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Seantrel Wins USA Today's Offensive Player of the Year
Tags: college football, Cretin-Derham Hall, high school football recruiting, NCAA Football, rivals.com, Seantrel Henderson, Tom Lemming
Photo by Todd A. Buchanan/USA Today
Photo by Vince Muzik
Cretin-Derham Hall offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson was named the USA Today Offensive Football Player of the Year today, the first time in the 27-year history of the award a lineman has ever won the honor. As a caveat, Seantrel's picture ran in the upper left corner of the paper, two inches away from a photo of Michael Jackson, even in death the most famous guy on the planet.
Seantrel had a great quote in the article, one one with some intelectual punch but that's humble at the same time. He showed why when gets a little more mature and a little more comfortable in front of a microphone he'll be a lot of fun to listen to:
"A lot of people don't understand that everything starts at the front line… The offensive line, we're protecting all those all those other offensive guys that are getting the ball and are getting those awards."
He's right. The offensive line is the engine of a football team. If you can't run the ball, you can't control the clock. If you can't pass protect, you won't be able to defend the de facto leader of your team, the quarterback. Good luck hearing that on ESPN or FOX or any other network when they show football highlights. Most of that stuff is for fantasy football players, not for those wanting to understand the nuances of the game. Perhaps the movie "The Blind Side" will change all that in the future. Let's hope.
I'm a Star SMUGgle?!
Thanks to Lee Aase, the Director of Social Media and Syndication at the Mayo Clinic, for highlighting me and my project with Seantrel Henderson in his blog post for Social Media University, Global, or SMUG as we students (known as SMUGgles) refer to it. SMUG is a tongue-and-cheek name for Lee's web site where anyone can go and learn from Lee's expertise. There's no tuition and the learning never stops!
We are living amidst revolutionary times, and Lee is one of those on the edge, using new technology to communicate. To get a grasp on Lee's importance, understand this: A worldwide, leading institution like the Mayo Clinic turned to one guy and said, "If you have this figured out, go do it." That's kind of unusual and you have to be very competent to get that sort of responsibility. That's Lee.
Minnesota Guy Andy Bischoff, Canadian Football Champion
Tags: Andy Bischoff, CFL, Cretin-Derham Hall, Grey Cup, Marc Trestman, Montreal Alouettes
For 14 years Andy Bischoff held various positions at Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, including a two-time stint as Dean of Students and the assistant football coach of one of most powerful programs in the state. In the spring of 2008 he took up Marc Trestman's offer to join his coaching staff of the Montreal Alouettes. A native Minnesotan, Trestman had compiled an impressive career resume as an NFL assistant after starting his career with the Miami Hurricanes where he coached a Cretin-Derham Hall alum, quarterback Steve Walsh. "Always a bride's maid never a bride" when it came to head coaching jobs, Trestman finally got his shot in the Canadian Football League in Montreal — and Bischoff took the leap of faith and headed to Canada.
In their first season, their team made it all the way to the Grey Cup Championship game, but lost. This year, their second season in Montreal, they prevailed in the Grey Cup last Sunday night (Nov. 29) by the most dramatic of means. Down 27-11 with 11 minutes to go in the game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, their team won on a last-second 33-yard field goal. Actually, it was their second try. The previous play their kicker missed a 43-yard field goal, but Saskatchewan was flagged for too many men on the field. With a second chance, kicker Damon Duval put it right through the uprights. Game over, Alouettes champs.
Here's a little Q & A with Andy:
Describe what being a member of the Alouettes has been like since winning the Grey Cup?
It's been unbelievable. Amazing. The city has been incredible. From what I understand, although I'm leaving in a few days, there will be a different organization that wants to throw us a party or have our organization over for something for the foreseeable future to celebrate. I'm very humbled by it; It almost didn't happen for us.
Your team was down 27-11 with 11 minutes to go in the game. What was the mood of your team?
Our guys just kept playing. There was no visible display of panic. When we got down by 16 points, we knew we had to use our time well. We were able to move the ball down the field relatively quickly. The defense came up big. When we needed a stop, they made a stop. We got a touchdown which made the game an eight-point game. Then our defense got a turnover, we got another score and were able to cut it to 27-25. We just kept composed and our guys just kept playing until there was no time left on the clock.
Coaching had to play a part in that? You can't just turn on your team's composure in the fourth quarter of a championship game if it hasn't been there before.
Marc (Trestman, the head coach) does a great job of practicing situational football. A lot of teams do it, but I don't know if as many do it as diverse and thoroughly as we do. Overtime, down by two, two-minute drills — it runs the gamut. Our last drive in the Grey Cup started at our own 30 yard line, down by two with no timeouts remaining. We did that before during the season. We scored a ton of points in that same situation throughout the year. Those things don't happen by being lucky. Players and coaches make that happen together.
I was in the box for the game. On the field goal that won the game, we were holding onto each other for dear life. I didn't collapse emotionally on the first kick because I saw the flag right away. It came from the part of the field where the only possible call was going to be against the defense. Our kicker had a tough game. This guy set a CFL record for points this year, but had his toughest game of the year in the championship. In the end he got a chance at redemption — and he did it. I couldn't have been happier for him.
I got on the elevator to the field as fast as I could. When I got there, the Saskatchewan fans were totally stunned, kind of like the Vikings fans were after Atlanta beat Minnesota in the '98 NFC Championship at the Dome. They were in complete disbelief at what they had just seen. A championship was in their grasp and it got away.
This had to be a game where everyone on the team got a game ball. Your defense kept your team in the game the first half, but your offense came through in the second when you needed the points. Fair assessment?
Give our defense credit for the whole game. It could've easily got out of control in the first half because our offense wasn't clicking. Our defense kept us in the game, kept us in the game long enough for our offense to get in gear and get some points. Definitely, both sides of the ball — and our kicking game — made plays when we absolutely needed it. It sounds kind of cliche-ish, but it really was a total team victory.
You sent me a text message from Molson Center when the Alouettes were introduced before the Canadiens game. I saw the video on YouTube and it sounded like you received an extremely loud ovation. What has been the biggest honor that stands out in your mind since winning the Grey Cup?
The Canadiens game was the first special moment. To be honored by the Canadiens was special because the Canadiens dominate the sports scene in hockey-crazy Montreal. After that, the parade in the city was unbelievable. The parade was down St. Catherines Street. St. Catherines Street is the Grand Avenue of Montreal. Imagine Grand Avenue as you know it, double the size of the crowd you've seen at a Grand Old Day celebration and then realize it's only you they've come to see in the parade. We only had five floats in the parade. That's it. It was just people as far as you could see. At the end of the parade route, there's an arts/theater part of town where the stage was set up. I remember people running down there to fill up the grassy space at this park. It reminded me of a Who rock concert from the '70s when they had festival seating and people would run into the stadium when the gates opened trying to get a spot for the show.
I've been playing or coaching football for 24 years and I've only finished on top twice — with Cretin-Derham Hall in '99 and with he Alouettes this year. It's very humbling to see those people want to spend the day with you because you are a champion.
