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Found this old thing. Wrote it in September. Publishing it now. *Shrug*
Pssssst.... You out there? *cough cough*
It's dusty in here.
I forgot about this place. Well, I didn't entirely forget, because I've recently gotten several requests that I blog again. I even received an extremely poignant compliment from my grouchy-and-cynical cousin who said he enjoyed my blog because he never gets to read good writing and he appreciates it when he sees it. Picture me, humbled and speechless.
Ask my Facebook friends, I don't do speechless.
And then my friend Kristin and her new Professional Writers Group had to go and woo me into doing seven hours of events at their book fair yesterday, including reading some of my own original poetry (who knew?) and I had several people approach me afterwards with kind words and feedback about my writing.
I love to write. But writing is time-consuming. I found that the more I wrote about our lives and our unschooling, the less I was living my life and unschooling. Something had to give.
And yet you gotta scratch the itch.
Emotions are a'tumble today as I sit here, missing my son who moved out 6 weeks ago - the one who was supposed to COME HOME AND VISIT HIS MAMA this weekend but didn't - and listening to the heart-breaking anniversary coverage of 9-11.
Brady's departure was sudden and quite unexpected. He had plans to travel this fall, to Oregon, to Vermont, and back again. He had plane tickets in hand, and itineraries mapped out with friends. And then we got an email about a job in film. He sent his resume (after first writing it in a frenzy), got a callback, interviewed, got the job, and moved out - all within the span of about 5 days. And just like that, my oldest child was launched.
The job is going well (so well he DIDN'T COME HOME TO SEE HIS MAMA THIS WEEKEND) and it promises opportunities in faraway lands like Los Angeles and beyond, if only his parents in the cornfields can wrap their heads around it enough to help him get there.
Brady called a few days ago to talk about finding an apartment in LA. Right after I puked up a little bit in my mouth, I peppered him with questions. I asked about the seriousness of this job option, if this was the track he was sure he wanted to take. I explained what a 'sublet' is, and then told him to quit this nonsense and come back home right this minute and sit in his room for 13 hours a day playing World of Warcraft.
Wait, what?
It wasn't all that long ago that Brady had a mini-meltdown in our kitchen. He claimed he wasn't an extrovert like me, that he didn't know how to talk to people like I do, that breaking into groups was uncomfortable for him and there were opportunities he'd missed because he was shy.
My first question, haven't you been watching me all this time? Dude, I can talk the pants off a rock. (If rocks wore pants.) Some things you learn by exposure. But in this case, he needed more explicit advice, so I gave him some pointers.
A few months later he got a job in the filmmaking industry because, among other things, "he was comfortable" with the interviewers and they liked him. This, about my boy who doesn't know how to talk to people.
Sometimes all it takes is the right motivation.
Because we don't subscribe to the one-size-fits-all model of school, there is little pressure to learn, grow and evolve on a timeline set by someone else. Just as he didn't have to learn to long-divide in 2002 because he turned 9 years old, he isn't pressured to do other things because he crossed some invisible, arbitrarily-set age line. He started community college at age 15 (because he wanted to) but doesn't have plans to start university until age 20, maybe, possibly, and even that is simply one option on an ever-expanding list of possibilities. And this job tosses all previous plans out the window.
Usually, when my boys transition, it's practically overnight. Often, stages seem to last longer than they might if they were in school (where you MUST transition when they say so), and it can sometimes seem like "he'll never get past this" but then suddenly..... he does. Just like that. I'm still continually amazed in these unschooling moments by how things evolve when we are able to honor our own timelines. It's not always convenient, for sure - it would've been far better if he'd felt this confidence earlier, to help him with other situations that caused him angst - but in this case it happened when it needed to. And it was as if someone lifted the old Brady and replaced him with the new, more confident version.
School imprisons children by severely restricting their movement and ability to make choices for themselves. So much so that if you ask most high school graduates what their plans are, what they want to do, most don't know. And how could they? They've had no time to dabble, to try things on to see what fits, discover what they like, what they don't like. Most insulting, during high school, the years when they ought to be transitioning toward more and more independence, they're still treated as children: told what to do and when, told just how many pages their essays should be, and given only "controlled choice." And if they rebel? Troublemakers.
With unschooling, the transitions are all natural. Restrictions that are imposed occur authentically - a resume that must be turned in by the end of the day, registration that ends on Wednesday at 5pm, a bus that leaves with or without you. We don't see the need to create arbitrary rules and restrictions. Life provides plenty of those.
And Brady, who not so long ago "couldn't talk to people," evolved overnight into a young man who could not only talk to people, but talk his way into his dream job.
Go figure.
Rob and I are feeling a bit afloat during this kids-moving-out transition. Jonathan is only 15, but Brady's sudden departure showed us that things can change in a heartbeat. As we sat at side-by-side laptops, largely ignoring each other, Rob said "we'll need to be more interesting."
But all is as it should be. The 9-11 anniversary coverage reminds me that not all transitions are happy ones; many aren't chosen but thrust upon us. I'm feeling grateful this morning, that even though some transitions are more painful than others, we are free to explore this life on our own terms.
I can't think of a better preparation for "real life" than living in the real world all along.


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The Florida DOT announced it's budgeting for two additional pedestrian walkways, wider sidewalks and other improvements.
DAYTONA BEACH — State road officials are putting nearly $20 million into their budget to add pedestrian-friendly pathways along International Speedway Boulevard to accommodate the millions of people expected to visit the renovated Daytona International Speedway and a new complex planned across the street.
The Florida Department of Transportation has announced it's putting money into its budget for two additional pedestrian walkways over International Speedway Boulevard, wider sidewalks and other improvements in 2014-15.
The department has put those requests, as well as an additional $180,000 for design work, into its five-year plan, subject to approval by the Legislature and governor.
State officials issued a statement, saying safety is the primary justification.
Florida is among the states with the highest number of pedestrian deaths, and several accidents have claimed lives near the Speedway.
The Speedway is spending $400 million on its Daytona Rising project to renovate the frontstretch grandstand, including adding new concourses and seats to improve fans' experiences.
International Speedway Corp. and partner Jacoby Development Inc. expect to break ground in mid-2014 on the first phase of One Daytona, a major retail, entertainment and residential development expected to bring millions of visitors to the area.
Andrew Booth, a spokesman for the Speedway, said the pedestrian improvements will help.
"With all the work being conducted with Daytona Rising, we certainly welcome any enhancements that can improve the fan experience and safety along International Speedway Boulevard," he said.
The ISB Coalition, a group of local business and government leaders who advocate for the corridor, also support the decision.
