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Brazil puts up another stinker in third-place game
OK, whoever you are, please bring back the real Brazilian national soccer team.
After another embarrassing performance Saturday it wouldn't be surprising to see the following headline in O Globo, the biggest newspaper in Brazil.
"Aliens kidnap Brazilian soccer players and replace them with shoemakers."
Brazil, or the shoemakers, flamed out of the World Cup by dropping the third-place game 3-0 to the Netherlands.
It was a tad better than the 7-1 loss to Germany in the semifinals, but that's death by firing squad or hanging. You're dead either way.
Saturday's loss was the second time in Brazil's history it lost 3-0 in a World Cup game, its second-worst result.
The team, known for crisp passing, running off the ball, pinpoint accuracy and ability to score, was shockingly deficient in every category.
As the game progressed, fans were in the throes of head shaking, giving the team the thumbs down and whistling.
Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari tried to coach during the game but inevitably would turn away shaking his head. He rubbed his head and face so many times during the game there was a real threat he would rub away his features.
Yet he claimed his team didn't play badly.
"I don't see how you can criticize the Brazilian team. They ran after the result," he said. "They tried to play the game and I don't think it was a bad match by losing 0-3.
"This team didn't play well in the semifinal and played reasonably well today. We had a reaction and went after it. They leave with my trust, my happiness. If we continue the work, the path is open for a team that will be much better in 2018."
After the gutting at the hands of Germany, the last thing Brazil needed was a bad start.
But three minutes into the game Robin van Persie converted a penalty kick. Brazil then went down 2-0 in the 16th minute when Daley Blind scored.
The Dutch capped off another thumping when Georginio Wijnaldum scored in added time.
The Dutch were quite clear after losing their semifinal to Argentina they had no desire to play a third-place game. To their credit, they came out and played as if they wanted to win it.
Brazil may have wanted to win it, too, but didn't play at a level that would allow them to.
"This generation does not have to be scarred," Scolari said. "We were in the top four teams in the world. What we must do is to continue working as it has been working.
"I'm feeling sad. Any leader, any person if they don't convey optimism to their group, there's nothing they can do. We have to push the team forward."
The Brazilians had trouble putting together a string of passes. The accuracy in their long passing was non-existent with the ball often flying yards away from the target. Skill has always been the strength of Brazilian soccer but there was a void there that was obvious to all.
With the awful result against Germany and the continuing anger about the money spent on a tournament that now might be won by arch-rival Argentina, Brazil really needed a good performance to ease its way out of the tournament.
Instead there is another stinker to remember.
The air was sucked out of the stadium three minutes in when Netherlands winger Arjen Robben went for one of his patented runs and patented flops. He was clear of Brazil's Thiago Silva at the top of the penalty area when Silva used bad judgment in putting a hand on Robben's shoulder.
Robben went down like he'd been pole-axed by a Viking broadsword. Algerian referee Djamel Haimoudi didn't hesitate in awarding a penalty kick and giving Silva a yellow card. On top of that, it appeared the penalty might have actually occurred outside of the box.
Van Persie converted the penalty and it was 1-0 Netherlands.
Things only got worse when at the 16-minute mark a cross by the Netherlands was headed back toward the field of play by David Luiz. It landed right on the feet of Netherlands midfielder Blind and from some 15 yards dead centre in front of the goal he beat Brazilian keeper Julio Cesar to the top of the net.
No doubt there were many in the stadium thinking 'here we go again' in Portuguese.
The rest of the game turned gave way to discussion on how shabby Brazil looked, a discussion that no doubt will go on in Brazil long after the other 31 teams in the tournament have gone home.


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The article which you're currently reading aims at helping you answering a rather simple, but very important question: are you really ready to get into OS development? Few hobbies are as demanding, time-consuming and late-rewarding at the same time. Most hobby OS projects end up reaching a dead-end and slowly being abandoned by their creators because they didn't understand well enough what they were getting into and wrote insufficiently maintainable and ill-designed code or were overwhelmed and depressed by the amount of time it takes to get a mere
malloc() working.
Some bad reasons for trying hobby OS development
"I'll bring the next revolution of computing": Simply put: no. Long answer: think of yourself as a small research team. You can make something very neat, sure, but only at a small scale. Without massive backing, your research won't make it to mass distribution. And no, you can't emulate an existing OS' software in order to appeal to a wider audience.
"I want to become proficient with a programming language, and need some challenging exercises": Some people try to learn a new programming language through OS development, thinking that they need something difficult to do in order to really understand the language. That's not a good idea either.
First, because it makes things even harder than they already are for the rest of the OS-deving world, and you shouldn't overestimate your ability to withstand frustration and strain.
Second, because being new to the language, you'll make more mistakes and those mistakes are much harder to debug when done at a low level than they are at the user application level where you have neat tools like GDB and Valgrind to help you.
Third, because you won't actually learn the language itself, but only a subset of it. The whole standard library will be unavailable and except for a few languages designed for the job like C, most programming languages have features which require a runtime support you won't be able to provide for some time. A few examples: C++ exceptions and vtables, C# and Java's garbage collectors and real-time pointer checks, Pascal Object's dynamic arrays and nice strings... More details here and there.
In short, you'll have a hard time coding things. When you do, you'll write poor code and you won't actually learn the language. Don't do it.
"Implementing a new kernel is horribly complicated, but there's a much easier path! I'll just take the Linux sources and tweak them till I get an operating system which fits my needs, it shouldn't be so hard": May I be the first to introduce you to what Linux's sources actually look like by showing you its main.c file. Your first mission will be to locate where the "actual" main function is. Your second mission will be to understand where each mentioned function is located and what it's supposed to do. Your third mission will be to estimate the time it'll take you to understand all of that.
As you should have understood by now, modifying an existing, old codebase without a good knowledge of what you're getting into is really, really hard. Code reuse is a very noble goal and it has many advantages, but you must understand now that it won't make your life simpler but rather make it much worse because you'll not only have to learn kernel development as a whole but also all the specifics of the codebase you're looking at.
"I don't like detail X in Linux/Windows/Mac OS X, these should totally be re-done": All modern operating systems have their quirks, especially the desktop ones, no question about that. On the other hand, if your gripes against them remain relatively minor, you really should consider trying to contribute patches which fix them to the relevant projects and only rewriting the incriminated component(s) if this approach fails.
"I'm looking for an exciting job": cf. "I'll bring the next revolution of computing". Except if you're in a research lab which works on operating systems, you'll hardly get any money from your OS as long as it has no practical uses (and it can remain the case for a very long time).
Some good reasons for trying hobby OS development
"I want to experiment with new OS design": You have your own idea of what an operating system should be like and you can't find it in the existing OS market ? Hobby OS development can be a way to try designing and implementing what you've envisioned and see if it actually works in practice.
"I'm now quite experienced with a language and looking for a programming challenge, or want to know how my computer works at the lowest levels": OS development certainly provides both, and to a great extent. You'll learn how to debug software with hardly anything more than text output facilities, how to do without a standard library or any sort, why so many people complain about this x86 architecture which works so well on your computers, what bad documentation from the vendor truly is...
"I've been working on an operating system for some time, know its codebase well, and have many gripes with it": If addressing these gripes would imply major changes, the kind of which makes software incompatible, you'll probably no choice but to fork, which while not described in this article is a totally valid path for OS development (and one which is certainly more rewarding than writing a new OS from scratch).
"The set of changes I want to bring to an OS is too big for simply patching or forking part of it": There sure is a point where starting a new project becomes the best option. If you think you have reached it, then welcome to the club!
"I'm looking for an exciting hobby": Well, depends a lot on what your definition of "exciting" is, of course, but OS development can be one of the most exciting hobbies on Earth if you're sufficiently prepared. It's somewhat akin to raising a child or growing plants: sure, it's slow, and sometimes it gets on your nerves and feels highly unrewarding. But this just makes success feel even better. Plus it's incredibly fun to be in full control of what's happening and have absolute power on your hardware.
So, are you ready?
Aside from the questioning phase, here are a few things which you must know or learn quickly in order to take this road successfully:
General computer science: You must know well and be able to fluently manipulate binary and hexadecimal numbers, boolean logic, data structures (arrays, linked links, hash tables, and friends), and sorting algorithms.
