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Now in winter (almost spring) with all the dry air in heated spaces our skin requires special attention to prevent it from becoming dry. Fortunately many skin care brands offer special winter products to keep your skin healthy and hydrated. But if you have sensitive skin it can be really risky to try out new products from the drug store because they might cause irritations or even allergies. That's why I personally favour homemade skin care products – the chances that your skin reacts negatively to DIY peelings and masks made with ingredients that are 100% natural are A LOT slimmer!
So here's some of my favourite super quick and easy to make DIY skin care recipes for you to try at home:
Lemon & brown sugar peeling:
Instructions: Mix the juice from half a lemon & 1 table spoon of sugar in a small bowl, apply it with a cotton pad, massage in for 3 min, let it sit for 5 min
> be careful to not get this in your eyes & don't forget to moisturise after rinsing it off (I recommend coconut oil as the perfect natural moisturiser because it also helps remove potential leftovers of the peeling)
The lemon juice in this peeling has a brightening effect on the skin making it look more vital, the brown sugar will remove dead skin cells
抹茶マスク (Matcha mask):
Instructions: Mix 1/2 mashed banana, one teaspoon of matcha powder & one teaspoon of honey together & apply it to your face. Let it sit for 10 minutes, then rinse it out.
(if you have a tool for mashing potatoes, use that for the banana, if you don't, a fork works just as well)
Apply coconut oil or your favourite moisturiser afterwards.
Matcha has a rejuvenating effect and the banana and honey moisturise & nourish the skin.
Coffee peeling:
Instructions: Mix 1 tablespoon of coconut oil (liquid) and 1 tablespoon of coffee grounds together in a small bowl. Massage it in for 3-5 minutes, let it sit for 5 minutes and then rinse it out.
Similar to the Lemon juice peeling, this peeling has a brightening, as well as a rejuvenating effect on the skin due to the antioxidants contained in coffee. The coconut oil cleans, softens and moisturises the skin.
These 3 DIY recipes have always worked really well for me & helped to keep my skin healthy even in winter, so I'm pretty sure they will work for you, too.
If you get to try them, let me know what you think! :)


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Peg Corwin's curator insight, January 1, 2015 1:50 PM
Thoughtful and very strategic content marketing strategy for social media. I'm following these steps myself as I read it.
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Not just for beginners, actually - this is info a lot of us seasoned pros tend to let slide or ignore eventually. Get back to basics and improve your blog posts.
Ally Greer's curator insight, March 3, 2014 7:07 PM
Many different types of online "influencers" exist, as outlined in this post by [url=/u/185416 x-already-notified=1]Stephanie Frasco[/url]. While this article was posted almost a year ago, the principles still stand true.
An interesting exercise could be to either (a) consider what type of influencer you are (I'm a social butterfly!) or (b) consider what types of influencers you should be targeting to help achieve your business goals through a social engagement strategy.
Here are some of my best tips on what your business goals can tell you about the types of influencers you should target:
Goal: Host events, parties, networking functions to spread brand awareness
Influencers to target: Social Butterflies. Chances are, they know people in almost any major city you'd want to host an event in, and are likely to have large networks of people who will show up. You can take it from there!
Goal: Launch a new technology
Influencers to target: Early Adopters. They spend all of their days on Kickstarter and TechCrunch trying to figure out what the next gadget, site, or invention is going to be and how soon they can get it. If you let them in on your next big idea, they're the ones who will be the most psyched about trying it out and sharing how great it is with the world.
Goal: Validate your value prop/need for your offering.
Influencers to target: Experts/Gurus. These are the ones who people turn to for advice on certain things. If you're trying to convince the market that your product is necessary for social media, then you're going to want a social media expert to agree with you.
Goal: Get popular.
Influencers to target: Celebrities. Everyone loves pop culture. It's human to admire celebrities, and they're the ones that become influencers without even trying. Think about the fanbases of people like Beiber and Lady GaGa. Whatever they say, their fans do. Like Stephanie points out, this could get pricey, but if you've got the money, will result in massive publicity.
Goal: Spend less time & money on word of mouth marketing and online content.
Influencers to target: Content Creators. These are the ones who are constantly writing, blogging, etc. They love spreading the word about things they like, and also make great guest bloggers (hello, #leancontent!)
Goal: Promote your content
Influencers to target: Broadcasters. If your content leads to business leads, you're going to want it to promote it as much as possible. Broadcasters might not always be the ones using your product/service or even maintaining relationships with your brand, but they are the ones who are sharing as much content as they possibly can, and usually have lots and lots of followers. (Sometimes, though, like Stephanie says, they over-share and get lost in the noise. Extra tweets can never hurt, though!)
Goal: Engage your existing audiences and create new influencers & ambassadors
Influencers to target: Your customers! Your customers might not be influencers yet, but they're the ones who will require the least amount of effort to connect with. Once you communicate with them enough, they'll become the next generation of brand ambassadors, and eventually, influencers of your own!
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These are outstanding resources to add to your 21st Century teaching and learning environments.
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This article outlines a few handy resources to improve the performance of your blog.
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The question about how Google views content curation is one that's often debated - and often very passionately.
SEO and curation expert Jayson DeMers has a few solid facts to back up the argument that curation - when done right - can only help SEO.
Did you know that curated content, when combined with original content (like Scoop.it insight) ca rank just as well as original content alone? If not - or even if you did - read this post to find out more.
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Une infographie qui démontre symbolise les organisations et leur style de management. "Déjà vu mais on ne s'en lasse pas!"
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Soon after becoming president, Barack Obama evidently gave the space agency NASA a new mission of reaching out to the world's Muslims. Observers were puzzled. Why should rocket scientists focused on outer space now worry about hearts and minds on Earth?
I believe I have solved the mystery. The reason is that President Obama has adopted his father's ideology; the son is, as his father was, an anticolonialist. And according to this worldview, NASA is a symbol of America's effort to colonize outer space. It follows that Obama wants to "decolonize" NASA, and that means converting it from its traditional mission of American exploration into a kind of international project to recognize what Muslims and others have contributed to the development of science.
FOR ANOTHER VIEW, READ Newt Gingrich is right: Obama shares anticolonial values -- American values
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Several months ago, NASA chief Charles Bolden announced that Mr. Obama had given him three priorities: "He wanted me to help reinspire children to want to get into science and math. He wanted me to expand our international relationships. And third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contributions to science and math and engineering."
Mr. Bolden added that the International Space Station was a kind of model for NASA's future, since it was not just a US operation but included the Russians and the Japanese.
For former astronauts Neil Armstrong and John Glenn, Bolden's remarks – which the White House later tried to correct – surely added insult to the injury they felt Obama has caused with his new budget and vision for NASA, which includes shelving the ambitious Constellation program and relying on foreign and commercial spacecraft.
