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In Cairo last June, President Obama announced a plan to increase scientific and technological collaboration with the Muslim world. A key element of his proposal, sending scientific envoys to Muslim-majority countries, will soon get off the ground. This is good news for American scientists, who have long advocated for an expanded role in diplomacy. The late William T. Golden, who sold the White House on the idea of a presidential science adviser in the 1950s, pressed the case for more science at the State Department during the 1990s. With Golden's backing, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the National Academy of Sciences successfully pushed to create the position of science and technology adviser to the secretary of state.
Nina Fedoroff, science adviser to Secretary Hillary Clinton, will have a big hand in defining the missions of America's new science envoys. Fedoroff herself has a clear vision of what's needed. She told Seed last February that US scientists, engineers, and experts should become global citizens, "to wander the world, to coach and help and teach" others until, borrowing a metaphor from New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, the world of knowledge and educational opportunity becomes truly flat.
If a disposition to wander is the main qualification for diplomacy, scientists are made for the job. Internationalism, for scientists, is not a dream but a way of life. Science thrives on crossing borders. In the West, scientists overcame the language barrier as far back as the 17th century, accepting the need for a professional lingua franca, first Latin, then French, now English. The International Council for Science, one of the oldest nongovernmental organizations, adopted the Principle of the Universality of Science, which holds that all scientists should be able to participate, equitably and without discrimination, in national or transnational scientific activities. AAAS, this nation's largest scientific society, upholds the same values in the United States. In a globalizing yet conflict-prone world, scientists would seem to be natural ambassadors—mobile, committed to progress, and tirelessly working for truths that transcend human divisions.
But universal ideals alone will not protect science or scientists from missteps in the delicate business of bridging the gaps between Muslim countries and the United States. To be effective abroad, science diplomats will need to become sensitive to their own orthodoxies and to compensate for them. Here are five common misconceptions the envoys should watch for if they are to achieve success:
More science means more progress. The Obama administration firmly believes that science and technology hold solutions to the world's most complex problems: climate change, energy shortages, food and water scarcity, AIDS and malnutrition, the threat of pandemic disease. But just as more food does not necessarily solve the problem of global hunger, so too more science cannot be expected to solve the basic problems of development. Technical knowledge and skills are indispensable for problem solving, but answers can be only as good as the processes that defined the problems. Open and inclusive processes produce agendas that matter to the majority. Closed processes foreground the interests of the few. Moreover, in any given setting, what American science and technology are best prepared to offer may or may not be what people most need. For ambassadors bringing solutions, a key first question should be, "Whose problem are we solving?"
Science diplomacy will help build sustainable knowledge societies. Implicit in the science envoy plan is the elevation of scientific knowledge and technological know-how—especially based in the physical, biological, and engineering sciences—to a higher plateau than other kinds of knowledge. Sustainable societies, however, need to integrate knowledge with experience, policy with principle, and prediction with memory. Such holistic thinking, in turn, calls for engaging the full spectrum of scientific knowledge, from the "soft" qualitative and social perspectives of anthropology to the "hard" quantitative and physical tools of earth sciences. Exporting engineering or biomedical expertise without social attentiveness can lead to mismatches between project and context—and to possibly catastrophic consequences.
Muslim societies need better science education. Scientists often blame low levels of public support for science on scientific illiteracy, and programs of science education are seen as the logical remedy. This temptation may be especially strong when governments send emissaries to societies with currently low records of scientific performance. Yet all indications are that rejecting science is the effect, not the cause, of deeper problems. Faith in science and technology is strongest in societies that have cultivated the prerequisites of social trust: transparency, accountability, public engagement. In reverse, confidence in science rapidly erodes if scientists are seen as aligning with political elites who have not earned the public trust.
Muslim countries are fundamentally alike. This assumption flattens the world in the wrong way, erasing distinctions that matter. Islam itself is not a unitary belief system. Besides, history, geography, natural resources, ethnic makeup, regional friendships and rivalries may all count for more than religion in shaping the needs of a Muslim-majority nation. Bringing the fruits of science and technology to any society without detailed, strategic knowledge of its politics, its institutions, or its cultures is a recipe for disappointment, or worse. American diplomacy does not need many replays of the "I'm shocked!" reaction that greeted recent news of Pakistan redesigning defensive missiles for possible offensive use against neighboring India.
Science diplomacy will promote cross-cultural understanding. Underpinning the science envoy plan is the assumption that scientists everywhere share a commitment to disinterested inquiry and communal problem solving, and hence can open up channels of communication when others fail. That strategy worked well during the Cold War to bridge a different ideological divide. A notable example was the creation of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria to study common human problems of energy consumption, environmental pollution, and global change. Today, in the era of venture capital, aggressive patent policies, and increased public funding for strategic areas such as nanotechnology, scientists are often closely allied with both corporate and governmental interests. Scientists used to collaborating with money and power may not be attuned to the will, or indeed the reactions, of the masses. Genetically modified crops, the poster children of agricultural biotechnology, were promoted by industry and welcomed by governments, but rejected by many consumers in the marketplace.
Finally, it is results that matter. Which versions of science and technology will our expert ambassadors carry when they travel abroad: science for the people or science for profit and power? Will American science serve the democratic humility of smokeless cookstoves, waterless toilets, and community clinics or the autocratic hubris of nuclear technology, genetically modified miracle crops, and pricey cancer drugs? For America's science emissaries, success will depend on striking the right balance.
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TICONDEROGA - Ticonderoga Cub Scout Pack 72 heard from an expert on the Timber Rattlesnake recently.
Dr. Bill Brown, professor emeritus from Skidmore College and lifelong researcher on the Timber Rattlesnake, spoke about ways to identify various kinds of snakes. He also told over 20 scouts facts about behaviors of Timber Rattlesnakes, their diet, where they live and how their rattles function.
He showed photographs of the snakes shedding their skin, emerging from their dens, consuming their prey whole and even swimming in the water.
He also explained the effects of human interaction on the rattlesnake population and how humans must treat them with respect to avoid harming them.
An often persecuted species, the Timber Rattlesnake is considered threatened in New York State where there was once a bounty set on killing them. There is a population nearby in the southeast part of the Adirondacks.
Because they are venomous, it is best to leave these snakes alone, but Brown explained that it is most likely that they will run away long before they are discovered.
Ticonderoga Cub Scout Pack 72, sponsored by the BPO Elks, meets on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Families wishing to involve their boys in scouting may contact Sue Liddell at 585-6280.