Computer architecture: You should know the global internal organisation of a desktop computer. The words and expressions ALU, interrupts, memory and PCI buses, and DMA should not sound mysterious to you. Knowledge of more automated mechanisms like the TLB, multilevel caching, or branch prediction, would be a very valuable asset in the long run, once you try to optimize code for performance.
Compiler and executable files internals: You must roughly know what happens during the preprocessing, compilation, and linking steps of binary generation, and be able to find everything you need to control your toolchain in its manual. You should also learn about linker scripting and the internal structure of executable files.
Assembly: You must know what Assembly is and how it works, and you must be able to code simple Assembly programs (playing with the stack and the registers, adding and subtracting numbers, implementing if-like branching...). You can write most of your operating system in other programming languages, but at some point you will need assembly snippets to do some tasks.
C or C++: Even if you plan to use another programming language to write your OS in, you'll need to know C or C++ in order to understand the code you'll find on the web when looking at other operating systems' source or other OS-deving tutorials.
Your system programming language: No matter whether you plan to write your OS in C#, Java, Assembly, BASIC, C, C++, Pascal, Erlang or REBOL, you should be very familiar with it. In fact, you should even have access to a description of its internals. As an example, you should know how to call a function written in your language of choice from Assembly code, what kind of runtime support your language requires and how it can be implemented.
(List based on this page of the OSdev wiki and tweaked based on personal experience.)
This ends the "Are you ready ?" part of this OS-deving tutorial. If you have reached this point, congratulations ! You should have the right mindset and sufficient knowledge to begin the hobby OS development adventure. The next article will explain to you how to set goals and expectations for your OS project, a truly vital step if you actually want it to get somewhere in the end.


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From Monet to MTV, what practices connect the salons of Paris with Danger Mouse, NFL.com, and Facebook? More importantly, what's your place in that continuum? If you work with content, embrace your place in the ethical debate of creation and curation. It's nothing new—but it's time for user experience practitioners to acknowledge it.
Why? Both companies' and consumers' expectations of user experience have matured, promoting content strategy in interactive teams, efficient projects, and satisfying user experiences. Content strategists shape communication goals, hierarchy, and taxonomy. Innocent choices? Or politics, discrimination, and the dark side of design?
If you ignore these pitfalls of content strategy, what are the ethical implications? We'll discuss this through the lens of content correlation and "merchandising" on news sites, editing and mashing up to "create" anew, and curating in traditional settings like museums. From seemingly benign audits and style guidelines through published content packages, do curators create meaning? If so, how should content strategists confront similar choices?
It's been a breakout year for content strategy. Come hear why now we need to confront its ethical relevance—and learn about the missteps of teams that don't—through the lens of case studies and the perspective of the new publishing landscape.
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The Phillies need a starting pitcher for Wednesday's game, and as Charlie Manuel sauntered to the batting cage before Monday's win, he offered no hints.
"We don't know yet," Manuel said. "Seriously, we don't."
Pitching coach Rich Dubee and Manuel later discussed their options, and there is no obvious one. The need for a sixth starter was prompted by Sunday's doubleheader.
Kyle Kendrick could pitch on three days' rest, but that's unlikely, and would also force either Cliff Lee or Cole Hamels to do the same Thursday. Kendrick threw 93 pitches in four innings Saturday.
Triple-A Lehigh Valley's scheduled starter Wednesday is lefty Tom Cochran, who has spent 10 seasons in the minors without a taste of the big leagues. Double-A Reading is scheduled to throw Julio Rodriguez, a 21-year-old prospect with all of 14 starts above single A.
They could hand the game over to the bullpen and have, say, Raul Valdes start. He could possibly stretch to three innings and then it would be all hands on deck. But judging how the bullpen has fared this season, blowing the whole unit on one night may be counter intuitive.
Tyler Cloyd has a 2.17 ERA in 11 triple-A starts, but he last started Saturday. He threw 96 pitches and would have to make his major-league debut on short rest if he were to start Wednesday. Hard to see that.
Veteran Scott Elarton has 170 career major-league starts to his name — although none since 2007. But he pitched Sunday for the IronPigs and that pushes him out of the mix.
A few Twitter followers mentioned the recently released Jamie Moyer, but it's difficult to see the Phillies signing the 49-year-old lefty for one start. You never know, of course. UPDATE: Moyer signed a minor-league deal with injury-ravaged Toronto early Tuesday morning.
Either way, the Phillies aren't exactly flush with exciting options.
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Manchester 3-0 at N.E. Babe Ruth 14's baseball tourney
July 28. 2013 7:22PM
The Manchester Babe Ruth 14-year-old all-stars are still riding high at the New England tournament in Westfield, Mass.
The Mickey Hanagan all-stars built an 8-0 lead and held off Central Maine, 9-8, on Sunday. The locals, 3-0, next play today at 4 p.m. against Warwick, R.l.
Pat Swanson and Drew Merrick both went 3-for-3 with two runs scored for Manchester. Johnny Robinson, Kyle Jutras and Jason Derome each collected two hits.
Merrick pitched the first four innings, Nick Salcito the fifth and sixth, and Jake Currier hurled a scoreless seventh to earn the save for Manchester.


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Anesthesiologist Sherry Gorman describes the trust in an operating room as absolute. Thats why she and other physicians assumed their syringes were safe until a drug-addicted surgery technician stole their painkilling drugs, injected herself and replaced the missing medication with saline.
Gorman and other doctors were accused of unknowingly injecting patients with the bogus narcotics that killed no pain. Worse, they were contaminated with the technicians hepatitis C as well.
I do feel awful, Gorman said. I hope that every patient thats impacted by this ends up coming through OK and ends up being cured of the virus and living a long and fulfilling life.
Gorman was one of the physicians at Rose Medical Center in Denver who settled negligence lawsuits. About 6,000 patients at two hospitals Rose and Audubon Surgery Center in Colorado Springs had to be tested for hep C, and three dozen turned out to be infected. Many had to undergo difficult treatments for a year or more.
This case in 2008-09 was rare not because drugs were stolen from a hospital, but because the surgery tech, Kristen Parker, was prosecuted and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Colorado Public News found that drug diversion, by health-care professionals and by people outside the system, is a serious issue in the state. Health facilities reported to the state health department 1,083 cases of missing drugs in the last five years. Of that total, 309 instances were reported by hospitals.
In the last three years, only one case turned up in Southwest Colorado in a search of online public records kept by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. In March 2011, a Mercy Regional Medical Center nurse took four doses of oxycodone and resigned after admitting the transgression.
No one seems to track whether thefts are investigated and prosecuted. Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the U.S. Attorneys Office in Denver, which prosecutes some of such cases, could remember only three hospitals where staff-member theft made it to court in recent years.
Helen Kaupang, who heads the drug diversion section of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration in Denver, declined to provide any information about how many drug diversion cases her office has investigated or taken to prosecution. She told Colorado Public News incorrectly that hospitals are not required to report drug diversions to the DEA.
In fact, hospitals must report drug losses to her office within one day, on DEA Form 106, according to the Colorado Hospital Association.
The state health department investigated its 1,083 reports to ensure that each facility has procedures to prevent loss or theft from recurring, said spokesman Mark Salley. But its not the health departments job to track whether criminal cases are pursued by law enforcement, he said.
In the incident at Rose, Parker had started working at the medical center in late 2008 and by her second day had figured out how to steal syringes of fentanyl, a narcotic pain killer used for anesthesia during surgery, from the operating room.
The hospital had a password-controlled system for dispensing narcotics in the operating room.
I had every drug drawn up and prepared before the patient entered the room, Gorman said. I would take my drugs and put them in one of the drawers of the anesthesia cart. I would hide them under various pieces of equipment.
Other doctors kept their narcotics-filled syringes in fanny packs, and some left them out and ready to go with a towel laid over them, Gorman said.
She doesnt remember ever seeing Parker. I cant imagine what would have gone through her mind that would have made her inflict such a devastating consequence on anybody, especially these helpless people who came in for care, Gorman said.
Parker was caught in an operating room where she didnt belong and fired. Within 12 days, she had a new job at Audubon Surgery Center in Colorado Springs, where she contaminated more patients.
When police asked Parker what advice she had for doctors such as Gorman to keep them from falling prey to junkies such as her, she told them, Be more aware of what you leave lying around.
