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'Rogue One' Box Office: 'Star Wars' Snags Boffo $31M Monday As It Races Towards $600M Worldwide
Scott Mendelson Contributor
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The final Christmas numbers are in, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is still a massive win for all parties. The Walt Disney sci-fi prequel/spin-off earned $31.9 million on Monday, which was its biggest day since its "day 3" $37m Sunday. The film has now made $318.2m in 11 days of domestic play, giving it the sixth-biggest 11-day total ever. The $64.3m second-weekend gross was the 14th-biggest of all time and the 16th-biggest "non-opening weekend" ever.
The 58.5% second-weekend drop was just a touch higher than the likes of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (-56%), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (-57%), I Am Legend (-56%) and Tron: Legacy (-56%). If it plays like a standard pre-Christmas December release and earns more on its second Tues-Thurs than it did on its first, which is possible since now everyone is out of school for the year, it will cross $350m tomorrow, on its 14th day of release. That will be the fourth-fastest such sprint ever alongside The Dark Knight.
To wit, its $26.2 million Christmas Day gross was ahead of the $24.9m opening day of Sherlock Holmes back in 2009 and behind only The Force Awakens's $49m Christmas Day gross, which to be fair was on a Friday and on the eighth day of its release. That has pretty much been the pattern thus far with Rogue One. Sure, it's not pulling in Force Awakens-sized business, but it's a monster by any other reasonable standard.
Today will be the day where it passes Warner Bros./Time Warner Inc.'s Suicide Squad ($325 million), Warner's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($330m) and possibly Zootopia ($341m) to become the sixth-biggest domestic hit of the year. Today will also be the day when we discover if it will gain ground over the second week of "holiday weekdays" or play closer to The Force Awakens with slightly lower weekdays compared to the pre-Christmas frame. If it can keep up this pace, it may well enter its third weekend over the $368m cume of Universal/Comcast Corp.'s The Secret Life of Pets as the year's third-biggest U.S. grosser.
And after that, passing Captain America: Civil War ($407 million) is just a matter of time while Finding Dory ($486m) may take a little more work. And if it ends the weekend with $415m (around $372m by Thursday, with a $43m third weekend), and it could swing in either direction, it'll already be among the top-20 biggest domestic grossers of all time. And yeah, it's absolutely assured that it will be the 25th film to top $400m at the domestic box office.
By its third Friday, it will have outgrossed three out of eight prior live-action Star Wars movies, with Star Wars ($461 million) and The Phantom Menace ($475m) within reach. I'm guessing The Force Awakens ($936m) is a bridge way too far, but I digress. Yes, inflation and 3D bumps apply, but that's a conversation for later when we have a better idea of the end game. For what it's worth, it is entirely possible that Rogue One will sell more tickets than the last two Star Wars prequels ($467 million for Attack of the Clones and $511m for Revenge of the Sith).
But it's no slouch overseas either, even as it awaits the last two significant territories. It opens in South Korea tomorrow and China on Jan. 6 of next year. The Force Awakens made $25 million in Korea last time out while it made $124m in China. It's not insane to presume that the likes of Donnie Yen and acclaimed writer/director/actor Wen Jiang (Let the Bullets Fly was the biggest-grossing domestic hit ever in China back in 2010 and Gone with the Bullets made around $85m in late 2014) will give the film a boost in said territories, especially since they are actually key supporting roles as opposed to glorified cameos.
But even if Rogue One ends up being that rare blockbuster to make more in North America than overseas, it's still going fine by any rational standard. The picture has made $255.6 million overseas for a $573.8m worldwide total. That means, barring a fluke, it's sailing over the $600m mark today. That means it is already the 11th-biggest global grosser of the year, with Doctor Strange ($656m) next up followed by a handful of $745m+ smash hits (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Suicide Squad, Deadpool).
No, I am not going to say that it will absolutely get to $1 billion worldwide or even that it will top Captain America: Civil War ($1.15b) to be the top movie of 2016 globally. But considering that this is basically a "monster of the week" episode of Disney's new Star Wars franchise, this is a frighteningly impressive look at how "off-brand" Star Wars may perform over the next couple years.
Make no mistake, what we're seeing here is the "best case scenario" performance for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. And it's more proof that a genuinely inclusive cast is no impediment to blockbuster success.
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Hilmas wins "Oscars of Invention" award
Dr. Greg Hilmas, assistant professor of ceramic engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will receive one of Research and Development Magazine's 2002 R&D 100 awards, also known as the "Oscars of Invention" and the "Pulitzer Prizes of Technology," on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in Chicago.
Hilmas and his colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Michigan and Advanced Ceramics Research Corp. won this award by creating fibrous monolithic ceramics. This type of ceramic is more flaw-tolerant and resistant to damage than traditional ceramics.
With the use of traditional monolithic ceramics, "If you drop a coffee mug on the floor, or place it in a freezer for some time and then fill it with a hot beverage, the mug will shatter due to the drop or rapid temperature change," says Hilmas. A mug made with the patented fibrous monolithic ceramic, however, would act more like wood and metals, chipping and denting instead of shattering.
Practical applications of this material include cutting tool inserts for precision metal machining, drill bit inserts for oil and gas drilling, and high-temperature applications such as jet engine components, hot gas valves, nozzles and thrusters.
Contributions from past winners of the R&D 100 award include the digital wristwatch, antilock brakes, the automated teller machine, the fax machine, the touch-sensitive screen, the Kodak Photo CD, the Nicoderm anti-smoking patch, Taxol anticancer drug and high-definition television.
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Glossary In Progress: Health Reform Terms For Coming 2012 Debate
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Very soon, the topic of health reform is going to get white-hot again in Massachusetts. Legislative leaders will reveal their plans for the next stage, the part left out of the landmark 2006 law: How to cut costs. Gov. Deval Patrick laid out his own blueprint last February, and now, at long last, this next political shoe will drop.
To prepare you and ourselves, we at WBUR are gathering a glossary of terms that it will help to know in the coming debate. We entreat you to improve on our definitions and write in suggestions for more. And most of all, we need a catchy title for what's coming. Health reform, part two or 2.0? Health reform 2012? There's Romneycare and Obamacare, but Devalcare or Patrickcare just don't sound right, especially for the coming legislative initiatives.
One thing we do already know: We're going to use the Twitter hashtag #mahealthcosts for relevant tweets, and invite you to do the same.
ACO — Accountable Care Organization -- An accountable care organization is a collection of hospitals, doctors, and other care providers that coordinate among themselves to provide high-quality, efficient care to a patient within the bounds of a single payment. Consumers, at some point you will likely be asked to sign up for one of these. This is a really important decision because it means you're making a commitment to get most or all of your care from within this group. Here's a fuller explanation in cartoon form: "What The Heck Is An ACO?"
AQC — Alternative Quality Contract — The global payment model created by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Other major insurers now offer their own global payment contracts.
Bundled and episode-based payments — "Providers are reimbursed for clinically defined episodes of care – that is, a lump sum payment is made to providers in different settings for caring for one patient who has undergone, say, a major procedure."(From the Massachusetts Hospital Association's new guide to health reform, "Completing the Journey.")
Capitation — Very unpopular in the 1990s. From Wikipedia: "Capitation is a method of paying health care service providers (e.g., physicians or nurse practitioners) a set amount for each enrolled person assigned to that physician or group of physicians, whether or not that person seeks care, per period of time. Generally these providers are contracted with a type of health maintenance organization (HMO) known as an independent practice association (IPA). The HMO contracts with the providers to have the latter take care of patients enrolled in the HMO. Most often, payment for such a service is under the capitation system."
EMRs and EHRs — Electronic Medical Records, also known as Electronic Health Records — Computerized patient medical records, replacing ancient paper files. Can allow all a patient's doctors to share information better, and also be used to assess and improve care. Caution: Some patients worry about privacy.
Fee for service — Right now we pay doctors and hospitals a separate fee for each service they provide. The trouble is that this system creates incentives to do as much as possible, for as much money as possible.
Global payments — Capitation redux. Health care on a budget. In this version, doctors and hospitals, in theory, get paid more when they can prove their patients are healthier. Health insurers pay them a set annual fee per patient depending on the patient's condition. If the doctors don't meet that budget, they're on the hook for some of that loss. If they stay under the budget, they get to keep some of the surplus. They can also get bonuses for high quality.
GSP+ — Gross State Product plus — As lawmakers debate how much to allow health costs to rise, they use terms like GSP plus one or GSP minus one. What they mean is, for example, if the state's economy (or GSP) grew by 4% in a given year, health costs could be allowed to grow at GSP plus 1, or 5%; or by GSP minus one, or 3%. The idea is to tie the growth of health care costs to the growth of the state's overall economy.
