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Fright Fest got bigger and better this year at Six Flags Magic Mountain, with significantly more haunted mazes, double the number of scare zones and twice as many monsters in the park.
Fright Fest 2011 at Six Flags Magic Mountain: Preview | Photos
Magic Mountain increased the number of monsters this year from 200 to 400 and the talent investment shows in the eight mazes and six scare zones that seem to be delivering twice as many scares as last year.
The high-energy crew of monsters in the mazes and on the streets never rest, relentlessly pursuing frightened visitors with a passion that borders on manic. The life-like look of the monsters, each wearing complete prosthetic makeup, adds an intensity to the scares that can't be achieved with the store-bought masks found at other Halloween events.
Fright Fest features one of the top scare zones in Southern California that ranks up there with the best the competition has to offer. The comic book-themed DC Universe (formerly Gotham City Backlot) overrun by escaped insane asylum lunatics remains one of my favorite places to hang out during the Halloween season.
New for 2011, Fright Fest also features a live pop music stage show blending "Rocky Horror" antics with "Glee" quirkiness that delivers just the right amount of rock 'n' roll spectacle and sexual innuendo for the PG-13 crowd.
Now that Magic Mountain has made a commitment to upping the quantity quotient, the Valencia amusement park needs to address the quality issues that continue to separate it from the competition.
While two of this year's new mazes added stronger back stories, several older mazes continue to recycle generic themes that need to be completely retired or entirely rethought.
Likewise, all of the older mazes lack any set dressing and contain few if any props that make for more involving and atmospheric environments.
Still, Fright Fest remains a relative bargain, with the mazes costing just $10 over the price of an all-day admission as compared with the $50-plus evening-only, separate-admission ticket price demanded by other Southern California theme parks.
The mantra remains the same: You get what you pay for. And if Magic Mountain wants to compete with the big boys, the park will have to be judged against them. Fright Fest isn't there just yet, but Magic Mountain made tremendous strides in 2011.
Here's a look at each of the haunted mazes at Fright Fest 2011, ranked from best to worst:
The Aftermath (new in 2011) - Head and shoulders above any other Fright Fest maze, confirmed by the extensive line stretching from the entrance. The post-apocalyptic maze turned the former Batman stunt show arena into a dystopian world of overturned vehicles and nomadic creatures. I loved the fog-filled entry tunnel that left me unable to see my hand in front of my face, uncertain which way to turn and unsure what to fear. (Stunt Show Theatre)
Bite II - The best returning maze of the night featured a solid set design and undead hordes determined to make their scares stick. My only request: more vampires. (Samurai Summit)
Willoughby's Haunted Mansion - By far the best monsters in any maze of the night, with scares coming from unexpected places and a slider ghoul that made me leap with fright. The worn-out haunted house maze is scheduled for a much-needed complete overhaul in 2012. (Samurai Summit near the Ninja coaster)
Chupacabra (new in 2011) - Plenty of great scares in a maze consisting largely of painted plywood corridors. The legendary Latin American creature makes for a compelling back story, although the spandex-clad beast portrayed in the maze was almost laughable. (X2 plaza)
Jokester's Hideout 3D - The scares never change in this tired and entirely predictable clowns run amok maze that needs a complete makeover. (former Flashback coaster location)
Cursed (new in 2011) - Even with triple the monsters of last year, there was nothing that could save this werewolf maze that amounted to little more than a long walk through a fog-filled tunnel of camouflage netting. Magic Mountain needs to retire rather than re-theme these ride queue mazes if the park hopes to improve the quality level of Fright Fest. (Tidal Wave queue)
Lector's Slaughterhouse - A deranged butcher maze consisting of little more than red paint splattered on plywood after a prop-filled opening room. The individual rooms need separation curtains to keep visitors from anticipating upcoming scares. (DC Universe Backlot)
Warehouse 13 - Another ride queue maze location that should be retired as soon as possible. The lone saving grace: a leaping toxic mutant that gave me the best scare of the night. (Logjammer queue)
> Halloween Horror Nights 2011: Preview | Review | Photos


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We encourage you to visit your local jeweller or jewellery shop to have your finger professionally measured. Depending on the width of the ring, the ring size might vary. So which ever ring you like, try a ring with similar measurements to make sure the size is comfortable. For instance with wider rings, we recommend going up half a size to ensure the ring is not too tight.
9K Gold - (370) 37.5% gold by mass. It's very strong and durable. Is also more affordable because of the lower gold ratio. White gold is mixed with Palladium giving it the white colour (rhodium plated). Rose gold is mixed with copper to achieve the rosy pinkish colour. If you have sensitive skin, we do not recommend 9K rose gold because of the higher % of copper.
14K Gold - (585) 58,5% gold by mass. We only use 14K yellow gold.
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Platinum - (PLT) 95% platinum, mixed with 5% palladium. The strongest and purest of the metals. Very durable and keeps it's white colour with only minimal care. All platinum pieces are also rhodium plated. Platinum is significantly more dense than 14k or 18k gold and the identical piece of jewellery in platinum will weigh 60% to 80% more than 14k or 18k gold.
* White gold might need more care over time, depending on the wearer. Over time, the protective rhodium layer will eventually wear off, leaving a slight yellowish tint to the metal. This is common for white gold and just needs to be re-plated and polished to restore the whiteness. Rhodium plating is also nickel free.
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It could cost more than $300,000 to properly upgrade North Canton Police Department gun range in the basement of City Hall.
No city police officer here has fired his gun in the field for more than 30 years, says Police Chief Stephan Wilder.
But he fears that could change in an instant.
"We moved beyond if it's going to happen to when it's going to happen," said Wilder.
But the chief says the price of more fully and efficiently preparing his 26 sworn officers for that life-changing moment doesn't come cheap. He is asking council to set aside a down payment of $50,000 in the 2014 budget to fix and upgrade the police department gun range in the City Hall basement. The project could end up costing more than $300,000.
The ventilation system over time is less efficiently removing from the air the gunpowder residue and traces of toxic lead from bullets during each shooting session, Wilder said.
Police Sgt. Shawn Bates, one of the department's firearms instructors, said, "If you're down here long enough it can actually become a visible fog."
In 2006, consultant Meggitt Defense Systems Caswell, based in Minneapolis, recommended that the department no longer use the range until the air system could be fixed. It said the steel bullet trap was obsolete and had damaged components. The consultant added that the lack of some ceiling panels meant a bullet, while unlikely to escape the range, could ricochet by striking an area without the panels. Meggitt estimated the cost of needed work at $277,000.
However, City Administrator Mike Grimes, who was then the police chief, said that with the plummeting of income tax revenue due to the closure of the Hoover Co. plant, the city didn't have the money to make the repairs.
Despite the consultant's report, Bates said the range is surrounded by thick concrete walls and ceiling, which would prevent a bullet from escaping. And he said it passed an Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection a couple of years ago, and no one's health has been jeopardized. But to minimize exposure to toxic substances to the officers, the department uses the range for gun training only when necessary. And no more than two officers at a time fire weapons in the range.
Bates said the force for years has used an outdoor range a half-hour drive away that a private citizen has offered for their use at no cost under an informal arrangement. He said the citizen has asked that his identity or location not be disclosed. The range is certified for pistols, shotguns and rifles. The sergeant said under standards set by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission, all police officers have to be certified in the use of all the weapons they carry at least once a calendar year.
They must pass tests that involve accurately hitting targets in a variety of positions and movements. Officers learn how to run with a gun, how to take a cover and how to fire a shot from different positions.
Bates said officers in a group usually make two or three trips a year to the range, for their required certification and additional training. The problem is each session with the travel time can take three to four hours, incurring not only extra fuel costs but overtime as other officers have to fill in on patrol.
The sergeant said if the City Hall range was fully functional, four officers could train at one time and at any time of the day or night no matter the weather, offering the department the flexibility to avoid the travel time and overtime costs. In addition, it's not clear how much longer the citizen will make his range available, and ranges used by other area law enforcement agencies are often solidly booked.