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Tags: Elin Nordegren, golf, online games, Tiger Woods
Thanks to a friend of mine for passing this along to me. Help Tiger Woods navigate away from his angry wife Elin in this new online game.
Poor Tiger. Anyone want to wager what sort of money Elin will get in the divorce?
You Had to See This Game: 97th Grey Cup Finish!
Tags: Andy Bischoff, CFL, Cretin-Derham Hall, Marc Trestman, Montreal Alouettes
You could count the amount of Canadian Football League games I've ever seen on one hand. This particular one I watched because my friend Andy Bischoff is the running backs coach of the Montreal Alouettes and his boss, Marc Trestman, is from Minnesota and destined to be an NFL head coach in someday. Montreal went 15-3 in the regular season, clinching their division five weeks before the regular season ended. They were heavy favorites in the championship game against the Saskatchwan Roughriders but were behind by 16 points with 11 minutes to go in the game. In one of the most dramatic finishes I've seen in years, Montreal pulled out a 28-27 victory on a last second field goal.
Qu'est-ce qu'un jeu! Félicitations Alouettes! (Translation: What a game! Congratulations Alouettes!)
Cleveland Plain Deals Dials My Number
Tags: Cretin-Derham Hall, high school football recruiting, NCAA Football, rivals.com, Seantrel Henderson, Tom Lemming
Doug Lesmerises, the Ohio State beat writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, called me this early evening to inquire about the YouTube video I did on Seantrel Henderson's official visit to Ohio State. Word has got around about Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel's home visit to the Henderson's home this evening. The head coach was accompanied by his brother, Dick, the running backs coach at OSU who was the head football coach at Hamline University in St. Paul for 21 years (1979-2000). Lesmerises did an update in his Buckeye blog incorporating my video. Check it out.


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Not the Swine, but Mexican Flu
'Don't call it swine flu' says Israeli health minister
WITH the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, we were taking bets in the pub last night as to which Islamic country would be the first to demand that the viral condition be renamed so that it would not offend Muslims.
Saudi Arabia was the first choice, with Pakistan weighing in as a close second.
Health Minister Litzman
But guess what? No-one thought of Israel.
Today Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman, holding a press conference to update the public on developments regarding the epidemic in Israel, recommended that it be called "Mexican flu" rather than "swine flu".
According to this report, only two Israelis are believed to have contracted swine Mexican flu. Tomer Vajim, 26, was admitted to the Laniado Hospital in Netanya after returning from Mexico with signs of the viral infection.
A second man who returned from Mexico on Sunday was admitted to the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba and put in isolation after exhibiting suspect symptoms, including fever and coughing.
There will be no 'swine' flu in Israel
Israel's deputy health minister Yakov Litzman, of the United Torah Judaism party, on the ultra-orthodox wing of Israeli politics, said at a press conference this morning: 'We will use the term Mexican flu in order not to have to pronounce the word swine.' Both AP and AFP are reporting the story. Although my own sources tell me that Litzman is out on a limb and will be ignored, I happen to agree with him, albeit for different reasons to his own. See the end of this post for why.
If the wider government in Israel takes him seriously, Israel's minority Muslim population will on this issue at least be united with the country's Jewish population as pork is banned by both. I am waiting to hear from UK Chief Rabbi's office about their view of the term.
The World Organisation for Animal Health also wants the disease renamed because it is not exclusive to pigs. Tradition with past such diseases means they are usually named after their area of origin. They want it called North American flu, which seems a bit unfair to Canada and the US.
This comes as two cases are now confirmed in Scotland with several people they came into contact with also developing symptoms. Canadian woman has just been admitted to hospital in Manchester, suspected to be suffering from swine flu, Israeli authorities are still waiting for the results of tests to determine whether a 26-year-old citizen who flew in from Mexico last Friday has the disease.
The Church of England is not commenting yet. I asked for a prayer from its rapid response prayer unit but none is forthcoming. They think it's no more serious, at present, than the avian flu scare. Surely though a prayer is the least they could do, even if for the stricken of Scotland, Spain, the US and Mexico, because from where I'm sitting, this has the potential to be quite a lot more serious.
Bird flu was, by and large, just caught from birds. Hence, 'bird' flu.
This one seems to be highly contagious between people.
Hence the Israelis, if they pursue this, might just have a point. More than 100 people have now died in Mexico, and that's just the official tally. It really should be called Mexican flu.
How long, I wonder, before people start weighing on on Revelation, plague and pestilence? No doubt I'll be able to bring you links to apocalyptic flu blogs very soon indeed. On top of the credit crunch and the rain, it really is all a bit much. I can't believe the Church of England doesn't think it worthy of comment.
The best place to keep track of what's going on with Mexican flu, though, is Twitter. Google Earth is tracking its progress, conspiracy theorists are making jokes and some even sincere suggestions about God's purpose in all of this.
Posted by Mike Ghouse at 11:43 PM
Labels: Swine Flu
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Effects of acupressure on dysmenorrhea and skin temperature changes in college students: A non-randomized controlled trial
Eun Mi Jun, Soonbok Chang, Duck Hee Kang, Sue Kim
Background: Complementary and alternative therapies may be adopted as nursing interventions to alleviate dysmenorrhea and improve productivity, creativity, work performance, and quality of life. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of San Yin Jiao (SP6) acupressure as a non-pharmacologic nursing intervention for dysmenorrhea and identify its effects on temperature changes in two related acupoints as an explanatory mechanism of χ circulation. Design: A non-equivalent control group pre and post-test design was employed to verify the effects of SP6 acupressure on skin temperature and dysmenorrhea. Setting and participants: Young college women with primary dysmenorrhea were recruited from classrooms at two universities in Korea and 58 eligible participants were allotted to either a SP6 acupressure group or placebo group that received light touch on the SP6 acupoint. Methods: The experimental group received acupressure treatment within the first 8 h of menstruation, and severity of dysmenorrhea and skin temperature changes in the Zhongwan (CV2) and Qugu (CV12) acupoints were assessed prior to and 30 min, 1, 2, and 3 h following treatment. Results: There was a significant difference in severity of dysmenorrhea between the two groups immediately after (F = 18.50, p = 0.000) and for up to 2 h (F = 8.04, p = 0.032) post treatment. Skin temperature was significantly elevated at 30 min after acupressure at the suprapubic CV2 acupoint in the experimental group compared to the control group. Temperature elevation was also noted at the epigastric CV12 acupoint post treatment but group differences were not significant, indicating that SP6 acupressure relieves dysmenorrhea primarily by temperature elevation in the CV2 pathway. Conclusions: Acupressure to the SP6 meridian can be an effective non-invasive nursing intervention for alleviation of primary dysmenorrhea, with effects lasting 2 h post treatment.
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.03.021
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Jun, E. M., Chang, S., Kang, D. H., & Kim, S. (2007). Effects of acupressure on dysmenorrhea and skin temperature changes in college students: A non-randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 44(6), 973-981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.03.021
Jun, Eun Mi ; Chang, Soonbok ; Kang, Duck Hee ; Kim, Sue. / Effects of acupressure on dysmenorrhea and skin temperature changes in college students : A non-randomized controlled trial. In: International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2007 ; Vol. 44, No. 6. pp. 973-981.
