohio State 40-34 a year ago.
Now he has a year to think about what went wrong.
"I like the W better," he said. "You start working on the next year (against Ohio State). You start working on the great game at the end of November. You start thinking about what you can do."


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Crispy Coconut
- 1 large egg white
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pinch of salt
- 2 1/2 cups unsweetened coconut shavings* (coconut chips; about 4 ounces)
- 2 14-ounce cans light unsweetened coconut milk**
- 1 14-ounce can regular unsweetened coconut milk**
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup unsweetened shredded coconut*
- 2/3 cup short-grain or long-grain rice (such as arborio or jasmine)
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise or 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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Crispy coconut
Preheat oven to 300°F. Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Whisk egg white, sugar, vanilla, and salt in medium bowl to blend. Add coconut shavings and toss until evenly moistened. Spread coconut mixture evenly on prepared baking sheet. Bake until coconut is light golden and beginning to crisp, stirring and turning frequently, about 22 minutes. Cool on baking sheet. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 days ahead. Store in airtight container at room temperature.
Combine light coconut milk, regular coconut milk, sugar, shredded coconut, rice, and 3/4 teaspoon salt in heavy large saucepan. If using vanilla bean, scrape in seeds from bean; add bean to saucepan. Bring mixture to simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Adjust heat so that mixture is barely simmering; cover partially and cook until liquid is slightly translucent and pudding is thickened to consistency of loose oatmeal, stirring and scraping bottom and sides of pan frequently, about 45 minutes. Remove vanilla bean, if using, or stir in vanilla extract.
Divide pudding among ten 3/4-cup ramekins or dessert glasses. DO AHEAD Can be made 6 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate. If desired, rewarm in microwave just until heated through before serving.
Sprinkle crispy coconut over puddings. Serve warm or at room temperature.
* Available at specialty foods stores and natural foods stores.
**Available at many supermarkets and at Indian, Southeast Asian, and Latin markets.


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Are You Passionate?, A business you can be passionate about
Are You Passionate?, A business you can be passionate about
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This business isnt for everyone because its breakthrough biotechnology around genetic anti-aging, and although this is certainly the biggest consumer wave in history and the money is excellent, not everyone is excited by this emerging field. As in any field, to be successful one must have passion.
The type of business people who do well with this business are not necessarily entrepreneurs, because there is a learning curve and no room for mavericks. You need to see this work, rather than wasting time experimenting.
Good prospects for this business are ambitious people who need to earn more, or need to establish enduring income for retirement, or who have a strong desire to build big revenue that doesnt depend on their personal effort. There are a lot of very financially successful people who are deeply unhappy because their time isnt their own. People from industries that are struggling because of technological change, or because of economic challenges, can be perfect in this business.
This business may not be for you, but it will certainly be perfect for people that you know. Please forward this notice only to those whom you would unconditionally recommend.
Telephone: Christine Sutherland at the The Lifeworks Group Pty Ltd, 9246 1977
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The Heartland Institute's 7th Climate denial-palooza, fewer attendees, more fringe conspiracy theories
The Heartland Institute, a corporate funded anti-environmental front group, just wrapped up their 7th climate denial meeting, aka denial-palooza. This year saw a much smaller turnout of climate science denialists than previous years, but more fringe conspiracy theories than ever. The drop in attendance comes after the Heartland Institute's failed billboard campaign comparing advocates of climate science to terrorists, murderers, and madmen.
The billboard, combined with Heartland's illogical stance on climate science, has forced 11 corporate sponsors to drop financial support of the organization. Heartland had hoped to receive over $825,000 in funding from these corporations in 2012 and their departure has left Heartland's CEO Joe Bast desperate for funding. During his closing remarks, Bast said:
I'm not a good fundraiser and as a result I don't raise enough money to cover [the climate conference]...if you can afford to make a contribution please do, if you know someone, if you have a rich uncle... please ask him to contribute.
This year's conference featured the usual self-contradictory climate denier arguments, which includes everything from outright denial that the earth temperature is going up, to admitting the globe is warming but denying that humans and CO2 are involved, to admitting the earth is warming, humans and CO2 are involved, but the warming will be beneficial. However, this year's meeting also delved in to other fanatical conspiracy theories, like the belief that President Barack Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate is not real.
The truth is, if Heartland's deceptive and dishonest talk about climate science was aimed at the few old contrarians that attended the latest meeting, it wouldn't be that big of a deal. However, Heartland doesn't get paid by Nucor and other big carbon emitting corporations to mislead a fringe tribe of retired old white men. Heartland gets paid to derail solutions to climate change. This has meant creating anti-science curriculum for grade schools, paying spokespeople to deny climate science, and attacking the scientists that do real work on climate change.