Bates said the less training his officers get on a certified range, the more difficult it becomes for them to maintain their confidence in using their firearms.
Councilwoman Stephanie Werren, Ward 3, questioned whether the city can afford the cost. She wants the police department to explore pooling resources with other area departments to build a new range or use or upgrade existing ones.
"Do we all need our own private range?" she asked.
Wilder said he would not rule out collaborating with other departments.
The North Canton Police gun range was built along with the rest of City Hall, which opened in 1971. The range is about 75 feet long, 20 feet wide and is below the entrance on North Main Street. The room has solid steel plating at its southern end to catch the bullets that explode through the targets. Police have also set up makeshift props in the range such as a doorway and mailbox. The room is also used as a tornado shelter and a room to train officers on using handcuffs, pepper spray and batons.
Wilder said the cost is "a small amount of money compared to a lawsuit of millions ... a serious injury could occur if we're not training to the best of our ability."
Grimes said, "You've got to prepare for the worst and have that officer trained. I mean he's your first line of defense. ... we're putting a 21-year-old officer out there and he's making a life-and-death decision for someone."


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Director Matthew Vaughn is hard at work on "X-Men: First Class" in London but he took some time out Sunday to catch a screening of "Inception." He enjoyed the Christopher Nolan epic immensely — even though it prompted him to scrap a dozen pages of the "First Class" script.
"I saw 'Inception,' which I loved," Vaughn said Monday. "But my heart sank when I saw that a few of the ideas we had were up [on the screen]. So it's either leave it in and look as if you're copying or change things. We completely ripped out about 12 pages of the script and the storyboards."
The jettisoned sequence was a sort of dream-space combat, according to Vaughn; that reminded me of "psi war" scenes like the one here on the right from "The Uncanny X-Men" No. 117 way back in 1979, but the filmmaker said for the film the fight involving Professor X (James McAvoy) and some other mutants was to going to be presented with spinning rooms and other physics-bending imagery — visions that he felt drifted too close to signature moments in "Inception," which has now piled up $363 million in worldwide box office and garnered some of the strongest reviews of any 2010 release.
The scramble to change the script adds to the flurry of activity on "First Class," which has gone through numerous revisions (there are six people with writing or story credits listed on IMDB, although that may change by the time it reaches the screen) and Vaughn only just inked the deal to direct in early May.
Vaughn is coming off of "Kick-Ass" (which hits DVD and Blu-ray this week, check back Tuesday for more on that) and says he is still adjusting to the idea of working for a major studio, Twentieth Century Fox, on the reboot of a huge special-effects franchise that has pulled in $1.5 billion in worldwide box office with three films and one spin-off in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." "I'm an employee now," Vaughn said with a wry chuckle. "I'm not used to that."
"X-Men: First Class" is a prequel and franchise revival that goes back to the younger days of Charles Xavier, a.k.a. Professor X, and Erik Lehnsherr, better known as Magneto and portrayed in this film by Michael Fassbender. The movie marks the return of Bryan Singer to the mutant saga; the director of the first two "X-Men" films is back as a producer on this project and he has a "story by" credit on the screenplay. The film is scheduled for a June 3, 2011 release in the U.S.
— Geoff Boucher
Christopher Nolan's dim view of 3-D
'Inception' questions? Here's the most in-depth article on the film
REVIEW: 'Inception' dreams darkly with film noir soul
Bryan Singer on "First Class": It's got to be about Xavier and Magneto
James McAvoy will think big as Professor X
Was it real? Ryan Reynolds and the cute kid at Comic-Con
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Hugh Jackman says there's a lot of Mike Tyson in Wolverine
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Manchester aldermen OK three new fire trucks for $1.3 MillionBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 03. 2013 10:51PM
MANCHESTER — Aldermen have given the go-ahead for the purchase of three new fire trucks for $1.3 million.
The pumper trucks will replace three 18- to 27-year-old trucks scheduled to be taken out of service in the 2015 fiscal year, which starts July 1. Fleet Services Director Wesley Anderson, who oversees the city's Motorized Equipment Replacement Program, urged the aldermen to approve the contract before Dec. 31 to avoid a 2.5 percent price increase from the manufacturer, Greenwood Emergency Vehicles.
The contract was approved unanimously at Tuesday's Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting.
Mayor Ted Gatsas was involved in the negotiations over the price. He noted that the city was essentially getting three trucks for the price of two. The trucks will cost $435,754 each.
Alderman-At-Large Dan O'Neil praised the deal.
"We're keeping the fleet up to date," he said.
The Fire Department is currently seeking a $1 million federal grant to replace one of its aerial, or ladder, trucks. Fire Chief James Burkush said after the meeting it remained to be seen whether the city would win the grant, which he called "extremely competitive."
The contract comes as the Fire Department is grappling with a projected $200,000 budget deficit in the current fiscal year, due largely to larger than anticipated overtime costs.
Burkush said the strain on the overtime budget was related to injuries.
"We have a very senior group of firefighters, and people have experienced injuries on the job and off the job," he said.
Contract, dog rules OK'd
Also on Tuesday, the aldermen approved without discussion a new two-year contract with the union representing police support staff. They also OK'd a tougher dog fouling ordinance and moved forward another ordinance that would place greater restrictions on dogs deemed vicious.
The agreement with the police support union gives the employees 1 percent raises in each of the two years, with employees picking up 17.5 percent of the cost of health insurance premiums; new employees would pay 20 percent.
The wage and insurance changes are identical to those agreed to in October by Water Works employees. The two unions were the only two representing city workers that rejected contract concessions last year.
The dog fouling ordinance removes a provision in the current regulation that made it enforceable only if the act of not picking up after a dog was witnessed by a police officer.
The vicious dog ordinance sets penalties for dogs that have been found by a court to be "a nuisance, menace or vicious to persons or property." Tuesday's vote sends the ordinance to the Committee on Accounts.
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Wide receiver Mardy Gilyard signed a futures contract with the Eagles, the team announced Friday.
Gilayrd, who was an All-American kick returner in college, could help solve the Eagles woes in that department.
Gilyard, who caught 204 passes at the University of Cincinnati, was drafted by St. Louis in the fourth round of the 2010 draft. He was cut before the 2011 season and then briefly picked up off waivers by the New York Jets before they released him five days later.
The 5-foot-11, 195-pound Gilyard was an All-American receiver in 2009 with the Bearcats after he had 87 receptions for 1,191 yards and 11 touchdowns. He was also an All-American as a kick returner in 2008.


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Fat Quarter Crafts: 10 DIY Projects that Use Just a Little Fabric
Crafters are thrifty by nature. There's a general can-do, can-fix, can-repurpose attitude shared by crafters. We can and will use every single solitary last scrap of material if it is at all reasonable to do so.
And every crafter is familiar with the moment after finishing a project; being confronted with the terrible task of deciding if your leftover scraps are reasonable to save or (the horror!) too small and destined for the trash. I generally try to only save pieces that are larger than my hand, all part of my plan to not be buried under a colorful cotton scrap mountain, but occasionally a project using truly tiny scraps will present itself.
Combine fabric scrap hoarding with the adorable, irresistible fat quarter fabric cuts for sale at my local quilting shop, and my sizable fabric collection is begging to be thinned out with a few projects! Here are ten projects to help use up those extra little bits of fabric.
1. The Purl Bee shares these easy zippered pouches — a great basic sewing project that's perfect for storing little necessities!.
2. You Are My Fave decoupages bits of floral fabric onto a dotted bunting.
3. Simple trays are transformed with a little fabric and decoupage medium. From Martha Stewart.
4. Sugar and Cloth created these adorable his and hers passport covers with minimal fabric and a little paint.
5. These beautiful fabric flowers from 100 Layer Cake were used as wedding decorations, but would be a lovely addition to a feminine bedroom, or with the addition of a clip they can become a soft hair accessory!
6. Design Sponge tied together a variety of frames with matching fabric mats. A picture framed by a cheery fabric mat sounds like a perfect Mother's Day gift to me!
