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Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (PS3) Review

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Score: 85
Published by: SCEA
Developed by: Sanzaru Games

Game Features:

  • 1 player
  • 720P HD Video
  • 3D Compatible
  • Cross Play Capability (PS Vita)
  • Includes Code for PS Vita Version of the Game

Who the heck is Sly Cooper? These were the words uttered to me by my 15-year-old son when I told him I was reviewing the latest in the Sly Cooper franchise.  Not too hard to believe considering it’s been a long 8 years since we’ve seen anything new from the thieving raccoon.  Aside from a polished up HD version of the classics the hiatus has been a long one.  In fact Sly almost managed to skip an entire console generation just sneaking in at the end of the PS3’s life cycle.  With the torch being passed from Sucker Punch to Sanzaru Games was it worth the wait? Indeed it was.

Considering there has been such a large gap in between Sly Cooper games one would have to assume that a lot of gamers looking to pick the title up would be new to the franchise. Essentially this is Sly Cooper 4, but as a jumping off point the game does a good job of giving you all the background information you need without taking too long to introduce you to the storyline as it leads up to now.   Once you get to jump into the gameplay you’ll find that Sanzaru has done a great job of being faithful to its predecessors while giving you something fun and fresh.

I never like to spoil too much of the story but the basics are that Sly has retired his thieving ways and is faking amnesia while maintaining a relationship with his former nemesis Carmelita Fox.  Bentley, his genius-level turtle pal, has developed a time machine.  One day, while perusing the Cooper family history in the “Thievus Raccoonus”, he finds that the pages are disappearing as if time is basically changing and being rewritten right before his eyes.  Bentley obviously deduces that something is happening in the past and that it needs to be fixed.  Enter Murray the hippo and Sly, and the three unlikely companions set off on a journey through the ages to put things right.

Getting down to it this is a platforming game at its finest with some twists and turns thrown in, under the guise of various mini-games and loads of collectibles, to keep things fun.  Sly will navigate rooftops, tight ropes, ledges and dark corners all while evading the gaze of guards and search cameras.  Control wise I found the characters to be responsive with only the odd missed jump or glitch.  In all honesty some of the platforming seems almost too easy as a single button push will almost always lock you on to the nearest sparkly blue balance point for Sly.  I really can’t complain though as most controller throwing temper tantrums of my youth were due to choppy controls and missed jumps and for the most part you’ll find none of that here.  Missions involving Bentley or Murray were always welcome as sneaking gave way to hacking or pummeling respectively.  My only complaint is that I really would have liked to use them more as they were a refreshing change of pace.

The time travel twist allows us to meet some of the Cooper clan ancestors, which for me was a definite highlight of the game.  They are often quite entertaining and the ability to use them in gameplay was a nice addition.  All said and done you travel through five distinct eras ranging from feudal Japan to the prehistoric ages, each with its own Cooper ancestor, each with its own sandbox style playground to wander in.  Missions where you get to play as one of the Cooper magnates were great fun as each of Sly’s forbearers has their own unique ability that freshens up gameplay.  Between all the characters you meet and the original three you start with, the gameplay variety is at an all-time high for the Cooper franchise.  If you add in the plethora of collectibles in the form of bottles, safes, Sly masks, and treasures you’ll find that the replayability of this title is quite high.

The Sly campaign is a strictly single player experience and in my eyes that’s just fine.  I am definitely of the mindset that not every game needs a multiplayer component especially if it doesn’t really serve the game well.  Thieves in Time works well at what it does and is no worse for wear with the multiplayer option missing from the formula.

One of the real pros to the game of course is the cross play ability for owners of the PS Vita. In fact, the PS3 game comes with access to the Vita version via a downloadable code, so in a way it is like getting two copies of the game for the price of one.  Throwing your saves to the cloud and playing on the go is fast becoming a real perk for owners of the Vita.  Another really fun perk of having a Vita is the ability to use it as a second screen of sorts while playing on the PS3.  It functions in game as a viewfinder for Thieves in Time and you can use it to track down bottles, treasures and Sly masks which gives you a decided advantage over the single platform users. Unfair?  Perhaps.  Awesome?  You betcha!

Staying true to its roots the cel-shaded style is a real treat in the visuals department.  Environments are lush and colourful while character animations are just as enjoyable.  Search as I might I couldn’t find many issues of clipping or framerate drops.  I found the camera to be top notch and rarely found myself in a situation where I couldn’t get the viewpoint I needed.  The cut scenes were even better and for me were really reminiscent of days gone by sitting in front of the TV on a Saturday morning with a bowl full of Alpha-Bits waiting for He-Man to start…in a word, radical.

One item of note is the 3D option of the game for those with a 3D capable TV.  I checked it out and while certainly providing depth to the game and the odd 3D pop it was largely forgettable.  After navigating through an area with it enabled I quickly turned it off as I’d already noticed my eyes feeling fatigued.  Going an entire play session with the 3D on would undoubtedly give you a headache due to eye strain.

When treated to voiceover work via cut scenes or mission explanations I found it to be extremely well done.  The voice acting is fantastic and just cheesy enough to serve up that Saturday morning cartoon feel I mentioned previously.  The back and forth banter between characters was quite often funny and as a whole really delightful.  I enjoyed it being a ripe old 35 and my 5 year old would likely enjoy it as well.

I really can’t find a lot of fault in the newest iteration of Sly Cooper.  I found it to be truly enjoyable and rather charming.  It doesn’t take itself too seriously and it doesn’t stretch itself out to try and be anything more than what it is, a fantastic platformer.  The real kicker here, in my mind, is the low price tag.  Hitting your wallet at a mere $40, please excuse the obvious pun here, you are quite literally getting a steal of a deal.  If this is what Sanzaru Games can offer up on its first true attempt at the world of Sly Cooper I certainly look forward to them attempting it again.


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Canadiens 2, Senators 1

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Carey Price
SA: 34TOI: 60:00
GA: 1EV: 29-29
PIM: 0PP: 4-4
SV%: .971SH: 0-1
Zack Smith
Zack Smith
G: 1Shots: 2
A: 0Hits: 3
PTS: 1PIM: 0
+/-: 1TOI: 16:33
Erik Cole
G: 1Shots: 3
A: 0Hits: 3
PTS: 1PIM: 0
+/-: 0TOI: 13:07

OTTAWA (AP) - Carey Price was sure the Montreal Canadiens would be able to recover from their worst start in 70 years.

Erik Cole and Andrei Kostitsyn scored in the second period and Montreal beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Friday night for its fourth consecutive victory.

