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PHILADELPHIA — Rangers general manager Glen Sather expressed optimism regarding Marc Staal's medical condition, suggesting yesterday that the first-pair, matchup defenseman's intermittent headaches might not be related to the concussion he sustained in Carolina last Feb. 22.
The Rangers had better hope that the GM's read is a correct one, for second-pair defenseman Michael Sauer suffered a sprained right shoulder on an early first-period hit in the first period of last night's 5-3 preseason defeat to the Flyers that will sideline him for "seven days," according to coach John Tortorella.
The Rangers, who departed for Prague immediately following the match, have nine healthy defensemen on the roster in Dan Girardi, Ryan McDonagh, Steve Eminger, Michael Del Zotto, Tim Erixon, Brendan Bell, Dylan McIlrath, Stu Bickel and Blake Parlett.
Free agent Chris Campoli signed yesterday afternoon with Montreal for $1.75 million after weekend discussions with the Rangers during which, The Post has learned, management was talking about a contract for much, much less money.
Former Ranger Paul Mara remains in the mix as a possible free-agent addition, but if the organization truly wanted him, he'd have been offered a contract by now.
"We'll see how it falls with the guys we're bringing overseas," Tortorella said. "We'll see who steps up and who doesn't."
We'll also discover whether Sather's evaluation of Staal is reasonably accurate. The GM insisted he "is not concerned" over the alternate captain's condition.
"Going through the [post-concussion] protocol happened a long time ago; he's gone through the protocol a couple of times to figure out exactly what it is," he said.
"There are a lot of things that can cause headaches. You can have migraines, you have a slipped disc, you can have pulled muscles, you can have a hundred different things.
"Trying to diagnose exactly whether it's a concussion or it's something else that's bothering the player, we really have to find that out first [and] that's been complicated," said the GM, who is confident that Staal will join the team later this week after going through a few more days of a program designed by medical specialists.
"He's had MRIs, X-rays, examinations by different people and [the headaches] come and go. It's not as if you sit at home and have a pounding headache for 24 hours and have to take a migraine pill for it.
"We think we've got a handle on it now, so we're going to know in the next couple of days," Sather said. "I'm saying I'm not exactly sure [what the cause] is. I've heard it may not be [a concussion], but it's such a fine are of trying to define what's causing the problem."
Immediately following last night's match, the Rangers departed for Prague, where on Wednesday they will play first of four exhibition matches in Europe before opening the season in Stockholm with matches on Oct. 7 vs. the Kings and Oct. 8 against the Ducks.
The Rangers, who sent Andre Deveaux and Andreas Thuresson to the AHL Whale following last night's match, will make a handful of cuts to the roster that includes 19 forwards on Saturday after matches in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Thursday and Gothenberg, Sweden, on Saturday.
"It's going to be great for me to play in my homeland," Marian Gaborik told The Post of the game in Bratislava. "It's in a brand new rink [in Bratislava] where they played the World Championships [and] I'm looking forward for everyone to enjoy it.
"It's going to be a lot of fun for me. It's going to be very, very exciting."
Brad Richards, on whether the Winter Classic will be a stage for the Rangers: "I'm sure it will be, but to tell you the truth, I'm going to be a little bit selfish with my answer and say I'm really happy to get the opportunity to play in one. Everyone I've talked to who's played in one has enjoyed it, so it's going to be pretty neat to be able to say I'm going to be in one."
Jaromir Jagr scored two power-play goals for the Flyers last night at 4-on-3 and 5-on-3.
"Being away from the NHL for three years, this is something I have to get used to again," No. 68 told The Post. "So far, so good, I'm happy. This is a great organization, like the Rangers. The team is like a family."
Wojtek Wolski, originally scheduled to play last night, was scratched with a groin problem. Carl Hagelin got the call in his place. . . . Thuresson, John Mitchell and Brian Boyle scored for the Rangers. . . . Henrik Lundqvist went the distance in the match Philadelphia sealed with an empty-netter.
Philadelphia's Tom Sestito is facing a suspension sure to be in double digits after smashing the Rangers' Deveaux into the boards from behind at 7:52 of the first. Sestito got a major for boarding plus a game misconduct.
"Shanny should have a field day," said Tortorella, referring to league VP Brendan "The Sheriff" Shanahan.


