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i personally support it, by finding the KGB Felix Dzerzhinsky greatly improved state scurrility both inside the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and abroad (their jurisdiction was only domestic, but they kept the internationally influential people safe at night) a dedicated defender of both the Revolution and all the Soviet peoples what do you think of this news?
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Colonization Of The Solar System
This thread is for discussing the colonization of the solar system, mainly focusing on Mars and the Moon since they are the most relevant.
Main topics include transportation, industry, agriculture, economics, civil engineering, energy production and distribution, habitation, ethics and politics.
First order of business, our glories tech messiah Elon Musk has set his eyes on Mars:
Reason stated? Because being a interplanetary species beats being a single planetary species.
How does he plan to do this?
By sending two cargo ships by 2022 to Mars for surveying and building basic infrastructure, then two years later in 2024 sending 4 ships, two cargo ships and two crewed ships to start the colonization. First thing would be to build fuel refineries and expanding infrastructure to support more ships, then starting to mine and build industry.
This could mark a new era in human history, a second colonization era, this time without the genocides. The economic potentials are incredible, a single asteroid could easily support the entire earths gold, silver and platinum production for a decade. The moon holds a lot of valuable Helium 3, which right now is worth 12 000 dollars per kilogram! Helium is a excellent material for nuclear reactors.
Speaking about the moon, several companies have set their eyes on the moon, and for good reason.
In my opinion, the moon has the possibility of becoming a mayor trade hub for the solar system. Why is this? Simply put, the earth has a few pesky things called gravity, atmosphere and environmentalists. This makes launching rockets off the moon much cheaper. The moon could even have a space elevator with current technology! If we consider Elon Musk's plan to travel to Mars, then the Moon should be able to supply cheaper fuel and spaceship parts to space, to then be sent to Mars. The Moon is also rich in minerals that have not sunk to the core yet, and also has a huge amount of rare earth metals, which demands are rapidly increasing. Simply put, the Moon would end up as a large exporter to both the earth and potentially Mars. Importing from earth would almost always be more expensive compared to a industrialized Moon.
Now how would we go about colonizing the moon? Honestly, in concept it is quite simple.When considering locations, the South pole seems like the best candidate. This is because of it's constant sun spots, which could give 24 hour solar power to the colony and give constant sunlight to plants without huge power usage. The south pole also contain dark spots which contains large amount of frozen water, which would be used to sustain the agriculture and to make rocket fuel. It is true that the equator has the largest amounts of Helium 3 and the best location for rocket launches. However, with the lack of constant sunlight and frequent solar winds and meteor impacts, makes to unsuited for initial colonization. If the SpaceX's BFR successes, then it would be the main means of transporting materials to the moon until infrastructure is properly developed. Later a heavy lifter would replace it when transporting goods to and from the lunar surface, and specialized cargo ship for trans portion between the Moon, Earth and Mars. A space elevator would reduce prices further in the future. Most likely, a trade station would be set up in CIS lunar space and Earth orbit which would house large fuel tanks and be able to hold the cargo from cargo ships and heavy lifters. Sun ports would be designated depending on their amount of sunlight. Year around sunlight spots would be dedicated to solar panels and agriculture. Varying sun spots would be used for storage, landing pads and in general everything. Dark spots would be designated to mining to extract its valuable water. Power production would be inistially almost purely solar, with some back up and smoothing out generators. Later nuclear reactors would take over, but serve as a secondary backup energy source.
The plan:
If we can assume the BFR is a success, then we have roughly 150 ton of payload to work with per spaceship. The first spaceship would contain a satellite to survey colonization spot. Everything would be robotic at first. Several robots capable of building a LZ for future ships, mining of the lunar surface for making solar panels for energy production, then mining and refinement for fuel for future expeditions. The lunar colony would be based underground, room and pillar mining would be used to cheaply create room that is also shielded from radiation and surface hazards. Copying the mighty tech priest, a second ship would come with people and more equipment. With this more large scale mining and ore refinement would be started. Eventually beginning to manufacturing their own goods. Routinely BFRs would supply the colony with special equipment like electronics, special minerals and advanced equipment and food until the agricultural sector can support the colony. The colony would start to export Helium 3 and rocket fuel, as well as spacecraft parts and scientific materials. Eventually becoming self sustaining, it would stop importing food and equipment, manufacturing it all themselves to save costs.
I am not the best in agriculture, so if some knowledge people could teach us here about closed loop farming, or some way of cultivating the lunar soil. Feel free to do so.
I found a article here about the composition of the lunar soil and the use for it's main components:
In short, the moon has large amounts of oxygen, silicon, aluminum, calcium, iron, magnesium and titanium in it's soil.
How do we refine them? By doing this.
Aluminum could be used for most kinds of wiring to requiring high conductivity to density ratio. Meaning power lines, building cables and such. Aluminum is not very suited for building structures on the surface because of the varying temperatures causing it to expand and contract. Iron or steel is better suited here. Aluminum could however be used in underground structures where temperatures are more stable. Aluminum would also most likely end up as the main lunar rocket fuel. Yes, aluminum as rocket fuel. Just look at things like ALICE, or Aluminum-oxygen. Aluminum-oxygen would probably win out since ALICE uses water, which would be prioritized for the BFRs, since I am pretty sure they are not multi-fuel.
More on aluminum rocket fuel here:
Believe it or not, but calcium is actually a excellent conductor, about 12% better than copper. So why do we not use it on earth? Because it has a tendency to spontaneously combust in the atmosphere. In a vacuum however, this does not pose a problem. I does however need to be coated in a material so it does not deteriorate. This makes it suited for "outdoor" products and compact electrical systems like electric motors. Yes, a calcium electric motor.
Lastly, a few articles about colonizing the moon:
NASA article about production of solar panels on the moon:
Map over the south pole:
Feel free to spam the thread with news regarding colonization.
By Khand-e
Like I said a couple days ago actually, I said I thought it was very likely that Ma Ying-Jeou would lose the next election as he and his administration are very unpopular, and I guess it turned out to be true, also, aside from being the first female president, She's also the second candidate to win under the Democratic Progressive Party as opposed to the more traditonal Kuomintang which has held it for 5 (arguably 6) terms. and her party has also won a majority in the legislative Yuan, which is actually a pretty significant swing.
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I thought it was disgraceful we had a thread on Russian race cars, and other cars, but not one on American muscle cars and race cars, IE the best cars.
Over the weekend I'll put a little write up on the GTO and why it kicked off the musclecar, and why the Mustang was an overrated econo box for girls until the 67 model, more akin to a nova then a truly great car like a Pontiac GTO.
My thoughts on why the muscle car era was teh awesome.
The reason 64 to 73 was one of the most interesting era for American cars, is they went a little nuts on how much power they started putting into cars, and all the GM brands for the most part still had their own engine types.
The birth of the muscle car era started in 1964 when John Delorean, Jim Wangers and Pete Estes snuck the GTO option on the 64 mid-size Pontiac Tempest/Lemans platform that was based on GM A-Body platform. There were a few reasons it had to be snuck in, all mainly the fault of GM head executives being stodge old fogies. They had come up with two policies that caused boring cars. The first was their decision to pull out of any GM sponsored racing and the ban on developing performance parts. They also had a ban on putting motors bigger than 330 cubic inches in mid-size cars.
The sad thing is GM had a thriving race scene and a set of dealers and race teams using their products. Pontiac and Chevrolet in particular had really bumped up their market share through their winning race teams. They were doing crazy stuff like Swiss cheesing frames, producing aluminum front ends (hoods, fenders, bumpers), and producing multi carb manifolds and there's more I'm sure I'm forgetting. Then BAM, in the span of weeks GM killed it all off in 63.
The heart of GTO option on the Lemans was the 389 cubic inch V8 used in Pontiac full size cars. The V8 was rated a 325 horsepower. The biggest V8 the car came with normally was the 326. The GTO option also included the choice of a close ratio four speed Muncie transmission, and heavy duty suspension and brakes. It could also include Pontiacs Safe-T-track limited slip differential with gear ratio choices of 3.23, 3.55, 3.90, 4.10, and if I recall right, 4.56. The name was strait up ripped off from Ferrari, by Delorean. You could also order the package with triple carburetors, also known as tri-power, and it upped the engines horsepower to 335.