Price made 33 saves for the rested Canadiens, who had a six-day layoff before evening their record at 5-5-2.

"I'm not too surprised," Price said. "I was always confident in our group, I think we all were. We just weren't getting the breaks, we felt. We're all really confident in our ability so we just kept working at it."

Cole scored his third goal 13:55 into the second. Kostitsyn made it 2-0 with his fourth 3 minutes later.

The Canadiens' streak, which includes back-to-back wins over Stanley Cup champion Boston, began after assistant coach Perry Pearn was fired before a 5-1 win over Philadelphia on Oct. 26. Montreal's 1-5-2 start was its worst since 1941-42.

"We're happy with the two points," coach Jacques Martin said. "It's important. It puts us at .500 and because of our start, we've got some ground to make up."

Zack Smith spoiled Price's shutout bid with a short-handed goal early in third, but the Senators dropped their second in a row.

"We thought we had a good chance," Smith said. "I thought they were very desperate in their end tonight."

Ottawa's 5-3 road loss to the Bruins on Tuesday ended a six-game winning streak that followed a 1-5 start.

Craig Anderson stopped 24 shots.

Cole took a pass from Michael Cammalleri low in the left faceoff circle and snapped a shot past Anderson from a tight angle to give Montreal the lead.

The Canadiens took advantage of a turnover by Erik Karlsson to make it a two-goal advantage.

Pressured by Kostitsyn behind the Ottawa goal, the Senators defenseman threw a pass out front that Lars Eller cut off easily. The Montreal center drove in alone on Anderson before dishing to Kostitsyn for a shot into an open left side.

"Travis (Moen) and Andre did a great forecheck there and it created the space for me - really good execution there," Eller said.

Smith got Ottawa within one 1:08 into the third, beating Price with a backhand after he was set up by Erik Condra.

Canadiens defenseman Josh Gorges was called for holding Colin Greening at 18:29.

"I said a few prayers in the penalty box there, promised a few things, so I better follow them up now," Gorges said.

The Senators, who entered with the league's top-ranked power play, failed to score and finished 0 for 4 with the man advantage.

"We had a lot of good looks," Ottawa center Jason Spezza said. "The only thing we're disappointed with in the power play tonight is not getting the results."

NOTES: The sold-out crowd of 20,329 was the largest through eight games at Scotiabank Place. ... Price has posted three of his 12 career shutouts against Ottawa. ... Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson missed his third straight game because of a concussion. ... Ottawa G Alex Auld, who backed up Price last season, dressed as Anderson's backup after missing three games because of an undisclosed lower-body injury.

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1st Period
2nd Period
Erik Cole (3) ASST: Mike Cammalleri (3), David Desharnais (6)
1 - 0 MTL
Andrei Kostitsyn (4) ASST: Lars Eller (3)
2 - 0 MTL
3rd Period
SHG - Zack Smith (2) ASST: Erik Condra (3), Filip Kuba (5)
2 - 1 MTL
penalty summary
1st Period
P.K. Subban  Tripping against  Erik Condra
Erik Karlsson  Delay of game
2nd Period
P.K. Subban  Slashing against  Bobby Butler
Milan Michalek  Interference on goalkeeper against  Carey Price
3rd Period
Lars Eller  Interference against  Nick Foligno
Josh Gorges  Holding against  Colin Greening
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Carey Price
SA: 34TOI: 60:00
Saves: 33EV: 29 - 29
PIM: 0PP: 4 - 4
SV%: .971SH: 0 - 1
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Craig Anderson
SA: 26TOI: 58:21
Saves: 24EV: 22 - 24
PIM: 0PP: 2 - 2
SV%: .923SH: 0 - 0

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Hammer, Claw, and Mallet Toes

Hammer, claw, and mallet toes are toes that bend into an odd position at one or more joints. This can be painful. They are most often caused by wearing tight shoes, which can cause the toe muscles to get out of balance.

  • A hammer toe bends down toward the floor at the middle toe joint. This causes the middle toe joint to rise up. It usually happens in the second toe.
  • Claw toe often affects the four smaller toes at the same time. The toes bend up at the joint where the toes and the foot meet. They bend down at the middle joints and at the joints nearest the tip of the toes. This causes the toes to curl down toward the floor.
  • A mallet toe bends down at the joint closest to the tip of the toe.

You may be able to fix your toe with home treatment. If you don't treat the problem right away, you are more likely to need surgery.

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ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have re-signed defenseman Jack Hillen to a two-year, $1.4 million contract extension, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. Hillen will earn $700,000 in both 2013-14 and in 2014-15.

Hillen, 26, has registered one assist and 10 penalty minutes in 10 games with the Capitals this season. Hillen currently ranks eighth on Washington in average ice time per game (18:21) after missing 25 games with an injury.

The Minnetonka, Minnesota, native recorded six points (two goals, four assists) and 20 penalty minutes in 55 games with the Nashville Predators last season. He finished the season eighth on Nashville in plus/minus (plus-six) and tied for eighth in blocked shots (65). Hillen made his NHL playoff debut last season, appearing in two games of the Western Conference quarterfinal series vs. Detroit.

Hillen has collected 57 points (10 goals, 47 assists) and 139 penalty minutes in 240 career NHL games with the New York Islanders, Nashville and Washington. He posted career highs in goals (four), assists (tied; 18), points (22) and penalty minutes (45) during the 2010-11 campaign with the Islanders and tallied one assist in six games with the United States during the 2010 World Championships.

The 5’10”, 190-pound blueliner spent four seasons with Colorado College of the WCHA. Hillen earned WCHA Defensive Player of the Year, WCHA First All-Star Team and NCAA (West) First All-American Team honors during his senior season in 2008. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Islanders on April 1, 2008.

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"Choice riders" will put up with all kinds of shit

There's a school of transit planning that divides passengers into "captive riders" and "choice riders." The captive riders are your stereotypical transit riders who are either incapable of driving or unable to afford cars. They're physically disabled, mentally disabled or poor. Often they're some combination of the three, and maybe even immigrants or visible minorities as well. Many people support government-funded transit as a form of charity, but like any form of charity there are people who feel it's a waste.

The "choice riders" are people who can drive and can afford cars, but choose to take transit instead. Many transit planners treat them like kings who must be pleased at all costs. They get big, cozy seats on their buses and trains, and parking at the station. Lots of parking. The thinking is that if they are displeased they will just drive instead.

There are a number of problems with this line of thinking. First of all, it glosses over the fact that not all transportation choices are equal. I've identified at least four kinds, which I call the Single Trip, Habits, Investments and Subsidies.

