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Mesmer, do you like to shock people? I think maybe you like to shock people.
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Well when you put it THAT WAY I guess the internet sounds really strange.
Also I can still totally hear Mesmer's slightly nasal, possibly slightly accented, totally annoying voice in my head.
I totally get the same voice from him. o.o
I love Mez. But try as I might to fight it (and I'm trying really, REALLY hard), he sounds like Lumpy Space Princess in my head.
Pendleton Ward, YOU KNOW NOT WHAT YOU DO.
OMG, yessss! He totally sounds like LSP to me!
Rich. As. Hell.
I imagine his voice to be a little Miss J from ANTM and a little stereotypical fabulous man from everywhere.
Awww, Mesmer's so cute with his need for approval expressed through a facade of disdainful judgmentalism, I want to take him home and spoil him by giving him all the attention he so obviously craves…
Spillway Overflow. No, yeah, change the channel. Fuck that shit. Pfff. S'not like it's gonna matter later or anything.
Take off that headband and he's Dylan Thomas with an attitude problem.
Also, I am absolutely INTRIGUED by the technology in this comic. Is Templar set in the near future? The idea of a successful localized internet based newspaper and television service boggles my mind and piques my interest. Is it like pay-per-view? Do they pay individually per episode like a sort of TV iTunes? Do they subscribe to shows and channels and pay for them individually, or in a package thing? Or do they pay towards a Media conglomerate who basically runs all the media in and around Templar? Or is it run by the city? A government subsidized media with incredibly low standards. Wouldn't be the first complex government debacle I've seen in this city.
Oh god I'm rambling.
Ands no Mes, Ben isn't rich as hell. If Ben is rich, then I'm upper middle class driving an Acura and taking monthly trips to my beach house in the Hamptons.
It's not called an "Alt History" comic for nothing. You'd have to ask Spike to find out exactly what changed in this version of the world's past, but it's definitely an alternate reality setting.
"Rich" is a relative term. I totally get where Mesmer is coming on that. My family didn't have hot running water in their apartment until I was nine and we didn't live in a place with central heating until I was 13.
This is a slightly alternate universe. Exactly where it diverged Spike is vague about but the older, non-monotheistic religions seem to have a larger place in the background culture and there is or was a guerilla war going on in Australia.
Man, Ben is completely unphased by unusual shit, isn't he? I know if someone said they had an upbringing like Mesmer's I'd be wondering whether or not they're pulling my chain. Guess it's a symptom of living under the Jakes.
Entirely unrelated to the comic and maybe a bit rude: Can Spike filter what ads come through via Project Wonderful? (Probably a dumb question)
Just wondering because this Crazy Ghosts banner is creepin' the piss outta me. That, and she's posted about terrible ads on her twitter before. Specifically, ads that use BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS as their sole form of advertisement.
(Of course, I click it anyways. FYTA was shut down and I'm achin' for new things that might be horrible.)
Yea the Crazy Ghosts ad bugs me.
Whats wrong with her breasts? Where are her nipples? Where the hell are her arms? I think her lack of arms bug me the most.
I clicked on it. Why did I click on it?
I don't understand.
get firefox, then get an add-on called Ad-block plus. then block some adds.
noooo… don't do that! Then the lovely creators of content don't get paid, and then they don't create more delicious content for me to read/see.
Is Mesmer wearing a SHOELACE in his hair?
I think he is! Good catch!
I will never ever tell him, but I have a friend who reminds me of Mes. (Except, as far as I know, without the casual disregard for the intended gender of his clothing.)
lisaquan, based on the name of the ad, i think shes a GHOST. hence the nipples, or lack thereof. (im more disturbed by the shine. you could use her tits as a damn crystal ball. )
Chris, I'm with you on the tech angle, this is awesome, that regular tv isn't broadcast. It points, among other things, to a city wide wifi of sorts. … and… Pirate signals? hmm.
WhoTookThatty, i think he got a refill!
Ah, thank you Ben, for answering my question from yesterday. I just thought I was missing something.
Okay, who is Mesmer? Was he one of the ones hanging out with Sunny? I don't recall, and he sadly lacks a page on the cast.
He was seen in Kingdom Come before – he works there / is the manager / is the owner / probably the manager. He makes his classy appearance here.
He's rockin the shoelace there also.
I am seriously envying Ben his Reagan-hug in that post.
he's not the manager, Regan is the manager.
Reagan is the manager of Kingdom Come.
Mr. Randall (who we've never seen) is the owner.
Flannery and Mez are employees (tho Mez tries to get out of anything resembling work at every available opportunity).
Ben hangs out periodically, fixes shit, sometimes does store related work, sometimes gets paid for it (these last two according to Spike if I'm remembering what she said correctly).
He appeared when Ben was just finding out what "churchyard" meant, and he spoiled the reveal for his co-worker. He always seems to be on break.
It bugs me when people say "you're rich, because the average person in south ebolaland lives on 30 cents a day" as if it was actually meaningful to extract figures like that from one economy and present them in the context of a very different one.
Mesmer strikes me as the sort of person who is preparing to do just exactly that.
While it would be hard to extrapolate 30 cents a day, there are people living in parts of the world without access to clean water, healthy food, or decent educational, informational or economic opportunities. You can't necessarily perfectly compare dollars to reals, rupees, etc but you can extrapolate what it means to have decent food, shelter and hygeine. While there are certainly people in the United States who fit the global definition of poverty, most people you'll meet that consider themselves poor are actually quite wealthy by global standards. By those standards, it's more irritating to listen to a kid who can even have his feelings medicated say that he is poor.
I don't know if this is where Mesmer was going with it, maybe she was going to pull the "you have your health, friends and sanity" argument. We'll see, right?
I think it's going to be more about how Ben ACTS like a kid from a wealthy background…which he is. It's not very hard to spot the difference between middle/upper middle class kid in reduced circumstances and kid who was born poor, raised poor, and is still poor. Not foolproof…but not difficult.
Many people don't have an adequate standard of living. No food security, no safe place to live, and so on, and that's in the States, never mind places with ebola. I'm middle class, and that makes me feel pretty damn rich, and pretty damn fortunate. How can anyone not feel rich compared to someone who doesn't know if they'll eat tomorrow? Should we compare ourselves to people who lead lives of disgusting excess? I'm not rich because my cat doesn't have his own butler and yacht?
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STUFF: It's complicated.
I reckon it's our capitalist consumer society – no one can feel satisfied with their lives, ever, because they're constantly bombarded with images of people that have more, more, more. Having grown up hungry and homeless, it is also hard for me to understand how people could take a warm, dry place to sleep and food security for granted, but by now I'm used to how pissed off people get when you call them rich for it. Even the kids of doctors and lawyers who live in million dollar homes will get pissed when you call them rich. I wonder what it is about being "rich" with which people don't want to identify? Is the judgment that's attached to the label? Or is it a belief that "rich" signifies a person without problems and hardships, and the power to attain whatever they desire? Maybe rich is more of a relative than objective term, and its only meaning is "those with more money than me," so by definition no one can ever think of themselves as rich?
I do wonder where Mesmer is going with this, considering he's opening with a romantic glorification of poverty.
LMAO, Mesmer, ilu.
Uh… how do we know Mesmer isn't a female? I had been pretty sure Mesmer was just a hairy chick until I read all these comments and saw everyone referring to Mesmer as a "he". But… no where in the comic that I can recall seeing does anyone refer to Mesmer as a he or she, and it just seemed like Kingdom Come had only female employees and Mesmer LOOKS pretty femiminne beyond the hairy face – but I have seen some hairy women working at the Wal-mart the next town over from me so that doesn't really mean anything…. in short:
Mesmer could totally be a female, yes?
I suppose in some OTHER alt-Arizona, there's a Chick!Mesmer, but if I remember right, Spike confirmed gender for Mesmer on Twitter after his first appearance, and he is definitely a dude. Just enjoys the frilly side of the store, when shopping.
Nah, he's a dude. http://templaraz.com/?p=386
I just don't see girl when I see Mez. It's the square jawline, the facial hair…Shit, give Ben longer hair and he's easily femmier to my eyes than Mesmer.
Mebbe it's the ambiguous fro and the lips that are throwing people off. In illustration often times men are drawn "lipless" to more distinguish them from their stylized female counterparts. But this doesn't reflect real life as we all know that menz do indeed own lips :P
Random: I totally made Mesmer Black and Jewish in my brain when he was first introduced.