GM and Pontiac found out about it, but Wangers had gone out and showed the car to some big dealers in the Detroit area and they already had big orders so GM corporate, and Pontiac let it be produced, the general manager told Delorean he would have the last laugh because there was no way they could even sell the 5000 that had been authorized, and Pontiac would have to eat the loss on inventory they couldn't sell, and it would be his ass. It sold more than 32,000 units, as a really un advertised option, so Delorean and Estes won the day, and the ban on big engines in mid size cars was lifted, and the GTO became its own model, still based on the Lemans/tempest platform, but with no small engine choices.
The other GM brands caught up with their own special models in 1965, Chevrolet with the SS 396 Chevelle, Oldsmobile with the 442, and Buick with the GS. GM still put a size restriction on motors and their A-Body mid-size models, but it was now 400 cubic inches, and all the brands had motors that could be grown well past this and already had been and were used in the full-size car lines. Even this restriction would be pulled in 1970 because other major brands were stuffing huge motors in mid and even the newer smaller cars and GM was losing out.
Ford and Chrysler and even AMC didn't just sit back and watch GM reap the reward, Ford had come out with their 'Pony' car the Mustang, in 1964, and it was also a huge success, but it was no performance car, even with the top of the line V8 option, a GTO would eat it alive, handing and acceleration wise. Ford also had mid-size cars with large V8 options, but none that had been packaged like the GTO and they were light on good large V8s in the early 60s, plus their mid-size cars were ugly as hell. The Mustang would grow into its own later in the 60s, in particular, when Carol Shelby started playing with them. They never had a great mid-size muscle car that wasn't ugly though.
Chrysler had cars that could be considered muscle cars, but before 68 they were all so ugly, no one but weirdos drove them. They did have some very powerful engine combos, and they really hit the scene hard with the introduction of the cheap as hell but big engine powered Plymouth Road-Runner in 1968, you could buy a very fast Road-Runner for a lot less than you could even a base model GTO. For a classier Chrysler they had their Plymouth GTX line, and Dodge had their beautiful Charger. The Cuda got an update in 1970, so it wasn't really really ugly anymore, and the same platform was used to give Dodge the Challenger. These cars fit more into the pony car scheme though. The main point is Chrysler produced ugly cars until 1968.
GM would jump into the pony car scene in 1967 with the introduction of the first gen F-body. Chevrolet got the Camaro, and Pontiac got the Firebird. These cars were introduced with engine options up to 400 cubic inches, though, when they got a 396, or 400, they were slightly detuned so the mid-size cars still had an 'advantage', there was just a little tab that restricted the secondaries on the quadrajet carb.
The whole thing came crashing down and by 1973, the muscle car was all but dead, and the US car industry was in a slump it would not recover from until the late 80s, also when the muscle car returned in a weird way with the Buick Gran National. While it lasted the muscle-car era produced some iconic cars, and some very rare but interesting ones. Most of them looked pretty damn cool though, and by now, they are very rare to see as daily driven cars. They exist; I pass a 68 SS Camaro all the time. Now even a base model muscle car or pony car that's rusted all to hell can be more then 8 to 10 grand, and you will spend triple that making it into a nice car.
1970 was probably the peak year, and some very powerful cars came out that year and that year only. Chevrolet offered the SS Chevelle with the LS6 454, pumping out 450 HP. Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac all had very high horsepower 455 cubic inch V8s in the GSX, 442, and GTO models. Government safety restrictions, smog restrictions that required a lot of crap to be added to the engines, and high insurance prices all worked to kill these cars, and the final straw was the gas crisis. The US Auto industry was a barren waste land unless you liked trucks, until about 1986.
The cars never lost popularity though, but their worth has fluctuated a lot. You could buy just about anything in the late 70s and early 80s, and you could gate rare stuff a low prices, but by the late 80s the collectors had started getting into muscle cars and the prices went crazy. No, unless you want to spend a lot of money, you're not going to be driving around a classic car from that era. On the upside, the aftermarket parts scene has gotten so extensive, you can build a 1968 Camaro, or 1970 Chevelle almost from scratch, since the body shell and just about all the body panels are being produced. You're looking at about 14 grand just for the body shell of a 1970 Chevelle, from there you looking at a huge chunk of change to build it all the way, but it could be done. I suspect they are used to put a very rare, but totaled cars back into shape.
It's nice to be helping with the restoration of one of these cars, without being tied to the cost. I can have fun taking it apart, and putting it back together without worrying about how I was going to fund it. I also have more tools for working on cars than my father in law, and know more about GM cars, so I'm appreciated, and that's nice. I just with the owner was willing to upgrade the thing a little, you can really go a long way to making an old muscle car handle and stop well, and be more reliable and safe with upgrades not much more than rebuilding everything dead stock, and putting upgraded suspension on a otherwise numbers matching car really doesn't hurt the value, especially if you put all the stock shit in boxes and save it. I'm not paying for it though so it is of course his call, and putting it back together stock is easier in most cases. I really wish it was a 68 GTO because, man I still know those cars, and every time we run into some stupid Chevy thing, I'm like, man, Pontiacs are so much better, and I get dirty looks. BUT THEY ARE!!!
Anyway, I said I would write something up, and there it is.
Hopefully we have a few guys in here who dig on American Iron and will post about the cars they loved, and yes, I mean in that way,


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Led Zeppelin regroups for one last 'Celebration Day'
The band decided to release its reunion concert film, DVD because 'there wasn't going to be anything else, any other shows.'
LONDON — Thirty years ago, they were part of one of the greatest, loudest and most outrageous rock bands in history. Today, the three surviving members of Led Zeppelin qualify for senior passes on London buses. Their faces are lined, their hair grizzled.
But these aging rock legends, who dominated the 1970s with their thundering, sexually charged songs and offstage mayhem, are proving themselves relevant more than three decades after the band's breakup.
Tickets are selling briskly ahead of the Oct. 17 theatrical release of Celebration Day, the film version of Zeppelin's acclaimed 2007 reunion concert at London's O2 Arena. The concert also will be released on CD, DVD and Blu-ray (Swan Song/Atlantic Records, $19-$45) on Nov. 19, with vinyl to follow Dec. 11. Critically scorned in its heyday, the band will receive a Kennedy Center Honor, one of the world's most prestigious cultural awards, on Dec. 1.
"We were the worst. We were the face of excess in every way," says Zeppelin bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, 66. So the acceptance "is very nice. We moved out, but we moved back."
In exclusive in-person interviews with USA TODAY, Jones, singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page dismiss talk of a tour, concede that they may not have made it big if they had started today and fondly recall their 2007 reunion.
It was the band's "destiny … to have one more show," says Page, 68. "It's in our DNA to play that music."
After Zeppelin was founded in 1968, the band's powerful guitar riffs, bashing drums and mix of lyricism and brutality enthralled a generation. At its peak, the group was playing to U.S. audiences of some 70,000 screaming fans. Zeppelin has sold 111.5 million albums in the United States, making the band the USA's fourth-best-selling artist, after The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Garth Brooks.
The band also broke new ground for its lurid exploits, from cocaine use to vandalism to dalliances with underage groupies. Zeppelin's self-destructive image was sealed when drummer John Bonham, 32, died after an alcoholic binge in 1980, leading to the band's demise.
In the years since, two of the three Zeppelin survivors have plunged into projects that might shock and disappoint their head-banging fans.
Jones is writing an opera based on a 1907 drama by Swedish playwright August Strindberg. He'll tour Britain next month with Norwegian experimental group Supersilent, traveling in a humble "splitter van" — gear in the back, a few seats in front — that's a far cry from the Starship, the luxurious jumbo jet that Zeppelin flew to gigs in the 1970s.
Does he miss the pampered treatment of his Zeppelin days? "Yes, of course," Jones says. "But I'd rather do that and play music I enjoy than start an artificial situation with a supergroup."
Plant, 64, has strayed almost as far from Zeppelin as Jones, entering an unlikely collaboration with bluegrass star Alison Krauss. Their Raising Sand album earned five Grammy Awards in 2008, including album of the year, and sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. Now Plant is about to tour South America with his own band, which melds blues, world music and rock. He has left his Zeppelin days so far behind that he had to struggle to recapture the old swagger for the 2007 reunion concert, a tribute to the late Ahmet Ertegun, the Atlantic Records founder who signed the band to its first recording contract.
"The kind of attitude that went with some of those songs is something I can remember," Plant says. "But it's a different place. To jump back in there and have that attitude … was a tough equation."
Page's current musical career is quieter than those of his former bandmates.
"I love playing live, and I had intended to be playing live by this point," he says wistfully. "I certainly hope to be playing live by this time next year." He has played in public only sporadically in the last few years, representing Britain in the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and playing with old friend Roy Harper at a London tribute in 2011.