And who pays for Heartland disinformation? Leaked internal fundraising and budget documents have revealed that major corporations like Nucor and Pfizer, as well as the coal industry, are substantial contributors to Heartland's annual budget. As for the denial conference itself, it has recently been revealed that the organizations that co-sponsored this year's event have taken $67 million from ExxonMobil, Koch and Scaife foundations.
Currently a coalition of groups including Greenpeace, Forecast the Facts, Sierra Club, SumofUs, and 350.org are gathering petitions from people concerned about the corporate funding of climate denial, and demanding that Heartland's remaining corporate funders stop their support of the Heartland Institute. Sign the petition and tell these corporations to stop funding attacks on climate change science.
For more information, check out these recent articles on the Heartland Institute:
"Heartland reflects on its beating," Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian
"Heartland Institute facing uncertain future as staff depart and cash dries up", Suzanne Goldenberg, the Guardian
"For Heartland board, failed climate attack was a surprise" Evan Lehmann, Climatewire
"Heartland faces a mutiny amid furor over billboard campaign" Evan Lehmann, Climatewire
"Heartland Institute conference attendees try for a subtler skepticism, but group's leader sometimes strays off message" Evan Lehmann, Climatewire


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Editors' note: As of June 2011, the Altec Lansing Mix iMT800 has been replaced by the nearly identical Altec Lansing Mix iMT810. However, if you don't need the slight changes found on the new model (iPhone 4 certification, blue backlighting, silver accents), the older iMT800 reviewed here is a better deal while it remains on sale at a discount until inventory has been fully depleted.
Back in the 1980s, when portable audio was synonymous with "cassette tapes," boom boxes were a mainstay of music culture. While luggable, battery-powered speaker systems still exist today, they tend to be somewhat dainty iPod speakers. Altec Lansing's $300 Mix iMT800, meanwhile, aims to mix and match the best of the old and new. It has the look and feel of an old-school, crank-it-till-your-ears-bleed boom box--albeit a rather stylish one--but it boasts an iPod/iPhone dock (and it's GSM-shielded, to boot, so you don't need to flip the iPhone into airplane mode).
While this can certainly be used as a stay-at-home stereo, Altec isn't shy about mentioning that it also makes for a good party system indoors or outside. On top, you'll find a handle, and you can also pick the unit up using the "grab" handles on the front of the speakers.
While the Mix doesn't have a second iPod dock, it does offer two 3.5-millimeter line inputs that allow your friends to plug in their MP3 players and cue up their playlists. The inputs are conveniently placed at the top of the unit, and there's a depression under the handle that's reserved for parking additional devices. Additionally, the Mix has a telescoping antenna on top of the unit. While there's no AM radio on board, it does do FM, with four presets available.
The system comes with a small remote that clips onto a belt loop or stores in a hideaway slot in the body of the Mix itself. While the clip looks like a bottle opener, it's not really intended to be one (the clip itself is made of plastic, not metal, so it's probably not a good idea to regularly open bottles with it). Like most remotes included with these types of iPod speakers, it controls only the basic playback functions of your iPod or iPhone. It's also worth noting that there's no provision for video output, so you won't be able to use the Mix to watch iPod videos on an external TV.
A couple other design notes: If you look at the picture of the unit, you'll notice that the protective silver "guard" bar over the top of the iPhone (docked in the bottom center) looks like it would make it tough to get iPhones/iPods in and out. Don't fear: it actually slides up and down, making the dock easily accessible. In theory, it also may help save your iPod or iPhone from serious damage in the event that some drunk, stumbling idiot knocks into the Mix during a party.
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ABILENE, Texas – How does a former social worker from Chicago wind up living in an abandoned nuclear missile silo in Texas?
The Johnny Carson show.
See also: Cold War Bunker Becomes Modern Mansion
Missile Silo Confessions: Living on the Edge of Armageddon
Bruce Townsley was up late one night in the mid-'80s when he saw an unusual guest take a seat on Johnny's set: a nuclear missile base real estate mogul named Ed Peden. Peden lives in an abandoned missile base in Kansas and was invited on the show to tell Johnny all about his underground lifestyle. Townsley was hooked.
Using the pre-Google research librarians at the public library outside of Chicago where he then lived, Townsley tracked Peden down. And though it wasn't until 1997 that Townsley secured his current property, the idea blossomed in his head over the years. After completing his fair share of conventional home remodels in the Chicago area, Townsley wanted a challenge to keep him busy for the rest of his life. So far, his silo property has perfectly fit the bill.
Read on to tour Townsley's subterranean lair in our second installment of missile base homes.
Townsely's tour begins in a corrugated steel quonset hut, one of the few above-ground structures on the site. The prefabricated and easily assembled structures became popular with the military during World War II and look like a tin can cut in half lengthwise. They were used as everything from barracks to warehouses to latrines.
