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As a historian by training, I try to look at things in chronological order. So I'll start with what happened first chronologically, even though it wasn't the first point to come to light. In July 2004, a young software engineer named David Braginsky wrote in his blog that he "became a techlead of project Platypus at Google," among many other things happening in his life. Sadly, his next update wasn't for another year, and only mentioned that he "really wants to focus on work." There are no entries newer than August 2005 and no hints as to what project Platypus actually is.
In September 2005, Garett Rogers posted some speculation in his blog about a new project of Google's called GDrive. After revealing that Google owns the gbrowser.com domain, he suggests that it could stand for "file browser." Then he figures that "if google was smart, they would provide some sort of online storage medium that can be accessed from anywhere… a similar 3rd party application had been developed called 'GDrive' which utilized GMail as it's storage. This application has suspiciously been discontinued." After doing a little digging, Rogers discovered that the gdrive.com domain is owned by the same parties who own the gbrowser.com domain, which leads back to Google. He saw that as convincing evidence that Google is working on a GDrive.
In December 2005, Google bought Writely.com, an online word processor that lets you store your documents securely online. It was by no means the first service that Google made available to its users that allowed them to store content online, nor would it be the last; Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Spreadsheet, Blogger, Google Base, and Picasa, just to name a few, allow users to store and share different kinds of content in a variety of ways. But there's nothing to tie it all together into one drive, or at least not yet.
{mospagebreak title=Google's Hand is Tipped}
Just three months later, Greg Linden checked a slide presentation from a Google Analyst Day and found some interesting notes that reignited the speculation. The note for one of the slides says that Google plans to "get all the worlds information, not just some." But it's the notes from slide 19 that are particularly suggestive. They state in part:
"With infinite storage, we can house all user files, including: emails, web history, pictures, bookmarks, etc. and make it accessible from anywhere (any device, any platform, etc)…We already have efforts in this direction in terms of GDrive, GDS, Lighthouse, but all of them face bandwidth and storage constraints today…As we move toward the 'Store 100%' reality, the online copy of your data will become your Golden Copy and your local-machine copy serves more like a cache. An important implication of this theme is that we can make your online copy more secure than it would be on your own machine."
Google quickly took down the notes attached to the slides. Greg Linden posted an update to his blog, stating that "It now appears that many of the notes in the slides were cut-and-pasted from other presentations, never intended for Google Analyst Day." As it turned out, though, this wouldn't be the slip that would give the press and the bloggers their biggest field day yet with the mysterious GDrive.
What you see here is a screen shot of a mirror of a page that Corsin Camichel stumbled across on July 10. The original page was removed fairly quickly after its discovery. I apologize for the text not being clearer. So what exactly is it? If we take it at face value, it's "a filer for the whole world. But better." It also brings together Platypus and Gdrive.
In fact, at first glance it looks very much like we would expect the opening page for a virtual online hard drive from Google to look. It apparently works with Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. And it lists the advantages of storing your files with Platypus rather than on your hard drive. To quote from the page:
- Backup. If you lose your computer, grab a new one and reinstall Platypus. Your files will be on your new machine in minutes.
- Sync. Keep all your machines synchronized, even if they run different operating systems.
- VPN-less access. Not at a Google computer? View your files on the web at http://troutboard.com/p.
- Collaborate. Create shared spaces to which multiple Googlers can write.
- Disconnected access. On the plane? VPM broken? All your files are still accessible.
It sounds great so far…but there are certain clues that this project is not yet intended for prime time.
{mospagebreak title=Internal Only, or Preparing to Compete?}
It's entirely possible that the GDrive is meant for internal use of Google employees only. Note the references to "Googlers" and "a Google computer." Corsin Camichel found the page on Writely, but it wasn't through a simple process. The Google Blogoscoped blog thinks that "somebody at Writely saved the platypus main page to the server (as indicated by broken image links etc.) for some reason (one reason could be to use it as a template for a new Writely login screen) and somebody just happened to find it."
There's more support for this theory when you view the source for the page. It shows that Justin Rosenstein is the author; he's also the product manager for Google Page Creator, an online tool that lets you create web pages quickly. It appears (like so many of Google's services) to still be in beta. At any rate, there is more hidden text in the source code; listed after "VPN-less access" is:
- Publish. All of the files you store on Platypus are automatically accessible from the (corporate) web.
- Share. Other Googlers can mount your Platypus folders and open your files in read-only mode.
And after "Collaborate" is this bullet point:
- Local I/O speeds. Open and save as quickly as you could if you were accessing them from your C: drive.
Again, you'll notice repeated references to Googlers, which is the name Google uses for its employees. And it seems clear that the corporate web reference is to Google's internal web. So unless you work for Google, it looks like you won't be reaping the benefits of Platypus any time soon.
This is a shame, because there's clearly a demand for this kind of product. There are several utilities available that try to create a kind of online hard drive using Gmail's storage space. And stepping away from Google for a moment, other companies are already trying to provide something of this nature. So if and when Google does get the GDrive out, it could be facing some established competition.
Novell has iFolder (http://www.ifolder.com/index.php/Main_Page), which it turned into an open source project at the end of March. It lets users "back up, access and manage your personal files – from anywhere, at any time…you simply save your files locally…and iFolder automatically updates the files on a network server and delivers them to the other machines you use." Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's Chief Software Architect, let slip in an interview with Fortune in April that Microsoft is working on a service called Live Drive that sounds like it will do the same thing as the rumored GDrive. Amazon and Apple also have network storage services, or something similar. Other companies offering web-based storage include Box.net, OmniDrive and Streamload.
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As with so many services Google has come out with lately, mere rumors of a GDrive have raised all sorts of questions revolving around trust and privacy. Do you trust Google with your data? Hundreds of thousands of web surfers already do, for certain kinds of data. And frankly, there's nothing to indicate that GDrive users would be obligated to store all of their data with Google. So hold onto your sensitive financial information, and let Google keep track of your photos or the novel you're writing in your spare time.
It's not just Google you should be worried about trusting with your data. The government might be interested in your data too. The Justice Department has already queried search engines for information on user searches, as part of various investigations. The National Security Agency has also collected data, in this case from phone companies, about what numbers customers have called, and how often. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is reportedly thinking about asking ISPs and other companies that provide certain types of Internet services (yes, that would include Google) to keep records of user activity for two years, just in case the government wants to use the information in some sort of investigation.
In light of the civil liberties implications, is it really a good idea to store your information with Google? Unless and until Google comes out with its rumored GDrive, we may never know. If it does, it will probably need to follow certain policies to protect user privacy and to keep user data from falling into the hands of hackers, at the very least.
Still, this may not be as huge of a step as it sounds. The latest version of Google Desktop Search has a feature called Search Across Computers. It allows you to look for and access a file that's located, say, on your desktop, from your laptop (or vice versa). In order to make this work, Google stores user files temporarily on Google Desktop servers. Plenty of people already use this feature, and it's easy to see how it could be a lifesaver. How much further is it to go from temporary storage to permanent storage? In any case, if Google does create a GDrive, we will each decide for ourselves whether the convenience is worth the potential risk to our privacy.


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There are legitimately 17-19 players worthy of induction. While the IBWAA elected Mike Piazza last year (the Baseball Writers' Association of America didn't), the BBWAA didn't. The BBWAA elected Barry Larkin last year, while it didn't elect Piazza, hence the inclusion of Larkin on my ballot this year.
I left off guys like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens last year as "punishment" for their performance-enhancing drug use. While PEDs don't impact everyone the same way or make them superhuman, there is a reason why they're banned by MLB and, in some cases, illegal. There is an obvious advantage from using them, otherwise it wouldn't be an issue.
My ballot
Jeff Bagwell
Craig Biggio
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Jeff Kent
Barry Larkin
Greg Maddux
Mark McGwire
Tim Raines
Frank Thomas
It's only going to get more clutter in the coming years if the BBWAA/IBWAA doesn't increase the voting limit (from 10 to say, 15?) or if there are an unexpected number of inductions this year.