Second, there are also "carfree by choice" households that chose not to make Investments in cars, and thus are "captive riders" from a practical point of view. We are able-bodied, of sound mind, with driver's licenses, and could theoretically afford to buy and maintain a car, but we choose instead to go on European vacations, or pay off our debts, or do any number of other things with the money. We are everywhere, but we tend to be concentrated in walkable cities with good transit. This was the core of my critique of the Eric Morris post I linked to at the top of this post. In fairness to Morris, he was referring to data from a 2001 John Pucher article (PDF). Also in fairness to Morris, it was stupid of him to take an article based on nationwide data and try to apply it to New York City without even considering the possibility that there might be differences in distribution of riders and choices.

The biggest shortcoming of that approach is a limited understanding of the choices people make. We are not just choosing transit or no transit. We have goals, the main one being to get to work. We are choosing between transit and driving. The key is whether transit helps us accomplish their goals better than driving.

It's true that bad service, high fares, low frequency and long travel times will factor into someone's decision to drive instead of taking the train. But only if it makes transit a bigger hassle than driving. The NHTS data that Pucher and Renne cite, and the ACS data that I discussed this past week, show that even middle-class white people will sit on a bus for a long time. Why do they do that? Because driving is worse.

There are many ways that driving to Manhattan, or Stamford or White Plains, in the morning rush hour is a pain in the ass. Traffic on the inbound highways is often backed up for long distances, even on I-684. You can't read or write, or play video games, without putting yourself and everyone around you in more danger than you already do by just being behind the wheel. You can't relax, sleep or drink alcohol, even on the way home. When you get to the city, unless your job provides free parking you have to circle for a space - or more likely, pay for one. Really wealthy suburbanites can afford to rent a parking space, but most commuters have something else they'd rather do with the money.

The conventional wisdom says that "choice riders" won't put up with all these transit hassles. Well guess what? In the greater New York area they put up with them, because the other choice is worse.

I want to make sure you don't just dismiss this as, "This is New York, and other places are different." It's not just New York, it's also Bainbridge Island and Idaho Falls and Vallejo. It's anywhere that driving is difficult and/or expensive.

All these places may have some pre-existing feature that makes driving a pain. In New York it's the rivers and the density. In San Francisco it's the bay, and in Seattle it's the Puget Sound. In Idaho it's the desert and the nukes.

But what about other places that have natural obstacles? DC has the Potomac. Miami has bays. Los Angeles has mountains. Phoenix has the desert and Los Alamos has nukes. Why don't they have transit commuters from their wealthy exurbs?

Idaho is a weird case. Mostly, I think, it has to do with "trip-chaining." In a place that makes it easier to get just about anywhere by car than by transit, commuting by car makes it easier for the commuter to chain trips, so they can drop the kid off at school on the way to work, or pick up the dry cleaning on the way home. I don't think they have a school or a dry cleaner's in the middle of the desert on the way to the labs, so it makes sense to take the bus to the lab and back, and take care of the other errands separately. In Los Alamos, by contrast, most people live in town with the labs, but if they drive from Santa Fe they can stop in Pojoaque or Tesuque on the way.

Parking availability could have something to do with it, as Morris suggests. I wonder if the government limited the amount of parking available at the Idaho National Labs. In the other cases, it would be interesting to see if there's any correlation between the availability of parking in the various central business districts associated with these areas and the transit mode share among upper-class commuters. Certainly New York and San Francisco have limited parking available.

The answer also has something to do with freeway revolts. New York stopped Lomex, Westway and the Mid-Manhattan Expressway, and tore down the West Side Highway. San Francisco tore down the Embarcadero Freeway and part of the Central Freeway. Vashon Islanders stopped a bridge across the Puget Sound. These have made it harder to get to jobs by car - or avoided making it easier. In DC, Miami, Phoenix and LA, the approach seems to have been to build as many highways and parking lots as possible. It's no wonder that people drive.

Returning to the original point: the "choice riders" made their choice based on the relative value of transit as opposed to driving. Transit providers only have to bend over backwards to please the "choice riders" if someone is simultaneously making it easier for them to drive. And even then, at best they will only postpone the inevitable.

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Contrary to popular belief, LA hasn't built lots of freeways and parking lots all over the place. In fairly significant areas of the city, generally the more densely populated ones, driving is quite a pain in the ass, what with needing to find parking and sitting in rush hour traffic, which in the absence of freeways is horrendous, and is pretty terrible on the freeways too. Unfortunately, the local buses that still make up the bulk of LA's transit systems are stuck in that same rush hour traffic, and so are comparitively just as much of a pain. In the cases where actual rapid transit has been built, people do take it, pretty much in direct proportion to how much of an advantage over driving it offers. One of the reasons for the initial low ridership on the Gold Line was that the relatively slow service and infrequent headways compared rather unfavorably to the relatively uncogested 110 freeway.


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Today I deleted Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD) from the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio for negative price trends.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. is a leading branded specialty retailer of premium quality doughnuts which are made throughout the day in our stores. The principal business is the high volume production and sale of varieties of premium quality doughnuts, including our signature Hot Original Glazed. The company has established Krispy Kreme as a leading consumer brand with a loyal customer base through our longstanding commitment to quality and consistency.

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Argued:     Decided: November 16, 1971

The principle announced in Ashe v. Swenson, 397 U.S. 436 , which bars a second criminal trial where the defendant has been acquitted in a previous trial involving the same ultimate factual issue, applies irrespective of whether the jury in the first trial considered all relevant evidence, and irrespective of the State's good faith in bringing successive prosecutions.

Certiorari granted; 78 Wash. 2d 894, 480 P.2d 484, reversed.

On June 10, 1969, a bomb sent through the mail exploded in the residence of Ralph Burdick in Clark County, Washington. The explosion killed Burdick and the petitioner's infant son, Mark Allen Harris, and seriously injured the petitioner's estranged wife, Laila Violet Harris. The petitioner was tried in a state court for the murder of Ralph Burdick and was acquitted by a jury. He was immediately rearrested on informations charging the murder of Mark Allen Harris and the assault upon Laila Violet Harris. To these informations the petitioner entered pleas of former jeopardy and collateral estoppel, and moved to dismiss. The trial court denied the motion and struck the defenses.