Limited Networks — Health insurance plans that limit where patients can go for treatment. They are cheaper because insurers negotiate volume discounts with certain medical providers.
Medical Home — Also known as Patient-Centered Medical Home — The general definition is the place where you get your primary care; and the idea is that your home person or clinic will understand everything about what you need and help you find it. The definition is in flux because some patients' main provider might be, say, their psychiatrist if they have mental illness or their endocrinologist if they have diabetes.
P4P — Pay for Performance — When doctors and hospitals get paid for meeting quality measures.
PMPM — Per member per month — When insurers decide how much to pay providers under a global budget, then they have to figure out how much it's going to cost to take care of each patient. They adjust the budget if you're older and sicker, and come up with a cost per member per month. For example, a health middle-aged person might be assessed at perhaps $400 per month. PMPM can vary significantly depending on where a patient gets care.
PCP — Primary Care Provider — Your primary doctor or other care provider, including nurse practitioners and others. Some have proposed requiring all Massachusetts residents to have one, because it's such a critical entry point to the health care system, both in terms of getting care and tracking costs.
Price Disparities — Catchphrase for the fact that some hospitals and doctors get paid four to eight times as much as others for the same tests and procedures.
Tiered coverage — Think drug prescription co-pays, but apply that same kind of generic-vs.-brand price gap to all medical care. A tiered health insurance plan allows you to go to a more expensive hospital, but you pay more out of pocket — sometimes a lot more.
Readers, what are missing? Please post in the comments below...
This program aired on April 30, 2012. The audio for this program is not available.
Carey Goldberg Twitter Editor, CommonHealth
Carey Goldberg is the editor of WBUR's CommonHealth section.


A systematic policy of promoting equality between men and women is one of the backbone principles of European regional policy and is absolutely imperative in the relevant EU regulations. Nonetheless, the pursuit of equality is only limitedly feasible in the European regional policies. This applies in particular to the European regional fund ERDF, which finances investments and is rightly deemed the most important fund.
In this study, 43 EU regional programmes from nine European nations were examined in detail in terms of whether or not and in what way they make allowance for the promotion of equality in reference to the ERDF regional fund. Seven fields (regional analysis, strategy, specific gender projects, mainstreaming, linkage to horizontal objectives, institutional provisions and evaluation) were reviewed in terms of their gender contents - on the basis of the criteria established by the Commission itself. In terms of its specific objectives, methodology and depth of analysis, this study is without precedent to date. The results could not have been more negative.
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Homicide - What to Do When You or a Loved one is Facing Murder or Manslaughter Charges - Part 1
Have you or someone you care about been charged with murder, manslaughter, or another homicide-related offense? If so, you're in the right place.
North Carolina Attorney Bill Powers has been representing clients charged with murder and other homicide-related offenses his entire career. In this episode, Attorney Powers answers the questions that matter to you when you when you or a loved one is facing a murder or homicide offense.
That's why sometimes we see driving while impaired, or repetitive driving while impaired cases being charged with second degree murder, although it's not required. It's frankly a little bit scary to see how easy you can be charged in certain driving offenses where, I've seen case law where people turned off the lights, and they've gone on the wrong side of the road, and were driving at crazy speeds, and even though there's no alcohol involved you could technically be charged of second degree murder because the logical, and understandable, and foreseeable consequence is that you could kill somebody.
It's the mind that often times matters between the levels of homicide cases being murder versus voluntary manslaughter, versus involuntary manslaughter which may be that you did something exceptionally reckless or dangerous, but it wasn't to the extent that it fell within voluntary. Now, for example, this is where it gets really complicated, in a DWI related second degree murder or something of that nature, you have second degree murder, but then you're not eligible to argue as a lesser included that voluntary manslaughter.
You actually go from second degree murder down to involuntary manslaughter, or possibly I guess a felony death by a vehicle. It's very, very fact specific. We analyze these cases quite carefully based on that. And the cases that private counsel tend to see are the second degree murder and lower.
Robert Ingalls: Now with these heat of the moment, and your not preplanned killings, is there any time period that would turn that into first degree murder. Let's say the wife walks in, and then she goes back to her car, is there a specific period that would give her the ability to turn that into a planned killing?
Bill Powers: I have seen that before, where there's a period of escalation and deescalation, and duty to retreat, where there's an initial reaction, someone retreats, and they, because of the temporal aspect, the time, the reasonableness of you saying it was heat of passion, evaporates or dissipates. I have not seen on in a marital context. I've seen them in a case with neighbors, where there was a fight, and they started a fist fight. One of the neighbors got a weapon and cut somebody.
Then, even though that was a very serious offense in and of it itself, the person accused had an opportunity to retreat, and reengaged, and so yes, there are, if you've gotten away from the circumstances, then you can't just go back say, "Well, he did x, y, and z, and I'm going to get him back." That actually then does go to premeditation and deliberation where you're not defending yourself, or exercising your normal human reaction due to heat of passion.
Robert Ingalls: Gotcha. So if you were in a fight, left the fight, and came back, that completely changes it.
Bill Powers: Right. We also see this in circumstances where you're in a fight, and then someone brings a knife, and then you bring a gun, where it's not the same level of ... Now, I have seen cases where, and on a national level this makes sense. We've all seen these cases where, "I used a gun because he was on top of me, and it was the force reasonable, and necessary, and prudent for me to defend myself. I had to use that level of deadly force because otherwise I would have died." Think of the Treyvon Martin case down in, I think it was Florida if I remember correctly, where one person was on him and one person wasn't.
I'm not commenting on that verdict, I'm explaining why there are these different types of arguments, and that sometimes that's considered reasonable, and sometimes it's just not, that use of force.
Robert Ingalls: Well, and we talked about, during the assault episode, about the damage a fist can do.
Bill Powers: Right.
Robert Ingalls: If someone is on top of you, and they're relatively large, that fist could be the end of you.
Bill Powers: Right, or we see instances locally where maybe someone's doing more than using fists. Maybe they're smashing their head against a concrete sidewalk, or there's a weapon that ordinarily wouldn't be considered a deadly weapon, but something's happened, or it's been used in a way that it has become a deadly weapon, and you are literally facing death if you don't defend yourself and use that force necessary. By the way, these are pretty rare type of offenses.
When I was in college we used to refer to them as top of the layer cake, meaning that if you think of the number and frequency of criminal offenses as a wedding cake, the base of the wedding cake, the largest, would be lower level misdemeanors, they happen more frequently, and then maybe you have higher level misdemeanors, and then as you got up it gets more and more narrow, where the top of that cake is the smallest, are the very, very small number of these offenses that take place. They're salacious. They get a lot of media attention because of their infrequency, and to some extent their violence.
Most of the murder cases that we see in private practice are the alcohol related, or fights that have escalated, and occasionally we see them with the alleged drug deal that's gone bad, as if there's a drug deal that's gone good in the eyes of the law. But those are were, as a frequency, we tend to see, but this heat of passion, husband and wife thing, doesn't happen very often.
Robert Ingalls: One of the things I want to circle back to here before we move on is, you used the term a couple times, lesser included, a lesser included charge. What is that?
Bill Powers: Well, I'm trying to think of a good example of how to do this, if you think of you go to a cafeteria style meal, and you get a full plate and it's got the meat in three type of deals. If you get three sides it's more expensive than if you get one side. Lesser included in my mind, I think of it in a vertical type of scenario where you've got the highest level offense, and you take away an essential element or factual basis and it goes to a lower level offense. Let's use drugs as an example, 'cause it's an easy way to think about it.
There is trafficking of drugs, there's possession with intent to sell and deliver, there's simple possession felony, and then there may be a lower level misdemeanor. Now, in each instance you may have the lowest level added to the next level, added to the next level, and those add up to the highest level. Anything lower, or not exactly meeting all those points, or primae facia of aspects would be a lesser included offense.
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by Alessandra Wollner
When Gabrielle Burton decided to make a film about drag performance in Columbus, she wanted it to work like a painting by Chuck Close.
From afar, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens would look like a large-scale, photorealist portrait. But, come in a bit closer, and you begin see that the portrait isn't at all what it appears. It's actually a series of cells, multi-shaped and many-colored, that work together to create the effect of a single, unified image.
This, Burton thought, was the perfect metaphor for drag, an art form that blends and reinvents gender to surprise, delight, and challenge viewers who think they already know all about what they're seeing.
Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens (KQIB) dives, er, straight into the lively drag scene of Columbus, focusing specifically on two drag troupes—the Virginia West "family," mostly drag queens, and The Royal Renegades, mostly drag kings. KQIB also shines the spot on the real lives and questions performers live offstage—expectations and (mis)understandings of biological sex and sexual orientation, parenting, and gender as a non-binary choice. The film also devotes a good chunk of time to the mechanics of drag. Without giving too much away, it involves reams of duct tape and Ziploc bags of clippings from your last haircut.
Burton estimates she attended around 30 drag shows while making the film. She took a camera to all of them. In KQIB, you'll see scenes from rehearsals, backstage prep, and live performances intercut with interviews of a handful of Columbus' most well-known drag performers, including Virginia and Nina West, in and out of drag, as well as co-director of The Royal Renegades, Becky.
Burton very intentionally crafted a film with no narrator. She wanted the performers and community members themselves to tell the story, to give a sense not just of a the local drag community, but of drag's greater significance.
"Imagine a stone dropped in a pond," Burton said during our interview. "First, I wanted to answer the question What the heck is drag? Then, Well, what's drag—and the LGBTQ world—like in Columbus? Then, I wanted to really blow audiences' minds, to get them to understand the biggest picture, the outermost ring: sex, sexuality, and gender are three totally different things, which leads to the final question What does drag make possible?"
Mid-way through filming, Burton gave a TEDxColumbus talk titled "How Drag Made Me a Better Parent." Burton's main point was about the way making this film helped her see and understand the nuance and complexities of gender identity and performance in a whole new dimension. It was perfect, but also dizzying, for the mother of two young children just beginning to come to their own dawning consciousness about gender and sex.
KQIB is the hard-won fruit of five years' labor. But, if you're going to give yourself a five-year project, you might as well give yourself a subject that's fascinating, entertaining, and really, really fun, all of which drag has in spades…and sequins and, on occasion, copious amounts of fake chest hair.
Burton's production company Five Sisters Productions, which she co-owns with her four real-life sisters, is about to launch KQIB, and the good news is that it's coming to a few theaters near you, and also some far.
The Cleveland International Film Festival will screen KQIB April 2 at 9:15 pm & April 3 at 11:15 am, followed by a special forum based on the film. Burton and her sisters will be in attendance, as well as most of the stars of KQIB and performers from all the groups filmed. More info here.
KQIB will also premiere in Columbus June 7th at 7pm at The Wexner Center, with a celebratory reception co-sponsored by Stonewall Columbus at 6 pm.
Other screenings include…
Buffalo, NY: at the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival (BNFF) Sunday, April 17 at 2 pm with a Q&A with Burton, who is a Buffalo native.
The South: in the SouthArts Film Circuit April 20-28 to 6 cities for an audience engagement screening tour. Burton and her co-producer Ursula Burton will be at each screening for audience discussion after the film:
April 20, 2016: Williams Gymnasium, Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford, GA
April 21, 2016: Harrington-Peachtree Academic Ctr, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
April 24, 2016: Colleen O. Williams Theater, Winder Cultural Arts Center, Winder, GA
April 25, 2016: DP Culp University Center, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
April 26, 2016: University Center Theater, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
April 28, 2016: Jule Collins Smith Museum, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Austin: at the Austin Drag Fest Friday April 29th
3:30-4:30 – Nina West (one of the main cast of KQIB) Dragcast Live, then:
5:00 – 7pm – Kings, Queens, & In-Betweens with Q&A following with Nina West & Burton
Oakland: at St. Mary's College of CA May 4 at 3 pm with Q&A following with Burton
Alessandra Wollner is a third year MFA candidate in creative nonfiction at OSU.
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Have you ever wondered what your thoughts look like? I mean, really look like—to your eyes. I don't mean how neural connections look in the brain, but what it would look like if your thoughts were translated into something physical. What shapes, sizes, formats, colors and patterns would your thoughts take? And could anyone else make sense of it?
This type of inquiry can be called physical thinking. It's what the intercultural and interdisciplinary team of Norah Zuniga Shaw, William Forsythe and Maria Palazzi has been working on for almost a decade. In 2009, this team published a screen-based work titled Synchronous Objects for One Flat Thing, reproduced. Using dance as a starting point for visualizing thought, the team data-mined the choreography of William Forsythe. The deep dive unearthed alignments, cues and themes that are repeated and fragmented and recombined.
Zuniga Shaw shared this work in her 2009 TEDxColumbus talk "Animating Choreography." As she explains: "It's like an ecosystem. There are patterns and agency: there are animals and plants that abide by a day-night cycle and those that do the opposite; there are elements of the ecosystem that are synchronized by seasons and temperatures, while other parts are unaffected; and there is simultaneous complexity in parts of this ecosystem as well. They all coexist together and, yet, separately. It's a complex structure."
In Forsythe's dance, One Flat Thing, reproduced, there are multiple performers dancing around and interacting with multiple tables (the flat thing, reproduced several times) and each other. To capture data of the dance, the team used video of a performance and interviews with the dancers. The interviews capture data about cues given and received during the dance and the flow of interactions that result. The video shows visual patterns, for instance an arc created by arms and then by a head, then again by feet, emerges as one motion at different times in different directions by different bodies. The similarity is the arc, the complexity brought by changing times, body parts, directions, etc. This teasing out of a complex structure is how a simple aesthetically pleasing movement becomes a complex ecosystem that can be examined for deeper understanding of relationships and visual counterpoint.
The results—the ecosystem of this dance, so to speak—are shown in a fluid, discovery-based website which can be explored by both novice and expert. The data are showcased as alignment annotations, cue visualization, concept threads, movement densities, 3D alignment forms, motion volumes and performance architectures, among other visualizations. Artworks in their own right, they are absolutely beautiful and captivating interpretations of the dance. Essentially, the data flows from dance to data to visual objects also in motion.
In 2014, Zuniga Shaw published a companion book Synchronous Objects: Degrees of Unison. In it, she writes, "This just happens to be dance, it could be mathematics, it could be architecture, it could be the movement of pedestrians on the city streets or the patterns in the tree canopies above our heads. What else might this dance look like? A storm of themes, a cacophony of difference, a polyphony of relationships, systems of organization, degrees of unison, patterns emerging and receding, isometries, fleeting forms of agreement."
Since its 2009 launch at the Wexner Center for the Arts, the Synchronous Objects project has toured as a hybrid exhibition/workshop/lecture event to numerous sites in Europe and Asia with producing support from the Goethe Institute.
Zuniga Shaw is currently collaborating with Maria Palazzi and choreographers Bebe Miller and Thomas Hauert on a project called Motion Bank: TWO. The two choreographers work separately, yet both use improvisation and engage directly with the nature of human consciousness and how the dancers work with their habits, tendencies, impulses and memories in action. In isolating their working strategies, Zuniga Shaw and her collaborators bring the viewer into a direct encounter with the dancing mind and the thinking body—hence, the term "physical thinking."
So, it's possible to do more than just wonder what your thoughts look like. Simply develop a physical manifestation of whatever you're thinking of and then tease out the visual counterpoint. Simple…or complicated. Either way, it's an extraordinary exercise that can take you into much deeper thinking and awareness.
Rashmi Nemade is principal at BioMedText, Inc.
Photo credits for Synchronous Objects and Motion Bank:Two: The Ohio State University and The Forsythe Company
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"Let me tell you what I think of bicycling," Susan B. Anthony told New York Times reporter Nellie Bly. "I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood."
That was back in 1896, when feminists called bicycles "freedom machines." At the time, for women at least, bikes were kind of a big deal. They offered mobility and ushered in an era of vastly less restrictive ladies' attire. Bloomers, y'all.
But somehow, as the years revolved, bike culture became the provenance of dudes. Dudes wearing caps with tiny bills, walking bowlegged on ripped calves. The era of Susan B.'s freedom machine may be over, but a bike-powered women's revolution is alive and well in the work of Jess Mathews, who gave a 2013 TEDxColumbus talk about the integral role women play in creating bike-friendly cities.
On the day that I met Jess Mathews, she rolled up on Suzette—that's her Fuji hybrid—with a copy of Amy Poehler's Yes Please in a wicker basket attached to the handlebars, also tricked out with a hot pink little bell. Suzette's pedals are electric raspberry blue, her saddle striped down the middle with leopard print fleece. Laminated cards with pictures of bikes twine through the spokes of her back wheel, and stickers for various causes wrap her peach sherbet frame. It's a bike lovingly customized by a woman as free and untrammeled as they come. No doubt, Jess Mathews is the kind of bicycling woman Susan B. would rejoice to see.