7. This adorable fabric turtle is sure to be a hit with the little ones, and because he's made of a variety of fabrics he'll really help to clear out your scrap stash. From Purl Bee.
8. Martha Stewart shares this tutorial for creating a personalized fabric iphone case. What an awesome way to showcase a fancy Liberty of London fabric scrap!
9. A handmade eyeglass case puts a little strip of fabric to good use. From Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky!
10. Sewbon shares a tutorial for these simple double-sided coasters. These would make a great gift!
Do you keep fabric scraps for use in future projects? Do you revisit your scraps when making petite projects?


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LOMBARD – Residents and community members who donate blood this summer might come home a pint lighter, but they'll also have an increased chance to see the Chicago White Sox.
All blood donors who participate in the village's summer blood drive running July 10 to 11 will be entered into a raffle to win White Sox tickets for a game on July 23 when they play the Detroit Tigers at U.S. Cellular Field.
Four tickets and a parking pass were donated to the village by the Republic Bank of Oak Brook.
On July 10, people can donate blood from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Yorktown Center near mall entrance 5 or from 1:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Village Hall.
The blood drive will be continued at the Westin Hotel and Conference Center from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. July 11.
For more information, contact the drive's executive coordinator Carol Bauer at 630-620-5712.


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2013 Finalists (Eureka Prizes)
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NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Eureka Prize for Environmental Research
Professor Chris Johnson, University of Tasmania; Dr Michael Letnic, University of New South Wales; Dr Euan Ritchie, Deakin University; Dr Arian Wallach, James Cook University; and Adam O'Neill, Evelyn Downs Station
Professor Chris Johnson and his team's work is conservation with bite! It has shown how the dingo helps sustain biodiversity in Australian ecosystems. It points the way to improved environmental management in which the dingo could be used to aid the recovery of degraded lands and therefore help protect threatened species.
Dr David Post and Dr Francis Chiew, CSIRO; Dr Bertrand Timbal and Dr Harry Hendon, Bureau of Meteorology
The South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative answers key science questions about the causes and predictability of climate variability and its impacts on water availability across south-eastern Australia. The initiative will enable better management of Australia's precious water resources in the face of future climate challenges.
Dr Jason Sharples, University of New South Wales; and Richard McRae, ACT Emergency Services Agency
Dr Jason Sharples and Rick McRae's work provides major advancement in our understanding of the causes and effects of catastrophic firestorms. The most extensive research project into Australian extreme bushfire dynamics ever undertaken, it has delivered essential knowledge for improving firefighter safety and the management of fire risks to biodiversity, water quality and the Australian population.
University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research
Bionic Vision Australia, Bionics Institute, Centre for Eye Research Australia, NICTA, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, University of Melbourne and University of New South Wales
The Bionic Vision Australia consortium has demonstrated 'proof of concept' of a world-first suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis that could help restore sight for many people with vision-impairment. The breakthrough is thanks to a strong interdisciplinary team of researchers in the fields of ophthalmology; biomedical engineering; electrical engineering; neuroscience; vision science; psychophysics; vision processing; and surgical and clinical practice.
Scientia Professor Justin Gooding, Professor Katharina Gaus and Dr Peter Reece, University of New South Wales
Professor Justin Gooding's team of chemists, physicists and cell biologists has developed an optical device that can monitor the activity of captured cells. This cell chip has applications in drug discovery, toxin detection and personalised medicine. The team's work is making the next generation of cell chips our present, not our future.
Quantum Bio-probes, University of Melbourne
The Quantum Bio-probes collaboration is the first to measure a single quantum probe in a living biological system. With sensitivities over a million times greater than available technologies, this breakthrough represents a fundamentally new technology for understanding nano-biological processes and has great potential for nanomedicine, neuroscience and drug discovery applications.
Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research
CSIRO Emerging Bat Virology, CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
Bats are carriers of several pathogens capable of inducing severe illnesses in people, yet the pathogens are comparatively innocuous in bats. While bats may well be the source of the next human pandemic, this team's preliminary research suggests that bats may present revolutionary possibilities for the treatment of human infection.
Dr Thomas Gebhardt, Dr Scott Mueller and Dr Laura Mackay, University of Melbourne
The surfaces of the body are continually under threat from microbes that cause debilitating disease. The Resident Memory Team has discovered a population of immune cells that reside in these barrier tissues and form an effective first line of defence. Harnessing the cells' protective function will transform the design of future vaccines.
Professor Scott O'Neill, Monash University; Professor Ary Hoffmann, University of Melbourne; Professor Scott Ritchie, James Cook University; Dr Elizabeth McGraw, Monash University; Dr Luciano Moreira, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation; and Professor Brian Kay, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
The Eliminate Dengue project is developing an innovative approach to the control of dengue by introducing Wolbachia, a naturally occurring bacterium, into mosquito populations. Wolbachia inhibits dengue virus replication within the mosquito, thereby reducing dengue transmission. When fully implemented this approach may decrease dengue incidence and benefit millions of people worldwide.
ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology
Winthrop Professor David Sampson, Research Associate Professor Robert McLaughlin and Winthrop Professor Christobel Saunders, University of Western Australia
Using the humble hypodermic needle as a high-tech device was Professors David Sampson, Robert McLaughlin and Christobel Saunders' Eureka moment. They developed the world's smallest hand-held microscope-in-a-needle to display 3D images detailed enough to detect cancer. This will help guide surgeons to perform better, safer breast cancer surgery.
UTS-RMS Bridge Maintenance Robot Project Team, University of Technology, Sydney and NSW Roads and Maritime Services
Steel bridges are vital to 21st century infrastructure. This world-first autonomous robotic system has been developed to ensure the structural integrity of steel infrastructure, including the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge. It will also help safeguard the health and wellbeing of maintenance crews and deliver operational efficiencies for complex civil infrastructure maintenance operations.
Zebedee Team, CSIRO
Zebedee is a handheld laser scanner which generates 3D maps of challenging environments in the time it takes to walk through them. Zebedee can localise itself solely using its own measurements and thus it can operate in GPS-denied environments and is well-suited to various scientific and commercial applications including forest and cave surveying, building maintenance, security inspection, mining, manufacturing, emergency services, and cultural heritage mapping.
NSW Health Jamie Callachor Eureka Prize for Medical Research Translation
Associate Professor Robert Cowan, The HEARing CRC and HEARworks Pty Ltd; and Adjunct Professor Harvey Dillon, National Acoustic Laboratories
HEARLab® is a tool enabling a range of audiological tests aimed at improving detection and remediation of hearing loss in infants, young children and the aged.HEARLab's tests, implemented in software modules, require limited specialist skills and do not demand ongoing capital investment for updating and upgrading audiological equipment.
Professor Michelle Haber and Professor Murray Norris, Children's Cancer Institute Australia, and Professor Glenn Marshall, Sydney Children's Hospital
Professors Glenn Marshall, Michelle Haber and Murray Norris have gone from invention to application, using a highly sensitive molecular diagnostic to better classify leukaemia treatment response and individualise therapy – a strategy which, for the first time, has halved the relapse rate in children at highest risk.
Professor Steve Wilton and Professor Sue Fletcher, Murdoch University
Research by Professors Steve Wilton and Sue Fletcher and the Australian Neuro-muscular Research Institute has led to a breakthrough in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a relentlessly progressive muscle-wasting disease, with a clinical trial showing that treated boys are now making the missing protein (dystrophin) and appear to have stabilised.
Defence Science and Technology Organisation Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia
DMTC Armour Applications Program, Defence Materials Technology Centre
The DMTC Armour Applications Program has driven the development and commercialisation of high-performance armour materials and manufacturing techniques which are increasing the levels of protection and performance offered by Australian Defence Force vehicles and to operating personnel. The focus has been on developing technologies and systems which have increased blast and ballistic performance, reduced weight and increased mobility.