Photos: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
The instructions to Townsley's place are simple: Head south of Abilene, nearly smack-dab in the middle of Texas, cross a couple of intersections, look for a small lump in the road with mailboxes sprouting out of the ground, and you're there. At the end of the driveway, an American flag and array of solar panels provide the only evidence of habitation.
When purchasing an abandoned missile base, one must first realize that not all silos are created equal. Hundreds of missile facilities built by the military between 1960 and 1965 were quickly deactivated due to the changing political climate. They're named for the type of missiles that they housed – Atlas E, Atlas F, Titan I, Titan II and Minuteman – and they vary widely in scope and function.
For example, Ed Peden's base is an Atlas E site, which means the missiles were stored horizontally in giant garages with retractable roofs. When it was time to fire, the roofs would open and the missiles would be raised vertically. They also contain a much more extensive underground bunker – a feature too daunting for Townsley.
"What the hell am I going to do?" asks Townsley. "Build a house inside a bunker? Too much room."
Instead, with Peden's help, Townsley went with this Atlas F site. Here, a missile was stored vertically in an underground silo and the attached living quarters for the missiliers were more modest. More than 30 years after it was deactivated, Townsley bought the property in 1997 for $99,000. By 1999 he had moved in to the 2,200 sq ft. fixer-upper.
A missile heads down the ICBM highway in central Texas on it's way to a silo. It wasn't uncommon for motorists to pass these weapons of mass destruction on America's interstates in the early 1960s, as the U.S. military scrambled to build missile silos and stock them with nuclear weapons.
Top photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
Above ground, Bruce Townsley's place bears little resemblance to the busy site it was in the early '60s. Most working parts have been decommissioned. Buildings and parking lots have been removed and this escape hatch has been capped in thick concrete.
But not everything is out of order: In the background sit the two giant overhead silo doors. They cover the 185-foot hole in the ground where a missile armed with a nuclear warhead used to be. Townsley has managed to get one of these massive doors up and running. It took a bunch of local volunteers and a rented crane, but he finally cracked it open.
"I took out a loan against my truck to have a bracket built to be able to open the door," said Townsley.
Construction of an Atlas missile silo. Circa 1960.
Top photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
While Ed Peden's more horizontal Atlas E silo home requires hundreds of feet of tunnels to get to the living space, Townsley's vertical Atlas F site means lots and lots of stairs. Townsley takes this stairwell down to the first level of his house, which is where the old crew quarters (now his subterranean living space) is located.
The stairway ends at a set of 6,000-pound blast doors designed to keep occupants safe during a nuclear attack. The doors curve inward to offset the vacuum effect of a blast – keeping everything inside from being sucked out.
As an added safety feature, the white "latticed" debris door is hung to keep whatever an explosion carries into the tunnels from making it to the control room.
All four of the doors are still fully functional – a small miracle, considering that a number of blast doors from other Atlas F sites have since buckled under their weight. Having the functioning doors was a big selling point for Bruce. They are impressive in their size and precision, taking little more than a gentle shove to swing open.
Photos: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
Townsley's living space is about 1,100 square feet and completely round. The room is essentially a concrete bubble suspended from the large column in its center.
When the site was an active missile base, this room "floated" on massive springs. This let the room move both up and down and side to side, which would absorb a bomb blast in the event that the Russians managed to get a shot off. Now Townsley has replaced some of the springs with poles so the room can only sway side to side.
Townsley wouldn't trust his house with a nuclear blast these days, but it does just fine in strong Texas thunderstorms.
Every room in the structure revolves around the center pillar like a clock – kitchen, living room, office, bedroom – all separated by short partition walls built by Townsley.
Townsley has a clean aesthetic. His tastes in furnishings have a simple, feng-shui vibe. Clutter disturbs the chi when you live in a round, totally open room, he says.
Photos: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
While Townsley had a lot of home remodeling experience in Chicago, nothing in the windy city prepared him for the demands of such a space. He has designed every detail in the room to fit its circular shape. The kitchen counter, for example, reflects the contour of the wall.
"The hardest part, says Townsley, "was learning how to drywall on a curve."
Townsley says he also took some time adjusting to the subterranean lifestyle. "You have to get used to living without windows," he says. "But I have a TV monitor [hooked up to] an aboveground video camera." Another thing he didn't expect was the noise, or lack thereof. "It's intensely quiet," he says, "and I'm a quiet freak. But there was a time when I had to keep a fan on all day just to have some noise."
Another set of stairs leads down to a second floor identical in size and shape to the main room. Here, Townsley has installed a bathroom that could be showcased on the Home and Garden Network. Also tucked into this lower level is a Bowflex machine.
Top and middle photos: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
The tour of Townsley's home base doesn't end here. There's a much, much larger feature to his house – the 185 foot-deep missile silo.