Jess has always been vocal about women and biking, lobbying the local government for infrastructure that makes women and children feel safe to ride. And though she is fiercely dedicated to this work, it's just a spoke in her wheel. One speed out of ten. A single stop on a long and comprehensive tour to transform Columbus into a leading center not just in bike friendliness, but in the creative and civic-minded use of city streets.
Because Jess' work ranges all over the city, I asked her to tour me through the sites of her greatest successes, and take us through Columbus' best examples of bike-friendliness and worst instances of bike-indifference. On bikes. Duh.
A number of places we pedaled by were sites of the Columbus Parklet Project and Open Streets Columbus, both initiatives under Transit Columbus, which "champions an integrated public transportation system for the people of Central Ohio to improve the safety, health, environment and economic vitality of the entire Columbus region." The organization launched both Open Streets and Columbus Parklets in 2015. "I'd been talking and dreaming about these projects for four years," Jess explained as we cruised down Grant Street through a golden October afternoon. "Then finally, this year, it all just came together in a beautiful way."
Jess, the project lead, and a very dedicated team of volunteers launched the Columbus Parklet Project outside Dirty Frank's Hot Dog Palace on 4th and Cherry last summer for a 30-day trial. Parklets—sidewalk extensions providing more space plus amenities—help people understand that streets are more than byways from Point A to Point B. Streets are gathering places, Jess says, and using them as such makes for healthier, more vibrant cityscapes.
"That first parklet was a huge success," Jess tells me as we straddle our bikes curbside in front of Dirty Frank's, where the parklet once stood. On its heels, The Columbus Parklet Project installed a second, permanent parklet in Franklinton during this summer's Urban Scrawl festival. A third parklet, hopefully permanent, will go in front of Café Brioso on Gay Street in Spring 2016. Jess explains all this as rush hour traffic whips by to our left and my stomach churns. But Jess believes that streets should feel safe for riders and pedestrians alike. We stay put.
This is one of the most fascinating aspects of Jess' activism: it's doggedly honor-bound, her convictions stronger than Everclear. Jess Mathews rides in whatever clothing to prove women don't need special "gear" to get on a bike. She takes whichever street to prove there's no need to feel cowed by the presence of cars. Interestingly, Jess rarely wears a helmet, so strong is her belief that city streets should be safe enough to ride without them. "All ages, all wages, all stages," Jess says, a mantra for who should feel comfortable on a bike, and who streetscapes should be designed to serve.
Which brings me to the other big project with Jess at the helm: Open Streets Columbus. Open Streets is a national movement that shuts down stretches of city street for a day. People—on bikes, blades, and two feet—have the run of the asphalt, at least for awhile. "It can transform cities," Jess says, "it's an incredible petri dish that can get people reengaged with their cities, using streets the way they should be used."
The first Open Streets Columbus happened Sept 13th on Rich Street downtown. The second followed the next weekend on a section of 4th between Main and Broad. Among other carless wonders, the Open Street events featured PoYo (pop-up yoga), a human-sized Scrabble game, and some impressive bike dancing. Jess and her team have a third Open Streets in the works for the same 4th Street location in 2016, with a possibility of adding a second event if funding comes through.
I wasn't in town to see either Open Streets, but I did make it to this October's 2 Wheels & Heels ladies bike night. Jess plans and leads these rides the last Wednesday of every month to get women hooked on freedom machines.
Because some serious rain had eased up just hours before this month's ride, this 2 Wheels & Heels was intimate, only six women. But that was OK. The ride fell on the cusp of Halloween, and we were a band of witchy, bike-straddling, suffragette superheroes Two women showed up in onesies (ok, one was me, in leopard print). In solidarity with the ride's namesake, the other onesie woman, an astronaut in an orange jumpsuit with pink hair, rocked a pair of black heels.
For this ride, Jess planned a six-miler dedicated to testing some newly installed infrastructure—a series of two-stage left turns along Spring Street, and the new bike lane on the notoriously busy/scary/bike-unfriendly 4th St corridor, a route Jess irritably called "a f-ing joke."
Jess is passionate, but she burns a quiet fire. "How did that feel?" she asked the group after we'd ridden each new piece of infrastructure. The women agreed: we were glad to have a chance to ride these new facilities with a guide. That way, we actually understood how to use what was meant for us, especially those somewhat abstruse but very helpful two-stage lefts. As we spoke, Jess listened quietly, intently.
Larry Smith, famous six-word memoirist and TEDxColumbus alum, loves Jess' fervor. "Jess is great at what she does because she's 100% convinced her ideas are gonna work. Her total faith is what makes her stuff happen."
Although 2 Wheels, the parklets, and Open Streets are up and spinning, they still require buckets of sweat equity—a whole bunch of hustling, organizing, coordinating, volunteering, recruiting, speaking out, showing up, and riding, riding, riding.
As Jess told me outside Dirty Frank's, "I know people will get behind this once they see all it implemented later on down the road."
Or, more aptly, the street.
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The goat cheese recipe is especially prevalent in regions such as the Middle East, Africa, and some Mediterranean countries, where the hardy goat is able to survive in areas and conditions where cows cannot. While cow's milk may be the norm in most of Europe, the goat variety is the preferred choice for people in many other countries.
Usually goat cheese is of the soft kind and is easy to spread, though occasionally one does come across a harder variety such as the semi-firm feta. Goat cheese is distinctive—and for that reason highly sought after (as well as avoided)—due to the tangy flavor of goat milk.
Although the milk of cows and goats are akin in fat contents, the higher percentage of fatty acids such as caprylic, caproic and capric acid in goat milk gives it its characteristic flavor. Moreover goats, given their hardy digestive systems and their geographical habitation, tend to eat many bitter-tasting plants that more delicate animals such as cows and horses will not, which finds its way through the digestive system and also contributes to their milk's distinctive taste. A certain salty tang has also come to be associated with the taste of goat cheese.
This too has reasons more historical than biological. Traditionally, goat cheese has been made in societies without facilities for refrigeration, which entails heavy use of salt as a preservative. Ideally, goat cheese has to be brined for a few weeks in order to cure it for long-term use.
While the characteristics of goat cheese are essentially the same, wherever it is being made, each country has its own distinctive treatment, and consequently, its unique subtle flavor. France, along with its share of cow's milk cheese, also produces many goats' milk cheeses, in particular in the Poitou and Loire Valley.
Pyramide Chabichou du Poitou and Valençay.
The Portuguese Castelo Branco catches the fancy of many cheese lovers, as does the Catalan Mato. A number of Greek cheeses are made form a mix of goat's and sheep's milk: anthotyros, feta, halloumi and the mizithra. The Welsh are known for their Pantysgawn. India produces Paneer or cottage cheese, while the Yunan Province in China makes a similar Rubing.
Goat cheese is also considered to be healthier than its bovine counterpart. Goat's milk has less fat than cow's milk, which makes it a hit with dieters fighting a cheese craving. Goat cheese also happens to be a hit with the master chef. Goat cheese is an ideal flavor and texture complement when coupled with roasted and grilled vegetables, pasta, and when served hot on green salads. It even makes an excellent option for dessert, particularly sweet fruit salads.
Goat cheese recipe is, as the name suggests, cheese made from goat's milk.
It has been made in various societies around the world for virtually thousands of years, and is arguably one of man's first dairy products.
It is sometimes also known as chevre (which means, you guessed it—goat—in French).


UPDATE: The Jets have signed quarterback Drew Stanton to a one year, 1.25 million dollar deal to backup Mark Sanchez.
1. The biggest news of the day, as far as I'm concerned is two fold, first that LaRon Landry is coming for a visit to the Jets facility but more importantly that the team believes they have a chance to sign both him and Reggie Nelson. It is financially feasible as long as the deals are structured the right way, which is Mike Tannenbaum's speciality. I have not been high on pursuing Landry this off-season but if you can sign him on the right deal (an incentive laden one that protects you from his injuries) and you pair him with a centerfield/ballhawk type safety like Nelson it makes sense. Landy at strong safety with Nelson at free safety, along with Eric Smith back as the top reserve is a good situation. Nevermind the potential of still bringing Jim Leonhard back on a veteran's minimum for depth purposes. How nice would it be to bring back your previous #1 and #2 safety as your new #3 and #4 safety…now that is depth.
2. If the Jets can lock down the safety position via free agency, it gives them ability to push their chips to the middle of the table to get a pass rusher in the draft. If you solve safety via free agency, go solve outside linebacker in the draft by moving up if necessary to grab Melvin Ingram or Courtney Upshaw.