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Kwalifikacje do World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (2017/2018) miały na celu wyłonienie jednej żeńskiej reprezentacji narodowej w rugby 7, która uzyskała status stałego uczestnika sezonu 2017/2018 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

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Kwalifikacje zostały przeprowadzone w formie turnieju zorganizowanego przy męskim Hong Kong Sevens 2017 w dniach 6–7 kwietnia 2017 na dwóch stadionach – półfinały i finał rozegrano na Hong Kong Stadium, pozostałe mecze zaś na So Kon Po Recreation Ground. Była to jednocześnie jubileuszowa, dwudziesta edycja Hong Kong Women's Sevens. Podział na grupy i ramowy harmonogram rozgrywek opublikowano w marcu 2017 roku.

W zawodach wzięło udział dwanaście reprezentacji wyłonionych w kontynentalnych mistrzostwach w każdym z sześciu regionów podlegających World Rugby. Drużyny rywalizowały w pierwszym dniu systemem kołowym podzielone na trzy czterozespołowe grupy, po czym w drugim dniu osiem najlepszych awansowało do ćwierćfinałów. Stawką zawodów było uzyskanie statusu stałego uczestnika kolejnego sezonu światowego cyklu, a faworytkami turnieju były reprezentantki Południowej Afryki. Składy zespołów.

Jedyną drużyną z kompletem zwycięstw w pierwszym dniu była Japonia i niepokonana pozostała też do końca turnieju, w finałowym pojedynku wygrywając z Południowoafrykankami. Najwięcej przyłożeń zdobyła Kenijka Sinaida Omondi, zaś punktów ex aequo Aggie Poon z Hongkongu i Mayu Shimizu z Japonii.

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Fan Concepts
Allies Of The Tenno (Putting This On Hold For Now) [Update 10/17]
By HappyApathy,
July 20, 2014 in Fan Concepts
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Darvo is an enigmatic character, but him as a leader of the Vandals seems a bit stretched due to his nature. A Salesmen and an Associate of the Vandals and us, sure, but I don't see in his demeanor someone who wants to lead an entire rebellion.
Yeah, personnaly, I see Darvo like an opportunist.
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Silver Disciple
I added Darvo under the Vandals as more of an associate and arms dealer rather then a true member.
Added in a potential revamping of Cantis as a character for the Ghosts, working on a back story:
Cantis (Tentative)
Due to the fact Cantis is already an existing character whether or not this will ultimately be applied to her or an entirely new character will depend on how she is developed in game, it would also likely be a bit of a retcon of the character she currently is (however little developed it is) if it were to be applied
"The Grineer took everything from me, from everyone here, it is only fair we return the favor"
- Cantis of the Red Veil
Born a Grineer slave, Cantis' life is a tale of tragedy that has turned her into the embodiment of hate and anger towards the Grineer; she would be the leader of the Ghosts and the one you would receive Ghost related quests and missions and likely be the one giving you mission updates and directives while you run them. If she is seen in game during a mission her weapon of choice would likely be either dual Wraith Vipers or a Gorgon Wraith.
Though likely youngest character to appear in game she would be one of the most intense and severe personalities you would encounter. Her entire life has been spent plotting revenge against the Grineer and she has no time or use for any sort of pleasantries or leisure outside of that, it has been a long time since she ever truly smiled. The way I describe her demeanor is like 'cold fire', while on the surface she mains a composed and seemingly emotionless guise, underneath burns a hatred and loathing towards the Grineer that is frightening when it does manage to boil out of her.
Possible personality trait: Slightly unhinged
"You Tenno, so safe in your secret hideouts and little ships, you have no idea what it's like to live out here in real world, to spend your childhood as a dog slave, to watch as friends and family die everyday from bullets and starvation, the Grineer have sent me to hell, AND I WILL PULL THEM DOWN HERE AND MAKE THEM BURN WITH ME"
- Conversation with Cantis
Cantis for the most part would be cold and quite taciturn about most things, and while Cantis should never be considered some sort of psychopath, it would be a quite a character twist if the inner fire that drives would on rare occasions boil to the surface and show her true colors, maybe when she gets really riled up in her rhetoric against the Grineer, or during battle. Compared to the Vandals who for the most part would hold the morale high ground the Ghosts are meant to be more a moral gray zone, where at times you might question whether it is okay to combat the hatred of the Grineer by fighting with a group that seems just as equally hateful towards them.
Edited September 1, 2014 by HappyApathy
arch111 6,343
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I asked earliervif Zohn can be based on Clint Eastwood.
To give you a better idea of how it could look, have a look at Clint here.
GTG3000 1,750
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I know what you're thinking, punk. You're thinking "did he fire sixty shots or only fiftynine?" Now to tell you the truth I forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this is a Cestra, the most powerful handgun in the world and will blow you head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself a question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?
Well, it doesn't quite work, but corpus sidearms are kinda meh in regards of handcannons. Also, doggamn wysiwyg post editor.
Edited September 1, 2014 by GTG3000
No no, it works just fine! And that line actually works surprisingly well with the outline Zohn persona.
So Clint might be a contender. Will dig around for more faces to fill that battlescarred suit of his.
I've actually talked with Goatasty and he's working on a concept piece for him right now, I mentioned a number of possible characters to base him off of, including Clint Eastwood.
Oh, Glad to hear that! Can´t wait to see it actually.
AlphaHorseman 3,344
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Ren Huud, (pronounced just as you would the word 'Hood') the counterpart to Cantis in the Red Veil Ghosts division, as you requested. Since we have Caz on Callisto, I thought I'd rework this story a bit and try to see what I could tune up. Honestly I don't know about the name, the creative juices weren't flowing well, haha, if you can think of something a bit more creative and Grineer-esque, I'd be open to it. And of course, you're free to change whatever you wish in the story, add or subtract.
As one of the Grineer Berserker units who were sent into the field to "suppress" enemy forces, Ren was a decorated commander in the Grineer military. One of the first Berserkers created by Tyl Regor, his ability to calculate his attacks and command his troops earned his name to be whispered among figures like Admiral Vor and Lieutenant Lech Krill. To test his skill and hone his prowess, he and his squad were sent on mission after mission, eliminating Corpus installations, suppressing Red Veil activity, and killing the Tenno before they awoke. In his youth he believed that the Queens were right, that they needed to reign in the system, or else the Corpus would own everything and rule it all for profit. Ren believed that the Grineer rule would liberate the system, and that the peoples in the colonies and civilian outposts needed their aid in freeing them from Corpus influence, Red Veil anarchy, and the Tenno betrayers. For his efforts, Ren quickly rose through Grineer ranks and became a decorated Officer in the Grineer Military.
