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Personality Secrets to a Long Life
May 30, 2012 -- A new study may offer some tips to help you stick around for your 100th birthday.
Try to be optimistic, easygoing, sociable, and conscientious. Don't bottle up your feelings. Suppress the urge to talk ill of others, the new research suggests.
That combination of personality factors seems to describe the secrets of living to 100, says researcher Nir Barzilai, PhD, director of the Institute for Aging Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, N.Y.
Those findings are among the latest from Barzilai's ongoing Longevity Genes Project.
While Barzilai found that those personality factors offer more clues to longevity, he has a caveat: "Still the No. 1 predictor for being a centenarian is if you have parents who are centenarians."
Even so, he is trying to answer the question: "Are the genes that are longevity genes also personality genes?"
The new research is published in the journal Aging.
Longevity & Personality Study
Living to 100 years old is still rare. About 53,000 people in the U.S., or 0.2% of the population, are 100-plus. However, the number of centenarians has been increasing about 8% a year, Barzilai says.
And that has captured his research interest and that of others around the country. "There are several groups doing studies on centenarians," Barzilai says.
Some research has already suggested that centenarians share particular personality traits.
Among them: being extroverted and agreeable.
Barzilai decided to look more closely at genetically based personality characteristics.
He recruited 243 centenarians. He gave them and their family members questionnaires that asked if they had characteristics such as optimism.
He gauged how easygoing they were, how outgoing, and how much they laughed. He looked at how freely they expressed emotions.
He looked at characteristics like conscientiousness, such as a tendency to be self-disciplined.
He looked at neuroticism, a tendency to express negatives emotions such as anxiety, anger, or guilt.
He compared their scores to averages found in the U.S. population.
He also did a validation study to reduce the impact of any mental impairment. Nineteen centenarians and 26 of their children participated in the validation study.


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Andrew Luck, #12
6'4", 234 lbs., 22 years old
Houston, TX
2011: 71.3%, 3,517 yards, 37 TD, 10 INT
2010: 70.7%, 3,332 yards, 32 TD, 8 INT
2009: 56.3%, 2,575 yards, 13 TD, 4 INT
- Remarkable ability of moving within the pocket. Senses pressure and has the footwork to move in and out of different throwing lanes.
- Very good intelligence and feel for the game. Reads a defense well and puts his offense in the right play. Goes through his progressions on passing plays.
- Has the type of athleticism and running ability to keep a defense honest. Can tuck and run with nothing open downfield. Opens up plays when he rolls out of the pocket.
- Overall accuracy is top notch for a college quarterback. Shows great timing and anticipation when planting to throw. Also quite accurate on rollouts.
- Does the little things very well. Deceptive little pump fakes and jukes gets him that much more of an advantage.
- Doesn't have the elite arm strength. Could find himself getting in to trouble in the deep middle of the field with a ball-hawking safety.
- When he does hang in the pocked amidst pressure, he tends to fall off his throws a bit which forces an inaccurate ball.
Special Notes:
- Turns 23 in September.
Projection: Top Overall Pick
- While I'm not completely on board that he's a 'once in a lifetime' type of quarterback, he is the most complete quarterback prospect in recent memory. Whether or not that translates in to him becoming a top flight quarterback in the NFL will depend on more variables than just his finished college product. He can start right away.

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Emma Watson looks FIERCE and that is all the good I have to say about this set. Go, Emma!
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Flames 2012 First Round Targets: Radek Faksa
Kent Wilson
June 06 2012 11:20AM
The first subject of our draft targets series is Czech native Radek Faksa. Like Sven Baertschi last year, Faksa's draft season was his first in North America after spending some time developing in various leagues on home soil. And, like Baertschi, his debut was a strong one: despite appearing in just 62 games, Faksa won the OHL rookie scoring race with 66, a full 13-points over second placed Connor Brown. He also placed third on the Kitchener Rangers in output, behind Michael Catenacci and Tobias Reider.
The counting numbers are good but not great. What makes Faksa an intriguing possibility is his strong scouting reports and apparent variety of skills.
According to Hockey Prospectus' Corey Pronman, Faksa doesn't have any glaring weaknesses:
Faksa is a pretty well-rounded player who...is notably strong at all areas of the game. He's a solid to above-average skater with nice acceleration and who can get to a desirable top speed. Faksa's puck skills are above-average as well and he's certainly effective controlling the puck. He will show the ability to be a good puck distributer, though I have heard conflicting reports on this area of his game from scouts as some think he's just solid and other think potentially high end...
Faksa shows very good dependability in the defensive end and scouts I've talked to rave about his defensive game which is high-end potentially and creates a lot of value when combined with his skill set. He can kill penalties effectively and has been regularly relied on to play high-leverage minutes in both ends. He also has no fear of getting involved with the physical game as he will battle hard in the corners, take his checks with the body, and drive the net with regularity.
Pronman ranks Faksa as the 10th best available prospect this year. I followed up with Corey about the kid and he noted that Faksa played in tough circumstances last year:
He will be a guy I think who advanced stats people will love. He got the tough/defensive minutes a lot in Kitchener and excelled at it while putting up the points. He's a guy who I think can be a good top six scorer, while getting a ton of defensive zone starts and playing against tough opponents.
Good news so far. Other scouting reports are similarly filled with praise for Faksa's compete level, size and alla round game.
