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Rare ivory gull arrives just in time for birdwatching weekend
Massachusetts birdwatcher Jeremiah Trimble was scanning the coast with a telescope at the Eastern Point Lighthouse on Jan. 17 when he spotted a rare ivory gull, prompting the arrival of birdwatchers from as far away as Florida.
According to Christopher Leahy, director of the Massachusetts Audubon's Center for Biological Conservation, "dozens if not hundreds" of birdwatchers flocked to Cape Ann in the days following the sighting.
Aside from the initial appearance at the Eastern Point Lighthouse, reports of the gull have also come from birdwatchers at the state fish pier and on Rocky Neck.
Meanwhile, repeated sightings of a second ivory gull have occurred in Plymouth. According to Leahy, the gull in Plymouth has stayed in one general location making it a more reliable option for birdwatchers.
"The bird in Plymouth has been very accommodating," Leahy said. "The people have been feeding it chicken."
Bird aficionados have been surprised by the two simultaneous sightings, since prior to Jan. 17, a fully mature ivory gull had not appeared in Massachusetts since the 1800s. One immature gull was spotted in Rockport in 1976, and three other sightings were recorded in the 1940s. Leahy first viewed the ivory gull during the 1976 Rockport appearance.
Ivory gulls typically live in the high arctic between Greenland and the northernmost points of North America. They are known to migrate only short distances in the autumn, spending their winters on the pack ice and following polar bears to feed on the scraps of their prey.
Leahy said that the intense white color of the mature bird separates it from other gulls seen on Cape Ann.
"It is hugely white, has a greenish yellow bill, and the legs are black, so it's very striking," he said.
Weekend of birdwatching
The ivory gull sighting coincides with the Chamber of Commerce's Cape Ann Winter Birding Weekend from Jan. 28 to Feb. 1. According to Judy Caulkett of the Chamber of Commerce, the appearance of the ivory gull is expected to significantly impact the weekend's turnout. Caulkett expects about 120 birdwatchers to attend the birding weekend activities.
"I think people are very, very excited for that special bird," she said.
Other expected weekend highlights are the expert-guided tours to many Cape Ann birding hotspots, a dinner speech by Norman Smith of the Mass Audubon entitled "From Snowy Owls to Sea Owls", and a Sunday morning boat trip aboard the Privateer IV enabling birders to see specimens that cannot be seen from the coast.
Select events from the weekend are open to the public. Such activities include a birds of prey exhibit featuring a live owl, beginning bird drawing instruction with local artist Clare Walker-Leslie, and Saturday afternoon bird carving at the Elks at Bass Rocks.
Birding Headquarters will be at the Elks at Bass Rocks, 97 Atlantic Road, Gloucester. If space is available, walk-in registration will be on Friday, Jan. 30, from 3-5 p.m. or Saturday, Jan. 31, from 7-8 a.m. To register online or for more information, visit www.capeannchamber.com, or call 978-283-1601.
'Winter Birds on Cape Ann'
Following the Winter Birding Weekend, Leahy will give a talk titled "Winter Birds on Cape Ann" at the Sawyer Free Library on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. (rescheduled from Jan. 28 due to the snowstorm). His presentation will include a slideshow detailing how the geology of Cape Ann attracts various birds and explaining which birds migrate to the area.
"Cape Ann, unlike Cape Cod, has a rocky coast," he said. "The Harlequin duck, our logo for the birding weekend, feeds on rushing streams and likes the rocky shores on the coast."
According to Leahy, the geography of Cape Ann makes it perfect for birdwatchers.
"Cape Ann sticks way out in the ocean. You get to see birds that you don't normally get to see from land," he said.


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As a much-anticipated visit approaches, my apartment is asymptotically approaching neatness. My former students' comprehension of the word "asymptotically", however, remains constant.
And this morning I received the proofs to a paper that was accepted for publication two years ago: "Functors Extending the Kauffman Bracket". So yeah, I get out with it finally appearing in print, but in the meantime my career is shot.
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Better late than never. Seriously. Publishing on bleached crushed wood van be SO slow…
I've seen framed tangles on the walls of bars frequented by fishermen.
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What journal?
Comment by Greg | June 27, 2009 |
The journals really all should have websites where stuff that's been accepted can be seen by subscribers, and 'count' for official purposes – I think some Kluwer linguistics journals might have something like that.
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As dozens of scattered droplets, falling gently yet surely across my tired body, I kept my eyes tightly shut until the warmth made me accept the morning. I let the stream splash against every patch of skin and ring of hair, saturating the impurities and freshening the scent that's so distinguishingly mine. Along with the grime from these filthy pavements and soiled city streets, I let the clean wash away my worries, too. I exhaled my frustrations off my brow, the heaviness off
my heart and the ache that causes tension from my bones to my emotions. Though invisible to anyone but me, I saw the muck swirl its way down the drain, leaving me wide awake and shining in the rising sun across Amsterdam.
I let my shower cleanse it all away.
In motion with the bright beats of the pre 9 a.m. crowd, I sauntered in tall wedges from my padlock door to the closing ones of the subway. The rhythm floated through my vibrant blue hi-lo skirt, perfectly in sync with the early August breeze that's as rare as its lovely. I let the music play as I dared to close my eyes on the subway ride, knowing that a sudden stop or a passenger with unruly intentions could cause a detour I wouldn't appreciate. The harmonizing voices serenaded me all the way to work, singing words I yearn to hear from the man I can't wait to meet one day.
I let the music take me to a place where my dreams have lyrics.
I listened to all of them, all around me, near and far, chatter away. About the weather (hot), about their weekends (nice), about their weeks (busy), about the men they have and wish to have (plenty!). I imagined their pink nails tapping away at the keys, putting something in motion while sipping the coffee that'll keep them awake. I watched their lips move and their eyes light up, full of ideas and excitement, sleepiness and interest. I spoke the language of a manic Monday morning in brief sentences and tenured phrases, meant to show empathy and understanding, meant to put us both on the same page.
I let the ones I love talk away my day.
Praying that delays and rain stray, I counted the minutes until I'd arrive at my stop. I walked quickly in those wedges that made my ankles sore and promised them that soon, they'd be out of these painful pieces and into the running shoes that mold to their every curve. I breathed deeply and slowly as I rounded the first mile, watching the life of the park unfold around me. The soccer players kicked, the volleyballs bounced, the basketballs spun, the bikers did circles around me and the runners nodded as we passed. All sweating, all moving, all feeling it all roll off of us, knowing the only thing we need to focus on is one step and then the other. One more step, one more mile.
I let my run, run away with me.
I watched the couples walking back from the park — some on one end of a leash, others gripping a stroller, many just holding onto each other — and I tried not to smile. I felt nighttime arriving for the first time in months, and that green reflecting top meant to protect me, wasn't warm enough, even after 40 minutes of jogging. I glanced from lightpost and traffic stop to those glittering eyes of a duo so obviously in love, and I tried to figure out which shined the brightest. I took my time picking up fruit from the grocery store, helping someone older and slower in front of me and striking up a conversation with the clerk who rarely gets thanked. I walked around the block, past those men sitting on stoops, those ladies selling frozen yogurt and the kind homeless man who knows me by name, and though I was sweaty with makeup running down my face and my toes tired from all their work today, I gave them all a smile. I made sure they felt noticed, even in this boisterous land.
I let my city restore my faith, again and again.
Finally, I made it back to the place I started. Trying hard not to obsess bitterly about the lack of text messages or the conversation gaps I wished weren't so, I put away my iPhone. Hoping whatever it is, however it's going can wait until I open my eyes in the morning, I sat down my Blackberry to let it charge. I peeled off those running clothes and shoes, I freed my face of its daily armor. I felt the crispness of my sheets, the softness of the bed I bought with the money I made doing the things I love the most. Without the fuss or the must, the paths to follow, the people to know, the city to invigorate or irritate me, without the rushing and the gushing, the loving and regretting, without all of it in between — there was only one thing left at the end of the day:
And I thanked the powers above that I was enough. That I can endure and I can slow down, I can embrace and I can relate. I can go and I can move, I can relax and I can inhale. And yet, after all that a day puts me through, time and time again, over and over — I can still be the same me that walked out that door…ready to face whatever is in front of me. And whatever will ever come my way.