Professor Vijay Varadharajan, Macquarie University
Cloud computing is transforming the way we do business and live our daily lives, but security issues are posing major challenges. Professor Vijay Varadharajan's work has achieved novel cyber security and trust technologies that enable large scale secure cloud applications, which are critically important for the advancement of industry and society in Australia.
Macquarie University Eureka Prize for Outstanding Young Researcher
Dr Angus Johnston, Monash University and University of Melbourne
Advances in nanotechnology have the potential to greatly improve the way we treat diseases such as cancer, HIV and diabetes. Dr Angus Johnston's research focuses on developing drug carriers that deliver therapeutics specifically to the affected area, limiting harmful side effects and improving their effectiveness.
Associate Professor Richard Payne, University of Sydney
Associate Professor Richard Payne is pioneering the development of much-needed therapies for diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and cancer that are responsible for enormous morbidity and mortality worldwide. He has developed and used highly innovative chemistry methods and drug-screening technologies to develop new molecules for treating these diseases.
Dr Kerrie Wilson, University of Queensland
Dr Kerrie Wilson addresses research questions such as where to invest limited resources to protect biodiversity or restore habitat. This requires both ecological and socio-economic knowledge and has led to the development of frameworks and decision-support tools to inform how funds should be allocated to maximise conservation outcomes.
University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Scientific Research
Dr Lars Kjer-Nielsen and Professor James McCluskey, University of Melbourne, and Professor Jamie Rossjohn, Monash University
These three medical researchers have shown how T-cells of the immune system found mainly in the gut are activated by vitamin B metabolites. The research has created opportunities for vaccine development and potential treatments for mucosal diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease and infection.
Professor Geraint Lewis, University of Sydney, and Dr Anthony Conn, Macquarie University and University of Sydney
With cutting-edge imaging from over 200 hours of telescope observations, Professor Geraint Lewis and Dr Anthony Conn looked in depth at our nearest cosmic neighbour, the Andromeda Galaxy. Their groundbreaking research revealed a completely unexpected, and mysterious, rotating plane of dwarf galaxies orbiting Andromeda. None of our ideas of the nature of dark matter and the evolution of galaxies predict such a coherent structure, and its discovery presents huge challenges for current cosmology.
Professor Gordon Lynch, University of Melbourne, and Professor Mark Febbraio, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Landmark work by Professors Gordon Lynch and Mark Febbraio has demonstrated that activation of the protein HSP72 with the drug BGP-15 slows the progression of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. BGP-15 has been tested in human clinical trials for diabetes. The capacity for an oral treatment to confer protection to dystrophic muscles represents a major clinical advance.
Caring for our Country Landcare Eureka Prize for Sustainable Agriculture
The Cattle Methane Team, NSW Department of Primary Industries and University of New England
The Cattle Methane Team has shown that feed efficiency and methane production are heritable, and that the progeny of superior bulls emit less methane than those of other bulls. Australian beef producers are the first in the world to have the tools to simultaneously reduce the cost of production and reduce their carbon footprint.
The Future Farm Industries CRC Enrich Project Team, CSIRO, University of Western Australia and South Australian Research and Development Institute
The Enrich project is a collaborative effort of researchers, extension staff and land managers across southern Australia. It aims to provide knowledge and development into sustainable grazing systems, with multiple benefits for farmers in low-medium rainfall areas through the incorporation of Australian perennial shrubs.
Transformational Adaptation Research Group, CSIRO and University of Melbourne
Transformational as well as incremental adaptation to climate change is needed if we are to increase the sustainability of agriculture. From the farm to the landscape scale, new systems and thinking are required. But such change is risky and poorly understood. This world-leading research begins the hard task of examining such change.
Rio Tinto Eureka Prize for Commercialisation of Innovation
OneSteel, OneSteel and University of New South Wales
Onesteel, Australia's largest manufacturer of steel long-products, with Professor Veena Sahajwalla, has successfully commercialised and sub-licensed a method by which used car tyres, mostly destined for landfill, can replace coal in electric arc furnace steelmaking. This innovation is creating value and driving environmental best practice in steel manufacturing.
Scanalyse/Outotec, Scanalyse Pty Ltd/Outotec and Curtin University
Scanalyse/Outotec's laser scanning technology, originally developed at Curtin University, accurately models the internal lining of crushers and mills to monitor their condition, thus improving safety, minimising energy use, reducing downtime and drastically reducing losses from catastrophic failure. This technology is saving the mineral processing industry millions of dollars per annum.
The WaveShaper Team, CUDOS at University of Sydney and Finisar Australia
The WaveShaper is an ideal example of the synergy between research excellence and the commercial utilisation of innovation. Originally developed as a research device in an industry linkage grant, it is now sold to laboratories and has transformed the way optics researchers perform their experiments worldwide.
3M Eureka Prize for Emerging Leader in Science
Dr Melanie Bishop, Macquarie University
Dr Melanie Bishop's vision is to underpin coastal management with cutting-edge science. She leads a team uncovering how coastal ecosystems operate and respond to change. The team focuses on temperate coasts – one of the most productive and important ecosystems for nutrient cycling, and also one of the most impacted by humans.
Dr Tara Murphy, University of Sydney
Dr Tara Murphy leads the international astronomy collaboration VAST, bringing together over 80 researchers from around the world to search for astronomical transients with radio telescopes. Although she is a young scientist herself, Tara is passionate about educating the next generation of physicists and is a leading advocate of astroinformatics education.
Associate Professor David Wilson, University of New South Wales
Associate Professor David Wilson is an established international leader in the evaluation of global HIV/AIDS epidemics and strategic response planning. With large influence and impact on national, regional and global policies and programs, and working in partnership with UNAIDS, WHO, World Bank and governments, the effect of David's catalytic leadership is felt worldwide.
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Professor Frank Caruso, University of Melbourne
Professor Frank Caruso is a world leader in developing and applying nanotechnology-enabled materials for biomedical applications. Such materials offer significant promise for application in areas such as drug delivery and imaging, with the potential to revolutionise healthcare and medicine.
Professor Craig Simmons, Flinders University and National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training
Groundwater is Earth's largest source of freshwater, yet groundwater depletion and contamination are global problems that threaten its sustainability. Professor Craig Simmons is a world leading groundwater scientist and Director of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training. Professor Simmons has positioned Australian groundwater science as a world leader and initiated a significant national policy focus to safeguard groundwater for the future.
Professor Michelle Simmons, University of New South Wales
Professor Michelle Simmons has pioneered a radical new technology for creating atomic-scale devices. She leads a team of over 180 Australian researchers through the ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Computation and Communications Technology. Their groundbreaking work has opened a new frontier of research in computing and electronics globally.
University of Technology, Sydney Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers
Professor Maria Forsyth, Deakin University
Professor Maria Forsyth is continually engaged in developing new passions and creativity in her students. Her mentoring ethos strikes a balance between providing guidance and encouraging research independence. She is committed to the success of young scientists and, under her mentorship, many have developed successful, independent research careers.
Professor Rick Shine AM FAA, University of Sydney
Few biologists worldwide have been so successful at facilitating the careers of young researchers as Professor Rick Shine. Over a long and illustrious career, Rick has attracted, nurtured and enthused a succession of high-achieving young researchers. By mentoring generations of talented researchers, he has transformed his field of study.
Professor Robert Williamson AO FRS FAA, University of Melbourne
One of Australia's most distinguished scientists, Professor Robert Williamson is frank, down-to-earth and generous with his time and experience. Bob has mentored many young researchers in science, medicine and policy. Their success at national and international levels, and across multiple sectors, is testament to his ability to empower young researchers, particularly women.
Australian Government Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Australian Science Research
Professor Philip Batterham, University of Melbourne
Professor Philip Batterham has activated every available medium to creatively engage the Australian public with his inexhaustible passion for research on genetics, evolution, agriculture and health. From cathedrals to classrooms, he targets those who sit outside the reach of traditional engagement activity, exciting their interest in science.
Professor Rob Brooks, University of New South Wales
Professor Rob Brooks is a leading authority on sex and evolution, and a prolific commentator, author and speaker. With plain language and sharp humour, he inspires, educates and entertains the curious public about the importance of evolutionary theory for understanding modern life and making the world a better place.