"We certainly applaud any change that improves pedestrian access," said Sans Lassiter, who owns a local traffic engineering firm. "We've had a few fatalities crossing International Speedway Boulevard. It is an eight-lane roadway. It's not pedestrian friendly."
Tourists Michael Karrer and Anne Roeder, both from Stuttgart, Germany, wanted to take a tour recently of the Speedway but weren't sure where to park.
They pulled into a lot on the north side of International Speedway Boulevard.
From there, they climbed the ramp of the pedestrian walkway over the busy highway.
Before the pedestrian bridge was built in 2002, people had to venture across eight lanes of traffic, much as they have to do a quarter-mile east in front of the Volusia Mall, or at Williamson Boulevard to the west.
Roeder said the problem of getting around on foot isn't unique to the Speedway or Florida.
"In general, in the United States," she said, "it's hard to find walkways when you're not in the downtown areas."

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Without an immigration program in place that allows farm employees a legal way to work on U.S. farms and ranches, the president of the California Farm Bureau Federation told Congress last week that passage of a proposed mandatory electronic employment verification system would be "a disaster for American agriculture."
In testimony before a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement in Washington, D.C., California Farm Bureau President Paul Wenger said farmers rely on an immigrant workforce and many of their employees might not qualify to work under the system known as E-Verify.
"Last year, this committee approved a bill that would make E-Verify mandatory for all employers regardless of size or industry; however, it offered no solution to address the unique challenges that a national E-Verify mandate will create for agriculture," Wenger said. "E-Verify, without a workable, economical way to ensure a legal agricultural workforce, will send American agricultural production, and the additional off-farm jobs that are created by it, to other countries."
E-Verify legislation sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, would require employers to verify the eligibility of prospective employees before hiring. The electronic system checks against Social Security numbers and Department of Homeland Security records.
Another witness at the hearing, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, joined Wenger in telling the House panel that without a solution in place, passage of a proposed employment-verification rule would be disruptive to agriculture.
"Without a 21st century guestworker program that includes many of the initiatives that are contained in pending legislation, I see no way for farmers to meet the future consumer demand with domestically produced peppers (such as in our state) and other agricultural products," said Black, whose state began requiring private employers to use E-Verify last year.
"Nationally, it is estimated that the agricultural workforce consists of 1.83 million hired workers and some have estimated that as much as 50 to 70 percent of the hired workers are not authorized to work in the United States," Wenger said. "Agriculture needs a timely solution that fills the gap between the currently legally authorized workforce and the agricultural needs of the nation."
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, asked Wenger if it is possible to replace the current agricultural workforce. Wenger replied that the workforce is made up of thousands of skilled employees.
"A lot of the folks doing this work are driving pieces of equipment that are worth more than your most expensive Mercedes," Wenger said. "They are highly skilled people and understand what they are doing, so it is paramount that we give them some kind of adjustment of status to allow them to be in this country and work."
Wenger said the existing immigration program for agriculture, known as H-2A, has proven inadequate. California farmers use H-2A on a very limited basis, with only 3,503 employees certified through the H-2A program among the estimated 400,000 hired farm and ranch workers in the state during peak seasons.
"Even if H-2A could be substantially improved, reforming that program alone cannot stabilize the farm labor situation," Wenger said.
"Any employer will tell you that the (H-2A) program is just too slow and bureaucratic for fast-moving harvest," Lofgren added. "Farmers do their best to plan harvest, but unusual rises or dips in temperature or humidity could suddenly move up a harvest, giving growers just days or even hours to pick valuable crops."
Noting the diversity of agriculture around the country, with different regions producing different commodities with widely varying weather, cultivation and harvest times, Wenger said such diverse needs "cannot be addressed through a one-size-fits-all, single-program solution."
And, he said, experience has shown that even with current high unemployment rates, "there is no realistic prospect of a domestic workforce for agriculture." As the U.S. labor force has grown older, more urban and focused on year-round jobs with predictable work hours, he said, "our native-born seek other jobs outside the agriculture sector."
Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Gold River, a member of the subcommittee, has authored a proposal that would create an entirely new, market-based "W" visa program for agricultural workers. The proposal requires a biometric visa, criminal background check and incentives for workers to abide by the terms of their visas and return home when the work is done.
"Rep. Lungren's bill creates a program that comes closer to replicating the way the farm labor force needs to move among employers and crops, based on seasons and the weather, and will meet the needs of farmers," Wenger said.
While a workable agricultural immigration program must succeed for farmers who grow perishable crops, Wenger said, it must also benefit dairy farms, livestock ranches, nurseries and other employers with year-round needs, and must accommodate the large, experienced workforce already employed on farms and ranches.
"Any solution must be practical and allow current workers to step out of the shadows to do the work that is so important to feeding our nation and the world," Wenger said.
A workable agricultural immigration program, he said, must recognize that "many of our workforce want and need the ability to come to the U.S., work on our farms and ranches, and return to their home country."
(Christine Souza is an assistant editor of Ag Alert. She may be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.)
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The Boy Scouts of Troop 68 have been spending a spring weekend at Camp Watchamagumee each year for over twenty years. Many years ago we held a contest during the outing that has since become a Watchamagumee tradition – The Egg Drop Competition. The contest is played individually or by teams; it seems to vary from year to year. Each player, or team, is given a raw egg. Using only natural materials found around the campsite they are to create a package that will protect the egg when the package is dropped. No man made materials are allowed to create the package. The winner of the competition is the one whose package protects the egg the longest as we drop it from higher and higher heights.
I video recorded the event in the spring of 2012. This post to the Melrose Scout Productions Podcast features that event. I am not going to give anything away but I will state the the winning package was thrown from the top of a step ladder onto a concrete patio block. Did the egg break? You will have to watch the video to discover that answer. (This video is about 20 minutes long.)
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- Publish Date Dec 26, 2012
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After 10 years of coaching in Texas public schools, I found I just couldn't stand to watch my kids games from the bleachers. I solved my problem by picking up a 35mm film camera and started getting closer to the action. It didn't take long to figure out that a film camera was not going to work for me. I moved to the digital world and have probably taken over 100,000 shots of my kids and their friends playing rec league games to high school varsity and Division 1 and 2 sports. Next to family, sports photography is my passion. I love being close the action and hearing the sounds and smelling the smells of athletic competition. Photo books from Blub, offers an easy was for me to share my work and gives parents a book of memories they will always cherish. Time with your kids will fly by so support your local sports photographers and purchase the images of your kids that they capture. They will mean more to you 20 years from now than they do today, so don't miss out.