Even some Obama supporters expressed puzzlement. Sure, we are all for Islamic self-esteem, and 800 years ago the Muslims did make some important discoveries, but what on earth was Obama up to here?
What motivates Obama?
To answer this question, we must figure out what motivates Obama; we must know what is Obama's dream. Fortunately we don't have to speculate, because Obama tells us in his autobiography, "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance."
The title alone is telling, but as Obama writes in the book: "It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela."
Though Obama also candidly admits to feeling mugged by reality when he learned more about his father, several figures who know him well say the ideological fire of the father still burns within the son. As his grandmother Sarah Obama told Newsweek, "I look at him and I see all the same things, he has taken everything from his father. The family is still intact, this son is realizing everything the father wanted – fighting for people, the dreams of the father are still alive in the son."
So there it is: Obama's dream is his father's dream.
Anticolonial ideology
So who was Barack Obama Sr. and what was his dream? First and foremost, he was an anticolonialist. He came of age during Kenya's struggle for independence from British rule. I know about anti-colonialism because I grew up in India in the aftermath of British rule there. Anticolonialism was the ideology of my parents and grandparents, and it shaped a whole generation of third world people during the second half of the 20th century.
The basic principle of anticolonialism is that the world is divided into two parts: the colonizers and the colonized. The colonizers are the evil Americans and Europeans, and they got rich by invading and looting the nations of Asia, Africa, and South America.
Even today, this ideology holds, America continues to occupy two countries, Iraq and Afghanistan, and to use its power to dominate and subjugate the rest of the world. The solution, of course, is decolonization, and this means that America must get out and stay out and in the future play a much more modest and humble role in the world.
We know that Barack Obama Sr. was an anticolonialist because he says as much in a 1965 article he wrote in the East Africa Journal. And it seems that his son Barack Obama Jr. is following in his father's footsteps because he is trying to get America out of both Iraq and Afghanistan and he has informed many international audiences that he seeks a more modest global role for America.
The theory's explanatory power
Just as telling, the anticolonial assumption explains, as no other theory can, why President Obama would apparently undertake the strange task of changing the mission of NASA. Plug in our anti-colonial model and what at first seems inexplicable – converting NASA into a community outreach program for Muslims – suddenly makes complete sense. Remove the theory and it is almost impossibly difficult to account for what Obama is doing.
Recall the Moon Landing of Apollo 11 in 1969. "One small step for man," Mr. Armstrong said. "One giant leap for mankind." But that's not how the rest of the world saw it. I was eight years old at the time and still living in my native India.
I remember my grandfather telling me about the great race between America and Russia to put a man on the moon. America won that race, and everybody knew it because Armstrong placed the American flag on the moon.
So it wasn't one giant leap for mankind, but one giant leap for the United States. It was as if that flag signified, "We Americans did this. We Americans now own the moon." I can understand how many in the third world might see the moon landing that way, because I'm from the third world and that's the way I saw it.
If Obama shares this view, no wonder that he wants to change NASA's focus. Even when the Muslims aren't involved, Obama wants to make sure the Russians and the Japanese share the credit. As Bolden put it in his Al Jazeera interview: "We're not going to go anywhere beyond low Earth orbit as a single entity. The United States can't do it."
Space, you see, is for human and not merely American exploration. Obama seems determined to divert NASA from being a symbol of American greatness into a more modest public relations operation that builds ties with Muslims and other peoples. For those who cherish America's leadership role in space, it is chilling to realize that America's own president seeks to bring that role to an end.
Dinesh D'Souza is the president of the King's College in New York City. His new book is "The Roots of Obama's Rage."


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Choosing whether you'll use or lose the lectern is a major factor in adding presence to your presentation. In this week's coaching session for Stephanie Benoit, I want to give her enough to consider so she can choose the speaking style and setting that works best for her. Stephanie's just starting as a speaker, so here are some things to consider and know about lecterns, whether you use them or avoid them:
- Lecterns are the slanted stands that prop up your speech and hold the microphone. Some people call this the podium, but a podium is really the platform beneath your feet.
- Lecterns have advantages: They're a natural focal point for the audience. They can hide your notes, a glass of water, your technology controls, a laptop, a picture of your kid...and you, the speaker. They can give you something to hang on to.
- Lecterns have disadvantages: They hide you, the speaker. If you hang on to them too tightly, you're immobilizing your hands, which will make you more likely to stumble verbally--and may tense you up. And they keep you boxed in, so you become a static image to the audience. To gesture, you have to make sure your hands are up high so they can be seen. And because no two lecterns are the same height, it seems, you may find they swallow you up if you're short, or keep your script perilously far from your eyes if you're tall. (Solution for the short speaker: Stand on a box. Solution for the tall speaker: Put a fat book under your speech to raise it up.)
Some speaking situations make it easy for you. Formal events--graduations, church services, funerals and award presentations--almost always demand a lectern, especially if you must frequently refer to notes with people's names (if you're presenting awards or degrees, for example). But in most other speaking situations, you get to choose.
To help Stephanie consider a range of styles, I've pulled some videos from our top women speakers series to illustrate three ways to use or lose lecterns effectively:
Use it...right: Michelle Obama, in this speech at last year's Democratic National Convention, manages to avoid all the disadvantages of using a lectern. Her gestures all can be seen over the top of the lectern, and you should practice to be sure you do the same. She rarely holds on to the lectern, choosing sometimes to gently rest her hands on it. To counteract that boxed-in look, she makes the effort to look at and turn toward different parts of the audience as she tells her story. Finally, she's telling a personal story she had already told in many campaign stops, so it's energetic and flows well.
Lose it but use it: Here's one of my favorite examples of using a lectern without letting it get in your way. This is a public lecture by chemistry professor Carolyn Bertozzi, who (after setting up her slides) quickly moves to one side of the lectern and leans on it, but doesn't hide behind it. It makes her seem much more approachable, and it suits her friendly speaking style--important if you are sharing a technical topic like chemistry with audience of non-technical people. (She has a great analogy using a peanut M&M...watch for it.) Notice the difference between Bertozzi and the man who introduces her. He uses the lectern to hold his notes for the introduction, and you see just his head and shoulders. You get a more complete picture of Bertozzi, and she can move freely during her talk:
Lose it, don't use it: For speakers used to a lectern, losing it entirely may seem scary--or freeing. More and more, this is the style of speaking I prefer, for a variety of reasons:
- It lets me more directly connect with the audience--as a whole, and as individuals. I can walk right up to a group or a person to make eye contact. I'm more able to sense whether I'm losing the audience, and if that's the case, I can move into the crowd to change the situation and recapture its attention.
- Moving around keeps me energized, and that energy translates to my speaking.