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I'm a high end coveter, and I will make endless wishlists of MAC eyeshadows I want, but the highstreet brands are one I'm familiar with, so much so I can now impart my wisdom onto any friends that will happily listen and take my advice (HI Sophie, if you're reading this). I thought I'd do a little round up of the brands from the good ol' highstreet I trust.Before this year Soap & Glory was a brand I knew and loved for their bodycare products. My local Boots doesn't stock their makeup range, so after a little online order I finally got my hands on some. Their Kick Ass Concealer is the bees knees for me. An undereye concealer, blemish concealer, and a powder in one? Yes please. Being a bit of a brow fiend, I knew Archery was another product I had to try. It doesn't disappoint. With a pen to fill in sparse areas, and a waxy crayon on the other end to shape and define, it's the all round eye brow favourite. The Sexy Mother gloss stick (which has had a bit of a makeover) is helping me find my feet in the lipstick world. Nudist is every girl, who's intimidated by makeup, dream.
You can't talk about the highstreet and not include Bourjois. I don't think I've found a product I haven't liked yet. Their Healthy Glow Serum is where it's at in terms of base. It offers a dewy appearance that can easily be mattified, and doesn't cling to dry patches. Their CC cream is also a dream for all the same reasons, and does exactly what it says on the tin - colour corrects. I've just discovered their Pot Blushers offer gorgeous flushes of colours for my ghostly pale cheeks. I don't think I can look back. Offering me ease, pigmentation, and all round prettiness is their Colorband eyeshadow sticks. They dry quick, but other than that are divine.
While Topshop isn't high on my radar for makeup, my discoveries have been more than welcomed into my makeup stash. Bronzer is also a new discovery and their Mohawk one is perfect for everyday use. Plus it has a mirror the size of my head. Their cream eyeshadows are also brilliant. One quick sweep and I'm done. Oh, and it lasts all day long.
A highstreet hidden gem has to be Seventeen. They offer some gorgeous products, but I often find them overlooked as they definitely try to appeal more to the teens and tweens. Nevertheless their Skin Wow! Primer and Highlighter is the product to try if you're into strobing, or dewy bases. You also can't dismiss their eyeshadows. They're pigmented, creamy and come in so many different shades, the choice is hard. They're also so cheap you could buy them all. My favourite concealer I've tried in my 18 years comes in the form of their Stay Time concealer, it's creamy and conceals even the angriest of blemishes.
Maybelline is a tried and trusted brand, and they never seem to disappoint me when it comes to eye products. Lash Sensational has been a big hit with pretty much anyone who's tried it. What more can I say than it holds a curl, lengthens beautifully and coats every single lash? Their Master Precise eyeliner is my go-to. It's a felt tip that makes a cat eye flick a piece of cake. I don't think I could ever be without it.
What brands do you trust from the highsteet? Send your recommendations my way please?


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Monday, June 28, 2010
New Antenna Progress
The new antenna has been ordered from ERI, a prominent manufacturer of FM broadcast antennas. It will be a 2-bay design custom made to match our frequency of 91.5 MHz. Installation is tentatively scheduled for August. During the installation process, which will take several hours, WKHR will remain on the air broadcasting via auxiliary facilities.
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This mild winter has been keeping us busy!
Aside from standard winter removals, we've been out pruning orchards and many, many fruit trees. If you have spring fever as badly as we do, then give us a call and we can get your trees ready for a productive growing season.
The following services are best done in early spring. Call us today to schedule an assessment!
Apple, cherry, and other fruit trees: Pruning for shape, applying mineral oil spray to deter scales.
- Having your trees professionally pruned ensures they're shaped for optimal production. We understand the nuances of branch structure and pruning techniques and will improve your tree both aesthetically and physiologically.
- We apply a mineral oil spray that's non-toxic and highly effective in killing scale larvae on the fruit tree's bark. Insects breathe with their bodies, and the oil works to suffocate them before they wake up and begin feeding. For more information, click here.
Douglasfir: applying douglasfir beetle repellant packets, performing mistletoe removal.
- Little needs to be said for fir beetles. They have devastated forests throughout the West and can kill a conifer in a single season. Protect the douglasfir trees on your property from infestation with a beetle packet installation. These packets emit a hormone that deters beetles from infesting the tree. **We do not install packets for pine trees – better pest control can be attained by letting us spray your pines with carbaryl.
- Dwarf mistletoe infestation has become out of control in many areas around Flathead Lake. This green parasite is easily identified in douglasfirs as a bushy clump of light green needles. Dwarf mistletoe is highly contagious and should be cut out and burned as soon as it can be. Protect the integrity of the forest around the lake! Have your dwarf mistletoe removed as soon as possible.


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Spring Wine Tasting DinnerPosted in: All about us
Spring Wine Tasting Dinner – Wednesday May 27 at 7:30
£55 per person
Back by popular demand…we are reintroducing our excellent value wine tasting dinners!
We will be hosting one every month this summer, so check on our website for upcoming events. This first dinner will be a light spring menu matched with artisanal French wines, made by great producers who work in the 'natural' way, organic or biodynamic, with little or no intervention in the vineyard and in the wine making process. The result is wines of great character that match well our food.
~Grilled white and green asparagus, Parmesan shavings, basil oil, picholine olives
Cremant du Jura Brut Blanc Domaine Pigner
~Sea Bream filet, grilled avocado, citrus/olive oil emulsion, pine nuts
2013 Muscadet 'Amphibolite' Nature, Domaine Jo Landron (Loire)
~Guinea Fowol breast with mousseline stuffing, white truffle, chanterelles, potato galette
2010 Pinot Noir Rot-Murle Domaine Pierre Frick (Alsace)
~Crispy Tuile with fresh fruit, late harvest sabayon
2013 Jurancon Molleux Lapeyre (South West)
Limited spaces available.
Please call 02083406346 to reserve.


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Hello everyone,
We hope this reaches you all with many blessings! We are now officially
re-vamping the Makeover Ministry and would love for you all to be a part of it. As we know God makes no mistakes and He was definitely in the workings of the Makeover Ministry.
Our vision is that Inner Beauty Ministry promotes positive inner and outer confidence in oneself. To encouraging others to love themselves and fully accept who God made them to be. God has created us all equally through his image. Genesis 1:27-28
Please join us for prayer and updates as we discuss our vision and desire for this ministry. We know that all of you have something to offer and we cant do it without your support.
Check out more information about the Inner Beauty Ministry at The Rock website, listed under Makeover Ministry.
Our meeting will be August 15th in Room 232P at 2pm. Please R.S.V.P at
[email protected]
Love & Blessings,
Inner Beauty Ministry Leaders
Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see a man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.1 Samuel 16:7
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Sexual health is as important as any other aspect of your health. There are many people for whom discussing sexual wellness is off-limits. However those who have gone through sexual problems in their life know that they are not alone. Thousands, may be lacs of people, across the globe face issues is sex life because of some or the other reason. Even world Health Organization considers sexual wellness as important part of human well-being health. From concerns such as how to have enjoyable and comfortable sex to questions related to sexually transmitted diseases and their prevention, there are several topics which are covered under the umbrella of sexual wellness. If you have any queries then top sexologist in Faridabad can help you.
It is important for you to have awareness about the basics of sex.
Reproductive issues–When it comes to sexual health, it is closely related to reproduction. Birth control choices as well as measures that couples need to take to avoid pregnancy for having healthy pregnancy are important part of sexual wellness.
Basic of sex–It is all about understanding the cycle of stimulation, desire and response improving sexual health.
Erectile dysfunction–There are several emotional as well as physical reasons why many men fail to achieve erection while having sexual intercourse.
Vaginal dryness– Women undergo changes in their lives like menopause, pregnancy or childbirth, there arises time when lubrications issues arise. Lack of lubrication makes sexual intercourse unpleasant as well as painful. However, there are treatments available for it.
Physical challenges–Health concerns, physical impairment and several other health conditions need medical attention so that you can have more than satisfying sexual intercourse.
Lack of desire–It is considered as one of the most common source of conflict among many couples. In this condition, one partner wants more sex than the other.


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By Johnny Edward:
Super Eagles midfielder and Amkar Perm of Russia, star Izunna Uzochukwu, has picked winning the Danish title and earning a call-up to the senior national team as his greatest moment in 2015.
Uzochukwu won the Danish Superliga with FC Midtjylland earlier in the year before joining Amkar Perm in July on a three year contract.
Izunna, having twice previously finished as runners-up in the Superliga in both 2007 and 2008, told Completesportsnigeria.com that the draw against FC Vestsjaelland which secured FC Midtjylland their first Danish title in May was one of the most pensive moods he could ever find himself prior to the game.
"Before the game I had a long night about the game, but when we got on to the pitch it was a different feeling.
"We were leading the log with nine points and needed a draw to clinch it, but playing away against a relegation threatened side was enough motivation.
"The hosts came at us and we also had our moments too. However, getting what we needed to win the title was something special to me at the club which remains dear to my heart.
"That was the moment I have been waiting for, for such a long time, when I became a regular for FC Midtjylland because we came close twice in 2007 and 2008.
"The feeling is really worth every bit of it. It is really, really special for me."
Izunna also added that the winning his first call-up to the Super Eagles was the defining moment, but rued the thigh injury halted his progression at the national team.
"It was an honor for me to make my debut for Nigeria, but injuries at times could be a big setback.
"But I'm fully fit and I hope to get another chance again in the new year."


