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Marine, The (UK - BD RB)
With Blu-ray, Scott McKenzie discovers that it is actually possible to polish a turd
WWE superstar John Cena is John Triton, a US marine who is discharged from his unit when he disobeys orders and kicks far too much ass for his superiors' liking. He struggles to adapt to civilian life, not even managing to hold down a security job for a day. John and his wife Kate decide to drive away into the country for no apparent reason and run into diamond thief Rome (Robert Patrick) and his trigger-happy henchmen, who are on the run from the cops. When his wife is kidnapped, there's only one man who can stop the bad guys...
You've probably detected from my tone in the paragraph above that I wasn't too keen on this movie. Before I really get going, I'd like to point out that while I'm not a wrestling fan by any means, I have nothing against those who do enjoy it. I am, however, a massive fan of movies of all genres and I do have a problem when filmmakers treat their target audience with such contempt that the end product leaves me awestruck at the sheer awfulness that I'm expected to sit back and enjoy.
Let me begin with the premise. The US army's best marine is discharged and struggles to adapt to civilian life. So far so good, but does his loving wife pick him up? No, she waits at home for him to arrive in a taxi. As someone who lives to fight, does he call up Blackwater the second he puts his clothes back on after greeting his wife? After all, he must have heard about them from his time in the armed forces. No, he somehow manages to instantly walk into a dead-end job as a security guard and screws up on his first day by throwing someone through a window. His wife then talks him into going away to nowhere in particular, but seeing as she doesn't seem to do anything during the day and he's just been fired, don't they have bills to pay? I'm getting angry now so I'll leave it there for the setup.
What becomes quite obvious to any active viewer is the fact that The Marine is constructed from nothing more than a formula that repeats itself ad nauseum. That formula is: John walks into somewhere, he has a fight, he manages to avoid dying when that place blows up, then he chases after the bad guys who've run away with his Mrs. If you like to see stuff blowing up with people diving out of the way, then this is definitely the movie for you, dear reader. However, if you like anything approximating acting, writing or logical sense, you've come to the wrong place.
The word 'acting' might be stretching it a bit to be honest. In his first movie, John Cena does his own stunts, which should be applauded, but his acting ability amounts to nothing more than standing still and saying lines very slowly. Kelly Carlson as his wife doesn't have much to work with so I'll let her off, but it's Robert Patrick who really steals the show. As the bad guy, he hams it up so much that this movie should come with the warning 'not suitable for vegetarians'. Rome is possibly the happiest bad guy I've ever seen in an action movie and Patrick's performance is so over-the-top that I wondered if he was part of a joke that no one else in the cast and crew were in on.
You can't make a good movie if you haven't got a good screenplay, and you can be damn sure that the makers of The Marine never got their hands on anything close to a good screenplay. There are so many things that make no sense that it's difficult to know where to start. The dialogue is little more than a greatest hits compilation of the cheesiest lines from every action movie from the eighties, but it's moments like the conversation between Rome and the man he's cutting out of a deal that show all logic has been abandoned. If someone was cutting you out of millions of dollars, would you stay on the line while the guy who's screwing you over takes another call to sort out his cable subscription? I thought not. And don't even get me started on the "black guys don't…" lines.
What became clear to me while watching The Marine is that it was made by idiots for idiots. Now, before all the fans of this movie start posting comments below, let me make myself clear. I'm not saying that people who enjoy this movie are idiots—it's definitely possible to appreciate this movie on at least one level—but I'm saying that the people who made this movie think their audience are idiots. With appalling dialogue, terrible acting and no logical sense whatsoever, the good people at WWE Films seem to think that all they have to do is stick one of their big names in front of explosions for and hour and a half and the fans will lap it up like the morons they obviously think they are.
Shown in 16:9 on this release, this movie feels like it was made for DVD and TV rather than the big screen. One of the advantages filmmakers had in the early days of Cinemascope was the ability to fit three characters in a medium widescreen shot. The problem with this movie is that John Cena is so huge 16:9 is needed just to fit him and his shoulders in the frame, so a wider picture would have been a better choice. The Marine is a colourful movie and this Blu-ray release does it justice from that perspective, although I detected a surprising amount of grain in certain scenes. It was nothing close to the worst regular DVDs, but I was expecting better from this Blu-ray release. That said, the picture is sharp, although Robert Patrick might not approve because I've never seen the wrinkles on his face in such detail before.
If you've already checked out the scores I've given this release, you may be forgiven for thinking the quality of the audio on this release if below-par. Not so—the quality of the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack is great (although I could only listen to the 1.5Mbps DTS 5.1 Core mix). Dialogue is clear and the huge numbers of explosions sound great through the surround speakers. The low score is due to the viewer's overall audio experience. The problem here is the background music and the way it changes whenever the director wants the viewer to feel a different way. It's so obvious and cynical that it really began to grate on me and the fact that it appeared to have been composed by an elevator musician does the movie no favours.
The main extra feature is an eleven-minute 'Making-of' featurette that contains the expected number of clips from the movie, interviews and behind-the-scenes footage. No one involved in the making of The Marine is under any illusion about the intellectual properties of their movie, with comments like 'it's a simple story with a lot of action', but unsurprisingly there are no apologies. Apart from the trailer, the rest of the extras amount to nothing more than promotional fluff about John Cena's wrestling career and WWE itself. It seems to me that clips from these featurettes would have been shown between fights on WWE TV shows and there's certainly a lot of duplication in the interviews. There're also short clips of the movie's world premiere to the marines at Camp Pendleton, which again falls under the 'promotional fluff' category.
I might go so far as to recommend watching The Marine as laughable after-the-pub trash if you catch it on TV while flicking through the channels, but the idea splashing out your hard-earned cash on this Blu-ray release is as daft as the movie itself. The movie looks and sounds okay but the presentation quality shouldn't be a deal-breaker here, nor should the slight set of extras. I can only recommend you stay well away, even if you're the biggest WWE fan in the world.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray edition.
Review by Scott McKenzie
Lincoln6Echo Member Join Date: August 2004 Location: United States Posts: 1,125
I DVR'ed this from HBO-HD one time, and I immediately erased it after seeing how pointless the movie was.
Quote: I'm not saying that people who enjoy this movie are idiots
A lot of them are though
A lot of them are though
At least the action scenes were cool.
It does make you wonder why they choose these s**tty titles for BD. There are tons of more deserving films that literally thousands of people are clamouring for, but Fox decides to ignore them. Hell, RoboCop was treated worse in terms of extras!
Chaos Engine Member Join Date: April 2006 Location: Anguilla Posts: 625
I hope other pointless retired wrestler turned action-star flicks don't start flooding the BR shelves, like Half Past Dead 2 &.. &... whatever. Or any DTV flick for that matter.
I wouldn't mind another one from Rowdy Roddy Piper though. That guy is always cool.
Mr.White Member Join Date: November 2005 Location: United States Posts: 143
They Live! Chris Johnson wrote: I wouldn't mind another one from Rowdy Roddy Piper though. That guy is always cool.
I'd totally get a blu-ray version of They Live !
I'd totally get a blu-ray version of They Live !
Aye, but that's a John Carpenter flick that just happens to star Piper. It wouldn't be half as good without Keith David and Buck Flower either.
Worst Nightmare Senior Member Join Date: July 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,716
You would almost think on the screen caps they should have put "Owned!" rather than Own It ......
Where would the world be without popcorn fluff?
Cheers for the review Scott.
Where would the world be without popcorn fluff?
Cheers for the review Scott.
scottmck Contributor Join Date: April 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 393
Worst Nightmare wrote: You would almost think on the screen caps they should have put "Owned!" rather than Own It ......
Where would the world be without popcorn fluff?
Cheers for the review Scott.
No problem. I've got reviews of much better Blu-ray releases on the way but I thought I'd "take one for the team" with my first
Where would the world be without popcorn fluff?