- I can use a wider range of motion and gestures to punctuate my talk. My entire body becomes a source of motion and animates the words, as needed.
- It lets me be more responsive in Q&A, when I can walk up to a questioner and respond directly.
Speaking without notes or something to prop them up does take practice. Here's another of our top women speakers, Jacqueline Novogratz of the Acumen Fund, who works completely without a lectern in her TED talk. (If you're going this route, be sure to work with the audio-visual technicians to be sure your microphone can move with you). Watch how she makes a personal story come alive without the need to hang on to a lectern:
Stephanie, this week, I'd like to hear what you think about using lecterns. And if you can get access to a room with a lectern, go ahead and try it out with a few remarks (perhaps practicing your message) then come out in front of it and say the same remarks. What are your questions about speaking while moving, or speaking at a lectern? What do you think about the different styles shown in the video? Which one do you think would work best for you?


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The presidents and Mandela
Nelson Mandela, who successfully crusaded against apartheid in South Africa and blazed the trail for democracy in his country, cultivated a deep and lasting relationship with the United States and fomented a sea change in bilateral relations between the two nations, dramatically altering the American dynamic with Africa in the process.
"He felt the U.S. relationship to South Africa was vital," said Princeton Lyman, who served as U.S. ambassador to South Africa when Mandela was first elected. "That the two countries must have a very close relationship, not just economic cooperation but in terms of development in Africa and on the world scene."
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Mandela died Thursday at age 95, South African President Jacob Zuma announced, but he will remain a defining figure in the history of U.S.-South Africa relations. He was electedas president of South Africa in 1994 after helping to end racial apartheid, serving as the country's leader through 1999 and maintaining a presence on the global stage for years after.
( VIDEO: Nelson Mandela, a look back)
"I think history will look at his influence as quite profound, not only on U.S.-South Africa relations but also influencing how the U.S. dealt with Africa as a whole," said John Norris, a foreign policy expert at the Center for American Progress. "The fact that he brought such tremendous moral authority to his position flipped the switch a little bit in terms of how the U.S. looked at the continent. It wasn't just a place that was underdeveloped with instability and rich natural resources, but a continent where people were taking historical risks to achieve what we've embraced in this country."
Here's a look at Mandela's dynamics with the American presidents who have been in office since his rise to political prominence: Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
Mandela was elected in the middle of Clinton's first term, and the two developed a close relationship that laid the foundation for two decades of solid U.S.-South Africa relations — but at the beginning, that dynamic was far from guaranteed.
"It started off, actually, a little bit rough," Lyman, who was Clinton's ambassador to South Africa when Mandela was elected, told POLITICO.
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union supported anti-apartheid activity and earned friends in the movement. In contrast, the Reagan administration vetoed apartheid-related sanctions. President George H.W. Bush, however, met with Mandela at the White House in 1990. The two had a warm relationship and spoke often over the phone, Lyman said.
( PHOTOS: Nelson Mandela's life and career)
Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison, was released in 1990. He entered office four years later with the sense that a substantial aid package from the U.S. would play a key role in further resetting the relationship between the two countries in the post-Cold War world. After Mandela's election, the U.S. offered up a three-year trade and investment package of $600 million.
"He was expecting … once this election came off, it would be like Camp David, a huge commitment of support," Lyman said. "And at the time, the aid program was being cut, we came up with much less than he expected … He was expecting railroads, hospitals, big commitments. He was shocked and angry, so when he came on a state visit after the election, it began very frostily."
But by the end of Mandela's first state trip as president, in 1994, he and Clinton "were very close," Lyman said, setting the stage for a fruitful bilateral relationship — even though "Mandela never stopped being unhappy with the aid program. He called it 'peanuts.'"
The two administrations worked together through a binational commission, chaired by then-Vice Presidents Al Gore and Thabo Mbeki, on a variety of cooperative programs and found common ground in supporting the extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, something much of the rest of Africa opposed.
( Also on POLITICO: President Obama honors Nelson Mandela)
Clinton, who made several references to Mandela in his autobiography, also developed a personal relationship with the South African leader. Mandela showed the American president the cell in which he lived for more than two decades when Clinton took an emotional trip to the country. He also offered comfort during some of the darkest hours of the Clinton presidency.
He encouraged Clinton to persevere even in the face of the Monica Lewinsky scandal and emphasized the power of forgiveness.
"[Mandela] told me he forgave his oppressors because if he didn't, they would have destroyed him," Clinton told The Guardian in a 2004 interview. In discussing his own experiences with the scandal, he said, "If you don't let go, it continues to eat at you."
Mandela was also in the right place at the right time to cultivate a solid relationship with the U.S., said Larry Diamond, an Africa expert at Stanford and the Hoover Institute.
"He was an icon," Diamond said. "Everyone wanted to be helpful to South Africa and participate in its reconstruction."
Diamond said that the U.S. and South Africa have had, on balance, positive relations since Mandela's presidency, but the "peak" may have been during Clinton's administration. Their dynamic blossomed at an opportune moment: the Cold War was over and the views Mandela espoused — of tolerance, of democracy, of a "rainbow nation" of diversity — were easy for the U.S. to embrace.
( Also on POLITICO: Nelson Mandela dies at age 95)
A State Department fact sheet notes that "Since the abolition of apartheid and 1994 democratic elections, the countries have enjoyed a solid bilateral relationship. South Africa is a strategic partner of the United States, particularly in the areas of security and trade."
"I'd say the main thing he did was put the country on a pragmatic course toward democracy and reconciliation, which made it possible for the U.S. to embrace and engage South Africa in a much more uncomplicated, less contradictory way," Diamond said, adding, "I think his legacy is huge, and the improvement of U.S.-South African relations is part of it."
Mandela found a "very willing partner" in Clinton, said Haroon Bhorat, a professor of economics at the University of Cape Town and an economic adviser to South Africa's minister of finance.
"It was obvious they had a rapport," Bhorat said. "If you move on to President Bush, you see a relationship that wasn't as strong as the Clinton-Mandela relationship … Mandela and Clinton knew each other as leaders."
In that capacity, the two promoted a "steady engagement between the U.S. and South Africa," which has manifested itself in trade, business, entertainment and academic ties, he said.
"There's a very, very rich history and bridge that exists between South Africa and the U.S.," Bhorat said. "If you wanted the jewel in the crown, so to speak, that would be the Mandela-Clinton relationship."


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Tom Colicchio Is Named Top Chef, Literally
The Beard Awards, a.k.a. the "food Oscars," were awarded tonight, and most went to big NYC food names like Tom Colicchio and Shake Shack's Danny Meyer. KFC, despite the revolutionary Double Down, was shut out. Click through for the list.