They've gone their separate ways, but their 2007 concert proved that the chemistry hasn't died. In a two-hour show, the trio, joined by Bonham's son Jason on drums, gave a taut, energized performance that made the critics swoon, though the three had played together publicly only a handful of times in the previous 27 years.
"Playing with Zeppelin is a bit like riding a bike," Jones says. "Once you got in the situation, lots came back."
Plant, on the other hand, says his performance was colored by "fatigue, fear. … It had to be good because we'd all worked so hard," he says. "And the anticipation was so great."
The band never intended to release a recording of the concert, but as it became clear that another reunion is unlikely, the need to satisfy fans became more urgent.
"It became apparent that (the footage) should go out because there wasn't going to be anything else, any other shows," Page says.
"I can't see it," says Jones of a reunion. "Robert has changed his style, and he doesn't want to sing like that anymore."
But the band members will regroup in December, this time in Washington, D.C., to pick up their Kennedy Center medallions. Even Plant, who skipped the 2005 ceremony for Zeppelin's Grammy lifetime achievement award, will show this time. He wants to shake hands with President Obama, whom he admires even though Obama's musical preferences in the 1970s ran to Stevie Wonder and Earth Wind & Fire.
"He needs to go back and get a bit of better taste," says Plant, unaware that one of his bandmates shared the president's leanings.
"Driving to Zeppelin sessions when we were recording, I played Stevie Wonder almost exclusively," Jones says. "Earth Wind & Fire, too, I'm afraid."
Their reputations are now assured, but they say Zeppelin may have been relegated to insignificance if they had started today.
"We would've ended up in the attic or something like Xfm," a U.K. alternative station, Plant says. "It would be very hard to get Kashmir (an eight-minute-plus Zeppelin classic) on maximum rotation. It was a long time ago."

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George Simolke calmly watched the wide-racked buck step out into the field and wondered about how many game camera photos he'd seen of the mature monster in the last six years.
Simolke made one well-placed shot with his 7mm Mag rifle and dropped the buck in his tracks. After laying his hands on the 13-point buck with two droptines, the 68-year-old Simolke didn't have to wonder anymore. The Louisiana giant made the mistake of showing up during daylight hours instead of roaming at night.
Simolke's jaw-dropping buck green scored 187 5/8 inches with 13 scorable points. That included a pair of droptines that were almost identical and a 21.5-inch wide inside spread.
"I have been seeing this buck, or one like him, on my trail camera for the past six years," Simolke said. "Every year, he'd have at least one drop tine; sometimes two. One year it would be on the right antler and the next year on the left. I can't say if it's the same buck but that really doesn't matter; I'm just glad he finally showed himself in daylight."
Check out the full story here, and others, in Louisiana Sportsman magazine.


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NEW YORK (AP) — A judge in New York says he finds it "stunning" that federal budget woes could delay the start of a terrorism trial for Osama bin Laden's son-in-law.
Judge Lewis Kaplan made the comment Monday as he set deadlines for defense lawyers to submit pre-trial arguments on behalf of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (SOO'-lay-mahn AH'-boo GAYTH).
Ghaith was brought to the United States last month. He's charged with conspiring to kill Americans in his alleged role as al-Qaida's top propagandist after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He has pleaded not guilty.
Kaplan suggested he might set a trial date as early as September. But Ghaith's lawyer complained, saying public defenders are being furloughed for more than five weeks because of automatic budget cuts.
The judge called that "extremely troublesome."


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The Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) expects services to resume by the weekend after the discovery of a bug that could be used to steal personal information.
The CRA shut down public access to its web services Wednesday morning, affecting people who want to file their taxes online ahead of the April 30 deadline.
The CRA said that "interest and penalties will not be applied to individual taxpayers filing their 2013 tax returns after April 30, 2014, for a period equal to the length of this service interruption."
The CRA said the move was a preventative measure after it received information about the bug called Heartbleed, found in widely used web-encryption technology and considered one of the most serious security flaws uncovered in recent years.
The bug is an error in the coding of the software that could be exploited by hackers, giving them access to data, including recent transactions, such as tax returns with personal information.
It was discovered by an Internet security firm, but it's unclear if any hackers have taken advantage of it.
Seth Hardy, a senior security researcher at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto said even though it's "a very small error in the program," it's clearly not a quick fix.
"This is a major vulnerability," he said.
While some websites vulnerable to the bug will be able to apply a patch and carry on with business, companies and organizations with multiple servers will need to first test the patch on one server and do testing, then slowly roll it out across the system.
A place like the CRA would need to ensure the system is back in perfect working order before allowing the public back on.
"The biggest thing is they've taken pro-active measures," Hardy said.
The CRA posted a notice on its website Wednesday morning.
"We are working to restore these services as soon as possible in a manner that ensures they are safe and secure," the notice reads.
The shutdown includes services such as efile, netfile, accessing accounts and areas for accountants.
"The CRA recognizes that this problem may represent a significant inconvenience for individual Canadians, representatives and businesses that count on the CRA for online information and services. Please be assured that we are fully engaged in resolving this matter and restoring online services as soon as possible in a manner that ensures the private information of Canadians remains safe and secure," the agency said in a press release.
It also promised to investigate potential data and information leaks.
In a release March 31, the CRA said of 6.7 million returns it had received this year, 84% were filed electronically.
"Electronic filing is quickly becoming the norm, as taxfilers discover how convenient, easy, and secure online filing is."


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Hello everyone!
I'm Samantha, and I'm living in beautiful Noe Valley, San Francisco. I'm a transplant, having just moved from the east coast. (Boston/NH seacoast area). My new kitchen is fantastic, with space for my Bento supplies to grow, so I'm supremely excited! And down the street is Omnivore Books on Food (http://www.omnivorebooks.com/), the most amazing food book and cookbook shop, so I felt at home right away.
I've been making Bento for several months now, although I grew up bringing my lunches to school, so really it's just full circle.
I'm definitely a foodie- I grew up in a multi-ethnic food culture, my mother grew up in Istanbul cooking mostly Turkish, Greek, French, and (Sephardic) Jewish foods. My father grew up in Boston with an Irish nanny, a lot of Ashkenazic jewish food, and in college he errands and grocery shopping for an elderly Chinese woman in exchange for cooking lessons, so growing up we were just as likely to have traditional Chinese cuisine as well.
I've been in the kitchen my entire life, and find it to be my sanctuary.
I recently wrote an article about Bento specifically how bento is the environmentally friendly choice!
(http://greenupgrader.com/3762/the-bento-lunch/ here at GreenUpgrader)
My bento goals for this challenge are to plan my meals for the week, making sure that my weekly farmer's market acquisitions get cooked and don't go to waste. I'm going to be doing bento most days, and a few days a week for my boyfriend as well. I'm looking to get back into shape, so my exercise goals will be mainly centered around walking about an hour each day around the neighborhood, and a once weekly class, either pilates, yoga, or bootcamp.
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Hi stackeff and welcome! You're really in maybe the ideal city to get into bento, what with Ichibankan in town, the Japanese groceries, and Mitsuwa in San Jose. And besides it's such a lovely place. I'm envious! :)
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An article in the March 26 edition of TIME magazine determined that Davidson would be in the national finals in the NCAA basketball tournament this coming weekend-if that tournament was based on academic progress of the players! The article, titled "Bench Bracket. Low graduation rates will drop schools out of March Madness," discussed new NCAA academic requirements for teams playing in the organization's tournaments.
During the next four years, the NCAA will phase in a rule it approved last October requiring teams to be on track for graduating 50 percent of their players to be tournament-eligible. Of the 68 teams in this year's men's basketball tournament, 14 would have been ineligible under the new rule-including number one-ranked Syracuse.
The NCAA rulebook explains, "Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one retention point for staying in school and one eligibility point for being academically eligible each semester. A team's total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by one thousand to equal the team's Academic Progress Rate score."
Though the article itself didn't mention Davidson, an accompanying fantasy bracket, titled "March Madness, By the Books," illustrated which teams would advance in the tournament if winners of each game were determined strictly by higher academic progress rate. Based on that scenario, Davidson advanced through the brackets by beating Louisville, Long Beach State, Michigan State, Brigham Young and Lehigh, then faced Kansas for the national championship.
And though Davidson handed Kansas a surprising upset in reality on the court early this basketball year, the TIME fantasy chart gave Kansas the win in that game, and the national crown.
