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The Valenton wastewater treatment plant in Paris is the second biggest plant in France. As part of the refurbishment of the four process tanks, Grundfos was asked to design and install the aeration systems. This article describes how diverse challenges were resolved in both the design and installation phases.
In the design phase, special attention needed to be given to issues such as oxygenation specifications at different water temperatures, compressed air temperature and condensation in the pipework. Moreover, a success criteria for the project was to obtain a high oxygen transfer efficiency (OTE) and thereby energy efficiency. The solutions used are explained in more detail below.
From preassembled units to turn-key installation
With only a month to complete each phase of the refurbishment project, the challenge was to put two lots of 13,000 disc diffusers and pipework together into a turnkey aeration system. This was only possible because Grundfos preassembles its diffuser systems, delivering them to the site in carefully numbered crates and boxes, itemised in detail. This turned the relatively complex and time-consuming onsite installation into a comparatively simple matter of fitting the pieces together like a kitset.
High operating efficiency
A central parameter for comparing aeration systems is standard aeration efficiency (SAE), defined as the rate of oxygen transferred to the liquid per unit of power input (kgO2/kWh). SAE is dependent on a complex interplay between the system itself and conditions in and around the basin.
For the designer there are number of parameters that can be adjusted to ensure optimal aeration. Since the Valenton project was a refurbishment of existing basins, diffuser submergence and basin type were given from the outset. The main variables that could be adjusted to ensure high oxygen transfer efficiency were:
- Bubble size
- Unit airflow
- Diffuser density
Bubble size
The key to efficient oxygen transfer is the ascent velocity of the air bubbles and air liquid interface. This dictates the time and space available for oxygen to be transferred from the bubble to the surrounding liquid.
Since oxygen transfer is the objective (some aeration systems can also be designed for mixing purposes), the refurbished system at Valenton is based on fine-bubble diffusers, as was the old system. Bubble size has a significant effect on oxygen transfer where the air/liquid interface (A/V) of the air bubble directly influences the oxygen transfer rate. The A/V ratio and thus the oxygen transfer rate can be increased effectively by decreasing bubble size. Furthermore, fine bubbles ascend slower, extending the time available for oxygen transfer.
Ensuring sufficient airflow is fundamental to the oxygenation process. However, simply increasing the airflow to add more oxygen will have a negative impact on efficiency. Firstly, the higher the airflow, the bigger the blower (kWh). In addition, the total headloss is increased because the counter pressure from the membrane increases with higher airflow, further increasing the blower's power consumption.
Secondly, standard oxygen transfer efficiency (SOTE) decreases as the airflow per diffuser increases (Figure 1), a high airflow rate per diffuser will thereby increase operating costs directly. The decrease in SOTE is due to the fact that:
- water circulation in the aeration tank is increased, reducing retention time of air bubbles in the liquid
- air bubbles produced by the diffuser will increase in diameter, reducing oxygen transfer
Once again to achieve high aeration efficiency, Grundfos aimed for a high diffuser density (about 18%) which gives a lower airflow per diffuser. The greater number of diffusers gives a higher initial cost but this is quickly offset by lower operation costs. Increasing diffuser density beyond 20% will have the opposite effect on efficiency because the bubbles begin to coalesce, creating larger bubbles and reducing the air/liquid interface.
Getting the materials right
Generally speaking, the temperature of compressed air in such a system will increase by about 10°C/mWC of headloss. This is a factor of such things as submergence depth, pipework/fittings and counter pressure at the diffuser membrane. With a submergence depth of 7.5 m at Valenton, the pressure to overcome headloss in the aeration system could push the air temperature (at the compressor) up to about 140°C in the summer.
The comparatively high temperatures meant that the piping in the basin needed to be in more heat-resistant PP instead of the more commonly used PVC. PP increases the cost of the pipework compared with PVC, but is equally durable and considerably more economical than stainless steel.
Dealing with condensation
The hot air in the system condenses readily in the submerged aeration grid, with water collecting at the lowest points. Such a build-up of water in the system reduces pipe diameter, increasing headloss and thereby operating costs.
To relieve the aeration system for condensate build-up, a purge system is incorporated at the lowest points in the aeration grid. By ensuring a lower headloss through the purge system compared with the diffusers, an airlift function is created, forcing the condensed water from the grid.
The discharge points of the purge system can either be above water in a manual system (tap) or at the bottom of the basin in a continuous, automatic purge system. While the manual system is quite time consuming, the Valenton plant required a combination of both for extra assurance that the condensed water was being removed.
Valenton wastewater treatment plant. Paris, France
Figure 1: SOTE as function of Air flow rate per diffuser
Figure 2: SOTE as function of diffuser density
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Iwakuma was awarded a trophy from the BBWAA prior to Friday's opening game of the season-ending series with the A's, along with Kyle Seager (Player of the Year) and Raul Ibanez (Unsung Hero).
Ibanez also was honored as the Mariners' recipient of the Heart and Hustle Award from the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association.
Seager earned Player of the Year honors for the second straight season, a tribute to his consistent offensive production, strong defensive play at third base and durability. Seager leads the teams in games played, having sat out just two of the team's 159 contests entering Friday night.
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|2013-03-30, 12:57
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Wow it's been Competitive Karuta for what, 6 episodes in a row? This is really exciting if I was marathoning it but the weekly wait is really excruciating. One of the things that I love about Chihyafuru is that they give developments to almost all the characters in the screen (main character or not) and these past episodes completely embodied that. I love it because the show realizes that it's not only Chihaya and the gang that has dreams and problems. In real life, everyone is dynamic and Chihayafuru understands that.
|2013-03-30, 16:21
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I understand that the perspective we see is usually from Mizusawa's perspective. Hence, Tsukuba can comment on Kana being tired after playing so many matches and expecting her to lose. However, she is winning. Why? Well, we would need to also see it in First Akashi Girls's perspective. The girl she is playing against, Hayasaka, has been playing all day as well and should be just as exhausted. They are playing on even ground, so it is not surprising that Kana is ahead. Plus, Hayasaka is the only 2nd year player on the team (everyone else is 3rd year).
|2013-03-30, 17:28
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|2013-03-30, 18:03
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Chihayafuru is aimed at adult women, so no it is definitely not shounen.
|2013-03-30, 18:11
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It's a shôjo/josei design and graphics, and has a bit of "teary-girly" touch in its style, but every single code and trope of the typical shônen is here. It's a mix between josei and shônen style, with about 20 % of the former and 80 % of the latter.
I actually rather enjoy this mix, though.
|2013-03-30, 18:17
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I think you are confusing some of the things you see in the sports genre with "shounen" but you can see some of that same stuff in "seinen" sports series too, so I don't really think it is particuarly shounen per say.
On another note when I went to Omi Jingu I ran into some fans of the series as there was a Chihayafuru stamp rally/photo display at the shrine. Pretty much everyone was in the Josei demographic.
Of course I do think an actual audience can be outside its target demographic.
|2013-03-30, 20:19
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The "punishment" is the committee's way of saying: Arata, we believe it's your honest mistake. We want to let you go this time, but we want to protect the integrity of fairness. So, we will punish you without giving you VIP treatment. It's Arata's pride that will prevent him from cheer his friends....so to speak.
|2013-04-03, 09:14
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I think episode 12 was the weakest episode of Season II (which is still above average for this season of anime). First because of the snail-like pacing (only 6 cards read in the whole episode!) and second because they allotted a lot of screen time to uninteresting characters (the three stooges, the advisors).
It didn't help that I strongly dislike Megumu's character. It seems that Suetsugu-sensei just chose for her some random attributes that don't work well together. I have never seen a dojikko who is also an arrogant sadist. IMHO she doesn't feel like a real person.