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Brewers have worried the rule would add costs for testing, training and paperwork.
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Suspect had blood-alcohol level of .232, police said
The pickup truck hit two cars and then ran into the crowd, witnesses say
The man accused of driving a truck into a Mardi Gras parade crowd, injuring 28 people, had a blood-alcohol level almost three times the legal limit, New Orleans police said Sunday.
Neilson Rizzuto, 25, has been charged with two counts of first-degree vehicular negligence resulting in injury, and one count each of reckless operation and hit-and-run driving. He may face more charges, police said.
Rizzuto had a blood-alcohol level .232%, police said Sunday. Officers used a breathalyzer to determine his blood-alcohol level, New Orleans Police Public Information Officer Ambria Washington said.
Drivers 21 and over with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08% can be charged with driving while impaired, according to the Louisiana Department of Motor Vehicles webpage.
A magistrate judge on Sunday set Rizzuto's bail at $125,000, CNN affiliate WVUE reported. If Rizzuto posts bail, he will be under house arrest and required to wear an ankle monitor, WVUE reported.
The incident occurred Saturday night near the intersection of Orleans and Carrollton Avenues where the Krewe of Endymion parade was underway.
Police Chief Michael Harrison said the suspect, who was driving a pickup truck that hit two cars before running into the crowd, appeared to be highly intoxicated. Among the injured, the youngest is 3 and the oldest are in their 40s.
None of the injuries was life-threatening, officials said.
Here are the latest developments in this story:
• A total of 21 people were hospitalized, including one female police officer. She was in good spirits, the chief said.
• Seven other people who were hurt declined medical transportation.
• Some of the bystanders who helped care for the injured were emergency responders who were tourists in town for Mardi Gras, the chief said.
• Harrison said there is no indication the accident was an act of terrorism.
• Video from CNN affiliate WDSU showed a gray pickup truck that had crashed into a dump truck on a median near the intersection.
• Witnesses told the station the pickup came down one of the streets and struck several cars before hitting people in the crowd watching the parade.
• "I saw the gray truck flying down Carrollton Avenue," a female witness told WDSU while clutching her strands of Mardi Gras beads. "He sped up and he lost control and you could see (the truck) was getting ready to turn and I knew he was going to run into all those people."
• The accident happened around 6:42 p.m. (7:42 p.m. ET).
• The parade was coming down Orleans Avenue before making a right onto Carrollton.
The Endymion parade is one of the most popular parades leading up to Mardi Gras, which is Tuesday, and one of the most family-oriented. Many parents brought their children to the event.
The parade, held in the Mid-City neighborhood far from the French Quarter, included three dozen tractor-drawn floats, some of them double- and triple-deckers.
"With 81 floats, 3,200 riders, and a budget of $7 million, Endymion is the largest Mardi Gras parade. It is also the only parade to roll on a route from Mid-City to downtown New Orleans," reported NOLA.com.
The annual parade is marked by its massive floats, many decorated with neon lettering, large and glowing fleurs-de-lis, big video screens and even spotlights shooting into the sky.
The size of the floats allows hundreds of people to ride on some of them, and the riders – some dressed in tuxedos, others wearing masks and costumes – continually toss beads and necklaces to the thick crowd.
Mardi Gras, French for "Fat Tuesday," is a day of revelry that includes parades, parties and gastronomic indulgence before the Christian fasting season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. It marks the last day of the Carnival season.
Mardi Gras has also come to refer to the weekend of parties and celebrations immediately preceding Lent.
The day is also called Shrove Tuesday, Carnival Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday, depending on where the celebration is taking place.
CNN's Ralph Ellis, Artemis Moshtaghian and Joe Sutton contributed to this report.