The state Court of Appeals granted a writ of prohibition on the grounds of collateral estoppel, finding that "the record demonstrates without question that the retrial of petitioner for assault and murder will require relitigation of the same ultimate fact" determined adversely to the State in the previous trial - i. e., whether it was the petitioner who had mailed the bomb. 2 Wash. App. 272, 291-292, 469 P.2d 937, 948. The Supreme [404 U.S. 55, 56]   Court of Washington agreed that the same ultimate issue was involved in both prosecutions, but nevertheless reversed the Court of Appeals and denied the writ of prohibition. The court noted that a ruling on the admissibility of evidence during the murder trial had resulted in the exclusion, on grounds having "no bearing on the quality of the evidence," of a letter allegedly written by the petitioner and containing threats against the lives of Mr. Burdick and Mrs. Harris. 78 Wash. 2d 894, 901, 480 P.2d 484, 487-488. Because of its view that this evidence would clearly be admissible in the second trial, the court held that the issue of identity had not been "fully litigated" in the previous trial, and that the doctrine of collateral estoppel did not bar a subsequent trial in which litigation of the issue will be "complete."

Since the state courts have finally rejected a claim that the Constitution forbids a second trial of the petitioner, a claim separate and apart from the question whether the petitioner may constitutionally be convicted of the crimes with which he is charged, our jurisdiction is properly invoked under 28 U.S.C. 1257. See Mercantile National Bank v. Langdeau, 371 U.S. 555, 558 .

In Ashe v. Swenson, 397 U.S. 436 , we held that collateral estoppel in criminal trials is an integral part of the protection against double jeopardy guaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. See Benton v. Maryland, 395 U.S. 784 . We said that collateral estoppel "means simply that when an issue of ultimate fact has once been determined by a valid and final judgment, that issue cannot again be litigated between the same parties in any future lawsuit." 397 U.S., at 443 . The State concedes that the ultimate issue of identity was decided by the jury in the first trial. That being so, the constitutional guarantee applies, irrespective of whether the jury considered all relevant evidence, and [404 U.S. 55, 57]   irrespective of the good faith of the State in bringing successive prosecutions.

Since Ashe v. Swenson, supra, squarely controls this case, the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted, the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, and the judgment is

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN, and MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL would grant the petition and reverse the judgment both for the reasons stated in the per curiam opinion and for the reasons stated in MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN'S concurring opinion in Ashe v. Swenson, 397 U.S. 436, 448 .

The Court's summary act without hearing argument in this case is wrong in two respects: first, it is another instance of importing into the administration of criminal justice the civil doctrine of collateral estoppel to which I dissent for the reasons stated in my dissent in Ashe v. Swenson, 397 U.S. 436, 460 (1970); second, even assuming the collateral estoppel approach has validity, the evidence in this case in the second trial is not the "same evidence" on which the first case was submitted so that this is not a case for application of that unsound doctrine.

My own views on the issue presented by this case were expressed when I wrote for the Court of Appeals in Ashe v. Swenson, 399 F.2d 40 (CA8 1968), reversed and remanded, 397 U.S. 436 (1970). I am not persuaded as to the rightness of the Court's imposing in that case - as a Fifth Amendment-Fourteenth Amendment imperative - the concept of collateral estoppel upon a state [404 U.S. 55, 58]   criminal proceeding. I could have understood a flat overruling of Hoag v. New Jersey, 356 U.S. 464 (1958), and of Ciucci v. Illinois, 356 U.S. 571 (1958), despite the interim appearance of Benton v. Maryland, 395 U.S. 784 (1969). But overruling those two cases was a step the Court, for reasons that escape me, refused to take or felt it could not take.

Neither am I persuaded by the "single frolic" or "one criminal episode" or "same transaction" theory espoused by the Justices in concurrence in Ashe v. Swenson, 397 U.S., at 448 -460. That approach would place multiple but separate-shot murders under the protective umbrella of double jeopardy. I cannot subscribe to reasoning that would necessarily produce a result of that kind.

I therefore dissent. [404 U.S. 55, 59]

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  1. In an upcoming Tech Talk column, I was thinking of talking about Pinterest, Lisa! I’m new over there, (, but it’s vying already with Twitter as my favorite social media tool (I love that it’s there, but there’s not this “I have to SEE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW” feeling to it, you know?).

    Looking forward to following your column each week on this! :)

  2. Yes, that baby is hysterical! I’ll count that as your vote. At the moment it’s tied with Chuck Norris.

    In case you guys were interested, there’s a free webinar coming up by Social Media Today – – They usually have some pretty good webinars.

    I also look forward to the other Catholic boards!!

  3. This is clearly one of the many great advantages of keeping up with the Catholic Mom site. I had no idea of this “Pinterest” website. Would have never known to look for it had I not gone to Lisa’s website. This is an additional treasure of faith! Thank you Lisa for how your articles truly bring so much more to our lives!

  4. Have you heard about a site called Clipix. I read about in a blog post and it had really good reviews. Wondering if anyone else gave it a try? Looking into it myself but would like to know what people think about it first

  5. I have seen one concern on the Catholic Pinterest board and really hope this doesn’t offend anyone. There are some Mormon pins on it with are some absolutely wonderful ideas on pray and family. My concern is when there are pins that contain quotes or verses. A person must really know her faith to be borrowing ideas from others. Just something to keep in mind.

    • Jill, I guess I really hadn’t thought about this issue. I think it’s great that we’re seeing an increasing Catholic presence there with helpful resources for learning about our faith being provided by Catholic publishers and bloggers.

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It was in the year of our Lord 540 that Saint Benedict was born at Spoleto in Italy, and he was only a boy of sixteen on the night when our story begins.

Such a cold night it was. Piercing wind swept over the mountains, whistling through the pine-trees, and hurrying on to the great city of Rome that lay in the plains below. It was cold enough in the city where the people could take shelter in their houses, and sit warming their hands over their little pots of fire, but out on the bare hillside it was even worse. For the icy breath of the winter wind, which had come far over the snow, swept into every nook and corner as if determined to search out any summer warmth that might be lingering in a sheltered corner.

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A tender smile came over the boy’s face as the next picture rose before his eyes. True he had left all and gone into the wilderness, but love could not so easily be left behind, and his old nurse had found out a way of following him, and would not be denied the pleasure of serving him and caring for his wants; even begging food, from door to door, that she might prepare a dainty meal for him. It had been very pleasant, but its very pleasantness had warned him that he must deny himself still further. So he had once more stolen away, when his old nurse was asleep and had hidden himself in the cave among the rocks of Subiaco. Here he was indeed alone, and the only food he had was a little bread which a kind old hermit gave him daily, and his only drink the clear water of the mountain streams.

And here he seemed to live with God alone, seeing no one but the kind old hermit who brought him his daily bread. He was happy and peaceful, never ceasing to pray for those who in the busy world might forget to pray for themselves.