The guys who fell off my ballot this year are Edgar Martinez and Alan Trammell. This isn't because they're unworthy of the hall, but because there are others who are more worthy at this time.
Last year's BBWAA vote (by percentage) in parenthesis.
- Here's what I wrote about Bagwell on my ballot two years ago:
"Bagwell was one of the most fearsome hitters of the 1990s, posting an average season of .304/.416/.545, 29 HR, 107 RBI, 35 2B, 102 R, 98 BB. That includes his first two seasons, including a Rookie of the Year award in 1991 and two strike-shortened seasons. His career took off in 1994 when he slugged 39 home runs, drove in 116 runners and posted an obscene 1.201 OPS. Those numbers were good enough to earn him the NL MVP that season. From 1994 to 2003, he averaged the following: .301/.420/.574, 37 HR, 116 RBI, 36 2B, 116 R and 107 BB. So it seems his 1994 season (minus the .368 batting average and .750 slugging percentage) would set the tone for the rest of his career. The only reason he wasn't a surefire first-ballot guy was phantom steroid/performance-enhancing drug allegations. I left him off last year because I didn't envision him as a first-ballot guy in general (side note: he was one of my favorite non-Dodgers in the '90s). Upon further review, it appears I was mistaken. The guy put up some amazing numbers and should be rewarded as such.Nothing Bagwell did in the last 24 months has changed my mind.
Most impressive season: 1994, Houston: .368/.451/.750, 39 HR, 116 RBI, 32 2B, 104 runs scored, 213 OPS+, 8.9 rWAR, 7.8 fWAR
Extrapolated for 162-game schedule (155 games played): .368/.451/.750, 55 HR, 163 RBI, 45 2B, 146 runs scored
Craig Biggio (68.2)
- Biggio is one of the most underrated players of the last 25 years. He began as a catcher before Houston moved him to second base to preserve his knees. He played second base from 1992-2002, before Houston moved him to the outfield to make room for Jeff Kent (whom you'll ready about later). No matter where he played, he was a solid offensive contributor, but his best years came at second base. Relative to the position, he was well above-average offensively and won some hardware on the defensive side of the ball. Biggio is one of the best second baseman to ever play and deserves induction into the hall.
Most impressive season: 1997, Houston: .309/.415/.501, 22 HR, 81 RBI, 37 2B, 146 runs scored, 143 OPS+, 9.4 rWAR, 9.3 fWAR
Barry Bonds (36.2)
- This one hurts, only because Bonds was a gigantic thorn in the Dodgers' side from 1993 through 2007. But there's no denying his greatness. Even before 1998, when he reportedly began taking performance-enhancing drugs, Bonds was on the fast track for the Hall of Fame. In fact, his numbers through 1997 would have been enough to garner him strong consideration (.288/.408/.551, 374 HR, 417 SB, 1.3 BB/K ratio). His career after 1997 looks video game-esque, as he hit .314/.496/.697 with 388 HR, 209 OPS+ and a ridiculous 2.3 BB/K ratio.
Bonds was a seven-time MVP -- the most ever. He had 762 home runs -- the most ever. He walked 2,558 times -- the most ever. He had eight Gold Glove awards and is quite possibly the best player in the game's history. Whether the PEDs had a legitimate impact on his numbers, we'll never know. But like I said earlier, he was Hall-worthy before he used.
Most impressive season: 2004, San Francisco: .362/.609/.812, 45 HR, 101 RBI, 232 BB, 129 runs scored, 263 OPS+, 10.6 rWAR, 11.7 fWAR
Roger Clemens (37.6)
- Another case of a guy who was a lock for the Hall of Fame, even before using performance-enhancers. Clemens was a seven-time Cy Young award winner, an MVP award-winner and an 11-time All-Star. He topped 250 innings pitched six times in his career and 200 IP 15 times in 24 seasons. Clemens may very well be one of the best pitchers to ever throw, but his legacy will always be tainted by PEDs.
He won three of his Cy Youngs in Boston before former Red Sox's GM Dan Duquette thought Clemens' best days were behind him. Clemens went to Toronto in 1997 and put up an historic season that netted him his fourth Cy Young. He'd win three more after that (one in Toronto, one in New York, one in Houston). No matter what you think about him or his on- and off-the-field antics, he's one of the greatest pitchers of this or any generation.
Most impressive season: 1997, Toronto: .21-7, 2.05 ERA, 264 IP, 1.03 WHIP, 7.0 H/9, 0.3 HR/9, 2.3 BB/9, 10.0 K/9, 222 ERA+, 11.9 rWAR, 10.8 fWAR
Jeff Kent (first year eligible)
- Kent was the last inclusion on my list (he bumped Trammell from my list). While he wasn't the friendliest guy, he was a really good second baseman. He was well above-average offensively and maybe not as horrible as once expected defensively. Kent's 351 home runs are the most by a second baseman ever. He owns a .292/.357/.509 triple slash at the position in his career and remained a productive player until his age-39 season. He made his name with the Giants in the late-1990s and early-2000s, before signing with the Astros. He finished his career with four seasons in Los Angeles with the Dodgers. Kent won an MVP award in 2000 and was a five-time All-Star.
Most impressive season: 2000, San Francisco: .334/.424/.596, 33 HR, 125 RBI, 41 2B, 114 runs scored, 162 OPS+, 7.2 rWAR, 7.4 fWAR
- Here's what I wrote about Larkin two years ago. I'm honestly not sure why he wasn't elected by the IBWAA last year.
"Much like Roberto Alomar, when you thought of shortstops in the '90s, Larkin was one of the first guys you thought of. Not only was he a solid defender, he was pretty good with the bat -- so much so that he took home the 1995 NL MVP. He was a consistent hitter, putting up a career line of .295/.371/.444 and was the face of the Cincinnati Reds franchise for the better part of 13 years."Most impressive season: 1996, Cincinnati: .298/.410/.567, 33 HR, 89 RBI, 36-for-46 in SB, 117 runs scored, 154 OPS+, 7.4 rWAR, 6.8 fWAR
Greg Maddux (first year eligible)
- If there was ever a case for a unanimous hall-of-famer, it's Maddux. Unfortunately, the BBWAA won't ever elect someone unanimously because there are some writers who refuse to vote for a guy on the first ballot. Whatever. Maddux had some of the best success of any pitcher -- especially in the so-called "Steroid Era" -- despite not having elite fastball velocity.
Rarely did Maddux's fastball break 90 MPH, yet he was able to get incredible movement on the pitch and was able to place any pitch he wanted, anywhere he wanted, in any count. He was a master of control and was perhaps the smartest pitcher who ever pitched. Maddux was won four consecutive Cy Youngs (1992-95) and finished in the Top 5 five other times. He was an eight-time All-Star and an 18-time (!) Gold Glove winner. Oh, and he had some amazing numbers. He threw more than 5,000 innings in his career, which is amazing in and of itself. After 1992, his age-26 season, Maddux walked two hitters per nine innings just once -- 2002. He made the hitters hit his pitches, and they didn't do that very well. We might not see a pitcher like Maddux for quite some time.
Most impressive season: 1995, Atlanta (strike-shortened): 19-2, 1.63 ERA, 209 2/3 IP, 0.81 WHIP, 6.3 H/9, 0.3 HR/9, 1.0 BB/9, 7.8 K/9, 260 ERA+, 9.7 rWAR, 7.9 fWAR
This is what I wrote about McGwire last year, his seventh year eligible on the ballot:
"I've never written about McGwire before. It's hard to come up with a set of rules to go by when it comes to those who used PEDs (reference the beginning of this piece). McGwire had a fantastic career. He wasn't a guy who was going to shorten his swing to go the other way or hit behind a runner to move him up, he was the quintessential power-hitter. He didn't hit for a high average, but he hit a ton of balls over the fence. That's what he was paid to do. He hit 42 or more home runs six times in his career. While he'll always be remembered for his 70 homers in 1998, his 49 home runs in his rookie season of 1987 was pretty impressive.