But there's no doubt that being number two in the national championship "brain brackets" for 2012 is outstanding, and offers a shining testament to the success of the college's commitment to recruiting student athletes who excel in the classroom as well as in competition.


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NHIAA Roundup: Central girls, Hanover boys register soccer shutouts
September 10. 2013 11:46PM
Victoria Vincent and Sara Swetland each scored a goal to lead Manchester Central to a 2-0 Division I girls' soccer win against Concord Tuesday. Central (2-1) center-backs Taylor Wright and Sarah Michaud aided goalkeeper Linsday St. Pierre in an eight-save shutout. Becky Weld made eight stops for Concord (1-3).
Campbell 6, Somersworth 1: In Litchfield, Campbell (3-0-1) was led by Nikki Golden who scored three goals and freshman Aly Ferraras whp scored her first varsity goal. Also scoring for the Cougars were Sydney Crema and Kali Trunca each with one goal. Playing well defensively for the Cougars were Savannah Cavanaugh, Hannah Neild, Savannah Reinitzer, Jill Kohm and Mandie Miller.
Memorial 2, Salem 2: At Manchester, Memorial received two goals from Vanessa Monzon and overcame a two-goal deficit. Monzon's second goal came 19:27 into the second half. Both teams are 0-2-2.
Pinkerton 2, Spaulding 0: In Derry, Pinkerton (4-0) received goals from Reanna Romano and Andrea Galvin. Julie Murray and Keara Doolan each had an assist against 0-3 Spaulding. Pinkerton goalie Sammy Mitchell had three saves while Spaulding netminder Monica Harris turned back 16 shots.
Hanover 2, Trinity 0: At Manchester, Susanna Penfield and Sophie Lubrano scored for Hanover, who received assists from Kelly Brigham and Eliza Laycock.
Epping 4, Concord Christian 0: In Concord, Epping (2-2) got two goals from Evelyn Carleton and one each from Sabrina Rivers and Ashley Krenzer. Assists were registered by Jordan Higginbottom, Ashley Krenzer, Evelyn Carleton and Maddeline Marchisio. Epping goalie Chloe Pelletier had 11 saves while Concord Christian goalie Morgan Draus turned back 11 shots.
Londonderry 5, Winnacunnet 1: At Londonderry, June Cranmer scored three goals to help Londonderry raise its record to 3-2. Leanna Geiger and Kayleen Walberg also scored for the Lancers, who received seven saves from Merissa Brousseau. Michaela Fiorino scored for Winnacunnet, which dropped to 1-3.
InterLakes 5, Gilford 2: The Lakers took a 3-1 halftime lead behind goals from Caitlin Rotonnelli (assisted by Danielle Boucher), Sarah Dunlap (Madelyn Edgar), and Charlotte Morrow, who had two goals. Boucher added one more.
Hillsboro-Deering 3, Conant 0: Kymberlee Bergstresser opened the scoring and Madisyn Winters and Morgan Winters added insurance goals.
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Central 1, Concord 0: At Manchester, Keegan LaBerge scored on a penalty kick in the 90th minute to help the Little Green raise their record to 2-2. Alec Patterson made six saves for Central. Concord fell to 2-1-1.
Hanover 4, Londonderry 0: In Hanover the Marauders improved to 3-0 as Dan Hazlett, Sam Carey (free kick with assist to Evan Greenwald) and Asa Berolzheimer (rebound shot from Rocco Linehan) each scored in the first 20 minutes. Tim Alibozek scored the last goal with Ian Caldwell notching the assist in the win. Goalie Alex Bynum gained his third straight shutout win, Londonderry fell to 0-2-1.
Lebanon 3, John Stark 0 (Monday): Martin Gradijan, Will Merchant and Tate Singleton tallied goals for Lebanon (2-0). Jeff Purdy added two assists. Stark fell to 1-3.
Souhegan 2, Trinity 0: In Amherst, Souhegan (2-2) was led by goals from Devan Casey and Mike Hayden, who added an assist. Souhegan goalie Teigue Young had five saves, Trinity (1-2) had five saves from goalie Zach Szczeockowicz.
Hopkinton 8, Campbell 5: At Hopkinton, Jacob Rockwood and Doug Fleury each scored twice as Hopkinton improved to 3-0. Zach Perault and Jonathan Donaghey each scored twice for Campbell, while Christian Wallenmaier had three assists.
Alvirne 3, Pinkerton 0: At Hudson, R.J. Younghusband scored twice to help Alvirne improve to 2-1-0. Brett Richardson also scored for the Broncos, who received 11 saves from Jake Schofield.
ConVal 3, Keene 2 OT: ConVal scored first on a goal from Austin Wheeler but Keene rallied a 2-1 lead behind scores from
David Idelkope and Austin Ells. Jack Lithgow tied the game for the Cougars (2-0-1) in the second half before Wheeler scored in overtime to end the contest.
Epping 5, Concord Christian 1: Scoring for Epping (3-0) were Azize Zerguine (2 goals), and one goal each from James Stanley, Mark Marasca, and Cam Osgood.
Pinkerton 3, Timberlane 1: At Derry, Pinkerton (1-1) won 25-17, 25-15, 16-25 and 25-23. Kelsey Cummings led the Astros with 10 kills and teammate Olivia Mathieu added 10 kills and 17 digs. Courtney Collins had 10 kills and Lexi Verrault contributed 22 digs. Leading the Owls (1-1) were Christina Nye (16 kills, 13 digs), Jess Buckley (nine aces) and Jane Buckley (four blocks).
Campbell 3, Epping 0: At Litchfield, Sophie Scafidi had 15 assists and eight service points as Campbell posted a 25-14, 25-18, 25-15 victory and improved to 2-0. Lauren King added eight service points, four aces and one block for the Cougars. Epping received eight kills and eight digs from Eliza Kucera.
Hollis/Brookline 3, Winnacunnet 0: At Hollis, Savannah Werne collected seven kills and six aces in Hollis/Brookline's 25-22, 25-13, 25-19 triumph. Maddy Blake had three aces for the Cavaliers, who are now 1-1. Winnacunnet is also 1-1.?Field Hockey
Bishop Guertin 1, Dover 0: At Dover, Kristin Cameron scored an unassisted goal with 2o minutes to play Monday, as the Cardinals raised their record to 1-1.
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Newfound 4, Newport 2; Newfound received first half goals from Allie Symonds and Megan Libby. Newfound's second half goals were scored by Karissa Bony and freshman Amanda Johnston. Sophomore Megan Sharp had a strong second half in goal with 10 saves for the Bears.


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CANNES, France -- Films dealing with societal corruption may be nothing new for Western audiences. But in China, where the government keeps a tight grip on what appears on movie screens, that is hardly the case.
Which is why "A Touch of Sin," written and directed by the veteran Jia Zhang-Ke, created a major stir when it appeared here in the competition.
Officially debuting Friday but screened for the media Thursday, "A Touch of Sin" is a corrosive depiction of the New China, an everything-for-sale society still figuring out how to cope with the dehumanizing effects of unbridled capitalism.
CHEAT SHEET: Cannes Film Festival 2013
In order to best portray an entire country growing faster than its socio-political structures can handle, a place where nothing speaks louder than money, filmmaker Jia has put together an omnibus film of four separate but linked stories, including one about a sex worker in a ultra-high-end brothel.
The kicker is that all of them are based on real events that the filmmaker says in the press notes "are well-known to people throughout China."
The stories involve a miner who takes things into his own hands after a village leader keeps for himself profits from a state-owned coal mine; a migrant worker who comes to understand the power of owning a gun in a might-makes-right society; a receptionist at a sauna who snaps in an especially bloody way when a client assaults her; and a young worker whose despair at not finding a life leads to suicide.
Though some China watchers at the festival doubted that the film would be cleared for showing on the mainland, filmmaker Jia is clearly passionate about what he has done.
"Many people face personal crises because of the uneven spread of wealth across the country and the vast disparities between the rich and the poor," he writes. "Individual people can be stripped of their dignity at any time."
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History: Office of the President
The campus of a Christian college or university, in addition to many other characteristics, should be a wonderful storehouse of wisdom, a gathering place of experienced and faithful elders anxious to share with a coming generation. Since its founding in 1917 Anderson University has been committed to the lofty tasks inherent in the very concept of Christian higher education.