Oh! Alright then. Well that clears that up for me, thanks!
Mezmer needs to get a god damned razor so he doesn't have such a disgusting dirt-'stache.
Maybe that beard is his way for not getting mistaken for a girl.
That thing is a crime against beards.
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|Catalog Number: ALCA-105
|Released On: January 25, 1991
|Composed By: Yuzo Koshiro
|Arranged By: Yuzo Koshiro
|Published By: Alfa Records
|Recorded At: Studio A
|Format: 1 CD
01 - Opening
02 - Sky Palace
03 - Descent
04 - Filmoa
05 - The Beast Appears
06 - Round Clear
07 - Blood Pool ~ Casandora
08 - Aitos ~ Temple
09 - Formidable Foe
10 - Pyramid ~ Marana
11 - North Wall
12 - All Over the World
13 - Satan
14 - Silence
15 - Birth of the People
16 - Offering
17 - Peaceful World
18 - Ending
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One of the most classic action games for Super Famicom, Actraiser, doubled as a "Sim City" style Simulation RPG between levels. As an angel of God, you oversaw the work of men and women as they sought to build towns in a world with corrupted demons. Once the source of some evil was revealed, you would enter a level and prepare for some serious destruction in a Castlevania-style platformer. The combination was unique, and as I said before, the game is now considered a classic.
One thing that helped make the game a classic was the music by the (now) veteran Yuzo Koshiro, who was just proving himself at the time by releasing such classic soundtracks as this one. Starting with a grand opening theme that uses the best available synths of the time (sounds like Soul Blader and Terranigma), the french horn announces the arrival of one of the best gameplay experiences of the early 90s. Glorious in every sense.
After choosing a name for yourself in the Sky Palace, the game begins. A quick descent to the earth leads you to Filmoa, the first level. The music here is absolutely awesome: and it is clearly reminiscent of the music of the Castlevania series. The chord progressions are exciting, and much of the chordal work is done on a synth that sounds like a cross between an organ and a harpsichord. There is also a soft "orchestra hit" synth that takes parts of the song to an even more dramatic level. The bass and drums in the background are also, as I keep saying, classic.
A tense boss battle begins with "The Beast Appears", and while this song keeps a somewhat less tonal feel, there are sections of it that are really impressive for this early era of VGM: be it the timpani work, or perhaps just the many layers of instrumentation happening at once...I can't say for sure, all I know is that this battle theme is better than your average battle theme for most turn-based RPGs.
The soundtrack takes you to other areas, such as Blood Pool and a Temple: these songs fit their descriptions well. Blood Pool is another upbeat song like Filmoa, but the Temple theme is slow and moody, with drawn out chords that cut, leave some silence, and then kick back in to repeat with a new melodic strain.
One of the softer songs that really impressed me was "North Wall." The song has a wintry feel to it, what with the chords and counter melody on plucked string instruments and the melody carried on a sustained synth sound. This song is simply beautiful in nearly every regard. I would've been impressed to hear a song like this on a soundtrack from 1995, but this was released in January of 1991! Wow...whoever did the synth programming work with Koshiro was ahead of his/her time.
As the game begins to reach its climactic conclusions and battles, we reach the songs "All Over the World" and "Satan." Both of these songs are intense, and "Satan" is definitely the more atonal of the two, making use of the augmented fourth interval from time to time (known in days of old as "the devil's harmony").
At this point, we leave the action-oriented part of the game to hear music from the simulation part. First up is "Birth of the People", an almost purely baroque composition, that ushers in the beginning of your work with the mortals of the world in Actraiser. This song is so well-composed that one might honestly mistake it for a reworking of one of Bach's thousands of pieces. Koshiro shows his side for "higher" or "legitimate" music in this song.
"Offering" is a short but effective song, played in-game when the people come to you for specific requests and bear offerings.
"Peaceful World" and "Ending" are both played after the completion of the game, but the former is a softer song, whereas the latter is more like a march, and is played during the end credits. I like the "Ending" song more because it has a touch of inspiration to it that I feel is lacking in track 17.
Nearly all educated VGM fans are in agreement that 1) Koshiro is a phenomenal composer and 2) Actraiser is one of his best works. If you were unaware, hopefully this review helped to bring you some knowledge that you once lacked. In the meanwhile, plan on never owning this album or its accompanying Symphonic album. Both are very hard to find and sell for almost $100: one of the few albums worthy of such a high pricetag, this music is memorable enough to deserve such a high payment.
Reviewed by: Patrick Gann

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Shopping at farmers market is a great way to learn your way around the kitchen. What could be more inspiring than buying your food directly from the farmer? And, with a Zojirushi product, you don't even have to worry too much about cooking it!
If you haven't found your local farmers market yet, it's time to get started. Spring produce is plentiful, and seasonal ingredients often encourage us to become creative cooks. We can't wait to see all of your market driven creations through Facebook and Twitter. Nothing inspires us more than connecting with you, and seeing how you use our products. Wishing all of you a happy and delicious May!
May – 皐月 (Satsuki)
There are reasons why each month gets its name in Japan. May in Japanese is 皐月, pronounced 'Satsuki', meaning "the time to plant rice seedlings". Satsuki is a wonderful example of how the meanings behind the name of each month in Japan are connected to the seasons and the events. While some months have a more metaphoric interpretation, May is a literal translation. Another unique tidbit about Satsuki is that it's a common name in Japan for girls.
Natto is a fermented soybean, but don't let that deter you from trying it. It is one of the best sources of protein and is filled with rich nutrients that are said to prevent blood coagulation, enrich skin and balance cholesterol levels.
The process of making natto is very unique. After the beans are washed and soaked for about half a day, they go through a steaming process. From there the beans are mixed with a bacteria culture– this is similar to how certain yogurts and cheeses are made. The total fermentation process of aging the natto bacteria takes up to 24 hours. Then it is placed in a refrigerator to be cooled.
Natto has a very unique texture almost like a sticky paste, and a strong scent and flavor due to the fermentation process. It is a common breakfast item in Japan – usually eaten with rice – that is often consumed in a small, white container with yellow mustard and natto sauce.
The Art of Sumo
Sumo is known throughout the world for its wrestlers engaging in a full-contact physical sport, and is one of the few sports that are professionally practiced only in Japan. So what is sumo? It is a wrestling match consisting of two large men facing off in a round ring, called dohyo, with the objective to force the opponent outside of the ring. Wrestlers are not allowed to touch any of his body part to the ground except for their feet.
With its long history, several elements of traditional Japanese culture and customs remain within the art of sumo. The most noticeable is the outfit. During the match, rikishi (wrestlers) wear his hair in a topknot, while the gyoji (referee) wears a silk outfit resembling the style of samurai during the Edo period (1603-1868). Prior to the match, rikishi throw salt into the ring as a form of purification, as the dohyo is considered a sacred place – much like the ritual of salt purification within the Shinto religion.
The life of a sumo wrestler is quite interesting. They live in a communal living environment called heya which are "training stables", along with their trainers and assistants that help them with everything outside the ring – from tying their hair into topknots to preparing their wardrobe.
Practice begins at 5am and ends before noon. After practice is breakfast! Sumo wrestlers only have two meals per day and have a specific diet called chanko which includes a variety of stews and fish. After breakfast is free time, but many wrestlers take naps to get bigger.
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Bloomberg's Trudell Casts Currently Held Jobs as New Ones in Report on Marchionne's Memo to Chrysler Employees
CEO Sergio Marchionne of Fiat, the parent company of the U.S. government bailed-out Chrysler, got two unexpected and undeserved breaks from Craig Trudell at Bloomberg yesterday.
The first was the story's presidential election-driven focus in its headline ("Chrysler CEO Reiterates Jeep Production Staying in U.S.") and first five paragraphs on Fiat's plans to manufacture vehicles in China for the Chinese market and Marchionne's insistence that this move won't reduce U.S. employment at Chrysler. Trudell waited until the sixth paragraph of his report to convey the real news, noted by yours truly yesterday (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), which is that the company plans to make a new model of Jeep, Chrysler's signature nameplate, in Italy for export to Europe and the U.S. The second undeserved break the Bloomberg reporter gave Marchionne credited him with five times as much future employment growth than he deserves (if it really occurs), and is in the paragraph which follows the jump (bolds are mine throughout this post):
Since its bankruptcy in 2009, Chrysler has announced about $4.2 billion in investments for Jeep models and plants that produce them in Detroit; Belvidere, Illinois; and Toledo, Ohio. The three investments will add about 5,700 jobs combined by next year, Marchionne wrote today in his message to employees.
