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Andrew Baker is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic Sun and Southern conferences.
Predicted Order of Finish:
- Davidson Wildcats (22-6, 19-1)
- College of Charleston Cougars (20-10, 15-5)
- UT-Chattanooga Mocs (19-13, 14-6)
- Georgia Southern Eagles (18- 11, 13-7)
- Appalachian State Mountaineers (17-12, 13-7)
- Elon Phoenix (14-13, 11-9)
- UNC-Greensboro Spartans (14-15, 11-9)
- Furman Paladins (13-16, 8-12)
- Samford Bulldogs (13-16, 7-13)
- Western Carolina Catamounts (10-20, 7-13)
- Wofford Terriers (9-20, 6-14)
- The Citadel Bulldogs (10-21, 4-16)
WYN2K. In 1921, the Southern Conference was founded with a hodgepodge of future SEC and ACC members. Since the league has hosted many different schools who have left for other conferences, the only constants since 1936 have been The Citadel and Furman (Davidson left for three seasons from 1988-1991). Since 1921, the SoCon has never had two bids into the NCAA Tournement. That's the entire history we're talking about boys and girls, not just in the modern era. Last year was the best chance the SoCon has seen in a while. Had Elon beaten Davidson in the conference tournament finals, it would have been a tough justification to leave the Wildcats out. Davidson looks to be on track for another title, but upsets do happen and should Davidson have the same kind of regular season they had last year, it wouldn't be surprising to see the first two-bid SoCon ever.
Predicted Champion. Davidson (#8 NCAA). The Davidson Wildcats were one of the best teams in the country in the year. There are several good reasons for this. Most people will point to one man: Stephen Curry (25.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg) (see one of his explosions last year vs. Chattanooga below). It is true that having Curry on any team would make them very hard to beat, but Coach Bob McKillop has built a team that is more concerned with ball control and defense. It also helps that Davidson scored at a clip of 80.9 ppg last year. Looking at their numbers makes it easy to realize how they went 20-0 in SoCon play last year. Their numbers last year were astounding, and are the underlying reason they were able to make it to the Elite Eight and one shot away from the Final Four. Davidson gave up 11.6 to/g and forced their opponents into 16.2 to/g. That's a turnover rate of 24% for their opponents as opposed to 16.5% for Davidson, both good for 12th in the nation. Check it here if you don't believe me. Look for Davidson to use ball control and their not so secret weapon, Curry, to continue to dominate the league. It is very difficult to say whether or not the Davidson is going to sweep the league as they did last year because their 20-0 record was the first time any team in the Southern Conference has won twenty games in league play. It will be hard to go through the season unbeaten again, as every team who will play the 'Cats will bring their A game, and even with the addition of Samford, the league's 12th team, teams will still play a 20-game conference slate.
Others Considered. Who are we kidding, no team is going to get the #1 seed for the Southern Conference Tournament unless something terrible happens to Stephen Curry. However, the beauty of the oldest conference tournament in the land is that everyone gets a chance at redemption and glory.
College of Charleston looks to be in the best position to pull off an upset down the road. The Cougars return all of their starters from last season and are led by the 1990 Naismith Coach of the Year, Bobby Cremins. The Cougars will need to see improvement in their ball control and defensive capabilities if they are to succeed Davidson to the throne. More turnovers to assists (.910 A/TO) and a turnover rate of 19.6% of the time killed the Cougars in close games last year. In every game that CofC lost last year by less than 10 points, the Cougars had more turnovers than their opponents. Their defensive prowess was only mediocre, ranking at 192nd in the land with their opponents connecting on 44.3% of their shots. Look out for CofC if there is early season improvement in these areas.
UT-Chattanooga also looks to be in a advantageous position for a deep SoCon tourney run. The Mocs excelled in shooting (45.9% FG) and on the boards last year. However, turnovers caused them to have a less than impressive 18-13 record last year. Turning the ball caught up with them, as was the case when the Mocs' 7-0 SoCon start ended in a disappointing 6-7 record the rest of the way. The Mocs horrific turnover rate was 24.2% and landed them worst in the SoCon and 317th in the nation. The Mocs are hoping that incoming freshmen Jasper Williams will provide some depth at the one slot. If the Mocs don't see improvement in the turnover category then look for them to slump to another disappointing season.
Important Games/RPI Boosters. The Southern Conference will also be looking to improve their OOC record against the major and money leagues, as SoCon teams were only 5-24 against the BCS conferences plus CUSA and Mtn West last year. However, the SoCon did much better against their mid-major brethren with a record of 30-27 against their contemporaries. Like most mid-major leagues, the most important game of the season is the SoCon Tournament Final on Monday, March 9th, 2009. However, there will be plenty of intrigue as the regular season moves forward. Davidson has again loaded their non-conference schedule with big boys and should they win one or more of those games there is no reason to believe they can get a higher seed than this preview has listed. The 7th of January could be huge if Davidson and College of Charleston can pull off huge upsets against the boys from Durham and Chapel Hill, respectively. Here are some important conference and RPI booster games that you should keep an eye out for:
Chattanooga @ Tennessee (11/15/2008)
Chattanooga @ Missouri (11/17/2008)
Chattonooga @ Memphis (11/20/2008)
Winthrop @ Davidson (11/21/2008)
Elon @ Virginia Tech (11/26/2008)
South Carolina @ CofC (11/28/2008)
NC State v. Davidson (12/6/2008)
Davidson v. West Virginia (12/9/2008)
Davidson @ Purdue (12/20/2008)
Chattanooga @ Alabama (12/22/2008)
Davidson @ Duke (01/07/2009)
CofC @ North Carolina (01/07/2009)
Neat-o Fact. 36. Davidson currently has the longest conference winning streak in the country dating back two seasons. The last conference loss the Wildcats had was against Appalachian State on January 20, 2007, by a score of 81-74. Their first conference game is on the 13th of December, meaning the between the time of their last loss and that game that the country will have elected a new President and a new Congress, two world champions have been crowned in every professional and amateur sport, and nearly 13% of Division I members have seen a coaching change.
65 Team Era. With Davidson's three wins last year on its run to the E8, the conference doubled its win total to six during the modern era (6-24, .200). That record, however, belies just how tough the SoCon representative has traditionally been in the NCAA Tournament first round. From ETSU to College of Charleston to UT-Chattanooga to Davidson, SoCon teams have made many high seeds sweat bullets to survive and advance, as nine of the twenty-one first round losses of the era were 'close' losses (<10 pts), and five of those were a mere possession away (<4 pts), despite a relatively poor average seed of #13.7 over the period.