As for the tournament, I am betting on a Mizusawa vs Fujisaki final. We already had two matches between Mizusawa and Hokuo and showing a third rematch won't be that interesting. I also feel that Hokuo's players already had their moment to shine in the prefectural finals, while we know nothing of Fujisaki. I think it's the most logical final.
|2013-04-03, 09:18
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Also even if Mizusawa doesn't play against Houko again in the team match it's possible we will still see some games with them in the individual matches.
|2013-04-03, 10:52
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The episode seemed perfectly well paced for what it is trying to do. At this point the focus is on karuta, and on Chihaya in particular, as she goes up against perhaps her toughest opponent since playing Shinobu the year before. It makes sense then that the anime devote time to developing Megumu--by so doing, the anime makes the match much more significant, and makes Chihaya's reactions more significant as well.
But there is a deeper reason the anime goes to the coach and the fan club as a way to build up Megumu's character. The people around Megumu are the ones responsible for raising her level of play. She is a group project, whereby the team and coach are all focused on making her queen. So it makes sense that the anime dwells on these peripheral people: Megumu herself is but a vehicle for their ambitions. They are Chihaya's opponent.
What about Megumu herself? My best guess is that she rather likes all the attention she is getting. Thus she invites the guys in the fan club to take pictures of her, even though the noise of their cameras had been distracting, and even though she seems to despise them (back in episode 8, she talks about how she's like to throw them into the incinerator!). And she seems to brighten when the girls on her team congratulate her in the flashback for making it to the Queen challenger match. But she doesn't seem to be personally motivated to become Queen. Rather, she seems to be going along with the team's plans for her.
The members of the fan club are amusing, especially when they do their three-voice chorus, but also a bit disturbing. They provide an ironic commentary on the team and coach, to bring out the general fallacy of living one's life on behalf of another person.
Megumu could go all the way to becoming Queen--after all, Shinobu is Queen, even though the anime opposes her disdain for team play. Like Shinobu, Megumu is another example of a mistaken idea about the nature of teamwork.
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|2013-04-04, 10:44
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The title poem for this week's episode is #98. Here's a translation I found on the net:
. And on this evening
as the wind rustles the oaks
. beside the small stream,
the misogi cleansings are
the only sign of summer.
The misogi cleansings refer to the Shinto water purification ritual. The translator notes that it is tied to the calendar: "misogi purification ceremonies are...performed ...on the last day of the sixth month, which in the traditional calendar was the last day of summer." So the waka speaks to the season and the time of day in which the karuta tournament is taking place.
The poem comes up in the episode as the first card which Chihaya is able to take from Megumu. As the anime shows us, Kana reminds Chihaya of the poem associated with the card, and the memory of what Kana had told her about the poem relaxes Chihaya, calms her, releases her from the stress of being behind. Thus restored, Chihaya then smokes Megumu by taking #18 from her back right row.
A poster on another site points out that the rain's stopping restores to Chihaya the advantage of her superlative hearing. This is true, but I think the moment goes beyond this, to suggest that a certain calmness of mind and relaxation of body is a prerequisite for the highest level of play.
Finally, to appreciate what Chihaya does in taking #98 & #18, we need to understand the story the anime is telling us, in terms of strategy and game play, by detailing the cards that Megumu takes and that she passes to Chihaya. Three of the cards Megumu takes (#78, #26, & #62) are in Chihaya's territory. The first two cards Megumu passes, #59 & #40, are, as Chihaya and Sudo note, first-syllable cards. And the one card Megumu takes on her side, #57, is a "Me" card, which Megumu has an affinity for, since--as Tsutomu notes--it shares the same initial syllable as Megumu's name.
If you put all this together, you can see that Megumu is playing an aggressive style of karuta that is identical to Chihaya's own. Like Chihaya, she passes single-syllable cards she thinks she can take to the opponent's side, to gain the psychological advantage of taking cards from the opponent's home side. Like Chihaya, she is able to take cards for which she has an affinity due to her name. Like Chihaya, she wins cards on pure speed. So, when Chihaya looks at Megumu with surprise and respect, thinking that she might become queen, Chihaya is looking at herself, or, more precisely, looking at Megumu usurp her own idea of herself.
So, in taking #18, Chihaya takes back her own game from Megumu. #18 is a single-syllable card. It is located at the back right side of Megumu's formation, where Megumu has the advantage of proximity to her playing hand. It doesn't matter. Chihaya hears the wind, and takes the card. No wonder all the players look up at her in amazement. She has just crushed Megumu.
If readers understand the technical karuta story Suetsugu is telling, I don't they will complain about the pacing and the detail of the episode. There is a wonderful drama playing out, but you have to understand karuta in detail to appreciate it.
As others have noted, the whole sequence is very beautiful. I love how Chihaya and Kana share a common vocabulary in the poetry, where a simple phrase is enough to bring back to Chihaya everything Kana had said. More, I love how the experience described in the poem informs Chihaya's own experience in the present, and inspires her to a higher level of karuta. Poetry and life, past and present, high school kids and Heian nobility, all connect to each other in a beautiful interplay. The sequence is a marvelous affirmation of the power of literature to infuse life with meaning and purpose.
The episode is a brilliant tour-de-force.
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|2013-04-05, 16:07
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Not only did I miss out on an hour during the Easter weekend from now on I have to wait an extra hour to watch the latest episode of Chihayafuru. Summer time is so cruel.
Still a fantastic episode it was actually focused on the match itself which makes it so much better (compared to last week).
Although the only complain I have are the three stooges, can't they just delete their existence or something.
|2013-04-05, 16:26
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I'm surprised to say this to an episode of Chihayafuru but I became bored watching this week's one despite that the content itself was entertaining.
I think the problem I have is that this time I don't like the rivals, especially the camera freaks who annoy me a lot and I'm not fond of Megumu so I just want the match to end already. Although it's good to see a very even match, I feel this has been dragged for too long and I would like to watch more things this episode made me consider reading the manga
|2013-04-05, 16:42
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 34
This episode went by in a flash. It was so tense.
I'm enjoying Megumu's character. I was surprised to find out she managed to get this strong despite having no interest in becoming the Queen. It turns out she is motivated by her teammates, who are in turn motivated by her. That's a nice dynamic they have. Seems like she's not the innocent ditz I thought she was. Sudou himself suspects she has sadistic tendencies, and I'm sure he knows what he's talking about.
I loved when Chihaya saw her past self in Megumu and realized she improved thanks to Harada-sensei.
The card contesting was amusing. Chihaya's absolutely terrible at this. She hasn't gotten any better since her match with Yumin.
|2013-04-05, 17:12
|Link #840
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Miami, FL
Age: 34
^ It's 25 episodes, so we're more than halfway through.
I loved the way both teams have been supporting their respective aces, emotionally and with strategy\training. Although it's a team tournament, it's still critical to have your ace on their best game against such a formidable team. The scene where Chihaya was embracing the card while remembering how everyone helped her achieve that moment was so sweet.
So which has more approval from the audience: Tsutomu X Kana or Tsutomu X Sumire? This episode came close to making me pick the later. Come on, Kana. Notice how handsome and reliable Deskun is!
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Haddin, who had only recently recovered from a hamstring injury, will miss the game after playing in Tuesday night's Prime Minster's XI victory over the West Indies in Canberra.
The Blues get Shane Watson back from a calf injury, with the Australian vice-captain eager to spend some time in the middle before the Test squad for February's four-Test tour of India due to be named on Thursday.
Watson will open the batting for the Blues in the second innings.
Josh Hazlewood, Gurinder Sandhu, David Dawson, Nic Maddinson and Trent Copeland also come in for the Blues.
Western Australia have also made a raft of changes following a disappointing start to the year, with veteran Marcus North left out of a side that includes Michael Hussey, youngsters Ashton Agar and Joel Paris as well as John Rogers and Liam Davis.
Davis and Shaun Marsh will open the batting for the last-placed Warriors.
Neither side is a realistic chance of making the final, with both sitting on just four competition points - 15 points behind leaders Victoria.
NSW: Scott Henry, Shane Watson, David Dawson, Steve Smith, Nic Maddinson, Peter Nevill, Stephen O'Keefe (capt), Trent Copeland, Josh Hazlewood, Gurinder Sandhu, Doug Bollinger. 12th man: Luke Doran.
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The fans that packed Canada Hockey Place had a lot in common with one another. Most were born in this country. Most grew up playing hockey. And most had gone into their closet yesterday morning and purposely picked out something that was red-and-white.