John Burke, president of the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, found Gormans statements naive. This drug problem is nothing new, he said.
When he worked in drug enforcement in Cincinnati, he said, his team arrested a staff member a week for drug theft, and he cant believe that citys experience was unusual. He said the case rate was high because they actively enforced the law, warning hospital administrators they could go to prison for failure to report.
For the patients, the Parker case was like Russian roulette. Lauren Lollini had kidney stones removed and ended up with hepatitis C. She has cleared the virus out of her system but still wonders if her liver was damaged. Is my immune system compromised?
All the hospitals and anesthesiologists who were sued in the Parker case settled out of court. Gorman is still practicing, including at Rose. She wrote a fictional account based on her experience at Rose under the pseudonym Kate OReilly and titled the novel Its Nothing Personal.
Rose has since changed its medication security policies, and doctors now must have their fingerprints scanned to get their narcotics.
Boulder Community Hospital had a similar case in 2008, in which Ashton Paul Daigle, a surgical nurse, injected himself and returned the syringes for use on patients. He did not have a disease such as hep C or AIDS, which could have been passed on, and was sentenced to four years in prison. Boulder Community Hospital has added video and software monitoring of the machines that dispense narcotics and no longer allows vials to be returned and given to another patient.
Two employees of St. Anthony Central were arrested for stealing drugs in 2009, but there were no reports of contamination.
After the Rose case, the Colorado Hospital Association convened a task force to recommend new procedures. It supported legislation, which was passed into law, requiring surgical technicians to be registered with the state. Another new law allows hospitals to tell other hospitals if a former employee put their patients at risk.
Colorado Public News, a nonprofit news organization, reports on issues of statewide interest. It partners with Colorado Public Television 12, Denvers independent PBS station.


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No. 12 Denison improved to 4-1 on the season after an 11-6 victory over St. Mary's (Md.) at Homewood Field on the campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md.
The Big Red took command of the game early as they took a 5-0 lead in the opening nine minutes of play. Five different offensive players got in the scoring act early as Teddy Powell, Tyler King, Eddie Vita, Justin DeMarchi and Chapin Speidel all put a tally on the board.
The Falcons would rebound with three-straight goals that would make the game 5-3 with less than nine minutes left in the second quarter. DeMarchi would strike again at the 5:35 mark, and after a slashing call on St. Mary's Dalton Yohn, Vita would score his seventh goal of the year and second EMO goal of the 2013 campaign.
St. Mary's would get a score from Patrick Mull with 3:16 left in the first half setting the halftime score at 7-4. That three-goal deficit would be as close as the Falcons would get as the Big Red would score the first four goals of the second half to take a commanding 11-4 lead with 7:24 to play.
Vita, the North Coast Athletic Conference's current Player of the Week, led all players with four goals and one assist. The junior also posted two caused turnovers.
After spending 10:30 in the penalty area against Haverford on Saturday, Denison committed just two turnovers resulting in 1:30 in man-up time for St. Mary's. The Falcon's final goal with 54 seconds to play came in extra-man. The Big Red was 2-of-5 in its extra-man situations.
DU posted 36 ground balls and caused 11 turnovers on the afternoon. Tommy Harrison and Powell led the way with five ground balls. Austin Campbell, Chip Phillips, and Spencer Riehl each had four while Drew Newman added two ground balls and two caused turnovers. In face-off situations, Phillips was 11-for-19.
Offensively, Matt King posted three assists while DeMarchi and Tyler King scored two goals apiece.
In cage, Denison's Chris Thomas played all 60 minutes and posted four saves. For St. Mary's, Joey Casey got the start and allowed seven goals in 26 minutes before being replaced by Scott Marsh late in the second quarter. Marsh fared better in cage for St. Mary's, posting 13 saves while allowing four goals in 34 minutes.
Denison will close out its spring break trip on Sunday when they play Centre College in Charlottesville, Va. The game will be played at St. Anne's-Belfield School at 2 p.m.


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LONDON (AP) - March 15, 2013 --Simon Cowell is bringing "The X Factor" - or a version of it - from television screens to the London stage in early 2014.
The acerbic judge's firm, Syco Entertainment, is co-producing a musical spoof written by Harry Hill and directed by Sean Foley about the popular televised singing contest.
Syco and Stage Entertainment say that "X Factor - It's Time to Face the Musical!" will be an "affectionate poke" at the talent show.
The firms said Friday that the show will include 19 new songs, and that casting and the theater have yet to be confirmed.
The X Factor launched in Britain in 2004 and in the U.S. in fall 2011.


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December 19, 2012 08:30 ET
By combining Chango's 300 million US profiles, and the 2nd largest source of search data in the US, UK and Canada, Chango rolls out 'Programmatic FBX Advertising' to its advertisers for prospecting and retargeting
NEW YORK, NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISO, CALIFORNIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 19, 2012) - Chango today announced the launch of 'Programmatic FBX Advertising', a new advertising solution that brings large-scale search intent data to the Facebook Exchange.
By anonymously collecting over 6 billion search events each month in the U.S., Chango builds a real-time profile of actual searches being done on Google, Yahoo! and Bing. To date Chango has used this data to provide what is recognized as the most robust and scalable Search Retargeting solution available. Chango clients can now also leverage this proprietary data for intent targeting and retargeting across FBX, which represents over 1 billion users worldwide.
"FBX is the latest innovation to arrive in digital marketing, and given its scale, is perfectly timed to meet the demands created from 'programmatic marketing'. Our clients are using more data than ever before to determine who to target, and importantly who not to target, and the addition of such a large inventory source allows this to grow while still having enough individuals to target," reports Dax Hamman, CRO at Chango.
"But more than that, the CMOs we work with value the environment that Facebook offers for advertising, and are recognizing the positive ways their customers are responding. Our Clients are excited and intrigued about the opportunity that FBX offers their business, and want to make sure they generate maximum value from it."
Chango has built an integration, which can handle billions of impression requests sent daily by FBX to the Chango Madison platform, a proprietary technology that combines the data management options of a full-scale DMP with the buying capability of the largest DSPs, but without the need for multiple system integrations.
As the only Programmatic Marketing Platform (PMP), Chango offers advertisers access to FBX with six key benefits:
1. Proprietary Intent Data - 6 billion search events captured each month in real-time; advertisers can target individuals on Facebook based on the searches they've done minutes before on Google, Yahoo! and Bing, data not available elsewhere at such proven scale
2. Programmatic approach - The ability to combine more data, from more sources, using programmatic rules that drive efficiency by eliminating irrelevant individuals, and determining the true value of relevant ones
3. Full-services solution - Clients Services are looking to deliver #WOW for our clients, going above and beyond their expectations with legendary service
4. Unique audience builder - Advertisers can use their own first party data, combined with third party data already available through the platform, such as BlueKai and Exelate to enhance their targeting
5. Full creative production - Many advertisers will not have creative ad units formatted to FBX's unique ad size, and as such Chango will convert their IAB units into the Facebook format at no additional cost
6. Market leading performance. Proven experience building algorithms and solving programmatic marketing challenges to realize unparalleled campaign performance
In addition to using the FBX inventory for prospecting and retargeting with full-serve solutions, Chango has also made this new inventory source available to its enterprise publisher clients that utilize Chango Madison for large-scale audience extension and it's 'trading desk in a box' service.
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those wooden platesFriday, August 29, 2008
First of all, for anyone that has ever e-mail me about my wooden plates, I apologize for not getting back to you. The truth of the matter is that my sister has bought us all of ours.
For a few years when my birthday rolled around I would ask her to add to my collection. Pretty sweet sister.
I adore these plates. And they are used daily. Mostly the small plates. For sandwiches. Or toast. Or cookies.
But I also use the bigger sizes. A lot. For holding the main serving. Or chips and dip. Or cheese and crackers. Or as a tray.
They do need to be hand washed. And dried. Which doesn't seem to bother me.
Anyhow. I finally got the information from my sister.