Final Thoughts. While many people will only see the Southern Conference as Davidson's to lose, there will be other interesting story lines that you should pay attention to that could have effects through this season and spill over into future seasons. College of Charleston returns all starters from a season that will only be remembered as the season that broke a long streak of winning seasons, and should challenge for the conference tournament title. Chattanooga will be looking for more consistent point guard play in an attempt to build on season that saw a great beginning but crashed as ball control killed in the long run. In conclusion, it wouldn't be shocking to see the first two bid Southern Conference in history should Davidson be upset in the Conference Tournament.


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ALLENTOWN - Valiant until the end, Abington Heights couldn't withstand the constant pressure and athleticism of Imhotep Charter.
Shuffling in towering player after towering player, the Panthers never missed a beat as they wore down the gritty Comets, 61-50, Friday night in the PIAA Class AAA boys basketball quarterfinals at William Allen High School.
"I am so proud of each and every one of my teammates," said Abington Heights senior guard Kevin Elwell, who had nine points and three assists. "We battled to the end. We really gave them a run for their money and had them on the ropes for a while.
"It didn't work out, but we are happy that we got to this point."
Abington Heights (27-3) played with conviction, determination and poise for 24 minutes. The Comets withstood early flurries and at times broke free from an intense defense that cluttered passing lanes with long arms and quickness. They even stymied their imposing opponent building an early advantage with sharp execution and soft shooting.
Imhotep Charter (26-5), which has six players who are at least 6-feet, 6 inches tall and goes nine players deep, frustrated the Comets throughout the game, forcing them to exert a lot of energy simply to get the ball across half court.
No player could equal the effort and talent of Brandon Austin, who is headed to Providence University. The 6-7 guard, made the going tough on Abington Heights junior leader J.C. Show at the offensive end, and put on a late shooting display.
"Brandon's job on Show was unbelievable," Imhotep Charter coach Andre Noble said of Austin, who finished with 18 points and four steals. "He fought through screens. He's been nursing a bad knee. He just manned up today and we were trying to be physical. The one time when we had him out and Abington Heights went on a run, he tapped me on the shoulder and said, 'I'm going back in' and I said, yeah, that's OK."
Driven by a passionate fan base that packed the stands, Abington Heights shot out quickly.
Jason Bamford, who finished with 14 points and nine rebounds, and Elwell each scored four points and T.J. Murray had three assists as the Comets made 6 of their first 13 shots in building a 12-7 advantage.
"We had the fans on our side and that helped so much early," Murray said.
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He knocked down a pair of 3-pointers on fast breaks as the Comets built a 29-22 lead with two minutes left in the first half.
"(Austin's) length really bothered me all game," said Show, who scored 11 points, but made only 4 of 15 shots. "Those baskets gave us some momentum and a lead. They really did a great job of making us work for anything that we got in the game."
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Still, Abington Heights played on emotion.
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"I just tried to do whatever I could to help the team out," Maxwell said. "I wanted to have confidence in there."
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"They were so long and they took advantage of their steals," Bamford said.
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When Edward Snowden first told the world he was the NSA leaker, he insisted he didn't want to become the story.
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That's a different model than national security whistleblowers like former NSA officials Thomas Drake, William Binney and J. Kirk Wiebe and former Justice Department lawyer Thomas Tamm, all of whom drew attention to civil liberties concerns about the NSA's warrantless surveillance program under President George W. Bush. They all became the focus of attention when the government investigated them — but they didn't seek it out.
Snowden's ultimate fate is unclear. He's been in the Moscow airport for days, hoping Ecuador might offer him asylum. That avenue closed recently. And then Tuesday morning Snowden withdrew his request for asylum in Russia. Putin had said Monday night that Snowden wouldn't be allowed to stay in the country if he keeps leaking American secrets.
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Summary Meeting Notes: January 7 and 8, 2013 Infrastructure Equity PEG
Summary Meeting Notes
Infrastructure Equity Policy Expert Group
Meeting Dates: January 7, 2013, 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
January 8, 2013, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Note: Due to the holidays, the regular meeting on the first Wednesday was replaced by two meetings with identical agendas. These Summary Meeting Notes capture information from both meetings.
PEG Attendees: Susan Aldrich, Roger Anthony, Roger Averbeck, Matt Brown, Alex Deley, Liz Gatti, Karyn Hanson, Celia Heron, Jeff Leighton, Kathryn Levine, Jackeline Luna Acosta, Karen Meyer,Midge Purcell, Olivia Quiroz, Michelle Rudd, Joe VanderVeer, Randy Webster.
Other Attendees: Michele Crim, Bob Glascock, Joan Frederiksen, Michelle Kunec & Chris Scarzello (Bureau of Planning & Sustainability); Courtney Duke (Portland Bureau of Transportation); Argel Jimenez & Ali Ray (contract translators).
PEG Lead: Bob Glascock
Facilitator: Andrée Tremoulet, Commonworks Consulting
View the original agenda, including materials, for this meeting.
Welcome and Introductions (10 minutes)
Presenter: Andrée Tremoulet, Facilitator
Summary: Andrée Tremoulet welcomed participants, reviewed the meeting purpose, which was to "get brief introduction to the Working Draft of the Comprehensive Plan Update and start to discuss draft infrastructure language," and led the group through an icebreaker.
Introduction to Organization of Working Draft and Process (25 minutes)
Presenters: Michele Crim and Bob Glascock, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Handouts: Comprehensive Plan Update Process Summary
Comprehensive Plan Working Draft Table of Contents
Summary: Michele Crim reviewed the process and timeline for the development of the Comprehensive Plan Update and highlighted the role of the IE PEG in improving the working draft. She also reviewed the proposed table of contents to orient the group to the plan's organization. Highlights of her presentation included:
- IE PEG members will receive an e-mail with a link to an electronic version of the Discussion Draft in mid-January and a hard copy at the February IE PEG meeting. IE PEG members may instead pick up their hard copy of the plan once it is available in late January.
- IE PEG members are encouraged to attend one of the community workshops scheduled for February/March. All of the workshops will cover the same basic information, plus some workshops may also have break-out sessions dealing with additional specific issues. The content and design of the workshops are still being developed; additional information will be sent once it is available. The role of IE PEG members is to observe and listen to what is said at the workshops and be prepared to bring that information back to future meetings of the PEG.
- A second set of draft materials, including the List of Significant Projects, the Citywide Systems Plan and the Transportation System Plan, will be available in Summer 2013 and be followed by a second round of community workshops.
- The target date for adoption of the Final Plan is Fall 2014.
- The Plan serves several important functions for the City, including the following:
- It describes the goals and vision for the City
- It informs land use decisions and can be used as the basis for an appeal
- It helps to inform the scope of projects
- It is used to support grant applications
- It is a way to communicate with important partners, such as Oregon Department of Transportation and Metro, about the City's goals and intentions.