Big Tom Colicchio made Bravo proud by bringing home "Outstanding chef," a career award recognizing a chef who has "served as an inspiration to other food professionals." Danny Meyer's Eleven Madison Park snagged "Best New York Chef" for Daniel Humm. Here's more of the big awards:
Best new restaurant: Marea, New York
Best restaurant: Daniel, New York
Outstanding wine service: Jean Georges, New York
Best service: Alinea, Chicago
Rising star of the year: Timothy Hollingsworth, French Laundry, Yountville, CA
Best chef: Tom Colicchio, Craft, New York
Outstanding restaurateur: Keith McNally, Minetta Tavern, Pulino's Bar and Pizzera, Bathlazar, New York
Best pastry chef: Nicole Plue, Redd, Yountville, CA
Best New York chef: Daniel Humm, Eleven Madison Park, New York
Best restaurant design: Andre Kikoski, The Wright, New York
Best graphic design: Pandiscio Co., The Standard, New York


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Froggy wrote:Anyone saying anybody but Crosby is over thinking it.
nexguy66 wrote:AO is not likely to tie Sid in points. If that's the case and Sid does not come back until the playoffs, then sports writers have to decide if they want to vote for Alex even though he has fewer points than Sid with a dozen more games under his belt. Most likely Ovechkin ends the season 4th or 5th in scoring. Hart goes to the 4th or 5th scorer?
Did Alex help his bubble team into the playoffs? Absolutely. Did Alex help his team BECOME a bubble team? Without a doubt.
Sid helped his team clinch an early playoff spot.
Not to mention, if Alex gets the Hart, he would be the first hart winner in history(or at least last 50 years) with such a low amount of assists relative to the rest of the league. Alex has two teammates with 40+ points. No other team can say that.
It would take quite a huge point streak by Ovechkin for him to get it. I imagine it's more likely between Sid and Bobrovsky.
nexguy66 wrote:newarenanow wrote:Froggy wrote:Anyone saying anybody but Crosby is over thinking it.
I don't think so. I think writers will punish Crosby for getting injured, and reward AO for being hot at the end of the season when his tear is fresh in everyones minds.
I think the writers are pretty smart guys who look at a lot of criteria.
skullman80 wrote:A coach is going to support his own player. I don't see why people are suprised at that. Oates isn't going to say... "Crosby is the best player, hands down the MVP". He is going to back his own guy, and I don't see the issue with that. He's wrong, but I think most coaches would do the same thing.
DelPen wrote:thepittman wrote:AO stepped up scoring, brought his team back from missing the playoffs, and now they lead their division. Makes a pretty good case.
So we ignore his suck play the first half of the season because he's a slug? It's one thing to come back from an injury and then dominate. But when a player is on your bench contributing nothing and then decides to play how can you say he's an MVP of any team?
largegarlic wrote:I hate to say it, but if I had a vote, I think I would vote for Ovechkin at this point. I always think the Hart should be awarded to the player who means the most to his team, not necessarily the player who had the best season. Ovechkin has almost single-handedly brought the Caps back from the dead and put them in position to be the 3-seed (granted, it's a crappy division, but still). Take him away from that team, and they're probably in the lottery for the top draft pick.
Gaucho wrote:Laughable. About two weeks ago Crosby was the overwhelming favorite to win the Hart, it really wasn't even close. Now he has missed six games, still leads AO by 8 points and all of a sudden the hibernating Russian bear gets the vote? I don't think so.
DelPen wrote:I'd give it to Anderson even over Crosby. The award should go to most valuable to his team. There are so many good players on this team it's hard to pick whop is the MOST valuable. The only reason the Sens are in the playoff piscture at all is because of him especially after Karlson went down.
toby91_ca wrote:DelPen wrote:I'd give it to Anderson even over Crosby. The award should go to most valuable to his team. There are so many good players on this team it's hard to pick whop is the MOST valuable. The only reason the Sens are in the playoff piscture at all is because of him especially after Karlson went down.
There is just so much wrong with that statement. Anderson has played in 17 games and has missed 24 games, yet he's the only reason the Sens are in the playoff picture? The Sens are 9-6-2, .588 win % with him and 12-8-4, .583 win % without him.
Does he have good stats in the few games he's played? Sure, but he shouldn't be in a conversation for Hart even if you extended the conversation to include the top 100 players in the running.
Froggy wrote:Anyone saying anybody but Crosby is over thinking it.
Gaucho wrote:Sid missed 6 games so far and is still 8 points ahead of AO. So to anyone who dares to vote for Fat Alex: **** you.
shmenguin wrote:"the player who means the most to his team" is a silly way to judge awards.
iWonTheCup87 wrote:its going to honestly piss me off if they give it to ovechkin honestly. I could care less what hes done in the last month. He camps on the PP left circle and gets 1 or 2 goals every game that way. He DOES nothing else for the team. He is awful defensively like always and the first half of this season he was so bad. Not saying you dont have a chance to redeem yourself because hes played much better but if you play pretty mediocre for 40-50 minutes a night and are invisible then you score a goal here or there people completely forget how bad you were before.
so basically ovie could play 59 terrbible minutes a night but if he scores a goal in the last minute people will be like omg ovie is so good. He is nothing to compared to crosby honestly
thepittman wrote:shmenguin wrote:"the player who means the most to his team" is a silly way to judge awards.
How else would you define "Most Valuable Player"?
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- Engine Type: Kubota D902
- Model: Liquid-cooled, 3-cylinder diesel
- Engine gross HP at 3200 rpm* HP (kW): 23.0 (17.1)
- PTO horsepower at 3200 rpm HP (kW): 17.7 (13.2)
- Displacement cu.in. (cc): 54.8 (898)
- Fuel tank capacity gal. (l): 6.6 (25)
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- Pump output gpm (l/min.): 6.2 (23.5)
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- Reverse mph (km/h): 0 – 6.5 (0 –10.5)
- Length with 3-point hitch in. (mm): 95.5 (2425)
- Width in. (mm) in. (mm): 45.1 (1145)
- Height with ROPS in. (mm): 83.1 (2110)
- Wheelbase in. (mm): 55.1 (1400 )
- Ground clearance (front axle) in. (mm): 8.4 (213)
- Tread Front in. (mm): 36.6 (930)
- Tread Rear in. (mm): 32.2 (820)
- Turning radius (w/o brake) feet (m): 7.5 (2.3)
- Tractor weight (w/ROPS) lbs. (kg): 1443 (650)
- 4-Point Front Hitch - Clear the Way With Ease: Do you need to clear snow, sweep your driveway, or dethatch your lawn? The Kubota 4-point front hitch enables front implements like blades, brooms and snow blowers to be easily attached and removed, making the Kubota BX80 even more versatile!