I believe that most readers will come away from this paragraph believing that the company is adding 5,700 more jobs between now and next year. That isn't the case, as will be seen shortly. Trudell may claim that his opening sentence in the paragraph above refutes my contention; if so, I disagree.
Here's what the relevant portion of Marchionne's memo, published in full at the Detroit News (HT to an NB emailer), actually says:
We also are investing to improve and expand our entire U.S. operations, including our Jeep facilities. The numbers tell the story:
- We will invest more than $1.7 billion to develop and produce the next generation Jeep SUV, the successor of the Jeep Liberty — including $500 million directly to tool and expand our Toledo Assembly Complex and will be adding about 1,100 jobs on a second shift by 2013.
- At our Jefferson North Assembly Plant, where we build the Jeep Grand Cherokee, we have created 2,000 jobs since June 2009 and have invested more than $1.8 billion.
- In Belvidere, where we build two Jeep models, we have added two shifts since 2009 resulting in an additional 2,600 jobs.
With the increase in demand for our vehicles, especially Jeep branded vehicles, we have added more than 11,200 U.S. jobs since 2009. Plants producing Jeep branded vehicles alone have seen the number of people invested in the success of the Jeep brand grow to more than 9,300 hourly jobs from 4,700. This will increase by an additional 1,100 as the Liberty successor, which will be produced in Toledo, is introduced for global distribution in the second quarter of 2013.
Only 1,100 of the 5,700 jobs Marchionne identified are new. He said so twice. The combined 4,600 jobs identified in the second and third bullets above are already filled.
1,100 new jobs beats the heck out of zero, but it's less than 20% of what Trudell conveyed to readers as new employment. If he had written "The three investments will have added about 5,700 jobs combined by next year," he would have been accurate. Of course, it would have been better to specifically identify the fact that expected job additions are 1,100.
Whether what Trudell did was based in bias or sloppiness hardly matters. Many people now incorrectly believe that Jeep plans to create over five times more new jobs in the coming year than the company's parent plans.
Cross-posted at NewsBusters.org.


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Managing your corn refuge requirements could become a whole lot easier, as the marketplace eagerly anticipates refuge-in-a-bag products that will blend traited corn seed with non-traited seed that meets refuge requirements in a single package.
The EPA is slated to convene a Scientific Advisory Panel to review several product submissions related to the refuge-in-a-bag concept beginning late this year. And pending regulatory approval, companies expect to introduce various refuge-in-a-bag products for the 2012 planting season. Pioneer's first in-the-bag refuge product for corn rootworm was approved in 2010 and will be available for the 2011 planting season.
Simple concept, difficult execution
It sounds like an easy concept: Blend non-traited corn seed with traited seed to establish a stand that contains enough susceptible corn plants to help prevent corn pests from developing resistance to the trait. However, getting to the point that a refuge could be incorporated into a single corn seed unit was a complex task. It required the underlying science to be established, along with a significant amount of research to determine the right mix producers could plant confidently to ensure they wouldn't pay a yield penalty.
When the first Bt products hit the market in 1996, that single gene required the establishment of a 20% refuge to help ensure that resistance would not occur.
"Early corn refuge requirements did not consider refuge in a bag in part due to early research on cotton pests and how they might move," says Lindsey Flexner, DuPont research fellow, Trait Characterization and Development. "But as we looked at various models and the corn pest biology, the early assumptions about cotton pests did not always hold true. It moved us into thinking that blended refuge actually fit into the biology of various corn pests."
But at the 80-20 refuge requirement in the Corn Belt, a blended product didn't make economic sense. Separate refuges could be managed differently to control pests, something that would be much more difficult — if not impossible — if 20% of the refuge seed were dispersed throughout the field.
Seed companies began to build their case for a reduced refuge. "Approval of refuge reduction was a big event," says Robb Fraley, chief technology officer for Monsanto. "The 5% structured refuge allowed us to work at further developing the in-the-bag refuge concept."
Armed with a reduced refuge requirement, companies began to research whether the 5% structured refuge could be incorporated into the bag without any yield penalty.
"We didn't just pull the 5% number out of a hat," says Bill Hendrix, biology team leader, insect traits and seed treatment at Dow AgroSciences. "We worked to validate that a 5% refuge incorporated into a single bag was an effective refuge management tool and provided sufficient insect protection."
The key to the 5% refuge requirement is the multiple modes of action that today's and future trait stacks will deliver. "Unless there are two distinct modes of action, the 5% refuge requirement would likely not be attainable," says Grant Ozipko, traits marketing manager for Syngenta Seeds. "And our surveys show that producers begin to lose interest in a blended product once the refuge amount moves above 5%. That is largely due to the increased amount of unprotected seed."
Moving toward a refuge-in-a-bag product has also required a significant advancement in machinery and manufacturing. "We have reconfigured existing seed manufacturing processes to develop a unique process that accurately put the required amount of refuge seed in each batch or bag," Fraley says. "This is a precise technology, so we don't want parts of the field to have refuge. We want the refuge interspersed throughout the entire field."
Pioneer's refuge products have a 10% blended approval. "Placing refuge more effectively throughout the field enables random mating for corn rootworm," Flexner says. "We have worked with the EPA to show that our blended rootworm refuge approach used in the Optimum AcreMax 1 and Optimum AcreMax RW products works due to its compatibility with rootworm biology and the characteristics of the Herculex RW trait. It combines our understanding of the pest biology with the ability to reduce refuge requirements."
And even more important is that the refuge seed used in the end product looks, and acts, the same as the traited seed. "In our research, growers have asked for the refuge hybrids to be nearly indistinguishable from the traited hybrids," says Casey Onstot, traits marketing manager for Dow AgroSciences. "Therefore, we have set our standards appropriately to be able to deliver a product that meets growers' expectations when it comes to seed size, plant height, relative maturity, drydown and other key characteristics."
It has been several years in the works, but researchers are confident that the products submitted to the EPA will provide producers with a single-source solution for meeting refuge requirements while providing optimum yields.
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"Integrating refuge has been a welcomed advancement," says Laura Higgins, research program leader for Pioneer. "As products are approved, it will be a big win for growers because it is simple, efficient, and makes life easier during planting."
What may also be a key selling point to regulators is that it will ensure that refuge requirements are being met, experts say. "Compliance can be a critical factor in how long these traits last," Flexner says. "If we are able to ensure putting refuge on every acre where it belongs, in the long run we can prolong durability of the trait."
The changing refuge requirements created some confusion among growers as to which refuge to plant for the products they were using. "A simpler approach that harmonizes refuge deployment [like integrated refuge] resonates with growers," Higgins says.
And as producers move toward larger and larger planters, the ability to plant a single product on every acre, without the added management decisions associated with a structured refuge, will mean fewer decisions during planting time.
"The single-product approach allows producers to plant as they did before the advent of Bt products," says Holly Butka, corn product marketing manager for Monsanto. "There is a high level of interest as producers look to be more efficient during planting time."


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Penn Law's CASAC assists low-income clients with child custody, support issues
In this video feature Custody and Support Assistance Clinic (CASAC) students Brian Wilmont L'14, Margaret Zhang L'15, and Katharine Schulman L'15 discuss their legal advocacy on behalf of low-income Philadelphians with child custody, child support, and domestic violence legal issues.
CASAC is an independent, incorporated entity which is administered and staffed by Penn Law students, with guidance from the School's Toll Public Interest Center (TPIC), which supports more than twenty student-run pro bono projects. Supervised by attorneys at Philadelphia Legal Assistance (PLA), CASAC provides volunteer advocates with a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience working one-on-one with clients to prepare legal documents, provide advice for court appearances, and navigate the Philadelphia court system. In addition, advocates also have the opportunity to represent clients in Family Court in their second or third years.