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2016 marks the first year Croakies will be involved in the Mountain Games, exemplifying the brand's focus on providing fun and meaningful outreach opportunities for its diverse consumer base.
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With an ever-expanding collection of products that includes its signature eyewear retainers, along with a growing line of dog collars and leashes, belts, lanyards, and a new line of guitar straps, Croakies is well positioned to partner with the GoPro Mountain Games, an event touted as the country's largest celebration of adventure sports, music, and mountain lifestyle.
"The VVF is thrilled to have Croakies on board as a sponsor of the 2016 GoPro Mountain Games. The Croakies brand and portfolio of products aligns extremely well with the 60,000-plus active, outdoor enthusiasts who flock to Vail each June for four days of athletics, art, music and mountains," said Dave Dressman, Vice President of Sales and Sponsorship at the Vail Valley Foundation, which owns and operates the Mountain Games.
Leading up to the GoPro Mountain Games, and to coincide with its onsite activations, Croakies plans to launch a consumer-focused, multi-channel brand campaign geared at showcasing the brand's full mix of outdoor lifestyle accessories.
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We earlier wrote here about psychopharmacologist Rick Strassman, and the dramatic end of his DMT research, which he abandoned in the face of personal pressures, family crises, and dismay at unexpected reports of encounters with alien beings.
Strassman, after taking some time off to work as a weaver, has now returned to hallucinogen research, joining with toxicologist and neurochemist Steven A. Barker to found the Cottonwood Research Foundation, whose projects include developing an ultra-sensitive assay to detect naturally occurring tryptamine hallucinogens in humans, in both normal and non-normal states, and an assessment of the effects of ayahuasca in a group of normal volunteers, with the goal of developing treatment protocols in collaboration with drug abuse treatment facilities.
Strassman is still struggling with his earlier findings, which he describes as truly paradigm-challenging, and which, he says, he could not adequately integrate into his scientific world view. Strikingly, he has now collaborated with anthropologist Luis Eduardo Luna, a pioneer in the study of mestizo shamanism, and Ede Frecska, a psychopharmacologist who has worked with ayahuasca, to produce a volume of collected essays focusing on the use of psychedelics to journey to alien worlds. Here he focuses on reports of what he calls invisible worlds experienced by his earlier DMT volunteers, including their reported contacts with alien beings. These reports, he says, went far beyond any scientific training he had brought to the research. But he has had to accept, he now says, that the reports were descriptions of things that were real — that they occurred in reality, "although not in a reality we usually inhabit." He now hypothesizes that DMT, like a telescope or microscope, allows us access to a world previously unknown to our everyday perceptual apparatus. He is, he says, teetering dangerously on the edge between respectable and pseudo-science.
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- AnonymousMay 15, 2009 at 12:01 AM
I am glad to see that Strassman has returned to his research. The future of legitimate psychedelics research seems to interwoven with his career. My only hope is that he doesn't do anything to undermind the festidiously objective nature of his past work.ReplyDelete
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the schoolhouse (in Dorchester, the price
was half a cord per student). Oftentimes,
a school's woodshed was bigger than the
schoolhouse itself.
Nowadays, while the vast majority rely
on fossil fuels rather than wood for heat,
many are the fireplaces that crackle on a
cold winter's evening, even as our furnaces
and boilers crank away in the basement.
And still feeding those beloved flames is the
beloved woodpile, the object of any true
New Englander's affection.
For those who buy their firewood plas-tic-wrapped down at the supermarket or order
from a purveyor who delivers it "cut, split,
and stacked," the building of a woodpile is
not something to worry about. However, for
folks facing the small mountain of logs the
delivery truck just dumped in the driveway
— or who are among the hardy willing and
able to cut their own wood — the woodpile
is an art form worth understanding.
It all starts, of course, with a tree.
Felled and limbed, it's divided into logs
8 to 16 feet long, which are then cut, or
"bucked," into rounds, billets, or bolts
— sections the right length for burning.
The rounds, if big enough, are split into
sticks, and the sticks are what get stacked
into woodpiles. That makes for hard physical labor, leading Thoreau and others to
call wood "the fuel that warms you twice."
David Tresemer, author of the exhaustive
book Splitting Firewood, parses the work
more exactly, calling out a full 10 steps
between tree and fire, but the fact remains:
There's a whole lot of energy that goes into
a woodpile. No wonder the American folklorist Eric Sloane reported reading several
historic wills in which "the wood supply
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Mrs Langsett's upcoming new job in a whole new bit of the country has prompted multiple trips to the tip, with the aim of leaving us with no more belongings than can be accommodated in a single knotted handkerchief on a stick. Prep was underway for yet another run, and I was emptying the cupboard in the living room. There was an old stereo in there, and I popped the cassette deck open.
"Oh YES!" I shouted, dropping to my knees and waving the tape that was inside at the heavens, "YYYYYYES!!!!"
It was "Use Your Illusion 2" by Guns N' Roses.
"Huh?" you might be thinking.
You know, "Use Your Illusion 2"! Part of the most unlikely outburst of musical productivity in the history of rock music (just how did they manage to be naughty on such an epic scale AND write all those songs? etc)! Very nearly the best album ever.
This was more or less the first album I ever got bought. OK, so a long time before there was not only an Ah-Ha album, but also a Walkman to play it on. And then there was that whole Phil Collins thing which I don't like to think about. But it was the first album I got in my teens, after realising that there needed to be a first album and lots of other music to follow it. I remember unwrapping it and generally treating it like a plasticky version of the the tablets that God wrote the Ten Commandments on. I was particularly awed by the black and white "Parental Advisory - explicit content" sticker on the front. As it turned out, Geffen need not have worried because in my case at least that explicit content went straight over my dubiously styled 1993 hair...
Of course, Use Your Illusion 2's already awesome levels of awesomeness are doubled - no cubed - by the use of You Could Be Mine on the soundtrack to the awesome-in-its-own-right Terminator 2. A few weeks ago, I'd found myself driving my small black Volkswagen in my dark grey suit towards my professional job and wondered whether there'd been some missed turning point in my early teens where I could have started riding a motorbike to school, smoking a lot of cigarettes and generally been more badass. A bit more like John Connor.
There was a Tuesday when I left Mrs Kennedy's history class and went down to the leaky Portakabin for my violin lesson (ok, so I know that on any rational assessment, the fact that I've just had to include the words "violin lesson" in an exploration of whether I could have been a rebellious yet heroic future leader of humanity probably answers the question fairly conclusively, but come with me on this) and my violin teacher had just not turned up.
"This is interesting, " I thought, " because no one's going to be expecting me back in class for a good half hour." I was hanging about in the bike sheds - no really! My secondary school actually did have bike sheds which really did lend themselves to being the setting for minor infractions of the school rules - thinking about what I could do with all this spare time I'd been given, when Fliss came down the path. Wow. Fliss. I worshipped her in a slightly unnerving way which would really take off a year later, after I decided that mixing Woodpecker and Guinness in a 1:1 ratio with my friends on a dark playing field was a legitimate social activity. But for now I just vibrated slightly and tried to look laconic. I might have leaned.
"Where's Mr H?" asked Fliss, furrowing her brow slightly, but smiling in a way that suggested she'd realised she been gifted a pass out of lessons too.
I shrugged. If I'd had a Zippo and a packet of red Marlboro, they would have been utilised at around this point.
"So are you skipping lessons?!" asked Fliss cheekily, joining me in the bike shed. And - that's it! Right there. That's the John Connor moment. That's when I should have procured the keys to Mr Phelan's Yamaha by any means necessary and wheelied it across the playing fields with Fliss on the pillion.
Well, maybe.
Anyway, I was keen to stick "Use Your Illusion 2" in the Volkswagen's tape player and try it on for size. So that's what I did.
A few things struck me:
1. I should have given it more thought before playing this round at my nan's house.
2. Wow! Axl certainly had a lot of bad luck with girlfriends.
3. Actually, the fact that Axl is the common factor suggests that Axl's girlfriends had a lot of bad luck with Axl.
4. And even if 2. is correct, I would probably have been a bit more circumspect than Axl about writing songs about it, whilst being a member of The Biggest Rock Bank In The World.
But then I went straight from a radio news bulletin about Gaza to "Civil War". And there's a bit where Duff's peacemaker is answered by an end of the world chord from Slash's Gibson Les Paul and Axl's reluctant soldier growling "My hands are tied! / The billions shift from side to side / And the wars go on with brainwashed pride / For the love of God and our human rights..."
This is genuinely legendary, I thought.
I've come down off my giddy nostalgia trip a bit now, but I am still absolutely over the moon to have this epic slab of guitar heroism back in my life. Here's a quick blast to finish up with:
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Tokyo-based Catarizm, the startup behind online leisure booking site Asoview, announced today that it has raised about 200 million yen (or approximately $1.95 million) from Globis Capital Partners and Jafco. The startup will use the funds to enhance its booking management system and add call center representatives.
Since its official launch back in April, the company has been providing booking services for weekend leisure activities like skydiving, rafting, and many others. The company secured a partnership with Yahoo Japan's travel portal back in October, and we were told at that time that they had listed 1,500 excursion activities on site from over 460 companies. That figure has since grown to about 2,150 activities available from 775 companies. They also launched a finder app for sightseeing spot called Holipple back in December. ...continue reading ...
The Bridge 3/31/2014[en]
- A leisure booking service does not seem very new concept, but actually no dominant player as in travel or hotel booking exist. The number of activities is still not so huge, but there would be great potential.
- http://www.asoview.com/


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Youth Talk was founded by a local GP in 1997 after she realised there was a need for a safe place where young people could come for counselling and support. Since then, over 2800 young people have used the service. Currently we are able to offer more than 60 counselling sessions each week.
The service is available to 13–25 year olds who live, work or attend school/college in the District of St Albans (Harpenden, London Colney, Redbourn, St Albans, Sandridge and Wheathampstead). We work on a self-referral only basis, so promoting personal responsibility. We are a few minutes' walk from the main shopping area in St Albans and provide a secure, warm and non-stigmatising environment. For clients who use wheelchairs or have mobility issues, we provide counselling sessions in a nearby building with full access facilities.
All our counsellors are qualified therapists and highly experienced in working with young people. Youth Talk has a National award for innovation and an award for services to the community. We are a contracted supplier to Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) and were recently inspected and graded excellent by HCC Community Wellbeing.


text: So I'm on day 2 of my Droid. With all my previous VZW phones I was able to see a delivery confirmation time if I sent the message to another VZW customer. I don't see that with the Droid, and I haven't been able to find a option to show it. Is this possible with the Droid? Resending Sent messages - with previous phones I could go look at the sent message, change who i sent it to, and resend the same message. It was kind of handy for when I forgot to send a message to someone. Instead of retyping the message I could just add a contact and send it it to them. Is there a way to do that with the Droid? Going over 160 characters. I don't see a character counter anymore. If I type a message over 160 and send it to a non-VZW will they get the additional characters? That used to piss me off so much.