Professor Steve Simpson, University of Sydney
Professor Steve Simpson is an international leader in his fields of multidisciplinary nutritional research and locust swarming who also devotes time and enthusiasm to communicating science to broad audiences through numerous channels, including television, radio, print media, online, public talks within Australia and internationally, continuing education and popular books.
Australian Government Eureka Prize for Science Journalism
The Checkout, Jigsaw Dwarf and ABC
This episode of The Checkout: Superfoods, reports on the reality beyond the hype about so-called superfoods and their most common source of magical powers, antioxidants. Superfoods shows the importance of closely checking the 'scientific studies' used to support marketers' claims of health benefits.
Broadcast on ABC TV1, 25 April 2013
Anja Taylor and Roslyn Lawrence, ABC
It's well known that plastic waste in our oceans causes devastating physical harm to marine life. Plastic Oceans looks at new research which is uncovering the equally sinister toxic effects of microplastics, which can be ingested by animals right at the bottom of the food chain – ultimately threatening our own health.
Broadcast on Catalyst, ABC TV1, 6 September 2012
Ian Townsend, ABC
Ian Townsend's feature, Lead Poisoning: A Silent Epidemic, uncovers how people were poisoned after the Queensland floods because they weren't aware of the dangers of lead in paint. Commissioned toxicology tests found high lead levels in soil and dust in one typical home. The USA has since halved its blood lead advisory level. Australia is yet to follow.
Broadcast on Background Briefing, ABC Radio National, 6 May 2012
New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography
Growth of fungus, Paecilomyces cicadae, Elma Kearney
This ascomycetous fungus is an endoparasite of underground cicada nymphs. Infection begins when ingested spores germinate and invade the nymph, inhibiting protein synthesis (by cordycepin) and replacing internal organs with mycelia. At maturity, the fungal fruiting bodies (stromata) grow from the killed host and produce white spores.
Chemokine receptor expression on prostate cancer cells in 3D culture, Dr Louisa Windus
Utilising immune-cytochemical procedures, chemokine receptor CXCR4 (green fluorescence) expression can be visualised on the membrane of lymph-derived prostate cancer associated tumour cells (LNCaP) grown in a 3D matrix. The nucleus of each cell can be seen (red fluorescence). Over 180 z planes were acquired by confocal microscopy to reconstruct the image.
Fatherhood, Richard Wylie, Euakafa Island Research Centre
The Weedy Seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, is endemic to sub-temperate and temperate Australian waters and is listed by the IUCN as a Near Threatened species. This individual showcases not only the beauty and majesty of these unique creatures but also their biologically diverse methods of reproduction in the marine environment. The female seadragon transfers fertilised eggs to the male, who then incubates them until the fully formed young hatch approximately eight weeks later.
Highly commended
Emergence, Dr Ian Baguley, Westmead Hospital
Emergence shows the fragility of a cicada after years of underground growth as it strives to breed above ground. The complexity underpinning the cicadas' life cycle speaks to the depth of time required for evolutionary processes to enable a species to evolve to fill an available niche.
Green Turtle, Gary Cranitch, Queensland Museum Network
Gary Cranitch has captured a green turtle in a pristine marine environment on the Great Barrier Reef. For many people, the health and wellbeing of this species is an indicator of the state of the Reef itself. Right now the Great Barrier Reef is under threat from many directions. This image symbolises all that we stand to lose.
A Tale of Two Deaths – The Poacher and the Virus, Jason Edwards, Jason Edwards Photography
The tortured and charred remains of an African Elephant, Loxodonta africana, lie beside a road in the Chobe National Park in northern Botswana, illegally slaughtered for bush meat. The poachers were disturbed by national park rangers before they could dismember the carcass. Discovering that the elephant was contaminated with anthrax, the rangers then torched the remains. The photograph is testament to continued extensive poaching in the Chobe and the presence of anthrax.
Fluid Mechanics, Stuart Hirth
Fluid Mechanics shows a collection of liquid splashes, photographed over a period of many months and brought together in one image. The splashes from a single drop landing in a puddle are photographed in darkness and illuminated with a high-speed flash to show the colours and beautiful shapes.
Rampant webs, Helen Lambert
Rampant spider webs blanket vast stretches of farmland near South West Rocks, NSW. It is likely the webs are a dispersal mechanism that allows spiders to move out of places where they would otherwise drown. The massive quantities of silk produced create a trampoline that supports the spiders as they escape the rising floodwaters.
The dawn of neurodevelopment – the migratory journey of neural precursors, Dr Michael Lovelace and Professor Tailoi Chan-Ling, University of Sydney
Like a spectacular dawn, this image of migrating nervous system cells illustrates the complexity of morphologies and markers expressed on immature cells using an adherent neurosphere model. Neurospheres are spherical balls of cells that are used by scientists to model the processes involved in neurodevelopment, such as proliferation, migration and differentiation.
Liquid Lace, Phred Petersen, RMIT University
This photograph illustrates the Marangoni effect, seen here in the break-up of a drop of glycerin-water mixture impacting a thin film of ethanol. Surface tension gradients between different liquids force the flow in the direction of higher surface tension, creating holes in the normally smooth ejecta crown. This flow effect can also be seen in the 'tears' in a glass of wine.
University of Sydney Sleek Geeks Science Eureka Prize – Primary
What is Friction?, Nathan Gori, Reuben Shepherd, Billy McLeod, Jack Dougall and Sacha Balme, Beauty Point Public School, NSW
Reporter Doug Traction visits the National Tribology Research Centre to investigate friction. Let Professors Static, Slide, Rolling and Fluid enlighten you by exploring and demonstrating the different types of friction through simple but effective experiments.
Splendid Steam, Kezia Sanders and Lucas Trewin, St Joan of Arc Primary School, Vic
Step back in time with Kezia and Lucas as they explore the evolution of steam power. This clever film reveals the revolutionary nature of steam and how it continues to play an important role in the modern world.
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Proving Charles' Law, Brandon Conway-Rusk, Devonport High School, Tas
Brush up on Charles' Law with Brandon, who demonstrates the science behind this gas law using basic equipment. Through fun and engaging experiments, he proves that science doesn't have to be hard or boring.
The Spectacular Spider, Brandon Gifford, Casino High School, NSW
In this film, the audience is taken on a search for the spectacular spider, through the safety of a camera lens. Brandon hopes that through this film people can come to recognise, respect and maybe even love the spider.
The Stories in the Rock, Alex Jaeger, Mornington Secondary College, Vic
In Alex's film, we go on a journey of discovery to Victoria's Jurassic coast, where millions of fossils can be found. Looking at the rocks in this region, we can see why the study of fossils is so important to our understanding of the history of life on Earth.
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According to Anonymous' Twitter account, it seems that this operation was not vetted by who ever runs their organization. Read more at the bottom of the story.
I doubt this will ever go down....taking down all 13 at the same time? Pretty sure ppl are going to back out.
I highly doubt this will ever work but if it does, i better not have one of my college assignments due that day or ill go Hulk.
I'd pay money to see them gone. Approximately 15 cents per person because that's how much my bullets cost. Stupid ass teenagers with nothing better to do then make people miserable.


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Since the USSF D-2 Pro League season wrapped up in October, the club have announced two high profile partnerships in BMO and EA (joining Bell, who were announced last June), opened a store in Metropolis at MetroTown, made their first MLS player signing in Jay DeMerit, picked up five more players via the MLS Expansion Draft and promoted three players from last season's squad.
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Ten Years Ago
Coulee Community Hospital has some changes in progress designed to make a trip to the hospital drier and a parking spot easier to find. Parking lot expansion and replacing the tiles and insulation on the hospital clinic's roof began Sept. 30. Both projects should finish this week.
Ocras Island handed the Lake Roosevelt football team their second loss of the season with a 34-15 Viking victory.