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Two resource companies struck a secret mining licence deal that sent the value of former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid's land soaring, the competition watchdog alleges.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is investigating Mr Obeid's sons Paul and Moses, as well as Cascade Coal and Monaro Mining, over cartel allegations in relation to the 2009 tender for an exploration licence at the Mount Penny coal tenement near Mudgee, in NSW's central west.
It has served Paul and Moses Obeid with notices to give evidence at a private hearing. They face possible prosecution if they fail to comply.
The men's lawyers claim the notices are invalid and appeared at the NSW Federal Court on Friday to have them struck out.
Moses Obeid fronted the hearing in Sydney for one-and-a-half hours. He left during the lunch adjournment and did not comment to reporters.
ACCC lawyer John Sheahan told the court that Cascade Coal and Monaro Mining struck a deal for Monaro to drop out of the tender for the mining licence.
Former mining minister Ian Macdonald awarded the licence to Cascade Coal, sending the value of an Obeid family property, Cherrydale Farm, on the tenement soaring by tens of millions of dollars.
"Monaro puts in a bid, Cascade puts in a bid and around the same time does a deal with Monaro to drop out," Mr Sheahan told the court.
"Monaro drops out and Cascade gets the consent."
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) found in July 2013 that the Mount Penny licence and two other mining licences were awarded corruptly. The NSW government cancelled them in January.
In its ruling, the ICAC found Eddie Obeid improperly lobbied for the licence to be awarded and alleged he arranged for Monaro to withdraw its tender application.
The ICAC said in its ruling that having one company withdraw its bid was "arguably illegal" under competition law and it was this issue the ACCC was pursuing, including probing the Obeid family's involvement.
The competition watchdog is adamant it will haul in Paul and Moses Obeid for questioning and says the notices served to them are valid.
Justice Kathleen Farrell reserved her judgment.


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QRS Music Technologies, Inc. (QRSM), a leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of piano-based audio and multimedia products, music, piano technologies, Story & Clark pianos, and other digital audio accessories, announced its long awaited reentry into the China market. Tom Dolan, QRS Music, President and CEO said, "Efforts over the last four years enabled the Company to utilize several newly developed technologies to enter the market with secure content. The cornerstone of the technological advantages is incorporated into the PNOscan* and PNOmation* product lines."
Dolan added, "The Chinese piano market is exponentially the largest piano market in the world. In anticipation of entering the market, we set out several years ago to develop technologies that insured our customer's access to secure content and easy to use off the shelf interfaces. The combination of PNOscan*, PNOmation*, our own proprietary embedded content security, as well as our Patented SyncAlong* content gives us the means."
"We kicked off these efforts with a trade show booth at the China Music Fair in Shanghai last month. Our plan will be to leverage our presence in Hong Kong along with several of our current Story & Clark piano suppliers to market our technology. At the fair we also established several relationships with distributors that have a national profile in China," Dolan said.
QRS released a version of its PNOmation* operating system with Chinese Language Support and free access to 300 tracks of traditional Chinese music. The player system interfaces with virtually any smart device that supports Wi-Fi. The traditional market for player pianos are commercial establishments; the combination of the scheduling capabilities, proven reliability, and network integration of PNOmation* make it a very desirable addition to any environment. Our approach has enabled us to add new features as the market demands. It is similar to adding an App or interfacing with an existing one.
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The School of Computer Science at McGill University invites applications for one tenure-track position at the assistant professor level, to begin August 1, 2008, in the general area of geometric computation.Deadline is Jan 15, 2008.
The successful candidate must have a strong theoretical foundation and should be active in research on geometric problems and their applications.
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The IP/TL LLM student body is drawn from two distinct sources. First, we admit JD graduates from across the U.S. who desire to focus their legal expertise through one year of intensive study of intellectual property law. Second, we admit experienced intellectual property attorneys from abroad who want to broaden their IP knowledge to include U.S. and international intellectual property.
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|2012-05-23, 09:27
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But in all seriousness...on one hand I'm hoping that Madara isn't hax zombie and stays...but on the other I too do not want the kages to help Naruto...Unless Naruto switches with them and heads to beat up Sasuke...yes beat up Sasuke, I will not accept anything other than 3 to 5 chapters of just Naruto unleashing Kyuubi fury upon emoboy for being so...uuuuuurrrrggggghhhhhh there goes my ulcer again...
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|2012-05-23, 09:29
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|2012-05-23, 09:37
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Tobi rezzing Madara again sounds pretty viable to me - whether he uses Edo or Rinnegan would also tell us something about his attitude toward original Madara and their joint plan ...
... just imagining the Kages standing over the pile of ash that used to be Madara all kinda happy that they survived and all in agreement what a freak of a monster he was and then OUPS DEJA VU - er - timeloop I should say
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what a horrible chapter. i haven't thought that in a long time, but this uchiha kabuto fight has really devolved into crap... the izanami explanation was awful and made no sense. izanagi's widespread use in the past makes no sense. the 2 konoha ninja talking about 9 o clock made no sense... very disappointing stuff here. when i saw the chapter title i was hoping it had something to do with the kyuubi because i think we all (including kishi) need a break from this fight. he should have just kept kabuto in the time loop for a few chapters while he inserted some panels/chapters from the other fights.
also, it looks like itachi's eye isn't going to regenerate which makes no sense. they are fake eyes after all. sasuke has the real ones. would have been a lot more interesting if itachi unintentionally blinded one of sasuke's eyes on accident. but oh wait 'he's perfect' which also makes no sense. i hate complaining about naruto, but this chapter really deserves it.
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i really don't understand that diagram, i don't understand the need for it either. kishi could have just explained the history behind it, he didn't have to give a "detailed" account of how it actually works because it wouldn't make sense anyway, and at this point it doesn't really matter.
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I liked the chapter, though I thought it was a little heavy handed (Itachi: Kabuto, learn your love no jutsu lesson or never leave my sharinhax!) I'm a hopeless Itachi fan, so pretty much everything he does--minus the pointless diagrams of doom--is ok by me
Two questions do come to mind:
-what is with those random, lazy Konoha Shinobi? As someone pointed out, one of the no-namers seems to be a buddy/brother-type of Kabuto's--someone who will "acknowledge" Kabuto, as he so desperately wants. I have a feeling they are going to be p'owned next chapter.
-What will Kishi do when the edo tensei army dies (again)? After all, if we count how many villains are actually fighting in this war, it is Tobi, Kabuto (who is incapacitated until he has some hax'd Uchiha-induced catharsis), 1/2 of Zetus (the other half died via Sasuke), and Sasuke who might switch sides after being treated to Itachi's love-no-jutsu.