Brian Wilmont L'14: The Custody and Support Assistance Clinic is a student-founded and run organization that assists low-income Philadelphians with their custody, child support, and protection from abuse needs. We work closely with Philadelphia Legal Assistance, which is a local legal aid organization in town, which provides us space and in addition provides us supervision from a practicing attorney in family law. And then we work very closely with the Penn Law community, as all of our advocates are Penn Law students.
Margaret Zhang L'15: Some differences between the CASAC experience and the classroom experience include the hands-on and practical nature of the work that you do. In the classroom, most of our work is focused on the law, not much as on the facts of the case, those have already been developed. However, during CASAC, as advocates really you are discovering the facts during each intake and during phone contact with the client as the case goes on. Developing those facts and helping them learn how to present them best before a judge or master in a custody support or protection from abuse hearing, and additionally, for some clients we will be drafting documents, so helping them prepare pleadings for them to file in court.
Katharine Schulman L'15: This will be my second year with CASAC and I chose to stay on and even apply [to] become a board member and a shift manager because CASAC was my saving grace last year. I worked for a number of years before coming to law school and I did not expect the transition to be so difficult for me back to school, but it really was. CASAC was the one time a week where I didn't have to think about textbooks, I didn't have to worry about being cold-called [in class].
I went down to the PLA office, the Philadelphia Legal Assistance office, and I was working one on one with real clients who had real issues that I could actually help them with. I walked out of every CASAC shift, as difficult as some of the issues may have been, feeling like I had done something to help someone else, and I had made a real difference. That's what kept me going throughout my 1L year.
Brian Wilmont L'14: I have stayed with the program all three years of my time at Penn Law because I just found it was not only helpful to me as developing as a young attorney, but I felt it was a great opportunity to actually serve the local community. I came to law school hoping to really give back, to add something to society, so to speak, and this provided great opportunity to do that. You're working with so many people over the course of a year and you get to see them progress though this process on issues that are really personal to them. You know, these are issues on access to their children or being able to put food on the table. These are really important things in their lives and you get to help them manage that, and you work in a system where ofter they are left to their own, not understanding how to navigate the courtroom. And you can help them do that. So, I think it has been a really valuable opportunity.
Transcript edited for length.


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The Washington Post Has a Donald Trump Problem
Washington D.C. will be in full "why the country hates us" mode this weekend, as reporters and pundits gather to mingle inappropriately with the politicians and operatives they cover at tomorrow's annual White House Correspondents Dinner. The black-tie affair seems to attract more Hollywood celebrities with each passing year, usually in the form of guests for major D.C. publications. And who has the Washington Post, our capital's mightiest fishwrapper, invited this year? America's cartoon slime monster, Donald Trump.
The Post invited Trump before he became completely toxic earlier this week — back when we were still in the "It's just Donald being Donald" phase of his fake presidential run that preceded the current "It's just Donald being George Wallace" reality.
But as of two days ago, the Post's gossip columnists were still reporting Trump as their own celebrity guest. Here's Trump's blurb:
Guest: Donald Trump
Host: The Washington Post
Why invited: "Donald Trump is a fascinating figure to Washington," said spokeswoman Kris Coratti.
Also at the table: House Speaker John Boehner.
John Boehner at the same table with Donald Trump? We have a feeling that this ain't gonna happen. It is not a tenable situation. Boehner will likely request a move to his usual seat on Justin Bieber's lap.
At least some Post employees are annoyed with this. Blogger Ezra Klein called the invitation "embarrassing." And here's how columnist Dana Milbank opened his piece today:
On Thursday, the Washington Post editorializes that Donald Trump has been campaigning on "bogus" issues and that he should "cease and desist." An article in the news pages the same day reports that the great orange charlatan's "simply wild speculation" has "almost no basis in fact."
Then, on Saturday night, Post reporters and editors, in black-tie finest, go to the White House Correspondents' Association dinner to host their invited guests, including. . . Donald Trump.
We contacted the Post this afternoon to ask if Trump would still be their guest. "As far as I know, yes," spokesperson Kris Coratti replied.
George Will must be rolling in his grave.
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Hello everyone, i'm doing some exercises from the book "Head first java, O'Reilly, 2nd Edition", but this guessing game doesn't want to work.
Please can anyone explain to me what this null pointer exception means?
(i'm using Eclipse Helios with JRE1.7 and JDK1.7)
All other programs seem to work just fine.
The Program is in 3 parts, GameLauncher.java GuessGame.java & Player.java. All three of them are in one package called theGuessingGame.
package theGuessingGame; public class GameLauncher { public static void main (String[] args){ /* * makes a GuessGame object and tells it to startGame. */ GuessGame game = new GuessGame(); game.startGame(); } }
package theGuessingGame; public class GuessGame { /* * instance variables for 3 players. * GuessGame has 3 instance variables for the three * Player objects. */ Player p1; Player p2; Player p3; /* * startGame() method starts here. */ public void startGame(){ /* *Create three Player objects and assign them to the * three Player instance variables. */ p1 = new Player(); p1 = new Player(); p1 = new Player(); /* * Declare 3 variables to hold the three guesses * that the players make. */ int guessp1 = 0; int guessp2 = 0; int guessp3 = 0; /* * Declare three variable to hold a true or false * based on the player's answer */ boolean p1isRight = false; boolean p2isRight = false; boolean p3isRight = false; /* * make a target number that the players have to guess. */ int targetNumber = (int) (Math.random()*10); System.out.print("\nI'm thinking of a number between 0 and 9..."); while (true) { System.out.print("\nNumber to guess is: "+ targetNumber); /* * call each palyer's guess() method. */ p1.guess(); p2.guess(); p3.guess(); /* * get each player's guess by accessing the number variable of * each player. */ guessp1 = p1.number; System.out.print("\nPlayer one guessed: "+ guessp1); guessp2 = p2.number; System.out.print("\nPlayer one guessed: "+ guessp2); guessp3 = p3.number; System.out.print("\nPlayer one guessed: "+ guessp3); /* * check each player's guess to see if it matches the target * number. If a player is right, then set that player's variable * to be true. (we set it false by default) */ if (guessp1 == targetNumber){ p1isRight = true; } if (guessp2 == targetNumber){ p2isRight = true; } if (guessp3 == targetNumber){ p3isRight = true; } /* * if player one or two or three is right... */ if (p1isRight || p2isRight || p3isRight){ System.out.print("\nWe have a winner!!"); System.out.print("\nPlayer one is right? "+p1isRight); System.out.print("\nPlayer two is right? "+p2isRight); System.out.print("\nPlayer three is right? "+p3isRight); System.out.print("Game is over!"); break; //Game of over so break out of the loop. } else { //We must keep going because nobody got it right! /* * otherwise stay in the loop and ask the player for another guess. */ System.out.print("\nPlayer will ahve to try again!"); }//End of if/else }//End of while loop }//End of method }//End of class
package theGuessingGame; public class Player { /* * the number this player guessed. */ int number = 0;//where the guess goes. /* * guess() method for making a guess starts here. */ public void guess(){ number = (int) (Math.random()*10); System.out.print("\nI'm guessing "+ number); } }
The Error looks like this :
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at theGessingGame.GuessGame.startGame(GuessGame.java: 50)
at theGessingGame.GameLauncher.main(GameLauncher.java :10)


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Since I've never had North Korean food, and since I'm always excited by the prospect of trying new foods, I sent out a facebook message asking if anyone would try it with me. I actually got two different responses, one from my coworker John, and one from Jo and Steve Miller (aka the Qi Ranger), and so, last week, I made two trips to Pyong Ga Ok and, over the two visits, got to try a fairly wide selection of what they have to offer.
When you enter the restaurant, there is nothing that looks particularly North Korean, the interior looks like any other restaurant you'd enter. The menu too looks basically familiar at the first glance, but upon further inspection you'll see a few new things. A stew cooked in a 뚝배기 (stone pot bowl) called 온반 (Onban), naengmyon called "평양냉면" (Pyongyang naengmyon), and some large dishes cooked in the center of the table filled with a variety of things I've never seen mixed together in South Korea such as mandu, noodles, and sea food. I was really curious about the big dishes for sharing, but they were quite expencive so we just stuck with the normal 식사 menu.
First were to come out was the banchan. Kimchi, radish kimchi, white kimchi and pickles. All were quite nice, though we couldn't find a big difference between the kimchi here and the kimchi we're used to eating.