Twenty Years Ago
Gary and Tammy Norris are the new owners of H&H Grocery in Electric City. The new owners took over the store last month. They are from the Portland area and are already enjoying being out of the fast lane.
Jessica Hall, the reigning Miss Grand Coulee Dam and Young Woman of the Year was also honored as the new Miss Colville Confederated Tribes last Wednesday.
Thirty Years Ago
Electric City firemen were called out at about 2:40 a.m. last Wednesday responding to a fire at the Clyde Decker home on Coulee Blvd. According to investigators, the fire was arson-caused and is still being probed for material used to start the blaze.
Forty Years Ago
Fire destroyed Radio Station KFDR transmitter building at the Almira-Hartline junction south of Grand Coulee Wednesday.
Grand Coulee Dam's new airport will officially open sometime in the future. The runway will lie in a northeasterly-southwesterly direction along Banks Lake.
Fifty Years Ago
Grand Coulee firemen are busy working on a new concrete block addition to their present fire barn.
Mary Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Green, won top honors in the beef and sheep division of the 1962 Okanogan County Fair.
Sixty Years Ago
A raid by state and city police early Saturday morning resulted in the arrest of four persons who were charged with the sale of intoxicating liquor.
Meeting in special session on Monday night, the Grand Coulee city council approved the budget for 1953. In the future the city will allow the use of the backhoe (ditch digger) to private individuals wishing to hook up to the sewer line. Another topic of discussion was the cleaning up of vacant lots and the council will enforce this cleanup through an ordinance if necessary.
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Lakers, Thunder on opposite ends of spectrum
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder used a second-quarter drubbing of the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night to look every bit like a championship-caliber team, further shaking off any hand-wringing over the loss of now-departed star James Harden.
The Lakers, who whittled the final score down to 114-108 in the final seconds of the game but for most of the night looked every bit like a team with no sense of its own identity, fell to 4-6 under new head coach Mike D'Antoni.
This is the state of things in the West, made clear by the Thunder's Friday night excellence and the Lakers' unease: Oklahoma City is clear-headed, in sync and poised to hold onto its post as the odds-on favorite for another Finals appearance. And the Lakers remain the most hyped work-in-progress the NBA has seen since LeBron James' first season in a Heat jersey.
But that Heat team never dipped below .500 and eventually made the Finals, while this Lakers team now sits at 9-11, looks nothing like a Finals team and features guys like Metta World Peace insisting after such losses that they're still the best in basketball, with Kobe Bryant just days removed from promising to "kick everybody's ass" if things don't improve.
They certainly didn't improve Friday, not enough to forestall the ugly feeling that the Lakers are still a hot, overpriced, star-studded mess.
All it took to prove the point was one quarter.
Heading into the second quarter, the Lakers held a one-point lead, had dominated the glass and already were the beneficiaries of a near double-double from big man Dwight Howard.
All fine and good. Or it might have been if they'd had any kind of answer, any kind at all, for Russell Westbrook.
Westbrook turned the court into his personal playground, and on it he chose to pick on Bryant and the rest of his team with a display of utter excellence.
"That's as good as I've seen him shoot the ball," Bryant said afterward. "He shot the ball extremely, extremely well."
Westbrook played that first half as if Michael Jordan had taken control of his body intent on punishing Kobe for closing in on his career scoring mark. Westbrook scored 27 of his 33 points in the first half — 13 in the first quarter, 14 in the second — on 5-of-7 3-point shooting. He added five assists. At one point, to accentuate the ridiculousness of it all, he hit a 3 while fading away and getting fouled. Then he calmly sank the free throw.
"He was hot," Thunder head coach Scott Brooks said. "He has the ability to get hot."
Whereas the Lakers are showing an innate ability to turn to mush defensively at a moment's notice. They allowed 41 points in that second quarter, a bombardment of baskets that undermined some positives for a team in desperate need of them.
"After the game the guys felt pretty good about how hard we played," Bryant said. "I think they liked that feeling."
They did, and they talked about it at length afterward: All the positives obscured by another loss, all the signs that the mediocrity eventually will give way to consistent winning.
They did in fact play hard, cutting a lead that climbed as high as 19 all the way down to four with 15.3 seconds left.
There were other positives: They outscored the Thunder in the first and fourth quarters and played them to a draw in the third. Howard looked excellent, and comfortable, on his way to 23 points and 18 rebounds. He even hit nine of his 17 free throws.
Jodie Meeks came off the bench for 17, Kobe poured in 35, Chris Duhon had a very efficient 14 points on just eight shots and the team played with a better defensive energy and chemistry in the second half.
That's all fine. And it's equally true that Pau Gasol and, more significantly, Steve Nash were sidelined with injuries.
What's not fine is that the Lakers are now 4-6 under D'Antoni, a 10-game mark that is a large enough sample size to — especially for a team inclined to fire a head coach after five games — put a large question mark over his hiring. What's not fine is that a quarter of a way through this season the Lakers and their star-studded bunch are not a .500 team.
And what's also equally true is that good teams, let alone great ones, find ways to win big games when down players, even key ones. The New York Knicks did it this week when they manhandled the Miami Heat sans Carmelo Anthony. The Lakers still rolled out onto the Thunder's home turf Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard. Few teams are so fortunate.
There, Westbook had his 33, Durant had 36 points, nine rebounds and four assists, Serge Ibaka had 14 points and Kevin Martin and Nick Collison came off the bench to combine for 24 points.
The fact is, the Thunder were supposed to struggle with the subtraction of a key player, Harden. Instead, they have the league's second-best record and a group of guys rounding into championship form in December.
And the Lakers, who were supposed to dominate with the addition of Dwight Howard, remain a group happy to point to positives after getting thoroughly worked over in Oklahoma City.
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Hit musical Mamma Mia! is on a hot streak so sizzling that it's steaming past summer and right on into fall. First, there was the smash success film, which, since its release, has gone on to become the third-highest grossing movie musical in Hollywood history. And on September 4, Broadway's Mamma Mia! broke another record, playing its 2844th performance and passing the legendary Hello, Dolly! to become the 16th longest-running musical to ever hit the Great White Way. Stars Carolee Carmello, Judy McLane and more gathered backstage at the Winter Garden Theatre to celebrate this milestone, and to (very respectfully, of course) add Hello Dolly! to their list of shows they've topped so far. Click here to congratulate the cast of Mamma Mia!


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COMEX Gold (February '13):
- Short Term Trends are bearish.
- Confirmation of a bottom with a range violation on 12/31/12 @ 1677.90. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 12/31/12 @ 1675.80. Upside Target = 1692.40 – 1716.80
- February Gold dropped sharply lower in afternoon trading on Thursday on the heels of the FOMC report to last trade just off the session's low.
- Look for gold to continue the decline lower on Friday, possibly generating an outside week to the downside and negating all the positive momentum established over the past week as it seeks to retest the December lows at $1,636.
- Projected Daily Range: 26.30
- Projected Weekly Range: 43.60
- Projected Monthly Range: 90.30
Euro FX (March '13):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a top with a range violation on 01/02/12 @ 1.3174. Confirmation of a top with a close violation on 12/21/12 @ 1.3187. Downside Targets = 1.3093 – 1.3036.
- Bearish ERVB generated on Thursday making new lows on the current move @ 1.3055.
- The March Euro FX fell sharply lower on Thursday as the USD had one of its best days against the FX currencies with the hinting of the end of the various Fed QE programs.
- While the market may continue to see a ST setback lower, traders should look to buy aggressively if the market becomes oversold into previous levels of support near 1.29 and expect the 2012 highs to be broken during Q1 2013.
- Projected Daily Range: .0111
- Projected Weekly Range: .0198
- Projected Monthly Range: .0381
E-Mini S&P (March '13):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a bottom with a range violation on 12/31/12 @ 1417.00. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 12/31/12 @ 1420.00. Upside Targets = 1452.00 – 1471.50.
- New highs made on current move Thursday @ 1460.50.
- The March S&Ps once again traded outside the daily RBB on Thursday but faltered late in the session after its best New Year's gain ever.