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Cyberwellness Challenges
Possible challenges to adopting the Cyberwellness Framework.
|Possible Failure modes
|Cause of Failure
|Effects of failure
|Possible actions
|Teachers are unable to teach effectively
|Teachers do not have sufficient knowledge on Internet issues
|Lack of competency results in inconsistency in the delivery of lessons. Students may not be convinced by the message
|Engaging qualified staff and ensuring consistent delivery through e-learning
|Students do not appreciate the content knowledge
|Students do not have ready access to computers or Internet access
|Low participation in the program
|Analyse demographics of target audience prior to implementation
|Lack of traffic to the website
|Availability of vast amount of resources in the Internet
|The programme is marginalized
Highlight the uniqueness of the program in 3 key areas
|Program cannot be sustained
|Lack of resources, planning or support from the educators to enable sustainability of program
|Program eventually terminates
|Convince stakeholders of the need for long term support
|Lack of feedback channels from students
|Program does not adapt to students' needs
|Use forums and wiki as feedback channels
|Lack of whole school approach to the program
|Loss of effectiveness to deliver consistent cyberwellness message
|School leaders have to coordinate inter-departmental collaboration
|Lack of Interest from students
|Perceived notion of students that they are better informed than the educators
|Program terminates
|Provide challenging content
|Students perceive that program is not relevant or meaningful
|Low participation rate
|Create authentic learning content
|Program is not engaging or interesting to students
|Low participation
|Use games, interactive media, real-life case study and activities to make
lessons exciting
|Difference in values of the students
|Students do not practice what they learn
|Importance of program not only to impart the Do's and Don't but the values behind responsible use of technology


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Here, we take a look at some of the most legendary Grand National jockeys and what it was that made them so famous.
George Stevens
Jockey George Stevens was born just six years before the first ever Grand National was run. Beginning his career in his mid-teens, the young George Stevens won 76 races over the 22 years from 1848 to 1870.
His most notable achievement is one that has never been bettered almost a century and a half after his death. George Stevens rode to victory in the Grand National five times between 1856 and 1870, on horses Freetrader, Emblem and Emblematic, and then on The Colonel in two consecutive years.
Thomas Olliver
Thomas Olliver was almost as famous for his antics off the course as on it during his career. A renowned ladies' man, lover of parties and man of very generous spirit, Thomas Olliver was often referred to as 'Black Tom' and spent some time in a debtors' prison.
Despite this, he also managed to ride in 19 Grand Nationals, including the very first. This record was unbeaten until Tony McCoy rode his 20th Grand National on Shutthefrontdoor in 2015.
Olliver won an impressive three times in the Grand National, riding Gaylad (1842), Vanguard (1843) and Peter Simple (1853). He also finished close second a further three times, leaving him a total of just 4.5 lengths off taking home the most Grand National wins of all time.
Tony McCoy
Tony McCoy, also known as AP McCoy, captured the hearts and the betting slips of the nation in the 2015 Grand National.
Breaking Olliver's record for most rides, McCoy was priced at an (astounding for such a race) 7/2 on Shutthefrontdoor. Unfortunately, on this occasion he only managed to finish fifth and went on to retire from racing two weeks later after 20 seasons.
At the date of his retirement, AP McCoy was able to boast of having set the record for the most career GB and IRE wins in jumps racing with 4,358 under his belt. He won the Grand National in 2010 on Don't Push It and has also taken home two Cheltenham Gold Cups.
Bob Champion
Bob Champion won the hearts of the world as he raced Aldaniti to victory in the 1981 Grand National. This victory was a particularly poignant one as Bob had been struggling with a vast array of harsh treatments for testicular cancer for the precious two years.
His triumph over both adversity and thirty Aintree fences won Bob Champion (along with Aldaniti) the Team Award at the 1981 BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony. He formed the Bob Champion Cancer Trust in 1983 and through it has raised millions to help other cancer patients.
Since the inaugural race of 1839, the Grand National has attracted some of the most well-known jockeys, looking to take home the big prize. The competition shows no signs of slowing down, so who knows which legends will emerge in the years to come?
Would you like to know the next top runners and riders for this year? Check out our Grand National runners list for 2018