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- Deluxe Operator Station - Available with A Dealer Installed Heated Cab: First time tractor owner? The BX80 series redefines what it means to be an easy-to-use, comfortable sub-compact tractor. With a spacious flat operator's station and simple operating controls, you'll feel like a pro in no time. Key Features- Modern Dash Panel - Easy to read with all the information displayed right in front of the operator; Kubota Treadle Pedal Design - Effortlessly change speed and direction using Kubota's forward and reverse treadle pedals; Fender Mounted Front Loader Joystick - Allows for easy use and less fatigue, even when working long hours; Kubota Heated Cab - Optional dealer installed cab offers additional protection and comfort from the cold; Cruise Control - Allows the operator to maintain a constant speed without keeping their foot on the HST pedal (optional on the BX1880); Tilt Steering Wheel and Deluxe High Back Seat with Armrest* - Allows each individual to maximize comfort. *Not available on the BX1880
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- Mid-Mount Mower Decks -Yard Work Doesn't Have to Be Work: We know maintaining a beautiful yard is important to our customers. That's why Kubota offers multiple high performance, mid-mount mower deck options on the BX80 Series. These mowers are built to last, providing our customers with years of satisfying use. Key Features- Commercial Grade Materials -Professional design equals professional results; Standard and Drive-Over Deck Options - Choose the mounting type that best fits your needs with either our Standard or our Easy-Over mid-mount mower deck options; Multiple Sizes - With 48", 54" and 60" models available, Kubota has the right size deck for you; Mulch Kits - Kits available for those customer wanting to mulch their grass; Bagger Kits - Baggers available for cleaning up grass clippings and yard debris
- Quality And Durability - Engineered And Built By Kubota, For Kubota: Looking for a long term investment? The BX80 Series is designed with strength and longevity in mind. Combine that with excellent resale valve and you can be sure the Kubota BX80 Series is the right choice. Kubota Diesel Engine - Kubota is the #1 manufacturer of under 100 HP non-automotive, multi-cylinder diesel engines in the world. Kubota Designed, Kubota Built - Front to rear, the Kubota tractor is designed and built by Kubota for our Kubota customers. You won't find a "Kubota" re-branded tractor built by others, only Kubota quality through and through. Kubota Performance Matched - The BX80 Series is built by Kubota, for Kubota, it's not a re-branded product built and distributed by multiple manufacturers. Metal Hood and Fenders - Strong and durable metal hood and fenders will not only protect your equipment, but will keep your BX80 looking good for a long time to come. Full Opening Hood - Allows for quick and easy access to your engine maintenance items. Kubota HST with 2-Range Transmission - Smooth and dependable HST Transmission with an easy to use range selection to optimize power output to meet your needs.
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- Weight
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- Fuel Capacity
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Most followers of this blog will be familiar with Lisa's Mum through her insightful Tour de France commentary (a valuable, if unobstrusive member of the SBS commentary team). Mum has been enjoying the off-season and is extremely excited about an impending trip to Europe this year, as she finds her commentary noticably improves when she is able to attend races in person. In preparation for her trip, Mum has been brushing up on her first aid skills.
Now, let's get one thing straight here- Lisa's Mum is not a doctor. However, as she is a Mum she is automatically also a nurse and is therefore more than qualified to talk about the treatment of injuries and abrasions. (Mum is also lecturing in Wound Management 101 at The University of West Glenelg, you can catch her for book signings afterwards or you can also sign up for her WEA courses, Crocheting For Beginners and Joining The Darning Revolution)
Mum has kindly taken time out from her busy schedule to impart some wisdom on first aid. So here it is, Lisa's Mum's guide to wound management:
Make sure you are always equipped with a first aid kit when you go riding. Mum likes to pack some essentials, like betadine, saline scrubs, melolin and at least 3x10ft of gauze on her bike, generally in the panniers (under the reflective flag). It does make the bike a bit harder to ride but that is the price of preparedness. Mum also likes to pack zip ties to fix to the top of her helmet in the springtime because she finds them every effective in holding her marshmallows and cocktail frankfurts in place when out for a longer ride.
Mum loves conversations with other people about dressings. She finds you can get to know a person intimately by their choice of dressing. For example, a person who favours putting second skin straight onto a raw graze (by day 2 the dressing is carrying enough fluid to breach water restrictions) is generally the sort of person who loved popping zits as a teenager and spends their evenings searching for ingrown hairs on their legs.
Kissing a wound better has valuable anti-bacterial properties but not if the kisser is your Uncle Bill whose last run-in with a mouthwash was when he fell off the wagon in 1974.
Make sure you tailor the dressing to suit the injury. Some dressings have stronger healing properties than others and are therefore better suited to more serious injuries. Mum calls this the Healing Zen Quotient. For example, Wiggles bandaids have a higher Healing Zen Quotient than Simpsons bandaids, but are lower than Mr Men. Dinosaur bandaids are ok but not as good as Barbie. If you get a Wiggles bandaid with the ORIGINAL blue Wiggle on it, you can practically cure cancer.
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Naysayers will say that they're inconsistent, that the service is slow and sometimes surly, the baked goods dense and exceedingly--perhaps too--rich.
Strangely, those are all the same reasons we love it. Sure, it can be frustrating at times, but it feels deeply human and homey somehow. And our very favorite item there? The buttermilk biscuits with fresh preserves.
Now, a Southern purist might be appalled by these biscuits--made with buttermilk, shortening, pastry flour and yeast, they seem to be on a different wavelength than the light-as-air, fluffy White Lily flour and lard sort from days of yore. Due to folding the dough three times before baking, they attain a level of flakiness that seems somehow denser than other biscuits, and works wonderfully with a morning coffee. And at approximately 7:15 a.m. in the morning, shortly after the bakery has opened for the day (we never go right at 7 because the biscuits are never out first-thing), we couldn't imagine anything sweeter than the rows and rows of golden-hued biscuits, still warm, each with a glistening jewel-like dollop of fresh preserves.
- 2 tablespoons warm water
- 1 teaspoon dried yeast
- 3 cups pastry flour
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cups vegetable shortening, cut to 1/2 inch pieces
- 1 cup buttermilk
- egg wash made from 1 egg and 1 teaspoon water
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, combine warm water and yeast. Mix with whisk to dissolve yeast, and let sit for five minutes while yeast blooms.
- Sift flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a medium bowl. Toss with your hands to combine. Drop pieces of shortening into bowl. Using pastry cutter or fork, cut in until coarse and crumbly.
- Add the yeast-water and buttermilk, and mix with a wooden spoon, but only until it all comes together--do not overmix.
- Coat hands with flour and pull dough from bowl on to a floured surface. Pat dough into a rectangle, approximately 9 x 5 inches, so the long side is facing you. Dough will be sticky so keep flouring your hands as needed.