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Uhm. These types of plates would suit my lifestyle very well. I don't mind washing or drying. We like to eat wherever we want, not necessarily at the table as its just two of us so something sturdy & safe would be perfect, and as "foresters," wood is good (I'll have to show hubby.). Furthermore, as you've shown us, they take a pretty picture. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
They are beautiful plates. You are so lucky to have such a generous sister. I always admire them in shots of your Saturday breakfasts.ReplyDelete
oh, i think these will go on my christmas list. thanks for sharing the source, leslie.ReplyDelete
Oh I am going to go all copycat on you right now and nab some!ReplyDelete
Oh! Such a lovely and big wooden collection. Such a delight to see your signature breakfasts and other shots in them. I have a few similar plates that I enjoy using, mainly from Target. I really like using wood as an alternative that makes me feel back to nature.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous shots too! You are amazing L.!!!
I just discovered your blog via Mayfly and I am adding you to my blog list. Such awesome pics!ReplyDelete
Those are gorgeous, what a good find!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh my stomach is growling. I could take a big bite of your sandwich right about now. Yummo!ReplyDelete
I feel your love for wooden plates. I have a few pices of wooden things and I would have more if it weren't for having to hand wash and dry them right away. Thank you for sharing sweetie.
thanks for sharing, leslie! have always loved your plates and thought I would mention that one can find these at sur la table also (I shop there online and love it!)ReplyDelete
oh. my. goodness. i have a serious soft spot for hardwood. love those plates.ReplyDelete
Really nice set of wooden plates and easy to use and clean.ReplyDelete


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Aaron Biittner is a hot commodity. With a full Mack Dawg part under his belt, and one more in the oven, the future is blindingly bright for the young man. I had a few minutes to shoot the breeze with Aaron and catch up on things at the local Mtn. Lab between heated games of ping-pong and tall glasses of crunk juice--word to Renee.
How did the whole Mack Dawg thing come about?
I barely got into the Red Bull Heavy Metal contest in Salt Lake and Mack Dawg was filming that. I tried my best and they put some footage in the extras for Chulksmack. So, I did that contest and didn't talk to any of them, but later on in the summer I got a call from Mike McEntire asking if I'd be down to film with them. I thought someone was playing a joke on me for sure.
Are you filming with them again this year?
Yeah, we've been doing a lot of rails already, and we're getting into the jumping season a little bit more. We drove up to Whistler four about four days, I hurt my knee but it got crappy up there anyways. As of right now that's the only jump trip I've done with them. As soon as my knee gets better, we'll be doing stuff wherever it's good.
Any lessons learned your first year in the majors?
Yeah definitely, the whole thing with Mack Dawg was great but I really over spent my budget. I tried to do everything I could to film at all times, but I wasn't really doing the best things for me.
I spent a lot of time traveling around to different park shoots in the spring with Eero Ettala, and Heiki Sorsa. I was trying to be a part of the crew, but riding the park probably wasn't the best idea for me at that point. I should have been hitting more backcountry jumps and trying to finish off my part well instead of going to a park jump and maybe hitting it, or maybe just watching those guys hit it. I couldn't even see myself hitting jumps with them after a while. They'd be doing tricks in warm up that I wanted for real--they're gnarly in the park.
It was a really good learning experience, but if I could go back I would have done it a bit differently, and spent my money more wisely.
How close were you to inking with Burton?
When I got the call from Mack Dawg I figured that Tech Nine wasn't going to be able to support a travel budget like that. So I told them that I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to do it riding for them, and they put the word out that I might need a different sponsor. Burton was interested so I was talking with them, and I was basically into it. My main goal was to film with Mack Dawg--that's a dream come true.
So that went down and then Tech Nine really pulled it together and made it happen for me. They gave me a better offer than Burton, so I stuck with them and it's working out. That was crazy for sure, it would have been cool to ride for Burton but I'm definitely stoked on where I'm at--no regrets, I'm having fun.
Is snowboarding a job now?
Sometimes it seems to be a job as I'm getting more and more known. A lot of times, people know me more than I know them now. Especially at trade shows and weird industry events like that, it gets a little overwhelming.
With people approaching you out of the blue and what-not?
Yeah and I'm not sure if I actually know them or if I should know them or what. It's cool, it just gets a little hectic sometimes. I guess it doesn't even feel like a job--it's a great job.
Have you been getting a lot of crazy offers?
Over the course of last summer I was approached by a couple of the guys at Forum, and they wanted me to do that thing. They're making their movie this year too--THAT. I was so close to doing it, but it meant I would've had to quit Tech Nine and I would've had to quit Mack Dawg. I wasn't prepared to do that based on my experience with them--I had no reason to leave. There was no way I could justify bailing out, especially for the same kind of money I'm making now.
What'd you do over your summer vacation?
I ended up having to work a lot last summer. I went to Colorado and painted a house for a month and a half trying to make some money back to pay back pops. He really helped me out with traveling and everything. That was a good little vacation.
Did that help ground you a little bit?
It did for sure. I went out there with Deadlung (Mark Edlund), and he helped me paint for about three weeks, then I did the rest by myself. It was tight not knowing anybody, I didn't have to deal with a lot of people and got to think a lot--think about where I wanted to go with everything.
Coming up, did you ever think snowboarding would be what it is now?
It was always a dream, I was always hopeful, but I never really expected it. I wasn't ever really trying that hard. I never had my heart set on it, that way I wasn't setting myself up for disappointment. I just wanted to have fun with it, and see how far it could take me as long as I loved it. It's going well now, I'm stoked on where I'm at for sure but I never really expected it or knew it was going to happen.
If snowboarding didn't happen what would you see yourself doing? Is there anything else, would you be going to school, painting houses?
Yeah I'm a painter by other profession I guess. I started on a crew when I was seventeen and I've painted off and on since then. I could run my own crew and everything, and I've done a few solo jobs. I know what I'm doing, and I'd probably be doing that for some income, but I'm sure I'd be going to school trying to figure out somewhere I could work within the industry because I love snowboarding, and as long as I can be a part of it I'm stoked.
Any last words or advice for the kids?
Keep doing what you're doing and see where it can take you. Don't try to hard. I was never the one sending out tons of sponsor me tapes, trying to talk to everybody I could and telling everybody how good I was. Keep having fun and if it takes you somewhere then big ups to you, but don't spend all your time worrying about who's looking at you or who's paying attention to you--take it easy and have fun with it.


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Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-militant leaders are to meet in the coming days amid threats of renewed violence in the oil-rich south.
Activists say the Nigerian government is not keeping the promises it made during an amnesty period last year and that the nation's southern region, which is home to Africa's biggest oil and gas industry, risks returning to violence.
More than 14,000 fighters accepted President Umaru Yar'Adua's unconditional pardon and disarmed. But the government was overwhelmed, resulting in delays in processing them and paying benefits. Now, disgruntled ex-militants are threatening to return to the creeks and resume attacks on the oil industry.
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, a native of the Niger Delta, is planning a meeting with key militants soon. But many in the delta region are calling for more action rather than talk. Ignatius Onwuemeke is a lawyer based in the Niger Delta city of Warri.
"Federal government should de-emphasize the issue of talk, talk, talk. We discuss, we talk, but it is not enough," said Onwuemeke. "Something practical should be done by way of being practical, being proactive. Let the things we have said before let them practicalize it."
Communities in the Niger Delta, a maze of creeks and rivers feeding into one of the world's biggest remaining areas of mangroves, are among Nigeria's poorest.
Experts say unless the real source of the problem is tackled, rebels will continue using the impoverished region as an excuse to continue their activities. A youth leader in the Niger Delta, Akpomujaga Oghe, talks about the grievances in the delta, particularly the widespread demand for more local control of oil.
"People of the Niger Delta have suffered too long. The youths of the Niger Delta want a change. We want true federalism. We want economic independence and autonomy for our people. We want fiscal federalism, we want the resources that we produce to benefit us. We want NNPC [Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation] to relocate its headquarters and those of the oil companies to the creeks. Let development come in there. Jobs will come for our boys. That is exactly what we want," explained Oghe.
Violence in the Niger Delta has subsided after years of attacks that sharply reduced oil output, but the security situation remains fragile.
The economy of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation of 140 million, is almost totally dependent on oil.


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Maturing Beckham could be primed for breakout
CHICAGO -- Trade rumors have circled around Gordon Beckham pretty much since the offseason following his first full Major League campaign back in 2010.
About the only difference now is that Beckham doesn't stand as quite the untouchable he was considered some four years ago.