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The novel "Fatherland", by Robert Harris, is an alternate history story set in a world in which Nazi Germany won the Second World War. In the "Fatherland" world, the Greater German Reich encompasses Poland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Alsace-Lorraine, Luxembourg and the entirety of the Soviet Union west of the Urals. Hungary, Romania and the Balkans are excluded, while the nations of Western Europe and Scandinavia have been corralled into a virtually powerless European community. In effect every European country, save Switzerland, steadfastly neutral, is subordinate to Germany in all but name. The United States stands alone against Germany, with which it is locked in the nuclear stalemate of the Cold War. In the Urals an actual guerrila war drags on between Germany and the remnants of the Soviet Union, with no end in sight.
The story begins in Berlin in April 1964, in the week leading up to Adolf Hitler's 75th birthday on April 20. The plot follows Xavier March, a police detective working for the Kriminalpolizei (Kripo) investigating the suspicious death by apparent drowning of a high-ranking Nazi, Josef Bühler. As March uncovers more details he realises that he is caught up in a massive political scandal involving numerous senior Nazi party officials, who are apparently being murdered systematically. In fact, as soon as the Buhler's body is identified, the Gestapo claims jurisdiction over the case and orders the criminal police to close its investigation.
March meets with Charlotte Maguire, an American journalist for The New York Times who is also determined to uncover the truth about the case. As the Gestapo tighten their noose around March and his prohibited continuation of his investigation, the pair ultimately uncovers the truth behind the murders. The Gestapo is eliminating the remaining officials who planned the Holocaust at the Wannsee Conference of 1942. At the time of the book's events the German people suspect but are not generally aware of the Holocaust, believing the Nazi government's official explanation of the Jew's disappearance: a mass, government mandated relocation to the east during the war. Even March didn't suspect the terrible truth: "After the war, I believed what everybody else believed. No reason not to. I am a loyal son of the fatherland. I served murderers all my life. How do I explain that to my son?" The assassinations are being carried out in order to safeguard an upcoming meeting of Hitler and President Joseph P. Kennedy, the first one between the two most powerful men on Earth, by ensuring that the horrible war crimes of the Nazi regime are never revealed to the public. Maguire heads for neutral Switzerland with the evidence she and March uncovered, hoping to be able to publish it once she returns to the United States. March, however, is denounced by his brain washed ten-year-old son, who is a member of the Jungvolk (the junior Hitler Youth), and apprehended by the Gestapo.
March is questioned mercilessly by Gestapo general Odilo Globocnik, Heinrich Himmler's right hand man, but holds out, despite having his hand smashed by a baseball bat. Eventually a fake rescue, involving March's long-time friend and fellow policeman Max Jaeger, is staged in the hope that he will lead the Gestapo to Charlotte. However March sees through Max, knowing that he must have been the one who betrayed him throughout the novel's events. As the book comes to an end he buys Charlotte time to enter Switzerland by leading his Gestapo pursuers on a wild goose chase to the site of the now demolished Auschwitz concentration camp, where he finds evidence of the facility that once stood there.
Though the story took a long time to develop and was even tediously long at some points during the investigation, overall I found Fatherland to be just suspenseful enough to consistently keep the reader's attention despite its otherwise slow pace. In addition the poigant end to the novel is highly satisfactory and really makes the narrative worth the reader's while. One of the elements of the novel I found particularly interesting was the characterisation of Xavier March in the midst of the Nazi construct, especially the dynamic between the man and the uniform he wears, which March feels sharply as a member of the infamous SS.
"She was laughing and ruffling an older man's hair. He was laughing too. Then he saw March and said something and the laughter stopped. They watched him as he approached. He was conscious of his uniform, of the noise of his jackboots on the polished wooden floor." (105)
However the part of Fatherland that I enjoyed the most were the descriptions, concentrated at the beginning, of Berlin as remodelled into Germania by Hitler and his top architect, Albert Speer. The Great Hall, featuring a dome twice the size of that of St Peter's cathedral, holds so many people (180 thousand) at the highest Nazi ceremonies that the collective breaths form clouds in the cupola which condense and fall as light rain, making the hall the only building in the world that generates its own climate. The enormous Arch of Triumph, four times the size of the one in Paris, is inscribed with the names of German soldiers killed in the two World Wars and straddles the Avenue of Victory, an immense boulevard lined with captured Soviet artillery and towering statues of Nazi eagles that connects Hitler's immense Palace of the Fuhrer (with a facade 100 meters longer than that of Versailles) to the Great Hall. Vast, severe, granite civil buildings dominate Berlin's city centre around Adolf Hitler Platz, the Wehrmacht High Command, the Reich Chancellery, the sprawling Berlin-Gotenland railway station, and Tempelhof airport all prominent among these. Everything about Hitler's capital of Germania was made to be bigger and better than monuments elsewhere, to dominate foreign countries with the might of the Third Reich.
"Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland."
-Friedrich Durrenmatt
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Nirit Hinkis is the Research and Program Coordinator for CMED, serving as managing editor of The Middle Easterner.
Warren Fahmy is a research assistant and rapporteur for CMED. He holds a Masters in Islamic Studies from UCLA and received his BA from UCLA in 2006. In addition to this, Warren works as an international student counselor for the Dashew Center at UCLA.
Sammar Smesme is CMED's Center Assistant. She is a recent graduate of UCLA, earning a B.A. in International Development with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa, and a minor in Anthropology.
Guest Contributors
Jala Alarja is an intern at the Center for Middle East Development (CMED). She is a UCLA student double-majoring in Political Science and Arabic with a focus on International relations in the Middle East and North Africa.
Shaheen Moore is an intern at CMED. He is in his third year at UCLA, studying International Development Studies. He served in the Marine Corps infantry for four years with deployments to Afghanistan and East Asia. During this time he developed an interest in the Middle East. He is currently learning to speak Farsi and Italian.
Sophie Arbaugh is an undergraduate research assistant at CMED. She is a recent graduate of UCLA.
Ryan Dunbar is an undergraduate research assistant at CMED. He is a fourth year student at UCLA double-majoring in History and Political Science with a concentration in International Relations.
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When will we actually see it, though?
While still being as secretive as any good tech CEO should be, the head of Sony's mobile unit is now beginning to peel away the layers of a much-talked-about phone with a heavy sense of PlayStation integration.
"There's a lot of smoke, and I tell you there must be a fire somewhere," said Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
Nordberg is referring to all the speculation that has popped up of a new phone that would be focused on the gamer market, placing a heavy emphasis on integration with the PS3 and perhaps even being the official successor to the PlayStation Portable gaming platform.
"Sony has an extremely strong offering in the gaming market, and that's very interesting," added Nordberg.
The new phone would highlight just how strong the mobile gaming community has become. Thanks to the iPhone, the market of video games on mobile phones has gone from something of an extreme niche to the fastest-growing segment of the gaming industry in the US.
Microsoft's newly-launched Windows Phone 7 has a big focus on gaming and its connectivity to the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live online service. Sony would presumably need a similar PlayStation integration into the mobile community to be able to compete in the emerging space.
Of course, details about such a phone remain sketchy. There's even conflicting reports about whether or not it would be called the "PlayStation Phone" or if it would have a more subtle PlayStation connectivity, so as to be able to attract the non-gamers as well.
The comments from Nordberg provide the first solid indication that such a phone, whatever it might be called, is in the works. Previously, he only gave a blanket sort of "anything is possible" response when asked about it.
Sony Ericsson has just recently began turning a profit again, thanks largely to its shift to Android as the primary operating system. It's expected Android will power the PlayStation-centric phone as well.


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It turns out that the Monterey Shale play, that holy grail of oil and gas lying beneath much of California, might not be the "black gold mine" Big Energy (and the state) had been counting on.
This week, the Los Angeles Times reported that the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has slashed the amount of barrels of oil considered "recoverable" using current technology.
By 96 percent.
Is there a stronger word than "slash?" Let's put it this way: It's a pretty spectacular statistical fail.
600 million barrels of oil are still considered recoverable right now, but a far cry from the 13.7 billion barrels projected back in 2011 by a firm contracted by the US government. Why the mega-disparity? Simple: it was assumed that tapping the Monterey Shale would work the same as any other US shale formation. And it turns out that the geology isn't so simple in this case. That's in part due to California's tectonic plate activity, which has been a concern as fracking fever hit the state. Instead of nice, flat pancake layers of rock, a crumpled accordion is keeping the Monterey Shale oil out of reach. (It's a "tight oil" play.)
It's important to bear in mind that two-thirds of the nation's shale oil reserves are still deep underground in the Monterey Shale. Should some future technology evolve that oil industry can use to tap those reserves, it's a good bet they'll try to do so then. For now, however, the state has other projections that will likely need fixing, such as the total state GDP, future tax revenues and new jobs. In that sense, the state has its own enormous budget gap to fill. (Perhaps the Los Angeles Times put it best: this is both "a setback and an opportunity" for California.)
Post Carbon Institute and Physicians, Scientists & Engineers for Healthy Energy published "Drilling California: A Reality Check on the Monterey Shale," written by J. David Hughes, in December 2013. The report was prescient. Based upon analysis of data from wells in the Monterey Shale that were actually producing, the Hughes report alleged that industry estimates were wildly inflated and that California needed to plan for a future without a new shale oil boom.
Environmentalists have cheered this week's news, partly as it does at least slightly slow the steady march towards further gas extraction. While it's been a sobering week for some in the oil and gas industry, the pros are bucking up and falling back on the old "this is a tough business" chestnut, while asking investors not to pull funds.
Elsewhere in the US, however, plans continue moving forward to frack here, there and everywhere, including offshore, encouraged by the Obama Administration and European Union's backing. How much will this news impact the larger debate about fracking oil and gas? It's hard to say just yet. As long as the federal government backs the philosophy of natural gas as the perfect transition fuel, it's likely drilling will keep right on going.


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One of the more challenging parts of the creative process is to know when a piece is finished. When I'm not sure if a work is done, I like to prop it up on my art desk and let it marinate. Usually I know within a few days if a composition needs to be changed or if the piece just needs to be signed.
I went through this process three times with my latest work, summer plateau. I'm not sure why some pieces are easier to finish than others, maybe it's attributed to hormones, the moon cycle, divine intervention, sheer luck, or all of the above.
On a few occasions, my work has sat for several weeks/months, and then I decide to paint over the entire thing. I've painted over a piece before that I spent 40+ hours on. My husband considered it a travesty, but I still have no remorse. If I'm not emotionally connected to a piece, then it doesn't have any value to me. The canvas itself actually becomes more valuable to me.
|another recent work, just beyond the trees
. . . all things that I'm challenged by daily.