But this night the thoughts of past days were troubling him. And as he sat there listening to the wind he began to long for the things he had left behind. One beautiful face especially grew clearer than the rest, and smiling upon him beckoned him back to the pleasures and comforts and earthly joys he had put away from him.

With a cry he sprang to his feet and rushed out of the cave. For a moment he felt as if his feet must carry him down the steep mountain-side, over the plain and back to the beautiful city; and then he stood still, and with a prayer for help to overcome this temptation of the Evil One, he threw himself into a thicket of thorny briars that grew by the side of the cave. There he rolled over and over until he was torn and bleeding; then slowly returning to the cave he lay down upon his bed of leaves, peaceful and contented. The evil thoughts had fled, the face that tempted him had vanished, and Satan was conquered. So Benedict began his life of self-denial and solitary prayer. Years passed by and in spite of the loneliness of the place and the few people who ever passed by that way, it began to be known that one of God’s saints lived in the mountain cave. The shepherds who fed their flocks on the lower hills would bring him little offerings of milk or cheese and ask his blessing, or perhaps a prayer for one who was sick. And gradually people began to call him their saint of the mountain, and to come to him for help in all their troubles. Thus the fame of his goodness spread wider and wider, until a company of monks who lived some way off sent and besought him to come and live with them and be their head.

Benedict was grieved to think of leaving his little cell which he had grown to love, and the simple mountain people, who so often came to him in their need. But he thought this was a call he ought to obey, so he sorrowfully set out and journeyed many miles till he came to the convent of the brothers.

It was all very strange to him after the stillness of his mountain cell, and he could not accustom himself to hearing voices all day long and to seeing so many faces. Still he strove to do his duty and soon made many changes in the convent life. He told the brothers plainly that there were many comforts they must put away, and above all that they must eat less and work more.

Now the brothers did not like this at all, and they began to repent that they had asked so great a saint to come and rule over them, for he made their rule so hard and strict, that few of them cared to keep it.

Then one day a strange thing happened. The brothers were all dining together, and Benedict was silently eating his portion, his thoughts far away in the little mountain cell at Subiaco, when some one touched his arm and offered him a cup of wine. Benedict turned and looked searchingly into the brother’s face, and then with upraised hand made the sign of the cross over the cup. Instantly it fell broken to the ground, and the wine was spilt upon the floor, for there had been poison in the cup, which the holy sign had destroyed.

Then Benedict looked round at the company of brothers, who sat with downcast eyes, ashamed and silent, and, without a word, he rose and left them. He returned, alone as he had come, back to his mountain home, where instead of human voices there was the song of the birds, where the wild flowers looked at him with pure, friendly faces, and even the wild animals did not count him their enemy and would do him no harm.

Here he hoped once more to live quite alone, but one by one men came and built huts close to his cave, that they might be near so great a saint, and before long there was a great company living around him.

Benedict’s fame had spread even to Rome, and two of the Roman nobles sent their sons to be taught by him. One was only five years old and the other twelve, and it seemed a hard life for such children. But Benedict cared for them and watched over them, and they loved him as if he had been their own father.

And after all life was very pleasant on the mountain-side, when the sun shone and lessons and prayers were over. They could play among the pine-trees and chase the goats over the rocks, and when the sun grew too hot creep back into the cave to rest. In spring there were the first flowers to hunt for, and they would come back with eager hands filled with violets and mountain anemones. And in autumn there were nuts and berries to be gathered, which they laid up like young squirrels for their winter store.

And among the daily duties there was nothing they liked so well as to go down to the lake to fetch water, when the mountain springs had run dry. One day it was the little one’s turn to do this, and as he was leaning over, his foot slipped, and he fell into the lake, and before he could utter a cry the water closed over his head.

At that very moment Benedict, who was kneeling in prayer on the hill above, saw a vision of the boy’s danger, and hastily sent the elder lad down to the lake to help the child.

He never stayed to question why he was sent, but sped down the mountain-side, and without a moment’s delay threw himself into the lake, hoping to be able to reach the little dark head that had risen above the water for the last time. And lo! he found that the water grew firm beneath his feet, and he walked as if he was on dry land, and lifting the child, carried him safely ashore.

When Benedict saw that so many other hermits had taken up their abode on the mountain, he determined to form them into a company of brothers, and give them a rule to live by, and by and by they built a little chapel where they could meet for daily service.

Now, strangely enough, every evening at the hour of prayer, one young monk became restless and uneasy, and would steal silently out of the chapel and disappear down the hillside. None of the brothers could think what made him do this; but night after night the same thing happened just when prayers were about to begin. All were troubled and disturbed, till at last they went to Benedict, and asked him what it could mean. Then the saint promised to watch, and that very evening he saw what no other eyes had seen.

Into the chapel came a little demon black as coal, and he seized the robe of the poor young monk, and dragged him out of the door. And though the demon was so tiny he was stronger than the monk, and easily led him swiftly away out of sound of the chapel bell.

Then Benedict followed, and touching the monk with his rod, bade the demon begone and trouble him no longer. And after that the young monk stayed in the chapel with the rest, and the demon was seen no more.

It seemed as if Benedict must always suffer from the malice of evil brothers, who disliked his strict rule; and even in his own mountain home the danger followed him. This time the poison was put into a loaf of bread; but Benedict knew that it was there, and while the wicked monk who offered it to him watched with evil eye, hoping to see him eat it, he turned to a wood near by, where it young raven sat. “Come hither,” said Benedict, holding out the loaf towards the raven, “come hither, and take this bread and carry it where the poison that is hidden within can do no harm.”

And the story tells us that the raven instantly obeyed, and carried off the loaf. And ere long Death, more powerful than the raven, carried off that wicked monk, so that the poison which lurked in his evil heart could no longer do harm to any one.

It troubled Benedict greatly about this time to hear that not very far off on Monte Cassino there was a heathen temple where the people worshipped false gods, and were living in darkness and sin.

It seemed terrible that such a thing should be suffered in a Christian land, so Benedict made up his mind to go himself and force the people to listen to him.

It was a strange contrast to see him in his coarse, poor robe and thin wan face standing preaching among the crowd of gay pleasure-seekers, who cared for nothing but eating and drinking and making merry. They could not understand why any one should choose to be poor, and suffer pain and hunger for the sake of any god.

But as Benedict taught them day by day, the majesty of his face and the solemn notes in his voice forced them to listen half unwillingly. Then, as they began to learn about the true God, they saw that the gods they had worshipped were false, and they pulled down their temple, and built two chapels on the place where it had stood.