On the first visit we ordered these mungbean pancakes. They were quite nice. Similar to bindaedeok, but a bit less greasy.
We also got one 닭고기 온반 and shared it between the two of us. Between this and the pancakes, it was quite enough for two people. The soup bowl is a bit bigger than your average kimchi jjigae bowl. The soup was quite nice, but the best part was the giant mandu (hiding under bubbles in the photo above) in the soup. We just wished there had been two, we had to split the mandu two ways. Fortunately, it was easily the size of two small mandu.
On the second trip, later in the week with Steve and Jo, I brought along the boyfriend as well to help us understand the menu a little better. The boyfriend ordered the same 온반 that John and I ordered earlier in the week and agreed it was quite worth it. Jo tried the 소고기 온반 and she really seemed to enjoy it. The meat was apparently pre-fried in batter and they even put some of that mungbean pancake into the soup, too! Certainly nothing I've seen before.
I decided to order the 평양낸면 (Pyongyang naengmyon). Actually, naengmyon isn't my favorite food. It's one of those foods I will eat once every six months and not crave it again for another six months. But I decided to try it since it is basically the most famous North Korean dish in South Korea. If you ask a South Korean what they know about North Korean food, the first (and possibly only dish) they will name is this one. So, I figured I had to try it.
The noodles to me tasted softer. Usually when I eat typical naengmyon, I find myself struggling to cut the noodles with my teeth. These noodles seemed much softer, but perhaps it was just my imagination. I also really liked the 애호박 slices and beef thrown in. There was also half a boiled egg, but you can't see it in this photo.
As I was leaving I caught the mandu making table and snapped a photo. I'm still amazed by the size of these mandu! And they're all handmade too!
Pyong Ga Ok has six locations in and around Seoul, Samseong Station, Gangnam Station, Sincheon station, Yangjae-2-dong, Bundang Station and Gwanghwamun Station, where I ate. The Gwanghwamun location is just a short walk from exit 1 of Gwanghwamun Station. From Exit 1, cross the street and take the first left (across from exit 1). Walk down the street about 1-2 minutes and you will see the restaurant on the first floor of a building to your left. When I went, the building was under construction, but you could just make out the sign, written in the Chinese characters which are pronounced Pyong Ga Ok.
To read more about Pyongan cuisine, check out this fairly good wikipedia article:
Below, you can see Steve's video about our meal:


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It's gotten worse. It used to start about halfway through the day. Then I noticed it first thing in the morning. Now I wake up that way – totally stressed out!
The pain in my neck (no, not one of my children, the real pain!) starts to spread down my shoulders and back the minute I get up. What's going on? Why is everyone I speak with talking about their level of stress; why is everyone complaining about the tension and anxiety they live with? It seems that every additional responsibility, every new commitment seems to sink us deeper.
Yet it can't be that we have it harder than our ancestors did. Most of us are neither working in the fields nor giving birth there (that "natural" experience wasn't all it's cracked up to be!). We aren't washing our clothes by the river (although my dryer has been on the blink), nor getting our water from the well.
Yet we feel constantly overwhelmed. Even our young children talk about pressure (I'm not sure why; I ignored that D on their report card) – and insist on buying one of those stress buttons or balls from Staples.
Part of this may be endemic to the world we live in. Between regular land lines (soon to go the way of the rotary phone I'm sure) and cell phones, between Blackberries and the internet, we are constantly bombarded – more messages to return, more information to assimilate and process. And work, non-stop work. Especially if you work at home. Or online. (Does anyone need any other argument for keeping Shabbos?)
Additionally, with all our "time-saving" devices, we have ramped up our use of time. For many families, not a moment goes unscheduled. I'm all for recognizing the value of time, for not wasting the precious gift but sometimes if we don't stop, we accomplish less. We burn out. There's a big difference between being productive and being compulsive.
So how do we respond to these demands that really seem to be 24/7? Perhaps the best place to start is with our expectations. We frequently delay certain events (cleaning the garage, straightening out that junk drawer) until things settle down, until they return to normal.
This is as normal as it gets. Our job is to accept it.
This is faulty reasoning and misguided expectations. This is no alternative "normal;" this is as normal as it gets. What we have right now -- with all its craziness and chaos -- is reality, with the ongoing challenges and commitments.
There's always something happening – graduations, bar mitzvahs, packing for camp, plane tickets to buy, school supplies (always!), seminary applications, work projects and deadlines, weddings…and those are mostly positive stressors!
Our job is to accept. If we don't rail against these demands, if we don't tell ourselves that really our lives should be calm and orderly, we will have less stress.
Stress is frequently the result of the dichotomy between our expectations and reality.
A clearer perspective on reality can change all that, and in the process, lower our stress. Only in movies do they never take out the garbage or fret over how to pay the bills and how to get extra tutoring for children with learning issues. Only in movies are their clothes and makeup immaculate, their weight perfect, their refrigerators full (and beautifully organized!).
Real life has a lot of built-in stressors. The secret is to accept them instead of fighting them. That, and as always, prayer. We definitely need the Almighty's help. We just can't do this alone.
There are magazine articles and books full of tools that are meant to help deal with stress. Some work, some don't. The attitude change is the crucial first step. I would love to list some of those tips here but I really gotta run – someone's at the door, the phone's ringing and the airlines are having a seat sale…


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Whether it be dynamically changing the where clause on a Forms block, building a string to run in an EXECUTE IMMEDIATE statement, or generating a bit of slave SQL, sooner or later you'll come across a situation where you need to build a literal string with embedded quotes.
The default SQL escape character in Oracle? It's a quote.
For a literal string that includes quotes, this isn't too bad…
SELECT 'Hey Mike, the Pub''s open !' FROM dual;
Unfortunately, as soon as you start dropping in quoted variables, those pesky quotes multiply like rabbits …
SELECT 'SELECT table_name FROM all_tables WHERE owner = '||''''|| username ||''''||';' FROM all_users WHERE username IN ('MIKE', 'HR');
OK, not the most inspired example, but hey, it's Friday night and the pub's now closed.
Add to this quote proliferation, the fact that different environments do have a tendency to treat quotes differently and it all adds up to a lot of squinting and cursing whilst you play find the missing ( or extraneous) quote.
One of the great things about programming for a living is that you're always likely to learn something from a colleague who has taken an approach to a problem that you never thought of.
So, with thanks to Justin for providing this week's "that was worth getting out of bed for" moment…
SELECT 'SELECT table_name FROM all_tables WHERE owner = '||CHR(39)|| username || CHR(39)||';' FROM all_users WHERE username IN ('MIKE', 'HR');
The result is the same as for the previous query :-
SELECT table_name FROM all_tables WHERE owner = 'HR';
SELECT table_name FROM all_tables WHERE owner = 'MIKE';
How does this magic happen? Well, the CHR function returns the ASCII character for the value passed in ( 39 is a single quote ).
Because we're concatenating this into the string, there's no need to escape it. Our quote population is back under control.
Incidentally, ASCII is another one of those brilliantly simple inventions – a rosetta stone for devices to talk to each other using a simple 8-bit code to represent any printable character or escape sequence. 50 years later and it's still in use.
Care should be taken when using the technique described in this post as it may result in your database being susceptible to SQL Injection. Have a look here for more details.


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Greenpeace has tapped US-based animation studio Free Range to create a manga-style animated trailer (above) for its Detox Fashion campaign, which aims to get fashion brands to ensure their manufacturing suppliers don't pollute waterways with toxic chemicals.
The campaign group describes the trailer as 'set in a futuristic world, the video reveals the dirty secret behind many of the world's most famous fashion brands who yield incredible control over a system designed to maximise profits over the interests of people or planet. But just like today, these toxic brands can be usurped by a growing movement of people united by a passionate belief that beautiful fashion shouldn't cost the earth.'
"Central to the plot of the video was the idea of the 'heroes' journey', a story of empowerment where our protagonist – an unlikely hero – gains the courage to take on a difficult challenge," says Greenpeace's strategic communications manager Tommy Crawford. "In this case, our heroine and her friends were able to fight the broken system by revealing the toxic truth that was hidden behind the glamour and marketing put forward by the fashion world, and inspire others to hold these brands accountable for their actions."