I think Tobi will have to reanimate some of the more bad-ass zombies to even stay in the running here. Either that, or I hope he has something truly epic hidden up his sleeve. Vampires? Zombies who are Vampires? Ninjas who are Zombies who are Vampires?
*head spins*
I think I need Kishi to draw me a diagram so I can understand it T-T
|2012-05-23, 10:35
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Looks at diagram -> Shit looks retarded -> Skip entire page.
Seriously, there was 2 diagrams to explain izanami and izanagi and it still made no sense...
From my understanding...
Uchihas all went crazy, using izanagi to fix a certain screw up, and because all the Uchihas used izanagi on that exact situation and wanted different outcomes, this caused multiple fixes and this fcked everything up, so one Uchiha created izanami to force all these screw ups to agree on one single use of izanagi...? The fuck so blah blah *confused*
This chapter was such a mess no idea what was going on...
|2012-05-23, 11:01
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This Aesop no Jutsu seems like something that Naruto should have used. why did he not use this on sasuke instead and make him accept that revenge is not the answer?
leave it to itachi to bring Jesus-no-Jutsu to a whole new level.
|2012-05-23, 11:55
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yea when i first read this chapter, i was like... kishi hasn't written shit this bad since sasuke escaped deidara's suicide blast. Kishi has brilliant ideas... until it comes to the Uchiha, then his brain dissolves like he was tsukiyomi raped
/startrant mode
my personal issues:
#1. like someone stated above, isn't izanagi the power of the rikudo sage? don't you need both sides of the coin to use it
#2. if izanagi costs you your eyesight, howdafuq can you use it to abuse it and "procrastinate" of all things
#3 if this jutsu was made to combat izanagi, how and why does it still make you blind, especially if the loophole is pretty simple. for that matter, how was this jutsu developed like such in the first place?
#4 who exactly is sacrificing their eyes to make other uchihas who are being stupid "realize the error of their ways?
#5 if izanagi ws so common within the uchiha... they were losing to the senju how now?
#6 this further begs the quest wtf is special about the senju to make them rival the uchiha? all of teh uchiha have madara's abilities, while there's only one hashirama. What exactly about the body of the rikudo sage kekkei genkai made the senju on par with this fuckery (the only possible explanation i can think if is they could all use sage like abilities when it came to different elements a la the 2nd hokage and his insane water jutsu). but aside from their uzumaki cousins with long lives... there's really nothing shown about the senju that should have made them as threatening to the uchiha as kishi's tried to make them seem
#7 soo.. all the izanagi users were gone, already blind or just forgot about the technique when itachi massacred everyone. Considering that they were planning a coup d'etat, you would think a few of them would still possess the ability to use their clan's "perfect eye jutsu"
#8 did the uchiha have a home with a bunch of blind war veterans in it? konoha's health care system must have been ridiculous. mayeb that was the side reason for offing the clan.
#9 finally, now saucegay's down for incest? can't say i'm really surprised
overall, izanami is an asspull, and this attempt to explain and justify the jutsu was, not surprisingly, a load of shit.
sorry kishi, i usually love you though, better luck next time you write yourself into a silly corner.
-Also if seems like the genjutsu itachi on the inside is jesus preaching to kabuto, what a nightmare that must be. On a perverted side note, if the jutsu is activated by memorizing a physical situation, then recreating that physical situation to link the time period and create a loop (the only part of the jutsu i find creative and actually like) itachi could have been an amazing lover, linking one orgasm to another, for all eternity
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Why do I get the feeling that the Second Tsuchikage will be the one to break free Kabuto from the loop(assuming he didn't get sealed off screen or something)?
Itachi is real liar. I mean he said to Naruto that he would leave the issue with Sasuke to him, but here he goes and uses talk-no-jutsu on Sasuke. How can we ever trust Itachi again?
I wonder if Kabuto has someone else left to summon (maybe an Uzumaki?), because Itachi still has one more eye left, well that's assuming Kabuto get free from the first one.
|2012-05-23, 11:59
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the explanation for multiple uses would be that past izanagi users would have stolen sharingan from other uchiha to replace the ones that went dark, but how many uchiha were there after all? it doesn't add up. it doesn't make sense for them all to be slaughtering themselves and stealing others' eyes on such a grand scale. the clan would have dwindled away like the senju did only the senju still haven't had a legitimate reason for dwindling away and the uchiha seemed like a pretty large clan at the time of the massacre...
|2012-05-23, 12:13
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I was hoping for an interesting ending for Kabuto and now it seems that maybe i can get it My assumption was that in the final moments of his life Kabuto will somehow turn to the good side and sacrifice himself, because Naruto converts him to Narutism. But i never imagined it would be Itachi, but now it seems much more logical that it is Itachi, Kishimoto made a nice connection between the lives of these two ninja. And there might be even more than for what i hoped for, we see how Kabuto could return to his "brother" who still lives in the orphanage, and i guess then Kabuto will find his "true self" by becoming the new leader of the orphanage and take care about a lot of children, if Kishimoto decides that Kabuto can get a happy ending. But there's a good chance that Tobi will kill Kabuto and take back Sasuke because after his failure against Naruto he needs to restore his status as "final evil boss" by doing something evil again. Similarily to how Konan was killed by Tobi, when i hoped finally one ex-evil guy gets the chance to actually live and do good things instead of being killed off like in it happens in all cases in this manga so far.
The Izanagi vs Izanami explanation implies that in the past fights to the death between Uchiha were natural (we know that under Madara's rule this was true), i mean why would an Uchiha need a jutsu against Izanagi if not for fighting against another Uchiha. If the izanagi and izanami can nullify each other then it's guaranteed that Uchiha will use these jutsu only against enemies, not against each other. Also if the transplant of eyes of the killed Uchiha cannot heal the eye destroyed by izanagi then any fight where both ninja use izanagi would damage the clan since after the fight both eyes of the dead should be functional so that the clan has a new pair of MS or EMS eyes. And if the clan wants to maximize the number of EMS eyes within the clan then they must fight each other without using Izanagi.
|2012-05-23, 12:23
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So uchiha invented a jutsu in which you give up your eye, to teach other uchihas how to not use wrongly other jutsu which also require to give up your eye.
For god sake how stupid can it be. Someone use izanagi, ohh he did it wrong, you master izanami user sir, give up your eye to teach that guy izanagi guy, to properly use his last eye.
Sir yes sir ...
And since when is there so many uchihas throwing out those ultimate moves left and right in naruto history.
This manga have so many plotholes and retcons that its just funny.