- To achieve a flaky, layered effect, it's important to give the dough a series of tri-folds: fold into thirds like a letter, folding the left third over the center third first, and then the right third on top. Sprinkle more flour and roll out to a 9 x 5 rectangle again, repeating the tri-fold step twice more (for a total of three tri-folds), ending with a rectangle 3/4 to 1 inch thick.
- Cut into six equal rectangles and place on the baking sheet. Brush with your egg wash and sprinkle on raw sugar.
- Bake on center rack for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown on top and bottom (ours only took 18 minutes to get to the point we liked). Let cool for ten minutes or so, then dent the top with a spoon and fill with a generous dollop of your preserves.
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Read our full in-depth hands-on preview of the D800 here.
The launch of the D800 had been one of the worst kept secrets in the technology industry and so it comes as no surprise that Nikon has unveiled its latest enthusiast/pro-level DSLR, which will go on sale next month.
The Nikon D800, which Nikon says will sit alongside the D700 rather than replace it, will feature a 36.3 megapixel sensor, which Nikon claims will offer the imaging potential to rival medium format cameras, but "with all of the agility of the D-SLR format." This means that you are essentially getting triple the megapixels of the 12 megapixel sensor seen in the Nikon D300.
The D800, which is already the company's 23rd new camera of 2012, is promising great low noise performance with a base ISO range of 100 to 6,400, extendable from 50 to 25,600. The D800 will allow you to shoot 4 frames-per-second (fps) in burst shooting mode, or up to 6fps in DX crop mode.
The D800 uses the same Expeed 3 image processor as the Nikon D4 as well as the same 51 auto focus points with 15 cross hairs in the centre. There is a redesigned AF switch making switching between manual and auto focus a lot easier. Again similar to the D4, the D800 operates in very low light, down to -2EV, which is akin to moonlight.
The D800 saves to a choice of SD card or CF card but doesn't support the new QXD card which Nikon say is being saved for the company's flagship model. You'll find a 921k-dot 3.2in LCD screen on the back which Nikon says has a vastly improved colour range that is very close to sRGB.
One of the main developments with the D800 is the movie recording capabilities with 1080p shooting at 30fps or 720p at 60fps for slow motion shooting. The microphone-in port gives you 20 levels of adjustment while the headphone out has 30 levels of adjustment. Again like the D4, those shooting video will be able to output uncompressed video out at 1080p via the HDMI port on the side.
Nikon has also announced the D800E, which is very similar to the D800
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The D800 will work with any Nikon lens and while the company has announced no new lenses to coincide with the launch of the D800, it did say that new lenses would be coming in the near future, which would take full advantage of the new 36 megapixel sensor.
Looking at availability, the D800 will go on sale on 22 March, costing £2,399 body-only, while the D800E will go on sale at selected retailers for £2,689 on 12 April.
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A lecture by Dr Barry Smit one of Canada's leading experts on climate change
I recently attended a lecture by Dr Barry Smit at the University of Wollongong. Dr Smit is a Professor of Geography and the Canada Chair in Global Environmental Change at the University of Guelph, Canada. Dr Smit served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and was also a co-rec
This was the first university lecture I had been too and I have to say I really enjoyed it. Dr Smit spoke about the similarities between Australia and Canada in regards to how climate change is affecting our countries. He spoke about the IPCC and why there is a lot of negativity about the report. He spoke about mitigation and adaptation of climate change, the Copenhagen Accord and the Stern Report. It was a long lecture and I have tried to summarise what I think were important.
Dr Smits lecture was titled Facts and Fantasy in the Science and Politics of Climate change. He started the lecture by singing the Beetles song "Let it Be" but changed the lyrics with the main message being "can adaption help us?, let us see".
Dr Smit then went onto to explain that climate change is an environmental issue but it is also an economic, social and political issue. He explained about natural disasters, how different countries cope with these disasters and how some countries pay a higher price and that price is human life. He said that climate change is an unnatural disaster because human activity is impacting on the climate and that climate change is making natural disasters un unnatural because of the interaction of human activity. He spoke about the different gases building up in the atmosphere and the consequences of this.
He also spoke about the Arctic and how the Arctic has contracted a lot over the last two decades. By the year 2050 the IPCC states there will be an ice free passage through the Arctic but in fact this will happen in five to ten years time. It is happening faster than the IPCC had predicted. He went onto explain how the animals in the region in particular Polar Bears have to adapt to the change in this ecosystem.
Dr Smit then gave an example of how climate change was affecting the Pine Forest industry in British Colombia (BC), Canada. The Mountain Pine Beetle eats through pine trees and has spread north because of warmer temperature. 80% of the pine forest is now decimated. The winters are not cold enough and with warmer temperatures the beetles are not only surviving but reproducing more and for longer periods. This sector of BC has been affected environmentally as the eco system has changed and the community has suffered economically because the sustainable timber is been eaten by the beetles. People have to move because there are no jobs to support their families.
However, Dr Smit also explained how some communities can benefit from warmer temperatures that come with climate change and one of these areas seeing some positive results is the Canadian wine industry.
Dr Smit spoke about the consequences of not having enough water for agriculture. This is a big issue for farmers and our farmers already know what it feels like not to have water for long periods of time. He said farmers will have to adapt as the climate will not return to what it was decade ago. In other parts of the world it has a greater impact and it is more than just an inconvenience. These poorer countries are pushing hard in the international negotiations to have action taken.
On the topic of the IPCC I thought what said was interesting and for me it was good to hear from a scientist that has had hands on experience with the IPCC. Dr Smit said that the IPCC looks at the ecological, economic and social impacts of the climate change. Climate change is a global common as all countries emit greenhouse gases that affect the climate. Its job is to assess all the scientific literature and not do the science but summarise it. It has two objectives, one is to make sure all the information in the report is scientifically based and two is to express it in an easy way for all political leaders to understand it. Once the scientific document is completed the international negotiations can talk about ways to address the problems. Dr Smit says that the IPCC document is the most thoroughly reviewed document ever, yet some people have found flaws in it. The IPCC document does have some errors but most of the errors were that predications are happening faster that what was stated in the document.
What are the options to deal with climate change and the inconsistencies of the IPCC document? Dr Smit says mitigation of climate change by reducing net greenhouse gas emissions. Try to get all countries to negotiate to take action. The Copenhagen Accord is an agreement and is no more than the original framework done in 1992. This accord does not represent a big step forward in dealing with climate change. Dr Smit pointed out a really important finding from the Stern Report and that is that Nicholas Stern says that to tackle climate change it would cost 1% of global GDP but to do nothing would cost 5 to 10% of global GDP. So from an economic point of view it makes sense to act on climate change.
Dr Smit believes that adaptation within communities will help to reduce vulnerability to changes in climate.
During discussions it was pointed out that scientist may not be great communicators. If this is the case then maybe we need communication bridge builders such as psychologist and marketing people to help with making the scientific data more easily understood and then solutions shared among the general public. It is my belief that once people understand they start to care and once people care they are more likely to action.