To get to the silo requires navigating another set of blast doors and a corrugated steel tunnel. During the silo's heyday, this tunnel would lead to a fully fueled, nuclear warhead equipped Atlas F missile, which was the U.S.'s first attempt at a vertical in-ground launch system.
The missile was held in place with scaffolding, which was necessary since the Atlas missiles were basically thin aluminum shells filled with fuel. Instead of some internal framework, they were pressurized on the inside to stay upright. "If there was a leak," Townsley says, "they'd collapse like a Coke can."
Townsely swings open another set of blast doors leading to the silo.
Photos: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
The tunnel exits bout two-thirds of the way to the top of the silo. Townsley has hung a steel cable around a small platform – the only protection from a dark plunge to the bottom.
Some men tinker in the backyard shed. Others putz around the garage. Townsley has strung lights up in a 185-foot hole in the ground and has enough space and tools to tinker for the foreseeable future. And that suits him just fine. He'd like to make the silo more presentable. Clean it up and restore it to a mock-up of its original condition.
But Townsely admits it's "such a long-term project." And, now that he's got his underground bachelor pad all set up, there's no rush on the silo. "You play with it when you play with it," he says.
Top photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
Seen from below, the giant silo doors give little hint that there's a blue sky beyond. Such substantial doors required Townsley to get a little creative to prop it open. But the main tool is fairly pedestrian: "It's your standard hydraulic lift," Townsley says. "It's just really big."
Decades ago the lifts were a crucial part of the operation. Before the missile could be launched, the multi-ton, three-foot thick doors had to swing outward and allow an elevator to raise the missile toward the sky as quickly as possible. If an enemy attack was really underway, every second counted and vertical silos like these were soon preferential to the horizontal Atlas E silos, where the doors had to open and the missile raised upright.
Although the Atlas F silos were soon rendered obsolete by even faster missile launch systems, they became the template for all that followed.
"Everything after has been a vertical launch system," Townsley says.
An Atlas F missile, flanked by the massive silo doors, is fully raised and ready to launch.
Top photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
The hallway from the missile silo to the bunker is lined with the heavy blast doors intended to keep occupants safe during an attack. The doors curve inward, a design feature that, theoretically, would help offset the pull of the vacuum created by a nuclear explosion outside and keep them from being flung outward.
While those attacks thankfully never did come to pass, a handful of Atlas F's exploded in their silos and exposed one problem with the heavy steel doors. According to Townsely, during these "missile failures" the blast doors weren't quite as strong a defense against forces going the opposite way. "Both sets of blast doors would blow in," Townsley says, "They'd be defeated." Luckily the debris doors held and kept any shrapnel from entering occupied areas.
Bored local teens ventured underground throughout the '80s and early '90s before Townsley took the place over. Their graffiti helps the silo serve another purpose – time capsule. Peace signs, (not yet in wide pop-cultural circulation during the early '60s) became a popular symbol wherever nuclear warheads once resided. Other highlights include a "Regan/Bush 1991" scrawl and a spray-painted tribute to The Cure.
Photos: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
Across America these concrete slabs and giant doors cover very deep holes in the ground, somber mementos of a time when many Americans felt that the end of the world as they knew it was just the push of a button away.
When the silo was operational, both doors would swing open and an elevator would bring an Atlas F missile to the surface to be fired. But don't expect many people to go to the lengths Townsely did to crack one open. In fact, just getting the one back up in working order was enough for Townsley. Aside from the logistical nightmare presented by their sheer size and weight, the doors were designed to open in a complicated synchronicity. Townsley didn't want to spend all the time and effort needed to figure out how to recreate it.
"I was thrilled to death and called it a success with just one," Townsley says.
At the time it was being lowered into its silo, this Atlas F was the most advanced missile in the U.S. arsenal.
Top photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
No, it's not a nuclear strike. Many of the Atlas missiles were eventually launched, but instead of weapons for the Cold War they became tools of the space race, carrying satellites into orbit.
As the tour ends, it's time to let Townsley get back to his peace and quiet. It's hard not to wonder why someone would give up Chicago for rural Texas. All those glass skyscrapers for a literal hole in the ground. But like other civilians who are now putting abandoned silos to use, Townsley is a near expert on the history of these relics of American weaponry.
Besides, it's the perfect location for someone who's self-reliant and likes his space. And as Townsley launches into another detail about Atlas missiles and underground bunkers, it's obvious that he's having a blast.
Additional reporting by Jim Merithew.
Special thanks to Silo Man at siloworld.com.
Bottom photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com


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Civil War Field Trips
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Civil War Field Trips
I'd like advice on favorite Civil War museums, sites, etc. We are going on a road trip the end of April on the East Coast and I'd like to focus on the Civil War. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
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