But each seemed to have a different story as to how they managed to attend one of the biggest and most memorable games in Canadian hockey history.
Sandy MacKenzie of Clearwater, Alta., had a friend-of-a-friend who won a pair of tickets in a radio contest. The friend was a student who needed the money more than she needed to watch a hockey game. So she offered to sell the seats for face value.
"When my buddy asked me if I wanted to go, I said just looked at him and said, 'are you kidding me?' "
Jim McGillis of Edmonton won the tickets about a year in a raffle. The last time he won something was when playing the lottery. The amount was $1,000.
"This was a lot better," he said.
And then there was Alex Reid, who lives in Chilliwack, B.C. His wife surprised him on Friday with a pair of seats bought from a ticket agency in the nosebleeds for him and his son for the $6,000. It was an "uncomfortable price."
But moments after Sidney Crosby scored the game-winner in overtime — and the crowd was singing and dancing together — the price of the tickets did not seem to matter.
"This was worth it," he said. "This was definitely worth it."
They were not the only ones who would have paid anything to see what was often described as an "once-in-a-lifetime experience."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who became a bit of good luck charm for the Canadians at these Olympics, was in attendance. So was Vanoc CEO John Furlong, gold medalists Jon Montgomery (skeleton), Kevin Martin and John Morris (curling) and actor and Burnaby native Michael J. Fox.
Together with the sold-out crowd, they rang cowbells, chanted "Go Canada Go!" and proudly sang the national anthem after the host country defeated the U.S. 3-2 in overtime.
Minneapolis-born Vince Vaughn, who wore a Team USA jersey, and three-time Nordic combined medallist Johnny Spillane were among the minority cheering for what some fans called the "the enemy."
"I prefer Canadian to Miller," read a sign in the crowd. Another made reference to the U.S.'s previous win against Canada a week ago: "Miracles are nice but they don't happen twice." Even Vancouver Canucks forward Ryan Kesler, who is usually cheered by these same fans during the NHL season, was derivatively called "a hermit."
For those who could not get tickets into the A-list event, the television was an obvious alternative. Or, if you were Joe Costa, you and your friends simply grabbed some hockey sticks, a couple of nets and recreated the game on the street.
Anyone was invited to join in and play, he said. Even the local police.
"They manhandled us," said Costa, who is an orthopedic surgeon resident at UBC. "Probably because they were carrying guns."
When asked if any Americans had challenged the Canadians to game, he shook his head.
"Maybe they thought they couldn't beat us," he joked.
He was right.


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Ahead of Saturday's UFC on FUEL TV 8 event, FUEL TV has released a half-hour special called "In Focus: Silva vs. Stann."
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Activists say their tree blockade may soon be over as construction on the Texas property wraps up. But their efforts to stop the pipeline are not.
Activists who had hoped to block the southern leg of the Keystone XL in Texas by occupying trees in the pipeline's path are ending their three-month protest after construction was rerouted around them.
TransCanada, the pipeline's builder, acquired an easement in October to build the pipeline slightly west of the tree blockade and the original route. Construction is now nearly finished on the property, and the protesters will soon call it quits.
"It's a sad time at the tree blockade," said Ron Seifert, a spokesperson for the Tar Sands Blockade, the activist group behind the campaign. Seifert said it's probably days before the tree village decamps, though no official decision has been made. "We'll take it day by day."
Since late September, dozens of people have been living in 80-foot tree houses or camping below on a piece of property the size of one and a half football fields in Winnsboro, East Texas.
The blockade and related protests across Texas have resulted in 50-some arrests and several legal disputes since construction began on the Keystone XL, designed to carry oil from Cushing, Okla. to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast. The pipeline would eventually transport heavy diluted bitumen, or dilbit, from the oil sands of Canada.
Roughly one-quarter of the 485-mile pipeline is installed, TransCanada spokesperson David Dodson told InsideClimate News.
Protesters' chief complaint is that a spill on the Keystone XL would ravage farmland, irrigation systems, waterways and other fragile ecosystems. They also fear that refining the heavy oil the pipeline would carry would increase global warming and air pollution.
In recent weeks, construction near the encampment stopped, giving activists temporary hope, Seifert told InsideClimate News.
"As we speak, the pipeline is being trenched around the western end of the blockaded area," he added with disappointment. The "blockade will essentially become symbolic and come to an end."
Dodson of TransCanada confirmed that construction is "substantially complete" on the property, which is owned by David Daniel, a longtime opponent of the Keystone XL. Daniel reached an easement agreement with TransCanada in 2010, but later told the company it could no longer come on his property. TransCanada responded with a lawsuit; the two parties have since settled litigation.
In October, TransCanada obtained a supplemental easement from Daniel to dig up a 75-foot-wide corridor adjacent to the tree village.
Even though the tree sit is coming down, Seifert said it has been "a uniting force" for anti-pipeline activists across the country and "showed us that [TransCanada] can very easily change the route."
The group is currently planning its largest demonstration yet for Jan. 7 somewhere in Texas. It also plans to increase its presence in Oklahoma, where construction is also underway.
TransCanada, meanwhile, is trying to obtain permanent injunctions against protesters in Wood County, where Winnsboro is located. Court orders would prohibit activists from interfering with pipeline construction. A temporary restraining order is in effect until a hearing takes place on Jan. 4, Dodson said. The company is pursuing a similar process in neighboring Franklin County.
3 Protesters Still in Jail
The biggest of the group's 12 protests happened on Nov. 20 at two Keystone XL sites in Nacogdoches, 115 miles south of Winnsboro.
One hundred and twenty people rallied there, briefly halting construction and joining 40 related protests worldwide that week. Of the 11 activists arrested, four people locked themselves to machinery and three climbed trees in the pipeline's path. Seifert said his group helped raise nearly $14,000 to help release everyone from jail before Thanksgiving.
Three other protestors remain in prison following a separate action in Winona, about an hour's drive from the tree encampment.
In the early morning on Dec. 3, Matt Almonte and Glen Collins pushed a 600-pound concrete barrel in an unfinished section of pipeline three feet in diameter. Almonte crawled in and chained his arm to the barrel as Collins followed behind him. Other activists helped push a second concrete barrel into the pipe sealing in the two men, who wore gas masks in case police sprayed them with pepper spray or tear gas. A third protestor joined the two inside the pipeline.
It took police four hours to extract the concrete barrels and the protestors. The trio was charged with criminal trespassing, resisting arrest and illegally dumping the barrels—misdemeanors that usually carry a maximum penalty of $4,000 each, according to the Texas penal code.
Bail was set at $65,000 a person—though the activists only have to pay $6,500 in bail bonds plus jail fees.
Seifert said the Tar Sands Blockade is hoping to get a bail-reduction hearing this week and get the activists out soon, ideally before the Christmas holiday.
He explained that raising the money has been a challenge, in part because the group doesn't have any big donors. National environmental groups like the Sierra Club and the National Resources Defense Council previously told InsideClimate News they can't directly support the Tar Sands Blockade because their bylaws prohibit them from taking part in acts of civil disobedience.
"We depend on everyday people making $5, $10, $15 contributions. You can only go to those folks so much," Seifert said. "It's no secret that a small grassroots organization like this will have fundraising issues."
Lawsuit Over Dilbit
Anti-pipeline activists are waging legal battles as well, and one could land a victory on Wednesday.
Michael Bishop, a 64-year-old landowner who isn't part of the Tar Sands Blockade, filed a lawsuit against TransCanada accusing the firm of lying to him and other landowners about the type of oil the Keystone XL would carry.
According to Bishop, the company said the pipeline would transport crude oil but didn't specify that it would eventually carry dilbit, a blend of heavy tar sands crude diluted with liquid chemicals. Dilbit is much harder to clean up than conventional oil when it spills into water.
Bishop signed an easement agreement allowing TransCanada to build the pipeline on his 20-acre property in Douglass, 160 miles north of Houston. In an interview, he said he made the deal under "duress and coercion" after TransCanada threatened to condemn his property. He said the pipeline would cross land that he's leasing to an alternative fuels firm and "effectively shut down" plans to harvest grasses and refine them into biodiesel on the property.