- This market has been buoyed the last three sessions on the backside of a fiscal cliff deal but investors need to remember that the most pressing issue our country faces, the staggering debt, was not tended to and should be ready for a very volatile next couple of months full of partisan bickering.
- Projected Daily Range: 24.50
- Projected Weekly Range: 42.00
- Projected Monthly Range: 76.00


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LOS ANGELES, May 29 (UPI) -- Julia Collins, a 31-year-old supply chain consultant from Wilmette, Ill., has made Jeopardy history.
On Wednesday, she won her 18th straight game, becoming the most successful female contestant in the show's long history.
When Collins won her 19th game on Thursday, she tied former contestant David Madden for second place on Jeopardy's all-time consecutive non-tournament win list. Powerhouse contestant Ken Jennings won a whopping 74 games.
Collins, who can count more than $400,000 in winnings, told the Sun-Times that her Jeopardy experience has been "so exciting."
"Whether I win or lose tomorrow, it's been incredible," she said of Friday's game. "Sure, you want to hit that marker. But every game, I want to win because I want to keep playing. The best part about Jeopardy is getting to play Jeopardy."
Collins holds degrees from both Wellesley College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She wrote in her eighth grade yearbook that she would become a "Ten Time Jeopardy Champion."
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Bagels are so familiar these days — perhaps too familiar, given the contortions of new flavors, from chocolate chip to spinach.
Bagels are so familiar these days — perhaps too familiar, given the contortions of new flavors, from chocolate chip to spinach.
But bagels, at heart, are about the basics: yeast, water, flour, salt and a bit of sweetener. What takes a bagel from good to great involves using the best basics.
Yeast, water and salt are straightforward enough, although for convenience's sake, you can't beat instant yeast. It doesn't need to first be dissolved in warm water, but merely is whisked into the flour.
For bagels, bread flour is the path to the distinctive chewiness because it has more protein, or strength, than all-purpose flour.
The choice of sweetener is the final key to a great bagel. Barley malt syrup, readily available in local food co-ops and some grocery stores, has a "malty" taste that gives bagels their essential flavor.
Lacking this, you can use honey, or even a light molasses. But once you try this syrup, you may find yourself slipping a spoonful into all sorts of recipes for a flavor that not only is sweet, but has some depth.
For the best-tasting bagels, as well as preparation ease, mix the dough in the evening, then let it slowly rise overnight in the refrigerator. This enables every smidgen of yeast to develop to its full flavor potential. In the morning, let the dough warm up on the counter for about an hour, then shape the bagels. While they rest, begin heating a large pot of water.
Briefly poaching the dough in simmering water is what makes a bagel a bagel, and not just a ring of bread. Stirring in some baking soda gives the crust a slight tang. After poaching a minute on each side, lift out the bagels with a slotted spoon, brush with egg white, add toppings if you wish, then bake in a hot oven for about 20 minutes.
Let them cool for at least 30 minutes, then slice, slather and savor.
Now, a modest proposal: While perusing various bagel recipes, one popped up that called for finely ground black pepper. It was from Rose Levy Beranbaum, author of the various "bibles" for cakes, bread and pies, and so no slouch in the baking department. She, in turn, has said she was inspired by Julia Child, who used 1 to 2 teaspoons in her bagel recipe.
Still, we had to try it, although cowardice led to using barely a half teaspoon. But here's the thing: It's wonderful. You don't taste "pepper." You just taste "more flavor." Granted, black pepper isn't everyone's favorite seasoning, but trust us on this one: Just a bit added to this recipe makes a knockout bagel.
So it's optional — but encouraged.
Sort of like making bagels in the first place.
Makes 12
2 cups lukewarm water
1 tablespoon barley malt syrup (see Note)
1 tablespoon honey
3 teaspoon kosher salt
6 cups bread flour
2 teaspoon instant yeast
Scant 1/2 teaspoon finely ground pepper, optional
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 egg white, beaten
Toppings as desired
Note: Barley malt syrup is found in food co-ops and some grocery stores. Instant yeast also is called bread machine yeast. If you choose to add the optional pepper, make sure it's finely ground.
Directions: In a bowl, stir together 2 cups water, barley malt syrup, honey and salt. In a large bowl, stir together flour, yeast and, if desired, the pepper.
If using a stand mixer, use the dough hook on low speed as you add the water mixture to the flour. Mix until well-blended, about 3 minutes. If mixing by hand, use a sturdy spoon, or your hands, and mix for about 3 minutes. This is a fairly stiff dough.
Turn the dough out onto a counter and knead for several minutes until the dough is smooth and only slightly tacky. Round into a ball and place in a lightly oiled bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature for about an hour.
(For fresh bagels in the morning, place the dough in the refrigerator overnight. In the morning, let the dough warm up on the counter for about an hour before shaping.)
Turn the risen dough out into a lightly floured counter. Cut into 12 even pieces, then shape each piece into a ball by pulling the raw edges toward the center, pinching them closed, then firmly rolling the dough on a clean, unfloured surface using the cup of your hand.
To shape the bagels, poke a hole through the center of each ball, then use your fingers to gently pull and rotate the dough until you have a hole about 2 inches across. Make the hole larger than you think you should, because the dough will spring back and swell while poaching and baking.
Cover the shaped bagels with a cloth and let rise until a bit puffy, about 15 minutes.
While the bagels are resting, heat 4 quarts (16 cups) water in a large pot. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees and place racks in the bottom and upper third. Cover 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and mist with cooking spray. Or, oil baking sheets and sprinkle with cornmeal.
When the water boils, reduce to a simmer and stir in baking soda.
Gently lower 3 bagels, top side down, into the simmering water, leaving enough room for them to float around. (They will sink first, then rise.) Poach for a minute, then flip over and let poach for another minute. Remove bagels with a slotted spoon and place on a prepared baking sheet. Repeat with 3 more bagels.
Brush beaten egg white over each bagel, taking care not to let it drip onto the paper. If desired, coat with toppings such as sesame or poppy seeds, grated cheese, sautéed garlic or onion, etc.
Place pan on lower rack and bake for 10 minutes. While the first pan is baking, repeat the poaching process with the remaining bagels.
When the first pan has baked for 10 minutes, move it to the upper rack and place the second pan on the lower rack.
Continue baking for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the first bagels are golden brown. Move the second pan to the top rack for its remaining 8 to 10 minutes.
Cool for at least 30 minutes on a wire rack before slicing.


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The feedback from Tuesday's column about the future windfall the Phillies stand to gain when their TV rights are for sale again has been enormous. I'm sifting through the emails and tweets, and some readers have asked pertinent questions I didn't have space to address or completely overlooked. So here's an addendum.
Why Comcast? The Phillies brand is strong enough to sustain its own network. So why not cut out the middle man?
Certainly, a team-owned network is an option. But, at this juncture, it appears to be a decided long shot. Last week, David Montgomery suggested as such during an interview with The Inquirer.
"It's not out of the question," Montgomery said. "It's a possibility. But that's an enormous undertaking. We've had enough trouble figuring out how to run a baseball franchise without also trying to run a TV property. But you never know. This is Comcast's home market. They're proud of that. We're the Philadelphia Phillies and we're a big part of their network. Hopefully, in time, we'll get together."
The Phillies have a longstanding relationship with Comcast. More importantly, the Phillies don't think their own network would be able to compete with SportsNet in the hours other than 7-10 p.m.
Seventeen months ago, our Frank Fitzpatrick asked the same question. And the answer then was also an unequivocal "No."
Firstly, if the Phillies were to turn down Comcast's offer for the rights and create their own network, who's to say Comcast would agree to carry it without a substantial fee? They are the primary carrier in the region and if there were hard feelings about losing the rights, they could charge the Phillies network an exorbitant fee. Remember, this happened when the Yankees created YES. Cablevision carried their games and when the Yankees went elsewhere, Cablevision decided not to carry the YES network for a full season.