3. It is also being reported today that the Jets have interest in inside linebacker Jameel McClain. This has long been a speculated move for the Jets as McClain has experience with Rex Ryan. If he does sign, you can start counting the seconds until Bart Scott is cut.
4. All of a sudden you are a seeing a blueprint for a much improved Jets defense in 2012. Keep in mind, this is if everything breaks right. But the potential is there to add two new starting safeties, an outside linebacker early in the draft and a new inside linebacker in McClain. You can then add a few depth players later in the draft and all of a sudden you have the potential for a very scary defense in 2012. Can you imagine a starting defensive backfield of Landry, Nelson, Revis and Cromartie with Wilson as the nickel back…that is five first round draft picks.
5. There are mixed reports about the Jets search for a backup quarterback. At this point, both Drew Stanton and Brady Quinn remain likely options. I would expect one to be signed in the coming days. Both have shortcomings but both are upgrades over Mark Brunell. UPDATE – Stanton was signed to 1 year deal.
6. I like what I heard from Mark Sanchez's comments to the media yesterday, most notably that he took the time to fly down to Florida to patch things up with Santonio Holmes, calling out his anonymous critics as "gutless," and retracting the comments he made about his new contract making him leader and saying that he needed to earn it on the field. He sounded like a confident guy ready to have an improved year…obviously we'll see what happens on the field.
7. Jamaal Westerman signed with the Dolphins. I always felt he could have done more for the team with extended playing time but with the emergence of Aaron Maybin he became expendable.
8. This has flown under the radar but the Jets would be foolish to let Robert Turner walk. He is a versatile backup, who can play in certain big packages. I am sure Dallas will take a run at him but the Jets need to remember the importance of depth on the offensive line.
9. I think the Jets will get around to bringing Marquice Cole back. He is a quality depth player who is a key part of all their special teams units.
10. At wide receiver, I will reiterate my stance on Chaz Schilens. If you sign him on a cheap, incentive laden contract it has the potential to be a smart move. The size and speed is there but he hasn't been able to stay healthy. There is a chance he could be next year's Laurent Robinson or miss 10 games with an injury, which is why it would be smart to pair his signing with either a mid-round draft pick, Braylon Edwards, or Jerricho Cotchery. The problem is that I doubt Cotchery or Edwards come here unless they are given a chance to start and I think the Jets are signing Schilens with the intention of him being a starter.
11. All quiet on the running back front. The Jets may be content to just add a player through the draft in the middle or late rounds and roll with what they have instead of paying Ronnie Brown any type of money.
12. It was good to see the Jets focus on taking care of their own this off-season by bringing back Sione Pouha and Bryan Thomas, respected veterans in the locker room. Those type of moves go a long to improving locker room chemistry.
It is easy to be frustrated at the moment if you are a New York Jets fan. The Buffalo Bills signed Mario Williams and have already been crowned the best defense in the AFC East but you should know better than anybody not to buy into March coronations, right? While your anger is justified at right tackle until a player not named Hunter or Ducasse is starting, the Jets do appear to be preparing for action at other positions.
Most notably, highly coveted safety Reggie Nelson will be coming in for a visit tomorrow. Considering what is left on the safety market and Nelson's skill set, the Jets shouldn't let him leave the building without a contract. He is coming off a very good season for the Bengals and would provide much needed athleticism and ball skills to the safety position.
Chaz Schilens is also coming in for a visit and the Jets do expect to sign him in the coming days. Schilens has good upside and as long as the Jets give him a low cost, incentive laden contract, this has the potential to be a smart move. However, a signing of Schilens could stop a return from either Jerricho Cotchery or Braylon Edwards, both of whom would like to start. It is my impression that the Jets are signing Schilens to start opposite of Santonio Holmes and if they do that, look for them to not consider bringing back Edwards or Cotchery, as unpopular of move that will be with fans.
At quarterback, Drew Stanton visited the team today and Brady Quinn is coming in tomorrow. Quinn is a bigger name than Stanton who also has more NFL experience. Yet, keep in mind Quinn's NFL struggles and not his flashy name when you are screaming for him after three straight incompletions from Mark Sanchez in a pre-season game.
Beyond that, do not sleep on the Jets becoming active in the trade market in the coming weeks.
The NFL is a cold business sometimes and that was on display today as the Jets decided to release veteran wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery, in favor of signing Derrick Mason. Our writers discuss the move and their memories of Cotchery with the Jets, who gave them his entire seven year career.
All heart. all soul. What a sad day. Many are asking us why is the release WR Jerricho Cotchery imminent. J-Co is a staple of consistency, toughness and symbolic of the notion of the phrase "Play Like A Jet." The answer is simple. It's business. A cruel business. Football is the greatest sport but the business aspect of it is the worst.
Cotchery had back surgery in February. We'll assume that his health is playing a primary part in this decision. Derrick Mason is now a Jet, replacing one vet for for another.
To remember Cotch here in New York, you only have to look back to one play. One day. One moment that embodied the quiet class and leadership from a guy who has done nothing but what he's been asked to do here.
It happened at the Dog Pound last season, when Cotchery pulled his groin BEFORE making a key drive saving third and nine catch in OT at Cleveland. The first down never amounted to the game winning drive. That took place later for the Jets, but it was the "team first" effort, the willingness to sacrifice the body in order to help the team, that stuck with players and fans after the game. It was a play repeatedly shown on ESPN and all of the sports news sites.
Damien Woody called it one of the best plays he'd ever seen. We call it the symbol of what Jerricho Cotchery was here. A player who provided the Jets heart, soul, and selfless spirit.
You will be sorely missed J-Co. Get healthy and get back onto the field. You will be a great addition to any club that hires you.
Derrick Mason has been a productive player for years. His presence has dropped since he landed in Baltimore but what WR ever thrives there? He's 37. The Jets would be taking a chance if they felt he could provide extensive production at this point in his career, one that includes 900 plus receptions.
The Jets can take what they can get out of his experience, especially on third down. All the while hoping that a speedier option like a Jeremy Kerley turns into a slot weapon a some point in 2011.
To no one's surprise, the Jets continue to roll the dice, looking to catch lightning in a bottle on offense, but this move will certainly be met with some negative reaction. A lot of people looked at Cotchery as a comparable receiver to Mason, although Mason has quietly put up eight 1,000 yard seasons in his career. Still, something about this move just doesn't seem right. Cotchery is 8 years younger than Mason, and you'd think that the Jets would want to keep as many pieces around Sanchez in tact as possible as they shift to a more pass-oriented offense. It's a shame the Jets couldn't find another way to save $900k, instead of losing a heart-and-soul guy like Cotchery.
It's tough to pick one favorite Cotchery play, but one comes to mind immediately: In 2006 vs. the Patriots, the Jets were mounting a furious comeback after falling behind 17-0 at halftime, and Cotchery made one of the most hard-nosed, heads-up plays I'd ever seen. He caught a pass from Chad Pennington and was knocked off of his feet by Chad Scott, but somehow fell directly on top of Eugene Wilson and never hit the ground. What looked like a tackle and the end of the play to the other 21 players on the field plus the 80,000 in attendance was turned into a touchdown by Cotchery, who athletically got to his feet and coasted home for six. The comeback fell short of course, but this play typified #89. As Herm Edwards used to say about Cotchery and his penchant for timely heroics, "there goes 89 again, makin' a play." J-Co will be missed.
This is just a head scratching move as far as I'm concerned. Santonio Holmes is a given, but who knows what you're going to get from Plaxico Burress? He'll be 34 in a few days and has already picked up an injury in training camp. Not to mention he's spent the past 24 months in the slammer. Derrick Mason has been productive the past few years but his reception and yardage totals have gone down each of the past three seasons. At 37 years old, how are we to expect that trend will reverse? I know they won't be expecting a ton out of Mason, but what if Burress is not healthy, or not close to his old self? Cotchery would have been a perfectly reliable number two if Burress goes down. You'd much rather have Cotchery in that situation than Mason.
Cotchery's catch against the Browns last season when he came up lame in mid-route and still made a diving catch summed him up as a player. It was a gritty, selfless, and clutch play. Cotchery embodied those three traits, and he'll be seriously missed.
Jerricho Cotchery was never truly appreciated during his time with the New York Jets. Whenever he was given the chance, he found ways to make plays, specifically at the most important of times. I will always remember Cotchery consistently moving the chains on third downs, running impeccable routes, and carrying himself with a degree of humbleness and class only matched by Curtis Martin since I have watched this team.