TransCanada has denied claims of coercing property owners. The company "always treats landowners with respect," Dodson previously told InsideClimate News.
On Dec. 11, a county judge issued a temporary restraining order against TransCanada to stop building on Bishop's land. The next morning the judge vacated his decision, allowing the company to press ahead.
On Wednesday, the judge will decide whether to issue a temporary injunction against TransCanada, which would keep the pipeline company off Bishop's land until the lawsuit is resolved over months.
Dodson said Bishop and his attorney knew what type of oil the pipeline would carry when he signed the agreement and accepted payment for his land. He explained that the southern portion would deliver mostly conventional, domestic oil when it opens in late 2013—and that "there's a high probability" that the northern segment, which would start in Alberta, would transport heavy Canadian crude to the Gulf Coast.
The northern leg still needs approval from the State Department because it crosses an international border. The two segments would connect via an existing pipeline that runs from Nebraska to Oklahoma.
Bishop said the ordeal is "a little overwhelming" because he's representing himself and he isn't a lawyer.
"It's David and Goliath, and I'm not afraid of them."
Bishop filed a separate, related suit against the Texas Railroad Commission, the state agency that oversees pipelines. He claims the commission approved the pipeline on false grounds that it would only carry conventional crude. At a hearing this week, Bishop was told to refile his suit if he wants to proceed because he hadn't followed proper legal procedure.
Ramsey Sprague, a Texas native and another spokesperson for the Tar Sands Blockade, said Bishop "speaks to the heart of what a lot of Texas landowners are going through right now."
"We support him and his lawsuit, and his voice is a powerful one."


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As the producer of over seventy movies and TV shows, you've all seen something made by mega producer Jerry Bruckheimer. But if you don't recognize the name, maybe you've seen Pirates of the Caribbean, Bad Boys, Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, C.S.I., The Amazing Race, or Cold Case. To put it simply, Bruckheimer's a big deal.
As you might imagine, someone who produces so many movies and TV shows is quite busy. But a few months ago, on the London set of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Bruckheimer took some time out of his busy schedule to answer a number of questions about how the production had been going. He also addressed why they decided to shoot in 3D and the challenges of the format, how he's been enjoying Twitter (follow him here), how new Pirates director Rob Marshall got the job, how they already have ideas for Pirates 5, how does he have the time to watch over everything, and he gave us updates on Lone Ranger and the National Treasure franchise. Hit the jump to either read or listen to the interview:
Before going any further, if you haven't seen the great trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, I'd watch that first. As most of you already know, the new Pirates movie is about the search for the Fountain of Youth and it stars Depp, Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush, Kevin R. McNally, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, and Sam Claffin.
Like I said during my set visit video blog (watch it here), I think the filmmakers behind the Pirates franchise have taken everything that worked about the first three movies and and that's the backbone of the 4th movie. Instead of too many characters and side plots, we're following Jack Sparrow as he searches for the Fountain of Youth. Of course new characters are brought in to expand the Pirates universe, but On Stranger Tides is going to be a straight forward action adventure that should be easy to follow that's loaded with huge action and it was filmed in 3D. While I was let down by the 3rd Pirates movie, everything I learned on set makes me think this should be a great film.
Here's what Bruckheimer said on set in October. For the audio, click here. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides gets released May 20, 2011.
Question: I'm going to speak for the Twitterverse by saying I think a lot of us follow you.
Jerry Bruckheimer: Oh good.
How are you enjoying the set?
Bruckheimer: I love it. I think it's a lot of fun. Yeah, I've got a bunch of stuff—pictures. I just haven't downloaded them off the computer yet. I've got to start sending them out—if they allow me.
I'm sort of curious about that. How much do you have to clear through the studio? Or can you just decide, you've done pictures of Johnny, you've done other stuff, is it sort of like you just saying, "Eff it, let's put it out there?"
Bruckheimer: No no. First of all, any time you do an actor, you have to get their clearance to put anything out. Johnny (Depp), and there's certain actors who get photo approval. You send them through various channels. But anything I send out, I go through Ryan (Stankevitch) or somebody at the studio to see if it's okay, because I don't want to step on something they're going to release at the same time. So we all work together.
On a slightly less casual note, after the first three films, you're on the verge of doing a fourth, did you stop and pause and say, 'There are certain things we have to do better and/or differently?" Or was it a sense of if it ain't broke, i.e., still profitable, don't fix it?
Bruckheimer: No, I think what we did is we decided on a different direction. During the filming of three and two, Terry (Rossio) and Ted (Elliott) came up with On Stranger Tides, they found the book. And they said, 'What an interesting way to go.' We optioned the book. That's how it all began and started. We didn't look back and say—we just wanted to start a new chapter, and this was the new chapter. That book gave us the new chapter.
The novel by Tim Powers.
Bruckheimer: Yes.
What sparked the decision to go digital with the filmmaking?
Bruckheimer: You mean to go 3D?
Bruckheimer: I just think it's such an immersive filmmaking; I think it makes you part of the actual filming because you're part of the screen. It makes it closer to you. We're very adventurous and we decided we wanted to be the first big movie—exterior movie—to do this. Avatar was all on a stage, mostly on a stage. We're the first big adventure picture that's going to be release that is 3D and is actually using 3D cameras.
Did you consider the post conversion of the process?
Bruckheimer: No, it was never a consideration. Initially we had more post conversion in our budget, but once we started shooting we didn't do it, we didn't need it. We're very few shots that are post conversion, very few. There's one sequence, the first sequence that we filmed that was on a beach that you couldn't get to by land. So everybody had to either take a helicopter in or a boat in, and we just couldn't get those big cameras on that beach. So there's only one small sequence that was 2D and that's being converted. That's it.
I've heard stories with the cameras, with the heat and humidity, sometimes acting up. And I know you guys shot in Hawaii in the jungle. Could you talk a little bit about were there any technical challenges you had to overcome with the 3-D cameras? Or have they reached the point now with the technology where they can go into the jungle now without a problem?
Bruckheimer: Yeah we had problems with rain, they're very sensitive, the cameras. Can't remember—what was the other thing that we were having trouble with, with the extreme heat? What was it?
The humidity, I think.
Bruckheimer: There was something with kind of a mirror in there that we had to keep changing, I guess, that we had problems with. But we overcame, it wasn't terrible. Not like we lost a day of filing; we might lose 15 minutes, 20 minutes, changing something. Because anytime you have a technical problem with the cameras, you have to change two lenses. It's not like you just switch one lens and you fix it; there are two things that have to be fixed. So the converge again, if one camera goes out, you have to re-converge. You have to sit there and figure out how to recalibrate the two cameras, so that takes a few minutes. But nothing terrible.
In terms of the continuity with the characters, other than Captain Jack, was there any discussion about which characters would return or wouldn't return? Or did any big decisions change about some of the supporting characters that you would bring back for this one?
Bruckheimer: Yeah, we're constantly going back and forth on certain characters to bring back or not. But we tried to streamline the story a little bit, make it a little simpler and not have as many characters to follow. That was one of the things we found in editing of Three, that we had so many stories to tie up, and that's why the picture got a little longer than we would have liked it to have been had we not added so many characters. So we learned from that and said, "Hey, let's not throw as many characters in, and make it a little easier on ourselves."
But for example, was Captain Barbossa always going to be part of the new story?
Bruckheimer: You know the way Terry works, and Ted and us is that we start writing out 3×5 cards on things we would like to see in the movie and we put it up on a big board. And Barbossa was always one that came up on the board, because he's such a great actor, Geoffrey (Rush) and we wanted to bring him back. He's so much fun to watch. The decisions are made like that.
You have a new director on this chapter. Could you talk about the differences in possibly the way both of them—Gore…
Bruckheimer: Completely different backgrounds. Gore (Verbinski) came out of visual effects and commercials. Rob (Marshall) was a dancer and a choreographer and then a stage director and then film choreogr—film director, I don't know if he ever choreographed films. Did he ever choreograph films? Rob? Or did he go right through to directing?