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Miners Test Greener Ways to Dig
Alcoa, Rio Tinto and others seek environmentally friendlier ways to make metals amid pressure from customers
Miners are considering new ways to make the dirt they dig up green.
Across the U.S. border in Quebec, a research facility will fine-tune a technology that its owners—Alcoa Corp. and Rio Tinto PLC—believe could turn aluminum smelters carbon-free for the first time. Another initiative under way in Sweden could see hydrogen replace coking coal in manufacturing steel.


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text: So excited! Here is the front cover of my daughter's up-coming book, A Momma's Heart: Comfort for Loss Moms. This is the project that's been keeping me busy since January. Bethany and I are collaborating on the illustrations, combining her beautiful black and white photographs with my line drawings to create a unique reflective journal/coloring book for moms who have experienced pregnancy or infant loss. A Momma's Heart: Comfort for … Continue reading


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Being mom to a child with several food sensitivities identifies me with a new world, one of caution and education. I never knew reading labels and ingredients could become second nature, who knew that artificial colors and additives could create time bombs, that wheat and dairy could turn a child into a tantrum whirlwind...learn about our journey into the new world of food sensitivities and what they mean. THIS WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING!
Saturday, April 2, 2011
The wrath of mercury
Today I tried to de-thatch the yard with my husband which involves rigorous raking to loosen the packed down grass, exposing the soil in patches where it didn't grow. You have to use a lot of elbow to really pull the grass up and rough up the soil. I felt fine while doing it, which is usually the case, but shortly afterwards, I felt like I couldn't even keep my head up. I went upstairs to take a short nap and was woken by Gavin two and a half hours later!! Not a small nap, nor did I feel refreshed. Instead, I had a headache, felt nauseas, ringing in my left ear and unable to cope with anything much, including my kids' voices. Ironically, this is how I felt post round the other day. I recall reading things in the past from mercury-toxic people having a hard time recovering from exercise, so I went out on the hunt for more information. One experience I read about reminded me of myself, but I had no idea it was related. I used to get burning lungs after strenuous workouts or biking. Again, I thought this was normal, that everyone experienced it. Although I was totally wiped after today's hard work, I noticed that I finally did NOT get this burning in my lungs. I've read that it is something experienced by people when they still have their fillings, the result of releasing more mercury and that it disappears after the amalgams are replaced.
I found NUMEROUS reports of people who couldn't function after working out. Why? Well, for one, it releases free radicals so taking antioxidants can help, but the best explanation I could find is in Andy Cutler's words, from his book, Amalgam Illness.
"Exercise mobilizes mercury and needs to be done in MODERATION. It is NOT always good for you. Exercise is STRESS, and there is a particular physiological response to stress that is messed up in most mercury toxic people - cortisol goes DOWN instead of UP like it's supposed to. So you can release adrenaline and feel really good WHILE you are active but then crash afterwards and take a long time to recover. Depending on how sick you are this can be from hours to days. Moderation is doing exercise is small enough bits that you don't get this "crash" after it. No hours of sitting and doing nothing. No inability to think. No being woozy with allergy symptoms."
So, that just about sums it up. It's obvious that I haven't been imagining things. All I can say is OUCH and more ouch. Epsom salt baths are suggested for detoxing and de-stressing, looks like there is a bath in my forecast.
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- Anne said...
Hmm, well this is me exactly.
I am on the low oxalate diet now, and the feeling woozy and unable to think is just about unbearable at times. We have the kids from tomorrow, and I'm just keeping my fingers crossed it'll be a good day, you know?
I remember mentioning the burning throat and lungs to my brother, we were talking about exercise - and I was really shocked that he had never experienced it, haha...
I love the (energy I get AFTER) baths. I'll put some epsom on my shopping list too ;-)
- April 2, 2011 at 8:54 PM
- Jessica said...
We are so much alike! If you want a good pharmaceutical grade of pure epsom salts for cheap, I would recommend this
- April 2, 2011 at 9:00 PM