McGwire put up some ridiculous numbers, including a .394 on-base percentage. His career slugging percentage (.588) is good for eighth-best in Major League history. Despite the PED use, he had a Hall of Fame career. He'll be held out for a long time by the BBWAA and I'd actually be a little surprised if he were voted in by the writers during his time on the ballot."The Dodgers' hitting coach, despite the PED stuff, is one of the greatest sluggers of all-time and should be enshrined. However, he won't be.
Most impressive season: 1998, St. Louis: .299/.470/.752, 70 HR, 147 RBI, 162 BB, 130 runs scored, 216 OPS+, 7.2 bWAR, 8.8 fWAR
Tim Raines (52.2)
- Here's what I've written about Raines the last three years.
"Aside from Rickey Henderson, Raines is the best leadoff hitter of the last 50 years. Batting first, he had a slash line of .294/.385/.427. Surprisingly, he spent a lot of time batting second and third in his career (2841 plate appearances), but he will always been known as a leadoff guy. He had a four-year stretch from 1981-84 in which he led the National League in stolen bases -- 71, 78, 90, 75 respectively. In 1981, a strike-shortened season, he stole those 71 bases in 88 games."There's a big push from the Internet community to get Raines in the Hall. Here's hoping it happens. He deserves it.
Most impressive season: 1987, Montreal: .330/.429/.526, 18 HR, 68 RBI, 50-for-55 in SB, 123 runs scored, 149 OPS+, 6.8 bWAR, 6.9 fWAR
Frank Thomas (first year eligible)
- The Big Hurt. My formative years were spent watching Thomas pummel opposing pitchers. He is easily one of the best hitters I ever watched. He may have been the most feared hitter after Bonds. For a 10-year stretch, Thomas was one of the game's best hitters. From 1991 through 2000, he hit .320/.439/.581 and averaged 34 home runs per season. His strike-shortened 1994 season was on pace to be one of the best ever. He won two MVP awards in that time (1993 and 1994) and finished in the Top 8 five other times. He also enjoyed success from 2002-07, as he hit .265/.381/.523 and averaged 28 home runs in his age-34 to 39 seasons. Not hall-level production, but really, really good production, especially considering his age.
Some take issue with the fact Thomas was a designated hitter more than he was a first baseman. While he spent more time as a DH (1,310 games at DH, 969 at first base), he enjoyed far more success as a first baseman (.337/.453/.625 compared to .275/.394/.505). No matter how you look at it, Thomas produced offensively like a hall-of-famer.
Most impressive season: 1994, Chicago: .353/.487/.729, 38 HR, 101 RBI, 34 2B, 106 runs scored, 212 OPS+, 6.3 rWAR, 7.0 fWAR
Extrapolated for 162-game schedule (162 games played): .353/.487/.729, 54 HR, 145 RBI, 49 2B, 152 runs scored
If the voting limit were increased, the aforementioned Martinez and Trammell would have gotten my vote (they got it in the past). Others I will vote for in the future include Tom Glavine, Mike Mussina, Curt Schilling and Larry Walker. Guys on the extreme outside looking in are Fred McGriff, Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa.
I was actually surprised to see Bonds and Clemens got as much support as they did in their first year eligible. They have 14 more years (including this one) to get 75 percent of the vote, but I'm skeptical that will happen.
Maddux is a near-lock to be voted in by the BBWAA. I'd assume Glavine is another near-lock to make it this year. Beyond them, I don't know who else will get enough votes to make it.
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3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] fairy tale of lightning speed, gritty action and shocking gravity, all driven by the electronic beat of a hypnotic score by the Chemical Brothers." - 04/14/2011 Rolling Stone
"HANNA's intriguing, disorienting pleasures -- the movie is part poetic dreamscape, part sinister spy saga -- lie more in the filmmaking flourishes than in the narrative..." -- Grade: B+ - 04/15/2011 Entertainment Weekly
4 stars out of 5 -- "Saoirse Ronan plays Hanna with a mix of fierceness and fragility and the actress is as visually compelling as her character is conceptually intriguing; the same can be said of the film as a whole." - 04/08/2011 Box Office
"[Ronan's] otherworldliness makes her paradoxically credible, here, as Hanna -- a creature from another dimension." - 03/01/2011 Film Comment
"[E]fficient and soulful....Wright applies an artful eye to carnage; he and production designer Sarah Greenwood exhaustively deploy their love for finding colors that mirror the characters' psychological states." - 04/07/2011 Movieline
4 stars out of 5 -- "A woozy mix of hard-as-nails actioner and modern-day fairytale, there are times when this surreal trek across Europe feels as if Hand Christian Andersen has rewritten THE BOURNE IDENTITY." - 06/01/2011 Total Film


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Here's my friend Tiffany. She's recently engaged and set to graduate college this June. I'll let you take a guess where we went to take these shots. Here's a hint though: it's one of my favorite places to be and it's a small town by the beach in San Diego (and I'll list it down below right after the pictures). Fun fact: I hate balloons. They pop, loudly, when you least expect it and have that smell of latex which I think is disgusting. They also make that horrible squealing sound when they rub against one another and on hands. However, they do make fun, colorful props. And like any photographer worth his/her salt would say, "Do anything for the shot."
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Night 2 of the Hero Complex Film Festival was a great success as Christopher Nolan took time from applying the finishing touches to "Inception" to sit for a lively Q&A session. There's plenty to tell you about, but I've broken out an entire article on his enlightening comments on the 3-D craze of the moment.
Christopher Nolan, speaking at the Hero Complex Film Festival, was cheered loudly by the audience when he made a moviegoer confession: "I'm not a huge fan of 3-D."
The director of "The Dark Knight" added that, after doing 3-D tests, his new film "Inception" will not be released in the trendy stereoscopic format because "we didn't have time to do it to the standards that I would be happy with."
Then, the professorial 39-year-old filmmaker, who burst on the scene a decade ago with "Memento," launched into a clinic on the entire topic of 3-D conversion and filmmaking that left some fans in the audience scratching their heads even as the film-school crowd leaned forward to catch every word. First off, he said, he resented the suggestion that cinema was somehow flat without those special glasses.
"The truth is, I think it's a misnomer to call it 3-D versus 2-D. The whole point of cinematic imagery is it's three-dimensional. … You know, 95% of our depth cues come from occlusion, resolution, color and so forth, so the idea of calling a 2-D movie a '2-D movie' is a little misleading."
Nolan was speaking at the Los Angles Times-sponsored festival, staged at the Mann Chinese 6 in Hollywood, between screenings of his 2002 thriller "Insomnia" and "The Dark Knight."
The festival is continuing Sunday with an appearance by Ridley Scott and screenings of "Alien" and "Blade Runner."
On Friday, the special guest was Leonard Nimoy and the film was "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home."
Nodding to the movie screen behind him, Nolan told the audience of 500 that he, literally, had a dim view of the 3-D releases he'd watched: "The truth of it is when you watch a film in here, you're looking at 16 foot-lamberts, When you watch through any of the conventional 3-D processes you're giving up three foot-lamberts. A massive difference. You're not that aware of it because once you're 'in that world,' your eye compensates, but having struggled for years to get theaters get up to the proper brightness, we're not sticking polarized filters in everything."
After the massive success of James Cameron's "Avatar" and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" (they have a staggering $3.7 billion in combined worldwide grosses since December), there is a studio stampede toward 3-D, which is seen as the type of singular spectacle now needed to lure consumers away from the comfort of their home-theater sofas.