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(or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Sun)
This is going to be a longish post, the ravings of an obsessive-compulsive mind. So here's the tl;dr… I took a picture using a telescope (indirectly). It's Venus transiting across the Sun. It took some frantic last-minute work, but it was worth it because it won't happen again for 105 years. Here is my picture:
The black dot is Venus. The whitish circle is the Sun. Behold, the glory of orbital mechanics!
OK, most of you can safely skip the rest of this post. Geek stuff follows…
The story begins 16 days ago. The annular eclipse of May 20th 2012. These are relatively infrequent (every 2 or 3 years), but what was special about this event was that the optimal centerline-path of the eclipse was only about a 3-hour drive away. So I packed up my gear and hit the road. Yes, I also took a picture then:
I learned a few things from this event. The first was that — damn — these things sneak up on you fast. I'm a science/astronomy geek, and knew this thing was going to happen, but it wasn't until a few days prior to the event that some random news article reminded me that is was going to happen omgnow. So I had to scramble. The second lesson was that it really helps to do a few dry-runs for your observation. I was prepared with a pinhole projector and pinhead mirror for observing the eclipse, but I built (!) both of them the day of the eclipse and was in a rush. It turned out ok, but I glitched the math on my pinhead mirror focal length and so the image was more blurry than I had been hoping for. No big deal for the eclipse, though, since most of the experience was more atmospheric (pardon the pun)… The relaxing drive, the slowly darkening skies, and the unexpected sights along the way. The saying that "the journey is the reward" was spot-on.
Taking these lessons to heart, I decided to be more prepared for the then-upcoming Transit of Venus. After much armchair research, I figured that the absolute best viewing experience would be with a specialty telescope fitted with an H-alpha filter. The views are astounding, as is the price — it jumps into the $thousands before you can even blink.
So after careful deliberation (especially given the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity), I did what had to be done. Yep. I got a $10 #14 welder's filter and $5 pair of eclipse glasses. (Looking at others' expensive pictures? Priceless.) I do have a decent conventional telescope, but it's a pain to lug around and I was thinking I wouldn't really need it.
But I found that the eclipse glasses seemed useless for a transit — the naked-eye diameter of the Sun is surprisingly small, and the tiny dot that is Venus would be challenging to see. I also did a test shot of the Sun with my camera thought the #14 filter, and scaled a shot of the 2004 Venus Transit to that size to create a mockup of what I might be able to capture on Transit Day:
Unimpressive. Venus would be about 4 pixels — at best. I'd get better results with a longer zoom lens on my camera (Lumix GF3, 20mm); but I tend to prefer wide-angle shots, thus spending $hundreds for a lens I might not use very often was unappealing. And so I basically left it at that, figuring whatever I might manage to record would be just fine as a token momento. After all, NASA and professional astronomers would capture the event in stunning detail, so why bother trying, right?
Timeline: Tuesday June 5th. 10:30am.
I started off my morning with a weekly meeting with my boss, Johnath. I don't recall exactly how we got to the topic of astrophotography and Venus, but we did. And something (read: Johnath's nefarious plan) sparked my brain into thinking that surely it couldn't be that hard to something with my telescope for the transit. And from that point on I knew my day would have one, intensive, singular focus.
The ideal way to view the Sun through a telescope is with a special H-alpha filter (expensive, as noted) or much cheaper general solar filter. Both basically block 99-point-lots-of-9s of the light entering the telescope, making it safe to look through directly with your eye. Alas, I had neither of these filters. (See above, re: prepare and practice.) Instead I fell back to an idea I had heard about, which involves physically blocking most of the telescope's aperture except for a small opening. This would reduce, in my case, the light-gathering power of an 8″-diameter Schmidt–Cassegrain 'scope — which is normally great for viewing dim galaxies and faint nebulae — to a much smaller opening. Say, a half-inch to 2 inches.
First step — measure twice, cut once. I was very precisely cutting a form from foam board (say that four times fast), because I wanted to ensure that it fit snugly and didn't leak light. A full-aperture telescope pointed directly at the Sun has an overwhelming tendency to do things like cause blindness, burn things, and damage delicate optics. That would be bad. On top of the first foamboard layer would be a sheet of foil (because foamboard isn't very opaque to light), and then a second layer of foamboard to help protect the foil and sit flush with the outer lip of the telescope body. A little bit of gray fleece on the back and flat-black paint helped cut down on reflections. Ta-da, done.
I also built a holder for the #14 welding glass I have, but didn't end up using it. It's too dark to use for projection, and viewing through an eyepiece just didn't seem to work as well as projecting. I also ended up entirely skipping the creation of some kludgey adapter to attach my camera to the telescope (I have a camera fitting, but it's for the ancient Pentax-K mount).
Finally, after all that, I set up everything to see if it worked. I got the sun projecting onto a small piece of foamboard, and my first thought was to wonder what I has screwed up to get such a big black dot in the image. Oh, wait. Right. That's Venus. I wasn't watching the time, and the transit was already underway. Hooray, it works!
After this I couldn't directly see the sun from my patio any more, so I headed off to a park near work with an open view of the sky. Matt and Jared helped out with moving equipment and holding the projection surface (again, formboard) while I fiddled with the telescope. This is how we were set up for capturing the photo at the top of this post:
Afterwards, just for fun I took an image from NASA's SDO satellite and scaled it down to compare with my own contrast-stretched shot. I will be the first to admit their $850 million toy captures a far superior image, but I'm still pleased with my own result. (To be clear, mine is on the left. 🙂
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Tomorrow evening, the cream of our nation's mainstream media celebrities, political celebrities, and celebrity celebrities will put on tuxedos and evening gowns and gather in a ballroom in Washington, DC to mutually give one another handjobs, in a mostly metaphorical sense. This is because the most powerful elements of our nation's DC press corps are all "on the same team" as the people they cover (politicians) and the people they idolize (celebrities). This is called the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, and it is the single most revolting annual gathering of pseudojournalistic cocksuckery in all the land.
Do you know who knows that the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner is a shameful display of whoredom that makes the "average American" vomit in disgust, or, more likely, simply continue to disregard the findings of any ostensibly neutral journalistic outlet in favor of their own ideology of choice, because they have a fully solidified belief that the "mainstream media" is little more than a bunch of ball-lapping lapdogs to whoever's in power? Everyone. Everyone knows this. Even the members of the media who attend the White House Whores Despondence Dinner know this, deep down, whether they admit it openly or lie defensively about how they, the true professionals, can stand in a receiving line to backslap and shake the hands of politicians like groupies and pose for pictures with Ashton Kutcher and Alec Baldwin and Stephen Baldwin and Anna Paquin and no, it does not matter tomorrow, because they are professionals who would never be compromised by the fact that they just spent their favorite evening of the year joshing playfully with the powerful officials they are supposed to be afflicting and reveling in their close proximity to the celebrities that they wish they were.
This is not just any segment of the working press, enjoying a night out. This is the DC press corps, which has arguably the most important job in American journalism: informing the public about the activities of its government, and serving as a strong and omnipresent check on the government's power. Great to know that our fearless watchdogs are busy swilling wine with the people they are supposed to be covering and introducing them to their wives and posing for pictures with Mila Kunis.
The United States of America is currently at war. In part because of the DC press corps' soft, friendly relationship with those in power. Glad to see they've learned their lesson from that.
Every year I ponder whether it's possible to go to Whore Dinner to cover it without being Part of the Problem, and I every year I decide that it is not. (Credit the New York Times and other news organizations who have come to the same conclusion.) And every year I and other humorless moralists write these somber diatribes about this event, and nothing ever changes, nor will it, because the media members themselves don't give a fuck, because they like to meet celebrities, and the public doesn't give a fuck because they already know the stars of the "mainstream media" are a bunch of patsy starfuckers who have to carefully consider how awkward next year's Dinner might be every time they're formulating uncomfortable questions for a politician, so who cares?
This little rant is not meant to offer any hope. It is not meant to project any sense of superiority. (We don't get invited to these things.) This is only meant to make an annual declaration—which is not earth-shattering or surprising or particularly insightful, but is, nevertheless, necessary, in the sense of simply reading something into the public record—that you, the tie-adjusting, ballgown-donning, picture-posing members of the media at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner, are not cute.
You are gross.
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"Gears of War 3" is the spectacular conclusion to one of the most memorable and celebrated sagas in video games. Developed by Epic Games exclusively for Xbox 360, "Gears of War 3" plunges players into a harrowing tale of hope, survival and brotherhood.
In "Gears of War 3," players fight on as Marcus Fenix, the grizzled war hero and leader of Delta Squad. Eighteen months after the fall of the last human city in "Gears of War 2," the war against the Locust rages on, but a new enemy has emerged. Deep beneath the surface, a fearsome new threat, the Lambent, is infecting the planet from within. With survivors scattered and civilization in ruins, time is running out for Marcus and his comrades as they take up their Lancers to make one last push that will ultimately decide the fate of humanity.
The "Gears of War" series is one of the most popular franchises in Xbox history, having sold more than 12 million games worldwide, and spawning New York Times best-selling novels, an upcoming film and more.
- Enthralling cinematic story. Experience the epic finale to the "Gears of War" trilogy and fight alongside Delta Squad to rescue humanity. Play solo or with up to three friends cooperatively through the campaign on Xbox LIVE, and discover the fate of Marcus and his surviving comrades in this immersive and emotionally charged story.
- Unparalleled gameplay. "Gears of War 3" builds upon the series' genre-defining third-person shooter gameplay and captivates players in an intimately intense action game. The latest chapter in the saga introduces new playable male and female COG characters and fresh challenges with ferocious new enemies.
- Explosive multiplayer action. One of the definitive multiplayer experiences on Xbox LIVE, "Gears of War 3" features new cooperative and competitive multiplayer experiences for veteran players and rookies alike.
- Four Player Campaign Co-op. Featuring multiple playable characters, including female Gears, the introduction of the four player cooperative campaign mode brings Delta Squad to life. Players and their buddies can fight as brothers-in-arms against the monstrous Locust and Lambent threats in a desperate bid to save humanity.
- Beast mode. Introducing a new five player cooperative multiplayer experience in the "Gears" saga, Beast mode lets players assume the role of the Locust army, taking on waves of humans (including Marcus, Dom and the rest of Delta Squad). With up to four friends on Xbox LIVE, the goal is to wipe out the ground walkers who advance with increasing strength and ruthless force.
- Horde mode. Evolving the cooperative multiplayer mode pioneered in the previous title, Horde in "Gears of War 3" will feature more gameplay upgrades and distinct new challenges as players work together to take on wave after wave of Locust enemies.
- Competitive multiplayer. The award-winning multiplayer experience continues with new maps and game types that will bring the competition to a whole new level.
- Amazing visuals. "Gears of War 3" pushes the envelope for stunning visuals on Xbox 360. Through the latest advances in Unreal Engine 3 technology, the game delivers improved graphics, animation and lighting that immerse players in the destroyed beauty of the rich environments.