Four persons have been responsible for the presidential leadership of Anderson University for nearly all of its existence. Without question they have been the "elders" in the finest sense. They have shown the way with wit, wisdom and executive skill. The fact that they survived in office for so long is less important than the fact that they have presided over the development of a truly remarkable institution shaped significantly by their wisdom, vision, sense of destiny, inspiring faith, credible lives—the qualities of true worth, the value-added dimensions that will endure.
Dr. John A. Morrison: 1923-1958
Dr. Robert H. Reardon: 1958-1983
Dr. Robert A. Nicholson: 1983-1990
Dr. James L. Edwards: 1990-2015
--Excerpted from Faith, Learning and Life: Views from the President's Office of Anderson University by Dr. Barry L. Callen, University Professor of Christian Studies at Anderson University


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One thing we can say for sure about reforms to Social Security and Medicare: Future programs won't look like grandma's plans.
As we prepare for the 2013 annual trustees reports for both programs designed to keep the elderly from destitution, it's a sure bet they won't be any more optimistic than last year's, in part because there was a 2 percent cut in payroll withholding that was a tepid attempt to boost the economy.
Republicans for years have been trying to figure out a way to pare entitlement programs, which are gobbling up ever bigger chunks of the federal budget. During the Bush administration, Republicans pushed privatizing Social Security, allowing younger workers to opt for private investments rather than the government program.
Talk of such a revision faded with the recession.
More recently, Republicans have been recommending Medicare be turned into a voucher system that would provide seniors with a stipend and let them find their own coverage.
All the while, the proposals have been coupled with assurances those approaching retirement age -- those 55 and older now -- would not be affected.
There's not much that can be done about the demographics. Baby boomers began hitting retirement age last year at a rate of 10,000 a day. Just as boomers strained school systems when they were children, so now will they strain the programs that have given seniors peace of mind as they advanced in years.
Currently, Social Security and Medicare gobble up more than a third of the federal budget, the Heritage Foundation reported. Dollar outlays for Social Security are up 35 percent since 2002, from $577,713 in 2002 to $781,172 last year, averaging $1,229 per month to each of the 35.6 million retired workers; for Medicare, they're up 70.3 percent, from $293,188 to $499,284. Social Security benefits also are paid to 2.9 million spouses and children of retired workers, 6.3 million surviving children and spouses of deceased workers, and 10.6 million disabled workers and their eligible dependents. Medicare covers some 48 million retirees and disabled, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reported.
The Business Roundtable noted the last trustees report warned the Social Security Trust Fund would be exhausted by 2033; Medicare by 2024.
The roundtable, an association of chief executive officers representing companies with more than $7.3 trillion in annual revenues and 16 million employees, recommends increasing the retirement age and Medicare eligibility to 70 and making benefit formulas progressive -- the wealthy would see their benefits reduced.
The roundtable also says people should save more on their own so they're not so dependent on Social Security, and state and local workers should be brought into the system.
For Medicare, the roundtable says, the answer is more competition.
The recommendations, however, conveniently ignore the reasons Social Security and Medicare were set up in the first place: Lower income workers don't have the wherewithal to set aside enough for retirement on their own as daily expenses keep rising and private coverage for the elderly, largely because of the infirmities that come with age, is just too costly. They also make no mention of proposals to lift the cap on contributions, which currently end once a salary hits $110,100 for the year.
White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters last week President Obama believes Social Security and Medicare "have been enormously valuable to seniors in our country, and [provide] the security that has allowed for stronger economic growth, and stronger job creation, and a stronger middle class. ...
"The facts and figures on what the plight of the nation's seniors was prior to Social Security are well known. The insecurity that seniors face or would face if Medicare were voucherized and the cost were shifted to them, if they had a limited amount of money to spend on healthcare and the rest was up to them, I think would not be good for the country. The president doesn't believe it's good for the country."
Carney said the administration recognizes changes need to be made to the programs to strengthen them for the future.
"What we don't need to do is eliminate them as we know them, or slash benefits simply to protect the benefits of wealthy individuals or corporations," Carney said. "That's not a -- a choice the president believes we have to make."
The problem, of course, comes back to the deficit and how it is going to be tamed. Carney said Obama will not allow deficit reduction to be carried solely on the backs of seniors and the middle class.
To Republican ears, that sounds like another call for increased taxes on the wealthy and businesses -- something they've already rejected as a solution.
FactCheck.org notes the federal income tax accounted for 41.5 percent of all federal revenues in 2010, down from 49.6 percent before the Bush tax cuts. At the same time, the United States borrowed 36 cents for every $1 spent in 2011, down from 40 cents in 2009.
"Historically high rates of spending and low rates of taxation have combined to produce a chain of deficits that are also the highest since [World War II]," FactCheck.org said.
So, saddle up. The battle lines have been drawn as Congress wrestles with the sequester and deficit reduction in the next few weeks. Obama laid out an agenda in his inaugural address; Republicans see it as a call to arms that threatens the largely hollow mantra of smaller government.


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July 28, 2012
Ed Kinane / War Is a Crime
Commentary: "The lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki belong always before us. The agony of those two cities must remain our dark beacon. Hiroshima/Nagasaki wasn't so much about targets as about audiences. We -- or rather, the very highest reaches of the US government -- annihilated a couple hundred thousand nameless, unarmed, undefended human beings to warn the world: "Don't mess with us; we run things now."
(July 27, 2012) -- The lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki belong always before us. The agony of those two cities must remain our dark beacon.
Hiroshima/Nagasaki wasn't so much about targets as about audiences. We -- or rather, the very highest reaches of the US government -- annihilated a couple hundred thousand nameless, unarmed, undefended human beings to warn the world: "Don't mess with us; we run things now."
Thanks to its atomic prowess -- showcased at H/N -- for over 65 years the US has been able to hold the planet hostage. It deploys nuclear blackmail to further its corporations' grip on the world's resources and markets. But such gunboat diplomacy has only partially succeeded.
The Soviets soon acquired the Bomb. For nearly four decades that other evil empire terrorized us here in our previously invincible Homeland. So the pitiless logic of proliferation made us all far less safe.
The Big Lie(s)
Every August 6 letters to editors perpetuate the last century's most enduring myth: the Bomb forced the fanatic, loathsome Japs to surrender. Japan would not have to be invaded. Thousands of G.I. lives were thereby saved. Thank God for the Bomb!
Never mind that by spring 1945, the US Air Force ruled Japanese skies. Never mind that after merciless firebombing, Japan's major cities now lay in ashes, their people incinerated. Never mind that the US Navy ruled the sea; not a grain of rice could penetrate its blockade. Never mind that Japan was totally depleted by years of war. Never mind that Japan had already been seeking surrender.
Mr. Truman and the generals could have accepted Japan's one nonnegotiable demand: to treat its divine emperor with respect. Alternatively, they could have let Japan dangle for as long as it took and then swept in to feed the emaciated and bury the dead.
Afghanistan/Pakistan/Yemen echo Hiroshima/Nagasaki. With its new cutting edge technology the Pentagon still trots out the old myth: the Reaper drone is all about "saving our boys' lives." And Bomb-like, the Reaper proclaims: "If you defy us, wherever you are, we will hunt you down and kill you." Déjà vu.
Once again, clandestinely and without referendum, the Pentagon has embarked on a new era of terror. To add menace to dread, its robotic warfare comes with almost preternatural surveillance…both over there and, soon, here.
For several years the Pentagon has used high-tech robots like the Predator and the Reaper, not only for surveillance, but to blow up people and things in Afghanistan. Defying international law, the CIA uses the Reaper to assassinate nameless "bad guys" in Pakistan.
In Yemen the Reaper perpetrates extrajudicial executions and even hunts down and kills US citizens. That's what happens when your name somehow appears on White House "kill lists" reviewed by Mr. Obama himself.
The "beauty" of it is that technicians, wielding joysticks at satellite-linked computers thousands of miles from combat, pilot these unmanned drones. They can deliver -- "with laser accuracy" -- their Hellfire missiles and 500-pound bombs. And do so with scant knowledge of their non-combatant victims and with no physical risk. Can anything be more disdainful of honor, more disdainful of life?
Mission Creep
The Reaper -- piloted from, among other places, our local Hancock Air Base -- has become the Pentagon's and the CIA's darling. With no on-board crew, no US personnel die when the Reaper crashes or is hacked or shot down. With few witnesses, with no maimed vets and no awkward body bags shipped home, few ask: Why are we there? Who benefits? What's our complicity? What's become of our humanity?
So opaque is our bubble, so pervasive is the distancing, so unaccountable is drone warfare, that mission creep is guaranteed. Mission creep: the slide into perpetual warfare.