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Topic: Mental Health
(This lesson continues where Lesson 2 left off.)
Do NOT Go at It Alone. Get the Help You Need
In the book "What Color Is Your Parachute? 2010: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers" Richard Nelson Bolles says that a huge percentage of job hunters quit after two months. They just check out and stop looking. Take a look at Parachute chapter 1 for the details and statistics. (You may have noticed I pull a lot of material from this book. As I mentioned in …
Job Loss Sucks! P.S. You'll Do Just Fine
If you're reading this, you're likely an the job hunt. You and your family are worried. You're dealing with difficult emotions – fear, anger and anxiety. It's like your life's on hold.
I know job struggles and job hunts. "Been there done that" as the saying goes. Hellen Keller gave us a quote that describes it perfectly:
When one door of happiness closes, another one opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which is …
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(Editor's Note: Ken and I ran into each other recently and he told me this story. I asked if he would write it up and I'm really glad he did. Enjoy!)
Getting laid off is never an easy thing. I have been working since I was 15 years old, working is what I do. The last time I was out of work was the last construction down cycle in 1977 and that was for two weeks. I remember how hard that was then and it …
Become A Better Person
I just ran into "Get the Right Balance", a blog post written at a simple blog site"Welcome to the Occupation" written by Paul Smith. Paul identifies himself as "an HR manager at a non-profit organization in the Northeast." A simple guy promoting a simple way of life per this article.
Paul's article chronicles a documentary he saw on Arthur Kane, the bass player for New York Dolls. Back in the '70s, the New York Dolls were a thing, but by 2004 things were much different. The …
Become A Better Person
I recently wrote my Devil Wears Prada article discussing the potential outcomes of the choices we make. Few of us go out and make an intentional life or career blundering decisions. I, however, have made a string of smaller decisions, or better yet, no decisions at all that over time got me someplace all together wrong.
I've done it with Christmas, too. I let Thanksgiving go by without giving much thought to what comes next. The time slips by and before you know it, I shorted myself. …
Get A Job
For this article, I went through the dozens of books I've reviewed in Career Jockey's Book Review topic and forced myself to pick only three books. I had to make some tough calls, but these are the ones that together contain the meat of what every job seeker needs to know.
Book #1 – What Color Is Your Parachute? 2010: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard Nelson Bolles
I wrote my What Color Is Your Parachute book review within three weeks of launching CareerJockey.org. I've recommended it to almost …
Become A Better Person
The way I see it, human beings are hard wired to connect with something much greater outside themselves. We're like the little guy in the E.T. movie that just has to phone home. We have this drive in common, but we go about it in so many different ways.
The thrill seeker searches by jumping off a bridge, skydiving or racing at high speeds. Long distance athletes works towards a chemically induced "runner's high." (I'm a long distance runner. This can be cool.) Soul seekers and yoga practitioners quiet themselves ignoring …
Become A Better Person
This may seem like an unlikely book for me to review, but my daughter grabbed "Eat, Pray, Love" and she liked it. Two ladies that went on vacation with us last year brought this book along and they both raved about it. It my attempt to stay in synch with the feminine thinking of my household (I have a wife and three daughters) I read it too and found this bestseller to be spiritually interesting.
I've read and reviewed "Silence on Fire" (follow link for my review). I'll …
CJ News
Here's a very short blurb from me on some positive news. CNNMoney.com reported today that a job recovery may be on the way. I'm just reported the news they published.
Here's a quote:
"There has been a real sea change in the leading indicators over the last few months, which now gives us very objective reasons to be hopeful that the recession will be drawing to a close," said Lakshman Achuthan, managing director of Economic Cycle Research Institute.
Follow the link here for details.
Become A Better Person
You might wonder to yourself, "Why is this guy blogging about yoga on a career information site." Well I attribute much of my inner strength and creativity at work to my efforts to stay fit.
Years ago a friend from work who knew I trained for marathons (Yes, I'm one of those nuts who runs alot), asked if I had considered yoga. I was very polite in my response, but inside I was thinking, "What's all that navel gazing got to do with running? If I need to …
Become A Better Person
My brother buried his father-in-law today. My wife and I witnessed his wife of 50 years saying her last goodbyes. While hugging her youngest granddaughter with tears rolling down her face, she left him behind. You could see how much more she was leaving behind – things she painfully hoped she could take with her.
Cecilin, as most called him, never said much. He had lost an eye in an accident years ago which left him disabled. He was a low-profile, solitary man and, as a result, I never got to …
Get A Job
Losing your job is traumatic. You may have lost your ability to provide for your family. It brings on financial stress. It comes with feelings of betrayal, shame and guilt all at the same time. If you relied on your work to bring purpose and significance to your life, that was taken away from you. You are now left with finding a way to fill the emptiness. You may be asking yourself. "Who am I? Why am I here? Why am I alive?" All these can lead to anxiety, depression, …