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{Welcome to my feature series on those who have inspired me on my journey. Today's post is about a very strong, supportive and encouraging person who loves to climb mountains. She has been there riding with me and supporting me for years. If you missed My More Aggressive Twin, or Crazy Wild Infection Positivity, be sure to check them out!}
'Oh, you are the one that my wife has been following on Strava'. This is the first thing that Karel said to me upon being introduced at one of the local bike races. 'She would like to go riding with you', he continued. The rest is history.
The first time I rode with Ania, I was nervous. I had seen some of her riding data, and in every picture she looked so strong, so athletic. Was I really in the same realm?
As I was riding up to our meeting spot, I recognized that I felt run down. Just as I was rolling into the vicinity of the coffee shop, my tire flatted. I made a less than smooth entrance. Ania was immediately friendly, gracious and patient. I felt at ease.
Off we went on our first ride of what would turn out to be many.
Over the years, Ania has become a real riding partner to me. She is always supportive, encouraging, and extremely positive. Nothing is impossible in her mind. She has been such a strong influence in my life, and when I ride with her, I feel like my mind opens and everything does become possible. I don't know how many times I have heard her say 'Oh, let's just do one more hill'. And no matter how weary we are, we do one more hill.
Her support and encouragement over the years has made me feel like I can. I recall riding with her through the local hills of Springbank one evening. I love these rollers. I didn't even realize how great I was feeling on this particular occasion until I heard Ania declare 'Enough Julie!', then proceed to attack. Was I really that strong? Was I really able to push someone like Ania? It is amazing what I see when I look through her eyes.
She always notices when I have been putting in the work. When I take a strong pull, she doesn't hesitate to compliment. I rely on and I trust her feedback because she is real and honest. She pushes me, she makes me want to try harder, and to be better. She has been the perfect riding companion for me.
Not long after I met Ania, she bravely took on the world of bike racing. It is an aggressive, challenging, and terrifying world. Yet, she went in head first in true Ania style. She is one the hardest working team players I have ever seen.
When the opportunity came up for her to try mountain biking, she took it on with zest. When asked how the ride went, her typical response would be something like 'Oh, I felt completely beat up and I have no idea what I am doing, but I loved it!!'. She would be out there again the following weekend.
But it doesn't stop here! In the winter, Ania's choice of activity is ice climbing. Yes, she scales up daunting ice peaks that would terrify most people. She simply doesn't stop. She has already completed a morning run and weight training session before the sun is even up. She then proceeds to commute to work by bike. She is an accomplished IT professional with an impressive background.
The sprinkle on the ice cream sundae is her down to earth, real, open, honest approach to life. She never stops pushing herself. She is constantly encouraging those around her. I can be so transparent with her and walk away feeling positive and motivated.
No matter what Ania takes on, she exudes an attitude of never give up!!!
In life, we all need a riding partner like Ania!
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Microsoft offers security enhancement for sign-ins
Microsoft is offering enhanced security for email, storage and other services.
People who turn on the new feature will be asked not just for a username and password, but also a second piece of information, such as a temporary code sent as a text message to a phone on file. Users can have their devices remember the second code, so they're not asked for it again and again.
Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. already allow two-step verification as an option.
The security enhancements work with all Microsoft accounts, such as email addresses ending in Hotmail.com, MSN.com and Outlook.com. Those accounts unlock a range of Microsoft Corp. products, including email, Skype, SkyDrive storage, Xbox gaming, Office software subscriptions and Windows 8 machines.


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Okay, all you wonks who complained that we had a coffeemaker on the Giz the other day, keep scrolling. Now that the whiny geek is gone, let me tell you about the Melitta ME1MSB Smart Brew Coffeemaker, a 10-cup pot that uses Microsoft SPOT (Smart Personal Objects Technology) to give you almost-live weather data from MSN Direct right there above its button pad.
There's no setup, subscription or Internet connection required—it's all broadcast to you via the FM band. Plus, the coffeemaker automatically grinds and brews that java for you, so you can load it up with beans and water the night before and be greeted with a steamy carafe of that jitter-inducing manna from heaven.
What a great idea, to have a live weather display on a coffeemaker. That's exactly the place you're standing when you're wondering what kind of day it's going to be outside. Spot-on use of SPOT, but you'll pay dearly at $199 when it's available November 15.
Melitta ME1MSB Smart Brew Coffeemaker With MSN Direct [SpotStop]


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Bouygues Lifts Bid for French Mobile Operator SFR
French conglomerate Bouygues is raising the stakes in a bidding war to take control of France's number-two mobile phone operator SFR.
In a statement Thursday Bouygues says it's ready to pay 11.3 billion euros ($15.8 billion) to take control of SFR from parent company Vivendi, which wants to separate from telecoms to focus on its other holdings, Canal+ pay television and the Universal Music Group.
Last week, Bouygues and rival bidder Altice, owner of French cable operator Numericable, made competing offers for SFR. Bouygues' new bid tops the 10.9 billion euro cash offer made by Altice, and represents a significant bump up from Bouygues' own prior 10.5 billion euro offer.
A Bouygues-SFR tie-up would reduce to three the number of players in the French market, alongside Orange and Free.


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Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain.
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"If there turns out to be a problem, the silver lining is that it would force coordination amongst aggregator developers. I would love to build that system. But these ideas all cost money and require developers to play nice."
Dave Winer, on the problem of blog-reading software overloading websites, Wired News, 30 April 2004