Cheers for the review Scott.
No problem. I've got reviews of much better Blu-ray releases on the way but I thought I'd "take one for the team" with my first
Chaos Engine Member Join Date: April 2006 Location: Anguilla Posts: 625
They Live! Mr.White wrote: Chris Johnson wrote: I wouldn't mind another one from Rowdy Roddy Piper though. That guy is always cool.
I'd totally get a blu-ray version of They Live !
Oh yeah? Watch 'Shepherd' with C Thomas Howell & then say that again! I'm still being treated for retina scarring.
I'd totally get a blu-ray version of They Live !
Oh yeah? Watch 'Shepherd' with C Thomas Howell & then say that again! I'm still being treated for retina scarring.
Dukefan Member Join Date: September 2007 Location: United States Posts: 19
I thought that this film was way better than The Condemned. And as for Piper, I think he does need to make more movies.
Dukefan wrote: I thought that this film was way better than The Condemned.
"Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever" was better than "The Condemned", which is saying a lot.
"Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever" was better than "The Condemned", which is saying a lot.
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 29th October 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD MA 5.1 English, DTS-HD MA 5.1 French, DTS-HD MA 5.1 German
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Extras: Making-of, John Cena Features, WWE Features, World Premiere at Camp Pendleton, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: John Bonito
Cast: John Cena, Robert Patrick, Kelly Carlson, Anthony Ray Parker, Abigail Bianca
Genre: Action and Thriller
Length: 90 minutes
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There seems to be a trend with VH1 reality love shows, a contestant wins the heart of the bachelor, only to have him never call or contact her again.
Well the finale of Frank The Entertainer In A Basement Affair aired tonight with Kerry Schwartz winning the heart of Frank The Entertainer aka Frank Maresca. The story however ended a little differently as Frank called Kerry 3 days after picking her to break up with her, letting her know he was still in love with his ex-girlfriend.
This was the same guy who mentioned several times on the show that he was looking for "true love." Evidently true love means a VH1 paycheck. Plus anyone else notice how he showed zero emotion over Felicia leaving? Perhaps that should have been a hint. In a new interview with VH1, Kerry talks about her heartbreak with Frank, the state of her friendship with Cathy, and what she hopes will happen in the future between her and Frank.
Excerpts from Kerry's interview is below –
What has your communication with Frank been like since the show?
When the show first ended, it was great for about three days. But then, Frank broke up with me because he said he wanted to give his ex-girlfriend another chance. I feel like Frank didn't really give me a chance at all. You know, I always wanted to make it work with Frank. We saw each other a few times after the show. It's really hard to hang out in a normal environment because you're constantly hiding from people and you have to keep it a secret, so we weren't allowed to go out in public places and hang out like normal people and have fun together. We were stuck in a hotel room whenever we hung out, and there's only so much you can do in a hotel room. I guess you can say we kept more of a phone relationship for a little while, but I started to give up on him being that he would always talk about how amazing his ex-girlfriend was, and I felt like he still wasn't over her. He told me all the time he's still in love with her mentally, whatever that means. I'm not really sure.
Have you talked to him recently?
We'd stopped talking for about two months, but yes. Frank and I still talk now, but we talk as friends. It's kind of hard for me to talk on the phone with Frank though, because I really liked Frank, I don't know about any of the other girls, but I did. He would just talk to me about hanging out with other girls in his hotel room and stuff like that, and I just didn't want to hear that. I tried to not speak with him anymore for a little while, because I felt like every time I spoke to him it would just hurt my feelings.
Are there hurt feelings, or any resentment?
There's no resentment, but I feel like Frank didn't really give me a chance. I feel like on the show he saw that I was trying so hard with all these crazy challenges and all these other girls. I think if any woman goes through all those things for a guy, that should prove something to them, but sometimes I feel like maybe I just wasn't enough for him.
Did competing on this show change your friendship with Cathy? You two came in as friends.
Before the show started, we made a pact that no matter what happened, we wouldn't let it affect our friendship. When I found out that Cathy slept with Frank, I was really disappointed in her, but at the same time I was like, OK I have to think about the situation that we're in. I thought about leaving for a second, but I thought I'd made it too far to leave. Cathy and I are really, really good friends. We've grown so much closer since the show is over. Frank actually didn't want me to talk to Cathy or any of the other girls after the show, but I absolutely fell in love with so many of the other girls on the show. I love so many of them. There's no way that I wouldn't keep in touch with them, so that's also like a really big issue. Cathy and I talk to each other every day. We see each other all the time, and she's just a really great person.
Do you really see yourself staying in touch with Frank?
At the end of the day, I'll always remain friends with Frank. I'm always here for him. We'll see what happens. I'm still talking to him, so we'll see what happens. I think I have a better relationship with Cathy right now than I do with Frank, though.
It also seems Kerry has gotten over her shyness as she posted some very sexy photos of herself on her facebook page. Some of the photos are below –


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The Hate Has To Stop
Ahah, I see what you did there...
May I say that I have never been sexually harassed by Flutter Shy but in such case I would in fact welcome it open arms.
inb4 ToastiestZombie and his paragraphs relating to the "brony" phenomena as a whole.
OT: I...don't have an opinion on the issue. I only just started watching the show the other night!
That's pretty despicable if that actually occurs, though.
People seem to keep missing the point of the original article. It's not about how much geek cred one has, people are totally fine with varying levels of interest.
It was about the posers who have no interest in the subject at all.
People still watch that show? More so over, girls actually watch that show? Everyone I knew who was or is a fan of MLP was a male between the ages of 16 and 33. But I can still see you what you did there.
I'm confused, can someone just give me the rundown on this? I heard MLP conventions were actually almost entirely male.
I am now tempted to show up at one of these things with a necklace of shrunken pony heads and a shirt that says "Voodoo is Magic."
I think I get it... though it seems to be making of of multiple things at the same time. Or possibly one thing that happened that exemplifies many things. >.>
Read my mind, that paragraph is the reason I entered this thread in the first place. I wonder how he will ruin OP this time...
All I can say is that man probably gave up a golden opportunity. Seriously, this is Twilight we're talking about.
almost makes me want to be a bronies if true. Nice one.
FYI yall make it on 9gag quite a bit lol
Wait, I'm horribly confused - I think I know whats going on, but then again; does this actually happen at the likes of Bronycon?
Why do people like this show again? I was basically forced to watch one of the episodes but this is even to weird for me.
I see the making of bronies showing up wearing bronies shirts to cons as either parody, or a sad misunderstanding of the comic's point.
Alas, I miss my geek-friends of the old days, females included.
Okay, the sarcasm levels in this comic are through the roof. And yes, Sexual Harassment Fluttershy is pretty much awesome. Although I think I read that fanfic.
Its called flutter rapist not even joking.
to answer this try reading this ( don't worry it's short)
I want girls to hit on me like that ;_;
I thought he had a club or some sort of bludgeon to smash all the little ponies in smug satisfaction. I imagine that is what I'd do if I somehow found myself at a Pony-con but the repulsion forces between me and social situations (esp cons after SDCC) is too great to have to worry about it.
Not quite sure if I understand the comic here, but I'll give it a try.
The comic is portraying what is apparently happening at Ponycons, except genderflipped. The text underneath is criticising the bloke in the article, except again flipping the genders when doing so. So... this is kinda an elaborate way of saying the article guy is a twatface who doesn't know what he's talking about.
If I just explained the joke, I will be so happy.
wow we got a bad-ass over here.
It's... really sad how little that surprises me. I've seen some things man.
I need to start going to more comic conventions, I thought there where mainly males attending.
While I have heard people speculate that bronies don't really like the show, they're only after the attention, I didn't think this was the sort of attention they meant.
I am beginning to suspect this entire comic may be fiction.
Um. The jungle of sarcasm here is a bit difficult to decipher, but I I'm almost positive I see what you did there. And if the "petty little tit" link is supposed to showing some sexist asshole you described....I think you should read the article much more carefully. Or, at all.