When the Tenno began to awake, more and more Grineer were sent to try and eliminate them before the Lotus could create a sizeable force. Ren's first encounter with an awoken Tenno squad was something he would never forget. After finding the location of an Orokin Derelict, Captain Vor ordered Ren in to quickly destroy the Tenno Cryopods before the Lotus was able to recover them. When Grineer forces breached the ship and found the pods, they were empty. Before anyone could take another breath, the Tenno sprung from the shadows and began unloading on the Grineer Battalion. A blinding light incapacitated the Grineer troops, and the Excalibur responsible began slicing apart the dazed Grineer. Ren was able to recover and dodge an Ember Fireball; some of his men victim to an Avalanche. In the confusion, Ren was able to duel the Excalibur with his claws, while his men focused on the Tenno taking position within a Frost Snowglobe. The Trinity among them ensured that no matter the blow that landed, her squad was healed of the injuries and continued to press the Grineer. Ren and his opponent dueled endlessly, and he knew the troops he had at hand wouldn't be enough.
The duel with the Excalibur continued on while the men around him began to fall quickly. After signaling his men to focus on the Excalibur, Ren radioed all available Grineer from his ship to engage the Tenno. Grineer troops flooded the Derelict, and soon the entire ship was alight with a firefight. Ren had never seen a foe fight with such ferocity and precision against the Grineer armies before. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Tenno still matched the Grineer in lethality and continued to press the Grineer forces surrounding them. Grineer bodies began to litter the ship, but Ren realized that if the Tenno were allowed to escape, they would pose a great threat to the Queens.
For the first time, he realized why the Tenno were fabled warriors, and why they were to never be awoken. After what seemed to be hours of fighting, the Tenno began to fall one by one, until the only one left was the Excalibur that he had dueled. The exhaustion could be seen on the Excalibur's composure, yet he stood resolute against the Grineer around him. Ren came to respect his adversary, and rather than let his troops gun the Tenno down, ordered his men to let him finish his duel. Their duel was a dance of blade and claw, back and forth between both adversaries. Their clash continued for some time, with the Grineer forces cheering Ren on, yet throughout all of this the Excalibur kept his calm and continued to fight on, no matter the bullet wounds and explosive flack that littered his body. The Excalibur came very close to defeating Ren, with his Skana blade nearly slicing Ren's head off. Only by quick reflexes did Ren evade his decapitation, but his helm would bear the scar across the faceplate.
Ren was fighting for his life, and he knew it. Never before, not in his training or countless missions across the Origin System did he face a foe that truly challenged him in every regard as a warrior. Enemies before this were mere fodder to the true skill the Tenno fought with, they possessed the prowess and elegance of times past, and held the morals that warriors today lacked. The Corpus with their automatons and the Grineer with their countless clones, their sheer power and might was unfathomable. And yet, here, in the face of a foe that did not care for either side, Ren realized that the strength of the Tenno came from their discipline, their continuity, their bond as a family in arms against foes that would seek to destroy that family. It was evident on the way the Excalibur he fought now stood and battled, even when any other soldier would have fallen. Bullet wounds and shrapnel riddled his WarFrame, and yet he stood toe to toe with the best assassins of the Grineer Empire.
Ultimately, the wounds on the Excalibur took their toll, and Ren was able to overcome the Tenno warrior. Looking up from his defeated enemy, Ren realized the costs this one engagement with the Tenno took on his men. Grineer bodies lay riddled throughout the ship, most of his men either dead or injured, and the few that weren't were exhausted and ready to collapse. All this, from four Tenno. Yet, Ren could not help but respect his foe, and in honor of their prowess in battle, laid the bodies of the Tenno side by side in their pods, despite new orders to return the bodies to Grineer facilities for military research. He would never forget that battle with the Tenno; he left the scar across his faceplate as a reminder of the soldiers who had fallen, and the enemy that he respected.
One day, they were sent to a remote position to quell the enemy forces there. It turned out that the enemy forces were actually civilians who refused to submit to the rule of the Queens. The Lotus had sent in Tenno squads to help protect the civilians as they were evacuating, and the Berserkers were sent in to eliminate the Tenno squads. En mass the Grineer forces flooded the area, shooting at anything that wasn't Grineer. After fighting the Corpus, Red Veil, and even Tenno squads out in the field, Ren though this operation would be a simple invasion and the civilians would be freed from the Tenno usurpers. The Tenno would prove otherwise, and the squads the Lotus had sent were sustaining a defensive line, stopping the Grineer from liberation the Civilians.
When Ren reached the frontlines, he noticed that the Tenno were being assisted by Red Veil and civilian forces, sustaining shield generators while the Tenno and the Red Veil kept the Grineer away from civilian engineers. Perplexed, he himself engaged Tenno and Red Veil forces to try and gain a foothold in the Tenno defense. Red Veil defenses were surpassed with great resistance, but the Tenno kept the Grineer from freeing Civilians that were heading to transports. Ren thought these transports were where the Lotus took Tenno prisoners. In the fighting he noticed a Civilian convoy moving to their Transport, and moved his troops to intercept. Ordering his men to overtake the convoy, Ren was able to reach the Civilians before Tenno squads could converge on the convoy. When he ordered the Civilians to head to the Grineer camps for protection, the civilians refused, stating that they needed protection from the Grineer.
Ren didn't get a chance to dissuade the Civilians, as Tenno cells arrived to overtake the Grineer positions. When the fighting broke out around the convoy, Civilians were fleeing towards the Tenno transports. Despite his best efforts to get them away from the Tenno, civilians continued to run, the Tenno providing the distraction by fighting the Grineer. Rens' troops were forced to pull back as the cell proved too much. Ultimately, the Grineer forces converging on the Transport area were able to push the Tenno cell to the docks. By this point Ren was able to hear the Red Veil leader known as Cantis giving orders through a signal hacker awarded to him by Vem Tabook, a member of the Grustrag Three.
"Tenno, all other Cells have extracted, yours is the only one left. Grineer forces are converging on your position, you may choose to head to extraction, but the last transports will be vulnerable, the choice is yours."
-Cantis
Yet the Tenno stayed their positions, protecting the last transports still loading Civilians. In his heart Ren knew that the Tenno would not leave, he had fought them enough times to see their "Tenno Honor" in action.
"Tenno, the Grineer will eliminate the Civilians and you, they will not spare the children or the innocent, you must not let them destroy the transports."
At this, Ren was offended, the Grineer were the liberators of the people, not these Tenno usurpers. The Queens assured him that the civilians would be liberated and the Red Veil collaborators found and eliminated. He ordered his troops forward, ready to prove to Cantis just how wrong she was, and to make the Tenno realize that the Grineer would not allow them to brainwash the civilians.
After the battle was won and the Tenno defeated, the civilian transports were held in their positions, and Ren awaited orders from Tyl Regor. Expecting the people on the transports to be spared, Commander Huud was not prepared when Regor ordered that the civilians be eliminated, stating that they were defectors to the Tenno cause, and all were Red Veil associates. Ren saw women and children enter the transports, and knew for a fact the children were innocent of any actions taken by any Red Veil members. Ren ordered his men to stand down, but Regor would not allow it. He ordered Rens' troops to destroy the transports; women, children, elderly, the sick, all were to be eliminated, "For the glory of the Queens" was Regors order.