Comments/questions and responses included the following:
- How can we find out what the other PEGs are doing and saying? Review the Summary Meeting Notes online for the other PEGs.
- Meeting notes should be more detailed. Now that we are at the point of providing feedback on the Working Draft, we will provide more detailed meeting summaries.
- How will feedback on the Working Draft be tracked? The system for doing this is still under development, and an update will be provided at a future meeting.
- To what extent are these goals and policies incorporated into the City's budgeting process? For the five-year Capital Improvement Plan, staff are instructed to address the Comprehensive Plan.
- Recommendation: Institute a more formal link to the Comprehensive Plan in the annual budgeting and CIP process. The process could require a new section requiring a narrative describing how the budgeted items are in concert with the Comprehensive Plan
- Recommendation: The Comprehensive Plan should be a touchstone that bureaus use to select and justify projects.
- In the Table of Contents, why is the Urban Design Framework placed before Goals and Policies? It seems like it should be the other way around; Goals and Policies should drive Urban Design Framework. Items were placed in that order because the Urban Design Framework provides definitions and information on concepts that appear in the Goals and Policies. The intent was to make the Goals and Policies easier to understand by placing the Urban Design Framework first. However, if it appears to readers that the Urban Design Framework is driving the Goals and Policies, we may want to give additional thought to this order.
- What is the Commentary and what role does it play? The commentary provides background information and context for the Goals and Policies. It is not a formal part of the Plan for legal purposes and is not formally adopted by the City Council.
Public Comment
No public comment was received at this meeting.
Review of Draft Infrastructure and Transportation Goals (80 minutes)
Presenter: Andrée Tremoulet, Facilitator
Handouts: Comprehensive Plan Draft Infrastructure Goals
Summary: Andree Tremoulet explained how to use the worksheets. There were prompts to identify the goal's assumptions, potential impacts (positive or negative), and missing items or needed changes. This exercise focused only on goal statements. More directive policy statements related to these goals will be provided in the Working Draft available later in January.
IE PEG members were given time to individually review the draft goals and respond to the three questions intended to prompt analysis of the goals through an infrastructure equity lens. Then IE PEG members shared their observations through a group discussion.
She invited IE PEG members to submit their worksheets (with or without names) so that all of their ideas could be captured. She also invited IE PEG members to provide feedback via e-mail regarding on the usefulness of the three questions and any suggestions.
Below is a summary of the principal points that arose during the group discussions. NOTE: the goals have since been renumbered in the Working Draft. The actual goal numbers, below, are posted in [brackets].
Chapter 7 [6]: Public Facilities & Services
General Goals (7A – 7C) [6.A – 6.C]
- Many comments that goal statements (aspirations) are not realistic, given existing conditions. Want some terms defined.
- These statements seem to assume that high quality infrastructure is the ultimate goal, that all Portlanders have equal access to services, that there is no need to make trade-offs between goals, and resources are unlimited. The statements also seem to assume that the City already has the capacity (in training, information, culture) to make equitable decisions and that legitimate community voices are able to participate in planning processes. Further, the statements seem to assume that community goals align with system needs.
- What does "optimal level of service" mean? Is level of service based on performance or on design?
- Potential impacts or unintended consequences of these goals (for communities of color or people with disabilities) include displacement results from gentrification, cost-of-service pressures on low income households (and people with disabilities), differing levels of service across Portland's geographies, service design may not meet needs of communities that can/do not participate in goal-setting, and spatial and temporal impacts of localized infrastructure projects.
- Things to add to these goals: a hierarchy for investment needs, more guidance to bureau investments on infrastructure. For investment hierarchy, give priority to Portlanders with less ability to deal with disparities, and/or historically underserved areas; give priority to basic levels of service to all Portlanders before achieving good-to-optimal levels (anywhere in Portland).
- Which infrastructure systems should get priority investment, and why?
- All Portlanders deserve equitable levels of service; supporting prosperity citywide means bringing everything up and reducing disparities.
- Make clear we have a long way to go, for more equitable outcomes. We need to address the risks of gentrification and displacement.
- Need to measure services against the goals.
- Consider life cycle costs, not just initial investment.
- What is the community's willingness to pay for different levels of service? That would tell us where we need to improve, and in what ways.
- Human and environmental health go together, and are both integral.
- For Goal C, define the recovery period (24 hours or 6 months?) and consider "functional during a catastrophic event" (by prioritizing communities least able to survive without services, and anticipating those events).
Chapter 8 [7]: Transportation
- Consider consolidating several transportation goals (they seem redundant). Could combine 8A – 8D [7.B – 7.D], then delete 8A [7.A].
- Transportation goals seem like a big leap from where we are today.
- Currently, more dense neighborhoods are less affordable.
- Define transportation system and relate to City's partners. Does that system include transit?
- Should be more emphasis on mobility across different quadrants of the city.
- Much of our transportation system depends on investments and choices made by partners such as TriMet and ODOT. What leverage do our goals have on what they do? Need to be clearer about what the City is able to do.
- Goals do not mention the need to address risks of gentrification and displacement (e.g., streetcar potentially leading to gentrification and displacement)
- Vulnerable populations is not the appropriate term to use; consider underserved.
- Subtle car-bashing implicit in goals.
- For some people, car is only reasonable means of transportation
- Large low income families are not likely to go to grocery on a bike
- People need transportation choices
- Alternatives to the car need to be efficient and affordable
- Should articulate why there is a need to move away from automobiles
- Transit relies on high-density neighborhoods, which currently are among the least affordable. \Therefore, those who most need transit access are more likely to live in less dense neighborhoods.
- Goals 8A - 8C [7.A – 7.C] lack language about accessibility or capacity (e.g., ability to accommodate multiple wheelchairs). Accessibility is not addressed in these goals at all.
- Goal 8E [7.E] and Goal 8F [7.F] seem to contradict one another on traffic fatalities. Goal 8E [7.E] would seem to require vehicles to move fast; Goal 8F [7.F] would seem to require vehicles to move slowly.
Goals 8B – 8F [7.B – 7.F]
- Goal 8B [7.B] assumes there is neighborhood and civic quality of life to reinforce. Assumes community and individual health goals are same for all communities. People will not give up their cars unless alternative modes are more efficient than driving. How can we account for future transportation changes? How can the CPU stay flexible and responsive?
- For Goal 8C [7.C], add safety.
- For Goal 8E [7.E], regional and national markets are probably more important for most small/local businesses than world markets.