But filmmakers have reservations. The sword-and-myth adventure "Clash of the Titans" — which, like "Inception," was produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. — was quickly converted into a 3-D film, and in the eyes of many critics, the post-production "rush job" showed. "Clash" director Louis Leterrier was beside himself as his movie came under fire, and he won't be back to direct the sequel; still, "Clash" has made $487 million worldwide and, domestically, stands as the fifth-highest-grossing release of 2010.
Leterrier chose his public comments on the 3-D issue carefully for the simple reason that it won't be easy to make another studio blockbuster without a studio. Nolan, who scored a billion-dollar success with "The Dark Knight," is as secure as any director in Hollywood at the moment. But he made it clear Saturday night that although he was captain of his own destiny, it was the studios that built the ship.
"Well, let me put it this way: There is no question if audiences want to watch films in stereoscopic imaging, that's what the studios will be doing, and that's what I'll be doing."
Nolan said "Inception," the July 16 dream-world heist film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, could have ended up as a 3-D release. "We did tests on 'Inception' with the different post-conversion processes, and they all went very well. It's quite easy to do, in fact. But it takes a little time, and we didn't have time to do it to the standards that I would be happy with."
Nolan said the craft of making a modern big-budget blockbuster with visual effects involved many of the same approaches needed for 3-D conversion. So, as a technical exercise, he finds it compelling but, as moviegoer, he has little interest in sitting in the dark with the finished product — at least in most cases so far.
"It's all based on all the visual-effects technology, you know, that we're currently most engaged in with match moving, so forth, and rendering 2-D imagery into a 3-D space. … On a technical level, it's fascinating, but on an experiential level, I find the dimness of the image extremely alienating."
What about shooting in 3D — as opposed to the post-production conversion approach? Nolan said that approach necessitated shooting in video, with big, bulky gear and a beam-splitter that required trade-offs with optics he was not eager to make. "There are a lot of problems with it … the idea of shooting a whole film through a massive beam-splitter and so forth — there are enormous compromises. Post-conversion technologies probably, for me, are definitely the future, but really it is up to the audiences what they want to see and how they want to watch their films."
Nolan is due to start filming a third Batman film in March, and he and Emma Thomas, his producing partner and wife, will be the producers of a Superman film, adding a new cinematic chapter to the superhero property that launched the comic-book industry in the summer of 1938. Nolan didn't say it, but it wasn't a leap to infer that Warner Bros. would be putting pressure to make those movies into 3-D releases for 2012 and beyond — and that the filmmaker was hoping new 3-D advances would come to light by then.
"I'm certainly quite pleased with 'Inception' as presented — it's very bright and very clear, so as the technology improves, those differences may change, and that is what I hope for."
— Geoff Boucher
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Ken Watanabe wins over Nolan: "He's such a movie star"
Captain America film may lead the way for Marvel in 3D
"Matrix," "Star Wars" — coming soon in 3-D?
Bigger than Batman: Nolan takes on "Inception"
"Inception," the only movie that matters?
ZEITCHIK: 3-D is changing the the ways scripts are written
Nolan breaks silence on Superman and Batman
Forget crossovers: Nolan says his Batman doesn't play well with others
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Free-agent P Seth Rosin (Padres) agreed to a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins, according to Baseball America's Matt Eddy.
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|Phillies | Seth Rosin returned
Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:13:18 -0700
The Texas Rangers returned RP Seth Rosin, the Los Angeles Dodgers' Rule 5 draft pick, to the Philadelphia Phillies Friday, April 11, in exchange for $25,000.
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|Rangers | Kevin Kouzmanoff called up
Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:23:56 -0700
The Texas Rangers recalled 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff from Triple-A Round Rock Wednesday, April 9, and designated RP Seth Rosin for assignment in a corresponding move.
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|Rangers | Final two bullpen jobs decided
Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:29:15 -0700
Texas Rangers RPs Seth Rosin and Shawn Tolleson won the final two bullpen jobs. Rosin is a Rule 5 pick, and he must stay on the roster all season or be offered back to the Philadelphia Phillies for $25,000.
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|Rangers | Five bullpen jobs spoken for
Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:00:36 -0700
The Texas Rangers are starting to finalize their bullpen. RPs Joakim Soria will serve as the closer, with RPs Neal Cotts, Pedro Figueroa, Jason Frasor and Alexi Ogando joining him. That leaves two spots open, and Ps Ryan Feierabend, Michael Kirkman, Daniel McCutchen, Seth Rosin and Shawn Tolleson battling down to the end of camp.
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|Rangers | Seth Rosin claimed
Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:15:53 -0700
The Texas Rangers claimed P Seth Rosin off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday, March 26.
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:20:58 -0700
The Los Angeles Dodgers' fifth rotation spot isn't sealed up yet with SP Chad Billingsley (elbow) returning from Tommy John surgery and SP Josh Beckett (thumb) dinged up. SP Paul Maholm went only 2 2/3 frames Thursday, March 13, and allowed six runs on six hits on a pair of home runs. Maholm will likely be in the bullpen if he cannot beat out Beckett for the final spot. Los Angeles won't need a fifth starter until the middle of April, however. SPs Stephen Fife and Seth Rosin may be options for the rotation if Beckett or Maholm don't work out.
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|Mets | Seth Rosin dealt to Los Angeles
Fri, 13 Dec 2013 11:42:39 -0800
The New York Mets have traded P Seth Rosin to the Los Angeles Dodgers, in exchange for cash considerations.
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Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:35:28 -0800
The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired P Seth Rosin from the New York Mets for an undisclosed package.
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|Giants | Hunter Pence deal official
Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:03:03 -0700
The San Francisco Giants acquired Philadelphia Phillies OF Hunter Pence for C Tommy Joseph, OF Nate Schierholtz and P Seth Rosin.
Fantasy Tip: Following in the footsteps of Shane Victorino, Pence goes to a pitcher-friendly home stadium, but he joins another team that likes to steal bags. Maybe he'll see an uptick there with the energy of a pennant race. Though he's not making as much contact as he used to, he remains a high-quality fantasy outfielder because of his across-the-board presence.
Joseph, who also plays first base, was one of San Fran's most highly touted youngsters. The 21-year-old carries plenty of power that could see the bigs in a few years, depending on what positional paths open up. Though his homer column has taken a hit this year, he has dramatically improved his plate discipline. He's an intriguing long-term fantasy farm commodity.
Schierholtz might see platoon duty if Philly clears out Juan Pierre, as well. He's an NL-only grab that might have deep mixed utility considering his new bat-leaning environment. Rosin has fanned 68 in 56 1/3 frames at Single-A San Jose and projects as a future closer type. Watch him in the long run.
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Citi Bank NA Management Associate Job Circular 2016
Citi Bank NA Officer Job Circular 2016 has been published. Citi Bank NA Senior Officer Job Circular 2016. Applicants need to have Masters/BBA/MBA from any reputed university. Both Male and Female candidates may apply. Age limit is maximum 30 years but in case of FF quota it is 32 years. Applicants must be strong team player, dynamic, able to learn….


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This Week In Island History
Week of July 12
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago
From the Newport Journal, July 12, 1912
The celebration of the Fourth in this town was of the "safe and sane" order. There were an unusually large number of people on the island. Not only was the number of excursionists large, but there were more cottagers and hotel guests for the summer than usual. The celebration of the day and evening was far less noisy than usual, all seeming to enjoy themselves with the quieter forms of amusement. The result was that the police had little to do. The Fire Department did not have a call and the physicians were not required to dress cuts and bruises. In the afternoon there was a ball game between the Jamestowns and the Mayrants (sic). This was onesided, however, the local team winning by a score of 22-2. During the evening the waterfront was the scene of much activity. The Thorndike was illuminated with red, white and blue electric lights.
The new casino, which opened with a reception and a dance, attracted a large number, many of the officers and shipmen from the fleet being present in uniform.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, July 12, 1937
There was a large number of the summer colony and their guests at the Beaver Tail Country Club Saturday evening, which included many midshipmen from the destroyers.