Grineer guns were raised, even against Rens' orders, and he saw his men slaughter everyone on the ships. Screams were heard throughout the massacre, his calls for a cease fire went unnoticed, and in that moment he realized that his men were clones of loyal soldiers, replaced and replaceable. They followed orders because they were brainwashed into doing so. Led by Captain Vor, created by Tyl Regor, fighting alongside Sargus Ruk, all this he could feel and remember because he was a Berserker, a genetic imprint made by Regor to be unique, complex, mentally more adept and physically superior to their more generic counterparts. But this was all he was to the Grineer, a replaceable clone brainwashed into believing that the Queens were absolute. In that moment he realized that Cantis was right, the Grineer wouldn't spare anyone who stood against them, or anyone suspected of doing so.
After the massacre, Ren knew his insubordination would not go unnoticed. He vowed to open the eyes of his brothers and sisters to the crimes of their superiors and the Queens. He disappeared before anyone could notice, and sought out an enemy he once thought misguided. He sought out those who were freed of the Queens' thrall, those who were able to escape and fight back against the Grineer, those who called themselves the Red Veil, and their leader Cantis.
I'm sorry the female character for the Vandals isn't up yet, I'm still trying to fine tune the story, I'll do my best to get that done ASAP.
Edited September 2, 2014 by AlphaHorseman
Nothing needs to be done ASAP, take your time.
As for your character the only thing I'm thinking about changing is that bit about been a Beserker to something more like an assassin or commander, for one thing Berserker suggests a whole new type of Grineer unit that doesn't exist (it's also a name more associated with madness or insanity), besides that it's looking good, I'll put up my final thoughts on him later (if you don't like the name yourself maybe you can think of a another one in the meantime).
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My version of a basic Red Veil Partisan.
To show rank they could also have increasingly complex Syandana
Operatives have the normal Rakta.
For partisans it adds a shell like part over the "wings"
and Assassins get a long tail as well
I forget what the new units for the Grineer are called, the one that won the Enemies of the Tenno concept, but that's what I was trying to model it after. Of course, change as you will! The biggest thing for this thread is that all our ideas flow together, and we have good synergy with them all, if changes to my work needs to be done, we can do it! I'm just enjoying the writing and stuff.
I'll try to think of something for his name, if not. you're free to change it or keep it.
Well I'm starting to hit the point where I have so much artwork for this concept I'm starting having trouble including it all due to the limited number of images I'm allowed in each post, I'm going to have to rethink how I organize this I guess.
Imgur galleries?
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I want this naowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Added ValhaHazred art to the art thread, will have to do some juggling though before i can add it to this one
Lol, the popularity of the thread, I love it! If only the Devs gave us a way to put all of these threads into groups, that way we can access all of the info in one central area. But I guess the best we can do is link the other threads to this one.
Added ValhaHazred's concepts to the OP.
Had to break up the OP again, something I'm loathe to do, but I couldn't see a way around it except turning some of the images into links instead, something I'd rather do as a last resort.
Wraith armor?
Red Veil armor that is either custom made or captured from the Grineer, re-painted with a Wraith theme
Ok I will take care not post any new inages in here then.
And awesome new art!
This project is slowly turning into a campaign or as they used to call it a DLC.
Come on devs! This is awesome stuff.
I never meant I can't take in any more artwork, by all means keep submitting anything you can for this.
I don't see this as a massive add on, more of something that the devs will hopefully adopt and gradually add in, it could start as easily as having Zhon instead of Cantis deliver the next Red Veil message, I'm not expecting them to implement everything seen here at once in one giant update.
Heh! No I meant it could just as well be a proper RPG Campaign.
I mean that in the best possible way.
DLC in F2P game?
ARE YOU INSANE????????
The entire game is basically one long string of big dlc, though free.


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Where Tacos Once Sold, Crepes Now Hot
by Guadalupe González May 6, 2014 September 29, 2020
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When Manuel Norris, owner of the Little Heaven Deli, opened in 2012, he kept the taco stand he bought at 2348 Mission Street, but he quickly discovered that there was too much competition and diners were looking for something else.
Nine months ago, that something else became crepes – an idea he got from working at the now closed French cafe Ti Couz on 16th Street.
He's onto something: sales have more than doubled.
To be sure, Mexican food is still hot in the Mission – one simply has to drop by the packed La Taqueria, Papalote or the recently opened La Rondalla on any given day to see that. There is, however, increasingly room for new dishes that are fast, inexpensive and healthy. Papalote, for example, has thrived with its healthier version of familiar staples and when La Rondalla reopened last week, Mission Local's food reviewer noted the absence of its once-loved lard.
"They want something different and also they are looking into more vegan and vegetarian more health conscious," said Noriss of his new customers. "So the crepe has no beans and rice that a lot of people try to avoid and we're just adjusting."
Even in the two years he has been on the street, Norris said his clientele has become a lot more diverse. At first it was mostly all Latino, now half of his customers are of other ethnicities, a good reflection of the changing demographics in the Mission. In the 2010 census, Latinos made up 39 percent of the population compared to 50 percent in 2000.
Not only has Norris adjusted to the changes, he is also catering to customers' needs and wants. Little Heaven's menu includes gluten-free and soon they will serve buckwheat crepes. Norris said he tried to offer reasonable prices – their cheapest crepe is only $3 dollars. The most expensive – the Holy Crepe – goes for $10. It has everything: various fruits, nutella, chocolate chips, marshmallows, and caramel. They also sell sandwiches.
Originally from Mexico City, Norris has lived in the United States for nearly 20 years and has worked almost every position in the food industry, from busser to manager. He sees no problem in giving up tacos and he sees a certain "beauty in selling crepes."
"You can sell it morning afternoon or night. You can have it breakfast with egg, bacon, and ham. You can have it chocolate or chicken, smoked salmon creme cheese," said Norris. "There a lot of items you can put on it so you can sell it any time of the day."
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I'm a regular client with my kids they really enjoy it , I love it !!! Little heaven are the best crepes at mission!!!
TinyTim says:
"You're in the Army now" and no beans and rice?
Bring back Ti Couz!
Good to see that the food offerings in the Mission are becoming more diverse.
My favorite is grilled troll. It's the daily special at Mission Local! Let's see who takes the bait first!


goodmorning ladies... i have a simple question for anybody who can answer... i always read when we get bb changes veins tend to appear more but i always read they are blue do they have to be blue? because i might be preggo (baby dust to me and others =)....all of sudden i have alot of veins but they are big and green and some fade into blue...but more green... is that normal ?
its normal. veins do vary in color. good luck to you.
no problems. when i was early in pregnancy, i had soem green and blue veins in my chest. perfectly normal.


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BRITAIN'S cosmetic industry fears a fake tan shortage this winter due to supply problems with a key ingredient.
Manufacturers are struggling to import a solvent ingredient called ethoxydiglycol, which is widely used in cosmetic products from tanning lotions to shampoo.