See? Pretty simple. Not all girls at "geek conventions" are attention seeking posers, not even most of them. He just has a problem with the ones who ARE.
I don't see the problem here.
And before this thread gets too much farther, I suppose I should drop a link to the local brony group.
Ohhh, I get it. That was vicious. Well done!
Oh my God CNN I hate that site. Brought my PC to a crawl until I manually killed Javascript. We're not all on i7s and Internet Explorer!
Also, comic: I don't get it. Like, really, no idea. Haha, sexual harassment is funny? Ironic commentary on some mad brony orgy or gang rape trend I missed? Feel free to explain, I apparently need small simple words.
The strangest thing I find in this particular comic strip isn't the cigar, the guy fleeing from 3 horny women (Granted, it's strangeness is probably in the fact that I wouldn't flee so quickly, if at all.), or how the Fluttershy one is into his "cutie mark" area.
The strangest thing is how the Twilight one (observant, huh?) said "He's only here for the ATTENTION," even though he was clearly avoiding attention. I guess women like these cannot tell a paradox when they speak one.
Maybe small ones, but the big ones, like Bronycon, were extremely diverse. There's many vids floating around.
For the Cons, I've seen a good number of females at these things. I kinda find it funny people think it's 100% male cons or something.
As for the comic, I'm confused what the message or what they were going for... :|
Well see I for one use to ironically embrace as it would make people angry to hilarious a degree Upon watching it further it grew on me and many other people. Take for example the /b/ rebellion after image macros of ponies started pop up mods start handing out bans skittles. which made those who hate ponies rejoice, where bronies came back with full force. Bronies magnged to beat the 4chan mods and anti-brony lurkers into submission. Which ended with us getting our own /mlp/ board. The actions of moderators actually made people who like the show stand up for it which is pretty cool.
I can say with 100% certainty that those people have no idea what they're talking about. At all.
Many props.
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Know What you Eat: Pineapple is Beneficial in the following condition :
- It is regulates the gland and found to be helpful in cases of goiter(enlargement of the thyroid gland).
- Dyspepsia (chronic digestive disturbance).
- Bronchitis (inflammation of the bronchial tubes.)
- Catarrh (secretions from mucous membranes).
- High Blood pressure.
- Arthritis (diseases of the joints)
- Fresh pineapple juice is also used in removing intestinal worms.
- Fresh pineapple juice has been used to combat diptheria and other infections of the throat or other parts of the body.
- Prevents nausea (includes morning sickness and motion sickness), Take 230 cc. of pineapple juice or papaya juice.
- Constipation
1 C Fresh Pineapple, diced small (canned pineapple can also be used)
2 C Fresh Ripe wine tomatoes
1 Onion, red or yellow
1/2 C Fresh Cilantro, chopped
3 small Indian green chili OR 1 jalapeno pepper,chopped
1/2 tsp red chili powder OR 1/4 tsp Black pepper powder
2 pinches of Sugar
Salt to taste
2 Tbsp Distilled Vinegar / fresh lime juice
2. Serve freshly made chunky pineapple salsa with your favourite chips.
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Monarchs sink IceCaps, 5-3Staff report
October 26. 2013 7:41PM
The Manchester Monarchs held off a St. John's comeback bid for a 5-3 win at Verizon Wireless Arena Saturday afternoon.
The Monarchs are now 6-1-3 for 15 points, most in the AHL. St. John's fell to 3-4-1.
The Monarchs play at Providence Friday night before returning home to host the Bruins in the back half of a home-and-home Saturday at 7 p.m. for Canadian Heritage Night.
Manchester led 4-0 after two periods, but the IceCaps began to climb back into the game 1:59 into the final frame when Brenden Kichton's wraparound beat Martin Jones to make it 4-1.
Andrew Gordon tipped home a shot from Londonderry's Ian O'Connor at 3:32 and Kael Mouillierat's power-play goal at 5:43 made it a game at 4-3.
But Tanner Pearson scored at 17:38 to give Manchester some breathing room and the Monarchs closed out the win.
Rookie Nick Shore scored his first pro goal at 1:37 of the second period to give Manchester a 1-0 lead and start a four-goal barrage.
Linden Vey sandwiched a power-play goal around two Tyler Toffoli scores and the Monarchs led 4-0.


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NEA-Together (Cranbrook, Kent)
Food Teachers Centre (Founder Louise Davies)
Tuesday, 26 September 2017 from 16:30 to 18:30 (BST)
Event Details
Food Teachers Centre Community is running simultaneous meetings around the country to support the release of GCSE NEA1 on 1st September. We want to bring teachers together locally to support their planning and understanding of NEA 1, to help clarify any issues and share good resources to use.
These events will take place in first two weeks of September, particularly on Saturday mornings 2nd and 9th Sept or Twilights. This is a new community style meeting, which is less formal and more self help than our training days or face to face events.
But there is something very exciting about the whole country of food teachers getting together during this time to help each other, so we hope that you can join us. We know that this is will great for your school results, your own CPD and networking.
NEA-Together Programme
The programme will include:
- Welcome and light refreshments
- A recorded or live presentation from Louise Davies, with essential tips on NEA 1
- Questions and Answers
- Planning NEA 1 - Working in groups for each board
NEA-Together Booking and Costs £15
A minimum donation of £15 (plus Eventbrite booking fee) will be requested to cover any costs, such as room hire, refreshments and managing the booking system. Donations from student teachers can be more flexible.
There are limited places at each venue and we advise to book early.
When & Where
Cranbrook School
Waterloo Rd
TN17 3JD Cranbrook
United Kingdom
Tuesday, 26 September 2017 from 16:30 to 18:30 (BST)
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FOOD TEACHERS CENTRE is a uk based self-help group founded by Louise T Davies in 2013 and supported by experienced associates. It provides a platform to exchange best practice, give advice and support to less experienced teachers, answering practical concerns and keeping them abreast of the latest curriculum changes. A one-stop shop for like-minded professionals who seek help and information. It is free to take part and is facilitated through a closed on-line group, safeguarding the conversations of the teaching staff.
The idea of a 'Teacher's Centre' is a response to the lack of local and national specialist support and diminishing Continuing Professional Development with the demise of local authority advisers ASTs, lead practitioners and supporting organisations.
The Centre utilises new technologies, not requiring a physical space in new times, but providing the same high quality service that our traditional teachers centres were recognised for.
The Food Teachers Centre is a place of
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If you would like to join the closed facebook group (you have to be a secondary food teacher and reply to a message sent to you to prove who you are)
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A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
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Well, i don't know how a server work, please explain me.
A server is a PC or a PC without mouse, monitor and other machines?
Does a simple PC can have a site on (like AO)? Or only a server can?
How i control a server?
If i've made a site and publish it on net, should i be connect on net everytime, to allow people to see it? Or they call and i only pick up the phone?
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With the finals around the corner and the summer break soon to follow, we will wrap up the HMC Scientific Computing Workshop Series for Spring 2015 with these three popular workshops:
- Essential MATLAB for Beginners (FULL)
April 30th at 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm in Aviation Room at Hoch-Shanahan Dining Commons
- R for Statistical Computing
May 7th at 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm in Aviation Room at Hoch-Shanahan Dining Commons
- Advanced MATLAB (for summer math/research students)
May 21st at 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm in Aviation Room at Hoch-Shanahan Dining Commons
All these workshops are digital badge-earning opportunities. All participants who finish their required work in and out of the workshop will be awarded a digital badge through HMC CIS Digital Badge program. For more information about digital badges, please see https://www.hmc.edu/cis/digital-badge/.
Seats are limited. So if you are interested, please register at http://bit.ly/scicompworshops-Spring2015.
Essential MATLAB for Beginners will cover the following topics:
- Basics of MATLAB Desktop — get to know about the MATLAB computing environment.