Beavertail seemed to be the favorite spot Saturday and Sunday for those seeking a cool breeze, and on the rocks after sunset, many supper parties were held.
From the Newport Daily News, July 13, 1937
At the last meeting of the trustees of the Conanicut Yacht Club, it was voted to reduce the membership dues of non-yacht owners in half. It was explained by an official that the yacht club will be open to all residents of Jamestown, the desire being to make them yachtminded in addition to increasing the social activities of the club.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, July 10, 1962
Who has the jurisdiction over the Jamestown Philomenian Library: the Town Council or the library board of trustees? The question was raised last night by the library committee. Mrs. Mc- Call MacLeish, library committee chairman, submitted a written report to the council containing three recommendations: the use of the Town Hall by the library as outlined by the Planning Commission, that the annual allotment of $100 for purchase of books and supplies be increased to $1,000, and that the library staff be included in the salary survey now being conducted by the University of Rhode Island for the town. From the Newport Daily News,
July 11, 1962
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority objects to a recommendation that it be abolished and has so notified the governor.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News,
July 8, 1987
Tuesday night's bus tour of town facilities by town councilmen imparted some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the town employees are giving taxpayers more than their money's worth. But the bad news is many town buildings are so small that it cramps the efforts of these workers. But nowhere did that point hit home harder than in the town's police station. From the Newport Daily News,
July 9, 1987
The town had a $293,264 surplus in the 1986-87 fiscal year, according to audit figures released to councilmen Tuesday. From the Newport Daily News,
July 14, 1987
The Town Council Monday night approved an ordinance banning boat trailer parking on Conanicus and Walcott avenues. At the same time, the council set fines at $25 for violating the ordinance. Subsequent violations will cost offenders $50 and $75, respectively.
15 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
July 10, 1997
Due to hot, dry weather, a ban on all outdoor water uses, except limited garden watering, will go into effect tonight at midnight. Under the emergency ordinance, violators of the water-use restrictions can be fined up to $500, even for a first offense.
Not one person, out of some 100 residents attending Tuesday night's work session on the proposed plan to extend East Ferry's steel pier using federal transportation money, spoke in favor of the idea.
(Headline) DOT revives $2.4 million road improvement, Southwest Avenue and part of Beavertail Road will be repaved, widened
(Headline) CILT buys development rights to the Godena farm.
10 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
July 11, 2002
There is a complete ban on all outdoor watering in the town's municipal water district, due to a problem with processing the water at the treatment plant on North Main Road.
Members of the town's Quonset Davisville Liaison Committee, and their consultant, finalized a letter last week that identifies the many areas of study that the committee would like to take up when they are acting on the governor's application to put a container port at the nearby industrial park.
U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee led a group of state and local officials and area residents on a stroll to the middle of the old Jamestown Bridge Monday afternoon during a press conference to announce his mission to seek federal funding for the Jamestown Bridge removal project.


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Fight of the Day: Drew Fickett vs. Mark Weir
Just a taste of what Jake will have to deal with on Saturday. In his last fight at Cage Rage 24 (12/1/07), Drew Fickett faced the heavy hands of Mark "The Wizard" Weir, and was taking heaps of abuse while on his back before finding an opening and wrapping Weir up with a rear-naked choke. Unfortunately, Shields has never been submitted in his career — not an encouraging stat for Fickett, who relies heavily on his subs. Any predictions?Read More DIGG THIS


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|This company has recently filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
NOTE: On January 16, 2009 Circuit City announced that it would liquidate the business
Circuit City (OTC: CCTYQ) is a big-box consumer electronics (CE) retailer. It is the third largest CE retailer behind Best Buy and Wal-Mart, generating over $11.7 billion in sales during the 2008 fiscal year[1]. The company also offers repair and installation services under the brand 'Firedog,' and now emphasizes their growing phone and online store. Circuit City has an international presence in Canada, following the 2004 purchasing of InterTAN stores, which were re-branded as The Source by Circuit City.
Circuit City management initiated a turnaround process in 2003, generating a profit from 2004 to 2007. However, more recently, in fiscal 2008, Circuit City once again found itself under serious pressure. The company's sales fell 5.5% to $11.7 billion and lost $321 million on net for FY08[2]. During the same year sales at Circuit City's main rival, Best Buy, grew 11.4% while posting net income of $1.4 billion[3]. A significant part of Circuit City's recent troubles have been as a result of lost sales to Best Buy, but profits have also fallen as a result of a decrease in warranty sales and an increase in sales of low-margin PCs and falling margins on flat-panel televisions.
Circuit City is also under increasing pressure from discount retailers like Wal-Mart, Target, and Costco, who are able to leverage their pricing advantage to capture increasing market share. These companies are able to capitalize on the rapid product cycles that characterize the CE market, where new innovations quickly force down prices of previous technology, lowering prices and sales margins.
In April of 2008 Blockbuster (BBI) announced an unsolicited bid (of about $1 billion in cash, approximately $6 to $8 a share) to acquire Circuit City. However Circuit City's management initially questioned the validity of the offer and declined to allow the potential suitor to examine company's records for a few weeks before giving in to Blockbuster's request. After reviewing the electronics retailer's financial condition Blockbuster announced on July 3, 2008 that it would no longer be pursuing an acquisition of Circuit City. Despite Blockbuster's pull out, Circuit City is continuing to look for a buyer, as the company's struggle with profitability and sales continued in the first half of fiscal 2009; Circuit City posted a net loss of $164 million for the quarter and a further loss of $239 million in the second quarter, as sales fell 8.5%[4][5] On November 10, 2008 Circuit City filed for bankruptcy protection, due to increasing pressure from the global economic crisis, with falling vendor and consumer confidence.[6] .
Circuit City does business in five major categories:
Consumer electronics retailers attempt to differentiate themselves from discount or online retailers through service offerings—most prominently, extended warranties, installation, and repair. Circuit City offers the latter two through their in-house brand firedog, which was launched in October 2006 and competes directly with Best Buy's Geek Squad and their Magnolia Hi-Fi home theater installation offerings. Through the first three quarters of fiscal 2008, warranty and service revenue accounted for approximately 7.6% of net sales company-wide.
Circuit City has not released detailed margin information regarding their extended warranty program, but it can be assumed that as a high premium, low loss insurance, it represents considerable profit for the company. Margins on installation and repair services are likely not as high, but still represent a considerable value add to a sale. Installation has also been shown to reduce return rates versus self-install purchases.
Despite the launch of firedog, and an increased focus on customer service as a differentiation from discount retailers, Circuit City's customer satisfaction ratings are poor, trailing Best Buy and Costco considerably, and lagging even Wal-Mart. Circuit City's satisfaction rating has steadily declined since 2003, dropping 5.5% overall.
The company's continuing viability as an independent entitiy remains open to question as does its attractiveness to a potential acquirer
News that Blockbuster (BBI) has made an unsolicited bid to acquire Circuit City broke on April 13, 2008, initially offering over $1 billion for Circuit City, valuing the company between $6 and $8 a share. However on July 3, 2008 Blockbuster (BBI) announced that it was no longer interested in acquiring Circuit City. Despite Blockbuster rescinding its bid for the company, Circuit City has hired Goldman Sachs Group to assist the retailer explore "strategic alternatives" to the company's current state, most of which involve being acquired by another company
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The consumer electronics market is propelled by innovation, which creates new product cycles and pushes current cycles forward more quickly than other retail markets. This creates demand through the introduction of new technology, as well as through driving down prices of the previous generation of technology. CE retailers like Circuit City and its main competitors are extremely dependent on product cycles; during the strong cycles created by the introduction of the VCR, the CD player, and the DVD player, they outperformed the vast majority of retailers in all markets. However, as demand for these products slows, sales growth for CE retailers slows as well, unless these cycles are replaced or refreshed by new innovations.