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Carney, a versatile stage, screen and television actor who was equally adept at comedy and drama, died Sunday after a long illness. The family would not specify the illness or say where Carney, a longtime resident of Westbrook, Conn., died.
Carney won his Academy Award for the 1974 film playing Harry, a retired teacher and widower who sets off on a cross-country journey with Tonto, his cat, after his New York apartment building is torn down.
But even after winning Hollywood's top acting prize for his first starring film role, Carney said people still greeted him with, "How are things down in the sewer?"
"Not that I ever regret playing Ed Norton," said Carney, who got his acting start on radio in the early 1940s and made his TV debut in 1948.
There's no denying the impact that Norton, the self-described "subterranean sanitation engineer," had on Carney's career.
He won Emmys for best supporting actor in 1953, 1954 and 1955 playing Norton in "The Honeymooners" sketches on "The Jackie Gleason Show." As Carney said decades later, "I brought the sewer worker to life."
Clad in his trademark T-shirt, open vest and beat-up felt hat with the upturned brim -- a hat Carney paid $5 for in 1935 while still in high school -- he became one of the most enduringly memorable second bananas in TV history.
Carney viewed the lovable, dim-bulb Norton and blustery bus driver Ralph Kramden as a Brooklyn version of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
Carney told the Toronto Star in 1987 that Norton and Kramden's relationship "was crude in a way-with that [kitchen] set and everything; the pan under the icebox. You had to imagine what the bedroom looked like."
Once, he said, when Norton's apartment was shown, it had a leopard-skin spread on the bed and a horse with a clock in its stomach that he had won in Coney Island.
"Norton certainly had the better apartment," Carney said. "Of course, he bought everything on time -- he bought his newspapers on time."
One classic Norton moment came when Ralph was trying to learn to play golf and Norton was reading from a book on how to execute a proper swing: "First, step up, plant your feet firmly and address the ball."
What do they mean "address" the ball? Ralph asked.
"Wait a minute, I think I know what it means," Norton said, taking the club out of Ralph's hand. He then stepped up, planted his feet firmly, offered an arm-waving salute and said, "Hellooooo ball!"
Norton never failed to exasperate his pal "Ralphie boy" with his arm-flaying, time-consuming flourishes whenever he had to sign a piece of paper.
Carney stumbled upon that signature piece in rehearsal one day, when he embellished something his father had done whenever he had to sign young Art's report card. The senior Carney would make sure the light was just right, move objects around on the table, shoot his arms out, check the pen and line up the paper just so.
"I'd say, 'Papa, just sign the card and let me go back to school,' " Carney recalled.
At the rehearsal, Gleason told him, "Whatever you're doing, keep it in."
Thanks to reruns of one of the most popular comedies from TV's golden age, Ed Norton likely will continue to be the one role Carney is most associated with for decades to come.
"He certainly proved himself to be a versatile actor, but it's hard for people to disassociate him from that role in 'The Honeymooners' because he was so good at it and it was such a famous series," said Michael Marsden, professor of English and cultural studies at Eastern Kentucky University and co-editor of the Journal of Popular Film and Television.
"Just as it's difficult to think of Carroll O'Connor separate from Archie Bunker," Marsden told The Times, "there's that quintessential character than an actor is sometimes fortunate to be able to portray that fits him so well. If you look back on 'The Honeymooners,' there's Jackie Gleason, the bombastic, overstating, larger-than-life character; and here's Ed Norton, a realistic, down-to-earth Everyman. He's a perfect counterbalance to this huge overstatement."
Carney's passing leaves only Joyce Randolph, who played Norton's wife, Trixie, among the 1950s situation comedy's quartet of co-stars. Gleason died in 1987 and Audrey Meadows, Gleason's TV wife, Alice, died in 1996.
Arthur William Matthew Carney was born Nov. 4, 1918, in Mount Vernon, N.Y., the youngest of six sons of newspaperman-publicist Edward Carney and Helen Carney.
Although quiet and introverted, Carney was a born mimic who by grammar school was entertaining family members with his impressions of everyone from Edward G. Robinson and Jimmy Durante to Franklin D. Roosevelt and then-New York Gov. Al Smith.
By high school, Carney was entertaining at school dances and for civic organizations with an act that consisted of a tap-dancing routine and his imitations. He also won amateur contests with his impersonations and was named "wittiest boy" in his yearbook.
His impressions were so good that, after graduating in 1937, he was hired to join the Horace Heidt Band. Carney's oldest brother, Jack, then an agent for Music Corporation of America (MCA), arranged the audition with Heidt, who hired Carney on the spot.
On the road with the band, Carney did his impressions, sang novelty songs and served as announcer for Heidt's "Pot o' Gold" radio program.
In 1940, while still with the band, Carney married his high school sweetheart, Jean Myers, with whom he had three children: Eileen, Brian and Paul.
While working with Heidt, Carney also began drinking -- something that would later cause problems in both his personal and professional life, as would bouts of depression.
Carney's roommate on the road was the band's blind whistler, Fred Lowery, a heavy drinker who would order them gin and grapefruit juice for breakfast, according to Michael Seth Starr in his 1997 book, "Art Carney: A Biography."
"We would go on and do five or six shows," Carney later said. "No responsibilities, no remorse. I was an alcoholic even then."
Carney quit the Heidt band in 1941 after showing up too drunk to announce the radio show. His condition became all too apparent when he couldn't spell Tums, the sponsor's name, on the air. He quit before being fired at the sponsor's insistence.
After leaving Heidt, Carney experienced a lean period in which he worked sporadically in nightclubs and on the vaudeville circuit. Radio proved to be his professional salvation.
In 1942, his brother Jack steered him to CBS, which was hiring actors for "Report to the Nation," a weekend news program that re-created current events with actors imitating the voices of world leaders. Carney became one of the show's regulars, providing the voices of everyone from FDR to Wendell Willkie to Winston Churchill.
His FDR impression was so good that Roosevelt's press secretary wrote the show's producers asking that they drop the presidential impression because "we don't want people to think the president is going on your show."
Carney's success on "Report to the Nation" led to a slew of other radio acting jobs on soap operas, comedies, dramas and children's shows. But his steady work on radio came to a halt in the spring of 1944 when he was drafted into the Army.
Arriving in France two months after D-Day, he had just set up his machine gun and was filling his canteen with water when a piece of shrapnel from an enemy mortar round ripped into his right thigh.
Carney spent the next nine months in a VA hospital. "I never fired a shot," he later said. "I really cost the government money."
The wound permanently shortened his right leg by three-fourths of an inch, causing him occasional pain and a slight limp the rest of his life.
After his discharge, Carney returned to CBS radio, where he became a second banana for the likes of Milton Berle, Bert Lahr, Edgar Bergen and Fred Allen.
In 1948, he joined "The Morey Amsterdam Show," playing Charlie, the dumb doorman in the program's New York nightclub setting.
Carney made his television debut later that year when "The Morey Amsterdam Show" moved from CBS radio to the Dumont television network. TV audiences got their first glimpse of Carney on the show as the recurring character of Newton, a goofy waiter who wore a thick, Chaplinesque mustache and parted his slicked-back hair in the middle.
The scene-stealing character, known for his machine-gun laugh ("Ha! Ha! Ha!") and his signature "Va, va, va, voom!" whenever he saw a pretty girl, gave Carney his first taste of TV fame.
In 1950, he began his association with Gleason, the new host of "Cavalcade of Stars," a big budget comedy-variety show on the DuMont network.
"A couple of [radio] writers suggested me," Carney told the Associated Press in 1988. "Gleason didn't know me from a hole in the ground. I knew him from 'The Life of Riley.' He did that [TV series] before [William] Bendix."
Carney originally played dozens of walk-on roles and character parts in Gleason's sketches. He then began playing regular characters such as Sedgwick Van Gleason, the monocled and goateed father of millionaire Reggie Van Gleason; and Clem Finch, the long-suffering milquetoast who was verbally abused by Gleason's "Loudmouth" Charlie Bratton.
"The Honeymooners" sketches were introduced in 1951.
"I became Norton, the one guy in the world who was even dumber than Ralph Kramden, the boob Gleason played," Carney once recalled. "I liked it because I could be myself, make mistakes in grammar, and be comfortable."
When Gleason moved his variety show to CBS in 1952, "The Honeymooners" became the show's main sketch for the next three years. "The Honeymooners" then ran as a 39-episode, half-hour series from 1955 to 1956 before returning as a sketch for one season on the new "Jackie Gleason Show."
Carney said later that he and Gleason never had a cross word with each other. In the 1950s, he discounted rumors that Gleason had forbidden him to make solo entrances during the live show because the studio audience reacted so enthusiastically when he stepped out on stage.
Publicly, Gleason always praised Carney's contribution to the success of "The Honeymooners."
"He can deliver anything, including the ice," Gleason told Newsweek magazine in a 1959 profile of Carney headlined "Artful Art: Up From the Sewer."
Years later, on the set of the comedy "Izzy and Moe," a 1985 CBS-TV movie co-starring Gleason and Carney as Prohibition-era federal agents, Gleason generously gave Carney "90% of the credit" for the success of "The Honeymooners."
"He has exquisite timing-and the best body language in the world," Gleason told People magazine.
The introverted Carney said he always wanted to be like Ed Norton.
"Ed was friendly and outgoing, and nothing seemed to bother him," he told People magazine in 1985. "For me, that was all acting."
Indeed, in a 1954 interview, Carney said he didn't consider himself a comedian.
"I don't tell jokes, and if I tried, I couldn't hold an audience's attention for five minutes," he said. "I'm an actor, playing a comic role in a situation comedy."
Not wanting to be "typed as a second banana or stooge," Carney demonstrated his acting range during and after his Gleason years by appearing in numerous dramatic productions on "Playhouse 90," "Studio One," "Kraft Television Theatre" and "Suspense."
In 1957, he made his Broadway debut in "The Rope Dancers," a drama in which he played an alcoholic, ineffectual husband and father in turn-of-the century New York.
Other stage productions followed, including the 1961 Broadway comedy "Take Her, She's Mine."
Carney also starred in TV productions of "Harvey" on CBS in 1958, played the stage manager in an NBC adaptation of "Our Town" in 1959, played Franklin Roosevelt in "The Right Man" on CBS in 1960 and played an alcoholic character depressed over his divorce in "Call Me Back" on NBC in 1960.
The latter character was an all too prophetic one for Carney. By 1965, despite his success in Neil Simon's hit Broadway play "The Odd Couple," playing the meticulous Felix Unger opposite Walter Matthau's slovenly Oscar Madison, Carney was on a personal downward slide.
That October, Carney, suffering what he later called a mental and physical breakdown, dropped out of "The Odd Couple" and checked into an in-patient psychiatric center in Hartford, Conn.
"My first marriage was breaking up and I was not in good shape, physically or mentally," Carney told The Times in 1974. "I was hurt by my troubles with alcohol."
Carney later credited Ed Norton with saving his life.
"The booze and pills and the breakup of my marriage had me about finished," he recalled. Then Gleason brought him out of the hospital to do a Honeymooners special on "The Jackie Gleason Show."
The special was such a hit that a revived "Honeymooners," with Sheila MacRae as Alice and Jane Kean as Trixie, continued on the Gleason show for the next four years and earned Carney his fourth and fifth Emmy awards.
A few years later, Carney would revive his sporadic movie career by taking the starring role in "Harry and Tonto."
Previous to that, he had had only a bit part in "Pot o' Gold" (1941), a supporting role in "The Yellow Rolls Royce" (1964) and a cameo in "A Guide for the Married Man" (1967).
He initially resisted taking the lead role in "Harry and Tonto" when writer-director Paul Mazursky approached him. At 54, Carney felt he was too young to play the 72-year-old Harry-despite his own balding head, his hearing aid for a hereditary hearing problem and his limp. But his longtime agent-manager Bill McCaffrey told him: "Do it. You are old."
Carney won the Oscar for best actor over stiff competition: Jack Nicholson ("Chinatown"), Al Pacino ("The Godfather Part II"), Dustin Hoffman ("Lenny") and Albert Finney ("Murder on the Orient Express").
Even director Mazursky didn't think Carney would win. Not that he didn't believe that Carney delivered an Oscar-caliber performance.
"He's a master-one of the great actors of our time," Mazursky told Entertainment Weekly in 2000. "But once he played Ed Norton, it's hard to see him as something else."
Among Carney's later films were "The Late Show," a 1977 detective story co-starring Lily Tomlin; and "Going in Style," a 1979 comedy in which Carney, George Burns and Lee Strasberg played three elderly friends living on Social Security, who decide to escape their tedious lives by robbing a bank. His final feature appearance was a small role in "The Last Action Hero" in 1993.
Carney also played the police chief in "Lannigan's Rabbi," a short-lived NBC series in 1977 and had a recurring role as Barnard Hughes' brother in the CBS sitcom "The Cavanaughs" 1986-'89.
Carney and his first wife were divorced in 1965. In December 1966, he married Barbara Isaac, a former production assistant and sometime dancer and actress. They divorced 10 years later and Carney remarried his first wife in 1977.
He is survived by his wife, Jean; two sons, Brian, of North Salem, N.Y. and Paul, of Westbrook; a daughter, Eileen, of Old Saybrook, Conn.; a brother, Fredrick, of New Jersey; six grandchildren and one great grandson.
A private funeral service has been held.