Here, too, Benedict built the first great monastery which was called after him; and after this the brothers began to be known by his name, and were called Benedictines.

But the Evil One saw with great rage that Benedict was taking away his servants and destroying his temples, and he tried in every way to hinder the work. Once when the workmen were trying to raise a stone they found it impossible to move it, though they worked hard all day. At last, in despair, they besought Benedict to come to help them.

As soon as he came he saw at once what was the matter, for on the stone sat a little black demon laughing at the efforts of the workmen, knowing they could never move the stone while he chose to sit there.

“Get you gone, messenger of Satan,” cried Benedict.

And with a howl of rage the imp fled, and the stone was lifted easily into its place.

Upon a certain day, not long after the monastery was built, as Benedict was praying in the chapel of the convent, one of the brothers came to tell him that a great company of soldiers were coming up the hill, and at their head was Totila, king of the Goths, who had sent a messenger to ask the saint to receive him.

Benedict, who cared little for earthly kings, was yet too courteous to refuse any such request, so he went out to where the company was gathered on the mountain-side.

The rough soldiers stood with heads uncovered, and from their midst came one who wore a crown and sandals of gold and a kingly robe. He knelt before the saint, and said in a loud, clear voice:

“I, Totila, king of the Goths, have come to crave thy blessing, father, for thy fame hath spread even to the wild north country where I reign.”

The brothers, crowding behind Benedict, eager to see these curious strangers, were surprised to hear no answering words of welcome fall from the lips of the saint. And still more surprised were they when Benedict pointed an accusing finger at the glittering crown that shone on the king’s head, and said:

“Why dost thou bear upon thy head the sign of royalty which belongs not to thy station? And why have thy lips framed this deceit? Go to thy master, and bid him come to me in truth, and think not that I could mistake a servant for a king.”

And to the amazement of all, the real king, who had disguised his armour-bearer to test the power of the saint, came quickly forward, and with no royal robe or golden crown, knelt low before the saint, confessing all, and praying to be forgiven. He was sure now that this was indeed a servant of God, and he listened humbly while Benedict reproved him for his many sins, and warned him of the fate that awaited him.

And so the years passed on, bringing much honour and earthly renown to him who had once lived a lonely boy upon the wild mountain-side.

Things had changed since those early days. He could no longer live quite alone as he had once loved to do, for the world had followed him even into the wilderness. But his heart was as pure and his purpose as strong as when he was a lonely boy seeking only to serve God.

Perhaps the one great pleasure of his earthly life was the yearly visit he paid to his sister Scholastica, who had for many years come to live near him. She had formed a little company of nuns, who strove to live as the brothers were living, working and praying and denying themselves all earthly pleasures.

And as it was a great delight to Benedict to visit his sister, so to Scholastica the day of his coming was the happiest day of all the year. The only thing that grieved her was that the golden hours of that bright day seemed to fly faster than any other, while she listened to his words of counsel and advice, and told him all her troubles.

As it drew near the time for one of these yearly visits, Scholastica began to long for her brother as she had never longed before. Something told her that these bright summer days were to be the last she should spend on earth; and the longing to see and talk to her brother grew almost more than she could bear.

And when he came the hours slipped past even faster than was their wont, and before she could realise it the time had come for him to go. There was so much still to say, and she needed his help so sorely, that she prayed him to wait a few hours longer. But Benedict was persuaded that it was his duty to set off, and duty to him ever came before all else. He gently told her it could not be; that he must return to the brothers that night.

But while he spoke, Scholastica was not listening to his words, nor heeding what he said. With her whole heart she was praying God that He would grant her this one request, and prevent her brother from leaving her so soon.

And as she prayed the light suddenly died out of the sky, great clouds arose and, before Benedict could set out, a terrible storm began to rage. The thunder pealed overhead, the hail came down in a blinding shower, and it was impossible for any one to leave the shelter of the house.

Thus God answered the prayer of Scholastica, filling her heart with thankfulness. And afterwards the heart of Benedict was also filled with gratitude, for not many days later he saw in a vision the soul of his sister flying like a white dove up to heaven’s gate, and he knew he should see her on earth no more.

Benedict had lived a long, hard life, eating but little, suffering cold, and denying himself in all things. But though his spirit only grew stronger and brighter as time went on, his body was worn out, and at last he prepared to lay it aside, as men lay aside the worn-out robe which has grown thread-bare. And as he had longed to live alone, so, when death came, he prayed to be carried to the little chapel, and there to be left before the altar alone with God. Thus Benedict the Blessed went home at last, leaving his tired body in God’s house, while his spirit returned to God who gave it.

-from In God’s Garden, Stories of the Saints for Little Children, by Amy Steedman


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Saint Gleb

12th century effigy of Saint Gleb and Saint Boris, artist unknown; swiped from Wikimedia CommonsAlso known as

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Son of Saint Vladimir I of Kiev and Anne of Constantinople, Duke of Muscovy. Brother of Saint Boris; great-grandson of Saint Olga of Kiev.

After Vladimir‘s death, the kingdom was to have been divided among his sons, but their eldest half-brother, Svyatopolk, wished to rule alone. An army gathered to defend Boris, but he called them off, explaining that he could not raise a hand against his brother; Boris was soon killed by Svyatopolk’s followers. Svyatopolk invited Gleb to Kiev, but on the way, his boat was boarded on the Dnieper River near Smolensk, and he was killed. In 1020 another of Vladimir’s sons, Yaroslav, usurped Svyatopolk, and then buried the bodies of Boris and Gleb in the church of Saint Basil at Vyshgorod. Miracles were reported at their tomb, and it became a site of pilgrimage.

From the first, the highest motives were attributed to the brothers’ resignation – unwillingness to repel injustice to themselves by force and violently oppose an elder brother. Not martyrs in the traditional sense, the Russian Church perceived them as “passion bearers” – blameless men who did not wish to die but refused to defend themselves, thus voluntarily submitting to death like Christ.

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The University of Vermont (UVM) is a major repository for Vermont Congressional papers, holding the records of over 30 Members of Congress from 1791 to the present. The Congressional Papers collection will provide access to digitized content from these papers. The intent is to document selected aspects of the legislative history of Vermont's members of Congress. In particular, we look at issues that were important for a particular member as well as issues that have been important over time such as support for dairy farmers, water quality, and slavery.