CHICAGO -- Trade rumors have circled around Gordon Beckham pretty much since the offseason following his first full Major League campaign back in 2010.
About the only difference now is that Beckham doesn't stand as quite the untouchable he was considered some four years ago.
That idea doesn't have as much to do with Beckham's play as it does with the White Sox coming off a 99-loss 2013 season and pretty much listening to offers concerning any of their players as the reshaping process takes form. To be honest, it's not a topic where the 27-year-old second baseman places much thought.
For openers, Beckham is getting married this weekend, so the impending celebration of his nuptials supersedes any baseball commentary in the short term. Beckham also is situated in the best position to succeed since 2009, when he won the Players Choice Award for Rookie of the Year in the American League.
This story seemingly has become an annual one, where Beckham struggles to some extent and then talks about his encouragement going into the ensuing season. But Beckham's less frequent offensive misfires last year were brought about primarily by a fractured hamate bone in his left wrist, a second, unrelated left wrist problem after the All-Star break and a strained right quad that plagued him for the final six weeks.
If Beckham stays healthy in '14, the learning process brought about by past struggles could have him primed for that expected breakout campaign.
"You can't ever assume that it's just going to be good from here on out," Beckham told MLB.com during an end-of-season interview. "I definitely feel like I understand my swing better, I understand what it takes to be a big league baseball everyday player. I'll just keep progressing on that.
"What I've learned is pretty simple: It's just go play the game and let everything else take care of itself. You have to stay even keel. You can't live on the highs and the lows so much.
"As much as you want to in terms of the highs, you just can't," Beckham said. "You have to show up to play, and play every day like it's the first day of the season, and it's easier said than done."
Over 371 at-bats last season, Beckham hit .267 with an on-base percentage of .322, five homers and 24 RBIs. He missed time from April 10 to June 2 because of that hamate bone injury and hit just .240 in August and .210 in September/October as the quad malady took hold.
His offensive approach, featuring more of a crouch at the plate, has been consistent since the end of '12, with Beckham not changing what he's doing because of a rough patch. Now the results simply have to match the most comfortable Beckham has felt since joining the White Sox on June 4, 2009.
Of course, Beckham is a different person than he was as a rookie.
"Yeah, I think so," said Beckham when asked about his personal changes over the years. "I had a couple of years where I really scuffled. But I feel like I've kind of come full circle, kind of back to the player I was with a lot more knowledge.
"Definitely, that's a good thing. You have to go through some bad to understand how good doing well is. You know, I've definitely, I've run the gamut. I've played through it, so it can always happen again."
As MLB.com reported last week, the Toronto Blue Jays have interest in Beckham as they push for the 2014 playoffs and beyond. Beckham could help the White Sox as part of a trade that returns younger talent to strengthen the team's core, but making a rather safe assumption that Beckham stays, he would step into a leadership role.
Even if there is one more year in Chicago for Paul Konerko, the team's captain and a significant mentor to Beckham, the second baseman's White Sox tenure ranks only behind Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and John Danks. Having the spotlight pushed upon him in '09 has helped Beckham get a grip on that same front-and-center locale entering '14, not to mention studying how Konerko handled his role.
"I've been talking and learning from Paul for the last three of four years pretty much every day," Beckham said. "I feel like he's equipping me with the tools that I'm going to need to do that. But yeah, it's kind of funny that even though when I was younger, that's what I wanted. Now I understand what that takes.
"It's not just something to go out there and say, 'Hey, you are going to be a leader on this team.' You have to go out and earn it, and you have to be around long enough to understand how the game goes and be a positive influence on your younger teammates as well as your older teammates and keep bringing people up and never put people down. That's what being a leader is. It's always staying on top of things."
Staying on top of things could help Beckham play a central role in the White Sox return to competitiveness and start to cement his White Sox legacy. Beckham focuses upon practicing what he has learned.
"I don't want to play this game to be some sort of outside celebrity," Beckham said. "I want to be a baseball player and have people say that, whenever my career is over, 'He played the game the right way. He was a baseball player.'
"That's the biggest compliment anybody could give me. Hopefully, that's a long time from now. I don't need anything else besides the fact that people see I tried to do it the right way."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin.


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|2013-03-01, 19:08
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lol @ the foreigners attempting to do a psychological play in the beginning, they had me fooled at first too.
Shame glasses is deciding to step back and take the role of the coach and strategist. Its an important role, but it still a pretty big deal to not be able to take part in the national games. Not even one round.
|2013-03-01, 20:07
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The episode had the ironic effect of showing the true face of Japanese attitude towards foreigners. I know, of course, that no real harm was meant, that the insensitivity is unintentional but, truth be told, that's even worse — to be racist and not be aware of it. You can't begin to fix a problem when you don't even know there's one.
|2013-03-01, 20:20
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Duno, I didn't mind the foreigners part. they might have gone over board a bit but it was nothing drastic.
And to be honest Tsukube had a pretty normal reaction for a a tiny teenager who has never seen real, big black person before in his life. A lot of people react like this at first without being racist.
Tsukube was stuck in Japan his whole life where everyone are tiny. Seeing a foreigner is weird but seeing someone of opposite skin colour and twice your size can easily be scary. Heck, just big 2m tall person of same skin colour can be intimidating.
If Tsukube is to encounter black person few more times, he will be fine. Besides it seems like they have never really seen foreigners before so of course they will be surprised.
And it is not just Japanes thing, in every country foreigners are accepted differently by everyone. I'm originally from Latvia but live and study in UK now. Despite being on second course of Uni my tutor sometimes goes "You can write, right?" even though I already submitted 2 essays for him.
It is a bit annoying but it happens all the time and everywhere. People do make fun of us foreigners be it intentional or not. Being a foreigner is an unavoidable fact that will be picked on here and there.
What this episode did was a slight exaggeration of reality.
|2013-03-01, 20:20
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Really? Personally I can relate to the feeling. Mexico's non Latino/Native American population is exceedingly small and you don't get many chances to relate to ppl of other so-called-races. To the point that when I first came to the US I did find African American people to be scary. It was only after I came back years after and I had lived here for a few weeks that I got over that.
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|2013-03-01, 20:24
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As a black person, I didn't find it racist. I think it's a normal reaction from someone who lives in a largely homogeneous society with limited exposure to other ethnic/racial groups. Stereotypes and some ignorance are to be expected, but it isn't racist or done in spite. I did roll my eyes a bit though. Lol. Ultimately the big theme of this episode is how karuta can transcend these socially-constructed barriers.
|2013-03-01, 20:31
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Their reaction were so realistic it's scary xD
Down to the media being like "zomg foreigners liking Japanese things" lol.
To me this episode looked more like it was making fun of the way Japanese people often react to foreigners than stereotyping foreigners for the sake of stereotyping.
Chihaya's reaction was priceless, though. So happy for karuta haha xD
|2013-03-01, 21:43
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It sadly does reflect a culture that is too insular for their own good at times.
|2013-03-01, 21:46
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Lost in all the Gaijin business (I did cringe but I agree with Yume Hanabi that the joke was more on our protagonists reactions than the foreigners themselves) is the fact that it's actually Chihaya and not Taichi that shouted "1 card at a time" to refocus the team, that's quite significant (unless Chihaya did it before and I don't remember?)
edit:though I do want to get back to one point about the foreigner aspect that left me scratching my head,why the hell write a message in english when these guys have told you that english isn't their forte?
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|2013-03-01, 22:40
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I'm willing to make a distinction between intentional and unintentional racial/cultural stereotyping. In my mind, though, both are equally bad. The latter is particularly tricky, because the "offender" doesn't even know there is a problem.
I'll concede that this programme is made for domestic Japanese audiences. The feelings of foreigners watching such content just wasn't in the equation, and neither do I expect it to be. True, it's a realistic portrayal of Japanese insularity, but my point is that such insularity is not something to be proud of, let alone laugh about. Ignorance, very simply, shouldn't be an excuse.
But, all things considered, it's just a minor nitpick in an otherwise usual episode. I'll stop here lest I derail the thread.
|2013-03-01, 23:09
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Eh, I'm with Yume in that the show seemed more like it was poking fun at Japanese perceptions of foreigners. Part of what I found so funny about Tsukube's reaction is that the guy he was facing didn't look threatening at all.