Like Japan's hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties, the Reaper's civilian casualties in Afghanistan/Pakistan/Yemen fail to matter. Few ask: What's the human cost? What's the blowback?/i We forget that victims anywhere surely have survivors nursing enduring hatred for the US. But -- hey, not to worry! -- those further security threats keep the pot boiling. And General Atomics, Lockheed and other corporate war profiteers continue to reap their billions.
One day drone missiles may strike Hancock Air Base. And if nearby communities are hit…well, aren't we very accepting of "collateral damage"? Thanks to the Pentagon's love affair with death -- and thanks to the trillions we squander on defense" -- the world is much safer…for corporate greed. Most dare not allow themselves to see how those military contracts ravage our already depressed economy.
Fifty nations reportedly are either importing or manufacturing their own drones. This past spring the U.S. sold six weaponized drones to Italy -- Italy?! Like nuclear proliferation, drone proliferation will haunt us till the end of our days.
Ed Kinane is an anti-militarism activist based in Syracuse, New York. He's one of the "Hancock 2," the "Hancock 33," the "Hancock 15," and the "Hancock 38." Reach him at email@example.com.
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Medium: Oil on oak panelDimension: 218.5 x 133.5 cmAccession number: WAG 3089
This fascinating portrait has been in the collection of the Walker for nearly fifty years. It was acquired from a dealer in Chester in the mid-1950s. It had come from Doddington Hall, in Cheshire, the ancestral home of the Delves (later Delves-Broughton) family. It was believed to have hung there for the four centuries since it was painted. On arrival at the Walker, it was in poor condition, and for many years it was kept in store. Its surface was secured by adhesive paper to prevent the paint from flaking. In the early 1990s, however, it was painstakingly cleaned and restored by Katherine Stainer-Hutchins of NMGM's paintings conservation department. At the same time, curators subjected the work to new research. The occasion for this attention was a major exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London, 'Dynasties'. This was a comprehensive survey of portraiture in Britain in the Tudor period. The Delves portrait was one of the most exciting discoveries showcased by this exhibition - even if the work raised more questions than it supplied answers.
It was always clear that this was a portrait of a member of the Delves family. This could be seen from the coat of arms, together with the family motto 'Defy Fortune', visible on the pennant above the discarded suit of armour. The inscription in the lower left-hand corner dates the work to 1577 and states that the sitter is 40 years old. The artist originally painted 38, and changed the figure later. Henry Delves, who succeeded his father as the owner of Doddington in 1566 and died in 1606, had appeared to be a likely candidate for the subject of the portrait. However, it was inconveniently discovered that he was probably born only in the mid 1550s. Attention then switched to Henry's uncle, George Delves, one of his father's younger brothers. Although George's precise date of birth is unknown, he is known to have been an officer in Queen Elizabeth I's army in Ireland by 1559. He was also created a Gentleman Pensioner in Elizabeth's Court in 1561. He was granted an Irish estate, Shian, in 1563, and he spent much wearisome time working for the English cause in Ireland. The fact that these biographical details chime in with the lines of poetry inscribed on the portrait, which express a weariness of court life and disillusion that war has brought neither fame nor riches, provides the strongest evidence that the man in the portrait actually is George.
In other respects, the identification remains difficult. In the first place, in 1583 George married for the second time. It is not known whether by 1577, the year in which the painting was made, he was already a widower. However, if the woman - with her undeniably detailed and specific costume - is intended for his wife, there is only a slim chance that the portrait celebrates his first marriage. Against this, however, it can be argued that the figure of the woman does not look like a portrait at all. She is cut off by the edge of the picture and her face is concealed behind a sprig of myrtle (an attribute of the Goddess of love, Venus). Her character is more allegorical than realistic. Leading the man away from his armour and estates on the right of the picture, she is a muse-like figure, the embodiment of an optimistic future in which he has found love and consolation. As the main inscription - mysteriously, in Italian - puts it: "nothing is of importance to me except love and fame".
Another mystery surrounding this work is how, if the painting shows George Delves, it arrived at Doddington. George did not live there and the family pedigree describes him as the ancestor of the Devon and Somerset Delveses. He spent a lot of time in Ireland. He also had links through his wives with Northamptonshire and Kent. For a time he was the Member of Parliament for Retford, in Nottinghamshire. His involvement with the court of Queen Elizabeth also required him to spend significant periods of time in London (where he was buried in 1604).
To establish a closer connection with Doddington, it has been argued that the mansion and garden in the background may be intended, however fancifully, to represent the Doddington estate. Curiously, it has been shown that the artist's underdrawing of the mansion, before it was differently painted, has certain similarities with a medieval pele tower which still survives at Doddington. But the formal garden, on a grand scale and elaborately designed, is completely incompatible with the couple of orchards which are all that are recorded at Doddington in the late 16th century. Only a handful of gardens in Britain at that date contained even some of the features (such as tunnel arbours and a maze) which are visible here. A property which had a garden of this kind would have had to be a royal palace or similar. Again, underdrawing is present, which reveals that the artist took special care with this part of the painting and suggests that it had a special meaning for the patron. It is conceivable that George Delves wished to depict retrospectively what he had hoped to achieve at his castle in Ireland. It may also be that he simply wanted to show off the sophistication of his courtly tastes, should his fortunes ever permit him to acquire an estate.
It is in any case clear that the artist must have relied almost entirely on verbal descriptions of what to include, rather than on visual reality. This is borne out by the way the painting was constructed. The head of the man is painted on a separate piece of wood spliced into the rest of the work, which is made up of six vertical lengths in all. Almost certainly, therefore, the artist painted only his patron's head from life. The remaining contents - and the overall theme - were probably based on instructions received. Idiosyncratic features of the painting, including elements of both the male and female costumes (such as the strings of beads worn by the man, the enamelled ring attached to his wrist by a cord, and the foreign hood and gown worn by the woman) could well have been entirely the artist's conception, even if reflecting his client's desire to be portrayed in the height of fashion.
One of the biggest puzzles of all is who painted the portrait. Its ambition, with an elaborate allegorical narrative married to meticulous technical detail, proclaims an artist of the front rank. No British-born artist is known who regularly produced works of this scale and sophistication at this date. It has been tentatively proposed that the portrait is the work of a Dutch or Flemish painter temporarily active in London. Because the science of attribution depends on close scrutiny of the original painting technique and comparison with other secure examples of artists' works, it is likely that this painting, now extensively restored, will never be ascribed to a given individual.
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Some police contracts allow drinking before work
Police officers in various Chicago-area communities have contracts that allow them to have a few drinks before they hop into their squad cars and patrol the streets, according to a new report.
An analysis by WMAQ-TV in Chicago and the Better Government Association found that some police contracts have provisions for officers to have some alcohol in their systems when they come to work. The blood-alcohol concentrations ranged up to 0.08, or the legal threshold at which drivers in Illinois are considered too intoxicated to drive.
But, according to the report, the departments say that even if they cannot discipline an officer who comes to work after drinking, they would not allow them to hit the streets.
"If those test results came in anything greater than zero, we are not going to put that officer on the street," Paul Volpe, Elmwood Park's village manager, told the TV station. He said such an officer would likely be allowed only to work behind a desk.
Westchester Mayor Sam Pulia, who was against the community's police department contract that allows discipline against officers at .05 alcohol levels, said there was no reason officers should be allowed to drink before coming to work.
"I worry about it every day," Pulia said.
The community's chief agreed, saying an officer who had been drinking would not be allowed behind the wheel of a squad car.
"We would follow policy and procedure, and that employee would be removed from duty," Chief April Padilik said.
The report said many police departments believe a low level of alcohol should be allowed so officers can have a glass of wine with dinner or take cough medicine.
The Illinois State Police and the Cook County sheriff's police prohibit their officers from having any alcohol in their bloodstream.
Experts say such bans are wise, given studies showing that even a small amount of alcohol impairs motor skills.
"There have been literally hundreds of studies since the 1950s," Dr. David Zich of Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago said. "Even after low levels you cannot reliably perform without impairment."
James Fell, a senior research scientist at the Pacific Institute of Research in Calverton, Md., said "impairment, and especially impairment for driving, starts at the first drink."
One concern is the liability a city might face if one of its officers got into an accident or was involved in an incident with alcohol in his or her system. In Chicago, where the police department sets its blood alcohol level at 0.02, the city council agreed to settle for $4.1 million with the family of a man who was shot to death by an officer who, according to the WMAQ-TV story, "had reportedly been drinking prior to his shift."