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After four years of comparing various climbing skins side by side it was time to settle on my fave pair. The choice was easy. Black Diamond's Glidelite nylon climbing skins had excellent grip, decent glide, weren't immune to icing but were less prone to it than G3's Expedition skins, Colltex' nylon skins, and especially Low-Fat skins from the 2005 era.Out of the box the glue was too sticky to be easily managed. They took a lot of effort to pull apart when stuck glue-to-glue, even despite their moderate width of a straight 80mm. I prefer straight skins because they are easier to line up edge to edge when storing, and since they are symmetric along their length, there is no exposed glue to be easily contaminated. Thus, barring a drop in the dirt or being baked on the dashboard they tend to last longer.
Within seven tours the glue was well balanced, with strong adhesion to the base of my skis, but not so tacky that I couldn't rip the hide in a single yank. It still required using your skis or thighs to pull them apart, but it was doable, thanks in part to a strip of tape down the center to cover some of the glue. After more than 50 tours the glue has definitely faded. They come apart easily after storing glue-to-glue. If they didn't come with the STS tail they would easily come off. However, combined with a Colltex Deepwire tip loop, they still hold well on cold powder days and the snow creeps in at the edges only rarely.
The only time I ever have a problem with grip is when following a steep, icy skin track. They still hold well up to 25° when the snow provides good texture for purchase, but I need to use every ounce of technique to hold that angle for a polished Neanderthal switchback. You wouldn't want to maintain that effort for any sustained period of time with these, but there's little problem with holding a relentless 20° line up untracked snow. With my usual 15°-17° meandering skin track I never give my skins a thought. In my experience, they just work, and work well.
Are the current incarnations of BD's Glidelite line as good? As long as you get a pair with good glue I'd say yes. Nobody has a flawless record there but BD's glue has been arguably among the best for the past decade. Others are stickier, but for use in the Sierra, or Wasatch that is not necessarily a good thing – especially with obese planks. BD's glue seems to have a good balance between tackiness and it's ability to be easily removed and it has a good range of temperatures it operates over. Just don't dry 'em warm, and store them in a cool, dry, dark place for the summer.
Starting this Ten-11 season BD's Glidelite line goes natural by offering skins with a mohair and mohair-mixed plush. The glue remains the same, as does the STS tail and the adjustable tip loop is now standard. Though I haven't tested them, mohair tends to yield better glide than nylon but can be more prone to icing and are historically less durable. After another five years I hope to report back. In the meantime, if you have experience with Glidelite climbing skins please share your experience in the comments below.
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Is the Solar Plane the Future of Commercial Airlines?Joel Anderson Follow |
On Wednesday, the EPA announced that it would be setting new emissions standards for airplanes. On the one hand, the environmentalist deep within me was jumping with joy. A part of me loves it when the EPA does ANYTHING. Especially something addressing global warming.
However, my second reaction was "is that really necessary?"
Here's the thing, I'm all for government regulations where the needs/wants of the people aren't aligned with the economic incentives provided by the market. People don't like rat parts in their meat. The market favors producers who get meat to market as cheaply as possible – regardless of rat issues at their facilities. Ipso facto, we need regulations about rat parts in meat that's sold to consumers (thank you Upton Sinclair).
But is this most recent set of regulations something we NEED? Is this a place where the market won't push airlines to cut emissions on their own? Seems like a no to me. Airlines spend vast, VAST sums of money on jet fuel. In fact, one Wall Street Journal article found that nearly a third of the cost of each airline ticket goes to fuel costs.
Simply put, airlines have every reason to use less jet fuel with or without the EPA.
However, the timing of this announcement, coming in the midst of the excitement over the Solar Impulse and its (temporarily grounded) attempt to circumnavigate the globe in an aircraft powered by the sun, does raise some interesting questions about the future of aviation. If the electric car is now a reality, is the electric airplane also forthcoming? Are we nearing a future where we zip from city to city in the 600-seat Boeing (BA) Prius Spruce Goose?
Let's look a little closer…
Airplanes Aren't Causing Much Carbon Pollution…For Now
The current portion of carbon emissions that can be attributed to airplanes is about 2%. So, yeah, hardly our most pressing air pollution issue. Why is the EPA even digging into this when there are so many other, more worthy culprits to focus on?
In a word? Growth.
Current estimates have emissions growing by some 70% by 2020, driven largely by the rapidly expanding middle class in China and India. China saw an annual growth rate of 15.5% in domestic air travel from 2000 to 2006, so airline carbon emissions could feasibly become a serious problem in the near future, and getting out in front of the issue could be a pretty smart move. If you can set things on the right path now, it will pay dividends that will grow exponentially with the industry.
Physics Comes to Rain on Our Parade
"But if we can convert all of our airliners into solar craft like the Solar Impulse, we'll effectively eliminate all of those emissions, right?"
Slow your roll. Yes, we are all excited about the solar airplane. But then, we seem to get pretty excited about all things solar – even when they're really dumb ideas that won't work.
So while the technological achievements represented in the Solar Impulse are pretty swank, the application of that technology to the sort of airplanes used to ferry people from city to city is limited by a few simple factors – one of which is unfortunately Newtonian physics. Now, I have little to no background in engineering, but Wired's Aatish Bhatia certainly does, and he outlines some pretty clear issues facing anyone working on building a solar/electric airplane for use by the airlines in his excellent article on the subject.
Firstly, weight is pretty much the biggest issue facing any aeronautic engineer. It takes tremendous amounts of energy to get something in the air and keep it there. Every 5.5 pounds of weight on a commercial airliner, for instance, is roughly equivalent to a full ton of carbon emissions over the course of the year. So, any gains you might make in energy efficiency are probably going to be completely offset if the technology creating them adds weight to the airplane.
Can you replace the metal skin of an airplane with solar panels and the necessary electronics without adding weight? I have no idea. However, you're combining the energy expended to accelerate solar panels to the speed necessary for take-off and then carrying them for the duration of the flight to the energy collected by those panels during the flight. Again, I'm no engineer, but my guess would be that that's probably going to offer a pretty marginal return at best.
So How is the Solar Impulse Doing It?
Simply put, the solar plane is primarily succeeding by sacrificing all of the other elements of functionality in favor of being a solar plane. The comparison of dimensions in the Bhatia article illustrate this pretty clearly. The Solar Impulse has approximately the same wingspan as a 747, about 80 meters. However, the total weight for the Solar Impulse is about 2 tons. A 747? That would be 560 tons. Yowza.
Speed is also different by orders of magnitude. The Solar Impulse is apparently moving at 43 mph, a pretty slow pace that I suspect is likely geared toward optimizing its energy efficiency. A 747? Try 570 mph.
Airliners have two really clear and important purposes: get as many people as possible somewhere as fast as possible. Any innovation that sacrifices either of those elements is likely not one that will get a ton of penetration in this market. Would you purchase a ticket on a solar plan over a traditional gasoline model if it meant it would take more than 10 times longer to reach your destination? I'm guessing not.
Physics and Safety Go Great Together
It's also worth noting that even marginal reductions in safety, no matter how dramatically they can improve fuel efficiency – can pretty much be immediately discounted. You're not going to get a lot of takers on the "we're just trading the OCCASIONAL crash for much better fuel efficiency" argument.
Further still, no commercial airliner is going to adopt a technology where you might lose thrust because of unexpected changes in the weather. For an airplane, where even relatively slight failures can have catastrophic consequences, you need a steady, reliable source of energy. Even beyond safety, the amount of lost revenue for having to cancel flights on cloudy days (not to mention angry customers) makes this unrealistic.
Hybrid Technology and Lighter Batteries Do Create Possibilities
Okay, so solar-powered 747s are probably never going to happen. But that doesn't mean that using electricity to generate thrust can't have some promising applications. In fact, there are already airplanes built using hybrid technology, and there are also plans for commercial-scale airplanes that would make use of this. Granted, the massive, airline-scale versions aren't expected prior to 2050, but it does speak to the potential of the concept.
Essentially, building a gas-electric hybrid like a Toyota Prius was always less feasible for airplanes based on the weight of the batteries involved. However, with advancements in battery technology, things are changing. That's actually a big part of why the Solar Impulse was possible. So, with lighter batteries, and a combination of electric and fuel driven motors working together, these planes could operate with dramatically improved fuel efficiency.
Take-Off vs. Cruising Speed
I have previously written about how our electric grid can't operate at peak efficiency because of a peak need paradox. Namely, your utility needs to be able to generate enough electricity to meet demand at peak hours, even if those peak hours are relatively brief. Airplanes have a similar issue. The amount of energy required to take off vastly exceeds what you need to cruise once you reach altitude. You may very well end up carrying a lot more engine than you need for most of the flight just to be sure you can get off the ground in the first place. And, as noted earlier, with weight being such an important consideration, your overall fuel efficiency can be seriously hurt.
That gap is where the potential of hybrid technology appears to have a chance to get a real toe hold. The engines used in commercial airlines are currently using very little jet propulsion most of the time. Instead, the engines are using the fans in the front of the engines like propellers to create most of the power. Those fans could just as easily be powered by electric sources. A battery bank could store the energy needed for those extra oomph moments at take-off and while climbing. Those batteries, in turn, would be charged by a small jet engine or even through regenerative braking as the plane slows down during landings.
Push comes to shove, solar or completely electric aircraft are already on the market, but their limitations mean they will probably never be a part of commercial airlines. The technology they use, though, could definitely be part of a tandem solution that still does a great deal to improve efficiency and reduce emissions.
Biofuels Fuel Other Options, and Traditional Tech May Be Adequate On its Own
Of course, all of this is assuming that there aren't plenty of options available for improving fuel efficiency without revolutionizing the engines. However, there are actually plenty of options for reducing weight and drag that are well within the near-term capacity of aeronautical technology.
Biofuels are already getting a long, hard look by airlines. Of course, not as long or hard since last fall's crash in oil prices, but, if (when) those rebound, you can expect this solution to be in vogue again. Currently, Alaska Airlines (ALK) , the leading airline in fuel efficiency, is already deep into plans to use fuels developed from cooking oils and alcohol.
There are also some common sense fixes to reduce drag, like a shorter tail or plane skins that don't accumulate squished bug parts. And the fight against excess weight is always an area that pays great dividends. Finding ways to build lighter jet engines and parts, often involving 3-D printing, also offers immediate benefits.
All of this points to the EPA potentially making the right call by jumping into the fray. If there are current technologies that aren't getting adopted because their cost-benefit isn't quite there yet or, perish the thought, the airline industry being horribly inefficient in implementing changes even when they're beneficial.
Aircraft Fuel Efficiency Likely to Have Its Day In the Sun
Certainly, the future of airline travel is likely going to change a lot to accommodate its rapid growth. That's partially due to the need to reduce carbon emissions in the future. It's also due to the fact that airlines are scraping out profits and cutting their fuel consumption is necessary to their survival as companies.
So, at the end of the day, is the EPA over-reaching by stepping into aircraft emissions? Maybe. There's certainly plenty of market incentives driving airlines in that direction anyway. But then, perhaps relying on the market-savvy of the airline industry is not the best way to go.
It's hard to say for sure.
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On the Hour
There was an hour I was waiting, there was a moment I was late,
and in between I was contemplating the ways I would escape.
There was an hour I was waiting for someone who wasn't there.
There was a time when I could see the moment the turtle beat the hare,
and although it wont be hard to take a second here or there.
It's the time we argue over, it is the moments that make us care.
There was a while that I was waiting, at the other side - over there,
and I thought about how no time had passed since the last time that we shared.
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This cash rewards program was designed in order to encourage public transportation users to avoid rush hour and decrease commuting congestion. BART, San Francisco's regional transport authority, launched BART Perks as an incentive for locals not to use the trains during peak times.
The gamified initiative allows BART travelers to earn points with every ride, which are tracked with their Clipper card. Passengers can earn up to six times the amount of points when they travel outside designated morning rush hours. Points can be redeemed as small cash prizes. A Spin to Win game also offers the opportunity to win $100.
The cash rewards program is just the latest metropolitan attempt at curbing hectic commutes for residents.
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I can't stop thinking about the Peter Principle. As you may recall the Peter Principle attempts to explain the ubiquitous incompetence in the world around us. The theory is that we rise from positions of competence until we eventually reach our final level achievement: the place where we are in over our heads and can no longer move up. It is there where we remain, mired in misery as we try to fulfill duties we're not equipped to fulfill. The theory focuses on the corporate hierarchy, but I think it's applicable to our general station in life. It's wry, dismal, plausible, and heavily weighted toward external forces "pushing" and "pulling" us up.
My questions are, what are the internal forces at work, why do we go along with it, and what's the alternative?
I think it all boils down to our innate desire for achievement clashing with our definition of the very same. We've been ingrained since birth to "be all you can be," "not be content with mediocrity," "reach for the stars." I used to think that was a worthy goal. Now I'm wondering if the well-intentioned message only legitimizes the impossible. Are we creating burdensome expectations for ourselves and our children? A collective mentality where we slander contentment by calling it stagnation?
It's a scary prospect to be tasked with "reaching your full potential." Especially when it's nearly impossible to define. How do you know when you've reached it? According to the Peter Principle you don't reach your maximum level of achievement until you crash and burn in massive failure. It's sad, but makes sense. If you succeed, you're only expected to succeed more, at a higher level. Eventually, it will be too much.
And if success is moving up, how do we explain the high rates of depression and dysfunction among those at the top. We aspire to emulate them, and use them as our gauges to measure success, but none of us wants the consequences of our ever-falling heroes. Maybe we've gotten our definition of success all wrong. Maybe we need to step back and start training ourselves to strive for contentment instead. See? I can hear the backlash already. "Are you saying it's ok to tell your kids it's fine to be retail clerks for the rest of their lives? What if they could be a neurosurgeon??" The short answer? Yes, I think I am ok with that.
If my son has the skills and abilities and wants to be a neurosurgeon, I will do everything I can to help him reach that goal. If he has the skills and abilities and wants to be a retail clerk, I will do everything I can to help him reach that goal. But I'll tell you this much, I'd rather raise a happy, content retail clerk, than a miserable neurosurgeon. I'd also rather raise a happy, content neurosurgeon than a miserable retail clerk.
Ok, so how do we avoid a life of collective failure if we're brainwashed to believe that unless we're moving up, we're not moving. Could I achieve higher ranks in the corporate world than I have? Probably. No, definitely. But I'd have to give up my writing, music, and relationship with my family to do it. That doesn't seem like a logical trade-off to me. So why can't I shake the culturally-accepted mislabel that I've stagnated? Because I know people who are "disappointed" that I didn't achieve textbook success as society defines it. I don't have an impressive business card. I don't have letters with periods after my name. I could have, but I don't.
It's sad that I'm happy with my life, and only the errant notion that "I haven't reached my full potential" is keeping me from being completely content. But what's really waiting for me at my highest level? I don't know, but I'm not convinced I should give up the blessings I have in the present for a possible future. Many people are in a position to pursue their "full potential" and advance our society, become our headlines, provide our entertainment. We can be grateful for them, but I don't think we should envy or revere them.
Maybe one day there will be a way for me to investigate the possibilities of my own potential. Maybe I will be the headline I could probably be. Maybe I'll be miserable there and wish for these days of peaceful anonymity. But until that opportunity presents itself, I need to banish any insecure feelings of failure simply because I'm content in my life of satisfying, extreme competence.