Favorite play? Too many to pick. I will remember him as a Patriot killer. In 2006, staying on his feet when everybody thought he was down and turning it into a 70 something yard touchdown at the Meadowlands. Later in the season, when the Jets upset New England in their building, he pulled in a ridiculous over the shoulder touchdown to ice the game and then in their playoff meeting scoring a 77 yard touchdown to give the Jets a first half lead. What about in 2008, when he acrobatically pulled in a bomb from Brett Favre with the ball pinned against his shoulder and helmet? In 2009, he turned the momentum in the Jets week two upset of New England with a huge catch to start the second half and of course last year, he scored a TD against them in week two and swung the momentum in their playoff game with a 58 yard 4th quarter reception.
Derrick Mason is 900K cheaper and has had a much more productive career than Cotchery, and I do think he can be a valuable addition. However, let's not turn a blind eye to him being 8 years older than Cotchery and the Jets continually switching up the wide receivers around quarterback Mark Sanchez. Do you think Plaxico Burress or Derrick Mason will be here in a year or two? I am not so sure. Sanchez has continually been asked to work with a receiving group filled with moving parts.
In the end, I have faith in Mike Tannenabum and like his desire to constantly improve. However, that doesn't mean I have to approve of he handles veterans of this organization who are leaders in the locker room and examples of how you want your players to act. This was a cold move, but let's hope it proves to be a smart one.
When the 2009 season started the New York Jets made the decision to have Jerricho Cotchery be their number one receiver. He responded with 23 receptions for 356 yards and a touchdown in the team's first four games, averaging out about 6 receptions and 88 yards each week. The team then traded for Braylon Edwards, minimizing Cotchery's role. Despite this, dealing with a hamstring injury, and the Jets dramatically scaling back their playbook he still finished with four games with over 68 yards receiving the rest of the year, en route t0 821 total yards.
When the playoffs started, Cotchery pulled in 6 receptions for 67 yards in the wild-card game against Cincinnati, four went for first downs and two converted third downs. The following week he only had 3 receptions for 25 yards, yet two of those receptions converted third downs. He also drew a pass interference penalty on a third down to move the chains.
In the 2009 AFC Championship Game, Cotchery led the team with 5 receptions for 102 yards. all five of those receptions went for first downs and three of them converted third downs.
When the playoffs came around, Cotchery only had 2 receptions for 17 yards in the wild-card win against Indianapolis, yet one of those catches again converted a third down. The following week in the divisional round was his best performance of the year, as he led the team with 5 receptions for 96 yards, including a momentum turning 58 yard reception to start the fourth quarter. Four of his receptions were for first downs and two converted third downs.
In the AFC Championship Game, Cotchery had 5 receptions for 33 yards. Three of them were for first downs and two converted third downs.
Are you detecting a trend here? Forget about being flashy and forget about stats. Jerricho Cotchery moves the chains when it matters the most. He has converted 12 third downs in the Jets six playoff games over the past two years. After a difficult 2010 season, he still managed to lead the team in receiving during their divisional round win.
The bottom line is that Cotchery is a clutch, reliable player who is exactly the type of guy a young quarterback like Mark Sanchez needs in the huddle. It would be an extremely poor decision to trade him and assume a journeyman like Patrick Turner or a fifth round rookie, like Jeremy Kerley, could replace him. Never mind the fact that we don't know if Plaxico Burress is even ready to be a full time number two receiver.
Today started off with the good news about the New York Jets reaching an agreement with Antonio Cromartie, unfortunately it was followed with the bad news about veteran wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery being on the trading block.
I am not sure who the Jets could be thinking of targeting with the extra cap space they would free up by getting rid of Cotchery. At wide receiver, the only intriguing veteran left is Malcolm Floyd but would he be any cheaper than Cotchery? Is there an outside linebacker they are eyeing up like Matt Roth, Tully Banta-Cain, or Manny Lawson? I have a hard time finding it to be a wise decision to move Cotchery, a respected, reliable veteran who the Jets need as of right now.
There is no guarantee Plaxico Burress is ready to be a full time number two receiver and behind him the Jets have Patrick Turner and rookie fifth round pick Jeremy Kerley. How could they feel safe with that kind of depth chart? Cotchery had a down year in 2010 but was dealing with a herniated disc in his back, which is now repaired and if you saw what he did against New England in the playoffs last year, you know he can still play.
Unless they are getting great value or have a free agent lined up we haven't heard about that could be an immediate, high-impact player, it would be a huge risk to part ways with Cotchery.
He encouraged the rest of the NFL to find a way to beat New England as the Jets have been "the only team who can beat them."…Two of the Patriots three losses were against the Jets in 2010.
Eric Smith was named the starting safety opposite Jim Leonhard.
He stood up for Braylon Edwards against recent reports that said some in the organization thought he was a diva by saying he was a great teammate and a hard worker.
Judging from his and Mike Tannenbaum's words, the Jets are going to make another handful of moves.
By the way, you can go back to hating Jason Taylor again. He re-signed with the Miami Dolphins today.
The owner's ratifed the proposed new CBA yesterday and now we are waiting on the players, with an anticipated vote coming at some point this weekend. I would still look for the league year to kick off at some point next week and along those lines, the news is rolling on the New York Jets, particularly on the offensive side of the football.
Second, Braylon Edwards was in court today where he pleaded guilty to his DWI charge from last season. It will be interesting to see how this impacts how much money he receives in free agency. Edwards continued to express his desire to remain with the team and hopes he gets a deal done with them in the 3 day exclusive signing period. I still think it is a long shot that he comes back, as I think too much will be spent to keep Santonio Holmes. However, maybe if Antonio Cromartie walks, the Jets could work something out to keep both Holmes and Edwards.
If Braylon Edwards or Santonio Holmes happen to leave, Jets fans shouldn't panic too much as Jerricho Cotchery will be returning 100 percent healthy this season. He is a terrific option as a #2 receiver when healthy. Between Cotchery and Dustin Keller, the Jets will still have enough weapons for Mark Sanchez if one of their big name free agents leave.
Finally, Damien Woody gave an interview yesterday where he made it clear that he was interested in returning to the Jets only as a starter and only above the veteran's minimum. Personally, I think it is worth getting him back for another year so he can mentor Vladimir Ducasse as he learns a new position. If Woody ends up being too pricey, Wayne Hunter is a good enough fallback option to the hold the fort for a year.
Thoughts On New York Jets Flight Boys Celebration?
I think we have all been waiting for the New York Jets to come up with some type of organized "cool" celebration. We had Keyshawn spiking his helmet after his first touchdown…Chad Pennington's awkward jump spikes…Curtis Martin praising the heavens, but never something quite like the Flight Boys celebration from last year, which to my knowledge was started by Santonio Holmes.
Prior to Holmes return from suspension, Braylon Edwards had taught the entire AFC East how to Dougie, which was entertaining enough.
Yet, when Holmes began scoring touchdowns he broke out the trademark wings, which we gleefully watched all over the field in New England this past January.
Personally, I love it. Why wouldn't the Jets, imitate airplanes when they score touchdowns or make big plays? It is only logical. I can tell you that I ran through the streets of Hoboken after the Jets knocked the Patriots out of the playoffs with the my arms spread, much my to girlfriend and her friend's disgust. Earlier in the year, I also happened to see the Jets beat the Steelers in a sports bar and broke out the wings inside, leading to me accidentally knocking somebody's drink over…still well worth it.
What do you think of the celebration? Should the Jets bring it back next year or work on something new?
Author Joe CaporosoPosted on July 14, 2011 July 18, 2011 Categories New York Jets, Offense, OpinionTags Braylon Edwards, Jerricho Cotchery, New York Jets, Santonio Holmes1 Comment on Thoughts On New York Jets Flight Boys Celebration?


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Relationship abuse is much more than violence. Words create a picture in our minds that we link past knowledge, past experience and emotion to identify the meaning of labels.
The truth is, you have no idea what the label of abuse means until you experience it. It can be different for everyone. It can be the difference between life and death.
Abuse come's in many forms, from the obvious physical abuse or violence, through sexual abuse, emotional abuse and even financial abuse.
There are many controlling ways in which an abuser can show up in a relationship. Can you spot them, and do you have any idea how powerfully manipulative they can be?
The emotional damage can be more painful than a physical assault because the impact lasts much longer. The consequences are long term. Whilst a bruise will heal, emotions will sit just beneath the surface. The emotions control your behaviours which means the victim of domestic violence can feel isolated, ashamed, unworthy, and even guilty or responsible in some way. They will often feel fear and therefore may even try to cover up the situation, to stop those awkward questions.
There will be a breaking point however, a point where the balance tips too far. This is your leverage point and you can use this to your advantage if you choose.