The blond guy's little back story also clearly demonstrated the writer's awareness of the xenophobic reactions foreigner's may encounter in Japan.
|2013-03-01, 23:30
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I am kind of with the non-racist side of things. It was Chihaya's team's reaction that was being made fun of in my opinion. And I don't think the series was proud of Japanese insularity. The episode was about sharing Karuta with others, that you don't have to be Japanese to love and play the sport.
However what did stand out to me was Nishida calling them "not Japanese" I mean they obviously live in Japan all their lives but that is not considered Japanese....
Anyways as a tourist I had a good experience at Omi Jingu but I wonder what they thought of a tourist interested in karuta & Chihayafuru, but at least I was happy I was able to share that with a few people.
|2013-03-02, 00:51
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That was a very realistic example of how Japanese people, especially the high school level, reacts to foreigners. I'm not exactly sure how this is portrayed in a way that would make it any more racist than so much of what Hollywood has shown everyday. Besides, as others have mentioned, it is more poking fun at the Japanese people's reaction than at the foreigners themselves.
I was expecting an epic entrance by Arata, like he seemed like he was about to, then all of a sudden, Shinobu came in out of the blue. It freaked me out so much that I couldn't stop laughing for a few minutes. That scene was epic in its own respects.
I have a feeling Shinobu was stalking the grounds in hopes of pouncing Arata when she had the chance. I'm now concerned that Arata might not even make it inside to watch Chihaya and Taichi like he wanted to. Also, it is important to note that Arata wants to watch both Chihaya and Taichi, not just Chihaya. He wants to support and cheer on both of them.
|2013-03-02, 01:01
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Its expected of a homogenous society, and don't see anything surprising about it.
Unless you forcefully ship a bunch of black people to japan and flash forward 200 years or so, its not gonna change.
I liked the line I think Tsukube like "Even Japanese people don't like kurata"
I'm kind of following it mainly for the 'sport' aspect, and don't really care about the actual kurata game. (sorry chihaya) Probably the most dorky cultural hobby Japan has.
Good luck attempting to make the average american memorize 100 classic american/english poems and play it kurata style.
|2013-03-02, 02:36
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If you want to go there, what was really stereotypical was that the caucasians were blonds. It's not that common a hair color.
|2013-03-02, 03:18
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By the way, "everyone is tiny" is by no means an accurate statement about Japan, and anyone who's been here should know that. It's not true and it's certainly no justification for the way Tsukuba reacted, but I also agree there was no malice intended. The part that saddens me is really that the way the Mizusawa kids reacted isn't at all far-fetched - there's a xenophobic streak in this country that runs very deep, and has never really disappeared even in the age of globalization.
|2013-03-02, 04:14
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The initial laughs were merely to establish rapport with the viewership (as identified to be overwhelmingly Japanese), which was thereby leveraged into Nishida and Chihaya's call for the Mizusawa team's modus operandi regardless of opponent. That was the message I got from the game this episode.
The addition of Anthony's flashback sequence is probably further proof that comedy isn't the primary objective of this depiction anyway.
PS: It might've also said something when the depicted foreigners are only able to play this uniquely Japanese game in an international school.
PPS: Shinobu genuinely freaked me out.
|2013-03-02, 04:22
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You guys keep making the scene seem like some sort of intentional jab, but I never really got that impression from it. Yes, I genuinely believe the mangaka's end point here was to hamfist some sort of contrived message about accepting each other's cultures through a love for karuta. However, there is no attempt whatsoever here to understand the "foreigners," it is the foreigners who are for some reason are in love with the Japanese game of karuta.
This is of course all undermined by the unintentional, but very distasteful portrayal of the foreigners' behavior. It's insensitive and lacks understanding. Sure, the thought of bridging cultures is a nice one, but there was no bridging of cultures here to speak of. Just a bunch of racially insensitive buffoonery on display.
Not like I ever expected more from anime in general though.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The E! network says no decisions have been made about the future of "Fashion Police" in the wake of Joan Rivers' death.
The network said in a statement that its "mourning our beloved Joan, and will respond at a later date with further programming updates." Rivers' daughter, Melissa Rivers, is its executive producer.
Rivers died Thursday at 81 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. She was hospitalized Aug. 28 after going into cardiac arrest in a doctor's office following a routine procedure.
"She's been a much beloved member of the E! family for over 20 years and the world is less funny without her in it," the network said. "Today, our hearts are heavy knowing Joan will not be bounding through the doors."
E! previously said the long-running program, which normally airs new episodes on Fridays, will be on break for the next two weeks. In its place, the network plans to air two special programs focusing on New York Fashion Week.


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Sam Castle '14 spent the fall semester studying those familiar flashes of light that streak across the night sky - -- meteors! Castle conducted research on "shooting stars," as they are colloquially known, from late August through mid December as his job during an internship with NASA at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
Sam Castle explained that shooting stars are rocks floating through space that are captured by Earth's gravitational field and burn up at they fly through the atmosphere, yielding the characteristically bright and brief flash of light at approximately 75 to 50 miles above the Earth's surface, .
Castle said, "Most meteors we see are produced by surprisingly small particles with large kinetic energies because of their high speed -- sometimes as fast as 72 kilometers per second."
NASA has a network of eight cameras located in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and New Mexico that record meteors as they fall, and Castle studied the images and data they captured. "It was great," Castle said. "I came to work in the morning and the computer had collected great meteor data for me."
Castle's research project more specifically concerned meteors that exploded. "I studied whether or not it broke into millions of tiny pieces or big chunks, which helps us learn more about the structure of meteors," Castle explained. A meteor exploding into big chunks suggests a composition of stone or metal, whereas those that fragment into tiny pieces indicate a grainy composition of loosely held particles.
Castle was also studying meteoroids -- space rocks before they enter Earth's atmosphere. "Knowing meteoroid structure tells us something about the nature of the meteoroid's parent body, which may be a comet, asteroid, moon, or planet," said Castle. "Learning about the structure of meteoroids also tells us something about how they were formed."
Castle said the study of meteors and meteoroids is important to NASA's space program. "Even small meteoroids can wreak havoc on satellites or spacecraft," he said. "For the success and safety of missions, it is very important to study meteoroid shielding, and the probability of impacts."
Castle noted that NASA satellites Olympus and Chandra were both struck by meteoroids, and the collision with Olympus proved fatal.
Castle's work at NASA gained the attention of the "meteor community" of international scientists and astronomers. He said, "We studied a huge fireball seen over Scotland on September 21, 2012, which some thought 'bounced' and orbited around Earth before reentering the atmosphere over Canada. There was a big buzz in the meteor community when it happened. So another intern and I analyzed the video and determined that these were two separate meteors. The 'big dog' meteor experts agreed and told us 'good work!'"
Castle applied for an internship for the summer of 2012, but NASA offered him a fall internship instead. He was leading a backpacking trip for Davidson's summer Odyssey program when he got the news. "I told them 'that's great!' but I can't really talk right now. I have work to do."
Castle's found his job at NASA quite rewarding. "It was exciting to learn about our space program, meet the people involved and see the technology NASA is working on," he said. The internship gave him the opportunity to attend the Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium in Huntsville, which featured presentations by Todd May, manager of NASA's Space Launch System, and Paul Allen, cofounder of Microsoft. "I've never been around that many engineers in my life!" he said.
Castle's internship concluded following his final research presentation to NASA scientists.
Castle said the internship fed his growing love of physics, his major at Davidson. "I think it's important to learn about the universe that we live in," he explained. "Research in physics provides insight into big questions, like how did we end up on earth, how did the planets form, is there life on other planets?"
"I'm all for space exploration, I want go find the aliens!" Castle quipped. "I think they're out there, though the chances of finding them are slim."
After graduation, Castle would like to continue his work on space, possibly from an international perspective. "I'd like to learn more about Russia or China's space program, understand how they are different than NASA, and investigate how they can work better together," Castle said.


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I have been riding the the 8m Rise since December 18th. Since then Maui has had a series of small swells and extremely gusty conditions. By gusty I mean 5 to 45mph with rain squalls. In order to deal with these extreme conditions and make the most of the waves I have been riding a 6'8" swallow tail surfboard reinforced for kiting. The combination of the Rise and little larger board has allowed me to stay out longer, point higher and perform better than other riders most of whom are using 7.5 to 9m kites and slightly smaller boards down to 6'.