Since the video was launched last week, it has been covered in Time magazine, Marie Claire, Business of Fashion, The Telegraph, El Mundo, and other news, fashion trade media and blogs.


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Bath salts—the drug, not the perfumed crystals you put in bath water—showed up just a few years ago. The synthetic powder is sold online and in drug paraphernalia stores under a variety of names, such as "Blue Silk," "Zoom," "Cloud Nine," and "Hurricane Charlie." But don't let the fun names fool you: Bath salts are extremely dangerous.
What Are Bath Salts?
Bath salts are a new family of drugs that contain synthetic chemicals related to cathinone, an amphetamine-like stimulant. Bath salts typically appear as white or brown powder and are sold in small plastic or foil packages labeled "not for human consumption." People who abuse bath salts swallow, inhale, or inject them.
How Do Bath Salts Affect the Brain?
Much is still unknown about the chemicals in bath salts, but they are similar to amphetamines (such as methamphetamine) as well as to MDMA (Ecstasy). So far, research has shown that the most common chemical found in bath salts, methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), works like cocaine by increasing the brain chemicals dopamine and norepinephrine, causing a feeling of euphoria and hyperactivity. However, MDPV is 10 times more potent than cocaine.
Bath salts may also raise the levels of serotonin, causing hallucinations. Mephedrone and methylone, two other chemicals often sold as bath salts, were found to raise serotonin in a way similar to MDMA.
What Are the Other Health Effects of Bath Salts?
The synthetic chemicals in bath salts are very toxic and have been linked to increases in visits to emergency rooms and poison control centers across the country.
Bath salt abuse can cause the following physical and psychological symptoms:
|Racing Heart
|Panic Attack
|High blood pressure
|Chest pains
|Kidney failure
|Breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue
|Psychotic and violent behavior
What Are We Doing To Prevent Abuse of Bath Salts?
Bath salts users have reported that the drugs trigger intense cravings (or a compulsive urge to use the drug again) and that they are highly addictive.
In response to rising abuse rates of bath salts, President Obama signed into law the Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act, which bans MDPV, mephedrone, and other bath salts ingredients. However, drug manufacturers have responded by developing new versions of bath salts that use ingredients that, while just as toxic, are not yet banned.
If you know someone who is abusing bath salts, tell an adult or contact 1-800-662-HELP to find out how to get help for the person.
Find out more about bath salts.
@Kenz <3
You are right. The dangerous drugs sold as "bath salts" are totally different from Epsom salts and other products you might put in your bath. Makers of these drugs call them that innocent-sounding name in order to not get caught and prosecuted for selling drugs, and they also make sure to label their products "not for human consumption"—even though they know, and the buyer knows, that the idea is to consume it and get high (or worse).
@chris Although we still don't know much about the effects of bath salts chemicals on the brain, delusions lasting more than a day are unlikely. Typically an episode can last up to several hours, but the chemicals leave the system after that.
We don't know how many people have died from bath salts in the past year. But we do know they are especially addictive and dangerous, and for some people can be deadly (especially if taken in high doses). For more information on bath salts, please visit our drug facts page at https://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts/bath-salts.
Thank you for these thoughtful questions. You can learn more about bath salts on our Bath Salts Drug Facts page: https://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts/bath-salts.
Thank you for these thoughtful questions. You can learn more about bath salts on our Bath Salts Drug Facts page: https://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts/bath-salts.


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U.S. Women Trim China, Leads Olympic Pool
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LONDON (Aug. 1, 2012) – Destinee Hooker (San Antonio, Texas) scored 22 points to lead the No. 1 U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team to a 26-24, 25-16, 31-29 victory over No. 3 China on Wednesday at Earls court in a battle of unbeaten Olympic Games Pool B squads in London.
While Hooker provided a team-high in scoring for the third straight match, the U.S. used two key sparks off the bench coming in the form of its oldest player – five-time Olympian Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.) at age 39, and its youngest player – first-time Olympian Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.) at age 23. The duo combined for 25 points off the bench.
"I am so proud of my team," said Lindsey Berg (Honolulu), the captain of the U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team. "It took all 12 of us tonight to beat a very good China team and it will take all 12 of us throughout the tournament."
The U.S., now 3-0 with nine points in Pool B, continues group competition on Aug. 3 versus Serbia before concluding preliminary play on Aug. 5 against Turkey. Both matches start at 8 p.m. local time (noon PT). With victory, Team USA assures itself a spot in the quarterfinal round set to be played Aug. 7. China falls to 2-1 with six points.
The U.S., which had its 15-11 lead disappear in the opening set, battled back from a 23-20 deficit to capture the set 26-24. Team USA rallied from an 11-7 deficit using a 12-2 scoring run sparked by Scott-Arruda and Hodge leading to a 25-16 victory. The pair combined for 11 points in the set, mostly in the key scoring run. Similar to the second set, the U.S. allowed a 15-12 advantage in the third set disappear and fell behind 23-21 before rallying for the 31-29 victory with five late kills Hodge. Team USA saved one set point in the third set and finished off the contest on its sixth match point.
"She is very composed in the big moments," U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) said. "She always feels comfortable when the match or the set is on the line. We were very happy with her performance and the positive impact she made when we brought her on.
Hooker collected her 22 points via 17 kills on 40 attacks, three blocks and two aces. Hodge, seeing her first significant action of the Olympics, provided 18 kills on 27 attacks off the bench. Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.) charted 10 points with eight kills on 11 errorless attacks and two blocks. Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) added five kills, two blocks and two aces for nine points.
"We've played China a lot this quad and it always is a battle," Hodge said. "It is the Olympics and everyone battles for each point."
Scott-Arruda, just the third player ever to compete in five Olympic Games in women's volleyball and first player from the United States, sparked the Americans in the second set and finished with seven points with five kills on six attacks and two blocks.
"It was such a blessing to come off the bench and play well," Scott-Arruda said. "It feels good because my teammates support me, we all train hard together. I just love the composure of our team in difficult situations. We have depth in every position. Everyone played an important part."
Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) and Christa Harmotto (Hopewell Township, Pa.) rounded out the scoring with two points each.
Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) provided 18 digs in the victory and added 10 excellent receptions on 14 attempts. Hodge added 15 excellent receptions on 18 attempts for a well-rounded match. Berg turned in 45 running sets on 91 attempts leading to a 47.1 kill percent and .336 hitting efficiency (56-16-119).
"We've been down (in sets) many times this season and for many teams when this happens you start to worry and don't concentrate, but we just tried and take each moment at a time and stay calm," Akinradewo said.
McCutcheon started Tom and Larson at outside hitter, Akinradewo and Harmotto at middle blocker, Hooker at opposite and Berg at setter. Davis is the designated libero for the tournament. Hodge came into the match late in the first set and started the final two sets in place of Larson. Scott-Arruda came into the match early in the second set for Harmotto and started the third set. Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii) was a serving sub in the first and third sets, while the double-switch of Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.) and Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.) came on in the third set.
Team USA held a slim 10-8 margin in blocks and over-powered China in spikes at 56-43. The U.S. limited China to a .224 hitting efficiency (43-17-116) for the match. Both teams served four aces in the match.
"You can't compare this team to the other four Olympic teams I've played for because systems and tactics change, but this is a great team," Scott-Arruda said about playing in her fifth Olympics. "As I have currently won only one Olympic medal I am hoping we will go through for gold."
Team USA has now won the last four meetings with China and eight the last nine matches during the current Olympic quadrennial. Earlier this year, the Americans defeated the Chinese in the FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round finale to capture their third straight World Grand Prix title. During the 2011 FIVB World Cup, the U.S. dropped China in a five-set thriller. The Americans would go on to finish with the silver medal at the World Cup and qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games. Earlier in 2011, Team USA won a three-set match over China as Hooker totaled 19 points in the opening weekend of the FIVB World Grand Prix.
During Olympic Games competition, the U.S. and China have split six matches. The Americans won the most recent contest with a thrilling five-set victory during pool play at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Overall, China holds an 85-36 record over Team USA in women's volleyball since 1983.
China's Chunlei Zeng tallied 10 points in the loss, while Jinling Chu added nine points.