- Scripts and Functions — learn the basics of MATLAB scripts and functions and their differences.
- Data Import/Export — learn how to import external data and export MATLAB data for other applications.
- Basic Plots — draw basic 2d plots and learn the simple manipulation techniques.
- MATLAB Editor — know how to use the MATLAB editor for programming, debugging and publishing your MATLAB codes.
For the R for Statistical Computing workshop, you will learn:
- How to make use of RStudio IDE.
- How to work with Data (1): data types and objects.
- How to create plots: simple plotting methods.
- How to work with Data (2): Student's t tests (two-sample and one-sample) and normality test.
We will continue on the Advanced MATLAB workshop to learn:
- Advanced data structures: cells, structures, data types, and memory usage.
- Data import/export: tips and tricks to handle data import and export.
- Advanced use of functions: subfunctions, nested functions, anonymous functions, and function handles.
- Debugger and profiler: ways to debug and profile MATLAB functions.
- Performance considerations: memory allocation, vectorization, and parallelization.
- GUI using GUIDE: A quick introduction to MATLAB GUI Development Environment (only when time permits).
Any questions? Contact Jeho Park at email@example.com.


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William Friedkin in the Mix to Direct True Detective's Second Season
The newest name in the maybe-mix for the second season of HBO's True Detective—the details of which are still being kept fiercely under wraps—is Exorcist and French Connection director William Friedkin.
Friedkin recently spoke to Indiewire, who asked whether he would ever consider directing the series. Turns out he would and, in fact, he is!
"I am considering it." said Friedkin. "I like this writer [Nic Pizzolatto] very much. I've met him, and he's the real deal as far as I'm concerned. Now, all the new seasons are different so I'm not committed—this new season has nothing to do with the last one. Except for him and his sensibility, which I think is extraordinary."
When pushed to confirm whether or not he was being seriously considered—or seriously considering—the job of directing the second season, he pulled back a bit:
"I'm… I can't say much more at this time. But I'm a fan of his writing, even though this will not be a continuation of what was done before with [Matthew] McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. So what you can say is I'm a huge fan of his writing, I've met with him, I like him, I like the direction he's taking with this."
And that's that. Personally, I am still holding out for Amy Sherman-Palladino directing Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham, but Friedkin would be good, too!
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they will not file charges against a deputy U.S. marshal who shot and killed a defendant during a federal court trial in Salt Lake City, authorities said.
The case was closed after the Department of Justice reviewed it and declined to prosecute, FBI officials said in a statement late Monday.
The FBI added it will not release the name of the marshal involved because "it serves no legitimate public interest."
Authorities said 25-year-old defendant Siale Angilau got out of his seat, grabbed a pen and rushed a witness "in an aggressive, threatening manner" during his trial April 21.
The deputy fired four shots, all of which hit Angilau, who later died at a hospital. Nobody else was injured.
About 30 minutes after the shooting, U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell brought the attorneys back into the courtroom and declared a mistrial.
Officials said Angilau and the witness he rushed, Vaiola Tenifa, were members of the same Tongan Crip gang.
Angilau was one of 17 people named in a 2010 indictment accusing Tongan Crip members of assault, conspiracy, robbery and weapons offenses. He was the last defendant in the case to stand trial, with previous defendants being sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison.


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Toyota Motor Corp. appears poised to regain its position as the world's largest automaker, a remarkable turnaround after years of safety recalls, huge federal fines and the Japanese earthquake last year.
In short order, surging sales have put that all in the rearview mirror.
Toyota is likely to sell 9.7 million vehicles this year, surpassing second-place General Motors Co. by more than 1 million vehicles and setting a record for annual auto sales. That's generating huge profits, with earnings tripling in the latest quarter to $3.2 billion and sales surging almost 20% compared with a year earlier.
The U.S. — where Toyota's reputation suffered most through the recalls — is now a cash cow. Through the first 10 months of the year, the Japanese automaker sold more than 1.7 million cars and trucks in the country, a 30% gain and more than double the industry growth rate.
"Toyota has done some smart things," said Rebecca Lindland, an analyst with IHS Automotive. "They have concentrated a lot of time and effort on the U.S., which is incredibly important because they make so much money here."


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sempaispellcheck wrote:La Tour Eiffel = the Eiffel (not Eifle ) Tower.
Flapcake wrote:the rest of the world known it as Eiffel tower
sempaispellcheck wrote:Most English speakers (particularly Americans) will eventually (and I hope soon) have to realize that the rest of the world will not speak English simply because they're too lazy to learn another language.
cairnswk wrote:Also, you have the Juillet Column in the Place de la Bastille...while i recognise the Bastille no longer stands wouldn't it be more appropriate for an image of the Bastilleto appear there, rather than a monument celebrating the occassion and date. Or at least a floor plan image of the Bastille.
cairnswk wrote:sempaispellcheck, i hope this will go somewhere graphically...i have to say it is not looking too good at present imho. I am sorry to be blunt. i don't like the oriental characters whatever they represent, and for such a huge city like Paris, i think something more/better could have been made of the arrondissements (districts including the outer porte ones), quartiers (quaters e.g. Latin), rive droite (right bank) and rive gauche (left bank) towards the gameplay.
sempaispellcheck wrote:Don't worry, koontz - I speak French fluently. In fact, I just got back from Paris in January - was studying there for a semester.
koontz1973 wrote:You lucky lucky bastard.
koontz1973 wrote:Getting fresh eyes onto the map, giving ideas and feedback in general is always good.
koontz1973 wrote:Your Chinese character has to go though for your sig. Bung your name onto the map with the character behind it. Sort of like cairnswk butterfly.
ComposerNate wrote:Conservez le en Francais. Si quelques idiotes ne recognisent pas l'image de la Tour, ils n'ont pas l'intelligence a comprendre les mots anglais!
ComposerNate wrote:I like the Japanese and squiggle, as long as it's smaller, at the bottom, and your actual username is there too.
ComposerNate wrote:I would agree with Cairns that something more could be done with the arrondissements, but it would make a very large map, which you don't want to do as a first time mapmaker. Maybe this one could be Paris mini and you eventually do Paris maximum or something.
ComposerNate wrote:I also agree with whoever said the metro lines don't do much. They would be more strategic if there were more overall territs (maybe in Paris maximum) so they could connect faraway places like in NYC.
sempaispellcheck wrote:Meme si c'est un peu evident que tu n'es pas un vrai francophone.
sempaispellcheck wrote:ComposerNate wrote:I also agree with whoever said the metro lines don't do much. They would be more strategic if there were more overall territs (maybe in Paris maximum) so they could connect faraway places like in NYC.
What if I just had 3 stations on each metro line? Ligne 1 would have stations at l'Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, and Vincennes, and Ligne 4 would have stations at Sacre-Cœur, Montparnasse or Montsouris, and Louvre. Would that work?
What do you think? How can I make it better?
What do you think?
How can I make it better?
koontz1973 wrote:sempai, [moved] back for you.
koontz1973 wrote:sempai, the following may sound harsh but please remember, I am here to help and even though my words may sound harsh, everything is going to help you in the end.
koontz1973 wrote:It looks like crap.
koontz1973 wrote:Here are a few things you can do very quickly to make this map look a 100 times better very quickly.