Rapid product cycles also leave CE retailers vulnerable to rapid price drops, which cut into profit margins. As these products become commoditized, discount and online retailers, such as Wal-Mart and Amazon.com, can take market share. Product cycles of particular import to Circuity City currently include the falling prices and margins on PCs as well as decreasing margins on HDTVs.
Seasonal cycles also affect product cycles. The holiday season in particular can have an unpredictable effect, as both sales and price competition tends to increase. As an example, the holiday season of 2006 saw prices on flat panel TVs falling much faster than expected as vendors became locked in a price war. Video game software is also seasonally dependent, as publishers often time major releases to coincide with traditionally strong sales periods, such as the holidays or the summer, as well as positioning big-name titles to compete against the prominent releases of their rivals.
CE sales have been strong over the last three years due to the strong market for cellular phones, LCD and plasma flat panel televisions, portable MP3 players, and digital cameras. These five product cycles accounted for 26% of total CE sales and 90% of total incremental sales growth in 2005. Flat panel televisions, in particular, are extremely important to success in the current CE market, as demonstrated by the crowding-out effect their popularity is generating, and Circuit City has identified digital television sales as a priority.
Flat panel TVs are of particular importance to CE retailers because of warranty and service opportunities. Recent surveys have demonstrated that CE customers are considerably more likely to purchase warranties or installation for flat panel TVs than they are for most other electronics. Only 24% of customers indicated they "usually" purchased an extended warranty for consumer electronics; in contrast, 58% responded that they were "somewhat likely" or "very likely" to purchase a warranty for a flat panel TV costing $1000 or more, with 42% responding similarly for flat panel TVs less than $1000. Service offerings helped Circuit City return to profitability between 2004 and 2007, but warranty and service sales have dropped so far in fiscal 2008 as customers seem to be choosing Best Buy over Circuit City.
Other product cycles of importance are video game hardware, software and accessories; of particular import are the newest consoles from Nintendo, the Wii, and Sony, the PlayStation3. However, current production shortages on the Nintendo Wii could limit the positive impact of the console's popularity during the 2007 holiday shopping season. On Sony's end, the company recently cut prices on its PlayStation3 which could help spur sales of the console which often lead to increased sale on higher margin software and accessories.
As the third largest consumer electronics retailer in the United States, Circuit City will likely take a large portion of the $1 Billion in expected revenue from converter box sales around the time of the Analog to Digital Television Transition date of February 17, 2009.
Circuit City's most direct competition is Best Buy (BBY), which currently has a considerable lead in market share, customer satisfaction, and in efficiency of operations, as demonstrated by its higher sales per store and per square foot. Circuit City also tends to lag Best Buy in expansion and development; for example, the firedog service comes years after Best Buy acquired Geek Squad and Magnolia. So far in fiscal 2008 Circuit City has fallen even farther behind Best Buy. Circuit City has operated at a $325 million loss for the first three quarters of FY08 due to falling sales and decreases in profitability, while Best Buy has experienced a 17% increase in revenue and an 18% increase in operating profit. Apart from Best Buy, other CE retailers, such as Radioshack (RSH) and CompUSA, hold considerably less market share, and are currently undergoing restructuring processes of their own.
Circuit City also faces growing competition from large-scale discount retailers, such as Costco, Target, and particularly Wal-Mart, which has the second-largest presence in the CE market. The company also competes with specialty retailers, like Gamestop (GME) in the video game market. Online discounters like Amazon are also gaining mindshare as a destination for consumer electronics.
Circuit City faces some pressure from top-tier vendors, who can control prices, limit release of certain product, such as video game consoles, and in some cases (for example, Sony and Apple) have established their own retail presence). Dell, as a major player in computer sales, can also be considered as a competitor.


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An OEM of specialized paper converting equipment to the paper processing industry required a lift within their continuous duty palletizer to support their tooling which acts as a buffer allowing product to accumulate while the palletizer processes a batch load.
Handling Specialty engineered a purpose built hydraulic scissor lift with a continuous running HPU, double acting NFPA cylinders and an adjustable stroke limiting device. The lift is fully raised as the client's tooling extends allowing product to accumulate, building up a batch load. The lift indexes down until such time as the main palletizing unit has discharged its load and raises to 'marry' with the new batch load, allowing the tooling to be retracted and accumulation to continue. The lift then returns to its raised position until the next cycle.


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Dublin recycling centre fire 'believed to be arson'
A major fire at a recycling centre which has been burning for three days is believed to have been arson.
Fire crews used diggers to remove mounds of burning rubbish from inside the Oxigen plant in the Merrywell industrial estate in Ballymount, Dublin before dousing the flames.
Strong winds have helped reduce the risk of pollution and health problems for people and businesses in the area.
However, tonight An Post have confirmed that the nearby Marywell parcel depot has been forced to close temporarily as a result of heavy smoke from the fire.
Thousands of parcels are handled at the Marywell depot so customers can expect disruption to service for at least 24 hours.
It is understood investigations centre on the inferno being started deliberately after another fire was reported at a carpet centre in the same industrial estate on Saturday night.
The fire, although contained and under control, is expected to burn for a number of days, possibly until Thursday.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has had inspectors on site everyday since the blaze broke out and said that there has been a significant reduction in smoke levels today.
But a spokeswoman warned: "In Dublin, smoke from Ballymount fire may cause poor air quality in local areas for the rest of today."
Three units of the Dublin Fire Brigade remained on site to douse flames and ensure the fire did not spread.
Tonnes of burnt recycling material - standard domestic plastic, paper and packaging and bales of paper and cardboard collected from businesses - were removed from the storage and processing building at the Oxigen plant.
Fires reignited in some mounds of rubbish even after being soaked. Fire crews on the scene said that was to be expected due to the sheer quantity of smouldering and hot material.
None of the EPA's air quality monitoring stations around Dublin recorded any pollution issues.
All stations - Balbriggan, Blanchardstown, Coleraine Street in the north inner city, Dun Laoghaire, Rathmines, Swords, Tallaght, which only tests for sulphur dioxide, Winetavern Street in the south inner city - have good quality, tests showed.
The monitors record data on particles and gases such as nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide.
The EPA has received 65 complaints over the lifetime of the Merrywell Oxigen facility July 2006, mainly relating to odour.
The EPA warned people with lung problems and heart problems and older people to reduce strenuous physical activity, particularly outdoors, and people with asthma may need an inhaler more often. It also urged anyone experiencing discomfort such as sore eyes, cough or sore throat to reduce activity, particularly outdoors.
The fire will be investigating by gardai, the fire service and the EPA.
Oxigen said it had recently stopped receiving hazardous waste at the site although concerns were raised about pollutants and toxins from burning plastics.
Asbestos was among the materials stored at the recycling plant but it was removed before it could catch fire.
The watchdog was also briefed on materials which were being stored and processed at the plant.
The Asthma Society of Ireland (ASI) said it believed the weather played a part in reducing the air pollution
In a statement, Oxigen said: "As the fire is yet to be totally extinguished, the investigation into the cause is yet to commence."
The company employs more than 120 people at the site and up to 75 jobs are directly involved or linked to processing recyclable waste.
It said management were actively working to protect as many jobs as possible by relocating staff across other depots and areas of the business. It will be the end of the week before it is known how many jobs could be at risk.
Oxigen also said domestic and commercial collection services remain uninterrupted.
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This blog post is guest-written by Jebediah Forrester, a 158-year old man.
I don't know about your upbringing, but when I was a toddler growing up in the mid-19th century, I used to love the harvest festival.
After a long season of working 16-hour days in my family's thistle orchards, Pappy would finally let me and my 21 siblings take a day off, and we'd gather 'round a pan of Mama's corn pone and a pot of steaming thistle stew and enjoy each other's company without worrying which of us wouldn't survive the harsh Kansa-homa Winter.