Michael (Unit Publicist): He went right to directing, because the first film he directed was Annie, which was a musical for TV.
Bruckheimer: Okay. So, different backgrounds, there were certainly differences.
If I could follow up on that, there were rumors about other directors getting the gig. What was it? Were you involved—obviously you must have been involved in the decision with Rob. Did he come in?
Bruckheimer: I just thought he was a premiere filmmaker and I loved his background. Every film he made I thought was unique and different. Chicago was nominated and won a bunch of academy awards. He's a premiere director, we checked him out. Actors love him. They love him; they'd do anything for him. So that's a great thing when you have actors who want to work with a director. Usually they have tales to tell out of school about directors they don't like working with. But to the "T," everybody we talked to, all the women, some of those women, when you have a whole group of women on a film it can get kind of interesting. He handled them all beautifully and he loved them. And then Johnny also, he checked Rob out, liked his films, and also found out that actors love working with him. It's the same case. With Penelope (Cruz) wanting to work with him that was much easier to sell her to do the movie, it's not a kind of movie she's ever done before. Because Rob was directing it made it much easier to get her involved because she'd just done a movie with him.
These films have gotten successively bigger and bigger and bigger in terms of scope and sweep and visual effects. When you're working on number four, do you stop and look in the mirror and go, "Bruckheimer you beautiful bastard, how are you going to top yourself?" How do you psych yourself up?
Bruckheimer: It's all about story. It's all about your story and your characters. This one, even though it was reported that Disney cut the budget and we were being more (inaudible) about it, it's still a huge movie, it's still really big.
Saying that in a huge artificial stockroom, I can certainly find that remarkably plausible.
Bruckheimer: Well, if you'd been with us a week ago, we were in Greenwich and you say 465 extras that had to be dressed and fed and make up and wardrobe every morning, they were there for what, a week?
Michael: Two weeks.
Bruckheimer: Two weeks of a lot of people, so we're still making a big, epic movie.
At what point do you feel like Napoleon? At what point does it feel like mobilizing and army? You have so many human beings.
Bruckheimer: Every movie is an army. Even small movies. Just moving around, if you have a lot of locations. It's a real effort, it's a real organizational feat that our line producers and ADs and location people have to deal with.
Can you talk about what your role is in terms of shaping the story? Obviously Ted and Terry got the book and you talked about the index cards, but as a producer, how do you…
Bruckheimer: I'm in there. In other words, when the cards go up, I'll have input in that. When they start formulating the thing, they'll pitch it to me, I'll be involved, we'll throw around ideas. So I'm in the room, I'm not in the room all the time. Some people from my company are, but there's always input, all the way through the process, in everything.
Does Johnny have input into the stories?
Bruckheimer: Absolutely.
In what way?
Bruckheimer: We'll come up with a form of a verbal outline where we'll pitch the story and we'll bring him in on it. And he'll say, "No, I'm not sure about this. Why don't we do this?" He kind of came up with the Phillip character, who's in the movie. It was really his idea to make him a mercenary—not a mercenary, a missionary. So he comes up with interesting ideas that we use.
Terry told us that Johnny was actually very involved in shaping the story of this last one.
And that as you said with Phillip. Is it sort of weird? How often do you have the big star coming in and actually giving that many good notes? Because everybody has talked about how good the script is on this one.
Bruckheimer: When you have smart actors, I think it's really in your best interest to bring them in and work with them if they have good ideas, and most of them do. I've been very fortunate, most of the actors we've worked with have really terrific ideas and help you. The wonderful thing about it is that Terry and Ted get all the credit, which is great for them, when good ideas get floated around. They're very generous in accepting other people's ideas, because they know their name goes on the screenplay. And they take Johnny's ideas if they're good, and discuss them.
How much is this a sort of fresh start for the Pirates franchise? Obviously you've got a new team involved and is it going to sort of spill off into a new trilogy?
Bruckheimer: We don't know if it will be a trilogy, but we're already throwing around ideas for [Pirates] 5 and have a good sense of what we're thinking of doing. So, it certainly started at least one Pirates, hopefully more.
It doesn't take a great deal of imagination to grasp the surface large challenges—location, large name actors. What is a challenge that you face on a regular basis that people don't quite get? What's the unexpected problematic difficulty that always surprises you?
Bruckheimer: Stuff happens, you know. It's what happens. We had rain, we had weather problems. Things you don't expect happened. We have a pregnant actress. That happened. Those are issues you've got to deal with, and you roll with it. We have enough really smart people that can solve problems. You surround yourself with enough really smart people, you'll be fine.
You mentioned before the photos on Twitter. Take Twitter out of this. I've seen your photos on set, that display at Comic-Con. When are you going to release those? I really think those are great.
Bruckheimer: Sure. Michael, when are we going to do that?
Michael: Good question. Any time now. There will be a lot of Jerry's photos in a book called "The Art of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides." But one of these days, a full book with all new photos, great idea.
In your copious free time.
Bruckheimer: Yes.
This book has a third in London, a third at sea, a third in the jungle. Can you talk about what action set piece for each of those fans can look forward to? Or is there one that you're really looking forward to?
Bruckheimer: God, there's so many. It is chock—there's a wonderful action set piece in here. There's just getting ready to film the beginning of an action set piece that takes place in the streets of Greenwich on a carriage ride. There's a mermaid attack, which is spectacular. There's the fountain of youth at the end of the picture that's a big action sequence. There's quite a bit for the kids to feast their eyes on and have fun with.
What's some of the new ground that this one is covering that you're really excited with?
Bruckheimer: Just bringing Johnny to London, I think is so much fun. The fish out of water aspect with the pirate, the aristocracy, meeting with the king. We're just having so much fun with that right now. So that's a blast.
Are you able to read a book or watch a documentary for pleasure, or is it all just grist for the mill? Do you find yourself going, "Oooh, yes, that idea. Oh, Ponce de Leon, yes!" Are you able to turn it off?
Bruckheimer: Yeah, when I play ice hockey. That's about it, which I haven't been. Fortunately my baggage has gotten lighter since the iPad came out. They're sending me all the scripts on an iPad, so it makes it much easier than shlepping all the TV scripts, but I still read all our television scripts. In between set ups, I'm usually reading a television script while we're getting ready. And then watching all the episodes. I usually watch them on a treadmill in the morning. Before I get here, I usually watch one or two episodes.
This brings me to a good question. What's the day-to-day life of Jerry Bruckheimer? When do you get up and when does the work start and when does it end?
Bruckheimer: Unfortunately here it ends around three in the morning because that's around seven in LA, so it ends then. I'm up by seven or eight and start watching the TV shows. Get here after I get a good work out. Spend the rest of the day here, then meet with the director. We're working on the trailer right now, so I meet with the trailer people after we finish filming and work on the teaser. Then go out to dinner then get on the phone, finish phone calls back in LA.
I'm curious with the TV shows, when you watch an episode, have you reached a point now where there's a lot of edits that you need to make?
Bruckheimer: It's gone through so many people by the time it gets to me. It goes through our staff, the staff on the TV show, it goes through Warner Bros. and then it goes through the network. I usually get a copy of it right at the same time the network does. So by then it's gone through so many different hopefully great minds, so there's not much. But there's still notes I give when there's things I don't quite understand or think we can do better.
I believe you're involved with The Lone Ranger?
Bruckheimer: Yes.
I wanted to know how that's going right now and what else is bubbling up to the surface for you?
Bruckheimer: Lone Ranger I think is hopefully going to be pretty soon. And National Treasure, we're working on that. Lone Ranger is going quite well, I just had a meeting with Johnny recently, it went fantastic. So it's going good. That one's getting pretty exciting. We're excited about another big movie with the same team that brought you Pirates—the first three, anyway.
I'm curious about National Treasure. Do you think that's going to move forward pretty soon? It seems a lot of people want a third one.
Bruckheimer: It all depends on us getting a screenplay, that's what it's all about. We're in the process of finishing up a first draft that we've been working on for a while, it's really more than a first draft, but they haven't given it to me yet, so we'll wait and see when we get it.