I must say that I could not be more stoked with a kite right out the bag than I am with the Rise. The set up is so quick and easy to set up with the one pump system. The details like the bridle end holders make keeping the bridles un tangled and easy grab. The bar is simple, effective and very safe. I tested it when riding unhooked as bar got ripped out of my hands. Being hooked into the cleat system worked perfectly, it was easy to uncleat it and relaunch quickly. I'm now using the D-Ring on the trim loop. It's easier to relaunch.
The kite is bomb proof as it has already taken a direct hit by 5' bowl and came out unscathed. The flying characteristic are so predictable that I have started taking even more chances in lighter winds. The kite looping is so tight and easy that I can throw a kite loop at will to get a little speed boost to out run a section then depower to stay in the critical part of the wave.
I have mostly been riding hooked as the wind has been so gusty. On 12/2/08 we had some slightly onshore conditions that steadied out the wind and made unhooking possible. With a quick depower at the cleat I could easily ride controlled and powered with no backward flying characteristics what so ever. I pulled in about 8" on the trim line to insure forward flight with good turning characteristics. I have been flying with the extensions on the kite lines to give the kite greater range and that has really helped in the lulls. Bar pressure is ideal. Jumping at will over whitewater is easy. Perfect super tight kite loops make adding power and speed as needed totally predictable.
On 3/13 & 14 we had one of the last sizable swells of the season. I met up with Richard Tampin an OR team rider wintering in Maui. We had an idea to get decent photo of two Rise kites on one wave. I figured it would be fairly easy. Wrong. The first day was just huge and closing out. We were the only fools going for it. On the second day the windsurfers were on the point so getting a good set wave was a challenge. In the end mission was accomplished and OR got a shot. We managed to pick off a few together and not cross lines. I did manage to get foam ball cover up that felt pretty good. Can't say enough about the range of this 8m. Pretty incredible.
Overall the kite is a top performer both hooked and unhooked. I can't wait to try the 12m. I wish I could have a 12m that weighed the same as the 8m. That truly would be a miracle kite. A 12m will probably be my main light wind kite with the 16 just for super light wind days. I know the 6'8" has something to do with my ability to outlast all the other riders on the gusty days but I give 90% of the credit to the kite. The bottom end of the kite is great and I haven't even felt the top end.
Photos below on my custom designed and built 6'4" thruster.
Aloha from Maui.
Age: 47
Weight: 205 lbs
Location: Maui USA
Level of kiting: Expert Waves
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Manchester Fire Prevention Parade won't be held this yearBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
October 03. 2013 8:43PM
MANCHESTER — Apparently not everyone loves a parade.
The Fire Prevention Parade won't take place this weekend, ending a decades-old tradition that had kicked off a week of activities to raise awareness around fire safety. Manchester Fire Chief James Burkush called off the parade, citing prior low attendance and the cost of the event.
Longtime supporters and organizers lamented the cancellation of the parade, in which dozens of fire trucks from around the state and region — some of them state-of-the-art, some antiques — rumbled down Elm Street with sirens blaring, accompanied by high school marching bands.
"I feel very hurt. It's another tradition going by the wayside," said Real Pinard, 84, who has long headed the fire prevention committee tasked with organizing the parade. "In terms of parades, (attendance) around the country is down."
Burkush said there will still be a fire prevention fair, complete with fire trucks, on Sunday, timed to coincide with the New Hampshire 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at the Brady Sullivan tower. The event will be held at the plaza, and a section of Elm Street will be closed.
"This is going to be a great event," Burkush said, noting that young people will still get to see the fire trucks and interact with firefighters, and that a pipes and drum corps will be on hand, along with the department's arson dog.
"The purpose of the parade is to draw attention to fire prevention, and this event has two core functions, fire prevention and remembrance of the events of September 11th," he said.
Burkush said he made the decision to cancel the parade due to a "significant drop in attendance," and he noted there were considerable expenses associated with it, including the cost for a police detail, transporting the high school bands and having portable toilets.
He estimated that the cost for the parade itself, not including the detail, was about $3,000.
In the past, those costs were largely covered by sponsors and business donations.
Mayor Ted Gatsas said he supported Burkush. "This was a decision the chief made. I don't try dictate what a department head should do," he said. "He felt obviously there wasn't a big turnout, and there weren't as many fire departments (participating)."
Ward 4 Alderman Jim Roy, a retired Manchester firefighter, also criticized the cancellation of the parade. He said he didn't think it was a good idea to combine the fire prevention fair with the 9/11 stair climb, in which firefighters will ascend and descend the Brady Sullivan tower to commemorate the firefighters killed on Sept. 11, 2001.
"I don't think a lot of people want to go down and see a bunch of sweaty firemen after they run down the stairs," said Roy, who in the past has organized the breakfast that preceded the muster and parade.
Pinard also questioned the appropriateness of combining the 9/11 event with the fire prevention fair.
"Personally, I think Chief Burksush should sit down and reflect a bit," Pinard said. "Maybe it's time for the people of Manchester to make changes."


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William Glackens
American, 1870–1938
At Mouquin's, 1905
Oil on canvas
122.4 × 92.1 cm (48 1/8 × 36 1/4 in.)
Signed, lower left: "W. Glackens"
Friends of American Art Collection, 1925.295
William Glackens—a member of an association of artists called the Eight—was at the center of avant-garde American painting at the turn of the twentieth century. Rejecting the academic standards of the influential National Academy of Design in New York, Glackens and his fellow urban realists focused unflinchingly on the city around them, vividly recording the street life and leisure activities they encountered. Mouquin's was a fashionable New York restaurant frequented by Glackens and artists of his circle. Combining portraiture with genre painting, he depicted the restaurateur James B. Moore sharing a drink with Jeanne-Louise Mouquin, the wife of the proprietor. The artist's wife, Edith, and Charles Fitzgerald, a local art critic and champion of Glackens's work, are reflected in the large wall mirror. Mouquin is the focal point of the composition; not only is her dress and cloak rendered with fluid, eye-catching brushstrokes, but her mysterious, abstracted gaze also creates an unresolved tension within the work. Perhaps Glackens intended to make a social commentary; many con-temporary writers maintained that anomie was one of the psychological consequences of rapid change in European and American cities. Criticized for its unabashed depiction of men and women drinking together, At Mouquin's suggests the pleasures and the perils of modern life.
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Tenth Annual Exhibition, Nov. 2, 1905-Jan. 1, 1906.
New York, Macbeth Galleries, The Eight, Feb. 3-15, 1908.
Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago Paintings by Eight American Artists, Sept. 8-Oct. 8, 1908; traveled to Detroit Institute of Arts, Dec. 1908, John Herron Art Institute of Indianapolis, Jan. 6-29, 1909, Cincinnati Art Museum, Feb. 8-28, 1909, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Mar. 5-31, 1909.
San Francisco, Department of Fine Arts, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, June 2-Sept. 6, 1915
Paris, Chambre Syndicale des Beaux Arts, Exhibition of American Art, June 9-July 5, 1924.
Art Institute of Chicago, Thirty-Eighth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, Oct. 29-Dec. 13, 1925.
New York City, Museum of Modern Art, American Painting and Sculpture 1862-1932, Oct. 31, 1932-Jan. 31, 1933.
Art Institute of Chicago, Century of Progress Exposition, June 1-Nov. 1, 1933.
Art Institute of Chicago, Century of Progress Exposition, June 1-Nov. 1, 1934.
Toledo Museum of Art, Twenty-Second Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, June 2-August 25, 1935, no. 21.
Hartford, Conn., Wadsworth Atheneum, American Painting and Sculpture of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Centuries, Jan. 29-Feb. 19, 1935.
Cleveland Museum of Art, American Painting from 1860 Until Today, 1937.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Two Hundred Years of American Painting, Jan. 15-Feb. 29, 1938.
New York City, Whitney Museum of American Art, William Glackens Memorial Exhibition, Dec. 14, 1938-Jan. 15, 1939.
Art Institute of Chicago, Half a Century of American Art, Nov. 16, 1939-Jan. 7, 1940.
Northampton, Mass., Smith College Museum of Art, Aspects of American Painting 1900-1940, June 12-22, 1940.