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Great job on the translation. I'm going to point out a couple small errors:
Sentence 1:
"which name had taken its name..." should read "which had taken its name..."
"Juno, whose bad character Juno had never..." should read "Juno, who had never been able to bear Juppiter's bad character..."
"...perceived this deed and held the memory." (look at the case for memory, it is ablative, so it should read "held [it] in memory," you're supposed to assume that "in" is there)
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The CORSAIR Gaming K70 is a fully mechanical gaming keyboard with CHERRY® MX Red key switches, contoured FPS control keys, key-by-key customizable backlighting, and full key matrix anti-ghosting with full key rollover on USB.
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The CORSAIR Gaming K70 is a fully mechanical gaming keyboard with CHERRY® MX Red key switches, contoured FPS control keys, key-by-key customizable backlighting, and full key matrix anti-ghosting with full key rollover on USB.
The Corsair Gaming K70 is a fully mechanical gaming keyboard with an anodized, brushed aluminum chassis for a professional-grade look and feel. Contoured, textured FPS keys keep you in control if shooters are your game. It's built with 100% Cherry MX switches, and key by key customizable backlighting lets you illuminate your key bindings. 100% anti-ghosting with 104 key rollover on USB helps ensure accuracy, so every keystroke translates directly into accurate gameplay.
The all-important WASD and 1-6 keys are contoured and textured, so you can find them fast, and enjoy fast gaming action with less chance of your fingers missing their mark. You can program backlighting for each key independently, so you can set up a custom-lit key binding and save it to onboard memory.
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You get smooth, linear key response for ultra fast double and triple taps without the audible click.
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The K70 frame has a professional-grade look and feel, plus the rugged durability you need for hours of gaming.
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Keep your eyes on the action with easy to locate FPS keys. An extra set of standard typing keycaps and a keycap replacement tool are provided for general typing.
Give your wrists a break, or take it off if it gets in the way.
An extra USB connector is provided. It's great for attaching a Corsair Gaming mouse or headset.
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JORDEN and Jamal: the names have a nice ring to them. We visualized wedding invites and personalized napkins… But when we sent the 23-year-old teacher and 26-year-old cinematographer to Lotus Blue in TriBeCa neither were up for a wedding band. Will Jamal be the subject of his own rom-com or does Jorden need to teach him about romance?
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When we met, Jorden was shy, so five minutes into the date, I tried to loosen things up. Fifteen minutes in, she still seemed to be nervous. After about 25 minutes, I had to ask if she was nervous. The whole time I felt like I was interrogating her.
We talked a bit about music. She said she bought the last Kanye West album on vinyl, but was still so standoffish. In fact, it was borderline jarring, and the date was filled with silences.
Lotus Blue was really nice. I had the grilled striped sea bass, which was prepared well. I'd definitely go back there to dine, but as for Jorden? She is nice and ambitious, but I don't need to see her again. I wish her well.
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Jamal was shorter than I thought he'd be, but other than that, he looked exactly like the picture sent. I was feeling rather reserved since it was a first meeting, and I wasn't sure how it would go. Admittedly, I was very tired from the day, so my energy wasn't at its highest.
We had a pretty nice conversation about Kanye and music, in general, but nothing really flowed smoothly. It felt as if we had just met at a grocery store.
It was pretty clear for both of us that there was no connection or vibe. He seemed very serious, and I'm much more lighthearted. Since energy feeds off energy, it was a generally somber mood. He was nice enough, but did nothing for me.
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The first teaser is apparently attached to Green Lantern this weekend, and has - for the moment - shown up online:http://comicbookmovie.com/batman_movies/news/?a=39689Nothing to get too excited about, no footage or anything like that - sort of similar to the first Dark Knight trailer if I remember correctly.EDIT: Nevermind, it was revealed that this was apparently a fake (I know it wasn't attached to GL when we saw it).
Hmm. Well what about this one?Actually, after watching it again, I'm a little skeptical. Seems fishy they'd release a trailer that is 95% footage from the other movies.
There's something about that poster I really like.
Quote from: efranks on July 14, 2011, 09:52 AMThere's something about that poster I really like.Is it the subliminal unicorn?
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«Inishie» – the translation from japanese that means "Ancient". Light melodic soundtrack about the old Japan times. Pizcato strings, violins, classical and sun pianos with fluete and harp. Immerse yourself in the world of the ancient paradise on Earth.
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It's not out of the question that Cody Simpson might one day lose his Australian accent — the 14-year-old pop star left Australia in June 2010 and now resides in Los Angeles, after all. But Simpson is going to do all he can to prevent that from happening, and his reasoning has little to do with Aussie pride.
"It's my biggest advantage with girls," Simpson said hours before performing in front of about 1100 screaming fans at Orland Square Mall in Orland Park Friday. "I'm going to try to keep my accent as much as can."
The advantages don't end there. In addition to singing, Simpson — who has yet to release a full-length studio album but already has 1.2 million followers on Twitter — plays the guitar and appears to be a decent dancer.
He didn't have much of a choice with the latter. "When I came to the U.S., (my record company) said, 'You have to dance,'" Simpson said.
Simpson is currently working with a choreographer in addition to taking singing lessons, which he began six months ago. He said he had very little vocal training when he was discovered on YouTube by record producer Shawn Campbell and initially questioned whether he was ready to become a singer.
"I said, 'Shouldn't I improve?' I hadn't had much experience vocally before," said Simpson, who was a promising swimmer with Olympic aspirations at the time. "But obviously it worked out."
Simpson collaborated with rapper Flo Rida on his debut single, "iYiYi," in May 2010. He will release a new EP, "Coast to Coast," which he is promoting on his current mall tour, Sept. 20 and expects his full-length studio album to hit stores early next year.
"It's been really crazy," Simpson said of the tour. "There's been more and more people every mall we go to. There were like 4,000-5,000 people at the mall in Detroit."
Simpson has learned to expect the unexpected when it comes to his growing fan base ("You'll be walking and they'll come out of nowhere," he said), and he has been forced to adapt to their high-pitched screaming — not that he's complaining.
"I have an ear monitor to block outside noise when I'm performing," Simpson said. "It makes it easier. But sometimes I like to take the ear monitor off and listen to the craziness going on.
"Everything started taking off the last few months, so this is all new to me."


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Arts & The Mind "Creativity" This episode features stories and the latest scientific research from experts around the country illuminating how the arts are critical in developing healthy young minds and maintaining them as we age. Showcases innovative arts education programs OrchKids in Baltimore and GetLit in Los Angeles. D
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NOVA "Making Stuff Cleaner" David Pogue explores the science and business of clean energy, examining alternative ways to generate it, store it and distribute it. One scientist uses chicken feathers to create a cheap way to make hydrogen cars safer. Pogue looks at the dependency on a rare resource in South America to make lithium batteries and how scientists might devise a way for batteries to run on molten salts, abundant in the U.S. Part 3 of 4G
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Cost: Variable depending on what kind of lunch you're looking to have (stone crabs and steak can get kind of pricey). If you're going for sandwiches and salads though you'll probably run around $20 per person.
My sister Lisa is just about done with her fourth year of medical school, and she recently had her match day. For those of you who don't know, match day is where you get placed into a program for residency. It's an excellent cause for celebration, and Lisa's school had a big brunch party where the class got to open up their match letters together. Afterward my family kept the party going by grabbing lunch at Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak, and Stone Crab (not to be mistaken for the corny crab shack that has those goofy commercials).
I'd like to preface this post by saying that my family has been to Joe's a ton of times. I think it says it all that we've chosen to go here for so many of our major celebratory occasions. It's easy to say that Joe's is one of the best seafood and steakhouse spots in Chicago. That being said, I'd never been to lunch before which is what this post will solely cover. I'm sure I'll be back at Joe's for dinner very soon, and I'll write a post accordingly.
Joe's is broken down into two main areas with a bar room up front separated from the large dining room behind. They also have an upstairs private seating area for parties and such. For dinner you'll need to make reservations way in advance (weeks), but for lunch you can probably just walk in. When we got there it was crowded but not without a few open tables.
The service at Joe's is fantastic and possibly too good. Our waiter knew everything there was to know about each dish. Not only did he know what was in everything, but it all came with a thorough explanation. At one point we got a run down of broccolini (which we all knew about, but our server was on such a roll we didn't want to stop him).