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Portland Cello Project Releases Beck-Interpretations Record
Since the infinitely inventive artist Beck Hansen (better known as, simply, Beck) released his new "record," Song Reader, in sheet-music form last month, scores of musicians have taken the bait and recorded their own interpretations of the album's songs.
Now, add Portland Cello Project to the count. After performing Song Reader at three sold-out shows at the Aladdin Theater last month, the local cello collective recorded the music from the album-as-songbook for a digital-only record, Portland Cello Project Play Beck Hansen's Song Reader. It's available for download today, streaming free on Soundcloud, and already getting press from NPR. (Portland Cello Project will also promote the new album on a Western-states tour starting later this month.)
The Song Reader project is a perfect fit for the highly collaborative, genre-crossing Portland Cello Project, which is best known for its decidedly nonclassical covers of the likes of Kanye West, Pantera, and Britney Spears. For the new album, the ensemble of cellophiles invited a raft of guest artists to record with them, including singer-songwriter Jolie Holland (of the Be Good Tanyas), bassist/cellist Nate Query (of the Decemberists), vocalists Lizzy Ellison and Patti King (of Radiation City), and singer Chanticleer Tru (of local soul group Magic Mouth).
To listen to Portland Cello Project Play Beck Hansen's Song Reader, visit the Portland Cello Project's Soundcloud page.
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Why is it that folks from the center, down to the right and across the libertarian left always blame the woes of state government on "Olympia?" This is the curse of being the state capital, I guess. Though, last time I was checking, I hadn't done anything to anyone in Snohomish County, but they can go ahead and blame Olympia for failures of state employees who might not even work in Olympia, or failures of elected officials who live near them and just visit here a few times a year.
Anyway, that may not make sense to anyone not living in my head, but it just rubs me the wrong way when people use "Olympia" when they mean to say "my representatives in the legislature and state government."
Anyway, what got me thinking about this was Don Ward this morning in Sound Politics. He typed out that he'd rather be down at the Tumwater Brewery than at the state capitol covering the special session. I assume he could have written "at a bar" and just used the brewery as convenient local color. I took the opportunity to poke the out of towner, pointing out that a corrupt businessman had shuttered the old site.
Don's response:
The Capitol building right now is an empty building. Looking at old wornout brewing equipment is always preferable to looking at old wornout politicians...In addition to the lack of hope towards Democracy, his comment is just weak.