Wrap Up (5 minutes)
Andree Tremoulet asked whether IE PEG members want to cancel the March meeting so that members would have time to attend community workshops; the general consensus was that the IE PEG members wanted to meet in March. She reminded people to send her feedback via e-mail if they have suggestions for improving the three questions used to analyze the goals with an infrastructure equity lens. Michele Crim asked IE PEG members to pay attention to which sections of the Discussion Draft they want to focus on during meetings; members may be polled at a later date about their preferences.
Bob Glascock reminded everyone that the next meeting would take place on Wednesday, February 6, from 10 to 12 noon in the usual meeting room on the second floor.
The meeting adjourned.
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Design for Manufacturability (DFM) is a well-established practice, essential in realizing the transformation of new product concepts into mass-produced medical devices. And yet, all too often issues that could have been avoided are identified very late in the process and impact production costs and schedules. This suggests that key DFM principles are often underutilized in practice and not applied consistently, or to the degree necessary, to avoid these negative implications.
This article discusses three DFM-based best practices that help create conditions for success as manufacturing partners work with device designers towards a common goal. Engaging key stakeholders in an organized team from the very start of a project, conducting a thorough feasibility study, and implementing the proper quality tools will ensure that a device design is reliable, manufacturable, and acceptable to the physician or end user.
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The first and most important element of DFM is a truly integrated multi-disciplinary product and design development team. Good collaboration here can help ensure that elegant engineering solutions are practical to manufacture from a cost or materials standpoint, and suit the end user. An integrated team also helps reduce the risk of a "silo" approach and an overemphasis of any one element, while other design considerations are overlooked.
A senior staff engineer from one device manufacturer said the level and degree of the DFM teams vary, but may involve representatives from product management, quality and design engineering, regulatory, packaging, purchasing, calibration, prototyping, post-market, and others as required. He added, "We have a strict procedure in place based on the product and production line. The team must be approved at the project charter stage."
All critical customer requirements must be clearly established during initial team meetings, as total project lifecycle costs and speed to market are often dictated early on in the process. A good interdisciplinary team considers important details such as performance characteristics, cost, timeline, clinical needs, and regulatory requirements. (See Figure 1)
"From the design phase, suppliers who are critical to the project's success should be included in the discussions, and the sooner the better," said a senior staff engineer. "We receive great input from our suppliers in their fields of expertise and having a good partnership with the supplier ensures the launch is successful."
Consulting with key suppliers early can avoid costly rework later down the line. For example, Precipart recently prepared a feasibility study for a tight tolerance gear assembly that identified an opportunity for performance im provement of a medical imaging device by recommending bench assembly and light run-in to create the contact pattern on a helical gear. Improving gear backlash by approximately .002" would significantly improve the durability and performance of the device. (See Figure 2)
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A comprehensive feasibility study examines the key specifications throughout the life of a project and requires the team to thoroughly review and consider all potential design issues from the project's beginning. A thorough feasibility study will provide information on a number of aspects crucial to the success of a product. Some aspects to consider include:
Materials Selection: This is crucial because biocompatibility issues often combine with metallurgical and process challenges to impact manufacturing techniques downstream. The need for biocom patible materials may require changes in manufacturing approaches. For example, titanium screws for a prosthesis, while biocompatible, are difficult to injection mold and may require machining that adds complexity and cost. Hip and knee replacements require both costly highgrade materials and complex post-machining processes such as coatings or polishing. Ceramics are biocompatible but may be more expensive in high volumes. The grade of ceramics can also make a difference, as in the recent case of a cardiac rhythm management device that had a high failure rate because cracks appeared during post-fabrication brazing. Substituting a higher, more heat-tolerant grade proved to be more cost-effective in the long run because of higher throughput.
A feasibility study should also consider the tolerance of materials for post-fabrication treatments, such as deburring and brazing. Materials, such as titanium, can cause laser markings on surgical instruments to smear or be rubbed off. Keeping them legible may require additional processes, such as coating or embossing. Choosing the right material can also reduce fabrication steps.
Manufacturing Processes: Alternative manufacturing processes are almost always available but the trade-offs need to be weighed between speed and cost. For example, multiple machining steps might be replaced by ceramic or metal injection molding for some components. Ma chined components can be used for initial design and the proof of concept phase, with injection molding substituted during production.
Application demands often determine the processes used. Injection molding may be the most economical way to produce gears in volume, but if the device requires high torque, machined gears may be required to maximize durability. Similarly, designs can be changed early in the process so that parts are produced by off-the-shelf tooling instead of using more costly specialized machinery or tools.
Finishing Processes: A component's finish can have a substantial impact on durability, service life, and clinical performance. Poorly finished parts are a frequent cause of rejection and production delays. Some clinicians demand a pristine- looking reflective mirror finish, which may require specialized metals, surface treatments, polishing, or blasting. Other instruments need duller finishes to reduce glare during surgical procedures.
The need for easy sterilization is another design factor that often guides DFM teams in selecting materials and processes. Where instrument life and durability is an issue, the team may recommend electropolishing or the use of anodized metal. The look and feel of a device or instrument may make the difference in acceptance by end users.


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The Crimson improves to 3-1 at Lavietes Pavilion with its 63-56 win over St. John's (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Four Crimson scored a dozen points as the Harvard women's basketball team picked up a 63-56 win over St. John's Thursday afternoon in Lavietes Pavilion. The victory is the team's first over a BIG EAST opponent in exactly eight years, following a 73-59 win at Providence on Dec. 22, 2003.
Brogan Berry, Christine Clark, Emma Golen and Victoria Lippert each scored 12 points to lead a Harvard (5-5) squad which shot 17-of-20 at the line. Clark also led the team with nine rebounds and was a perfect 8-of-8 from the charity stripe. Golen and Miriam Rutzen pulled down seven boards apiece, while Berry and Rutzen dished out five assists.
Harvard held a 42-37 edge over St. John's (7-6) on the glass and made 17 free throws to the Red Storm's seven. The Crimson shot just 37.5 percent for the game but turned in a strong defensive effort, limiting St. John's to 35.5 percent shooting while forcing 13 turnovers and blocking a season-high seven shots.
Eugeneia McPherson's 14 points led the Red Storm as Amber Thompson turned in a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds.
The Crimson opened the game on fire, hitting 5-of-6 from the field, including two threes, for a 14-4 lead less than five minutes in. Berry sparked the run with a drive on Harvard's first possession and later found Lippert in transition for a 5-2 lead. Four straight points by Miriam Rutzen put the Crimson in front 9-4 and a Golen three from the top of the key made it a 10-point game.
St. John's pulled to within six, 18-12, but Harvard responded at the other end with a basket by Lippert. Berry went coast-to-coast on the next possession to regain the double-digit margin, 22-12, and Emma Golen gave Harvard an 11-point edge with a three from the right wing, 25-14.