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An Account of Vegetable Oil from Girsu

Stefania Altavilla

The tablet BM 15956 (96, 6-12-176)1 belongs to a group of texts from Girsu characterized by the technical term nig2-ka9-aka, “(balanced) account,” of PN. There is another term that is peculiar to this category of texts: ša3-bi-ta that divides the former section of the balanced accounts, dedicated to the incomes, from the latter one that records the withdrawals. As a matter of fact, ša3-bi-ta does not appear in our tablet, but it is likely that it was mentioned in the initial break of the text, preceded by the amount of oil to be delivered. On the basis of this hypothesis and the comparison with the other texts of the group that will be published by F. D’Agostino and F. Pomponio, The Texts ša3-bi-ta from Girsu in the British Museum (=Nisaba 7; Messina 2005)2, we present the following transliteration of the tablet, including a reconstruction of the first two lines:

1. [1(barig) 1(ban2) 4(diš) sila3 i3-geš] [74 ‘liters’ of vegetable oil,
2. [ša3-bi-ta] therefrom:]
3. [4(ban2) 6(diš)] sila3 i3-geš mu?-[DU?] [46] ‘liters’ of vegetable oil, as delivery(?),
4. giri3 gu3-de2-a conveyor: Gudea;
5. 1(ban2) 9(diš) 1/2(diš) sila3 giri3 šu-eš18-dar 19 1/2 ‘liters’: conveyor Šu-Ešdar.

6. |ŠU+LAGAB| 1(barig) 5(diš) 1/2(diš) sila3 i3-geš mu-DU Total: 65 1/2 ‘liters’ of vegetable oil, as delivery.

1. si-i3-tum 8(diš) 1/2(diš) sila3 i3-geš Remainder: 8 1/2 ‘liters’ of vegetable oil:
2. mu-tum-ilum Mutum-ilum.
3. nig2-ka9-aka dba-ba6-zi-mu Balanced account of Baba-zimu,
4. giri3 šu-eš18-dar conveyor: Šu-Ešdar.
5. iti še-KIN-ku5 Month: “harvest” (11th month),
6. [mu] ma2- gur8-mah [...] Year: “the processional boat [(was caulked)]” (ŠS 8).

If our interpretation is correct, this text records an amount of vegetable oil with two withdrawals, each with a different conveyor. The total, as well as perhaps the former issue, is defined “delivery” (mu-DU), a term that in the balanced accounts of Girsu seems to characterize a type of “withdrawals,” used in parallel, but distinct from the term zi-ga, “expenditure.” After the total of the two deliveries, the “remainder,” indicated as si-i3-tum, instead of the normal la2-NI, is calculated. The name that follows, Mutum-ilum, should be that of the official to whom this remainder is due. The term “(balanced) account of Baba-zimu” defines our tablet and it mentions the author of its compilation. A conveyor, who is the same conveyor of the latter amount of the issued oil, is cited before the date (month and year), in reference to the oil of the entire operation.

rev. 2. This personal name is unusual: it belongs to a conveyor of an amount of barley, together with i-ri-ib-bu-um (MVN 3, 376 obv. 3, from Adab, without date) and to a “fugitive” mentioned in a long roster from Girsu (CST 263 rev. i 11; AS 3).

1 The tablet is of a reddish grey colour and its dimensions are 48x58x23 mm. It is published with the kind permission of the Trustees of the British Museum. The text was transliterated during a mission in London as part of the research PRIN 2004-2006 with the title of “Catalogazione, pubblicazione e studio delle tavolette neo-sumeriche inedite appartenenti alle Collezioni del British Museum,” coordinated by F. Pomponio.
2 Fourteen texts from Girsu that register, in the section of the document following the term ša3-bi-ta, expenditures characterized by the term mu-DU, are discussed in D’Agostino and Pomponio, Nisaba 7, pp. 9-10.
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After 'Assimilating Seoul': Ch’anggyŏng Garden and the Post-Colonial Remaking of Seoul’s Public Spaces

Todd A. Henry, Professor, Department of History, UCSD

The title of this talk is meant to signal two related topics for discussion.  The first refers to my new book, Assimilating Seoul: Japanese Rule and The Politics of Public Space in Colonial Korea, 1910-1945 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2014).  The introductory part of the talk reviews the central argument of that book – namely, that public space functioned as “contact zones” wherein varying projects of assimilation were both implanted by state officials and contested by their non-elite users.  The second part of the talk extends this story beyond the liberation of 1945 and into the history of South Korea.  In this context, the title refers to the project of recasting the capital city as a capitalist and anti-communist focus of post-colonial politics.  After briefly examining the post-liberation strategy of erasure, the fate of Namsan’s Shintō Shrines, I turn to the more common strategy of decolonization, which involved creatively “recycling” the city’s palace grounds before ultimately restoring them.  To trace this decolonizing strategy, I explore the fate of Ch’anggyŏng Garden, whose popular zoo, park, museum and other recreational facilities persisted long after 1945.  Meanwhile, the early architects of South Korea creatively re-used this site for new national purposes, including to memorialize anti-communist patriots and to showcase the country’s infant industries.  It was only over the next three decades that the overlapping functions of this public space were separated into distinct sites, each capable of carrying out a specific role in re-subjectifying the citizenry.

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2015  Defining Influent Scenarios: Application of Cluster Analysis to a Water Reclamation Plant

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2014  Numerical Simulation of the Spreading of Aerated and Nonaerated Turbulent Water Jet in a Tank with Finite Water Depth

2014  Trajectories of Air-Water Bubbly Jets in Crossflows

2013  Evaluation of Aeration Efficiency over Broad-Crested Stepped Spillways Using an Intelligent Computational Approach

2013  Inception Point for Embankment Dam Stepped Spillways

2013  Methodology for In Situ Column Testing to Improve Accuracy during Design and Specification of Aeration Systems

2012  Orifice Spillway Aerator: Hydraulic Design

2012  Oxygen Transfer Parameter Estimation: Impact of Methodology

2012  Reaction Behavior of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete and Sodium Aluminate at Mild Alkaline and Acid Hydrothermal Conditions: Model for AAC Recycling

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2010  Benthal Solids Properties Influencing ASB Design and Operating Practices

2010  Chute Aerators. I: Air Transport Characteristics

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2010  Modeling VOC Emissions in the High-Purity Oxygen Activated Sludge Process

2010  Self-Aeration and Friction over Rock Chutes in Uniform Flow Conditions

2009  Energy Concept for Predicting Hydraulic Jump Aeration Efficiency

2009  Influence of Selected Operating Parameters on Fungal Biomass Production in Corn-Ethanol Wastewater

2009  Kinetic Energy Approach to Dissolving Axisymmetric Multiphase Plumes

2009  Oxygen Transfer in High-Speed Surface Aeration Tank for Wastewater Treatment: Full-Scale Test and Numerical Modeling