The best parts of the harvest festival have been kept alive with Slide Ranch's annual Harvest Celebration. Sure, there's not as much dysentary, and you can milk goats instead of the traditional prairie marmot, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a more authentic harvest celebration this side of Amish country.
On Saturday, October 10th from 10am to 4pm, come to Slide Ranch for:
Scarecrow making - Now in my day, we used witchcraft to transform disobedient children into statues, but I understand these will be made primarily from straw. (Sigh) Simpler times...
Wool spinning - In addition to spinning wool for clothes, we'd also spin sheep for entertainment. You'd get the sheep as dizzy as possible and then race them across the barn. Then you'd eat the loser. And the winner. We were hungry in those days.
Relaxing in the garden - A lot of people think that we didn't know the meaning of the word "relax," and that's not true. We just defined it differently: "the time between when your heart stops beating, and your body finishes decomposing."
Coastal hikes - If by hikes you mean back-breaking work, and by coastal you mean in the thistle orchard, then yes, we did go on coastal hikes.
Great live music - I was actually a classically trained jug-blower and washboard player back in the day. I had ambitions to go pro until a giant tumbleweed came and destroyed the local symphony.
Now, the bad news is that it does cost money: $20 a head in advance, or $25 at the gate. $75 for families of 4 or more.
But the good news is kids two and under get in for free, as opposed in my day, when kids under two would have to work the fields for 16 hours at a time. And if they complained? No thistle stew for them that night!
So come on down to the Slide Ranch Harvest Celebration. Marvel at nature's bounty, and be grateful you don't live in a era when you actually have to live with her as your cruel, cruel mistress.


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This article is part of our special report Energising Tomorrow's World.
SPECIAL REPORT / Practically half of the EU's renewable energy currently comes from wood and wood waste, according to the EU statistics office Eurostat, but a lack of sustainability criteria for measuring its environmental impact is stoking fears of a hidden carbon debt mountain.
The new Eurostat numbers were issued in conjunction with the UN's Year of Sustainable Energy For All (SE4ALL), which sets ambitious renewables, energy efficiency and universal energy access targets.
According to the Eurostat statistics, on average, 49% of renewable energy in the EU 27 states came from wood and wood waste in 2010, and most EU states met the majority of their renewable energy obligations this way.
Forest products were most popular in the Baltics, accounting for 96% of Estonia's renewable energy and 88% of Lithuania's. At the other end of the table, Norway and Cyprus only used wood materials for 11% and 13% of their renewable energy needs respectively.
"The bad news behind these figures is that the carbon debt from much of this wood means that CO2 emissions in the real world will actually go up," Faustine Defossez the bioenergy policy officer for the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), told EURACTIV.
EU states must source a fifth of their energy mix to renewables by 2020 and because wood is cheap, easily accessible and considered 'carbon neutral', it is quite literally a 'low hanging fruit'.
But an increasing body of environmental science views the 'carbon neutral' tag as mistaken, because of a lack of common criteria to enforce sustainable practices such as cascade use.
Cascading involves the energy use of wood at the end of its life cycle, in the form of woodland wastes and residues, or byproducts such as furniture, panels and paper, 70.4% of which is now recycled according to the European Recovered Paper Council.
Burning wood
If living wood is simply burned for energy, a temporary carbon debt can be created until CO2 emissions caused by the release of all the carbon it has absorbed, and the loss to the carbon sink, are compensated for by fully-grown replacement trees.
Climate scientists say that this time lag can run over many decades – sometimes centuries – causing environmental tipping points to be reached in the interim that render any expected eventual carbon savings moot.
Last month, EURACTIV revealed that a leaked EU study had concluded that bioenegry production often increased short-term carbon emissions, for this reason.
That study has still not been released and, as rumours of textual modifications swirl, EURACTIV understands that the EEB is considering suing Brussels for its release, even though it is itself funded by the European Commission and 13 EU member states.
As with the Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) dispute that paralysed EU biofuels policy for years, environmentalists believe that the carbon debt issue has the potential to ignite a biomass sustainability criteria row, because of what they call a 'shoot first, aim later' approach to policy making.
"Carbon debt is definitely the new ILUC," Defossez said.
UN fears
Fears are being raised that the same problem could take root on a wider scale, in the UN's target to double the amount of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030.
"There is a very high risk that if you are just driven by short term simplistic targets and blunt incentives that the environmental results are likely to be very damaging," one EU official told EURACTIV.
Despite their headline renewables target, UN officials contacted by EURACTIV were uncertain whether sustainability criteria would be used for wood-based energy within SE4ALL, what they might be, or what percentage bioenergy would make up of the scheme.
"It's a very sensitive question," said Christophe Yvetot, the United Nations Industrial Development Office's representative to the EU.
But a November 2011 Vision Statement by the UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon made clear that biomass would have a role to play in meeting the SE4ALL targets.
"Countries with abundant biomass resources, like Sweden and Brazil, now get 50% of their energy from renewable resources," he wrote approvingly. According to the new Eurostat figures, Sweden sources 57% of its renewable energy to wood and wood waste.
Zero emissions?
The problem with carbon accounting stems from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) counting of CO2 emissions from biomass burnt for energy as zero in the energy Sector, so long as the net CO2 emissions are logged in national agriculture and forestry inventories.
This method was set when it was assumed that the world would adopt the Kyoto Protocol. But only a very small sub-group of nations have Kyoto targets requiring such records to be kept, leaving a carbon accounting hole where wood imports are concerned.
Common criteria for registering land use emissions from biomass in Kyoto signatories are also considered problematic in many instances.
"The burning of wood is considered as zero emissions because international rules assume that these emissions are correctly accounted for when trees are cut," Nuša Urban?i? an expert at the green NGO, Transport and Environment told EURACTIV.
"However, this is not the case in most countries. As long as this is not fixed, biomass has an unfair advantage compared to other truly low carbon renewables."
Wood industry allies with environmentalists
Sections of the wood industry, losing out to biomass firms because of renewable targets, have begun to ally themselves with environmentalists, with whom they share a common interest.
"We as a wood industry are strongly for the cascade use principle," said Filip De Jaeger, the secretary general of the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries. "We prefer raw materials to be used for panels and recycled at the end of their life cycle for energy purposes."
Incentives for the use of biomass as a renewable were creating "fierce competition" for wood he said: "In many cases, the energy sector benefits from schemes to produce green certificates or green energy, which give them a higher buying power and create difficulties for panel mills that don't have these additional support mechanisms."
Brussels had been expected to propose new sustainability criteria for the use of biomass for energy this year, but the initiative was delayed and is now absent from next year's workplans.
"The good news is that it is not too late to avoid another biofuels debacle if the Commission comes with new measures to address this," Defossez said.
Many veterans of the EU's biofuels battles though are not optimistic.
The EU's Renewable Energy Directive set a binding goal to source 20% of the bloc's energy from renewable sources by 2020. This included a target to provide 10% of transport energy from renewable sources, including biofuels.
The directive included voluntary and contested sustainability criteria for biofuels for transport as well as bioliquids in electricity, heating and cooling.
Biomass, either solid or gaseous, is biological material that usually derives from forested wood, agricultural crops and residues, or from biodegradable waste such as municipal waste and sewage sludge.
In order to produce energy, it can be converted directly into heat or electricity or into biofuels or biogas.