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Despite Leonard Mosley's contentions (Book Review, Jan. 12), the Disney Studio has never "sanitized" any previous books about Walt Disney. Mosley refused to let us even read his manuscript to correct the spellings, dates and other facts, and, as a result, I compiled four pages of corrections just from a quick first reading. It is a shame to have the results of such shoddy research in a book, because many people believe everything they read in print. And, from all his dealings with me, Mosley should know by now that my name is not David E. Smith.
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Here is a fascinating interview that Richard Dawkins had with the Jesuit George Coyne who is an accomplished astronomer and former head of the Vatican Observatory.1 Although I do not agree with everything Father Coyne expresses in this interview it is an admirable (short) defense of Theism in general and Catholic Christianity in particular from a very sophisticated intellectual within modern Catholicism.
Dawkins seems impressed and thankful for this opportunity to interview Coyne something which is exceedingly rare for him when compared to the other similar type's of interviews with Theistic thinkers (e.g., McGrath etc).
1 Father Coyne's contributions in Physics Philosophy and Theology. A Common Quest For Understanding (University of Notre Dame, 1997) is absolutely mandatory reading for all sides regarding these issues.


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My name is Daniel Wilson. I have been a Catholic Theology teacher at the high school level for five years and looking forward to starting my sixth year. I am currently living in the greater New Orleans area blessed with my wife of 3 years and my two beautiful babies. I am a convert to the Catholic Church now for 15 years from agnosticism and have a deep passion for sharing the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is my first time officially blogging, hope yall enjoy reading. God Bless+
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Stallions are often thought of differently when talking about the gender of a horse. Yet they are just horses. As such, training stallions should be no different to training any other horse, we may just need to tweak the training plan/priorities a little.
There are some critical things to remember when training stallions:
- Stallions are horses; treat them like horses as they have the same needs as a mare or a gelding in terms of socialisation, friendship, turnout etc.
- Stallions are professional opportunists; if they see an opportunity they will take it. As such, we sometimes need to be more aware of surroundings when training stallions.
Stallion myths:
- Only men should train stallions; this is not true as training should not be about physical strength. Training any horse is about finding effective ways to reinforce desired behaviour.
- Stallions are mouthy; any horse can be mouthy (or bite) if their basic needs of socialisation, movement, mental stimulation etc are not met. If your stallion bites then perhaps he needs some management changes in his life.
Amanda has specialist experience with stallions and with clicker training stallions. She can help with management solutions to ensure your stallion is emotionally balanced and your training programme to ensure your stallion is physically balanced.