New York City, Whitney Museum of American Art, This is Our City, Mar. 11-Apr. 13, 1941.
Brooklyn Museum, The Eight, Nov. 24, 1943-Jan. 16, 1944.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Artists of the Philadelphia Press, Oct. 14-Nov. 18, 1945.
London, Tate Gallery, American Painting, June-July 1946.
New York City, Kraushaar Gallery, Paintings and Drawings by William Glackens, 1948-1949.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 75th Anniversary Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture by 75 Artists Associated with the Art Students Leagure of New York, 1951, cat. 27, ill.
New York, Wildenstein and Company, Landmarks of American Art 1670-1950, Feb. 26-Mar. 28, 1953.
New York Century Club, Mar. 31-May 30, 1954.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, One Hundred Fifieth Annual Exhibition, Jan. 15-Mar. 13, 1955.
Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, Fifty Paintings: 1905-1913, May 14-June 12, 1955.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, American Painting, 1955.
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute Museum of Art, Retrospective of Carnegie International Exhibitions, 1959.
Minneapolis Museum of Art, Four Centuries of American Art, Nov. 27, 1963-Jan. 19, 1964.
City Art Museum of St. Louis, William Glackens in Retrospective, 1966-1967; traveled to Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institute, New York City, Whitney Museum of American Art.
Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, The Eight, Sept. 12-Nov. 9, 1969.
New York City, National Academy of Design, Turn-of-the-Century America, June 30, 1977-May 28, 1978.
New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Painters of Modern Life: Impressionism and Realism, 1994-1995; traveled to Ft. Worth, Amon Carter Museum, Denver Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
New York City, Whitney Museum of American Art, The American Century: Art and Culture, 1999.
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Life's Pleasures: the Ashcan Artist's' Brush with Leisure, 1895-1925, August 2-October 28, 2007; traveled to New York Historical Society, November 18, 2007-February 10, 2008; Detroit Institute of Arts, March 2-May 25, 2008, New York and Detroit only.
Art Institute of Chicago, Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine, November 10, 2013-January 27, 2014; traveled to Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, February 22-May 18, 2014, cat. 18.
The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, William Glackens, February 23-June 1, 2014; traveled to Water Mill, New York, Parrish Art Museum, July 20-October 13, 2014; Philadelphia, Barnes Foundation, November 8, 2014-February 2, 2015 (Philadelphia only) cat. 45.
Publication History
Elizabeth Thompson Colleary, The WIlliam J. Glackens Collection in the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale (2014) pp. 30-33, ill.
Ownership History
C.W. Kraushaar Gallery, New York, by 1925; sold to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.


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Highlights: LA Galaxy 2 - 1 Whitecaps FC
LOS ANGELES, CA – Whitecaps FC (9W-6L-5D) fell to their first defeat in seven matches as they lost to LA Galaxy (10W-8L-3D) by a score of 2-1 at the StubHub Center on Saturday.
Camilo opened scoring with his 13th Major League Soccer goal of the season, maintaining his position as the league's leading scorer. But the Galaxy fought back and after a controversial equalizer from Jose Villarreal, rookie Gyasi Zardes scored the winner to deny Whitecaps FC points for the first time since June 8.
There was one change to the starting lineup as Russell Teibert returned to the starting XI for the first time since a 1-0 win against D.C. United on June 29, after representing Canada at the Gold Cup. Corey Hertzog dropped to the bench to accommodate Teibert's return while Young-Pyo Lee took part in his first away match since Whitecaps FC took on Seattle on June 8.
Whitecaps FC suffered an early scare as Marcelo Sarvas controlled a cross from the right flank in the second minute and put in a shot at the near post from close range. Goalkeeper Brad Knighton looked every bit the man in form as he got down well to deny the early chance.
Three minutes later, Villarreal got down the left wing and swung in a deep cross. Hector Jimenez powered a header past Knighton, but Brad Rusin read the situation perfectly and produced a brilliant clearance on the line as Vancouver rode their luck in the early stages.
Whitecaps FC lost the ball in midfield in the ninth minute with Jimenez taking the opportunity to drive forward, advancing towards the area. The midfielder set his sights and struck a powerful effort that cannoned back off the crossbar. The ball fell to Zardes, but the young striker couldn't get a shot on target from two attempts.
Another opportunity came the way of the rookie striker on 13 minutes as Todd Dunivant played it in to Zardes wide on the left. The rookie forward lined up an effort from a tight angle but Knighton got behind the shot to keep the ball out. Despite the early pressure, Whitecaps FC notched the first goal on 19 minutes as Lee pumped the ball forward towards Teibert. The young Canadian flicked the ball on to Camilo who stayed just onside, advanced on goal and kept his composure to finish under the advancing Carlo Cudicini.
LA Galaxy got an equalizer in controversial circumstances on 29 minutes when they won a free kick in Vancouver's half. The ball was played into the box and Omar Gonzalez headed back across goal. Villerreal bundled the ball home from close range, but initially the linesman and the referee disallowed the goal calling an offside. Moments later, the decision was reversed and the goal was awarded.
The teams went in at the break level at 1-1 but, after a quiet opening to the second half, LA Galaxy took the lead in the 57 minute. Zardes ran onto a long ball over the 'Caps defence and stopped the ball near the byline. The striker cut back past Rusin and buried a low effort past Knighton at the near post.
The Galaxy almost got a third in the 61st minute as they continued to press Vancouver. Villarreal collected the ball well outside the area and struck an ambitious shot that only just cleared Knighton's bar. With time running out for Whitecaps FC, substitute Kekuta Manneh stole the ball off Juninho in midfield and slid a perfect through ball beyond the Galaxy defence to Kenny Miller. The striker struck a low shot but Cudicini was able to keep the shot out.
In the second minute of added time, Whitecaps FC got a last chance to sneak a leveler when Camilo was fouled just outside the box. The Brazilian lined up the set piece and struck a powerful effort but the strike deflected off the wall and wide as LA Galaxy saw the match out.
Despite the result, a strong performance at the centre of defence including a last-ditch clearance in the first half earned Brad Rusin the Budweiser Man of the Match award.
After the trip to California, Whitecaps FC now return home to host former striker Sebastien Le Toux and Philadelphia Union at BC Place in the only meeting this season between the two sides. Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. PT at BC Place. Tickets are available at whitecapsfc.com/tickets.
Budweiser Man of the Match: Brad Rusin
Referee: Chris Penso
Attendance: 20,093
Scoring summary:
19' - VAN - Camilo (Russell Teibert, Young-Pyo Lee)
29' - LA - Jose Villarreal (Omar Gonzalez, Juninho)
57' - LA - Gyasi Zardes (Jose Villarreal)
Match Stats:
Shots: Vancouver 4 - LA 22
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 2 - LA 6
Saves: Vancouver 3 - LA 1
Fouls: Vancouver 8 - LA 14
Offsides: Vancouver 5 - LA 1
Corners: Vancouver 2 - LA 5
32' - VAN - Gershon Koffie
39' - VAN - Nigel Reo-Coker
51' - VAN - Jun Marques Davidson
72' - LA - Juninho
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
18.Brad Knighton; 12.Young-Pyo Lee (29.Tommy Heinemann 89'), 3.Brad Rusin, 16.Johnny Leveron, 2.Jordan Harvey; 13.Nigel Reo-Coker, 27.Jun Marques Davidson (23.Kekuta Manneh 62'), 28.Gershon Koffie; 31.Russell Teibert (14.Daigo Kobayashi 76'), 7.Camilo Sanvezzo, 9.Kenny Miller
Substitutes not used:
22.David Ousted, 8.Matt Watson, 26.Corey Hertzog, 32.Greg Klazura
LA Galaxy
1.Carlo Cudicini; 5.Sean Franklin, 4.Omar Gonzalez, 20.A.J DeLaGarza, 2.Todd Dunivant; 16.Hector Jimenez, 6.Pablo Mastroeni (25.Rafael Garcia 78'), 19.Juninho, 8.Marcelo Sarvas (26.Michael Stephens 70'); 33.Jose Villarreal (15.Laurent Courtois 86'), 29.Gyasi Zardes
Substitutes not used:
12.Brian Rowe, 21.Tommy Meyer, 35.Greg Cochrane, 32.Jack McBean