Jesus christ naruto and bleach become so stupid that I just hope it will end soon so I will be done with it (for bleach i fucing skipped all arcs past SS up to the end of that fullbring shit).
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Platinum Games is hinting at Bayonetta 2 not releasing in 2013. Platinum recently described Max Anarchy, Wonderful 101, Metal Gear Rising and Bayonetta 2 as their upcoming games for "2013 and beyond" yet all of those games except Bayonetta have a relatively firm 2013 release date already. So logically, Bayonetta 2 must be the game coming out "beyond" 2013.
I kinda got the Vibe that B2 wasn't coming out this year, because their wasn't much said about it after the confirmation that it was going to be a Wii U exclusive.
The Wii U still has Wonderful 101 from Platinum Games in 2013 and all the other games that Nintendo has yet to announce. And I'm sure they have their hands full with Anarchy Reigns, Metal Gear Rising and Wonderful 101 to have B2 come out in the same year.
EDIT: In the end, it could always release in the fall, after those games are released, they will have some talent from the other games move over to B2 and help move the development along. I don't expect them to rush to have it out.
ehh, i kind of got tyhe feeling it wouldnt make it this year, so its no surprise, besides this still gives me time to get a wii u so i wont miss out.
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Major Label-Owned Vevo Caught Publicly Streaming NFL Game Off Of 'Rogue Site'
from the where's-ice-when-you-need-them? dept
But, of course, when those major label guys want to set up an illegal public performance of an NFL game, where do they turn? You guessed it! One of those rogue sites.
Jason Kincaid over at TechCrunch has the rather insane story of how Vevo, the music video streaming company created by Universal Music and owned by Universal Music and Sony Music, had a booth set up at Sundance a few weeks back, where they, quite clearly, live-streamed an NFL playoff game. Yeah. In their "lounge," they had computers showing the game, apparently sourced from ESPN America -- which isn't available in the US. And the stream came from TuTele.tv, which appears to be quite similar to many of the sites that have been seized and shut down. In fact, it sounds pretty similar to Rojadirecta, which is currently fighting the US Justice Department in court.
And the folks from these major record labels used this source to live stream the football game throughout their lounge area at Sundance.
Of course, what this shows is that these issues are never as black and white as the RIAA would have you believe. And, just like many others, when the industry doesn't give them a convenient way to do what they want, even the RIAA's strongest supporters stoop to making use of rogue sites to potentially do "criminal acts."
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ARVADA, Colo., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The producers of a show broadcast by National Public Radio are suing a Colorado pastor for trademark infringement in New York and federal courts.
The producers of the show "Science Friday" have accused the Rev. Bob Enyart of Arvada of trademark infringement and cybersquatting for his program "Real Science Friday," broadcast by KLTT, Denver, The Denver Post reported.
Enyart, the self-described fundamentalist pastor of the Denver Bible Church said his KLTT show challenges rather than imitates the NPR show, the Post reported Sunday.
The NPR show's representatives said the similar names are confusing and "Science Friday's" fans are sometimes diverted to kgov.com, Enyart's website.
"We have spent 20 years plus building the name of 'Science Friday' and consider ourselves a trusted source of science information. We have more than 2 million listeners a week. We want to make sure we are protecting our reputation," said ScienceFriday Inc. spokesman Christian Skotte.
The suit claims the name "Real Science Friday" and a look-alike logo promoting Enyart's radio show website violates ScienceFriday's rights.
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Upon graduating from law school, Brennan worked as a litigator, but he found the idea of in-house work more appealing. With only two years of legal experience under his belt, however, he found it difficult to make the transition to corporate law, so he bolstered his business knowledge by taking a job in the City of Chicago's contracts and commercial law division.
After about five years with the city, Brennan went in-house at a series of tech companies, eventually landing the general counsel spot at Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems North America, an experience that he likens to "standing on the back of a rampaging elephant and juggling."
Then, in 2005, Brennan got an unexpected opportunity to combine his legal experience with his childhood love of biology when The Field Museum in Chicago—one of the largest natural history museums in the world—hired him as vice president and general counsel.
A few years ago, Brennan, who studied computer programming as a kid, found a way to use his tech expertise when he became the museum's chief information officer (CIO). In his dual capacity, he manages the Field's technological side—including its web, new media, social media and IT groups—as well as its legal department.
Q: How did you get the job at The Field Museum?
A: I really, fundamentally believed that I would not be considered for the job. So when I got the opportunity to interview with these guys who were lions of evolutionary biology … I used the opportunity to talk about their science and their perceptions about evolution, figuring that it would be my best and only chance to have any real conversation with these guys.
Correspondingly, the conversation was actually very interesting. So I think partially it was my diversity of experience, but it was also because I came in as a somewhat educated true believer.
Q: What was the transition from corporate to museum life like?
A: I always say there's a reason all my hair fell out. You don't know what you don't know until you have to answer questions about it.
I didn't know very much about cultural property. I didn't know much about Native American relations. I didn't know about importation or exportation of biological specimens. So I had to learn a lot very quickly.
Q: What are some of the most common legal issues you face?
A: We have a lot of cultural property issues, including litigation in federal district court about some Persian antiquities. We do an enormous amount of work with intellectual property. Because of our expansion into digital realms, we've put a lot of thought into data preservation, privacy and related issues, especially because we are dealing with children.
We build and rent exhibitions, and some of [them] come from overseas, so we have state, federal and international laws that we comply with to make sure that we transport things in the right way.
Any institution that has between 1.3 million and 1.5 million visitors a year is going to have a series of what you would think of as slip and falls—the basic kinds of things that come up when you have people coming through your building all the time.
Q: What kind of work are you doing with technology as the museum's CIO?
A: We've built a portal so that the public will be able to search our scientific collections and see all the things that we look at when we do our research. We have a grant from the Grainger Foundation that is going to allow us to image at least 500,000 of the most interesting things in our collection.
We want to get away from this behind-the-glass-wall, abstract, hands-off interaction with objects and really get to a different kind of personal interaction with these grand complexities.
Q: What is the most challenging part of your job?
A: Switching back and forth 15 times a day between being a lawyer and being the technology advocate. I constantly say to people it's a little bit like speaking English and then a foreign language, and switching back and forth throughout the course of the day. Not that I'm complaining—it's actually a wonderful challenge.
Q: What's the most rewarding part of your job?
A: Repatriation is the return of sacred objects to Native American and other indigenous cultures, and we've had some incredibly positive success in that area.
I also think we've begun to deliver on the promise that this place has always had by really improving the technological and digital architecture in this building.
Q: What's your advice to young lawyers who want to go in-house someday?