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2007 Highlights
Six Buckeyes Named to Maxwell, Bednarik Award Watch Lists
June 30, 2008 Source: OSU Official Site - "Awards honor the top offensive and defensive players in the nation - Six different Buckeyes were chosen among the top offensive and defensive players to watch this season in college football when Ron Jaworski, Maxwell Football Club president, Monday announced the 2008 Watch Lists for the 72nd Maxwell Award and the 14th Chuck Bednarik Award..."
Glenville's Newsome Commits to the Buckeyes
Cleveland Glenivlle's Jonathan Newsome today (June 24) became OSU's 23rd commit for the Class of 2009. Newsome said: "I'm 100% a Buckeye. I love Ohio; I love Ohio State football. I just didn't see any reason not to commit." He added: "Now I'm going to work on Marcus," referring to Glenville tackle Marcus Hall who the Buckeyes are also recruiting. The 6'2" 229 lb Newsome, who played linebacker as well as defensive end and offensive line for Glenville, is projected to be a defensive end. He made 60 tackles including 13 sacks during his junior season. Newsome had more than 22 schlarship offers including ones from Illinois, West Virginia, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan State, Pittburgh, Vanderbilt and Louisville. Welcome aboard, Jonathan!
Jonathan Newsome Highlights
Source: Rivals.com
Linebacker makes 23 recruits for '09
June 25, 2008 Source: Columbus Dispatch - "'Newsome... -- he's a player with great potential who could end up playing that linebacker-rush defensive end they've been using there for a while. He's one the coaches didn't want to see get away.'..."
Glenville High School DE Jonathan Newsome orally commits to Ohio State University
June 25, 2008 Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer - "Glenville defensive end Jonathan Newsome orally committed to Ohio State on Tuesday. Newsome, recruited as a defensive end and outside linebacker, is ranked among the top-60 defensive ends in the country..."
Captain's Corner: Beware Of The Spartans?
June 25, 2008 Source: Bucknuts.com - "We've heard all the talk about the road games at USC, Wisconsin, and Illinois, as well as the annual rivalry against Michigan. But is there another game on this year's Ohio State schedule that could be a potential buzzsaw? If there is, it could be the one on October 18 in East Lansing, Michigan. Jerry Rudzinski explains why people should not overlook the Spartans..."
Henton makes transfer official
June 24, 2008 Source: Dayton Daily News - "Quarterback Antonio Henton transferred from OSU and enrolled in classes at Georgia Southern on Monday. He'll have three years of eligibility left. The Eagles, who are coming off a 7-4 season, play in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) and are looking for a starting QB after the departure of Jayson Foster, who won the Walter Payton Award as the best offensive player in that division as a senior last season."
Former Peach County star Henton officially a Georgia Southern Eagle
June 23, 2008 Source: macon.com - "The last football game Antonio Henton played in Georgia was a state championship game. The next football game Henton is likely to play in his home state will be against a national championship favorite. The former Peach County standout quarterback spent this morning enrolling at Georgia Southern, making his transfer from Ohio State official and complete. 'All I know,' Eagles head coach Chris Hatcher said just before lunchtime, 'is that he's in school here right now and he's a Georgia Southern Eagle.'..."
PA Star Corey Brown Commits to the Buckeyes
Corey Brown, a national top-100 prospect, rated as the fifth-best "athlete" nationally, and one of the top 10 overall prospects in the state of Pennsylvania, today (June 23) committed to the Buckeyes' Class of 2009. "I picked Ohio State really because of everything you can think of," Brown said by phone. "The academics, the coaches, the facilities, the tradition, the great players they've got now, the way they keep playing for championships --- they've got everything you want up there." The 6'2" 180lb Brown, who runs a 4.58 40, attends Gateway HS in Monroeville PA, where he has started at both cornerback and wide receiver since his sophomore year. He made over 40 tackles and intercepted four passes during his junior season while also catching 23 passes for 500 yards and three touchdowns. Brown, who is very physical and is tough to gain seperation on and very sound in run support, will likely play in the secondary for the Buckeyes. "It could be cornerback or wide receiver, but I think cornerback," Brown said. "But maybe I'll be like Ted Ginn and go there and play cornerback for a couple days, then get moved to wide receiver." He held dozens of scholarship offers from all across the nation, which included offers from Notre Dame, Michigan, Alabama, Tennessee, Penn State, Miami, North Carolina, N.C. State, Virginia, Boston College, Pittsburgh, West Virginia and Syracuse. Welcome aboard, Corey!
Corey Brown Highlights
Source: Rivals.com
Corey Brown Announcement
Source: Rivals.com
Gateway's Brown picks Ohio St.
June 24, 2008 Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - "...'When you go up there, you can't come back without saying you don't want to commit,' Brown said of Ohio State...'It's the perfect place,' Brown said. 'I used to like North Carolina and Michigan until I visited Ohio State a few years ago.'..."
Dublin's Bradley McDougald has committed to Ohio State
Dublin (OH) Scioto star Bradley McDougald, one of the top athletes in central Ohio, committed to Ohio State today (June 23). "I just committed to Ohio State a few minutes ago," McDougald said. "It just felt like the right place to be." Living in the Columbus suburb of Dublin, many thought McDougald's choice would be simple. It was not initially. For McDougald, the just completed Ohio State s Senior advanced camp helped him decide. "The camp definitely did. At first I didn't know exactly where I stood, but I competed against other good players, and I just knew that Ohio State is where I wanted to go." The 6'1' 187 lb all around athlete, who runs a 4.5 40, is projected to be a safety for the Buckeyes. McDougald rushed for close to 400 yards during his sophomore season and gained 1045 yards and scored 13 times during his junior season and accounted for over 1600 yards. He held scholarship offers from Michigan State, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Boston College, West Virginia, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Akron, Kent State, Miami (OH) and Ball State among others. Welcome aboard, Bradley!
Bradley McDougald
Source: Rivals.com
OSU gets commitments from Dublin Scioto safety
June 24, 2008 Source: Columbus Dispatch - "..McDougald said he has seen that firsthand most of his life. 'Growing up here, being around it 24/7, it's always been a dream to play for the Buckeyes,' McDougald said. 'Going down to the Ohio State camp (for rising high school seniors) on Friday, I think the coaches were impressed with me and I was impressed with the coaches.' Bill Kurelic, a recruiting analyst for Bucknuts.com, said, 'He's one of the top athletes in central Ohio, and he's the tall kind of safety they're looking for these days'..."
Buckeye Recruiting 08-'09: New Strategy or Aberration?
June 23, 2008 Source: the silver bullet - "The summer of 2008 has only just begun, and already the Buckeyes have 22 verbal commitments for the class of 09 (not to mention a transfer in Justin Boren). In the annals of football recruiting weve never seen anything like it. Yes, Texas has pulled in a lot of verbals each spring for the past few years, but never has so much talent been assembled so quickly as what we witnessed this year from Tressel and his staff. All of which begs the question is this the product of a new recruiting strategy or simply good fortune?..."
Undefeated attitude
June 23, 2008 Source: Yahoo! Sports - Terry Bowden writes: "Coaches must stress to their players the importance of graduating, just as they stress the importance of winning. ...Without the penalties for poor academic performance, most coaches, and schools for that matter, dont have enough incentive to make graduation high on their list of requirements, or expectations, for their players. Lets look at this honestly coaches do not get fired for not graduating their players..."
Justin Green Commits to the Buckeyes
Justin Green, the younger brother of former Ohio State defensive tackle Marcus Green, became the 20th member of the Class of 2009 when he committed today (June 22) to play at Ohio State. Justin said: "I have actually been following the Buckeyes since my brother has been there. I have seen what things are like there. It is an honor to get to play for Ohio State. Coach Tressel likes me at cornerback and so does coach Taver Johnson. They think that I can play both sides of the ball so I really don't know what the future holds or what position I am going to play. More than likely it will be at cornerback." The Rivals100 cornerback , who is from Louisville (KY) Male, is a 5-11, 181lb wide receiver/defensive back with 4.41 speed in the 40. He had offers from Alabama, Miami (FL), Tennessee, Illinois, West Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, Northwestern, Wake Forest and Louisville, in addition to interest from many other schools. Welcome aboard, Justin!
Justin Green Highlights
Source: Rivals.com
Male star Green will play football at Ohio St.
June 23, 2008 Source: Louisville Courier Journal - "..'When I sat down and talked to the coaches, that was the deciding factor,' said Green, who will be a senior. 'I wanted to sit down and get to know them, hear what they had in mind for me. I just wanted to talk to them, and that did it for me.'...Green, who won four Class 3-A track titles this month, will follow in his brother's footsteps to Ohio State. Marcus Green played there and lives in Columbus for most of the year..."
Carlos Hyde is a Buckeye
Naples' (FL) Carlos Hyde committed to the Buckeyes today (June 22) and became the 19th member of the Class of 2009. "I always liked Ohio State and I always wanted to be a Buckeye. When I went there for my visit, everything was perfect. I felt like it was the right place for me," Hyde stated. Although he lives with his grandmother and uncle in FL, Carlos grew up in Cincinnati, where his family still lives including his mother, father, grandfather, brother and sister. He rushed for 943 yards and scored 13 times during his junior season. Rated the # 2 FB in the nation by Rivals, he will be carrying the ball as a TB for the Buckeyes and is the big back the coaches were seeking. Hyde, who is 6'1" 236lb and runs the 40 in 4.5 seconds, has the ability to run through you or around you. The Naples HS star had offers and interest from more than twelve schools including Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Clemson, West Virginia, Miami-FL, Wisconsin, Florida State and South Florida. Welcome aboard, Carlos!
Carlos Hyde Highlights
Source: Rivals.com
Buckeyes land running back from Florida
June 22, 2008 Source: Columbus Dispatch - "...his mother Dermidra Hyde confirmed the news. 'He is very excited about this, and he's really looking forward to playing for Ohio State,' she said. 'All he could talk about was how nice and pretty the campus is and how he can't wait to be a Buckeye.' Hyde is a power back along the lines of current Buckeye Chris "Beanie" Wells, and recruiting analyst Bill Kurelic believes Hyde could slide into the void nicely should Wells opt to head for the NFL after his upcoming junior season..."
Pryor's visit may have impacted other recruits
June 22, 2008 Source: Dayton Daily News - "Ohio State has had no shortage of recruiting enticements down through the years, but its biggest drawing card these days may be its newest addition to the program. Ballyhooed quarterback Terrelle Pryor, who is enrolled for summer classes at OSU, visited the campus while the Buckeyes were hosting dozens of recruits during their spring game in April, and his appearance created a buzz among the program's other guests. 'I know people who were at the spring game (with recruits), and when Pryor made an entrance, you just felt it,' said..."
Preview 2008: Projected Big Ten Starting Lineups
June 1, 2008 Source: CollegeFootballNews.com - "Who has the edge on a starting job going into the summer? What's the key position to watch out for and what needs to be addressed before the season starts? Here are the prjected starting lineups for every team..."