This is the point where the you say "Enough is enough!" and decide to end the violence. That decision can mean you take your life back, or in some cases, you take your own life.
Our goal is that you make that decision to to be safe, to achieve more, to become more. If your relationship abuse persists, you are a survivor. If you take back your life you become a survivor, reborn!
There are signs that you may be in an abusive relationship, but how do you tell the difference? Identify the three key roles that appear. Notice how the roles can revolve that actually helps sustain an abusive relationship. Observe which role is yours most often. Discover how you can choose to continue your role play or stop the abuse.
Relationship Abuse occur's in cycles. Research has shown that women who are assaulted by their partners will not involve the law enforcement agencies until around the 34th occasion. In order for abusive relationships to "flourish" there has to be certain ingredients present. Find out how betrayal can be seen as a bond, how you can spot it, and take steps to eliminate these bonds as a habit in your life.
Some of these statistics can be startling because of the sheer numbers. Others are startling because we still have a long way to go to resolve the issue of violence in relationships. That is why we believe awareness is so important.
Support can come from many sources. Close friends, family, neighbours. Then you have your wider community. Who you turn to for support should be clear from the levels of abuse you encounter. If you or your family are in any risk of physical harm, then you should involve the emergency services first. Who is there to help you pick up the pieces afterwards?
What do you do if you recognise that your relationship is placing you in danger? Someone you trusted, someone you loved is abusing you, and the fear is getting worse? You need time to organise, time to plan, time to execute your exit strategy. So find out what you can do in the mean time?
If you run a support group, or would like to start one in your area find out how the Relationship Breakthrough Coach can support you.
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What you need to know about the FBI vs Apple case
Is the FBI right in its demand in forcing Apple to unlock its smartphone? or is Apple right in championing the rights of the individuals in a precedent setting case? Here is all you need to know
Terming Apple's rhetoric as "false" the U.S. Justice Department in the high-profile precedent setting case said Apple's arguments were "… also corrosive of the very institutions that are best able to safeguard our liberty and our rights: the courts, the Fourth Amendment, longstanding precedent and venerable laws, and the democratically elected branches of government,"
The FBI is trying to force Apple to unlock the encryption in its flagship smartphone which belonged to one of the San Bernardino shooters. Last month, the FBI even got a court order which demanded that Apple write new software which disables the passcode protection so that they can access Rizwan Farook, the shooter's iPhone.
Apple has stood its ground and has yet to comply with the order since it says creating a "back door" to its smartphones could be potentially abused by criminals and government alike. It has also shot back saying the U.S. Congress has not authorized the Justice Department to make such demands.
The Justice Department's filing was the last chance to make its case ahead of a hearing which is scheduled to take place in a Federal Court on March 22 in California.
Apple's clash with the FBI's demands has intensified long-running debates over the quantum of monitoring capability law enforcement and intelligence agencies should have in this digital age.
Portraying its stance as "the primary guardian of Americans' privacy" Apple has attacked the FBI's investigation and has termed it as "shoddy".
Prosecutors from the Justice Department have countered saying Apple has "deliberately raised technological barriers" so as to prevent the execution of a warrant.
Apple has maintained that if it were to comply with such requests it would open the floodgates of pressure for the company from repressive regimes which are likely to want similar assistance.
The Justice Department has countered saying, "… according to Apple's own data, China demanded information from Apple regarding over 4,000 iPhones in the first half of 2015, and Apple produced data 74 percent of the time."
As per the FBI, Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik carried out their shooting which killed 14 people on December 2. They were inspired by Islamic militants. The FBI wants to read the data in Farook's work phone in order to unravel potential links with other militant groups he may have worked with.
While the Justice Department has received support from six relatives of the San Bernardino victims, leaders from the tech industry, including, Microsoft, Google and Facebook have stood behind Apple.
Prosecutors have said the Justice Department's requests are not about undermining encryption but to narrowly access the "non-encryption barrier" in the iPhone.
Citing a 1807 case wherein it was held that a clerk working for Aaron Burr, the then former U.S. Vice President, could be forced to decode a letter penned by Nurr if doing so did not lead to self-incrimination, prosecutors from the Justice Department have held requesting decryption services isn't something new.
Earlier this week, the Justice Department tried to overturn a rule which protected Apple from unlocking an iPhone in a drug case in New York which raised similar issues. In that case, a Brooklyn judge gave Apple two weeks to respond to the government's bid.
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ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia – Protesters stormed the government building Tuesday in a volatile southern Russian region amid rising anger over a multiple slaying that led to the detention of the regional president's son-in-law, police said.
About 2,000 people, including elderly women in head scarves, smashed metal barriers against the building's doors, shattering the glass panels, according to video shown on Russian state television.
The crowd then pried open the doors and entered the building, seizing the office of Karachayevo-Cherkessiya (search) President Mustafa Batdyev (search), the region's Interior Ministry said.
The NTV television channel said Batdyev fled through a back door. Regional police said that no officials had been in the building at the time of the protest.
At least seven police were injured in the clash, the Interior Ministry said. Some special forces troops sent inside to prevent protesters from seizing the entire building also were injured.
At least two civilians also were hurt, the Interfax news agency reported.
The protest began after prosecutors said they had discovered a common grave that appeared to contain fragments of the men's bodies.
Relatives of the victims say the men disappeared Oct. 10 after being summoned to a meeting at a cottage belonging to Ali Kaitov (search), Batdyev's son-in-law. Investigators found bullet casings and bullet holes in a search of the cottage. Neighbors also reported hearing automatic gunfire.
Kaitov surrendered Oct. 25 and is detained on abduction and murder charges, which he denied. Two more suspects were detained in St. Petersburg over the weekend, and Russian media said they provided information about where the bodies were located.
The Russian prosecutor-general's office said the bodies apparently had been sprayed with gasoline and set ablaze, ITAR-Tass reported.
Prosecutors earlier arrested four police officers and three security guards on charges of involvement in the abduction.
The Karachayevo-Cherkessiya region has been plagued by frequent contract murders and other violence, some linked to rivalry between local criminal clans and some spilling over from warring Chechnya.


Companies around the world are beginning to finalize their preparations for GDPR, and TheoremReach is no exception. Given the size and scope of these changes, we wanted to take a moment to share with you what steps we're taking in order to achieve compliance — and why these steps are so important.
At TheoremReach, we provide technology that connects market researchers with publishers. As a result, we can't afford to trivialize the impact that we're capable of having on user data. As a data controller under the new GDPR regulations, it's our job to take responsibility for the lawfulness, fairness, transparency, accuracy, access minimization, storage limitation and integrity, and confidentiality of our users' personal data.
Working to meet the new standards, TheoremReach is focusing on overhauling our UI, solidifying security for data storage, minimizing access to sensitive data and managing our supply chains.
By updating our UI/UX, we're making it easier for users to understand and consent to both our privacy and cookie policies. In order to take a survey, a user must first actively consent to these policies. Additionally, our policy links will be readily available from our "Campaign" area for users to access at any time, including while completing a survey.
While TheoremReach doesn't actively collect survey data from our suppliers, we do store profile data in order to target relevant surveys via Amazon's AWS service. As a leader in the data storage space, Amazon's compliance will provide us with safe, secure storage for user profile data and other sensitive information.
Minimizing access to user data is important to us. In order to keep access to user data to a minimum, only specific engineering and product staff members will be granted permission to access sensitive data.
Right now, our team at TheoremReach is working with each of our research vendors and survey suppliers to ensure that they'll be in compliance by the GDPR deadline. Going forward, TheoremReach will not accept surveys from any of our partners who are unable to demonstrate their compliance with GDPR. Our goal is to encourage all of our partners to work together in order to build a safe and protected industry practice.
If you have a digital marketing background or have spent time in the ad tech space, you're likely already familiar with the massive LUMAscape charts — the ones showing dozens of companies, each with their own agenda when it comes to marketing technology, data profiling, targeting, retargeting, and other revenue-based actions. In such a complex industry, it's easy for companies to assume a sort of middleman role and fail to take responsibility for enhanced safeguards and protections. Doing so, however, is neither ethical nor responsible.
Our mission when we launched TheoremReach was to create a better way to help publishers earn more revenue. By offering opt-in surveys, we assist publishers with revenue generation by providing their users with a rewarding, respectful experience.
This continues to be our goal today. We believe that by acting as good corporate citizens and fostering a healthier relationship with both users and publishers, we can accomplish two things at once. We can continue to provide both our publishers and users with a secure, stable, and transparent platform while we further our monetization model each and every day.
Thanks for taking a moment to read through this update. If you have any questions about GDPR in general or TheoremReach specifically, please contact us at support@theoremreach.com.