A: Diversity of experience. Going in-house is one thing, but if you're looking for that unusual kind of position, you should build the knowledge that qualifies you for the spot.
Q: What was your proudest moment as a lawyer?
A: Probably my first appointment as general counsel at T-Systems North America. I was thrilled to take on the leadership responsibility. I was incredibly enthusiastic about the company, and to be honest, I had no idea what I was getting into. But if I look back, that was a very happy time.
Q: If you weren't a lawyer, what would your dream job be?
A: I would probably become some sort of evolutionary biologist.
Q: What is your favorite exhibit at The Field Museum?
A: The evolution exhibit—meaning the dinosaurs and everything. It's really the story of life through the entire 4 billion years of Planet Earth.


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"Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." Matthew 10:31
In addition to society's obsession with physical beauty, women face other obstacles to maintaining confidence, including disrespect for wives and mothers who have chosen the traditional homemaking role. Furthermore, many wives, especially mothers of small children, feel isolated at home. Their husbands are physically and emotionally "elsewhere," pursuing careers, hobbies, or both. The result is often devastating, as women tend to derive their sense of self‐worth from the emotional closeness achieved through relationships.
So what's the solution? We encourage you as the husband to be present with your wife in body and spirit. Set aside time for her. Listen to her. Romance her. Show her she's still your one‐and‐only sweetheart. On the other hand, don't expect to fill all of her emotional needs. Encourage her to develop meaningful friendships with other women and reach out to others in your community.
"Honor one another above yourselves." This simple phrase from the Bible (Romans 12:10) is the key to affirming the infinite worth of your spouse.
"They wouldn't like me if they really knew who I am?"
(husband) Dear God, thank You for the great worth You see in my wife. I see it, too, and I want to honor and cherish her more every day. Help me to bless her and make her strong in this way. Amen.


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This kit includes the M521 Dual-Channel Digital Storage Scope with Roll Mode software license, probes, and a carrying case. The M521 is compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 interface. It is connected to a computer using standard USB 2.0 cable and is powered via USB. The maximum power consumption is 2.25W, making this instrument usable with battery-powered notebooks.
The device has a metal casing which can withstand rough manipulation and is fully recyclable.
The M521 offers precise electronic engineering and automated calibration processes during manufacturing. Each kit contains a traceable calibration certificate. Since the M521 device uses USB 2.0 for communication (with automatic fallback to USB 1.1), it provides you with high refresh rates comparable to stand-alone devices.
The time base in 1:1 display mode (no zoom) is settable from 10ns/div to 100ms/div in sequence of 1-2-5. It is possible to set the time base from 1ns/div to 800ms/div using different zoom settings.
This kit also includes a license for Roll Mode software, which allows you to acquire data as fast as 5MS/s and store them directly to the hard drive. You can use either the viewer to analyze the data, or export tools to analyze data in third-party applications.
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Outside Comfortable resort. On the outskirts, 300 m from the centre of Le Bouveret, in a quiet, sunny position, 300 m from the edge of the forest, 200 m from the lake, 50 m from the canal. For shared use: children's playground (slide). In the house: lift. Linen change (suppl. charge extra). Beverage service. Shop, grocery 800 m, restaurant, bakery 500 m, bicycle rental 100 m, railway station "Le Bouveret" 300 m, pebble beach 200 m, outdoor swimming pool, indoor swimming pool 300 m, thermal baths 30 km, public bathing area 300 m, bathing lake "Léman" 300 m. Sports harbour 200 m, golf course (18 hole) 15 km, tennis 200 m, minigolf 12 km, riding stable 11 km, walking paths from the house 300 m, mountain railway 15 km, slopes 18 km, ski school 18 km, children's ski school 35 km, sled run 29 km, cross country ski track 35 km, ice field 18 km. Nearby attractions: Parc Aventure 17 km, Leman Forest 12 km, Swiss Vapeur Parc 100 m. Well-known ski regions can easily be reached: Les Portes du Soleil 18 km, Villars 35 km, Leysin 31 km. Well-known lakes can easily be reached: Lac Léman. Please note: private mooring (extra) on request. Aquapark 300 m. Discounts of 25 % on entrance tickets to Swiss Vapeur Park, 30 % discount on Aquapark tickets available from the Interhome de La Marina office. All apartments have underfloor heating.
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Associate Membership in the Illinois Railway Museum is open to anyone who likes trains, or who is interested in the Museum's historic and educational programs. The Associate member receives a pass which identifies him as a Museum supporter, allows him or her passage on the Museum's operating railway and allows a discount on certain educational materials in the Museum Bookstore. Associates will also receive a Museum newsletter, "Rail & Wire", which is published several times a year.
Associate Members enjoy all the privileges of full membership except that they may not vote or hold office. Participation in the Museum's activities is open - from being an active booster to lending a hand in the Museum's work. Some Associates are in a fortunate position to be able to volunteer their particular talents or just their time for work on Museum projects. The Museum encourages this as most of its projects depend almost entirely on volunteer workers. There is always a need for skilled workers, office workers, operating personnel, and people interested in "just helping out" on Museum projects.
Annual memberships run from January through December.
The Illinois Railway Museum is a not-for-profit, educational corporation which was organized in 1953. The Museum is supported primarily by contributions and by revenues derived from the visiting public. Volunteers serving without pay do most of the work. All contributions to the Museum are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
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Bill Graham's early concerts were "events" and BG008 is an excellent example of the unusual fare. Top billing was Andy Warhol and his Plastic Inevitable, with the Velvet Underground and Nico "Pop Girl of '66." The show was an amazing, kinetic rock event with vocals, keyboard and dance projected on the wall in strobe light fractured frames. The Mothers rounded out the evening.
Our t-shirts consists of vintage and retro rock t-shirts, concert poster ties, vintage rock jackets and concert hats. Many of our concert tees were created for and made at the time of a particular event or performance.
About Wes Wilson
When the Avalon Ballroom and Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium began to hold weekly dance concerts, Wilson was called upon to design the posters. He created psychedelic posters from February 1966 to May 1967, when disputes over money severed his connection with Graham. Wilson pioneered the psychedelic rock poster. Intended for a particular audience, "one that was tuned in to the psychedelic experience," his art, and especially the exaggerated freehand lettering, emerged from Wilson's own involvement with that experience and the psychedelic art of light shows.


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U.S. guiding principles have veered off course
I have grave concerns about challenges confronting this great nation, but one stands head and shoulders above the others. No, this concern is not a current public policy issue. Neither is it an ideological issue, though the log of the current ship of state is replete with entries reflecting guiding principles that are counter to those of our Founding Fathers.