Duron Carter Says Yes to the Buckeyes
Ft. Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas wide receiver Duron Carter, the son of former Ohio State and NFL great Cris Carter, committed to the Buckeyes today (June 20). "I actually committed to head coach Jim Tressel right after the camp. I just told him I really like the Ohio State system. I couldn't be more excited with my decision to play the next four years at Ohio State." Carter went on to say, "I never thought about oh he's my dad and he went to Ohio State, but more as this program was just perfect for me. I can tell you without a doubt that my father would have been happy no matter which school I chose. After I told him, he agreed that Ohio State fit me really well both academically and athletically. " He did go on to say, "Ohio State has a history of having great receivers and I know I definitely want to be one there as well." Carter added that it will be neat to play college football at his dad's alma mater and in a state where he has so many family members. Duron, OSU's 18th verbal commitment for 2009, finished the 2007 regular season with 22 catches for 361 yards and 8 touchdowns and was by far the leading receiver in the Class 5A state championship game as well. The 6'3' 185 lb Carter had offers and interest from LSU, Florida, Michigan, Auburn, West Virginia, South Carolina and South Florida among others. Welcome aboard, Duron!
Duron Carter Highlights
Source: Rivals.com
Cris Carter's son commits to Buckeyes' 2009 class
June 21, 2008 Source: Dayton Daily News - "Duron Carter, son of Middletown native and former Ohio State receiver Cris Carter, accepted a scholarship offer from the Buckeyes on Friday, June 20, giving the team 18 verbal commitments among seniors-to-be. The 6-foot-3, 180-pound receiver from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is the 73rd-ranked wideout nationally. He picked OSU over Auburn, Wisconsin, West Virginia and LSU..."
Look ahead to 08-09 Football: whats ahead for the Big Ten teams
Source: Big Ten Network
Henton To Pursue Transfer To Georgia Southern
June 19, 2008 Source: Bucknuts - "According to various sources and a published report in Georgia, quarterback Antonio Henton has decided to transfer from Ohio State. The third-year sophomore quarterback from Fort Valley, Ga., was expected to be buried on the depth chart this season behind senior Todd Boeckman, highly touted incoming freshman Terrelle Pryor and possibly even redshirt freshman Joe Bauserman. Therefore, sources indicated that Henton will transfer to Division I-AA Georgia Southern University, where his former high school head coach (Rance Gillespie) is the offensive coordinator. An OSU spokesperson did not confirm the transfer report, noting only that Henton was still enrolled in summer quarter classes at the university. However, sources told Bucknuts.com that Henton had informed his teammates as well as OSU coach Jim Tressel earlier this week that he planned to transfer. The Statesboro (Ga.) Herald reported Wednesday that Henton would pursue a transfer to Georgia Southern. The newspaper cited an unnamed ESPN writer, who apparently provided that tip..."
Henton expected to transfer to Georgia Southern, sources say
June 19, 2008 Source: Columbus Dispatch
Henton expected to transfer
June 19, 2008 Source: BuckeyeGrove.com
Buckeyes are under the microscope
June 17, 2008 Source: Willoughby News-Herald - "OSU medical center study aimed at preventing inuries..."
Terrelle Pryor lights up Columbus
June 14, 2008 Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer - "It looked like Ohio State was turning Terrelle Pryor into a video game. The Buckeyes were actually trying to keep the real Pryor on the field. Using motion capture technology driven in large part by the video game industry, Ohio State put Pryor and seven other incoming football freshman through several tests..."
Buckeyes on the Cutting Edge of Football Injury Prevention
June 15, 2008 Source: The Ozone - "You know all those video games you've been playing and all those really cool movie effects they can do nowadays? They have finally impacted your college football team as well. Dr. Ajit (think "dodge it") Choudhari (chow-dree) is the Director of Biomedical Research at the Ohio State Sports Medicine Center (and his) domain is the motion capture lab where the same technology that is used to make those cool video games and movie effects is now being put to use to measure incoming OSU athletes in the hopes of preventing injury in their careers. 'The development of this technology over the last 15 years was really driven by video games and movies,' said Choudhari. 'I study how injuries happen, who is likely to get them, and how we can help them and treat them better. In this lab we actually measure how people move including the angles of their joints, the forces on their joints, the torques on their joints..."
Athlon Preseason Top 25
June 17, 2008 Source: Athlon Sports - "No. 2: Everything is in place for Ohio State to again be among the very elite teams in the country'..."
No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes 2008 TEAM PREVIEW
Linebacker Dorian Bell is one of 10 ESPN 150 Watch List prospects committed to Ohio State
Source: ESPN
"Yes, the Buckeyes have 16 commitments and this class is very strong, but we cannot put Ohio State ahead of LSU and Georgia until these prospects prove their worth on the field. Outside linebacker Dorian Bell (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) is a special talent and will fill needed depth once he arrives. Center Jack Mewhort (Toledo, Ohio/St. John) is very underrated and talented. Defensive front help is a need and DE Melvin Fellows (Garfield Heights, Ohio) and DT John Simon (Youngstown, Ohio/Cardinal Mooney) are both excellent additions. Wide receiver Chris Fields (Painesville, Ohio/Thomas W. Harvey) can run and has return abilities as well.
Athlon Sports top-25 recruiting classes 2009 recruiting spotlight: Dorian Bell
June Source: Athlon Sports - "Ohio States 2009 recruiting class will be hard pressed to equal that of 2008. They finished behind only Alabama in the
Athlon Sports top-25 recruiting classes
....But the top rated player in this class, thus far, is Gateway High School's Dorian Bell.
'It's not just about winning games'
June 15, 2008 Source: Columbus Dispatch - "Gene Smith, starting his fourth year as athletic director at Ohio State, recently received one of his profession's higher honors, the John Toner Award, from the National Football Foundation...But Smith, along with OSU President E. Gordon Gee, wants to push the athletic director position beyond simply athletics. It's one reason Smith expressed no interest when the position opened two weeks ago at Notre Dame, his alma mater. Smith recently sat down with The Dispatch's Tim May to discuss recent developments and strategies..."
Pryor joins the Buckeyes looking ripped and ready
June 15, 2008 Source: Columbus Dispatch - "...Pryor certainly looks ready. Stripped down to a pair of shorts for the testing, he was a physical specimen -- measuring 6 feet 3 1/2 , 225 pounds, with a "six-pack" that might make magazine models envious. He is off-limits to the media, per NCAA rules, until fall practice begins Aug. 4...His high school quarterbacks coach, Roy Hall, estimated Pryor had gained 15 pounds of muscle since basketball season ended in March. 'I was talking to (Ohio State coach) Jim Tressel the other day,' Hall said. 'I joked with him, I said, 'Coach, you haven't seen him for a couple of months. I'm worried he might be getting too big. He might have to play defensive end.'..."
Ohio State takes over as Tuscaloosa News' No. 1 college football team
June 14, 2008 Source: Tuscaloosanews.com - "For the past three years, the Tuscaloosa News Best College Football Rankings have attempted to measure the nations top programs in every way imaginable, from attendance to the number of players inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Using an elaborate formula, with half of the categories based on the previous season and the other half all-time, these rankings have annually attempted to answer the sports ultimate question: 'Which school really has the best program in the country?' or 'Whos No. 1?'..."
2008 Commit Garrett Goebel Named Chicago Tribune/WGN High School Athlete of the Year
June 13, 2008 Source: Chicago Tribune - "...Goebela kid who hated to finish second even to a classmate in the weight roomwould transform himself in just four years from a football rookie to a Tribune first team All-State offensive lineman. A two-way player, he also became one of the most sought-after high school defensive tackles in the country, with a Rivals.com national ranking of No. 6 at his position and a commitment to play for Ohio State..."
For what it's worth, the magazines love Ohio State
June 13, 2008 Source: Canton Repository - "On paper, the thin kind that's easily ripped, crumpled and thrown away, the 2008 football season shapes up to be another history maker in Columbus. Of course if magazine predictions hold true, the rest of the country will be tired of seeing Ohio State play in the national title game..."
Defensive lineman Adam Bellamy is a Buckeye
Aurora (OH) defensive lineman Adam Bellamy landed the offer he wanted when Jim Tressel offered him a scholarship. He gave Tressel the good news Tuesday and became Ohio State's 17th commitment for 2009. "I just got off the phone with head coach Tressel and I gave him a verbal commitment. He said it's a great day for the Buckeyes and he's glad to have me on board." The 6'4" 275 pound Bellamy, who runs a 4.8 forty, plays both the OL and DL, but said: "I'm pretty sure I'll be an interior defensive lineman for the Buckeyes. But wherever they want me is fine." The Buckeyes see him as a run-stopping defensive tackle who can plug the trenches. Bellamy, ranked the #23 offensive guard in the country by Scout, already had offers from Boston College, Michigan State, Vanderbilt, Indiana, Cincinnati, Northwestern, Akron and Miami-OH. Welcome aboard, Adam!
Adam Bellamy Highlights
Source: Rivals.com
OSU picks up D-line prospect
June 11, 2008 Source: Columbus Dispatch - "Adam Bellamy was putting some young football players through their paces, urging them to give their all during a youth camp Monday in Aurora, Ohio, when his high school coached beckoned him. Bellamy, a senior-to-be defensive lineman for Aurora, had just given his all the day before at Ohio State's summer camp. Aurora coach Bob Mihalik said OSU coach Jim Tressel wanted Bellamy to call him..."
Trev Alberts discusses Ohio State vs. Michigan. Can Rich Rodriguez turn things around, or will the Buckeyes continue their dominance?
DB from Maryland 16th Commitment for 2009
Dominic Clarke, from Frederick, Md. Tuscarora HS, committed to the Buckeyes today. "I love Ohio State's tradition," he said. "I want to win and Ohio State wins." The 5-foot-11, 181-pound cornerback was named MVP at the National Freshman/Sophomore Combine in Virginia and was also named the 2007 top sophomore at the Maryland Coaches Association Combine. He has been timed at 4.41 in the 40-yard dash and has a 36-inch vertical leap. Clarke had interest and offers from Virginia Tech, Boston College, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Stanford, North Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia, Vanderbilt, Navy and Connecticut . Welcome aboard, Dominic!
Dominic Clarke Highlights
Source: Rivals.com
Buckeye view for Clarke
June 10, 2008 Source: Fredericknewspost.com - "Dominic Clarke has one more year to play football at Tuscarora High School, but when he's done there, a bigger stage awaits him -- at Ohio State University..."
Maryland's Clarke Becomes OSU's 16th Verbal
June 8, 2008 Source: Bucknuts.com - "Ohio State hosted one of its two senior advanced camps on Sunday. But there was big news even before the camp as the OSU staff got a verbal from visiting cornerback Dominic Clarke of Frederick (Md.) Tuscarora. The 5-11, 180-pound Clarke becomes OSU's 16th commitment for 2009..."
Athlon Ranks Buckeyes Second
June 3, 2008 Source: OSU Official Site - "Athlon Sports, publisher of the No. 1-selling college football magazine, continues the release of its preseason Top-25 poll at www.athlonsports.com. No. 2 is being released today. Jim Tressel's Ohio State Buckeyes hold the No. 2 position with 11 players selected as All-Big Ten performers. Athlon Sports predicts Ohio State to win the Big Ten Conference. In 2007, Athlon Sports led all other preseason football magazines in prediction accuracy..."