The Red Storm used a 10-0 run over a three-plus minute span to pull within one, 27-26, with 3:05 remaining. Lippert ended Harvard's drought with a three from the left corner and a strong defensive stand before the buzzer gave the Crimson a 32-29 lead at the half. Lippert led all scorers with 10 points at the break as both Berry and Golen added six. The Crimson shot a combined 44.4 percent from the field compared to 41.4 percent from St. John's, and held a slight 18-16 advantage on the glass.
Scoring was at a premium early in the second half until four straight points by Christine Clark pushed the score to 38-31. Back-to-back baskets by Berry and Rutzen made it a 42-33 game and with 10:11 to play, Golen finished strong at the basket to regain an 11-point margin, 50-39.
The teams traded baskets for the next several minutes and with 4:45 remaining the score stood at 56-47 in Harvard's favor. Mary Nwachukwu's layup with 2:48 on the clock pulled the Red Storm to within seven, and with just 1:50 to go Da'Shena Stevens converted a three-point play to cut the deficit to four, 56-52. Clark hit a pair of free throws on the ensuing possession but St. John's responded again and made it a 59-56 game on Shenneika Smith's put back with 0:46 to play. Berry and Clark iced the game at the line, however, going 4-of-4 in the final 21 seconds to preserve the 63-56 victory.
Harvard will now head out on a four-game road trip beginning next Thursday, Dec. 29 at Hartford at 7 p.m.
GAME NOTES: Harvard's victory is its first over a BIG EAST opponent in exactly eight years, following a 73-59 win at Providence on Dec. 22, 2003 … The victory is also Harvard's first over a BIG EAST opponent in Lavietes Pavilion since a 79-76 defeat of Syracuse on Nov. 22, 2002, and improves the team to 6-22 all-time against the conference … Harvard improves to 33-7 at Lavietes Pavilion since 2008-09 … The Crimson blocked a season-high seven shots vs. St. John's including a career-high three from Missy Mullins and two from Emma Golen … Christine Clark has scored in double-digits in 12 straight games dating back to last season.


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Men complete first of three rounds of Pool Play at Long Beach
Being held in Long Beach, Calif., the event is tied for offering the largest Grand Slam purse in FIVB history the weeklong festival will include extensive coverage Friday through Sunday on the NBC family of networks.
Thursday, the men's schedule in the 32-team main draw will be the final two of three rounds of pool play to determine the 24 teams who will advance to the single-elimination phase of the tournament on the road to the championship. It is the third of four consecutive FIVB Grand Slam tournaments being held in four separate countries—Switzerland, The Netherlands, the United States and Austria.
Of the eight teams that qualified for the last spots in the main draw, only two won the first pool play match led by USA's 2008 Olympic champion Todd Rogers and his teammate Theodore Brunner, seeded 25th in the main draw and in three sets upset Spain's eighth-seeded Pablo Herrera/Adrian Gavira who won the silver medal here in Long Beach last year. USA's Rogers/Brunner held of Spain's Herrera/Gavira, 21-17, 19-21and 15-13 in 46 minutes. The other qualifier team who won their opening pool play match was Brazil's 15th-seeded Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves who won in two sets of Kazakhstan's 18th-seeded Alexandr Dyachenko/Alexey Sidorenko.
Overall, the ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball, a $1,000,000 FIVB Grand Slam is a SoCal beach festival that includes 4-person and 6-person recreational events, a youth tournament and nightly music concerts. The event also includes live or same-day telecasts split between NBC Sports Network, Universal Network and NBC TV Network.
The ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball, a $1,000,000 FIVB Grand Slam is using a format of a single-day qualification tournament to determine the final eight spots in each gender's 32-team main draw tournaments, round-robin pool play which began Wednesday. It will conclude with a single-elimination bracket for the final 24 teams. With the event being held for the second straight year in Long Beach the purpose-built site is located on the sands of the Alamitos Beach adjacent to Marina Green Park on East Shoreline Drive. General admission is free to the event and VIP tickets are on sale through the event website at www.wsobv.com.
Including Rogers/Brunner, USA's six teams compiled a 5-1 record on opening day while South American powerhouse Brazil saw all four of its teams win their first round matches.
Besides Rogers/Brunner, winning Wednesday for the USA were top-seeded defending event champions Sean Rosenthal/Phil Dalhausser, seventh-seeded Nick Lucena/Ryan Doherty, 11th-seeded John Hyden/Tri Bourne, and 12th-seeded Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson. The lone USA team to lose Wednesday was 32nd-seeded qualifying team James Drost/Casey Jennings.
In addition to Felipe/Goncalves, the other unbeaten Brazilians on Wednesday were third-seeded Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, sixth-seeded Pedro Salgado/Emanuel Rego and ninth-seeded Ricardo Santos/Alvaro Filho.
Netherlands' 14th-seeded Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, the 2013 FIVB World Champions, stumbled in their first pool play match, losing to Canada's 19th-seeded Chaim Schalk/Ben Saxton in three sets, 21-18, 19-21 and 15-13 in 54 minutes, the longest men's pool play match of the day.
Continuing to diligently dive into the competition and mentor known as 'the professor' the to the young guns, USA's Todd Rogers reflected following his team's upset win over Spain, "We played well today in most facets of the game and I think we kept them a little off-balance in their regular game. We are continuing to improve as a team and when we effectively work our game plan the results have been pretty positive. Now we need to sustain our effort and performance for a lot more matches. We want to play on center court in front of our fans for a change. It is superb that the FIVB can have an event in the United States for the last two years and I hope it continues for many more years."
The ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball, a $1,000,000 FIVB Grand Slam, is the 307th FIVB men's tournament since its first event in 1987 and the 271st FIVB women's tournament since FIVB began women's competitions in 1992. Gold medal winning teams in each gender in Long Beach will split $70,000, silver will receive $52,000, bronze winners get $40,000 and the fourth place finishers will earn $30,000 of the $1,000,000 total purse.
Men and women's single-elimination play will begin on Friday with the quarterfinals for men also on Friday. Women's quarterfinals and men's and women's semifinals will be held on Saturday. The medal matches closing the ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball, a $1,000,000 FIVB Grand Slam will be held on Sunday. Through Friday is scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. and at 10 a.m. on Sunday for the medal matches.
The total entry list for the 2014 ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball, a $1,000,000 FIVB Grand Slam includes 79 men's teams from 29 countries and 60 women's teams from 26 countries selected by their respective national federations.


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Have you noticed how big and bold and robust salads have become? It's as though salads no longer can be content to be on the side and complement the rest of the meal.