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Memrise is an online farming game similar to Viva Pinata. It's built on words, not some silly buzzlegums and mixes addictive gaming with mnemonics to make learning a new language fun.
The concept is brilliant but so obvious you'll kick yourself for not thinking of it first. Each foreign word you learn is planted in your garden. The more words you learn, the more beautiful your garden will be.
Here's the kicker. You have to keep using these words if you want your garden to grow. Neglect your words and your garden will wither and die.
Languages are restricted to English or Mandarin Chinese, but other languages will be coming soon. It's a great idea for a web app, but imagine what would happen if it was ported to Facebook. Yowsers. [Technology Review; Shutterstock/BestPhoto1]


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Well I finally got myself away from the rugby and outside in my pretty new dress to take some photos. Curious husband actually suggested the location, the Wellington Botanic Gardens, and last weekend we had a beautiful sunny Sunday perfect for an afternoon outing.
Curious husband often grumbles at being removed from his natural environment, the slightly-less-nerdy-than-mine nerdy-husband-room complete with glowing water-cooled monster computer and various other husband-only items, but I secretly suspect he quite enjoys playing photographer. Allow me to submit evidence A: the camera memory card with over 250 photos on it.
Please excuse the crumpled skirt, I did iron before we left but sitting in the car on a warm day undid my efforts.
As I mentioned previously, with the advent of my 30th birthday, I wanted to start a new personal tradition of making a dress each year for my birthday. The idea is that it can be a nice every-day kind of dress, or a completely unjustifiable unnecessary dress and that's ok, because it is the birthday dress and no excuses will be required.
This year, the inaugural birthday dress year, I was interrupted by life but the dream lived on and while it is a little late, here it finally is. There were plenty of options but in the interest of instant success (we cannot accept failure for the inaugural dress) I chose to go with the tried-and-tested Colette Rooibos.
I bought this pattern quite some time ago and it recently featured in a sew-along on the Coletterie blog which I followed in spirit. I considered participating but I am terrible at sticking to a sewing schedule and only got as far as pulling this amazing rose printed linen from my stash that I bought while on a work trip to Melbourne. There is always time for fabric shopping in a new city while on a work trip, believe me. Eventually I also purchased a beautiful contrast cotton and cord to make the piping then I sat down and decided where I would pipe ala my Photoshop/Gimp tutorial.
Initially I was just going to follow the patterns suggestion to pipe the neckline, arm holes and pockets but when I thought about it I also liked the idea of enhancing the empire line panel so I made up the first two options and decided that I did like the empire piping but it was too much with the neck and arm holes done as well so in the end I chose to pipe just the empire line and pockets and keep the contrast at the collar like option 3.
Then I set to making the piping following this tutorial from the Coletterie.
This was my first time making piping and it worked perfectly, I was so proud of myself.
The rest of the dress went together smoothly. This is my first Colette pattern I have made up (I own 4 in total) and I was impressed with the detailed instructions and beautifully clear construction diagrams. Independent pattern companies are always a breath of fresh air, you should go buy yourself a Colette pattern right now. They have just done up their shop page and it is looking fabulous.
So here it is, inside & out, on Scarlett – the dress is a little skewiff in these photos due to the hemming attachment underneath but I promise, despite how it looks, that the hem is even 😉
And here is a bit more handy work from Curious Husband and the beautiful Wellington Botanic Gardens:
So keep your eyes open next year sometime around June for Birthday Dress #2 😉


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Young Justice is ending in one week, so why does Greg Weisman spend so much time recapping the plot of this season in "Summit"? The Reach and the Light (sans Lex Luthor, Klarion, and Queen Bee) meet in Santa Prisca for a conversation that is essentially an extended "previously on…" segment, and while the episode does eventually take off, too much time is wasted at the start that could be better used elsewhere. If you're not watching this show by now, you're probably not going to be jumping on at the last episode of the season. Granted, this is also a show targeted to children, so they probably need everything laid out from time to time, especially when the plot has as many shifting alliances as this one.
I say this a lot, but it's astounding how large this show's cast is. At the start of the episode we have Black Beetle, the Reach Ambassador and Scientist, Vandal Savage, Ra's Al Ghul, Ubu, Black Manta, Kaldur'Ahm, Tigress, Monsieur Mallah, the Brain, and Deathstroke gathering to chat. That's just a lot of people. Mallah and the Brain don't do very much, but everyone else does. Vandal and the Reach ambassador argue, with Vandal saying that if the Reach was completely honest about the history of the Scarab, the Light would have been able to keep the young heroes away from the ancient Bialyan temple. This is a bold-faced lie; as we saw last week, the Light wanted Blue Beetle and Green Beetle removed from Reach control.
Everyone has to take off their masks at the start of the episode, which is foreshadowing the end of Kaldur and Artemis' deception this week. When Ra's Al Ghul spots Tigress' glamour charm, he pulls off the necklace and reveals her true face to the gang of villains. It doesn't take long for them to put the pieces together and realize that Kaldur didn't kill Artemis, meaning that he's also been a part of this ruse. The Reach wants him dead, but Black Manta won't allow his son to be killed. Deathstroke shoots them both to save everyone an altercation, but as Kaldur bleeds out, he delivers his final blow to the Light, playing a message that outlines all the ways they've betrayed the Reach over the course of the invasion.
The Light has been manipulating events since the very start in hopes of making Earth the major power in the universe, but as they focused all their attention on the aliens and the adult members of the Justice League, they underestimated how much damage Young Justice could do to them. Like taking out Deathstroke and having Miss Martian replace him at the summit, putting on a three-person show with Kaldur and Artemis to reveal the Light's true intentions to their alien allies. As Kaldur rises from the ground, he tells the villains, "We value our true friends, and unlike you, we are not short on them." That's when Superboy, Guardian, Bumblebee, Batgirl, Kid Flash (!), and Nightwing appear to save the day. It's still so exciting to see this entire team in action, but that's only nine heroes and there are still six more waiting to strike.
The Light's ninja henchmen show up to even out the odds, and the adults take the opportunity to gloat, prompting more leader speech from
Kaldur Aqualad: "Still you refer to us as children. No wonder our successes mount, you consistently underestimate us." The team's heavy hitters Jaime, Lagoon Boy, and Beast Boy burst through their disguises as Light henchmen and start attacking, and an all-out brawl explodes, with Robin, Wonder Girl, and Impulse also shedding their ninja disguises to join the battle. Last week, I brought up that sequence in The Avengers where the camera moved from hero-to-hero in the final fight, and that basically happens in this week's episode once every single hero stands revealed. The action is outstanding, and the hand-to-hand combat on this show continues to be incredibly dynamic and hard-hitting. Things get really fun when Klarion appears to summon up a fire snake to attack M'Gaan and Aqualad faces off against his dad, wielding his Water-Bearers to show that he's back to his old self. It's a nice move on Weismann and director Tim Divar's part to put the fire and water fights side-by-side, which provides a strong visual contrast in the bright oranges and cool blues of each element.
Lagoon Boy saves his ex-girlfriend and Kaldur knocks out his dad, bittersweet wins for two characters that have had a rough season. Black Beetle escapes with the Reach scientist while Vandal is teleported away by Klarion, but the mission is an undeniable success in Nightwing's eyes. Kaldur is sad that he had to beat the crap out of his dad, but his friends remind him that he crippled the Reach and broke the Light in half. He should be proud, and to thank him for all his work during the invasion, Dick hands leadership of the team back to Aqualad. That's when a magical portal opens and tosses Black Canary, Black Lightning, and Captain Marvel (or is he Shazam now?) into the Watchtower. Vandal Savage and Klarion just attacked them and have taken control of the War World, which is bad. Meanwhile, Black Beetle has seized control of the Reach and is going to destroy the Earth before the Green Lantern Corps shows up to kick their asses. Also bad. But a potential appearance by the Green Lantern Corps in this show's season finale? Very, very good.
Let's run down that hero list one more time: Aqualad, Artemis, Miss Martian, Superboy, Guardian, Bumblebee, Batgirl, Nightwing, Kid Flash, Blue Beetle, Lagoon Boy, Beast Boy, Wonder Girl, Robin, Impulse. That's a team line-up that would make long-time DC fans salivate if they all appeared in one comic book together, and DC dropped the ball big time not folding this show's mythology into the New 52 universe. There's even a five-year jump between seasons 1 and 2 that would have fit the five-year jump in the Justice League title. I say that because I want this series to live on after next week, and Weisman has made it clear that he's going to be leaving some potential seeds for future storylines at the end of the show because it was written long before they knew they weren't going to have a third season. For example, Kid Flash tells Impulse that he and Artemis are going back in retirement and that he should be the new Kid Flash. We're never going to see that happen, and that makes me sad.
Stray observation:
- This week in DC Nation: It's a re-run of Plastic Man trapped in a TV and the final "Amethyst" short, in which I realize that the entire story is a Wizard Of Oz-Sailor Moon hybrid. That's a pretty great combo, and I would totally watch an "Amethyst" series if the character experience a giant boost in popularity
- Deathstroke was taken down off-screen. Not cool, Weisman. I wish they had introduced Deathstroke last season just so that we would have had more time to spend with this show unfortunately-ponytailed version of the character.
- How perfect is it that the Reach ambassador and scientist are stopped by Blue Beetle's staples? My favorite superhero weapon of the year.
- "And I always heard 'The Great One' was a gentleman."
- "I so wanna kiss you now. Or kill you for me putting me through all this."
- "I believe that was fairly ruthless, father. I hope it made you proud."
- "No more faking anyone's death for at least a year."