For more Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides set visit coverage:
Screenwriter Terry Rossio On Set Interview
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Set Visit Video Blog


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Apocalyptic Movies
The apocalypse is upon us. God has lost faith in mankind. An angel comes to help a handful of humans to fight against the angels, including Gabriel.
Sound familiar?
Nope, not Supernatural. The new movie Legion, starring Adrienne Palicki (LOVE!), Paul Bettany and Dennis Quaid. (Looks like Kate Walsh, too.)
So is Kripke ahead of his time here? Is it serendipity? There do seem to be a number of apocalyptic movies out now—2012, The Book of Eli, The Road and now Legion.
I still wonder how much Kripke knew about this season when he started. I imagine he knew it would be brother v. brother, that he knew it would be apocalyptic. I know he didn't expect to go with angels. Will this movie boost Supernatural, or will the reverse happen? I know I want to see it. (Adrienne Palicki--yay!)


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The soccer revolution is being televised.
Saturday's World Cup match between the U.S. and England drew massive viewership numbers that beat the first four games of the NBA Finals.
The hotly anticipated match, which saw the U.S. achieve an unlikely draw against the European giants, attracted 13 million viewers on ABC and 4.1 million on Univision for a total of 17.1 million.
U.S. & World
The battle for NBA supremacy between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers -- which is posting its highest number in six years -- drew 14.1 million, 15.7 million, 16 million and 16.4 million viewers respectively through the first four games.
Game 5 of the NBA championship restored order, however, posting 18.2 million.
Still, the stats show an impressive spike in interest in the World Cup with overall viewership up more than double the 2006 World Cup.
The USA vs. England match was the fifth-highest rating for a soccer game ever on ABC. The highest-rated soccer game in the U.S. remains the 1999 Women's World Cup Final that drew 18 million viewers.
This year's broadcast is being shared by ESPN, ABC and Univision.
"The 2010 FIFA World Cup is off to a tremendous start for ESPN," John Skipper, an ESPN's executive, told Mediaweek. "Strong viewership on television and other platforms...and the overwhelmingly positive reaction we are receiving from fans demonstrate the enormous popularity of this global sports event and how ESPN is uniquely positioned to cover it."
Those who tuned in to watch the USA battle England were treated to an exciting match that saw England score within minutes. But a goalkeeping blunder on a shot by Clint Dempsey drew the USA level, giving the team and fans hope that they will qualify for the second round.
The USA's next game is Friday against Slovenia who beat Algeria to take the top position in the group.


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At a time when publishers are feeling understandably averse to risk, it's good to see fresh talent still emerging. Auckland journalist Bianca Zander's first novel, The Girl Below (Penguin, $30), is by no means flawless but it demonstrates admirable depth, skill and inventiveness, marking her as one of the more interesting new Kiwi writers I've come across in recent years.
If I had to stick a label on this book then it would read "supernatural coming-of-age drama". Its key character, Suki Piper, is an emotional mess.
Adrift in the world, grieving for the mother she lost to cancer as a teenager and haunted by a dark incident in her childhood, Suki is desperately trying to find a place where she belongs.
The story opens with her return to London's Notting Hill after 10 years in New Zealand.
"It was only May but the streets flared golden like they do in high summer, and all around me the neighbourhood sighed with so much privilege that I felt shut out - a stranger on the block where my childhood took place," Suki tells us.
Her re-entry into London life is grim.
She is short on cash, an unwelcome guest in a friend's flat and incapable of sorting herself out.
When she discovers an old neighbour, Peggy Wright, still living in the building where she grew up, Suki latches on to her and her daughter, Pippa. Reconnecting with the past brings back Suki's childhood nightmares. In Peggy's flat she finds the creepy statue of a young girl that left her rigid with fear as a 5-year-old.
But it's the garden, and an old air-raid shelter, where most of her terrors are centred. For it was there, after a memorably drunken party, she and her parents became briefly trapped underground, and the trauma of the incident has never faded.
Suki finds herself revisiting the garden and the party, both in memory and in supernatural sequences.
Magical realism is a tricky genre and some readers may find it frustrating that Zander never makes it clear if this is a haunting or just dreaming.
But I think she gets the balance right and it's no bad thing to leave it up to the reader to decide whether Suki is psychologically disturbed or if there really is something spooky happening.
Dark, gothic and sinister seem to be the tones of choice for so many New Zealand writers. The Girl Below, though it's all of those things, is also sparky enough to be an entertaining read.
To me it feels like a novel that has been a long time in the writing. There is a lot going on with the story, which moves between three time periods and countries, and is crowded with themes and ideas.
For the most part, Zander keeps a firm hand on things: the structure works, the prose sings, and the people hold your interest, even if Suki is passive for a lead character.
There were some points when it did seem overworked and the ending was surprisingly frail but, all in all, this is a strong debut and Zander's a writer with a promising future.


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Celtic eased into the Champions League play-offs thanks to goals from Joe Ledley and Georgios Samaras in their third qualifier against HJK Helsinki at the Sonera Stadium.
The Wales international bundled Charlie Mulgrew's cross into the net the 66th minute before Samaras scored five minutes from the end to give the Scottish champions a 4-1 aggregate win and only their second away victory in Europe in 34 attempts.
Celtic will be seeded for the play-off round draw, which will be held in Switzerland on Friday.
Midfielder Victor Wanyama was red-carded in the second-half after picking up the second of two yellow cards but that did not take away from the Hoops' win which would could have been more convincing had skipper Scott Brown, who passed a fitness test on his hip complaint before the game, not missed an early sitter before Samaras passed up on a decent chance moments later.
However, manager Neil Lennon will be delighted to take one step closer to the lucrative group stages of European football's elite club competition.
There had been a lot of focus on the artificial pitch but Celtic, all in black, looked comfortable enough and in the early stages and it was the HJK Helsinki who appeared to have problems judging their passes, especially in defence.
The Scottish champions slowly grew in confidence as the home side's obvious limitations became clear and in the 12th minute Brown should have put the visitors ahead.
Mulgrew's pass beat the HJK defence to find the Scotland midfielder but although his first touch was good, he missed the target from 12 yards with just keeper Ville Wallen to beat.
Less than two minutes later Parkhead wide-man Samaras appeared ready to burst the net when he took a Kris Commons pass but he fired wide of the far post from the edge of the box.
Commons picked up a booking for dissent in the 27th minute from Austrian referee Robert Schorgenhofer for complaining about striker Gary Hooper being penalised again for backing into a HJK Helsinki defender but it looked like a small blemish in what was turning out to be a good performance by the visitors.
Hooper had the ball in the net moments later but the flag was up for offside.
Hoops keeper Fraser Forster might have had to make his first save 10 minutes from the break if HJK Helsinki winger Demba Savage had not taken a fresh air swipe from Sebastian Sorsa's cross to the back post.
Forster was called into action soon afterwards but only to make a comfortable save from Mika Vayrynen's long-distance drive.
In the 43rd minute, with the game flagging, Commons sent Hooper free down the right with a wonderful pass which allowed the former Scunthorpe striker to round Wallen but he ran too wide and the keeper saved the angled-drive at the second attempt.
HJK Helsinki came out for the start of the second-half in more determined mood.
Within two minutes of the restart, 17-year-old striker Joel Pohjanpalo, on for injured Juho Makela, set up Sorsa with a cross from the left but the defender's shot appeared to take a nick off Forster and missed the post by inches, with Celtic surviving the resulting corner.
The visitors had a penalty claim in the 51st minute when Wanyama's header at the back post from Commons' free-kick appeared to strike the arm of HJK defender Timi Lahti but referee Schorgenhofer waved play on.
Mulgrew and Wanyama found themselves in the book for fouls on Joel Perovuo and Sorsa respectively as Celtic's first-half composure briefly deserted them.
Just after the hour mark Forster made a good save from Mathias Lindstrom's close-range header, following a corner by Sebastian Mannstrom.
When play raced up the park moments later Samaras's low cross from the left was put over his own bar, somewhat fortuitously, by HJK Helsinki defender Mikko Sumusalo at the expense of a corner which came to nothing.