Most recipes these days seem to insist the salad be the meal. Which can be nice, particularly in the heat of summer. But sometimes a salad needs to play another role. Sometimes it just needs to help us appreciate the other foods. This is what I was thinking as I considered what to pair with a recent dinner of pulled pork bathed in a vinegary-peppery sauce.
I didn't want a big, bold salad that would compete with the pork. I wanted a cool and refreshing salad that would serve as a counterpoint to the barbecue.
I'd recently seen a salad of cucumber and cold cooked chicken bathed in sour cream. It seemed nice — and a perfect contrast to the pork. But again, I didn't need more protein.
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The trick to this salad is slicing everything as thinly as possible. A mandoline is best, but a food processor fitted with the slicing blade will work, too.
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Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Slice both cucumbers and the onion as thinly as possible, then mix them together in a large bowl. Sprinkle the salt over the vegetables.
Using your hands, gently knead and press the vegetables. Don't crush or mash them, just gently work the vegetables in the bowl.
After 2 to 4 minutes of kneading, there should be a large amount of water in the bowl. Pour off and discard the water.
Stir in the sour cream, dill, lemon zest and juice, garlic powder and black pepper. The salad can be made up to 4 hours in advance. If so, prepare the dressing separately and refrigerate in a separate container from the cucumbers. Just before serving, drain the cucumbers again, then mix in the dressing.
Nutrition information per serving: 60 calories; 30 calories from fat (50 percent of total calories); 3.5 g fat (2.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 15 mg cholesterol; 4 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 1 g protein; 330 mg sodium.
J.M. Hirsch is the food editor for The Associated Press. He blogs at http://www.LunchBoxBlues.com
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Spanish hot chocolate, Arabian coffee, Chinese tea, candy cane, marzipan, dewdrop, flowers and sugar plum; these are not the contents of a bakery; this is the lineup of goodies in the Land of Sweets in the second act of "The Nutcracker."
"The Nutcracker" is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The storyline is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." It premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia on December 18, 1892.
According to Wikipedia, "Although the original production was not a success, the 20-minute suite that Tchaikovsky extracted from the ballet was." However, the complete "Nutcracker" has seen popularity since the late 1960s and is a holiday favorite and yearly tradition for many. It is now performed by countless ballet companies, primarily during the Christmas season, especially in the U.S., where a very popular performance is George Balanchine's production at New York City Ballet. Several performances are also to be found in the Upper Delaware River Valley; they are listed on page 10.
The ballet begins in the home of the Stahlbaums who, with their children Clara and Fritz, are holding a party on Christmas Eve. Party guests arrive with presents that are placed around the Christmas tree and they dance. Suddenly, the clock strikes and everyone freezes as Drosselmeyer, a local councilman, magician and Clara's godfather, enters. He gives Clara a wooden nutcracker shaped like a little man, and she is overjoyed and does a dance with the nutcracker. Her younger brother Fritz is jealous of the gift and snatches it from Clara, accidentally breaking it. Soon the party ends and the guests leave. Clara goes to bed but later sneaks back to check on her nutcracker. When she falls asleep, the magic begins.
Clara awakes to find large mice scurrying around her, when she is saved by wooden soldiers who have come to life. The Christmas tree grows larger and larger. Clara's nutcracker has also come to life, and is leading the soldiers in battle. Just as the mice appear to be winning, Clara throws her slipper at their leader, the Mouse King, who becomes dizzy as the nutcracker stabs him. The Mouse King is dragged off, and Clara pulls the wounded Nutcracker, who is lying on the ground, back to life.Magically, he is transformed into a prince. This begins the duet between Clara and the prince, a dance with music so romantic it can make you cry every time you see it. Then, they are transported to another world: first to a pine forest, as snowflakes dance around them, and next to the Land of Sweets.
When the curtain opens on the second act, the stage is spectacularly dazzling as all the dancers are dressed as sweets. The Land of Sweets is ruled by the Sugar Plum Fairy and her prince. The Nutcracker Prince tells them how Clara saved his life, and all the sweets dance to celebrate the couple. Each of these sweets is represented in its own special dance and also in the music. For Spanish hot chocolate, castanets can be heard in the background; Chinese tea has flutes trilling; and Arabian coffee is moody and mysterious. The score includes widely recognizable music, like the "Waltz of the Flowers." The celebration concludes with a pas de deux by the Sugar Plum Fairy and the prince, which includes a duet, two solos, and a grand coda. All the sweets come back on stage to do a final coda and the Sugar Plum Fairy bids them all farewell.
The curtain closes and re-opens again in the Stahlbaum's living room. In some versions, Clara is asleep and then wakes up, wondering if it was all a dream. In other versions, Clara holds her wooden Nutcracker in her arms. Both endings ask the question: was the Land of Sweets real, or was it all a dream? Either way, this lovable tale is magical.
Local productions
The Dance Center's Delaware Valley Dance Company
Saturday, November 30 at 12 noon and 7 p.m.
At the Delaware Valley High School auditorium in Milford, PA
Tickets: $12 ($8 for child and senior) in advance, $14 ($10 child and senior) at the door
More info: 845/856-3373 or www.thedancecenterpj.com
Marya Kennett Dance Centre
Saturday, December 21 and Sunday, December 22 at 1 p.m.
At the Paramount Theater in Middletown, NY
Tickets: $18, $16 for seniors and kids
More info: 845/294-7262
Scranton Civic Ballet Company
Friday, December 13 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, December 14 at 2 p.m.
At the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple in Scranton, PA
More info: 570/343-0115 or www.scrantoncivicballet.com
New York City productions
American Ballet Theatre
December 13 to December 22, times vary
At the Peter Jay Sharp Building in BAM Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, NY
Tickets start at $25
More info: 212/477-3030 or www.abt.org
New York City Ballet
November 29 to January 4, times vary
At the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center
Tickets start at $34
More info: www.nycballet.com


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The Executive Board of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) is proud to announce the creation of the Task Force on Climate Change, an effort to bring anthropology's contributions to issues of environmental concern into the spotlight, and increase its engagement with current research, policy discourse and the communities they study worldwide.
While geophysical scientists and governmental bodies decry climate changes and the resulting ecological effects, anthropologists' sociocultural and archeological interpretations are not as well known. Because of the specialized nature of their academic training (including extensive fieldwork, as well as expertise in biology, linguistics, and ethnography) anthropologists are uniquely positioned to interpret from multiple scales and perspectives and bring a new view to the effects that our changing environment have on livelihoods, identities and culture. Many anthropologists also study the asymmetries in global power dynamics and the inequities associated with global climate change policies and responses.