The New York Yankees made another big splash in free agency Wednesday morning, when it was reported that they had reached an agreement with Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka.
According to Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal, the deal is for seven years and worth $155 million, with an opt-out clause after the fourth year. The Associated Press reported Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner confirmed the deal.
"We had to make sure we had enough pitching to go together with our new lineup," Steinbrenner told AP.
Tanaka was the most coveted free agent pitcher this offseason when it was announced that he was looking to jump to MLB. Tanaka went 24-0 in 28 games last season for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, throwing 212 innings and striking out 183 with an ERA of 1.27.
The Yankees had already landed several free agent stars this offseason, including catcher Brian McCann and outfielders Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran.


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Tales from a dark century: Dohnányi is the missing link between 19th-century Vienna and the fiery modern sounds of his Hungarian compatriots Bartók and Kodály. His First Symphony is something of a passion for our Hungarian guest conductor Gergely Madaras; its opulence and emotion offer a telling contrast to the dark shadows and tense political drama of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto, written as Stalin's post-war repression reached its height. Setting the scene is a new suite from Elena Langer's 2016 opera Figaro Gets a Divorce – which relocates Mozart's characters to a chillingly modern world of repression, nationalism and political instability.
Composer Elena Langer introduces her Suite from Figaro Gets a Divorce.


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How Plagiarims Has Changed In Meaning Over 2000 Years
The concept of plagiarism isn't new. It has been around for centuries in fact. So what exactly is plagiarism? The internet provides many different definitions for the term.
The underlying modern idea of Plagiarism is the same:
The act of copying or stealing someone else's work and then referring to it as your own.
To use another person's work is not wrong by itself, what makes it wrong is the lack of appropriate citations. Sufficient research is required to write anything, regardless of whether it is a blog post or a scientific paper. This research generally involves some or the other reference. As long as the original work is paraphrased and credit is given to the author, copying and quoting is allowed to some extent. How exactly did this idea develop? The next section of this article explains the etymology of the word 'plagiarism' with an interesting anecdote.
The Tale of the Roman Poet Martial:
Martial was a poet who lived in the republic of Rome during the mid first century AD. He accused a man named Fidentinus of "kidnapping" his work. The Latin term 'Plagiarius' refers to 'kidnap'. Martial was the first to use this term to discourage and shame other poets of his time who were reciting his verses without his consent. This is the first known reference we have of the term plagiarism being used in the somewhat the same sense as it is today. Of course, this didn't have any legal implications because plagiarism still wasn't recognized as a punishable offence.
How did Plagiarism evolve over the Centuries?
During the dark age after the fall of Rome and the medieval era that followed, plagiarism didn't crop up very often. Works of literature were not prominent and the general populace of Europe was not as interested in reading and writing as their Greek and Roman ancestors were. After the invention of the printing press in 1440, however, poetry and prose became popular again. This time, hundreds of copies were available of every published book. Copying another person's work became easier. With a lack of effective means of communication, authors would never know that their content is being reproduced under a different name. This slowed down as the effects of the Renaissance spread throughout Europe. By the late 17th century, books had been standardized for several professional courses. Copying from mainstream literature was quite difficult. The word 'plagiarism' was introduced into the English dictionary in the mid 18th century. The meaning of the word had now significantly changed. It did not mean 'kidnap' anymore. Instead it was used in much the same way we use it today. Plagiarism continued to happen over the course of the next 200 years. What changed everything and increased the amount of circulated plagiarized content was the inception of the internet.
Plagiarism in the last few Decades:
The internet changed how we look at what is plagiarism. It is no more a petty offence. With the availability of so much more information, plagiarism has become exponentially easier to pull off and harder to detect.
The meaning of 'plagiarism' can now be extended to include all of the following:
– Copying from a source but not giving the author appropriate credit
– Overly quoting a source with or without giving credit to the author
– Wrong citations
Plagiarism has undoubtedly been on the rise since the internet came into being.
Universities and other educational institutions have tightened their rules to curb plagiarism, yet it continues to grow. This is mainly because very specific information about any topic can easily be gathered and reproduced without having to go through books which vaguely describe it. Textbooks have more value today when compared to 'reference' books. The way we do research before writing content has changed. The meanings that the term 'plagiarism' held previously had to be vastly expanded to include all the above mentioned acts. Today we live in a society where plagiarism is one of the most commonly committed crimes and a clear solution to the problem is yet to be found.
This article was written by Edusson Community.
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Amazing Spider-Man #28: The Real Housewives of Evil (or Something)
Amazing Spider-Man #28: The Real…
Author(s): Nick Spencer
Artist(s): Kev Walker (pencils) & John Dell (inks)
Colorist(s): Laura Martin & Andrew Crossley
Letterer: Joe Caramagna
Publisher: Marvel
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Superhero
By Matt Meyer
As it turns out, the bonds of sisterhood aren't worth much when your team leader is just as much of a double-crossing back-stabber as the Boomerang she claims to despise! Janice, a.k.a. the new Beetle, spills the beans to her increasingly-uncomfortable boyfriend Randy Robertson.
Frankly, though, he's far more concerned with the fact he's dating a supervillain. And that she tried to blow up his work! Beetle, of course, has covertly sold out her Syndicate sisters and plans to turn their captive, Boomerang, over to the Kingpin.
It doesn't take long for the Kingpin and a veritable legion of police to corner the motley crew!
It's Spidey to the rescue! But against Fisk's army of cops, does he stand a chance?
And what secret does Boomerang hold that will completely change everything?!
"Who Run the World?" comes to a twisty conclusion in Amazing Spider-Man #28, pulling all the various strings from the past two issues into a nicely fitting, if somewhat abrupt, ending. Unfortunately, a fun ending is derailed by distractingly mismatched art from Kev Walker.
Art is subjective. One person's trash is another's treasure… et cetera, et cetera. So while I don't want to knock Kev Walker simply for having an art style that doesn't appeal to me personally, on an objective level I have to wonder who thought he was a good fit for Spider-Man. Something with the tone of, say, Hitman or The Boys? His comedic, almost slapstick style would be perfect. But the world Spider-Man is not that. Yes, it has its comedic moments, but the levity is a means of counterbalancing the seriousness. And while "Who Run the World?" is definitely a lighter-toned affair than the recent "Hunted" arc, it still carries a certain amount of weight simply by being a Spider-Man story.
By contrast, Walker's style is cartoony – somewhat rubbery, almost like a '90s Jim Carrey movie set to pencils and inks. It's not bad art by any means, but some of his choices – like giving Spider-Man big almond-shaped eyes or Kingpin's eyes being slightly too far apart or making Randy Robertson look like a 12-year-old or Janice sans Beetle helmet look high A.F. – are distracting. In a goofier, lighter comic, these things might not matter so much. (And seriously, why do the cops have lightsaber-batons?) But this is Amazing Spider-Man, the grand poobah of all things arachnid. There's a certain weight to be considered, especially when thinking about the artistic masters who have graced this book over the decades: Ditko. Romita. Andru. MacFarlane. Larsen. Bagley… the list goes on. A myriad of different styles, but they all had one thing in common: they were taking the subject material seriously. Walker's art simply doesn't convey that. By comparison, it's more equivalent to a fan fic Spidey comic whipped up by a couple of stoners one lazy Sunday afternoon.
Similarly – Ryan Ottley's cover art looks less like a serious comic and more like something you'd find on a children's coloring book. Not necessarily bad, just ill-suited to this particular comic.
The art is weighted against the strengths of story, though. Nick Spencer – who has no shortage of criticism lobbed at him during his tenure on this book – really has played to his strengths through "Who Run the World?". The low-stakes crime played for big drama and bigger twists, the faux-camaraderie between the Syndicate, the simultaneous riff on both toxic masculinity and knee-jerk feminism – has been refreshing, and right up his alley as an author. Honestly, this is the Nick Spencer Spidey comic I've been waiting to read. Not Nick Spencer pretending to be J.M. DeMatteis or any other writer he isn't. Nick Spencer. He has a voice, and when he's not trying to write to others' expectations, he really shines. This arc has, joyfully, been one of those times. Please, Nick – let's have some more of this.
Nick Spencer and Kev Walker's "Who Runs The World?" arc wraps up in a bonkers, fun, and zippy way that plays to all of Spencer's strengths as a writer. It's a shame Kev Walker's art is so wrong for this book, even though he is a decent artist - because the end visual result distracts from the quality writing.
Writing - 8.5/10
Storyline - 8/10
Art - 5/10
Color - 4/10
Cover Art - 4/10
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