- 2020: Deadline for EU targets to be met, including a rise in the share of renewables in the regional energy mix to 20%
- 2030: Deadline for UN SE4ALL goals to be met, including a doubling of the share of renewables in the global eenrgy mix
Further Reading
European Union
- European Environment Agency: Opinion of the EEA Scientific Committee on Greenhouse Gas Accounting in Relation to Bioenergy
- European Commission: Bioenergy
- European Commission: National Biomass Action Plans
International Organisations
- Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change: IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Think tanks & Academia
- Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)
- Southern Environmental Law Center: Biomass Supply and Report: Carbon Accounting for Southeastern Forests
Business and Industry
- Confederation of European Paper Industries: Wood flows in Europe (EU27)
- Confederation of European Paper Industries: CEPI 2050 Roadmap for a low carbon bio-economy


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Bulldogs Set to Sail In Massachusetts
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—The No. 1 Yale coed sailing team will look to continue its three-week win streak at the Marchiando Friis Team race hosted by Tufts and MIT in the Boston Area. The Bulldogs will also sail at the Admiral Alymers Trophy at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, Mass.
Coming off last weekend's victory at the Southern New England Team Race, the Bulldogs are well prepared for the Jan Friis/Lynne Marchiando team race this weekend. Tufts and MIT will play co-hosts as half of the teams will report to Tufts on Day 1 while the other half will report to MIT. This will allow for more sailing, as both sets of teams will be able to spend the entire day on the water. It also allows for more teams to compete. On the second day, Sunday, the teams with the best records from each location will race against each other, while the bottom half of the teams will race in a silver medal at the other site.
The Bulldogs will face off against other top team racing teams such as Roger Williams and Boston College. They will report to Mystic Lake, the Tufts sailing venue, for the first round on Saturday, which will mean they will have the opportunity to sail Larks. Because of Mystic Lake's lack of breeze, Tufts sails these boats that are great in light air. Tufts also equips the boats with flat-topped mains to increase the breeze range in which racing is possible.
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Yesterday, the United Football League released their full 2012 football schedule. The press release comes fresh on the heels of the league's announcement that CBS Sports has picked up the TV rights for the entire season. Don't look now, but things might be starting to turn the corner for the still-new football league. After a tumultuous 2011 season that saw the schedule re-written several times and then ultimately shortened to save money, the league has some work to do to re-gain the confidence of their fans.
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Port Jervis, NY
Mr. Nestor Arnold Vargas of Port Jervis, NY and a long time resident of the area died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Orange Regional Medical Center, Middletown. He was 68.
He was born April 26, 1945 in Brooklyn, NY the son of the late Eustacio A. and the late Lydia Toro Vargas. Arnold was married for 34 years to Faith McClary Vargas.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Air Force during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Arnold was a Line Supervisor for Kolmar Labs in Port Jervis.
A family statement read: "Arnold enjoyed nature and was most at peace when fishing or hunting game. Family celebrations were also important, and his guiding words were "You do what you have to do."
Surviving are his wife, Faith Vargas, at home; step son, Lyn Parker of Port Jervis; step daughter, Stacie Dennison and her husband, Thadeus Gaitor of Port Jervis; brother, Enrique "Jerry" Vargas and his wife, Zulma of Cave Creek, AZ; sister, Zulma Marcial and her husband, Walter of Matamoras, PA; two grandsons, Joshua Rodriguez and Lyn Parker, Jr.; also several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Gray-Parker Funeral Home, 100 E. Main St., Port Jervis on Tuesday, April 30th from 9:15 to 11:15 a.m. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, April 30th with an 11:15 a.m. prayer at the funeral home followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 12 p.m. in St. Joseph's R.C. Church, 307 Ave. F., Matamoras, PA with Rev. August A. Ricciardi officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery, Port Jervis.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association, 419 East Main St., Suite 305, Middletown, NY 10940 or American Diabetes Association, NYS - Memorial Processing Ctr., PO Box 31160, Hartford, CT 06150
Funeral arrangements are by the Gray-Parker Funeral Home, 845.856.5191; for additional information, directions or to send a condolence note to the family, visit www.grayparkferfuneralhome.com.


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Massapequa, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's lacrosse team fell to 0-5 overall with a 12-11 loss to Vassar College (1-7) on Wednesday afternoon in a game at John J. Burns Park in Massapequa, N.Y.
The Rams opened the scoring with a man-up goal by junior Joe Meola (Rocky Point, N.Y./Rocky Point) just four minutes in, assisted by junior Jeremy Goohs (Merrick, N.Y./Calhoun). Vassar struck back with two goals to take the lead and junior Chris Fiorenzo (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) tied it up again with a Farmingdale goal at the 2:00 mark of the first period. The Brewers outscored the Rams 7-2 over the next 17 minutes of play to hold a 9-4 edge at the half.
At the beginning of the third, senior Ryan LaFlare (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) scored an unassisted goal at 11:20 and Goohs scored his first of the day just two minutes later off an assist by freshman Jon Trama (North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon). Meola added his second and final goal of the day with 2:47 left in the third to make it 10-7 Vassar.
Farmingdale reeled off four more goals in the final period to rally and tie the game at 11 all. Goohs connected on two and Fiorenzo scored his second, before sophomore Anthony Jacobi (Jericho, N.Y./Syosset) found the back of the net for the game tying shot with 3:39 remaining.
Vassar senior Vito Cataldo (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) scored the eventual game-winner with 2:16 left in the fourth to make it a 12-11 final score.
Freshman goalie Ed Pappo (Malvern, Pa.) finished with 12 saves for Vassar, while sophomore Danny Keegan (Commack, N.Y./Commack) and senior Kevin Winters (Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin) each made five saves in 30 minutes of play for the Rams.
Farmingdale will host Manhattanville College on Sunday, March 25th at 1:00pm in their first Skyline Conference game of the season.


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Sure, they're coated with an amazing buttermilk and spice mix, but at least they're baked and not fried, right?
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French Fries are the go-to for so many parents of picky eaters, so why not give 'em a healthy twist by using sweet potatoes?
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Goffstown School Board portable classroom decision draws criticism
GOFFSTOWN — An effort is under way to get the school board to change its decision to switch the portable classrooms and the library at Maple Avenue Elementary School.
Two weeks ago, the board voted to approve a plan submitted by administrators, including Principal Suzanne Psyzka, that would move fourth-grade classes from the portable classrooms to the library inside the main building.
The books and book racks now in the library would then be moved out to the portable classrooms. The new arrangement, which will take effect in September, was recommended by Psyzka because of concerns about security.
One parent, however, doesn't like the idea, saying it would make books less accessible to students.
"I understand Suzanne's concerns about the portables, but in my opinion she's overreacting," wrote Elizabeth Dubrulle in an email urging other parents to attend the May 20 school board meeting. "In her effort to avoid one terrible but extremely unlikely outcome, she's introduced several unpleasant and likely outcomes in its place."
Dubrulle said once the library is relocated to the portable structure, it will be closed to students, and that students will only be able to have access to books by ordering them in advance.
"There's no way my grade-schooler could possibly know what she wanted to order from the library without looking at the books," Dubrulle said. "At her age, she needs to browse so she can pursue any topic that catches her interest."
A second concern for Dubrulle is that making the switch will lead to larger class sizes in the fourth grade.
"The plan calls for the creation of one giant fourth-grade classroom with 30-plus kids in it and two teachers," she wrote in her email. "If my math is correct, then all the other fourth-grade classes will also end up being bigger to accommodate the overflow."
Despite Dubrulle's arguments against the plan, school board member Dan Cloutier said he voted in favor of Pyszka's recommendation.
"My vote went to the security of the children," he said, citing recent police-related incidents that have occurred within proximity of the school.
As for students not being able to peruse books, Cloutier said he was satisfied with the system that Pyszka said would be put into place in September.
"They'll still be exposing them to the physical, hard books," he said. "They'll pick the topic of the day and selections will be brought into the main building. We were told this is totally manageable and they will make it work."
School Board Chairman Dian McCarthy voted against the administration's proposal. Attempts to reach McCarthy for comment on her vote were unsuccessful.
Cloutier said before the books can be moved into the portable, the floor of the structure has to be reinforced so it can bear the weight of the books. He said there is money set aside in the school district budget to complete that project.


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