Appointed by former AAA President Virginia R. Dominguez, the members of the Task Force include Chair Shirley J. Fiske, Susan A Crate, Heather Lazrus, George Luber, Lisaa Lucero, Anthony Oliver-Smith, Ben S. Orlove, Sarah Strauss and Richard Wilk. Two additional members are likely to be appointed.
The Task Force has outlined an action plan for its activities for the next three years, which includes producing guiding documents to recognize, promote and develop anthropological contributions to global climate change-related issues; promoting engagement of the AAA and anthropologists in general with public policy agendas and the greater public interest, utilizing media and outreach modalities to reach beyond the discipline; supporting anthropologists and anthropology students who are interested and engaged in climate research across all sub-disciplines of anthropology, by promoting public and professional exchange of ideas and networks, providing forums to listen and learn, and producing guidance documents on human dimensions of climate and climate change; and Provide the AAA with proposed actions and recommendations to support and promote anthropological engagement with climate change.
"I am pleased that the AAA has taken this action to get members of our discipline focused on our potential to contribute in a significant way to current policy debates surrounding climate change," Task Force Chair Shirley Fiske said in a statement released on Monday. "In the face of increasingly widespread and directional environmental shifts linked to this phenomenon, there is no better time for anthropologists to make their voices heard."


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Robert Wilson's Peter Pan is a musical tale for adults, where humor is mixed with fear. The text is based on Erich Kästner's German version of J. M. Barrie's story, in which Peter Pan appears more like a David Bowie type than like a chubby little boy. Featuring original songs and music by the Brooklyn-and-Paris-based "freak folk" band CocoRosie, this production has been playing successfully in the Berliner Ensemble's repertoire, as well as on several international tours.
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For months McG has seemed as uncertain as anyone that he deserved to take over the Terminator franchise, promising fans and the media over and over that he wouldn't ruin what James Cameron created over 20 years ago. There was a definite "the lady doth protest too much" quality to it, a sense that deep down he knew the movie wasn't any good, and hoped that by taking the first strike against himself the fans might go easier on him. Finally McG can calm down: Terminator Salvation is pretty good. As a summer blockbuster experience it falls squarely in the middle, never reaching any emotional or technical heights but never devolving into self-parody, either. That's a higher compliment than it sounds, given how badly the franchise stumbled with T3: Rise of the Machines, and how few people saw any reason to revisit John Connor and his fight to save the future.
But Terminator: Salvation is a solid and well-paced bit of entertainment, bringing the Terminator story into the post-Judgment Day guerilla wars and crafting a war story out of a franchise that began as a simple chase movie. We meet John Connor (Christian Bale) as a rugged adult, shooting Terminators in the head and scheming complex operations to bring down Skynet in any manner possible. Commanding a ragtag militia that includes trusty footsoldier Barnes (Common) and his pregnant wife Kate (Bryce Dallas Howard), Connor is working with his higher-ups to deploy an audio signal that would disarm all Terminators, making the resistance capable of breaking into Skynet headquarters and destroying the whole thing from within.
Meanwhile, in a much more interesting subplot, Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) has awoken, naked in the desert, 15 years after being executed. (Pay attention to his death row prologue, featuring Helena Bonham Carter as a spooky scientist) Trying to find his way back to the city and figure out what's happened to him, Marcus runs into a scrawny teenager who tells him brusquely "Come with me if you want to live." Yup, it's Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin), who fighting his own version of the resistance in Los Angeles, completely cut off from the rest of the human world. When Marcus and Kyle hear a transmission from John Connor himself, they make their way to the resistance headquarters in the desert, but are intercepted by a giant Terminator-- the Harvester-- before they can get there.
The action sequence that kicks off with the Harvester's attack on a gas station and ends with a plane crash is the best in the film, and the moment that proves, yes, McG really knows what he's doing. He's having fun here, asking "What would happen if a truck tied itself to a helicopter?" and using a giant effects budget to find out. That curiosity about both the world of Terminator and the physics of action movies continues throughout the film, as Marcus is revealed to be more than he seems and an eventual attack on Skynet provides a much-hyped appearance by a familiar face.
While some side characters and their stories seem extraneous (Moon Bloodgood's resistance fighter Blair is particularly wasted), the movie proceeds with an efficiency that even James Cameron might admire. John Connor is a tortured hero, but we don't have to put up with much of his bemoaning the wages of power; he's a man of action. Similarly Marcus, whose search for identity is the real heart of the film, mostly just moves forward, leaving the soul-searching for one exposition-heavy scene near the end of the film.
The movie probably would have been a lot stronger had it stuck with what was rumored to be the original plan, a story about Marcus with just a cameo appearance from John Connor. Bale is once again the least interesting part of his own blockbuster, both because of the difficulties of playing a messianic figure like Connor and because of that same stiff resilience and raspy voice that made Batman a blank slate last summer. Bale doesn't stand a chance against Worthington in their scenes together, with the Australian newcomer bringing the kind of intensity and innate vulnerability Bale used to be known for. It's the arrival of a new star commanding you to sit up and take notice.
The only actor who gives Worthington any challenge is Yelchin, whose Reese is a convincing younger version of Michael Biehn's character from the first Terminator and a surprising contrast to his soft-faced Chekov from Star Trek. Lean and hungry and possessing serious survival instinct, Reese is the accessible, real human that Bale's John Connor fails to be.
There are some problems in this future take on the Terminator story, namely the fact that John Connor isn't doing much to earn his self-proclaimed savior status. And as inevitable (and welcome) sequels go forward, they'll need some variation in the bleak post-apocalyptic landscape, some way to give the movies the same dramatic heft they had when set in present day. But as a place to start, Terminator Salvation isn't half bad, and definitely a promising start to a revival of the franchise. Did we need another visit to John Connor after all? Maybe not. But now that we're here, we may as well enjoy it.


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Fifteen Big Lessons I've Learned (I Hope)/
I recently did some lectures in Australia & New Zealand. Being asked to speak, gives me a chance to reflect. One or two days of 6-7 hr marathon lectures leads me to want to be able to sum it all up. This exercise in summation is one of futility, but that does not stop me from trying. What have I learned over the years? What can be done to make better films? What can be done to make a better film industry and culture that actually supports & benefits the creators and appreciators of ambitious and diverse film? How can our culture actually lift up our world? I don't pretend to know the answers, but I have fortunately learned some things (and I believe in sharing, declaring, and collaborating).
- Start with yourself. Do the work on you before you begin the project. As detailed as you will be on the script, be as focused on yourself regarding your values, your passions, your methods, your actions, your past, and your hopes. Have you made a list? Do you know what it is you love and need?
- Always try to understand what someone wants or does not want, and do they have the ability or opportunity to know the difference. This is necessary for the characters on the page, collaborators on a project, audiences who might attend the film, your potential investors, everyone. This is the White Hare problem: do they know the difference from liking what they get vs. getting what they like?