Celtic's opening goal came when Mulgrew decided to go on a run down the right flank to link up with Samaras and when his in-swinging cross came into the box Ledley chested it past Wallen from a couple of yards out.
It looked like the visitors were cruising to victory but there was concern with 20 minutes remaining when Wanyama was dismissed after picking up his second yellow card, this time for a foul on Vayrynen.
However, Samaras made sure of the win in the 86th minute when he took a pass from the tireless Ledley and fired low in to the far corner from 10 yards before taking the acclaim of the visiting fans behind the goal.


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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The Winner of the First (and last) Crazy Cooking Caption Contest is…Me?
7 comments:
- Wristbands said...
I had a really funny caption about a Skinhead Anger Management Cooking Class gone horribly awry. But I thought it would be inappropriate for the tone of your site.
Congratulations, nonetheless!
- July 16, 2008 at 11:55 AM
I take this to mean noone entered? I considered it but expected the competition would be tough!
Well, I'll take the consolation prize: tons of amazing recipes :)
(PS hope you got my donation!)
Richard G
- July 16, 2008 at 12:53 PM
- Chef John said...
Yes, Thanks!! Enjoy the consolation prizes!! ;)
- July 16, 2008 at 1:44 PM
- Katherine said...
I almost voted for the one about having a hair in one's food, but yours was just more positive and light-hearted. :)
- July 16, 2008 at 6:15 PM
LOL, you have that Oscar speech down cold!!
- July 16, 2008 at 10:20 PM
I'm laughing so hard right now I'm crying. The pic of "you" accepting the Oscar is just hilarious. In fact, this whole contest fiasco was a real comedic high for the site. The Oscar pic kills me. I need a tissue.
And good thing you were up front about you writing the winning comment. You almost Milli Vanilli-ed yourself on your own goddamn site.
Instead, you can now rest in the comfort of naming a recipe video after you. I hope you're proud of yourself. I know I am.
Scott - Boston
- July 17, 2008 at 1:25 AM
Geez-I missed the whole voting thing. I was out of town, and had no web access. I could have spammed myself some votes from family members or something!
Congrats George er I mean John!
- July 20, 2008 at 3:40 PM


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I was asked to speak in church a few weeks ago and told I could us "Raising a Sin Resistant Generation" as a reference if I wanted. This is my (slightly edited) talk geared towards a congregation of Latter-day Saints.
(We'll skip the witty intro.)
Today I would like to talk about something near and dear to my heart.
Raising children with Love, Limits,
and the Gospel in the age of Smart devices.
Jean M. Twenge an author and professor of psychology at San Diego State, has been studying and graphing generational differences for 25 years. She says "Typically, the characteristics that come to define a generation appear gradually, and along a continuum. Beliefs and behaviors that were already rising simply continue to do so." She says that has been true since the 1930's.
That is, until 2012.
In 2012 Twenge noticed abrupt shifts in teen behaviors and emotional states.
2012 is the same year the number of American's owning a smart phone surpassed 50%. (This is also around the time I got my first smartphone after living in Japan without a cell phone for three years.)
We know that correlation is not necessarily causation, but there is a LOT of compelling evidence to support a link between drastic behavior shifts in teens and smart phones.
Twenge goes on to say that "the arrival of the smartphone has radically changed every aspect of teenagers' lives, from the nature of their social interactions to their mental health. These changes have affected young people in every corner of the nation and in every type of household. The trends appear among teens poor and rich; of every ethnic background…" I should note that all of us are affected by new technologies. 95 % of Americans now own a cellphone, and 77% of Americans own a smartphone. (Pew Research)
The profound difference with children born after the year 2000 is that they don't remember anything different. Their childhood experiences are drastically different from Millennials and even those just a few years older.
Obviously, these changes in technology come with positives and negatives. In some ways our children are growing up more sheltered and safe. Teens are less likely to get in a car accident, teen alcohol use has decreased, and teen pregnancy rates are currently down. For our part, we all have access to scriptures, conference talks, uplifting church media content and interactions with our friends and families, some scattered around the world, in the palm of our hands.
However, the downsides are many. Kids are spending more time "under the same roof as their parents, but...they don't pay attention to their families".
Twenge says (paraphrasing here) a nationally representative and long term study started in 1975 asks 12th graders a series of questions about their activities and their happiness. In recent years, questions about technology use have been added. " The results could not be clearer: Teens who spend more time than average on screen activities are more likely to be unhappy...There's not a single exception. All screen activities are linked to less happiness, and all non screen activities are linked to more happiness."
Aside from the sheer number of hours wasted on social media which tends to have an incredibly negative effect on self esteem, our kids now have unprecedented access to an endless array of virtual filth and degradation at their fingertips, and hours of unsupervised time with which to consume it. Pornography usage, as we all know, has exploded, and "rates of teen depression and suicide have skyrocketed since 2011." (Twenge)
As we navigate the changing times and drastic societal shifts, I believe it will be the calling of all of us, young and old, to learn to harness technology to it's greatest potential while at the same time, minimizing its risks.
In the talk "A Sin-Resistant Generation, Sister Joy D. Jones discusses how all of us, especially parents, can "fortify children to become sin resistant." Being sin resistant, will help all of us in using technology correctly.
To raise a sin resistant generation (and I'm going to paraphrase Sister Jones) we need to teach our children to "know without question that they are sons and daughters of a loving Heavenly Father, (And I would add, Heavenly Mother), Wouldn't it be awesome if our kids knew how divinely outstanding they are?
We need to help them understand repentance. Because being sin-resistant doesn't mean being sin-free.
And we need to "Teach them to create consistent habits of prayer, scripture study, family home evening, and Sabbath worship to develop "spiritual integrity."
In addition, we need to prepare our children to make and keep sacred covenants. To do this, they first need to learn to keep promises and commitments.
For my part, in our family, we are trying hard to follow Sister Jones advice and raise our sons to resist sin, to limit their technology use, and and to choose to be righteous young men. But it is no easy task and success is not guaranteed.
In our home, we do try, and usually manage, some semblance of scripture study and prayer every day. Sometimes we take turns reading out loud. Lately we've been broadcasting the scriptures from a speaker so loud that the neighbors are having scripture study along with us.
Family Home Evening occurs most Monday nights. The lessons are short, sweet and to the point because we all know the game and treat are the most import part. (At least when you have five boys.)
To further help inoculate our children from the harmful influences that surround them, especially those that are technology related, you will find that we are pretty strict about cell-phone and computer use with our kids. Just ask our long-suffering teens.
A few practical habits we've instituted --just relating to smartphones-- are these:
- Turn off notifications. It seems like almost every single app on my phone comes with a feature that wants to "Alert" me when something happens within the app. Phones can be made to beep or buzz a million times a day leading to endless distractions. However, these alerts can also all be turned off. The only time my phone beeps is when I'm getting a call or text, and even a lot of the group texts on my phone are muted.
- Read from actual scriptures. I actually love listening to the scriptures from my phone. I usually follow a chapter of the Book of Mormon with a Bible chapter or with a conference talk or BYU devotional. It is a great way to start my day. However, it's also very easy to get distracted. If you find you can't read the scriptures on your phone without looking at Instagram too--it's time to switch back to physical scriptures.
- Set tech free times. If it's too hard do this on your own, use an app to help. (For our family, we use an app called "OurPact" that limits what you can do and when. Max can tell you all about how terrible it is.)
- Write a family technology guide, and individual technology contracts and have everyone affected sign them. Post your technology guide in a public place and review and update it periodically. If you've ever been in our kitchen, you've seen ours taped up to a cupboard.
(Of course this is only the first step. The next is to follow through.)
- Talk to your kids about WHY it matters. Share articles and have discussions. Even family night lessons. If you ask my kids, they will tell you all I do is read articles about why smart phones, or video games, or iPads are dangerous. It's true. I read a LOT of articles. And in full disclosure, I'm usually reading them on my phone. But I think it's important to teach my kids the reasons behind WHY I'm such a mean mom.