During question time a member of the audience made a really important point and that is things need to be made easier for consumers to change their habits. The example was given how CFC's were removed from products so this made it very easy for consumers not to buy products with CFC in them. With the combination of education, smarter way of doing things and smarter manufacturing we can tackle the issues that come with climate change. One big fact that is needed and I think is missing is political will without it we are putting our planet at risk.
Dr Smit did say he believes this political will come about but not until there has been more devastating disasters, then political leaders will react.
What I have learnt from listening to discussions about climate change is that the truth sometimes doesn't win and it doesn't win for all sorts of reasons.


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Q&A With Senior Righty Kirby St. John
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Q: Can you tell us about how you became a pitcher?
ST. JOHN: My dad was a pitcher when he played minor league baseball, so he always taught me to pitch throughout my younger years. However, in Little League through high school, I pitched and played infield and it wasn't until I got to UCSD that I became a pitcher only. When I arrived here my freshman year, the coaching staff made it pretty clear right away that I wasn't going to be seeing a bat anymore. They said my future was in pitching and they were right.
Q: What's the best and worst thing about being a pitcher?
ST. JOHN: The worst thing about being a pitcher is not being able to do the fun things that position players do, like take batting practice, field ground balls and run the bases. But the best thing about being a pitcher is being involved in every play and being engaged in a one-on-one battle with a hitter all of the time.
Q: How would you describe your pitching style? How does it compare to the other three starters on the Triton staff?
ST. JOHN: I think the word that best describes me on the mound is competitive. I have a hard time defining myself as something like a power pitcher or a finesse pitcher, but I think what makes me successful is not giving in to adverse situations and trusting my abilities to be good enough to get hitters out when I need to. As far as the other starters, we are all fairly different in our "stuff," but we all pride ourselves on having this competitive attitude on the mound. Tim Shibuya is a little more of a power pitcher than me, but what makes him so good is his ability to spot his pitches where he wants to and get ground balls. Like Shibuya, Matt Rossman really relies on spotting his pitches, which he probably does better than anyone on the staff. He is really good at setting up hitters. Guido Knudson is also a little more of a power pitcher than me, as he relies more on his fastball to gain the upper hand on hitters.
Q: Speaking of this year's pitchers, is this the best group since you've been at UCSD?
ST. JOHN: Definitely, and I'll just rattle off a couple reasons why. More than ever, we have a confidence on the pitching staff that each guy is going to do his job when he gets on the mound. We have a lot of depth, which gives the coaches plenty of options as to which guy to put on the mound in a given situation. We have a good group of older guys (too many to name), who have been around the program and college baseball in general, for awhile and they have done a great job helping our very promising younger pitchers learn what it takes to be good at this level and in this program. Finally, there have been several guys who have made big improvements since last year or over the past couple years, like Elias Tuma, Eric Abraham, and Danny Simmons -- they all have stepped up huge for us and are making big contributions to our success.
Q: Over the past several years, UCSD has been among the best defensive teams in the nation and this year's club has a .380 team batting average. Do those factors make the pitchers better?
ST. JOHN: I can't tell you how much our position players in this program make our jobs as pitchers easier. We have always been a great defensive team and that gives us confidence that if we let hitters put the ball in play, we can trust that plays will be made. I don't look forward to the day that I might have to pitch without guys like Vance Albitz (shortstop) behind me. He almost always makes the routine plays and makes the tough plays look routine.
I would argue we have also been a very good offensive team in the years I have been here, but this year has been almost unreal. With the number of runs the hitters are putting up, it takes a lot of the pressure of keeping games close off of us. You know things are going well when we, as pitchers, are talking a lot about what our mentalities and approaches should be when pitching with a big lead.
Q: The team is 24-3 at this point and No. 1 in the most recent national D-II poll. How important are statistics and rankings to this team?
ST. JOHN: As a team, we certainly are enjoying the fact that our record is what it is and that we have been voted as one of the best teams in the country all year, but we also always strive to keep in perspective that statistics, both team and individual, don't really mean a whole lot when compared to the overall goal of winning a national championship. We try to keep in mind that, even in the position we are right now, we have a lot to improve on and a lot more to accomplish before we get too happy about what we have achieved so far. We are very process -- as opposed to result -- oriented.
Q: Talk about last year's trip to the Division II College World Series. What do you remember most? How has that result affected this year's team? What will it take to get back to the World Series this year?
ST. JOHN: I'll try not to get to long-winded because the World Series was such an amazing experience and I could talk for hours about it. The facility in Cary, N.C. was, by far, the best I have ever played at, and the feeling of playing on a national stage was something that I have always dreamt of my entire life.
Unfortunately, the thing I remember most is the feeling we all had when we lost on a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to Emporia State to get eliminated from the tournament. It took a good couple of days, or weeks, to get over the shock of that moment, but it has definitely fueled our team this year.
Our returning players want nothing more and nothing less than to get back there and win it all -- and the new players have caught on to that passion and are working just as hard every day. To get back to the World Series and win it this year, we will have to focus on each day as an opportunity to get better, continue to outwork other teams, maintain and strengthen our strong team chemistry, use the experience we gained from last year, and continue to trust our abilities.
Q: What is the biggest difference in the UCSD Baseball program from the time you stepped on campus until today?
ST. JOHN: When I first got to UCSD, I think that the baseball program was really good and capable of being one of the best in the country, but we didn't fully know or believe it yet. Today, I feel that having had a lot of success and learning from it over the past couple of seasons has made us aware of how good we are. As a result, I feel that we have developed a sort of culture of excellence that we constantly strive for and that extends to all aspects of the program, from the coaching, to our work in the classroom, to our facility, and to our play or practice on the field. We have come to expect a lot of ourselves, but we now know that we are capable doing these things.
Q: Who do you consider the top three major league pitchers today? Are there any pitchers that you've admired or patterned yourself after?
ST. JOHN: That is really tough to say with so many good ones, but three that I really like to watch are Tim Lincecum (Giants), Zach Greinke (Royals), and Cliff Lee (Mariners). I really admire and try to emulate Cliff Lee's mentality and confidence on the mound (his performance in last year's World Series was incredible), and I have always really appreciated Trevor Hoffman because he is one of the best closers in history, despite losing his fastball pretty early in his career. What makes him so good is his competitive attitude on the mound, and that is something I pride myself on.
Q: What kind of hitter are you? Do you ever have the urge to step into the batter's box? Which of the current UCSD pitchers would you like a shot at?
ST. JOHN: I'm a good hitter... if you lob them over the plate from 45 feet away. The pitchers usually get a couple of chances throughout the year to hit a few rounds of BP as a reward and I pretty much just try to hit home runs. Why not, right?