- The only constant is change. Don't take your eyes off of that change. Are you standing too close to see it? Don't settle into thinking there is an absolute right way for doing something (unless it fully embraces the constant of change).
- The film industry is about people keeping their jobs. In any system, those in power are motivated to maintain the status quo. You can not expect the leaders to take you into the changing world.
- Art, artists, audiences, and technology change far quicker than markets or industry. Opportunity rests in the gap in between.
- Help the change be evolution, not devolution. Don't exploit it, but enhance it. You'll be happier for it -- even when the temptation/money in the other direction is quite large.
- Cultivate the dark side, Luke. Paranoia is a producer's friend. By fantasizing about all that may go wrong, you can craft solutions from preventing them from occurring. Good fences make for good neighbors. When you can see the worst, you cherish the best that much more.
- There is frequently a gulf between need and desire -- that's where you can find business.
- Consider. Declare. Evaluate. Revise. Repeat. Consider. Declare. Evaluate. Revise. Repeat. Consider. Declare. Evaluate. Revise. Repeat. Consider. Declare. Evaluate. Revise. Repeat. Shall I say it again?
- Take responsibility and make responsibility a goal for others too. Accept it when it is available, but encourage others to move into it too. Don't hesitate.
- Be prolific. Be generative. Be a maker. Find a way to live a creative life (recognize that you don't need to have a creative career to have a creative life). The more you create the more opportunity you will have to create. Work begets work. Once you do something good, they will be afraid you will do something better -- that is a negative power that creates positive opportunities.
- Know you will fail, despite as hard as you should try to avoid it. Embrace the failures as part of the process. Try again, now armed with your new knowledge that the experience has gifted you.
- We can not do it all if we do it alone; we can build it better together. Keep your eyes open for, and be receptive to, good partners. Don't forget they change though; today's solution will not likely apply tomorrow.
- Stop acting analogue; be digital. It no longer is about completion and perfection; it is world of evolution that requires collaboration.
- It is all process. Fixed and finite, completed or defined -- they are rare things. This too shall pass. Don't be hard on yourself. Move on. Get over it.
The wise ones always find the better way to say it. Gandhi nailed it with "Be the change you want to see". It took him seven words to express what takes me about six hundred.


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From the Eclipses feed
The Moon will pass through the Earth's shadow between 17:35 and 21:54 EST, creating a penumbral lunar eclipse. The eclipse will be visible any location where the Moon is above the horizon at the time, including from Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe.
It will be visible from Fairfield in the eastern sky. The Moon will lie 26° above the horizon at the moment of greatest eclipse.
Maximum eclipse will occur at 19:45 (all times given in Fairfield time).
The simulation to the right shows Moon's path relative to the Earth's shadow. The outer grey circle is the Earth's penumbra, within which the Earth blocks part of the Sun's light, making the Moon appear less bright than usual, but not completely dark. The inner black circle is the umbra, within which the Earth entirely blocks the Sun's light, and where the Moon's disk would appear entirely unilluminated.
By default the eclipse is drawn with the local vertical in Fairfield uppermost (Zenith up), so that it is orientated as you would see it looking up at the Moon. The compass shows the direction of celestial north relative to the local vertical. Alternatively, you can orientate the sky with celestial north orientated uppermost, by selecting the option North up.
Selecting the option Diagram of Moon's path produces a static display of the Moon's path over the duration of the eclipse.
The lower panel of the simulation shows the Sun's position relative to the horizon as seen from Fairfield.
A penumbral eclipse
Like other lunar eclipses, penumbral eclipses occur whenever the Earth passes between the Moon and Sun, such that it obscures the Sun's light and casts a shadow onto the Moon's surface. But unlike other kinds of eclipses, they are extremely subtle events to observe.
In a penumbral eclipse the Moon passes through an outer region of the Earth's shadow called the penumbra. This is the outer part of the Earth's shadow, in which the Earth appears to cover part of the Sun's disk, but not all of it (see diagram below). As a result, the Moon's brightness will be reduced, as it is less strongly illuminated by the Sun, but the whole of the Moon's disk will remain illuminated to some degree.
The effect is only perceptible to those with very astute vision, or in carefully controlled photographs.
This is a rare occasion when the whole of the Moon's face will pass within the Earth's penumbra, and so the reduction of the Moon's brightness will be more perceptible than usual. Such events are called total penumbral lunar eclipses, and are rare because the statistical chance that the Moon will enter the Earth's umbra at some point is very high once it has passed fully within its penumbra, and this makes an eclipse a partial lunar eclipse.
The eclipse geometry
Lunar eclipses occur when the Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned in an almost exact straight line, with the Earth in the middle, such that the Earth casts a shadow onto the Moon. The diagram to the right shows this geometry, though for clarity the Moon is drawn much closer to the Earth than it really is.
The Moon passes close to this configuration every month, when it is at full moon, but because the Moon's orbit around the Earth is tipped up by 5° relative to the Earth's orbit around the Sun, the alignment of the three bodies into a straight line usually isn't exact.
In the diagram to the right, the grid represents the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. As it circles the Earth, the Moon passes through the Earth–Sun plane twice each month, at the points on the left and right labelled as nodes. A lunar eclipse results when one of these node crossings happens to coincide with full moon, which happens roughly once every six months.
Visibility of the eclipse
Eclipses of the Moon are visible anywhere where the Moon is above the horizon at the time. Since the geometry of lunar eclipses requires that the Moon is directly opposite the Sun in the sky, the Moon can be seen above the horizon anywhere where the Sun is beneath the horizon.
The map below shows where the eclipse of February 10 will be visible.
The table below lists the times when each part of the eclipse will begin and end.
|Moon begins to enter the Earth's penumbra
|Greatest eclipse
|Moon leaves the Earth's penumbra
This eclipse is a member of Saros series 114. The exact position of the Moon at the moment of greatest eclipse is as follows:
|Right Ascension
|Angular Size
|The Moon
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0.
|The sky on 10 February 2017
13 days old
All times shown in EST.
These eclipse predictions were computed by the author based on the DE405 planetary ephemeris computed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The position of the Sun, Earth and Moon were extracted from the DE405 files using EphemerisCompute, which was written by the author and is freely available for download.
They assume that the Earth and Moon are both ellipsoids with fixed polar and equatorial radii, and do not take into account the irregular topography of either body. All eclipse predictions are made at sea level. In practice, this means that the predictions presented here are inaccurate by at most of few seconds.
Additional information was taken from:
Espanak, F., & Meeus, J., Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000, NASA Technical Publication TP-2009-214172 (2009)
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