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London Jewellery School Launches Distance Learning Jewellery Business Course
Have you ever wanted to set up your own jewellery business but feel daunted or unsure of how to go about doing it? Concerned as to whether you could make it a success? And don't feel you have the business knowledge and know-how to get your operation off the ground?
If so then the brand new 'Set up your own Jewellery Business' Distance Learning Course from the London Jewellery School could be just what you are looking for.
Whether you have plans for a small pocket-money operation, a full time job or an even larger business employing others, the course is designed to guide you through all the basics of running a successful jewellery business. The course pack contains a 50-page glossy workbook, supporting case study booklet and more than 80 minutes of video footage with advice from jewellery business expert and course tutor Jessica Rose.
London Jewellery School is one of the largest jewellery training centers in Europe with over 1000 students passing through every year. This course has been developed from their 1-day Jewellery Business Class that runs monthly from their studios in Hatton Garden, London. School Director, and course tutor Jessica Rose explains the thinking behind creating the course…
'The distance learning course was created to bring the excellent training that we offer at the jewellery school to a wider audience. It can be completed from the comfort of your own home at a time and pace that suits you'
Students have already hailed the course as an excellent resource that is good value for money and invaluable to budding jewellers. Here is what one student commented…
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Photo by: Zoe Lufkin
For this picture I was doing a still life photo shoot, but this particular photo does not seem to qualify. Still, I especially liked the simplicity and contrast between the dark shadows on the lower part while the top is brighter. The branch of berries is being held up perpendicular to the pavement, I love the focus that came of it. I sort of wish I could have gotten the entire branch/leaves in the picture, but it is still pleasing. The berries may not be the most attractive but the harsh winter idea gives it a strong survivor feeling making it happy.


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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 • 2 Comments on The Reality of Sex
With The Sopranos over and The L-Word on hiatus, I'm trying to like HBO's new drama Tell Me You Love Me, but it's hard to get past the whiny characters and the awkward moments that are too painful to be entertaining. This is a Relationship Show with capital letters and it's gotten a lot of attention because there is a lot of sex. The sex is not—ironically enough—sexy, and it's not really meant to be. There is sex in bed and sex on floors and sex in the kitchen and sex at work… there is even (gasp) a startling shot of testicles. They should warn a girl.
I've seen four episodes now and I'm annoyed by the all-white, middle-class, heterosexual, paired-off according to age cast. For a show that's all about being real, you'd think they could be a little more diverse. Also, while the actors are terrific, the characters they play aren't very likeable. There is a lot of reality in this show, but the reality is mostly painful and sad and angry. This is
the show to watch if you're contemplating getting married or having children. This is the show for the been-there-done-that crowd.
It's only the first season, so HBO has time to get it right (and they do know what they're doing when it comes to long running series). In the meantime, the one character I really like and who will keep me watching is couples therapist Dr. May Foster, played by the fabulous Jane Alexander. She is the common thread that links many of the characters and the one character who seems the most sane, happy and secure (so far). She also has loving, happy sex with her very cute husband Arthur (David Selby).
In a show that is filled with sex, it should come as no surprise that the couples therapist is having sex, right? They're a happily married, well-adjusted, sexually active couple… oh, who just happens to be in their late sixties. This, more than the nicely framed shot of a young guy's testicles, is startling. Ground breaking. Incredible, really. I hope HBO smooths out the rough spots in Tell Me You Love Me. I really want to love a show that is brave enough to present the reality that sex—good sex, even—doesn't end at 40. Jane Alexander may very well be the sexiest woman on television, as far as I'm concerned.


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After packing away my summer dresses a few weekends ago, I felt like I needed to fill a small void in my closet. I have SO MUCH fabric laying around from various thrifting adventures and a recent haul, and this particular print has been calling out to me, practically begging to be turned into some sort of fall garment.
I used up most of a Sunday putting this together, but it was worth it, I think.
The pattern was kind of a fluke. I just cut a basic shift silhouette, and when it ended up being too wide, I pinched in about an inch and a half down the center front, sewed it up, pressed it flat and topstiched it down. Voila, faux placket. Then I took some gape out of the back neckline with two small pleats.
The collar was draped right on my dressform and I drafted some long-ish ties.
The arm opening is one of my favorite treatments; it comes from Colette Patterns' Sencha blouse. Finished it up with some small black buttons and a shirt-dress style rounded hem.


text: Cycling around the west of the Island this morning I came across this unusual feature on the junction of two lanes running up a narrow valley. The stream was flowing down the valley, through a hole in the wall and then in a pipe under the road. The thing that intrigued me was why was there a covering of granite slabs? From the lichens growing on the granite it would appear to be quite an old feature.


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For the next two months, Mavic is selling training wheels for a single dollar, pound or euro.
Mavic is effectively running a 'buy one, get one free' deal with its wheels, offering riders a pair of its low-end Aksium S wheels for a single $/£/€ if they buy a pair of high-end race wheels, including the Cosmic CXR 80, Cosmic CXR 60, Cosmic Carbone 40 or R-Sys SLR.
An Aksium S wheelset weighs a clailmed 1,735g
The Aksiums S wheels retail for $329/£220/€250, while the other wheels sell for $2,199/£1,600/€1,800 and up.
The deal is valid at participating dealers in the US, UK, Germany, Austria, Spain, Switzerland and Italy.
Mavic has a dealer locator on its website here.
The deal runs now through the end of November.
BikeRadar has recently reported on the Mavic Cosmic Carbone CXR 60 wheels, the Mavic Cosmic Carbone 40 and the Mavic Cosmic Carbone CXR 80.


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It's only around 30 seconds long, but this video showing a standard web maps interface paired with satellite video is pretty mindblowing:
This quick shot by Skybox's SkySat-1 shows multiple planes landing at Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) airport in Beijing on December 30, 2013. You can easily see a large plane landing on the runway at right. Using the video's timestamp and public flight logs, Bruno identified this plane as Air China Limited flight 1310, a wide-body Airbus 330 flying from Guangzhou to Beijing. Operating as a codeshare, that flight was also listed as Shenzhen Airlines 1310, United Airlines 7564, SAS 9510, Austrian 8010 and Lufthansa 7283.
I remember when satellite photography first became available in online maps; this feels similarly jawdropping. Gonna be more difficult to stitch video together into seamless interfaces than still images, but once it happens, it'll prove quite useful.


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Do I need a Personal Injury Attorney?
Millions of people suffer injuries in different types of accidents every day. Many times, accident victims are not aware that they may be entitled to substantial compensation from the responsible party if that party acted in a negligent manner. Following an accident, an Indianapolis personal injury lawyer can evaluate your situation and can advise you on whether you have a possible case. In Indianapolis, regarding injury law and finding an tough attorney or lawyer to fight for you, Personal injury cases may arise from a wide variety of possible circumstances. Some common situations include the following:
If you have suffered injury in any of the above types of accidents, you should never assume that you will not be able to recover. Instead, you should always call an attorney for a case evaluation. Furthermore, if you wish to file a personal injury claim, you should never try to handle the case on your own. An attorney will have the resources necessary to conduct a full and proper investigation into your accident in order to identify any negligence on the part of another person. Additionally, an attorney knows how to gather evidence and present it in court to show that you deserve to recover. A quality personal injury lawyer will have access to experts and other witnesses who may help you win your case. An attorney will know how to negotiate with the other party and insurance companies to try to get you the settlement you deserve outside of the courtroom. However, if you do end up going to court, the rules and procedures of local courts and judges can be complicated and difficult to navigate. You should always have an attorney who is familiar with the court system in Indianapolis on your side.