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Today I'm sharing some of my favorite pages from the latest House Industries catalog (get your free copy here) and the Photo Lettering brochure (have you seen all the cool fonts they offer at just $2.00 a headline?)
Both of these pieces were also part of the Catalog Collector Bundle I shared last week. Fonts have been filling my brain even moreso than usual lately as I'm working my way through a combination of personal and professional identity projects that are requiring completely opposite looks. Are any of you working on any inspiring design projects that you're excited about these days?


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UBS unveils compensation model allowing bank to claw back bonuses more easily
Bank will pay out larger portion of bonuses in form of bonds, instead of cash
Bond values to be wiped out if bank needs bailout or if equity ratio falls below minimum
Change in bonus payout model is shift in politically-charged issue of banker bonuses
Swiss banking giant UBS is changing the way it pays out bonuses to its 6,000 highest earners to limit the firm's exposure to risk and loss.
The rule change comes as the Zurich-based bank reported a huge fourth quarter loss to shareholders of $2.1 billion. A large portion of that stemmed from a December 2012 agreement to pay $1.5 billion in fines over a scandal to manipulate Libor, the rate banks use when borrowing money from one another.
Under the new compensation model, UBS will dole out a larger portion of annual bonuses in the form of bonds instead of cash. Such instruments would be fully paid out over a number of years and only if there are no major financial issues for the bank, such as the need for a bailout or if its common equity ratio falls below 7%, UBS says.
If such events happen, the value of those bonds would be wiped out, essentially erasing a portion of employee bonuses.
In a press release, UBS said "the changes focus UBS's employees on medium- and longer-term performance, provide them with the opportunity to benefit from the firms longer term success, and simplify UBS's compensation framework, making it more transparent."
The move signals a shift in the politically-charged issue of bank bonuses. Many financial institutions that received government bailouts during the financial crisis were contractually obligated to continue to pay out bonuses, which raised taxpayer ire.
For bank executives, the change may spur them to make less risky trades or to search for a new job at a firm with less stringent bonus pay rules, analysts say.


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Gordon Clapp (born September 24, 1948) is an American actor, best known for portraying the role of Det. Greg Medavoy for all 12 seasons on the television series NYPD Blue, winning an Emmy Award in 1998.
Clapp, a distant relative of Ethan Allen, was born and raised in North Conway, New Hampshire. He attended South Kent School, a small private boarding school in Connecticut followed by Williams College, where he graduated as an English major. He is no relation to Gordon Clapp, former General Manager and Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
He has appeared in numerous TV shows like Check it Out! and Night Court, also movies (including 4 for his friend, director John Sayles), and stage plays.


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Lauren's Backhaul
February 5, 2014 in collaboration, Delaware River, Foss Maritime, McAllister, photos, USN | Tags: All Star Metals LLC, Lauren Foss, tugster, USS Forrestal | 2 comments
Field test for a new digital camouflage pattern?
Actually it's this, CVA-59 . . . decommissioned for over 20 years and now moving
south and then west. Justin Earl gave permission to use the photo below. For more pics of the move out of Philly, click here.
Dave Boone took the rest of these. Here, the tow approaches the Chester waterfront.
Assisting here–as they approach Fox Point–a great place to see river traffic–are (I believe) Alex McAllister, Timothy, and Bridget.
Check out this 12-minute video on her construction. It makes an appropriate start to an epitaph for this vessel.
Fair weather, Lauren.
Many thanks to Justin Earl and Dave Boone for use of these photos. Justin's chief mate on Lauren and has been on board since Panama. I took the top two photos back in June 2010. It's hard to believe that Lauren, Iver and the crane coming through the Narrows was less than a week ago!
Slight digressions: here are my latest photos of Timothy from more than six months ago. And here's a post I did over a year ago with shots from Fox Point.


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Most of us probably Google ourselves semi-regularly, right? (Right guys...?) But if there's one thing worse than discovering you're an online nobody, it's discovering that you've been wrongfully accused of murder by your local police department. How very embarrassing!
University of Florida student Zachary Garcia was in the midst of a normal vanity Googling when he stumbled upon his drivers license photo, released in connection with a botched robbery-turned-homicide. The mixup? The accused individual was Zachery Garcia—with an E—not Zachary. So close! And yet so, so very importantly far.
"I was just very shocked to find my picture and the article saying that I was convicted of a felony murder charge," Zachary (again, spelled with an A, not an E!) commented, surprisingly calmly. However, the guy is at peace with his brief stint as an internet murderer. "Everybody makes mistakes. I work at Publix and I might get somebody's sub (order) wrong." That is probably the most mature and startlingly casual reaction to being wrongfully accused of a felony homicide in criminal history. [WTSP via Fark]