Britain's cosmetic industry fears a fake tan shortage this winter due to supply problems with a key ingredient called ethoxydiglycolCredit: Getty
The price of the ingredient has increased nearly ten times in recent weeks, with some suppliers reportedly being out of stock.
Diane Higham, director of Sunjunkie.com, says the Stockport-based fake tan supplier is struggling to find enough ethoxydiglycol, which is vital for making its self-tanning products.
She told the MailOnline: "This is a total nightmare. We are still desperately trying to source the ingredient from major UK and European suppliers, which is already impacting our production line.
"For fake tan to remain on the skin and be resistant to water, the product must be able to absorb into the skin effectively. Without a good solvent, this may not be the case."
The shortage is expected to have a huge impact on cosmetics as well as certain medical products, according to online pharmacy Medicine Direct.
It has already had a ripple effect in the showbiz world with Strictly Come Dancing stars being warned that they may have to appear on the show pasty-faced.
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It's been found that the price of ethoxydiglycol had rocketed from £12 to £103 a kilogram.
Hussain Abdeh, clinical director and superintendent pharmacist at Medicine Direct, told iNews: "Ethoxydiglycol is almost single handedly responsible for how cosmetics are applied to the skin.
"Without it, many cosmetic products as we know them would be unusable.
"This problem can also cause serious problems for medical treatments, particularly for conditions like eczema, acne and psoriasis.
"Without an effective solvent, topical treatments will be hindered in their absorption."
Nitin Sethi, the managing director of the chemical distribution firm Ascot International, says other ingredients found in fake tan are also in short supply.
Speaking to the Guardian, he said: "A month ago I placed an order for 10 metric tonnes of DHA and I only got four tonnes between now and the end of the year.
"Our turnover is down because we are not able to sell what we need to sell because of lack of stock, and the price is high and some people are not willing to pay the price."
Boots said its suppliers had not raised concerns about the supply of ethoxydiglycol and Superdrug declined to comment.
Authorities have previously urged shoppers not to panic buy in the run-up to Christmas.
Ministers said that stockpiling risks worsening the shortages as it did with petrol at forecourts.
The ingredient is widely used in cosmetic products because it is soluble in both oil and waterCredit: Alamy
Online pharmacy Medicine Direct found that the price of ethoxydiglycol had rocketed from £12 to £103 a kilogramCredit: Alamy
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Before Pulia, I confess that I've never had a burrata. I knew it was some sort of cheese but that was it. After Pulia, I think I may have converted into a burrata obsessed cheese lover.
The first outside of its Italian borders, Pulia focuses on regional italian food from Puglia the south of Italy. Situated on Stoney Street just by Borough Market, the area is no stranger to good food.
Burrata apparently, is one of Puglia's most famous exports, something that Pulia is renowned in London for. We had the chance to see how burrata is made from a cheese specialist, Dominico.
Watching the Pulia team make burrata was certainly an eye opener, made fresh and ready, we tried burrata both cool and warm. An impressive display had me craving for more and we were so full!
Pulia serves a wide variety of regional specialties and the deli style cafe is perfect for coffee catch ups and small eats. Croissants were delicate and flaky, complemented with capocollo and scamorza and the taralli bowl was particularly addictive.
The spinach and mozarella omelette made a nice snack too, if served as a warm version that would be even better!
My greed for food continued as I was eyeing up the pasticiotti and lemon custard tart as it was served for desserts. Mandarin olive oil made a nice touch which is available for purchase already bottled up on Pulia's shelves.
Definitely a place that I recommend for casual weekend or brunch dining. Prices are decent too.


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Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a visual masterpiece – you know it, I know it, and The Academy knows it, too, after Rian Johnson's somewhat contentious sequel was nominated for Best Visuals Effects, where it ultimately loss out to Blade Runner 2049. A worthy winner, we might add.
As for The Last Jedi, SFX supervisor Chris Corbould was part of the team responsible for those dazzling effects – from the opening bomb raid to Luke Skywalker's final stand on Crait, Episode VIII was nothing if not beautiful.
I think what we did do, which you'll probably think was visual effects — there's a scene where Luke Skywalker comes into his hut while Rey is having the big talk with Kylo Ren, and all of a sudden the whole hut blows backwards away from him. We did that practically. So I was very, very pleased with that. We put the whole hut together like a big jigsaw, and then we attached a wire to every single individual piece. And then, on a cue, on a button, all those individual pieces were connected to pneumatic jerk rams, which jerked them all out in different directions.
Another scene that involved a tremendous amount of practical effects was the one in which the doomed Paige Tico unleashes a stash of bombs upon the hapless Dreadnought, which is blown to kingdom come.
In the start of the film, there's the big fight with the bombers all going towards the enemy, as it were. And there's a scene where there's a bomb bay with about 30 rows of bombs, and a young girl is struggling — she falls down, and she has to let those bombs go, and eventually she gets a hold of the control to let them go.
We rigged those 30 lines of bombs to all drop sequentially out the bottom of the set. The set was about 50 foot high, and all those bombs went down, and they sort of went out the bottom and out sideways, and then the CGI took them over and continued the run down towards the big Star Destroyer. That's one of the practical effects.
And that Phantom Tree on Ahch-To? You know, the one Yoda sets alight? Turns out The Last Jedi production team built a replica on Pinewood, thereby adding a sense of dramatic realism to the scene of Luke and Yoda.
Some of my favorite shots were the Yoda shot with the burning tree. We rigged the tree, and I never — you know, when I read it in the script, I didn't realize how big that tree was gonna be. It was enormous. And then Rian was very insistent that he didn't want it to just burst into flames. He wanted — we did a lightning bolt effect, as it were. A big shower of white light and sparks. And then it slowly sort of caught, burned, and the whole tree caught alight. And then there was that conversation between Yoda and Luke Skywalker in front of it as it burned in the background.
Further details on Star Wars: The Last Jedi's effects – practical and CG – are featured on the Blu-ray, which also happens to include a frankly hilarious gag reel.


Dont Be Conformed to This World: Understanding the Western Story Michael Goheen Vancouver, B.C.
1 Dont Be Conformed to This World: Understanding the Western Story Michael Goheen Vancouver, B.C.
3 Hidden Credo Humanism: Must we not become gods?
4 Humanist Credo: Must we not ourselves become gods? Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) The Madman We have killed Godyou and I! We are all his murderers!... How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderer of all murderers? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?
7 Western Credo I believe we are capable of defining the nature of the world and the meaning of human life (Creator). I believe we can solve the problems of our world and bring about a new world of freedom, prosperity, justice, and truth with scientific reason (Saviour).
12 Enlightenment humanist faith Faith in progress Progress achieved by reason and science Scientific reason produced into technology Scientific reason produced rational societal organisation and structures Progress comes by the application of reason to both technical and social issues (J. H. Plumb).
13 The ideas and values of the modern age are not only intellectualized but they are embedded in powerful institutions, arguably the most powerful institutions that have ever existed.... the key ideas, values, and characteristics of modernity are carried by specific institutions... (John Davison Hunter).