Secondly, the Phillies would need to create 24/7 programming. And while they could re-air old games and have a Wheeler's Corner show, it's easy to see how competing with the established networks could be a challenge.
"Comcast is so big in Philly," said Dave Buck, the Phillies' senior vice president of marketing and advertising, in 2010. "We'd need to program our own station 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Phillies games themselves would be one part of it, but then you'd need to be in the business of being a TV station.
"And since Comcast already has that in Philly, what would our Sports Night look like? Our other programs? To go head-to-head with them on the 6 o'clock news, the 10 o'clock news, the wake-up news, I'm not sure it would work."
With the rise in payouts for TV rights, creating a team-owned network appears to be less of a necessity. The Phillies are still looking at (likely) $5 billion or more from selling their rights.
Why is the current payout only around $24 million?
When Comcast SportsNet started in 1997, the Phillies had a minority stake in the company. That money, at the time, was better than the Phillies could do than selling the rights to their (low-rated) games. A few years later, the Phillies decided they would be better off selling the rights and sticking to running a baseball franchise. But, in this amicable split, the Phillies told Comcast they wanted to retain the advertising sales and revenue.
So the value of the rights only, according to Forbes, was around $24 million in 2010. That does not include the revenue the team makes from selling TV ads. That figure is unknown.
What we do know is the annual total of rights and ad money is nowhere near, for example, $150 million. That's how much the Los Angeles Angels will receive yearly for a 20-year, $3 billion deal they recently signed with Fox Sports West. The Angels had the fourth worst local ratings in 2011.
A sticking point in negotiations could be the ad sales. The Phillies wanted to keep the advertising revenue, which in the early 2000s wasn't nearly as profitable or attractive today, to avoid conflicts. For example, if one of the Phillies' top sponsors at the ballpark is Citizens Bank, they did not want Comcast selling ads on the broadcast for PNC Bank.
The ads for live sporting events, however, come of great value now in the age of DVR and TV Everywhere.
I own a satellite dish and live in the Greater Delaware Valley. Death to Comcast!
OK, that's not a question, but a sentiment expressed by many who reacted to the story. Yes, Comcast still enjoys incredible leverage thanks to the days of Prism. Comcast does not uplink its signal to a satellite and is not required by law to do so because of an anachronistic FCC loophole. So those with DirecTV or Dish in the Phillies' blackout area cannot watch the Phillies, other than the 40-or-so games on PHL17. In recent years, the FCC revoked some of Comcast's liberties and in out-of-town markets, the Comcast feed has been shown on the MLB Extra Innings package, which is available to satellite subscribers.
And if your cable provider is someone other than Comcast and you live in the area, you're also out of luck. Although now that SportsNet is shown on Verizon FIOS, I'm not sure there are many who fit this category since Comcast cable has such a monopoly on the region.
So satellite people, you're rooting for the Phillies to create their own network or someone else to make a bid.
What incentive does each side have to make a deal before 2016?
The current 15-year rights deal expires in 2015. Comcast, seeing the rising costs of securing TV rights, could want to rip up the remaining years and negotiate a new deal now. That would prevent the Phillies from changing their stance on a team-owned network or any other potential outside bidder stealing the rights.
The Phillies have notched the highest local ratings in all of baseball for each of the last two seasons. Their brand has never been better. But payroll expenses are rising and notable young core players like Cole Hamels, Shane Victorino and Hunter Pence are nearing free agency. A deal now, when ratings are at their highest, guarantees a huge payout.
Then again, as noted in the column, the Los Angeles Dodgers' current TV deal expires after the 2013 season. They are expected to negotiate a record-setting deal. During the team's bankruptcy trial, a sports media analyst testifying on behalf of Fox Sports valued the Dodgers' TV rights at $100 million annually. That was before the Lakers signed a 20-year, $3 billion contract with Time Warner. And they play half as many games as the Dodgers.
So the Phillies could be best served waiting for the Dodgers to set the market value.
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I did some car camping this weekend and had the opportunity to try a multitude of tree span lengths for optimum hang angle and attachment heights.
After trying various tree spans, it seemed to me that when I attached the tree huggers as high as most recommend (and confirmed by the Hang Calc app) for the horizontal span, my hammock ridgeline had excessive sag in it. Is it best to tighten the hammock RL sag by lowering the tree huggers - or tightening the suspension whoopies?
The target 30* hang angle appeared to always produce a slack RL... is my problem that I'm eyeing an empty hammock as opposed to a loaded hammock?
Is it recommended to use the whoopies solely to center the hammock between trees and then the tree huggers to adjust hang angle and height? Or are you using the whoopies to also adjust height and angle? Thanks for insight or suggestions for ease of setup... I'd appreciate hearing how you eyeball your hugger height and whoopie tension for various spans.


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I wanted to follow up on a few topics related to last week's editorial in which I wondered whether customers might leapfrog from SQL Server 2000 straight to SQL Server 2008 (code-named Katmai). You can read last week's editorial "Leapfrogging to Katmai" and peruse the reader responses that have come in so far.
Only time will tell, but the initial reader reaction certainly suggests that many customers will leapfrog to SQL Server 2008. However, I'd like to refine my original thesis to acknowledge that customers who haven't yet migrated to SQL Server 2005 will have a high rate of leapfrogging to SQL Server 2008 while customers who have migrated to SQL Server 2005 are already contemplating skipping SQL Server 2008. We might end up with a mid- to long-term scenario in which the SQL Server community will be split across several different SQL Server releases, with a large percentage of users ultimately skipping entire versions. Having the SQL Server community fragmented across multiple versions isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it will be interesting to see if Microsoft stays committed to rolling out a major release roughly every two to three years, as is the company's goal today.
It was easy to pick on Microsoft when the gap between SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 was as long as it was. Likewise, it's easy to pick on Microsoft when the company releases major SQL Server versions on a timeline that makes it difficult for customers to see the monetary value in keeping up with each release. I suppose it's not fair to pick on Microsoft simultaneously for both problems, but heck, coming up with good ideas for this commentary every week can be hard, so all's fair in love and editorial writing.
Still, I wonder if there isn't a nice middle ground where Microsoft can increase its investment in the feature pack model that the company has been pursuing for SQL Server and numerous other Microsoft products. Feature packs aren't major releases of the product, but they often add substantial functionality in key areas. A major release of the product is often necessary if core changes are being made to the data engine or other key parts of the product's architecture. However, sometimes the "killer" feature you're waiting for isn't a core architectural change and can be released in a feature pack or interim minor release on a cycle much faster than every two or three years. Leapfrogging major releases might be more palatable to some customers if they can get new goodies from a feature pack every now and then. My sense is that Microsoft could be successful with this approach if the company considered releasing its tools on a more frequent update cycle. I wouldn't mind seeing formal release cycles of administration and development toolsets for SQL Server being every year rather than every two or three years. What do you think?


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National President, Engineers Australia
Professor David Hood is a civil and environmental engineer with vast experience across major civil and military projects, professional development in emerging economies, senior management in both the public and private sectors and in education. David is deeply concerned that human activities and our current business paradigms, and personal lifestyles are seriously damagingour global home– the planet. However, it need not lead to a Great Disruption – there is hope, but only if we realise what we are doing, and take immediate restorative action.
Following a successful career in project management David took over and commissioned Australia's then New Parliament House in the mid 1980s – a life changing career episode. Since that project, David has become increasingly involved in fostering a culture of sustainability across all engineering disciplines, and the built environment.
David is an Adjunct Professor in the Science and Engineering Faculty at QUT where he leads the Sustainability Program of the CRC for Infrastructure and Engineering Asset Management (CIEAM). Hefounded, and is Immediate Past Chairman of the Australian Green Infrastructure Council (AGIC), a new industry association developing the world's first full sustainability rating scheme for infrastructure. In November 2010, David was elected National Deputy President of Engineers Australia, and is now the 2012 National President.
David is an accredited Presenter with Al Gore's Climate Reality Project, and in August 2011, David was includedin the ABC Carbon list of the top 100 Sustainability leaders in the world.