I think my swing is still pretty good and sometimes I wish I could get just one at bat in a game, but I know that the chances of that are, well, zero. I think I would most like to hit off (Tim) Shibuya because he is pretty accurate and not likely to hit me, and if I did make contact, it would have a better shot at going far because he throws hard. He would probably jam me so bad though that my hands would be stinging for the rest of the day.
Q: As you mentioned, your father played some professional baseball. What are your first baseball memories?
ST. JOHN: Before I could walk, my dad had a foam bat in my hands and he would toss me a foam ball and I would swing, hit it, and laugh. See, I'm a natural hitter. As you can see, I didn't really have a choice about being a baseball player, but I've never felt pressure to play because I have always wanted to. It's always been my number one dream to play in the big leagues.
Some of my first baseball memories are playing baseball on the street in front of my house with a tennis ball and some of the local kids. My dad would teach us all to play, but we had to stop when we got too big and started losing all the balls into peoples' back yards.
Q: You've listed aviation as one of your interests? Have you ever flown a plane?
ST. JOHN: I have always loved airplanes and flying. I used to play fight simulators on the computer a lot when I was younger, and when I turned sixteen and was old enough to take lessons, I did. I ended up logging about 10 hours of flight time, but I had to stop right before my first solo flight because I ran out of money.
Flying is still one of my passions, but it is on the back burner for now until I figure out how to pay for more lessons. It's funny though because some of the guys on the team ask what kind of planes are flying over the field from Miramar while we are practicing, and it's always the same answers: an F-18 or a C-130.
Q: You're from Santa Cruz and also list surfing as one of your hobbies. What do you consider the best surf spot in San Diego? Scariest surfing experience? Have you ever surfed Mavericks?
ST. JOHN: Other than baseball, surfing is my favorite thing to do. It relaxes me more than anything and I always feel good about life in general when I get out of the water. I haven't had much of a chance to really explore all the surf spots San Diego has to offer because baseball keeps me so busy, but Blacks is right down the street from campus and is consistently considered to be one of the best breaks in all of California. I also really like Windansea and Cardiff Reef.
I can't remember one particularly scary experience, but there have been many times up in Santa Cruz during big winter swells where I have gotten caught inside during eight to ten foot sets and pummeled by wave after wave, often times getting held under for several seconds, and then coming up with an intense brain freeze because the water is so cold, only to see another wave about to break on my head. Really relaxing, right? Mavericks? No, I have not surfed there and never plan to. I value my life too much. I'll stick to watching it in movies and from the cliffs in awe.
Q: Are you on schedule to graduate? If so, what's the next step?
ST. JOHN: I'm gonna be graduating at the end of next fall because I will have a few more units to get done after this year. After graduation, I am hoping to enroll in the Sports Management MBA program at SDSU, which would open a lot of doors for working in the sports industry. Eventually, I would really like to get an executive job with a sports franchise like the San Jose Sharks or San Diego Padres. If I don't end up playing professional sports, I definitely want to work around them.
Q: What would the perfect ending for your collegiate career look like?
ST. JOHN: Dogpiling with the guys at the USA National Training Complex in Cary after winning the NCAA Division II National Championship. I can't wait.
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Nicole Saari (Softball) February 4, 2010
Brad Kreutzkamp (Women's Water Polo Head Coach) January 18, 2010
Tyler Acevedo (Men's Basketball) January 4, 2010
Dr. Cliff Kubiak (UCSD's Faculty Athletic Rep) December 18, 2009
Chelsea Carlisle (Women's Basketball) December 9, 2009
Carianne Cunningham (Women's Swimming) November 23, 2009
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Juan Pablo Carillo (Men's Swimming) October 19, 2009
Sara Spaventa (Women's Soccer) October 10, 2009
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Daniel Pavitt (Men's Soccer) September 23, 2009
Daniel Anderson (Cross Country) September 11, 2009
Peter Gresham (Men's Water Polo) September 2, 2009
Alexia Zatarain (Women's Soccer) August 24, 2009
Elaine Chen (Women's Volleyball) August 12, 2009
Jared Kukura (Men's Soccer) July 30, 2009
Dawn Lee (Former Women's Soccer Standout) July 8, 2009
Rob Mamula (Director of Athletic Performance) June 18, 2009
Garrett Imeson (Baseball) June 8, 2009
Leon Baham (Men's Track & Field) May 21, 2009
Kristyn Lesovsky (Softball) May 8, 2009
Kazumi Negishi (Men's Tennis) May 5, 2009
Laiah Blue (Women's Track & Field) April 16, 2009
Ryan Andre (Men's Crew) April 2, 2009
Josh Tanner (Baseball) March 24, 2009
Anju Shimura (Women's Swimming) March 7, 2009
Stephanie Bocian (Women's Water Polo) February 20, 2009
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I am very pleased this morning to announce that there will be a Mass Effect movie made by the fine folks at Legenday Pictures! I know there has been a lot of speculation amongst our fans ever since Mass Effect 1 came out as to whether or not there would be a movie, who should star in it, who would direct, would there be a Wrex sized bucket of popcorn, etc and I can now reveal that, yes, there will be a movie (popcorn deal is still unconfirmed.
Legendary Pictures, the studio behind great films such as The Dark Knight, Watchmen, The Hangover and 300 have picked up the rights to make Mass Effect. Legendary Pictures will produce with Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni along with Avi Arad (who has been behind great films like Iron Man, X-Men and Spider-Man). From BioWare Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuck and Casey Hudson will serve as executive producers.
"At BioWare, we've always thought of Mass Effect as having the depth, emotion and plot twists perfectly suited for an adaptation to a motion picture," said Casey Hudson, executive producer of the Mass Effect series. "With Avi Arad and Legendary attached, we believe that the Mass Effect movie will be an extraordinary entertainment event that realizes our vision for the franchise and thrills fans."
I am super psyched for this and look forward to seeing the Mass Effect movie take shape.
Is it too early to buy tickets?
Chris Priestly
Mass Effect is all based on choices. If they are going to make a Shepard-based movie following the plot of Mass Effect (going for a trilogy?), then they are canonizing the entire story. That's a problem.
Considering the two games we have so far:
- First name
- Shepard's gender
- Background story
- Psychological profile
- Biotic or not?
- Love interest (ME1)
- Love interest (ME2)
- Side quests: Wrex's armour, Garrus's mission, ...
- Virmire choice
- End choice (ME1)
- End choice (ME2)
- Suicide mission (ME2)
- Recruits (ME2)
- ...
HOWEVER, if they plan on making a movie BASED on the ME universe, I'm all for it. Heck they have plenty of opportunities to implement that:
First Contact War
Rachni Wars
Geth War (Quarrians etc)
What do you think? >.>


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