Remove the tabac sign.
koontz1973 wrote:Make the cartoon fill the whole corner. In fact, that cartoon is the only thing that works. Look at it and use it...the colours are nice so replace the ones you have on the map with these.
koontz1973 wrote:Map texture, remove it and replace it with a paper one all over the map. Here is one you can use. Just copy and paste, tile it so it fits everywhere.
koontz1973 wrote:Using the paper and the colours from the cartoon will give you a map that looks a lot better.
koontz1973 wrote:Territ lines. The lines for the territs are nice and thin and work. The ones around the bonus areas are huge and horrible. Go back and redo them. I do not know what settings you used for the territ lines but you need to copy that but make the lines slightly thicker.
koontz1973 wrote:Title. Here is a font for you to use. http://www.dafont.com/boingo.font?fpp=50 That will make the title a lot better.
koontz1973 wrote:Map itself. Move the two bonuses south of the river down to make the river a lot wider. Notre Dame can then get drawn bigger so the name and star fit inside the territ.
koontz1973 wrote:Lose the metros. A paris metro map is being made now and it adds nothing to this one apart from confusion.
koontz1973 wrote:sempai, as I said, some harsh words here, but it is all meant in a way to help you. Please do not be offended and we can get this ready to move to the next level together.
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Praise be to Allaah, I have memorized 98 of the names of Allaah, and I hope that you can believe what you are reading, because I cannot find more than 98 names in the dhikrs for morning and evening. I asked some colleagues at work whose knowledge of Islam I trust, and I could not get a definitive answer from them. I hope that you could do me the honour of sending to me all the beautiful names of Allaah, and that you can tell me of the attributes of Allaah which are not regarded as being among those names, so that I can benefit others and dispel this widespread mistake.
Knowledge of the names and attributes of Allaah is of major importance in the life of the Muslim. Through them the Muslim may come to know about his Creator, may He be exalted, and through this knowledge he may attain all aspects of Tawheed.
In the answer to question no. 4043 we have explained the importance of knowing the names of Allaah, may He be exalted. Please refer to this question.
The names of Allaah are not limited to a specific number. There is a saheeh report from which some people understand that Allaah has only ninety-nine names. This report was narrated bu al-Bukhaari (2736) and Muslim (2677) from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him), and says that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Allaah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one. Whoever learns them will enter Paradise."
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) narrated that the scholars were unanimously agreed that the names of Allaah are not limited to this number. In the answer to question no. 41003 we have quoted the evidence that they cannot be limited to this number, as well as the comments of the scholars refuting those who say that the names of Allaah are limited to this number.
In the answer to question no. 48964 you will find a detailed discussion of the guidelines concerning the names that may correctly be applied to Allaah, may He be exalted.
The hadeeth which is narrated by al-Tirmidhi, listing these ninety-nine names is a da'eef (weak) hadeeth. It was classed as da'eef by Imam al-Tirmidhi (may Allaah have mercy on him) himself and others.
Al-Tirmidhi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said, after narrating the hadeeth:
This is a ghareeb hadeeth (i.e., it is weak, as is the apparent meaning of his words here). It was narrated to us by more than one person from Safwaan ibn Saalih, but we only know of it through Safwaan ibn Saalih, and he is thiqah (trustworthy) according to the scholars of hadeeth. This hadeeth was also narrated by more than one person from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet , but in many reports we do not know of any saheeh isnaad mentioning the names except this hadeeth. Adam ibn Abi Iyaas narrated this hadeeth with another isnaad from Abu Hurayrah from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), in which he mentioned the names of Allaah, but its isnaad is not saheeh.
Sunan al-Tirmidhi, 5/530 – 532
The hadeeth was also classed as da'eef by al-Haafiz ibn Hajr in al-Talkhees al-Habeer, 4/172. He also narrated that Ibn Hazm, al-Bayhaqi and others classed it as da'eef.
And it was classed as da'eef by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) in Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 22/482.
Many scholars have striven to derive the names of Allaah from the Qur'aan and Sunnah. One of these scholars is Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen, in his book al-Qawaa'id al-Muthla fi Sifaat Illaahi wa Asmaa'ihi'l-Husna. In this book he lists the names of Allaah in the Qur'aan and Sunnah according to his findings. You can find these names in his book by clicking on the following link:
With regard to the attributes of Allaah, may He be exalted, they are more than can be listed here. In the answer to question no. 39803 we have discussed this matter in more detail. Please refer to this question.
In the book mentioned above, Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) has discussed some useful principles concerning the attributes of Allaah, may He be exalted, which you will find by clicking on the following link:
With regard to striving to learn them according to what is narrated in the Qur'aan and Sunnah, some scholars have striven to list the attributes that are mentioned in the Qur'aan and Sunnah. One of the best books that have been written on this topic is the book of Shaykh 'Alawi ibn 'Abd al-Qaadir al-Saqqaaf: Sifaat Allaah 'azza wa jall al-Waaridah fi'l-Kitaab wa'l-Sunnah. You can read this book on his site by clicking on the following link:
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UPDATED: Subcommittee trims gas tax increase from 15 cents to 12 cents over 3 yearsBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
March 19. 2013 7:12PM
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 11-7 on party lines Tuesday to cut the proposed 15-cent gas hike to 12 cents over three years.
The revised gas tax would increase 4 cents in each of the next three fiscal years for gasoline and 2 cents over the next six fiscal years for diesel fuel.
Proponents of House Bill 617 said the money is needed to fix the state's crumbling highways and bridges, which have fallen further and further in disrepair since the tax was last increased in 1991.
But opponents argued the increase is too much and comes at the wrong time, affecting those least able to afford it.
The prime sponsor of the bill, House Public Works and Highways Committee Chair David Campbell, D-Nashua, called the vote a reasonable compromise that makes the bill stronger.
"It works and it's probably more politically appealing to the members," he said. "This will stop the crisis and start us moving in the right direction."
Committee member Rep. Laurie Campbell, R-Bedford, said the "whopping tax increase" comes at the wrong time, with the struggling economy.
"When you raise a tax, all prices go up not just gasoline," she said. "Further burdening our business community and forcing our consumers to pay more at the pump is a step in the wrong direction."
Other Republicans on the committee said they were nervous about the size of the increase. They suggested a two-year increase to fix the highway system and then see how much progress has been made.
"I just know if you throw a lot of money at government," said Rep. Patrick Abrami, R-Stratham, "it all doesn't get spent wisely."
But committee vice chair Patricia Lovejoy, D-Stratham, objected, saying the Department of Transportation has done a good job of spending the money very efficiently.
"You cannot maintain roads in 2013 on the rates of 1991," she said, noting the state does not control many costs such as asphalt, which has increased 450 percent since 1991.
Last week after two-and-a-half hours of debate, the House voted 207-163 to approve House Bill 617, which at 15 cents a gallon would raise $980 million over the next 10 years.
The proposal for a 12-cent increase would raise $633.8 million over 10 years.
The bill would provide $183 million for cities and towns to fix their roads and bridges and $110 million of the $130 million needed to take care of the state's red listed bridges.
The plan would also cover the cost of the final phase of the Interstate-93 expansion project from Manchester to Salem.
Dropping the tax from 15 to 12 cents would eliminate money to add projects to the state's 10-year highway improvement plan.
Earlier in a subcommittee meeting, two amendments were defeated. One would have stopped the diversion of highway fund money adding about $75 million a year for roads and bridges. The proposal came from former House speaker Bill O'Brien, R-Mont Vernon.
The other amendment the subcommittee rejected would have reduced the increase to 4 cents next year and 3 cents the year after.
The subcommittee did approve reducing the tax from 15 to 12 cents. "This is not getting us every where we need to be," said Lovejoy, "but it gets us a lot closer."
The proposed bill adopted by the committee includes a commission to study alternatives to the gas tax, due to the greater efficiency of automobiles and the growing popularity of alternative fuel vehicles.
A similar committee met last year but ended before any recommendations were made.
The bill, which is expected to face an uphill battle in the Senate, will be voted on by the House next week.


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Space to Work: Kids' Workspaces to Inspire
We hope you're not actually laboring on Labor Day, but if you are an important area of your home to spruce up this time of year is your child's workspace. Get their school year off to an organized start with an inviting, functional space to hunker down for studying, writing or doing artwork.
Every child needs a spot, in their bedroom or elsewhere in the house, where they can work - whether that work is assigned schoolwork or penning the next great American novel. A workspace can be as sparse and uncluttered as a plain desk and chair or it can be filled with tools and implements close at hand.