In the other Pool B match played today, Turkey defeated Serbia 25-20, 25-12, 25-21 and Brazil (3 points, 1-1) faces Korea (3 points, 1-1) in the day's final match at 10 p.m. local time (2 p.m. PT). In Pool A, Japan (6 points, 2-1) defeated Dominican Republic (0 points, 0-3) 25-20, 25-19, 25-23, Russia topped Algeria 25-7, 25-14, 25-15 and Italy beat Great Britain 27-25, 25-12, 25-12.
The preliminary round consists of a six-team round robin played every other day. The top four teams in each of the two pools advance to the Aug. 7 quarterfinals with the pool winner facing the crossover fourth-place team. The second- and third-place teams drawn into quarterfinal lots against the opposite pool. The semifinal round takes place on Aug. 9, followed by the medal round on Aug. 11.
China scored the first two points of the first set, but the U.S. bounced back to tie the score at 3-all with consecutive Hooker kills. Team USA took its first lead at 5-4 with an Akinradewo kill and Harmotto block. China reversed the lead at 7-6 with back-to-back points. However, the U.S. reached the first technical timeout with the lead at 8-7 after a China error and Tom block. Tom served an ace after a Hooker kill to extend the American lead to 12-10. China called a timeout down 13-10 following a long attack. Out of the break, Akinradewo took an overpass for a kill to push the lead to 14-10 on four straight points on Tom's service. China cut the gap to 15-14 with three consecutive points. China leveled the score at 17-all on an attack error leading to a USA timeout, then took the lead at 18-17 on a second straight USA error. China extended its lead to 20-18 with a block. However, Team USA answered with a Tom kill and Akinradewo block to even the score at 20-all going into a China timeout. China responded with a kill and consecutive aces to take a three-point edge at 23-20. Team USA responded with kills from Hooker and Hodge, then a block by Akinradewo to tie the score at 23-all. The U.S. scored a fourth straight point on Tom's serve with a power spike from Hooker to grab set point at 24-23. After China saved one set point, the U.S. ended the set at 26-24 on a China attack error. Hooker finished the opening set with eight points, while Akinradewo tallied six points. Team USA out-blocked China 4-2 in the first set.
Like the opening set, China scored the first two points of the second set including an ace. China increased its margin to 5-2 before Hooker scored a kill and ace to narrow the gap back to one at 5-4. China regained a three-point cushion with an American attack error at 7-4. China extended its lead to 11-7 following an American attack error prompting McCutcheon to call timeout. After a China service error, Hodge hammered an overpass to cut the gap to 11-9 leading into a China timeout. Out of the break Hooker pounded a kill and put up a block to square the set at 11-all. Team USA took the lead at 12-11 on a China error, the team's fifth straight point on Tom's serve. The U.S. extended its lead to 16-13 with a Hooker block followed by two Hodge kills going into the second technical timeout. Out of the break, Hodge scored a third and fourth consecutive kills as part of a 5-0 run that put the score at 18-13. Hooker followed with an ace at 19-13 for a sixth straight point going into a China timeout. After China stopped the run, Scott-Arruda put up two kills around a block to increase the American lead to 22-14. China sliced two points off the gap at 22-16 but it wasn't enough as Scott-Arruda and Tom smacked kills and Akinradewo put up a block on a soft China attack to win the set 25-16. Hodge scored seven points, while Scott-Arruda and Hooker each totaled four points.
China reached the first technical timeout of the third set leading 8-7 after three lead changes and neither team holding more than a single-point advantage. Out of the break, China advanced its lead to 9-7. However, Team USA answered with an Akinradewo kill and China error to knot the score at 9-all. The Americans gained the lead back at 11-10 with a Hooker kill and China attack into the net, then Tom served an ace at 12-10 prompting a China timeout. Out of the break, Hooker hit off the block for a fourth straight point on Tom's serve at 13-10. China closed the gap to 15-14 on back-to-back kills. China scored two points out of the second technical timeout to knot the score at 16-all. China took the lead back at 19-18 on an ace and pushed the margin to 20-18 on a block. Team USA answered with a Hodge kill after a China service error to square the set at 20-all. China regained a two-point cushion at 23-21 on a wide American attack leading to a timeout. Hodge slammed consecutive kills to put the U.S. into a tie at 23-all. After saving one set point, the U.S. grabbed the advantage at 25-24 with a Hodge kill and China error. After trading points, Team USA won the set on its sixth opportunity with a Hodge kill following a Hooker spike. Hodge and Hooker ended the set with 10 points each.
2012 U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team
# - Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
2 - Danielle Scott-Arruda (MB, 6-2, Baton Rouge, La., Long Beach State)
3 - Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Opp, 6-7, Laguna Hills, Calif., Long Beach State)
4 - Lindsey Berg (S, 5-8, Honolulu, Hawaii, Minnesota)
5 - Tamari Miyashiro (L, 5-7, Kaneohe, Hawaii, Washington)
6 - Nicole Davis (L, 5-4, Stockton, Calif., Southern California)
10 - Jordan Larson (OH, 6-2, Hooper, Neb., Nebraska)
11 - Megan Hodge (OH, 6-3, Durham, N.C., Penn State)
13 - Christa Harmotto (MB, 6-2, Hopewell, Pa., Penn State)
15 - Logan Tom (OH, 6-1, Salt Lake City, Utah, Stanford)
16 - Foluke Akinradewo (MB, 6-3, Plantation, Fla., Stanford)
17 - Courtney Thompson (S, 5-8, Kent, Wash., Washington)
19 - Destinee Hooker (Opp, 6-4, San Antonio, Texas, Texas)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Assistant Coach: Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Paula Weishoff (Irvine, Calif.)
Assistant Coach/Technical Coordinator: Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Giuseppe Vinci (Casteggio, Italy)
Team Manager: Ken Sullivan (Laguna Beach, Calif.)
Consultant Coach: Marv Dunphy (Malibu, Calif.)
Athletic Trainer/Medical Support: Jill Wosmek (Silver Lake, Minn.)
Doctor: Dr. William Stetson
2012 Olympic Games Women's Volleyball Schedule
Pool A Standings:
Russia (9 points, 3-0)
Italy (9 points, 3-0)
Japan (6 points, 2-1)
Great Britain (2 points, 1-1)
Algeria (1 points, 0-3)
Dominican Republic (0 points, 0-3)
Pool B Standings:
USA (9 points, 3-0)
China (6 points, 2-1)
Turkey (4 points, 1-2)
Korea (3 points, 1-1)
Brazil (2 points, 1-1)
Serbia (0 points, 0-3)
July 28: Japan def. Algeria 25-15, 25-14, 25-7
July 28: China def. Serbia 16-25, 25-18, 25-13, 25-12
July 28: Russia def. Great Britain 25-19, 25-10, 25-16
July 28: Italy def. Dominican Republic 25-17, 23-25, 25-19, 25-15
July 28: USA def. Korea 25-19, 25-17, 20-25, 25-21
July 28: Brazil def. Turkey 25-18, 23-25, 25-19, 25-27, 15-12
July 30: China def. Turkey 25-20, 25-20, 29-31, 25-22
July 30: Korea def. Serbia 25-12, 25-16, 16-25, 25-21
July 30: Russia def. Dominican Republic 25-23, 25-15, 24-26, 25-22
July 30: USA def. Brazil 25-18, 25-17, 22-25, 25-21
July 30: Italy def. Japan 25-22, 25-21, 20-25, 25-22
July 30: Great Britain def. Algeria 22-25, 25-19, 23-25, 25-19, 15-8
Aug. 1: Japan def. Dominican Republic 25-20, 25-19, 25-23
Aug. 1: Russia def. Algeria 25-7, 25-14, 25-15
Aug. 1: Turkey def. Serbia 25-20, 25-12, 25-21
Aug. 1: Italy def. Great Britain 27-25, 25-12, 25-12
Aug. 1: USA def. China 26-24, 25-16, 31-29
Aug. 1: Brazil vs. Korea, 10 p.m.
Aug. 3: Brazil vs. China, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 3: Japan vs. Russia, 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 3: Turkey vs. Korea, 2:45 p.m.
Aug. 3: Great Britain vs. Dominican Republic, 4:45 p.m.
Aug. 3: USA vs. Serbia
Aug. 3: Algeria vs. Italy, 10 p.m.
Aug. 5: Algeria vs. Dominican Republic, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 5: China vs. Korea, 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 5: Great Britain vs. Japan, 2:45 p.m.