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Ever wondered what Erich Zann's music sounded like? Alexey Voytenko's "The Music of Erich Zann" for violin solo (2009).
Picture: Anders Zorn, "Hins Anders" (1904).
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Ever wondered what Erich Zann's music sounded like? Alexey Voytenko's "The Music of Erich Zann" for violin solo (2009).
Picture: Anders Zorn, "Hins Anders" (1904).
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Some lucky bidder snagged this Lovecraft letter for $600. And the auctioneers kindly gave the world a nice clear scan, large enough to read.
The desert refered to is Dunsany's… "There lie seven deserts beyond Bodrahahn, which is the city of the caravans end. None goeth beyond."
26 Friday Sep 2014
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Hot on the heels of the Lovecraft Film Festival, comes what is effectively a proto Lovecraft Theatre Festival. The 6th Annual H.P. Lovecraft Festival promises ten performances of various tales in the East Village, Manhattan, New York City.
Oct 2 – The shadow over Innsmouth / The moon pool
Oct 3 – The Dunwich horror / The statement of Randolph Carter
Oct 9 – The shadow over Innsmouth/ The beast in the cave
Oct 10 – From beyond / The call of cthulhu/ The beast in the cave
Oct 11 – The shadow over innsmouth / The moon pool
Oct 12 – The Dunwich horror/ Dagon
25 Thursday Sep 2014
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Large scan of a large-scale USGS topographical map of Providence, 1935, courtesy of the University of Texas.
24 Wednesday Sep 2014
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A Kickstarter to make the full version of the feature documentary Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown available again. It's gone out-of-print, and the discs sells for silly prices used due to…
the nearly 70 minutes of extra interviews only found on those old discs.
The Wyrd guys are sure to get funded, but I think they missed a trick in not offering an affordable $7 donation level — to get just the extra 70 minutes in audio .mp3 format.
23 Tuesday Sep 2014
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Edgar Allan Poe, Part-Time Cosmologist. He came up with…
a spookily intuitive description of the Big Bang theory more than 70 years before astrophysicists came up with the idea [and] "Eureka" [also] goes on to propose that all the scattered and blown-apart atoms of the universe are now rushing together again.
23 Tuesday Sep 2014
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"Whispers in the Darkness" (2010) by Gato-Chico. Photoshop and stock. With some suitably refined typography and some cropping at the top and bottom, this would make someone a fine book cover.
23 Tuesday Sep 2014
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Newly arrived on Amazon, the revised paperback of A Look Behind the Derleth Mythos: Origins of the Cthulhu Mythos, for $17.99. Seems to be print-on-demand (CreateSpace), so is presumbly not going to go out-of-print. Although scholars may still prefer the first edition, since Don Herron writes of the second edition that he persuaded Haefele into…
dropping much of the academic apparatus he had in the hardback version — page numbers for quotes in the text and all that needless crap
So I suppose the first edition is still the one that scholars will want, errors and all, since at least it has the "needless crap" that means that all the quotes can actually be tracked back to a source page. Do any readers know if Haefele ever issued erratum pages for his first edition?


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Growing number of confidentiality requests under IPC
Over 50 applications for information to be kept off the public registers on the grounds of commercial confidentiality have been made by companies since integrated pollution control (IPC) came into force on 1 April 1991, according to a parliamentary reply by Environment Minister David Maclean.1 Just over a quarter have been granted in full, and only the two power generators have appealed against decisions by HM Inspectorate of Pollution (HMIP) to refuse their applications.
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KELOWNA – It all started with a pain in nine-year-old Liam's leg.
His parents, Shilo Lauinger and Amber Bigelow, took him to their family doctor in Kelowna expecting a diagnosis of a pulled muscle.
A PET scan was scheduled and instead of a pulled muscle, they found a localized osteosarcoma, a tumor that starts in the bones and spreads to the lungs. The tumor was pressing on a major nerve, causing Liam intense pain and affecting his mobility.
Liam and his family were sent to the B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver for chemotherapy they were told could extend until August of 2014.
Image Credit: Facebook
Shilo and Amber have been divorced for several years and the four of them, including daughter Logan, 4, have only been able to return to Kelowna twice. Over Christmas, Liam picked up what should have been a minor cold, but because of the toll chemotherapy takes on the immune system, it quickly became a fever and Liam was admitted to KGH.
"We miss home a ton. I know Liam does," Shilo says. "He really misses his friends a lot but we just can't take the risk."
"We're cooped up in a house because he's really not that mobile. It's not like we can even go out to dinner that easily because he's got a wheelchair and his leg has to be extended," Shilo says. "We play a lot of video games and he enjoys sitting in the back yard and just taking in some sun."
"The hardest part of all this has been staying positive," Shilo says. "We've been down here already for seven months and some days it gets hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel but we know we're coming along and everything is going to get better."
As soon as the first round of chemotherapy was over a section of Liam's leg had to be removed for the bone graft. Doctors cut away as much of the tumor as possible and the bones were reattached, held together with metal screws and plates.
"That's 28 cm of his femur," Shilo says of the section of leg removed for the graft. "The doctor's say this is the largest allograft that they've ever done. The second largest that they could find on record was 26 cm."
After the surgery, Liam was essentially bed-ridden with a severly broken leg while they waited several weeks to find out if it was successful. They were hoping for a removal of at least 65 per cent, the average for this kind of procedure.
"No healing has happened and no healing will happen until six weeks after the chemo is done so he has a lot of pain," Shilo says.
On Feb. 28, they found out Liam was 90 per cent cancer-free.
"We should be saying goodbye to Children's Hospital July 1 and then we'll just have follow-up treatments. That's if everything has gone well."
Shilo and Amber were told Liam would need at least a year of rehabilitation before he can walk again.
"It's going to be a little bit of a tough battle but Liam's going to push through with flying colours. He really wants to get out and do stuff again."
"We're working on physiotherapy every day," Shilo says. "He's doing knee-bends and he's got to the point where he can put 40 lbs of weight on his foot."
In the meantime, Shilo says he and his ex-wife are working well together and have even come to rely on each other in a way they never have before.
"I couldn't have picked a better ex to go through this with," Shilo says. "We've really supported each other and she has qualities I don't and when we put those together we are able to get every bit of energy we needed to get through this."
"My advice to other parents who are going through this would be to take it one day at a time," Amber says. "Make sure to breathe because it is scary. Look at the big picture and take it one step at a time. Things may not always turn out the way you want it to but if you take it a day at a time and appreciate the moments then no matter how things turn out in the end at least you made the most of the days you have together."
Shilo Lauinger, Amber Biglow and Liam and Logan next to a statue of Terry Fox, who lost his leg to an osteosarcoma in 1977.Image Credit: Facebook
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Well, since I still haven't tried or attempted to make a bucket list - I thought I might start off with a Stitching Bucket list. I have always steered away from patterns that have different kinds of stitches and I have played it safe with just "regular" stitches and I know I could do this once I am shown how. The women in my stitching group are so incredibly talented and they make we want to expand my stitching expertise and learn other wonderful ways to stitch and to put things together. Once I get some different stitching under my belt - maybe it's time to put a regular bucket list together. Food for though indeed.
Well, I think for now I will do some stitching tonight while catching up on some of my taped shows and gearing up the for beginning of another work week.
Here's to everyone taking a small step outside of their comfort zone and Happy Stitching!