Let them help decide what their workspace looks like. Above are fifteen examples to help you get started.
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SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Discovery Undocks From Space Station* 5 November 2007 Image Above: The space shuttle Discovery as seen from the International Space Station after undocking. Image credit: NASA TV :TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html Discovery undocked from the International Space Station at 5:32 a.m. EST as they flew over the South Pacific. STS-120 Pilot George Zamka backed the orbiter about 400 feet from the station and performed a fly-around to allow crew members to collect video and imagery of the station in its new configuration. He completed the final separation engine burn at 7:15 a.m. Later in the day, shuttle crew members will use the shuttle robot arm and the 50-foot long Orbiter Boom Sensor System to conduct a late inspection of the thermal protection system. The crew will spend Tuesday preparing for landing. Discovery's first landing opportunity is at 1:02 p.m. Wednesday at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. During its stay at the station, which began Oct. 25, the STS-120 crew continued the on-orbit construction of the station with the installation of the Harmony Node 2 module and the relocation of the P6 truss. The crew installed Harmony Oct. 26 and did four spacewalks at the station. During the third spacewalk, the crew installed the P6 truss and solar array pair in its permanent location outboard of the port truss. The fourth spacewalk was changed during the mission so that the crew could repair a torn solar array on the P6 truss. Following the successful repair work, the crew was able to fully deploy the solar array. Discovery also delivered a new station crew member, Flight Engineer Daniel Tani. He replaced astronaut Clayton Anderson. Anderson arrived at the station in June with STS-117. ---- Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex
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Internet scam targets E-ZPass usersBy DALE VINCENT
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 16. 2014 8:22PM
CONCORD — If you have received what appears to be an email from E-ZPass, saying you owe a missed toll, do not click on the link in the email.
It's an Internet "phishing" expedition by scammers trying to fool people into giving out their bank account numbers.
The phony emails are even going to people who don't have E-ZPass accounts. That's because they don't come from E-ZPass, which never sends emails about tolls missed. Those invoices come via snail mail, through the U.S. Postal Service.
New Hampshire Transportation Department spokesman Bill Boynton said Wednesday that he's been hearing about such emails, that are awkwardly worded, for several weeks, and and there is a warning about them on the NH E-ZPass website.
But Boynton said the scammers aren't limiting themselves to Granite State residents. "It appears to be widespread," he said, with his department hearing from other states. An Internet inquiry for "E-ZPass scam" brings up stories from just about every state where E-ZPass is used.
One of the Granite Staters who received such an email, Stanley Chapman, said it looked official, with the recognizable purple and black E-ZPass logo. It said:
"Dear customer,
You have not paid for driving on a toll road. This invoice is sent repeatedly,
"Please service your debt in the shortest possible time.
The invoice can be downloaded here."
The word "here" was a link, which Chapman did not open. He was immediately suspicious, because he couldn't imagine how he could have done so since he keeps his account up to date.
He was also suspicious because of the return email: ft.parsons.edu. He called the NH E-ZPass toll-free number and found out the email was a scam.
The key to safety is not clicking on the "here," which can enable the scammers to load malware onto your computer and ultimately access a bank account.
Chapman said he could understand how someone could have found his email. "It must be floating out there," he said, but he wanted to be sure the scammers hadn't hacked a server somewhere and were able to access his bank account.
Boynton said: "It's not specific to E-ZPass customers." He said scammers send out many emails, not worrying about whether the recipients are actual customers, because they only need a few people to be gullible and click on the link. "They will try any and all angles," he said, to net a few victims.
But he said it's not like the situation when hackers breached retail companies' servers. "There's no suggestion that the (E-ZPass) systems have been compromised," he said.


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Following a weather-shortened, ninth-place showing at last weekend's Nittany Lion Invitational in State College, PA, the Yale women's golf team is on the road again, this time to Greenville, N.C. for the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate, hosted by East Carolina University.
The 20-team field is perhaps the toughest the Bulldogs will face all fall, featuring ten teams ranked in the Golfweek Top 100 (Yale is currently 129th). Among those teams are fellow Ancient-Eighters Penn (138th), and the field's highest-ranked squad will be Georgia State (55) followed by the host Pirates (59).
The Bulldogs' success pivots around the play of their dynamic sophomore duo, "Sun and Moon," who have been an integral part of the Yale corps since their arrival on campus last fall. Sophomore Seo Hee Moon was last year's unanimous Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Year, while her classmate Sun Gyoung Park was an equally as crucial component of Coach Chawwadee Rompothong '00's team, particularly during the Ivy League Championships and the NCAA Regionals.
Joining those two in the ranks of the underclassmen this year are three strong freshmen Shreya Ghei, Marika Liu and Caroline Rouse. Ghei posted a strong round of 76 in last week's second round, catapulting her to a top-fifty finish.
Also crucial will be junior Alex Lipa and senior captain Lily Boettcher, both of whom were in action last week. Lipa's second-round 75 was the Bulldogs' best of the day and put her into a tie with Moon for Yale's best overall performance last weekend.
The Bulldogs have two tournaments remaining on their fall schedule – the trip to Lady Pirate Invite and the Harvard Invitational, which will take place next weekend.


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WearDuino Shows That Open Source Devices Are a Key Plank in Personal Health
Andy Oram is an editor at O'Reilly Media, a highly respected book publisher and technology information provider. An employee of the company since 1992, Andy currently specializes in open source, software engineering, and health IT, but his editorial output has ranged from a legal guide covering intellectual property to a graphic novel about teenage hackers. His articles have appeared often on EMR & EHR and other blogs in the health IT space. Andy also writes often for O'Reilly's Radar site (http://oreilly.com/) and other publications on policy issues related to the Internet and on trends affecting technical innovation and its effects on society. Print publications where his work has appeared include The Economist, Communications of the ACM, Copyright World, the Journal of Information Technology & Politics, Vanguardia Dossier, and Internet Law and Business. Conferences where he has presented talks include O'Reilly's Open Source Convention, FISL (Brazil), FOSDEM, and DebConf.
New devices are democratizing health. We see it not only in the array or wearable fitness gear that an estimated 21 percent of Americans own (and that some actually wear), but also in innovative uses for mobile phones (such as testing vision in regions that lack doctors or checking athletes for concussions) and now in low-cost devices that are often open source hardware and software. Recent examples of the latter include the eyeSelfie, which lets a non-professional take an image of his retina, and the WearDuino, a general-purpose personal device that is the focus of this article.
WearDuino is the brainchild of Mark Leavitt, a medical internist who turned to technology (as have so many doctors pursuing visions of radical reform in health care). I ran into Leavitt at the 2015 Open Source convention, where he also described his work briefly in a video interview.
Leavitt's goal is to produce a useful platform that satisfies two key criteria for innovation: low-cost and open. Although some of the functions of the WearDuino resembles devices on the market, you can take apart the WearDuino, muck with it, and enhance it in ways those closed platforms don't allow.
Traits and Uses of WearDuino
Technically, the device has simple components found everywhere, but is primed for expansion. A small Bluetooth radio module provides the processing, and as the device's name indicates, it supports the Arduino programming language. To keep power consumption low there's no WiFi, and the device can run on a cheap coin cell battery for several months under normal use.
Out of the box, the WearDuino could be an excellent fitness device. Whereas most commercial fitness wearables collect their data through an accelerometer, the WearDuino has an accelerometer (which can measure motion), a gyroscope (which is useful for more complex measurements as people twist and turn), and a magnetometer (which acts as a compass). This kind of three-part device is often called a "9-degree of freedom sensor," because each of those three measurements is taken in three dimensions.
When you want more from the device, such as measuring heartbeat, muscle activity, joint flexing, or eye motion, a board can be added to one of the Arduino's 7 digital I/O pins. Leavitt said that one user experimented with a device that lets a parent know when to change a baby's diaper, through an added moisture detector.