Aug. 5: Italy vs. Russia, 4:45 p.m.
Aug. 5: USA vs. Turkey, 8 p.m. (noon PT)
Aug. 5: Brazil vs. Serbia, 10 p.m.
Aug. 7: Quarterfinal Matches at 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m.
Aug. 9: Semifinal Matches at 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 11: Women's Bronze Medal Match, 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 11: Women's Gold Medal Match, 6:30 p.m.
Aug. 11: Women's Gold Medal Ceremony, 8:20 p.m.


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Environmental Group Sues FDA Over Antibiotics in Animal Feed
For many years, scientists and agriculturalists have worried about the practice of feeding antibiotics to livestock through feed and water. Farmers use antibiotics for growth promotion, as well as to prevent and address illnesses that arise in the process of growing animals for meat and dairy consumption. Especially on cramped, high-production farms, animals can consume very high quantities of antibiotics as farmers attempt to keep them healthy.
While antibiotics can keep animals from catching an illness and can maintain high levels of meat production, many fear that feeding antibiotics to livestock will lead to antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the digestive tracts of these animals. If this bacteria finds its way into an undercooked hamburger, say, then humans would be susceptible to foodborne illness that is untreatable through available antibiotics. So, why the current lawsuit?
The primary plaintiff in this case is the Natural Resources Defense Council, a non-profit environmental and public health advocacy group. The FDA, the primary defendant, is charged with regulating all drugs, including antibiotics and its uses in agriculture. In 1977, FDA findings showed that some usage of these antibiotics was unsafe and could promote antibiotic-resistant bacteria in livestock. However, the FDA has never revoked approval for the continued usage of antibiotics in animal production.
NRDC has filed this suit in conjunction with several other public-interest groups, including the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Union of Concerned Scientists. Both groups had filed complaints against antibiotic use for livestock in 1999 and again in 2005.
These two petitions were never responded to by the FDA. The current suit claims that the FDA has had "unreasonable delay" in responding to these petitions, and alleges that this delay and the FDA's continued approval of antibiotic usage violate the Food and Drug Act.
The lawsuit uses the commonly accepted, though hard to verify, statistic that about 80% of antibiotics consumed in the U.S. are fed to livestock. Of that huge percentage, about 83% of the drugs are used for nontherapeutic purposes (to prevent disease or enhance growth rather than cure sickened animals). It is this continued usage of antibiotics in feed that concerns public health advocates, more so than the short-term usage targeted at ill animals.
The lawsuit was filed in New York State District Court on May 25; the FDA has not responded yet. It will be interesting to see how the case unfolds and whether this legal tactic is enough to hold a federal agency more accountable for its approval of antibiotic use. It's unlikely that antibiotics will be banned, but at the least, this lawsuit may provoke more discussion of a potentially huge public health concern.
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Houston photographer captures faithful dog's last day
It's always tough having to say goodbye to a loved one, but a Houston photographer's split-second decision to chronicle the last day of her friend's dog broke down the Internet, literally, with condolences from thousands.
Within days after posting the story about a black Labrador named Duke on her website, photographer Robin Arouty, had more than 100,000 visits, the story was shared thousands of times from both her blog and her Facebook page. Even her website had malfunctions because of the high traffic.
Last week the Roberts family had to say farewell to Duke, their loyal black Labrador who was diagnosed with bone cancer a few years back had to be euthanized by her owner, Jordan Roberts, a close friend of Roberts.
"When I walked in & saw the hamburgers on the counter I knew some special things were about to happen, I just felt it," Arouty poseted in her blog. "Funny, Jordan told me yesterday 'I don't even remember you taking pics. All I remember is you holding my hand.' "
According to a report on KLTV-TV, Duke had one of his legs removed and later on was diagnosed with hemngiosarcoma. With no options left, Roberts had to put her dog to sleep.
"We struggled with the decision to let Dukey go, but ultimately did everything in our power to protect him from further pain," said Jordan told KLTV. "With the help from our friends, Dukey had a beautiful day filled with love and happiness. We should all be so lucky."
The Roberts family decided to invite Arouty, who is a photographer, animal rescuer and advocate based in Houston, to be there for moral support.
Many people passed on words of support for the Roberts family for their loss on Arouty's website.
"What a wonderful heartwarming & heartbreaking story our thoughts are with all who knew and loved Dukey he was a hero in the dog world despite his pain he never lost his ability to LOVE as you all loved him our thoughts are with you," Tony Simms posted.
From eating hamburgers, being with the Roberts family, take a walk and play in the water, Duke spent a special last day with his family and came to and end as he was put to sleep at the park.
"What a blessed life he had with a family that adored him," Candace Hill posted on the blog. "I hope that his family will open their hearts again to another rescue when the time is right."
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I've posted Radiohead's video from Coachella fest 2012 before, so here's another video; an acoustic session by Alex Turner.
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- Background
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- AMLR/AERD Conducts Research in Support of CCAMLR
The long history of mostly unregulated harvesting activities in Antarctic waters has already contributed to the over exploitation of Antarctic fish and marine mammal stocks. Exploitation began in the early 1800's with Antarctic fur seals and southern elephant seals; both were driven to near extinction by the turn of the century. In the 50 years between 1930 and 1980 the populations of blue, fin, sei, and humpback whales are estimated to have been reduced to 10% of their former abundance levels. Similarly uncontrolled fishing has reduced the stocks of marbled rockcod (Notothenia rossii) to less than 10% of their former biomass. The recovery of depleted whale and fish stocks is dependent in part on the continued availability of krill in the rich Southern Ocean feeding grounds. Since the 1970's, several countries have commenced krill fishing and a repeat of excessive fishing effort in local areas could have an adverse impact on local populations of krill dependent predators. In recent years, the U.S. has also become active in fishing in the Antarctic, targeting crab, krill, and toothfish. Consequently, the U.S. (via the AMLR Program) is obliged to monitor the actions of the U.S. fisherman, including observation of the fishing operations.
Established in 1982 in response to concerns that increasing krill fishing activities could have a deleterious impact on the Southern Ocean ecosystem, the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is an international treaty between 25 nations that seeks to manage Antarctic fisheries with the goal of preserving species diversity and stability of the entire Antarctic mari ne ecosystem.
Although the aim of the Convention is to conserve marine life of the Southern Ocean, it does not prohibit reasonable harvesting. To this end, information is gathered along with extensive datasets, in addition to the development of relevant scientific and analytical techniques. Recognizing the uncertain nature of these efforts, CCAMLR has adopted a 'precautionary' approach to minimize the potential risks of unsustainable practices.
Over the years, Antarctic resources have continued to gain greater economic value. As such, the temptation to work outside conservation or regulatory measures increases, leading to 'illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing'. The extensive harsh area of the Southern Ocean make it extremely difficult for Members to police (much less enforce) CCAMLR measures to minimize IUU fishing.
Each Member of the Commission is involved in fishing and/or scientific research in the Southern Ocean. These activities are coordinated and regulated by the Commission and Scientific Committee to fulfill Members' obligations under the Convention. CCAMLR's Working Group (WG)-Fish Stock Assessment WG-FSA) provides information on finfish population assessment to the Scientific Committee which in turns provides advice to the Commission. WG-Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (WG-EMM) provides krill population assessment information to the Scientific Committee.
The Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) Convention Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-623) provided the legislative authority to establish the U.S. AMLR Program, implementing NOAA's strategic goal of managing the use of the Southern Ocean resources through an ecosystem approach. The AMLR Program (working with the US Department of State) supports U.S. participation in both the Commission and the Scientific Committee of the CCAMLR, and conducts directed research towards achieving the conservation objectives of the Convention.
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US AMLR has continued its long history of leadership in CCAMLR in the new millenium. Since 2000, AMLR scientists have acted as Conveners or Co-Conveners for the Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (WG-EMM), the Working Group on Statistics, Assessments and Modeling (WG-SAM), and the Working Group on Fish Stock Assessment (WG-FSA), and have acted as Chair or Vice-Chair of the CCAMLR Scientific Committee. They have also convened various subgroups and workshops, such as the Workshop on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems and the Workshop on Small Scale Management Units, intended to address specific and newly arising concerns. More information about the proceedings of the various CCAMLR meetings can be found on the CCAMLR website.
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06-05-2008, 10:21 PM--Odysseus
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