15 Age of Revolution (19 th - early 20 th c.) A worldview can never remain only as a vision or set of beliefs: Will always begin to reshape world Bringing society into conformity with Enlightenment faith French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Democratic revolutions, American Revolution, Marxist Revolution.
16 Establishment of Enlightenment faith meant a narrowing of gospel The early Christian belief that the Fall and Redemption pertained not just to man but to the entire cosmos, a doctrine already fading after the Reformation, now disappeared altogether; the process of salvation, if it had any meaning at all, pertained solely to the personal relation between God and man (Tarnas).
23 On the one hand... breakdown of modern humanism... Environmental destruction Growing poverty Nuclear threat Economic problems Psychological, social disorders... leads to postmodern challenge.
26 On the other hand... the success of modern humanism... Growing wealth Degree of freedom, justice, and stability Scientific and technological development... leads to globalising of modern humanism.
28 Consumer Society Combination of loss of meaning (postmodernity) and growing wealth and idolatry of economic processes (economic globalisation) produces consumer society Most powerful idolatrous force in West today?
29 Most powerful idolatrous force? Consumer capitalism, both for good and for ill, is a pervasive and foundational reality of our day (R. Clapp). Consumerism appears to have become part and parcel of the very fabric of modern life.... And the parallel with religion is not an accidental one. Consumerism is... arguably the religion of the late twentieth century (S. Miles).
32 Making Consumption a Way of Life Planned obsolescence: Designing stuff to break down or be unusable quickly Perceived obsolescence: Instilling in the buyer the desire to own something a little newer, a little better, a little sooner than is necessary.
33 Advertising Average North American exposed to 3000 ads per day Creating new desires Creating dissatisfaction Selling the good life Advertising and related media have served and still serve as important shapers of an ethos that the good life is attained through acquisition and consumption, and that would have its inhabitants constantly yearning for new products and new experiences (Rodney Clapp).
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I saw this in the freezer section and I succumbed to its marketing. Meat made for men. I love meat, and I am a man. It makes sense. ManCave brand meats are the new thing.
I took home the Bacon Cheeseburger. I was curious if they could harness the flavor in a brat. actually its not that hard to do really. Bacon and cheese are really the main ingredients.
These guys were pretty tasty. Authentic which is cool. Made fresh in smaller batches. I like that. I am interested in trying their breakfast brats at some point.
Anyway, yes they are good. But not really cheap. You can get other brats by companies like Hillshire and others for half the price. they are a little more processed, but that's the scale you have to balance. You want cheap? or you want fresh?


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Intel Corporation today announced an important advance in the quest to use light beams to replace the use of electrons to carry data in and around computers. The company has developed a research prototype representing the world"s first silicon-based optical data connection with integrated lasers. The link can move data over longer distances and many times faster than today"s copper technology; up to 50 gigabits of data per second. This is the equivalent of an entire HD movie being transmitted each second.
An engineer holds a 50Gbps Silicon Photonics transmit module. Laser light from the silicon chip at the center of the green board travels to the receiver module in the upper right, where a second silicon chip detects the data on the laser and coverts it back into an electrical signal.
Today computer components are connected to each other using copper cables or traces on circuit boards. Due to the signal degradation that comes with using metals such as copper to transmit data, these cables have a limited maximum length. This limits the design of computers, forcing processors, memory and other components to be placed just inches from each other. Today"s research achievement is another step toward replacing these connections with extremely thin and light optical fibers that can transfer much more data over far longer distances, radically changing the way computers of the future are designed and altering the way the datacenter of tomorrow is architected.
A 50Gbps Silicon Photonics transmit module (left) sends laser light from the silicon chip at the center of the green board travels to the receiver module (right), where a second silicon chip detects the data on the laser and coverts it back into an electrical signal.
Silicon photonics will have applications across the computing industry. For example, at these data rates one could imagine a wall-sized 3D display for home entertainment and videoconferencing with a resolution so high that the actors or family members appear to be in the room with you. Tomorrow"s datacenter or supercomputer may see components spread throughout a building or even an entire campus, communicating with each other at high speed, as opposed to being confined by heavy copper cables with limited capacity and reach. This will allow datacenter users, such as a search engine company, cloud computing provider or financial datacenter, to increase performance, capabilities and save significant costs in space and energy, or help scientists build more powerful supercomputers to solve the world"s biggest problems.
Justin Rattner, Intel chief technology officer and director of Intel Labs, demonstrated the Silicon Photonics Link at the Integrated Photonics Research conference in Monterey, Calif. The 50Gbps link is akin to a "concept vehicle" that allows Intel researchers to test new ideas and continue the company"s quest to develop technologies that transmit data using over optical fibers, using light beams from low cost and easy to make silicon, instead of costly and hard to make devices using exotic materials like gallium arsenide. While telecommunications and other applications already use lasers to transmit information, current technologies are too expensive and bulky to be used for PC applications.
The two silicon chips are at the heart of the 50G Silicon Photonics Link. The lower chip is used to generate light and send data, while the upper chip is used to receive laser light and convert the optical information back into electrical 1s and 0s.
"This achievement of the world"s first 50Gbps silicon photonics link with integrated hybrid silicon lasers marks a significant achievement in our long term vision of "siliconizing" photonics and bringing high bandwidth, low cost optical communications in and around future PCs, servers, and consumer devices" Rattner said.
This silicon transmitter chip contains uses integrated Hybrid Silicon Lasers along with other silicon photonic devices to send up to 50Gb of data each second.
The 50Gbps Silicon Photonics Link prototype is the result of a multi-year silicon photonics research agenda, which included numerous "world firsts." It is composed of a silicon transmitter and a receiver chip, each integrating all the necessary building blocks from previous Intel breakthroughs including the first Hybrid Silicon Laser co-developed with the University of California at Santa Barbara in 2006 as well as high-speed optical modulators and photodetectors announced in 2007.
Dr. Mario Paniccia, Intel Fellow and Director of Photonics Research at Intel Labs, holds the thin optical fiber used to carry data from one end of the 50G Silicon Photonics Link to the other.
The transmitter chip is composed of four such lasers, whose light beams each travel into an optical modulator that encodes data onto them at 12.5Gbps. The four beams are then combined and output to a single optical fiber for a total data rate of 50Gbps. At the other end of the link, the receiver chip separates the four optical beams and directs them into photo detectors, which convert data back into electrical signals. Both chips are assembled using low-cost manufacturing techniques familiar to the semiconductor industry. Intel researchers are already working to increase the data rate by scaling the modulator speed as well as increase the number of lasers per chip, providing a path to future terabit/s optical links – rates fast enough to transfer a copy of the entire contents of a typical laptop in one second.
An optical fiber connection is held up to the transmit module of the 50G Silicon Photonics Link. The link uses passive alignment techniques, wherein the connector mates to pins embedded in the silicon chip to ensure alignment of the laser beam to the optical fiber.