Benefits of an Open Architecture
Proprietary device manufacturers often cite safety reasons for keeping their devices closed. But Leavitt believes that openness is quite safe through most phases of data use in health. Throughout the stages of collecting data, visualizing the relationships, and drawing insights, Leavitt believes people should be trusted with any technologies they want. (I am not sure these activities are so benign–if one comes up with an incorrect insight it could lead you to dangerous behavior.) It is only when you get to giving drugs or other medical treatments that the normal restrictions to professional clinicians makes sense.
Whatever safety may adhere to keeping devices closed, there can be no justification on the side of the user for keeping the data closed. And yet proprietary device manufacturers play games with the user's data (and not just games for health). Leavitt, for instance, who wears a fitness monitor, says he can programmatically download a daily summary of his footsteps, but not the exact amounts taken at different parts of the day.
The game is that device manufacturers cannot recoup the costs of making and selling the devices through the price of the device alone. Therefore, they keep hold of users' data and monetize it through marketing, special services, and other uses.
Leavitt doesn't have a business plan yet. Instead, in classic open source practice, he is building community. Where he lives in Portland, Oregon a number of programmers and medical personnel have shown interest. The key to the WearDuino project is not the features of the device, but whether it succeeds in encouraging an ecosystem of useful personal monitors around it.


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TOKYO (AP) — Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, got a firsthand look Wednesday inside the Japanese nuclear plant devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Kennedy, wearing a yellow helmet and a white protective suit with her last name emblazoned on it, toured the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant for about three hours with her son, Jack Schlossberg.
The plant was damaged beyond repair by the disaster, and continues to be plagued by leaks of radioactive water. Decommissioning the reactors is expected to take decades.
"It's very hard to visualize and understand the complexity of the challenge when you just read about it, so this was a very informative visit," Kennedy told reporters after the tour. She expressed her gratitude to "those who are working here every day and to those who showed us around."
Kennedy visited the Unit 4 reactor building, and the control room for reactors 1 and 2. A guide explained how events unfolded in the control room on March 11, 2011. The reactors shut down after the earthquake, and the operators initially felt the situation was safe. Then the tsunami came, knocking out power to the cooling systems. Eventually, three of the reactor cores would melt down.
Schlossberg, who is 21, said, "I hope my peers, my generation in the United States will keep Fukushima in mind and understand that there is still work to be done and we can all do something to help."


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[ They envision a better Amherst — Page 2 Library forgives you — Page 3 O a-> O o O IO X X r CO H H C <J\ O o 3 X CP < X M cr m m (/) a— C/5 2> O 3> t-l < o imherst News-Times V) o o arch 25, 1998 Amherst, Ohio 50 cents E <, gas station robber gets caught on film w h1 IILLER reporter Kurt Bradley's past and his newly acquired desire to rob people caught up with up him on March 19. Bradley, 35, of Lorain, was arraign^ in a Cleveland federal court for robbing the PremierBank branch at 938 N. Leavitt Road on St. Patrick's Day. He also is due to appear in Lorain County Common Pleas Court for robbing the Marathon service station at Rt. 58 and Cooper Foster Park Road on Feb. 21. During lhat robbery, the suspect made a female attendant lie on the floor in a rear office while he made liis (.-scape. Bradley managed to elude police until he robbed a Shell gasoline station at Cooper Foster Park and Middle Ridge Roads in Lorain March 19, according to police. Although he escaped, his car was spotted castbound on 1-90 by Avon police. Officers lost it in traffic aflcr a high speed chase along the high way into Lakewood. It was there that Bradley managed to speed away as pursuing officers slowed clown to avoid a possible accident in a hazardous construction area. Fortunately his vehicle was seen .again about three hours later by I akewootl police. This time he didn't gel away, not that he would have eluded Amherst police much longer any way, according to lieutenant Lonnic Dillon. Amherst police knew who he was prior to his alleged March 19 holdup thanks to a hidden PremierBank camera and Bradley's past. The bank robbery occurred about 40 minutes after the bank opened March 17. Still photos from the bank tape Higgins gets a little recognition as teacher by GLEN MILLER News-Times reporter Mayor John Higgins can best he described as a politician, administrator, negotiator and planner. But on March 16, the day before his 62nd birthday, he took on an infrequent role — that of teacher and lecturer. He also identified himself. As city council prepared for its bimonthly committee meetings, he stepped before a group of 15 Marion L. Steele High School government students to explain the function of council and its committees. The students, sophomores and juniors, had been assigned lo observe a council meeting and write a report on what they saw and learned on local government. The meeting was shorter lhan most. It was over in about an hour and went smoothly. "He likes talking to students. He's even been asked lo speak in classes, although he doesn't always have the time," his secretary Sally Cornwell explained. Higgins stepped forward prior to the start of the finance committee meeting to explain what was about to take place and why. Then the finance committee started, during which Higgins spoke and answered several council member's questions about issues. Occasionally, there are breaks between the end of one committee meeting and the scheduled start of another. It was then when Higgins and a few council members took time to answer any questions. He didn't pause or hesitate when answering questions until he was startled by a girl's comment. He had just finished explaining who each council member was and whal their committee functions were when the teenager said, "Yeah, I know who they all arc, but where's the mayor and where's he been all this time?" Dumbfounded, Higgins and several astounded council members roared in laughter. Even though Higgins has a namcplaic wilh the word Mayor John Higgins gives Marion L. Steele ttiyiractiool students a lesson in local govern ment during a break in city council committee ^meetings. Although she was impressed with *WSJtt!ffMTedge, one student didn't know who he was. mayor" on it at his council seat, she apparently never saw il or heard him identified as "mayor" John Higgins. 11 was hard for him to keep a straight face until council's executive committee was called to begin its meeting. Council member David Kukucka added to the jovial moment, saying to Higgins, "Oh, and while you'er at il, don't forget to take out the trash, too." "I guess he had to identify me in some way, bul a well-dressed janitor I am not," Higgins quipped. "But then again, at home...well, it's different." Following the meeting, the mayor said he has spoken in the schools six times since he has been mayor and tries to meet with students at city hall whenever possible. "Its one of the pleasurable duties of this job," he explained. "They're very interested in government, how things happen and me and my job, so I try to reci- procate and help them with projects." • City offers trade to property owner for tower land A Middle Ridge Road property owner may receive free access to city utilities in lieu of a water line tap-in fee as part of a deal for land needed for a new city water tower. The deal has to be approved by city council but has been tentatively worked out between the city and the unidentified property owner. It will allow the city to build a 100-foot water tower to provirJe adequate water pressure on the city's south and wesl sides. The tower will hold one million gallons of water and cost an estimated $1 million to build. Despite a recent general 75-ceni increase in water rates, mayor John Higgins said the cily probably will have to sell bonds io help pay for the project. A storage facility for the city utilities department also is expected to be built on aboul 1.5 acres needed for the projret. "We haven't finalized things yet, but we have discussed where it will be, how we will get io it and what utilities will be provided," he explain«sd. A second Middle Ridge Road property owner has been approached in the hopes another ileal can be worked out for pipeline installation. Use of the land would shorten the length of the pipeline from the water, thereby culling the cost, he added. The lower will be located be- iweeii Pyle—S. Amhersi Road and S. Lake Street. The cily cunently Iras a water lower near the Nordson Corpo- ration lhal may be temporarily shul down for repairs and painting, later this year. It needs a second on the south side because of differences in water pressure caused by changes in elevation. The water tower will take about a year to build once the agreement is finalized, approved by council and bonds are sold. "It's going to lake a lol of engineering work, but it's something we need and have needed for some