- Leave phones and ipads at home on Sundays. Our kids are being allowed to completely tune out during Sacrament and other church meetings. When and how will they be taught to tune in to the Spirit? How will they ever have the spiritual discipline to tune in while performing sacred ordinances in the temple?
I don't know if any of you will remember the LDS musical called "The Ark". It was written by Michael Mclean in the 90's and I still remember one funny line. Noah and his wife are having a heated discussion about their children when she says "I'm a mother! I know all about free-agency AND how to enforce it!!"
The truth of the matter is, I can make all the rules I want, but if my kids don't decide for themselves that they were made for something greater than social media consumption, it won't matter how restrictive I make things.
Teens: You need to decide how you will use and how you will limit your technology use. Not because you feel controlled by your parents. Not out of guilt or fear.
But because you have made the conscious choice to love the Lord and put Him first in your life.
And because you know what a gift your life is and you don't want to squander it on things of no worth. YOU ultimately get to choose what manner of young women and young men ye ought to be.
One of my favorite quotes is "You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you."
To all of you kids/teens/young adults: If you are finding that your apps or game systems or even an epic Netflix binge session is still leaving you feeling unsatisfied, try opening your scriptures and studying the life of Christ. Even for a short time. And see if you can find the feeling of joy and satisfaction you are missing.
To all of you kids/teens/young adults: If you are finding that your apps or game systems or even an epic Netflix binge session is still leaving you feeling unsatisfied, try opening your scriptures and studying the life of Christ. Even for a short time. And see if you can find the feeling of joy and satisfaction you are missing.
|When the games are gone and only the compass app is left.
(Waiting for "The Mousetrap" to start in London)
Show them that you want them to succeed. We don't need anyone else to be against our youth. Satan will try to tear them down, the world will try to tear them down, but hopefully, their church family (neighbors, teachers, friends, and extended family) will be there to buoy them up and strengthen them.
When we think about raising sin-resistant children, it is easy to get overwhelmed and think that technology is too overwhelming, and that society is a lost cause. We hear a lot of talk in the news these days about "Millennials" and how many problems they have. How they are needy and dependant and addicted to their phones.
Elder Nelson responded to this trend in a talk titled "Becoming True Millennials" He said, "A True Millennial is a man or woman whom God trusted enough to send to earth during the most compelling dispensation in the history of this world. A True Millennial is a man or woman who lives now to help prepare the people of this world for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and His millennial reign."
This applies not just to those born within a limited span of years, but to all of us here now.
I believe this is a fight we can win. We can't give up. I am frequently exhausted as a parent. As I think most parents are. I often think it would be much easier to give up and let my kids fend for themselves. But I will not abandon this cause. Because their salvation literally hangs in the balance. I will continue to try to teach them to use their agency correctly--out of love for God and for themselves-- and continue trying to raise them with light and truth. And I hope I can help and assist my friends and neighbors as they try to do the same and support these amazing young people as they learn and mature.
So what do you think? I'd love to hear your helpful thoughts on what I said, or on the research, or on what you are doing to help the youth in your life!
"A Sin Resistant Generation" by Joy D. Jones
"Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation" by Jean M. Twenge (in The Atlantic)
"Becoming True Millennials" by Russell M. Nelson
"Mormons React to Millennial Stereotypes" by LDS Living (This was a little video embedded in Facebook.)
"A Plea To My Sisters" by Russell M. Nelson
"Wait Until 8th Pledge" by Linda Sharkey
Found this great article after giving my talk: The Silent Tragedy Affecting Today's Children
Good stuff.
Protect Young Minds (formerly Porn Proof Kids) has resources for families like a template for a Family Technology Guide.
We used it to make our Dub Family Tech Rules
Our Minds Can Be Hijacked
"Porn is Not the Worst Thing on Musical.ly" by Anastasia Basil
"Leave the Party" by LDS Youth
"The Secret Social Media Lives of Teenagers" by Anna Homayoun for New York Times
"Teacher Urges Parents to Wake Up When it Comes to Kids' Social Media Use" ABC news report about Skipper Coates
Our Minds Can Be Hijacked
"Porn is Not the Worst Thing on Musical.ly" by Anastasia Basil
"Leave the Party" by LDS Youth
"The Secret Social Media Lives of Teenagers" by Anna Homayoun for New York Times
"Teacher Urges Parents to Wake Up When it Comes to Kids' Social Media Use" ABC news report about Skipper Coates


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PIMCO Chairman Bill Gross launched a bond investor's jihad two weeks ago with his controversial remarks that the "cult of equities is dying;" now along comes the equity cult's high priest Burton Malkiel, intoning that predictions of its demise are premature.
Malkiel (left), the Princeton economist best known as the author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street, now in its 12th edition, took to the op-ed pages of the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, saying investors who would "pull their money out of the stock market today to invest in bonds are making a huge mistake."
More than just tempering Gross's anti-equity remarks, the longtime advocate of buying and holding equity-based index funds and ETFs went so far as to say that "equities today are more attractive relative to bonds than at any other time in history."
Take that, Gross!
The market efficiency proponent cited near-zero rates as a key support for his argument. Since inflation is the foreseeable result of developed nations "saddled with large indebtedness relative to income (i.e., GDP) and large fiscal deficits," today's paltry yields are bound to generate negative real return, Malkiel argued.
Gross's argument about the stock market, which in his characteristic bombast he referred to as a "Ponzi scheme," took a completely opposite stance.
In his letter to shareholders, the bond manager assailed the so-called Siegel constant—the equity cult's holy writ that investors taking the risk of equities will be rewarded with a 6.6% real annual return on their investment over time.
Gross called the rate of return, discovered by Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel, a "historical freak, a mutation likely never to be seen again" in a "New Normal economy" in which GDP growth is "slowing significantly."
Malkiel, for his part, acknowledged the many uncertainties (such as eurozone woes and the U.S. "fiscal cliff") that spook investors, but said uncertainty is always present in markets. The biggest problem plaguing markets, he said, "is the fear that our markets are not working properly."
Malkiel argued that recent problems related to high-frequency trading actually show that markets do work. Knight Capital's recent computer mishap yielded an advantage to other market makers and investors to buy its mispriced sell orders, while Knight was punished by the market with a huge loss in market cap. In other words, the market quickly took care of inefficiencies and the extreme volatility did nothing to harm long-term retirement investors.
"The markets punished Knight far more severely than regulators ever could," Malkiel wrote. "That's exactly what the capitalist system is designed to do."
The Princeton professor thus concludes: "The only hope—both for individuals and for institutions running retirement portfolios—is to increase, not decrease, the share of the portfolio devoted to equities."


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While plenty of new acts released great albums in 2013, a few heavy hitters came back with awesome records after years of either inactivity or critical/commercial depression. Here's a list of 12 of those records.
David Bowie had been relatively silent since 2003's Reality. Then, out of nowhere, on his 66thbirthday on January 8th, he announced a new album would be released in March. The Next Day largely blew away expectations, exceeding in quality just about anything else Bowie has done since the '80s, harkening back to his most acclaimed phase, The Berlin Trilogy, comprising the albums Low, "Heroes" and Lodger. Romantic rockers like "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" live alongside alien funk (the title track) and searching ballads ("Where Are We Now?"). It's classic Bowie, throughout. (See where The Next Day landed on Aaron Detroit's top 50 albums of 2013 list.)


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Thousands rerun final mile of Boston Marathon Saturday
Photo: AP
BOSTON -- Thousands of athletes have joined victims of the Boston Marathon bombings to run and walk the last mile of the race, reclaiming the triumph of crossing the finish line.
About 3,000 runners and bombing victims gathered in light rain Saturday morning to run the final mile of the world's oldest annual marathon. The event, known as OneRun, begun at Kenmore Square and ended at the official finish line.
Explosions near the finish line killed three people and wounded more than 260 on April 15.
Organizer Kathleen McGonagle says OneRun honors victims and emergency workers and allows runners to reclaim the final mile.
The National Anthem was sung by the choir from St. Ann Parish, where 8-year-old victim Martin Richard's family worshipped.


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