This research is separate from Intel"s Light Peak technology, though both are components of Intel"s overall I/O strategy. Light Peak is an effort to bring a multi-protocol 10Gbps optical connection to Intel client platforms for nearer-term applications. Silicon Photonics research aims to use silicon integration to bring dramatic cost reductions, reach tera-scale data rates, and bring optical communications to an even broader set of high-volume applications.
Todays achievement brings Intel a significant step closer to that goal.


I ended up adding a bit more stuff since I felt the sketch was sorta empty looking I hope that's fine.
They requested their OC who's a firefighter to be taking a shower.
Fantastic work! I love it!
Such an amazing piece, I actually want that shower!
This piece is so calm 'n lovely.
You also could have fooled me, that bathroom looks freakin' great.
Firefighters are cool, my brother is (or was? can't remember if he still does it) a volunteer firefighter. In my mind, they are the most honorable of all emergency workers. They put themselves on the line for others without potentially having to take lives to do so.
Exactly why I created Rescue, and write the PVFD story line. To honor the brony firefighters among us.


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As the US, China, and Russia build new nuclear weapons systems, how will AI be built in?
By Matt Field, December 20, 2019
A US Air Force commander simulates launching a nuclear weapon during a test. Nuclear command and control systems already incorporate various forms of automation. As countries build new systems, will they insert more artificial intelligence? Credit: US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Christopher Ruano.
Researchers in the United States and elsewhere are paying a lot of attention to the prospect that in the coming years new nuclear weapons—and the infrastructure built to operate them—will include greater levels of artificial intelligence and automation. Earlier this month, three prominent US defense experts published a comprehensive analysis of how automation is already involved in nuclear command and control systems and of what could go wrong if countries implement even riskier forms of it.
The working paper "A Stable Nuclear Future? The Impact of Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence" by the team of Michael Horowitz, Paul Scharre, and Alexander Velez-Green comes on the heels of other scholarly takes on the impact artificial intelligence (AI) will have on strategies around using nuclear weapons. All this research reflects the fact that militaries around the world are incorporating more artificial intelligence into non-nuclear weaponry—and that several countries are overhauling their nuclear weapons programs. "We wanted to better understand both the potentially stabilizing and destabilizing effects of automation on nuclear stability," Scharre, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told the Bulletin.
"In particular, as we see nations modernize their nuclear arsenals, there is both a risk and an opportunity in how they use automation in their nuclear operations."
The report notes that nuclear weapons systems already include some automated functionality: For example, warning systems automatically alert nuclear weapons operators of an attack. After the Cold War, Russian missiles were programmed to automatically retarget themselves to hit US targets if they were launched without a flight plan. For its part, the United States at one point designed its entire missile arsenal so that it could be retargeted in seconds from its peacetime default of flying into the ocean. Even these forms of automation are risky as an accidental launch could "spark a nuclear war," the report says. But some countries, the report warns, might resort to riskier types of automation.
Those risks could come from a variety of different sources. Countries could develop unmanned vehicles carrying nuclear weapons; with no one on board and responsible for deploying a nuclear weapon, the systems could be hacked or otherwise "slip out of control," the authors say. In fact, the report notes, Russia is already reportedly developing an autonomous nuclear torpedo. Horowitz, a University of Pennsylvania political science professor, told the Bulletin that the weapon, called Poseidon or Status-6, could be the start of a trend, though it's not yet clear how or if AI will be included. "While so much about it is uncertain, Russia's willingness to explore the notion of a long-duration, underwater, uninhabited nuclear delivery vehicle in Status-6 shows that fear of conventional or nuclear inferiority could create some incentives to pursue greater autonomy," Horowitz said.
Countries might also build more artificial intelligence into the so-called early warning systems that indicate whether a nuclear attack is underway, or insert more powerful AI into the strategic decision support systems they use to keep tabs on other militaries and nuclear forces. Even simple forms of automation in such systems have, in the past, exacerbated nuclear tensions. The report cites a famous 1983 incident where a Soviet officer, Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov, had to disregard automated audible and visual warnings that US nuclear missiles were inbound. Fortunately, Petrov chose not to trust what his systems were telling him and defied the powerful cognitive phenomenon known as automation bias.
Another problematic form of early automation was the Soviet strategic decision support system known as VYRAN. It was a computer program in place to warn Soviet leaders when the United States had achieved a level of military superiority that required Moscow to launch a nuclear attack. But Soviet intelligence agents were inputting information that often confirmed their pre-existing beliefs about US intentions. "This feedback loop amplified and intensified those perceived threats, rather than providing Soviet leaders with a clearer understanding of US intentions," the report notes. There is evidence that countries including Russia and China are placing more emphasis on developing these sorts of so-called computational models for analyzing threats.
A Trident II D5 missile test. The US military, along with others around the world, is upgrading its nuclear weapons systems. Credit: US Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ronald Gutridge.
Despite all these drawbacks, however, the report's authors believe there could be reasons to implement more AI and automation into nuclear weapons systems. They note how artificial intelligence systems could process more data and allow officials in charge of nuclear weapons greater situational awareness. Automation could also be useful in communicating commands in "highly contested electromagnetic environments," as the report dryly puts it—perhaps, say, during a war. But, the report says, "many of these ways that autonomous systems could increase the resiliency and accuracy of [nuclear command and control systems] are speculative."
The countries most likely to take on the risks of incorporating greater levels of artificial intelligence and automation in their nuclear weapons systems are the ones that are less certain of their ability to retaliate after an attack on their nuclear arsenal. As the report notes, that's because the consequences of missing signs of an actual incoming attack—a false negative–would be relatively lower in more confident countries.
Horowitz believes that incorporating artificial intelligence in nuclear weapons systems themselves poses mostly low probability risks. In fact, what concerns him most is how AI in non-nuclear military systems could affect nuclear weapons' policies. "The risk I worry most about is how conventional military applications of AI, by increasing the speed of war, could place pressure on the early warning and launch doctrines of nuclear weapons states that fear decapitation in conventional war," Horowitz told the Bulletin.
Or, as the report puts it, AI-induced time pressure could lead to a chain of decision-making that, in the worst cases, could result in a country launching a pre-emptive nuclear attack. "Fear of losing quickly could create incentives for more rapid escalation to the nuclear level."
The report predicts that there's a pretty strong likelihood that more automation will "creep its way" into nuclear operations over time—especially as nations modernize their nuclear forces. The United States has already embarked on a multi-decade, trillion-dollar-plus plan to upgrade its nuclear forces; Russia and China are similarly modernizing theirs.
"What is interesting, though, is that both the United States and Russia—and the Soviet Union before that—have had elements of automation in their nuclear operations, early warning, command-and-control, and delivery systems for decades," Scharre said. "So it is an issue worthy of deeper exploration."
Maybe that's even a bit of an understatement.
Keywords: AI, Automation, Poseidon, Status-6, early warning systems, nuclear command and control, nuclear weapons
Topics: Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk
Matt Field is an associate editor at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Before joining the Bulletin, he covered the White House, Congress, and presidential campaigns as a...