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When watching movies (most likely Disney cartoons), have you ever noticed the spiffy bugle boy who signals for the crowds of peasants to stop what they are doing and listen up, because the powerful king has something to announce? Well I have, because I want to hire that bugle boy for my classroom. Getting your students attention can be tough sometimes, especially when it is 1:30, they are jittery, distracted, and full of sugar from three Milky Ways. You need to be heard so they can learn. Also, it has been said that people learn best by talking about ideas and doing. Yet you cannot have talking and doing in your classroom without a way to stop all the activity… without shouting.
No one likes to shout and no one likes to be shouted at. Oh, and parents and administration won't be too pleased to hear about shouting. Then it's agreed upon- you better have a device to get students' attentions.
I have tried multiple techniques, but nothing has ever worked out stellar for me. Example- visual signals like "All eyes on me" and the students must point to their eyes to show you have their attention. Or verbal signals like counting down from 5, at which point everyone must be silent. Although I secretly giggle about being like Tupac with all eyes on me, it is somewhat babyish and I don't think junior high kids react well to looking like little kids. And counting…well, the students must hear you for it to work, and let's face it, sometimes my classroom is louder than it should be.
Solution- Musical Chime- Ring 1X to get them to notice you. Ring 2X and there should be total silence.
This is a tip from Marcia Tate, of Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites renown. I had the great opportunity to attend one of her seminars and she used this throughout. A chime is better than a bell because it is a singular noise, not something like a bell which you will have the urge to ring several times when frustrated. A chime is also better than a tambourine- silly or a kazoo- goofy (and annoying).


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Ready, Set, Fit: Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a great option for indoor exercise as autumn's cool weather begins to set in.
News 12's Natasha Geigel stopped by the Brooklyn Gymnastics Center for some helpful tips.
Experts say the sport requires strength, flexibility and coordination. It offers cardiovascular and endurance benefits.
For safety reasons, experts recommend finding a gym that is a member of USA Gymnastics, and making sure coaches are certified.


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More than 1,000 fundraising groups with 35,000 volunteer fundraisers underpin everything that the RNLI does through their local events and activities. Hundreds of volunteers also abseil, dive and run marathons for the RNLI. Fundraisers are vital to help the RNLI raise the millions of pounds needed to keep our lifeboats and lifeguards operating.
Poole fundraising team
Poole has an active group – Poole and District Fundraising Group – that is always looking for new members to join their team of volunteers. Poole and District Fundraising Group is an integral part of our lifeboat family at Poole. Through a sense of personal responsibility and pride in what we do, the volunteers raise awareness and help to generate the income that keeps our boats on the water.
If you'd like to help us you can get involved in a variety of ways – including rattling buckets, supporting events or baking cakes for coffee mornings – and you can commit as much or as little time as you want! You can join us for a one-off event, maybe just for 1 or 2 hours, or with local fundraising collections or maybe something more challenging.
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No. 1 McDonogh's finishing kick set the Eagles apart from their toughest Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference basketball opposition all season and it delivered them again in Monday night's championship.
The Eagles outscored No. 3 Roland Park 25-5 in the final 13 minutes to win their second A Conference championship in three years, 57-46, at Archbishop Spalding.
Trailing by nine after Reds' guard Ryan Holder's 3-pointer with five minutes left in the third quarter, McDonogh rallied with nine straight points, took the lead on Danielle Edwards' short jumper with four seconds left in the quarter and kept on going to finish off a 17-0 run against A Conference teams this winter.
Their experience in the title game — the Eagles (26-2) lost to Spalding in last year's final — certainly helped Monday night.
"We've been here three years in a row and Roland Park hasn't," said McDonogh guard Dajah Logan, "so I think that was one thing that pushed us through, knowing how to handle time, knowing how to handle the pressure situations … It just brought us along and led us to victory."
Edwards' jumper after a Reds turnover gave the Eagles their first lead, 45-43, since late in the first half.
"It kind of gave us our momentum back," Edwards said.
The Reds (20-7) would cut the lead to one on a free throw by Holder, but McDonogh answered with 11 straight points.
Edwards, who finished with 15 points including her 1,000th career point, scored six straight points after Holder's layup and the Eagles ran their lead to 56-44 on two free throws by Brianna Jacobs with 55.8 seconds left.
Holder, who led Roland Park with 13 points, cut the margin to 56-46 with 12 seconds left after the Reds had gone more than 11 minutes without a field goal.
"It was tough because we worked really hard to get to this point," said Reds forward Lindsey Edwards, Danielle's cousin. "We knew they weren't going to go away. We knew that we needed to keep up the intensity going into the second half but we just couldn't seem to get our offense running. I think that was our downfall."
During his halftime talk, Eagles coach Brad Rees drew on McDonogh's first IAAM championship two years ago, when the Eagles rallied from 22 points down just before the half to beat Spalding.
"It's nice when you can go in at halftime and say, 'Hey, we're only down six. We've been here before and we were down 22. This is nothing,'" Rees said. "But it's a testimony to the kids. The first half, we were discombobulated, leadership was missing a little bit and Roland Park did a great job of taking us out of what we normally do."
Roland Park had not been to the title game since 2004, when it lost to St. Frances, but the Reds return every starter next year. The Eagles graduate two starters, Jacobs and Wynn, who had 10 points.
B Conference
No. 8 Severn never trailed en route to a 64-53 victory over the Institute of Notre Dame for the B Conference championship. It was the fifth title since 2004 for the Admirals (22-2), who did not lose to a B Conference opponent this winter.
Although the Penguins (16-5) outrebounded the Admirals by one, Gibbons grabbed 15 for the Severn and Maddie McDaniel had 14. The duo also led the team in scoring with McDaniel's 25 points and Gibbons' 18. Maya Harris had 11.
Brooke Fields led the Penguins with 21 points while Morgen Caution scored 11. Shana Williams had six points and 12 rebounds.
C Conference
St. Timothy's rallied from 11 points down early in the third quarter to beat Catholic, 59-47, to repeat as C Conference champions. In finishing off a 22-0 season, St. Timothy's won its 42nd straight game.
After falling behind 30-19 with Catholic's first basket of the third quarter, St. Timothy's went to its inside strength with sophomore forward Olivia Finckel scoring eight of her 15 points in the quarter.
Finckel hit two quick baskets on feeds from Hailey Dayton (21 points) to give St. Timothy's the momentum. Her follow shot to open the fourth quarter gave St. Timothy's a 43-40 lead. Jenelle Fields tied it with a 3-pointer for the Cuts, but Dayton, who finished with 21 points including four 3-pointers, answered with a 3-pointer and St. Timothy's never trailed again.


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Since the news of the death of Michael Edward Rose, many people have recalled his good work in helping troubled young people through his private counseling practice he operated in Pleasanton.
Born in 1962, Mr. Rose was the son of Betty S. Rose and the late Jack W. Rose of Pleasanton. He attended schools in Pleasanton and graduated from Valley High School in 1980. After graduation, he joined in the U. S. Coast Guard and served four years mainly on the USS Taney as an electronic technician.
After attending Las Positas College, he attended San Francisco State University, where he earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts in clinical psychology in 1994, graduating Cum Laude. In 1997 he was awarded the degree of Master of Social Work by San Jose State University.
For five years he was a counselor at Santa Clara County Juvenile Center, where it became clear to him that helping troubles juveniles and their families was his life's work. He then pursued that goal in private practice in Pleasanton. That was what he was doing until his death.
He is survived by his mother of Pleasanton, and brother Kenneth, sister-in-law Mishell, niece Coral, and nephews Nicholas and Nathaniel, all of Fallbrook, Calif.
Private services will be held to honor and to celebrate his life.