time," the mayor said. Higgins explained the city has some of the highest and lowest elevations in Lorain County. These differences cause problems in water pressure lhat can be equalized by the construction of the proposed water lower. A detention pond also is needed to hold rain water. The water would be slowly let out of the pond thereby preventing flooding of Beaver Creek during heavy or prolonged rains. Plans call for it to be at least 250 feel wide. She's spotted it Jenny the Datamation uses her sense ot smell to check out a lost glove someone stuck on a post at Maude Neiding Park while her owner, Jack Gilgenbach, looks on. Gilgenbach said Jenny usually takes him for a walk every day, rain or shine. were made and distributed to surrounding police departments. A Lorain police officer recognized him as a former high school classmate and police began tracking him down. According to police, Bradley walked to the bank and handed a teller a note demanding money in CONTINUED on page 2 CHIP $$ to aid downtown business by GLEN MILLER News-Times reporter Part of a proposed $400,000 Community Housing Improvement Project (CHIP) grant will be used to make downtown Amherst more livable and hopefully add shoppers to the business district. Pending the approval of state development officials, some of the grant will be used to renovate apartments located downtown, mainly those that are in the second and third floors of businesses. An ordinance supporting the grant and its use was endorsed by city council's finance committee March 16 and was expected to be presented to the full council Monday. By creating more usable living space, mayor John Higgins said he hopes the grant will he\p bolster the number of people who may shop in the main business district. "The idea is to have more people shop some of the downtown businesses," he explained. "Having more people live there is part of the trick because it will be convenient for them." The CHIP grant allows the money to be used at the city's discretion as long as il will improve people's living conditions. This is the second year in a row the city has applied for the grant. Last year's application was turned down by a slate review board because it lacked enough detail. This year the city has hired Lakewood planning consultant Al Zalina to help write the grant so it meets government specifications. Zalina also will oversee the grant if it is awarded. CHIP grants are federal funds administered and awarded by the state. An undetermined portion of Amherst's grant will be set side to assist low income senior citizens repair or renovate their homes. The city expects lo learn if it receives the grant in about six months. If it does, it probably will apply for additional grants in the future, Higgins said. Parking has been a major stumbling block to attracting more business to downtown for several years. About 40 to 50 additional parking spaces may be added under a proposal unveiled by Higgins last week. As developed with the help of council member Terry Traster, it calls for adding eight parallel parking spaces and at least 30 diagonal spaces on Tenney Avenue between S. Main Street and Mill Avenue. Parallel parking would be located on the south side of Tenney Avenue along the Conrail tracks. Aboul 15 diagonal spares could be located on the south side of the street near the corner of Church Street and an additional seven on the north side adjacent to the Church Street Bar and Grill. About another dozen may be located on the east side of Church Street across the street from the restaurant and bar. Others would be on both sides of Tenney Avenue immediately east of Church Street. The diagonal spaces can be created by reducing the width of sidewalks from eight to four fret and reducing the size of a small park to be built al the southwest corner of CONTINUED on peg* 2
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Sunday, 5 June 2011
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Zumba, and you do it behind protective screens in a full body suit.
I haven't actually done any zumba-ing yet, of course. Possibly after the first two lessons I may be rendered unable to type due to sprained knuckle joints - but, as yet I am blase and full of hope that doing the zumba (I have still to attain the correct terminology - is it a verb? Do I zumba, or do I do zumba? Does it have a past participle? Do I need a past participle to be able to do it? I've got double-jointed elbows if that's any use...)
I understand that I get to look like this after a fortnight, or my money back. Or she might have been pointing at the picture of the walrus on the other noticeboard, I wasn't really paying attention.
And here I find my true dilemma - what does one wear to Zumba? In the picture they're all wearing little vesty-top things, well, I can tell you here and now, they're not getting me in one of those, not if I'm going to be ...doing whatever it is one does when one zumbas. And particularly not if there are going to be other people present - I can just picture the scene; there I am strutting my funky thing, when the whole class comes to a standstill muttering 'is the human body supposed to move like that?' whilst watching my torso perform its own version of a Mexican Wave. No. I shall search out shops which sell Zumba-Armour, chin to groin protection wear in some kind of non-mobile fabric. Possibly some kind of plastic body-cast. They'll thank me for it in the end.
And then the lower half. Pert as my bottom might be (and it is, trust me on that), it still has the capability to look like a waterbed being delivered if forced to move at more than natural speed. Perhaps the Zumba-Armour (I'm still not one hundred per cent convinced that zumba isn't going to turn out to be some kind of martial art) could have some kind of extension put on round the back? Like an Everest conservatory for the bum? Purely for the protection of the other zumbaists (zumba-istas? Zumba-doers?), because in those tiny trousers the girls are wearing in the picture I would appear to be one constant column of movement, and I fear for the flooring...
There are other concerns too. Like my congenital inability to tell my left from my right, my innate clumsiness, the fact that my hair leads an independant life and only makes occasional contact with my scalp and my elbows, which are like two pre-sharpened pencil points. Perhaps I will be doomed to zumba solo, whilst my instructor hides behind protective screens, watching me on a video monitor and shouting instructions through a radio-mike. I think a lead apron might help too.
Either my instructor wears this or I do. Not sure which. Although I think I look fabulous in silver... I don't know about the shoes though.
So I shall keep you posted. Although it may be from a hospital bed, imbibing liquids only. Or it may be from a sea-lion colony on the Falkland Islands...
11 comments:
- Chris Stovell said...
Jane, if you need a silver suit buddy I'm here. Although I warn you, it could be a dangerous combo as I'm hopelessly lacking in grace and co-ordination. You are a braver woman than I am!
- 5 June 2011 at 10:12
- Elizabeth Currie said...
My sympathies. Co-ordination (or lack thereof) has always been a problem for me too. Way back in the mists of time as a small child I got left wandering aimlessly in the midst of a 'chain' country dance, feeling (& looking) stupid. Years later my inability to instinctively sort left from right in karate during the 'combinations' decided me to back out (blaming my knees, also a problem). But you'd look stunning in the silver suit; although actually I think you should probably opt for those pink stiletto boots of a few blogs back; or even the rubber underwear? Or both? Go for it; be the Zumba dancing queen! Also, it should be some really good research you can store away for a future novel!
- 5 June 2011 at 10:58
- Dizzy C said...
Enjoy the Zumba classes.
You are much braver than me....I bought Zumba on the Wii and practise behind closed doors and curtains. :)
It is fun, but I just wish the ads would show normal looking women taking part. I, for one, at 42 never looked like the girls in Zumba gear!
- 5 June 2011 at 13:57
- Jane Lovering said...
Come, you may all join me in the silver suits of Zumba! I am sure that we will all look, as promised, like Beyonce in only a matter of weeks.
- 5 June 2011 at 16:01
- Writer Pat Newcombe said...
Sooooo funny! Sorry for laughing but - silver suits!! Your powers of descripton are brilliant - I had a great mental picture!!!
- 5 June 2011 at 16:07
- Ranae Rose said...
Thought of trying Zumba once as they had a free class at my gym, but decided that my participation would probably be too dangerous to myself and others nearby. I think I'll just stick to sports like martial arts where if I hit someone I can pretend that I did it on purpose and nobody will make a fuss. LOL
- 5 June 2011 at 16:34
- Talli Roland said...
You're a brave woman, Jane. I'd rather give up wine than Zumba. I admire your courage!
- 5 June 2011 at 16:57
- Margaret James said...
If anyone can make me look like Beyonce, I will eat a hat made out of any material they care to mention:-)
- 5 June 2011 at 17:11
- Revjackal said...
Didn't Jerry Seinfeld once claim that one day in the future, we would all wear silver jump suits, to do away with the need to worry about what to wear? I would like mine in beige, I think.
- 5 June 2011 at 18:15
- Flowerpot said...
Well done Jane - can't wait to hear how it goes!!
- 7 June 2011 at 15:06
- LindyLouMac in Italy said...
Thanks now I actually know what zumba is :)
- 13 June 2011 at 20:18


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