My deepest concern is, rather, the pervasive lack of honesty, integrity and truth in our culture. I believe these nation-sustaining virtues are beating in the hearts of many Americans, but are decidedly lacking in the nation's leadership in both the private and public sectors. The wellspring of these virtues is God. God's influence within our culture has been marginalized so that He is no longer welcome in the public square, resulting in the chaotic and divisive state of the nation at this time.
Larry Harrison, Lakewood
This letter was published in the June 23 edition.
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I'm not Anonymous at all but I do share his point of view.. so here I'm Greg, I'm a french chap !!! do you want even my family name, back ground, sexual habit and so on.. then you can have at http://www.christophertasti.com
I'm not a pro and very far from it, I'm what people would call an intermediate, at least compare to all the people I'm ridding with (whom are most of all pros..) and I fully agree that pros and us are definitively not the same riders.. even if you see on pictures that most of the pro have no leash but a release system, who do you think does the R&D on safety system.. pros.. and I can guarantee you that most of the pro in both world tour and pkra are VERY concerned with safety.. and all of us have been very very affected by not only what happen to Silke (who one was one of us) but by every single accident which happen to any joe six pack kiteboarder !!! pros have even more risk on the water than us (amateur) for one very reason : they do spend a lot more time than us down in the water.. and they need to push all the time their limits to improve their skills.. never forget that if they want to carry on as a professionnal athlete, they definitively need to take care of their body, which implies taking care of their safety.. but this to be said, they have a lot more experience than us the joe public, they have better understanding of the riding situation and they can better foresee what's going on..
so please don't fire on the pros without even knowing or living with them !!! they are not the bunch of inconsious you seems to believe (some are, but certainly not the one you could believe, take example of Seb Catellan, he is certainly one of the craziest kiteboarder in town.. he does things you would even not dream in your worst nightmare, he can be portrayed as an insane guy.. and I can guarantee you that he is far from being that inconsious chap !!! otherwise he would be ALREADY dead !!!)
this to be said, please leave the pros alone, let them do their job and enjoy to see pics and videos at which we all dream and wish we would be there
until then, take care, fly high and be yourself... kiteboarding is not an attitude, it's a way of life !!!!


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When someone comments on a facebook post (status) and totally kills it for anyone else wishing to comment or like.
Somone posts about a crazy party they were at the previous night, and one of their friends (often an outcast or parent) posts about how they shouldnt be doing things like that about the totally boring night they had at their house, a total post kill.
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The man accused of murdering Daniel Morcombe panicked when the 13-year-old tried to escape and killed him accidentally before he had a chance to molest him, a court has been told.
Crown prosecutor Glen Cash said Brett Peter Cowan had admitted to undercover police he abducted Daniel and tried to molest him, but when the boy struggled he tightened his arm around his neck and felt something snap.
As Daniel's parents sat listening in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday, Mr Cash quoted from a transcript of Cowan's recorded conversation with the undercover police in which he described taking Daniel to a demountable house on a remote road at Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast and offering him a glass of water.
He said the boy had panicked when he tried to pull down his pants.
"I never got to molest him or anything like that," Cowan said in the recording.
"He panicked and I panicked, and I grabbed him around the throat and before I knew it, he was dead."
The court heard Cowan then drove Daniel's body to another area of bushland, where he placed him near a tree and covered him with leaves and branches.
He dumped Daniel's clothes in a nearby creek.
During the conversation with police, Cowan described offering Daniel a lift as he waited for a bus on the Sunshine Coast on December 7, 2003.
Cowan led two undercover officers on August 10, 2011, the day after the conversation was recorded, to the area where Daniel's bones were later found, the court was told.
Cowan, 43, was arrested three days later and charged with murder, child stealing, deprivation of liberty, indecent treatment of a child and interfering with a corpse.
Outside court, Daniel's father Bruce said the account was "very grim", while his wife Denise described it as "upsetting".
"We take it on the chin, but it's very difficult to listen to and remain composed," Mr Morcombe said.
"You always expect the worst, and for over nine years we wondered how it happened."
Cowan's committal hearing will continue on Thursday, when his lawyers will finish their cross-examination of witnesses.
Magistrate Brendan Butler is then expected to decide whether to commit Cowan to stand trial in the Supreme Court.


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Pinehurst PD welcomes new officer
The City of Pinehurst welcomed a new officer to the ranks recently. New Pinehurst Police Officer Jocelyn Trussell, 30, of Orange was sworn in by Chief Fred Hanauer III on Friday, July 12.
Trussell graduated from Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School in 2001 and from LIT Regional Police Academy in 2011. She and her husband John have two children, Jaden and Jude. John had the honor of pinning his wife's badge onto her uniform as part of the swearing-in ceremony. Trussell's family, including her mother and grandmother, attended the event along with several police department employees, City Administrator Joe Parkhurst and Mayor Pete Runnels.


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Lhota's mayoral ad says crime will soar in NYC if Democrat Bill de Blasio wins
NEW YORK – Republican Joe Lhota on Wednesday released the New York City mayoral campaign's harshest ad to date, using footage of a recent biker gang attack to suggest that the city would return to its violent, crime-filled past if Democrat Bill de Blasio is elected.
Lhota, a former deputy mayor to Rudolph Giuliani who is trailing badly in the polls, centers the ad around the dramatic video of the biker attack that left several people, including a young father, injured. It then segues into harrowing black-and-white images from the 1970s and `80s, including footage of an overturned police car, a man holding a gun and corpses sprawled on the ground.
The 30-second spot, which will air on the city's broadcast networks, warns that de Blasio has a "recklessly dangerous agenda on crime" because the public advocate suggested that he would meet with biker groups.
The ad, by far the most negative in an increasingly nasty campaign, comes on the heels of Lhota's accusations during a Tuesday night debate that de Blasio is "untested" and unable to continue the city's historic reduction in crime that began in the 1990s under Giuliani. Lhota has frequently criticized de Blasio for wanting to reform the police department's stop-and-frisk policy, which allows officers to stop anyone deemed acting suspiciously.
The Democrat's campaign called the ad "divisive."
"Lhota is right that we can't go back," said de Blasio spokesman Dan Levitan. "We shouldn't return to the days when Republicans like Giuliani used fear tactics to divide New Yorkers against each other."
The ad's aggressive tone was the same tenor Lhota planned to use Tuesday night in the first of the candidates' three debates, but he was frequently put on the defensive by de Blasio.