2009  Performance Evaluation of Double-Hub Paddle Wheel Aerator

2009  Resistance Characteristics of Surface Aerators

2008  Aeration Characteristics of Ski Jump Jets

2008  Air Injection in Water with Different Nozzles

2008  Effects of Sand Depth of Domestic Wastewater Renovation in Intermittently Aerated Leachfield Mesocosms

2008  Horizontal Injection of Gas – Liquid Mixtures in a Water Tank

2008  Hydraulic Performance of Step Aerator

2008  Low-Strength Wastewater Treatment with Combined Granular Anaerobic and Suspended Aerobic Cultures in Upflow Sludge Blanket Reactors

2007  Energy Audit, Solids Reduction, and Pathogen Inactivation in Secondary Sludges during Batch Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion Process

2007  Neural Modeling of Square Surface Aerators

2006  Aerated Rock Filters for Enhanced Ammonia and Fecal Coliform Removal from Facultative Pond Effluents

2006  Aeration Performance of a Hydraulic Jump

2006  Bottom Aeration of Stepped Spillways

2006  Iron-Mediated Aeration: Evaluation of Energy-Assisted Enhancement for In Situ Subsurface Remediation

2005  Air – Water Mass Transfer on a Stepped Waterway

2005  Design Characteristics of Single Hub Paddle Wheel Aerator

2005  Estimating Seasonal and Diurnal Variations in Influent Characteristics for Optimization of Aeration Operations: A Case Study for Applicability of Respirometric Techniques at Fairbanks, Alaska

2005  Influence of Included Angle and Sill Slope on Air Entrainment of Triangular Planform Labyrinth Weirs

2005  Parameters Affecting Hydraulic Behavior of Aerated Lagoons

2005  Stimulating Biological Nitrification via Electrolytic Oxygenation

2004  Experimental Investigation on Influence of Aeration on Plane Jet Scour

2004  Flow Characteristics of Skimming Flows in Stepped Channels

2004  Study of Aeration in the Water Flow over Stepped Spillway

2003  Effect of Lateral Deflector on Outlet Cavity Lengths

2003  Evaluation of Oxygen Transfer at Stepped Cascade Aerators

2003  Hydraulic Design of Stepped Spillways

2003  Introduction to Architectural Aspects and Developments in Research on Structural Performance of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) Products

2003  Modeling and Control of Oxygen Transfer in High Purity Oxygen Activated Sludge Process

2002  Air Stripping and Aeration

2002  A Brief History of Aeration of Wastewater

2002  Case Study of Aeration Performance under Changing Process Conditions

2002  Case Study on Hydraulic Performance of Brent Reservoir Siphon Spillway

2002  Guidelines for Quality Assurance of Installed Fine-Pore Aeration Equipment

2001  Field Experiments to Determine Gas Transfer at Gated Sills

2001  Nitrification/Denitrification in Intermittent Aeration Process for Swine Wastewater Treatment

2001  Oxygen Transfer at Low Drop Weirs

2001  SBR System for Phosphorus Removal: Linear Model Based Optimization

2000  Aeration Performance of Rectangular Planform Labyrinth Weirs

2000  Air Concentration and Velocity Measurements on Self-Aerated Flow Down Stepped Chutes

2000  Editor’s Note

2000  Editor’s Note

2000  Effects of Aeration on the Performance of an ADV

2000  Full-Scale Demonstration of Improvement in Aeration Efficiency

2000  Mechanical Aerators’ Power and Aeration Control in Bioreactors

2000  Modeling Artificial Aeration Kinetics in Ice-Covered Lakes

2000  Water Quality Deterioration in Distribution Systems

1999  Biological Phosphorus and Nitrogen Removal Utilizing Submerged RBCs and Intermittent Aeration

1999  Characteristics of Skimming Flow over Stepped Spillways

1999  Evaluation of a Biosolids Minimization System

1999  In-Well Aeration: An Alternative to Pump and Treat

1999  Performance Evaluation of Aerated Lagoon in Summer and Winter Conditions

1999  Prediction of Reaeration Rates in Square, Stirred Tanks

1999  Thermal Inertia Properties of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete

1998  Aeration Performance of Low Drop Weirs

1998  Aeration Performance of Triangular Planform Labyrinth Weirs

1998  Aeration Systems—Responsibilities of Manufacturer, Designer, and Owner

1998  Fecal-Coliform Bacteria in Extended-Aeration Plant Sludge

1998  In-Stream Hollow-Fiber Membrane Aeration

1998  Limited Aeration of Methanogenic Systems for Treatment of Sulfate-Containing Wastewater

1998  Nitrogen Removal in Intermittently Aerated Biofilm Airlift Reactor

1998  Performance Evaluation of an Aerated Lagoon Under Summer and Winter Conditions

1998  Predictive Capabilities in Oxygen Transfer at Hydraulic Structures

1998  Re-engineering the Design Criteria for Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration

1998  Research and Design Activities in Support of the Chicago Underflow Plan McCook Reservoir Aeration System

1998  Turbulent Open-Channel Flows: Drop-Generation and Self-Aeration

1998  Wastewater Treatment with Zero Dissolved Oxygen

1998  Wave Impact Pressures and Aeration at a Breakwater

1997  Air Concentration Measurements in Highly Turbulent Aerated Flow

1997  Biopulsing: An In Situ Aeration Remediation Strategy

1997  Cost Comparison of Dissolved Oxygen Enhancement Systems at the El Vado Dam

1997  Cross-Flow Versus Counterflow Air-Stripping Towers

1997  EDF Experience in Improving Reservoir Releases for Ecological Purposes

1997  The Effect of Nappe Impact Angle on Aerator Performance


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Britney Spears Is a Soccer Mommy

Britney Spears Watching Her Boys Play Soccer

Britney Spears was spotted cheering on her sons Sean and Jayden at their soccer game in Woodland Hills, CA on Sunday (March 10).

The pop singer cheered on the sidelines with friends as she watched the game. She looked to be having a ball as she helped Jayden do a gymnastic technique during half-time.

In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar last year, Spears insisted having children had changed her focus.

“I think things through a little bit more, and I worry a lot.” she said. “I’m more straightforward, and I speak up more than I did before. When I was younger, I wouldn’t speak up as much, but now that I’m a mom, things have changed.”

Rumor is the singer will hit the studio in the near future to start recording her 8th studio album.

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