Like I said before the cost is pretty variable. You can get an order of crab in the $50 area if you'd like. They also have a few steak choices around $25. The lunch menu seems to focus on some sandwiches, salads, and fish choices that run from $12 to $18. Finally, if you're in the mood for pie (like we were) then that'll cost around $6 a slice.
The Food
We started things off with the Seafood Chopped Salad and an order of the Manhattan Clam Chowder. The salad had large chunks of shrimp, crab, and lobster. The dressing was subtle and really let the seafood stand out. My dad really loved the clam chowder. It had large chunks of clams and the red broth had a nice consistency without being too thick.
The Seafood Chopped Salad
The Manhattan Clam Chowder
For our main dishes my mom got the Hamburger, my sister got the Scallops, and I got the Beef Tenderloin sandwich. The burger was pretty classically done and cooked to the proper specifications. The Scallops had a nice buttery, crispy exterior and a soft inside. The tenderloin wasn't really what I expected because it came on two mini sandwiches, but I didn't feel short changed on meat. The horseradish dipping sauce gave things a real nice kick too. Also, I got the onion strings subbed in for french fries, and I'd highly recommend the move. For the table we got an order of the Mushroom Mac n' Cheese. It was on the richer and creamier side with shells. The best part was that there were some burnt cheese pieces on the edges that had a real nice flavor and texture.
The Beef Tenderloin Sandwich
The Hamburger
The Scallops
The Mushroom Mac n Cheese
Now you can't go to Joe's without ordering some pie for dessert. We got a slice of Key Lime and Banana Cream. Both of these pies set the gold standard for me. The key lime had a natural color (not green), strong lime flavor and a beautiful graham cracker crust. The banana cream had large chunks of bananas and a scrumptious custard filling. Steve Dolinksy recently said that Fish Bar has better key lime pie, and if so then it must be freaking awesome because Joe's has it down pat.
The Key Lime Pie
The Banana Cream Pie
Joe's is probably a pearl necklace or close to it for dinner, but this review is only referring to their lunch (which is also very good). It's surprisingly reasonably priced and accessible (especially relative to dinner). If you want a quick sandwich or salad and a slice of pie I don't think you'll find a better option in the area. I'm giving Joe's (lunch) 4 out of 5 Pearls.


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About seven weeks after the end of "30 Rock" we get … a Tina Fey movie that may as well be about Liz Lemon.
In "Admission," workaholic, Valentine's Day-hating Portia (Fey) isn't good with kids and can't get her life in order (admittedly a common problem for female leads in weak romantic comedies). Hell, in her role as an admissions officer for Princeton, Portia constantly searches for deal-breakers in the academic red flags that deem thousands of students unworthy of the university's roughly 1,300 available slots.
Too bad writer Karen Croner's ("One True Thing") adaptation of Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel has neither the wit nor the comic and emotional surprise of an average "30 Rock" episode. On her routine scouting travels—away from her longtime boyfriend (Michael Sheen) who treats her like a pet, natch—Portia visits a developmental New Hampshire school, where John (Paul Rudd) teaches classes like "third world development" to refreshingly independent thinkers. He also emphatically recommends that Portia get to know prospective Princeton candidate Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), a student who no one seems to realize appears to be a savant with Asperger's.
"I think Jeremiah's your son," John says, the kind of statement that may as well come with a DJ scratching off the music as the main character double-takes and gasps, "What?!"
Frustratingly, neither John nor Portia acknowledges the inherent conflict of interest in a woman going to bat for a kid that could be the child she gave up for adoption. Instead, director Paul Weitz ("About a Boy," "Little Fockers") indulges lame gags like John talking about yanking a cow's udder while on the phone with Portia and a renowned scholar falling for Portia's fiery, gun-wielding mom (Lily Tomlin). The script spoon-feeds every emotional touchstone. John's adopted Ugandan son Nelson (Travaris Spears) wishes they wouldn't travel around so much, a major road block in terms of any romance between John and Portia. Howdoya think that's resolved?
Rudd improves upon his generic do-gooder character, but Fey is stuck in familiar territory, unable to liven up a script whose introductory and climactic voiceover are one of many reasons this movie is undeserving of the Ivy League. The idea seems to be that you can't know students based on what they look like on paper, but "Admission" shows that onscreen excellence still has to exist first on paper, before casting tries to take over.
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Kendall Jenner: Koala Kisses!
Kendall Jenner gives a koala a kiss during her trip to Australia this week.
The model/actress celebrated her 17th birthday Down Under with mom Kris while on a promo tour and location photo shoot for Nomad Two Worlds.
"It's muh birthday and I have dreads and I'm in Australia and this is my new Australia hat," Kendall tweeted with a fun pic from Australia.
Kendall just wrapped up her trip, and is headed back to the United States.
"Bye bye Australia… the journey home begins!" she tweeted.
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Google to save US from fossil fuels
'Let life imitate Mountain View'
And we thought Google's work with NASA and private space entrepreneurs was part of a secret plan to escape the Earth before it's too late.
Turns out the leading internet ad firm has been devising a plan to save those stuck planet-side as well.
In case Google's work with mobile phones, word processing, web browsers, disease prevention, encyclopedias, email, watercraft, cartography, and humanitarian aide hasn't driven home Google's aspirations to have its hand in absolutely everything, try a new $4.4 trillion energy plan on for size.
Google unveiled the first iteration of its Clean Energy 2030 plan yesterday, designed to wean the US off coal and oil for electricity generation over the course of 22 years. The company said its energy team has been "crunching the numbers" and expects its proposal could cut oil use for cars by 40 per cent, generate billions of dollars in savings, and create millions of well-paying green jobs.
Its initial goal is to stimulate debate and invite the public to take a look and offer comment.
"With a new Administration and Congress — and multiple energy-related imperatives — this is an opportune, perhaps unprecedented, moment to move from plan to action."
To get there, Google said, the US needs to move immediately on three fronts:
Energy efficiency: "We should start with the low-hanging fruit by reducing energy demand through energy efficiency — adopting technologies and practices that allow us to do more with less."
Data centers and personal computers must both be made more energy efficient. Google also recommends the US should adopt California's aggressive building codes, efficiency standards, and utility programs. It also calls for homes to be equipped with "smart meters" to provide real-time energy use data to encourage people to use less power.
Find something better than coal: Google believes at least three renewable energy technologies show promise to become price-competitive with coal: wind, solar thermal, and advanced geothermal.
"We must dramatically increase federal R&D and enact measures supporting the rapid deployment and scaling of clean technologies such as long-term tax support and national renewable energy standards," Google wrote.
Drivin' too: Electric Bugaloo: "Image driving a car that uses no gas and is less expensive to recharge than buying a latte."
Google brags that it already owns a "small fleet" of Toyota Prius and Ford Escape plug-in conversions as a part of its rechargeable car program. But for those kind of cars to catch on outside of the hallowed grounds of the Googleplex, the company said the US needs a smart grid that manages when we charge and how we're billed.
Google states that much of the US's current electric grid was developed in the 60s and is "wasteful and not very smart." It claims to be doing its part by partnering with General Electric to help accelerate the development of a smart grid and building new power lines.
All-in-all, Google expects the cost of its Clean Energy 2030 proposal will cost about $4.4 trillion dollars. It expects savings of $5.4 trillion however, returning a cool $1 trillion over the 22-year life of the plan.
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More than 200 golfers took a swing for science on March 26, 2015 during the 32nd Annual Cosmic Golf Challenge at the Walt Disney World Golf Magnolia and Palm Courses. Sponsored by Bright House Networks, the event raised funds for youth education programs at the Science Center. Various corporate teams and individual players came together to putt for progress over 18 holes of best ball tournament play on two separate courses.
Hole sponsors, "mulligans" available for purchase and raffle prizes generated revenue, and professional golfers could step in to swing for a donation. Players enjoyed lunch, dinner, an awards ceremony, drawings, contests and prizes. A special thank you to Bright House Networks, Jaguar Technologies, KableLink Communication, Knight Enterprises, Noble Resources, Oakstone Capital Partners and Structured Broadband Services for their generous and ongoing support of the Orlando Science Center.


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That's pretty clever. Not quite one for a t shirt (and not quite as intellectual) but it cracks me up.
Guy 1: I suffer from diarrhoea. Comes from my dads side of the family.
Guy 2: Diarrhoea isn't hereditary?
Guy 1: You sure? It's in my jeans.
Ha. But anyway... You should definitely throw out a few more designs. Nothing like witty funny t shirts.
I actually think I prefer if only some people get them.