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Glass (PG-13)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson
Runtime: 2 hr. 9 mins.
From Unbreakable, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast. Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb's superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.
Dragon Ball Super: Broly (PG)
Cast: Jason Douglas, Vic Mignogna
Runtime: 1 hr. 40 mins.
A planet destroyed, a powerful race reduced to nothing. After the devastation of Planet Vegeta, three Saiyans were scattered among the stars, destined for different fates. While two found a home on Earth, the third was raised with a burning desire for vengeance and developed an unbelievable power. And the time for revenge has come. Destinies collide in a battle that will shake the universe to its very core!
Goku is back to training hard so he can face the most powerful foes the universes have to offer, and Vegeta is keeping up right beside him. But when they suddenly find themselves against an unknown Saiyan, they discover a terrible, destructive force.
A Dog's Way Home (PG)
Cast: Ashley Judd, Alexandra Shipp
Runtime: 1 hr. 35 mins.
A Dog's Way Home chronicles the heartwarming adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.
Replicas (PG-13)
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Alice Eve
Runtime: 1 hr. 47 mins.
After a car accident kills his family, a daring synthetic biologist (Reeves) will stop at nothing to bring them back, even if it means pitting himself against a government-controlled laboratory, a police task force, and the physical laws of science.
The Upside (PG-13)
Cast: Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart
Runtime: 1 hr. 58 mins.
Inspired by a true story, The Upside is a heartfelt comedy about a recently paroled ex-convict (Kevin Hart) who strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a paralyzed billionaire (Bryan Cranston).
Holmes & Watson (PG-13)
Cast: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly
Runtime: 1 hr. 30 mins.
The Step Brothers are reunited - this time playing the world's greatest consulting detective and his loyal biographer - as Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly star as Holmes & Watson.
On The Basis Of Sex (PG-13)
Cast: Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer
Runtime: 1 hr. 54 mins.
The film tells an inspiring and spirited true story that follows young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the Supreme Court and overturn a century of gender discrimination. The feature will premiere in 2018 in line with Justice Ginsburg's 25th anniversary on the Supreme Court.
Vice (R)
Cast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams
Runtime: 2 hr. 12 mins.
VICE explores the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
Aquaman (PG-13)
Cast: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard
Runtime: 2 hr. 23 mins.
The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime - one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be... a king.
Bumblebee (PG-13)
Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Pamela Adlon
Runtime: 1 hr. 54 mins.
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.
Mary Poppins Returns (PG)
Cast: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Runtime: 2 hr. 10 mins.
The film is set in 1930s depression-era London (the time period of the original novels) and is drawn from the wealth of material in PL Travers' additional seven books. In the story, Michael (Whishaw) and Jane (Mortimer) are now grown up, with Michael, his three children and their housekeeper, Ellen (Walters), living on Cherry Tree Lane. After Michael suffers a personal loss, the enigmatic nanny Mary Poppins (Blunt) re-enters the lives of the Banks family, and, along with the optimistic street lamplighter Jack (Miranda), uses her unique magical skills to help the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives. Mary Poppins also introduces the children to a new assortment of colorful and whimsical characters, including her eccentric cousin, Topsy (Streep).
The Mule (R)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper
Runtime: 1 hr. 56 mins.
Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does well - so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn't the only one keeping tabs on Earl; the mysterious new drug mule has also hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates. And even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement, or the cartel's enforcers, catch up to him.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG)
Cast: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson
Runtime: 1 hr. 40 mins.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales, and the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse, where more than one can wear the mask.
Ralph Breaks the Internet (PG)
Cast: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman
Runtime: 1 hr. 54 mins.
Video-game bad guy Ralph and best friend Vanellope von Schweetz leave the comforts of Litwak's arcade in an attempt to save her game, Sugar Rush. Their quest takes them to the vast, uncharted world of the internet where they rely on the citizens of the internet "the Netizens" to help navigate their way. Lending a virtual hand are Yesss, the head algorithm and the heart and soul of the trend-making site "BuzzzTube," and Shank, a tough-as-nails driver from a gritty online auto-racing game called Slaughter Race, a place Vanellope wholeheartedly embraces - so much so that Ralph worries he may lose the only friend he's ever had.
Bohemian Rhapsody (PG-13)
Cast: Rami Malek, Allen Leech
Runtime: 2 hr. 15 mins.
Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound, their near-implosion as Mercury's lifestyle spirals out of control, and their triumphant reunion on the eve of Live Aid, where Mercury, facing a life-threatening illness, leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music. In the process, cementing the legacy of a band that were always more like a family, and who continue to inspire outsiders, dreamers and music lovers to this day.