The Democrat, up nearly 50 points in some polls, surprised observers who expected him to stick with his recent strategy, one typical of front runners, of staying above the fray and avoiding gaffes. Instead, he attacked Lhota and prevented the Republican from delivering the blows his struggling campaign desperately needed.
The election to replace outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg is Nov. 5.


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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Physicist Zoe Martin's fusion quest: a stellar future
From revealing radiation hydrodynamics to creating energy, physics student pursues science's boundaries
Today, internships are a valuable career launching tool; but many college students complain their internships do not provide structured learning, applicable skills—or, worse, they perform menial tasks for paltry pay.
Not Los Alamos students.
At the Lab, students are mentored by world-class researchers across multiple disciplines, solving real-world problems on powerful technology. Just ask physics student Zoe Martin.
"Los Alamos is helping me down my career path by giving me exposure to resources I wouldn't get anywhere else," says Martin, completing her undergraduate degree at the University of New Mexico. "I am not just sitting in a classroom. I get to work in the physics field. I learn more here at Los Alamos than I do my whole semester at school."
Martin discovered her calling while working with the Lab's Navy Systems group responsible for the physics design and assessment of nuclear stockpile systems. She helps develop radiation hydrodynamics codes to model inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions, and other high energy density physics problems.
A respected ballerina raised in Los Alamos, Martin, who volunteers at an animal shelter, originally studied anthropology; a summer internship at the Lab inspired her to switch to physics and its vast opportunities.
Currently, Martin runs computer simulations to model a set of experiments completed on the OMEGA laser. She analyzes the simulations for materials experiments.
Getting to work on projects that may change the field of physics, Martin helped design targets for National Ignition Facility (NIF) last year.
"This is one of the coolest things I've done here," Martin said. The NIF is able to heat and compress matter to temperatures and densities unattainable anywhere else on earth. The ultra-powerful laser system, which melds 192 laser beams into a single energetic burst, slams a target in billionth-of-a-second pulses that release temperatures 100 million degrees and pressures more than 100 billion times Earth's atmosphere.
If researchers can obtain successful ignition (a type of fusion), they may be able to create a miniature "sun", an immense energy source.
Martin said her mentor, physicist Leslie Sherrill, takes the time to explain and teaches her relevant and applicable science—and she's helping her get published, a rare but career-changing feat for an undergrad.


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vote for candidates of more than one party – US
(of a candidate or minority party) attract votes from another candidate or party with the result that both are defeated by a third - British
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a sham or unreal thing
Count Potemkin (1739-91), a favourite of Empress Catherine II of Russia, reputedly ordered a number of fake villages to be built for the empress's tour of the Crimea in 1787.
the villain of the piece
the main culprit
1928 - P. G. Wodehouse - Money for Nothing - I'm sure you're on the right track. This bird Twist is the villain of the piece.
a viper in your bosom
a person you have helped but who behaves treacherously towards you.
The phrase comes from one of Aesop's fables in which a viper reared in a person's bosom eventually bites its nurturer. The idea is also found in Latin (in sinu viperam habere) and the expression appears in various forms in English from the late 16th century.
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walk crookedly because you are drunk – US
A Virginia fence is a fence made of split rails or poles joined in a zigzag pattern with their ends crossing.
make a virtue of necessity
derive some credit or benefit from an unwelcome obligation.
This is a concept found in Latin in the writings of St Jerome …. facis de necessitate virtutem….you make a virtue of necessity. It passed into Old French (faire de necessite vertu) and was apparently first used in English around 1374 by Chaucer in Troilus and Criseyde.
1997 - Spectator - How important it is for humanity always to make a virtue out of necessity.
visiting fireman
a visitor to an organization given especially cordial treatment on account of their importance – US
still small voice
the voice of your conscience
In 1 Kings 19 : 12, the voice of God is described as a still small voice.
a voice in the wilderness
an unheeded advocate of reform
The phrase was originally used with reference to the words of John the Baptist who proclaimed the coming of the Messiah : I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness (John 1 : 23).
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A lot has changed in the 16 years I've been covering home automation. We now have sub-$500 touchscreens, smart phones that double as home controllers, metadata, and a computer—or 10—in every household.
But then, some things never change. It's remarkable how such a dynamic industry can, at times, be so stagnant.
Standards. Sixteen years ago, everyone thought that if we could just agree on a single home control standard, the category would explode. Every device from every manufacturer would interoperate, installation would be a breeze, R&D costs would plummet, and consumers would fill their baskets in the "home automation" aisles. You know, like Ethernet. Today, however, we still have no widely accepted home control standard (here comes the hate mail from Z-Wave, ZigBee, RF4CE and others) and we still have pundits swearing that, without standards, we are nothing. Meanwhile, just as many home control experts claim that standards don't matter anymore. With so many inexpensive bridge devices, all of those disparate devices can interconnect one way or another.
Retail. For two decades, we have imagined home automation products stacked on rows of shelves in electronics and home improvement stores. Helpers in blue shirts and orange vests would advise on smart thermostats as deftly as they would on DVD players and screwdrivers. Shoppers would snap up a few automated dimmers on impulse as they checked out. In reality, not a single home control system has succeeded in mass-market retail, despite major efforts from manufacturers and retailers alike. Even The Shack failed at its most recent attempt to sell the stuff. Enthusiasts go online to research and buy their home automation gear. Everyone else lets home automation come to them, by way of professional installers.
Custom Installation. The custom electronics (CE) professional is a dying breed. Soon everything will be plug-and-play and we won't need a pro to integrate our gear. You can keep on saying it, but it won't come true. Indeed, products have become simpler to install over the years and that trend will continue. At the same time, though, more and more gear will interconnect, making the electronic house more complicated to manage, and the CE pro more appealing to hire.
Utilities. When we started EH Publishing in 1994, the conversation about home automation revolved around energy savings. Countless utilities launched incessant trials for demand-side management, trying to get consumers to shed loads such as pool pumps (always the pool pump!) when electricity was at peak demand. Even before the hybrid car, we imagined a "Prius effect" in which knowledge of a 12-cent energy savings would convince consumers to conserve. The utilities keep on plugging and away today, and manufacturers keep on hoping that these smart energy projects will spur broad adoption of whole-house control—for things like turning off the pool pump from your iPhone.
Trojan Horse. Smart thermostats, largely driven by utility initiatives, were supposed to be the Trojan horse that got regular people hooked on home automation. Never happened. Likewise, home automation was going to sneak into the house by way of the cable box, telephone service, cable modem or some other mass-market deployment. Nada. Xfinity (Comcast), AT&T, Verizon, Cisco and other big brands are still plugging away, to no avail.


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