Other Numbers
Because Faksa played in the OHL, I was able to go through and parse his seasonal output to determine where he was doing much of his scoring and to what degree he was contributing to Kitchener's total offense.
- Total points: 66
Faksa wasn't a huge driving force of the Ranger's offense, couting on just 28% of the offense when he was in the line-up, however he did a majority of his damage at even strength, which is a good sign. Again, this is comparable to Sven Baertschi who was below 30% in terms of TEAM% in his rookie season, but scored a majority of his points at five-on-five that year.
Faksa also scored four short-handed points during the year and none of them came with an empty net, which somewhat confirms Corey's assertion that the kid wasn't just scoring easy baskets from the free throw line.
The only mark against Faksa I could dig up is nobody really believes he will be a dynamic, high-end scorer in the big leagues - his purported ceiling at this point is a capable, top-six player who can play against a variety of opponents.
Probable Target?
The Flames haven't been shy about procuring guys form the OHL over the last few years: Mat Pelech, TJ Brodie, Greg Nemisz, Chris Breen and Bryan Cameron all came to the org from that section of the CHL, so we know the team has a presence there. In addition, a lot fo arrows are pointing in the right direction for Faksa: he's a big center (6'3", 203 pounds) who can play the game at both ends and who won the OHL rookie scoring race while taking on the tough sledding.
Possibility he will be available at 14:
High Moderate
Possibility Flames will pick him: Moderate-to-high
I'm sure he'll be picked in the top ten... this kid's a beast!!
Big center with offensive upside will go in the top 10. Too many teams are seeing the benefits of being strong through the middle and have moved on from the building from the back out mentality. See his stocking being pretty high and would not expect him to be around at 14.
Have him third behind Teravainen and Collberg that I would like the Flames to look at. Reason is that I think the two wingers have a much higher skill level and higher ceiling and while the Flames need some center ice help they are a team that needs to be looking at maximizing its skill even more at this time. That said, I would be very happy with Faksa.
Prediction is that the pick wont be available as the Flames will have traded the #14 pick to Buffalo for a deal that centers around Derek Roy.
June 06 2012, 11:36AM
Sold! Also nice to see that he's not at the upper end age-wise.
No chance.. flames won't trade their first this year unless they want to move up in the draft..
Really like this article Kent but i do disagree with having a "High" chance Faksa will be available. From what I see Faksa is around the 6 or 7 best forward available. I really do think someone like Buffalo or Winnipeg will pick up Faksa. So if i could add any input to this article i would put his availability at : moderate. I really do like the layout of this series of articles the only other thing I could ask for would be NHL equivalency. Might give us a better comparison between leagues once you review more prospects
given how thin this draft is on forwards, and how teams tend to pass up defensemen to get inferior forwards (see Fowler, Cam; Gormley, Brandon; Beaulieu, Nathan; Murray, Ryan) I think the chances of Faksa being overdrafted are off the charts--meaning, he is almost certainly NOT going to be available at 14th. In a more ordinary draft (such as 2011) the chance of that would have been MUCH better.
if the Flames had wanted Roy, they would have targetted him in the Regehr trade.
Well if the forwards/centre position is thin in this draft & teams ahead of us jump on these players before us, it just means a pretty darn good solid D man will be available. Sadly, we need everything, so win win. But this kid would be a pretty solid 1st round pick from what I am reading here.
A real positive about taking a Euro player that has just played their first year in North America is that (so I've heard) it often takes Euro players some time to adjust to the North American game. Meaning he has the potential to be that much better next year. Not only because he's another year into hockey and is no longer a rookie, but also because he might be fully adjusted now to playing on 200x85 instead of 225x100 and a more physical game that comes with less playing surface to skate around on.
Granted I've also heard that Czech hockey tends to be closer to that of NA hockey than compared to some other more finesse nations like Swe or Fin.
So who knows, he very well might compare well to Sven in that respect. I would not complain at the moment if we made him the 14th overall pick this year assuming he was still available come that position.
June 06 2012, 02:01PM
Roy is small... 29...
We certainly don't need another tiny centremen who's on the cusp of 30. In fact, the fewer guys we have on the roster under 6 feet, the better.
Faksa would be a good pick, but I believe that the Flames would need to trade to #10 to get him. Buffalo and Washington both having two first round picks they are likely to target a scarce forward with the first and select defense, or a sliding talent, with the second.
If Faksa had played overseas he might have a chance at sliding down the rankings.
Reider and Catenacci are both intriguing prospects though. Catenacci, while small, seems to have a bit of a competitive edge to his game. He and Reider led the OHL in playoff points but Catenacci, if I recall correctly, had about 20+ more penalty minutes. He's undrafted and might be a good Flames camp invite this summer.
Yeah, Faksa's the guy I want if he's there... trouble is I don't think he'll be there. But fingers crossed.
The Flames could try and trade up to 11th with Washington by moving Backlund and their 14th overall pick, I suppose.
That would only be further exacerbating their generation-gap on the roster, though, and wouldn't return a player that could take Backlund's minutes this season.
I like the pick of Faksa in general. Maybe teams will pass on him because they are looking for more dynamic/top-end talent. Who knows? If he falls to where the Flames are at, we should take him before guys like Lindholm, Collberg, Aberg etc. he is probably the best guy we can hope for to fall out of the top 10 for us to get. I don't think we should trade up to #10 if he is there though.
holy overpayment, Batman! It's not like moving from 14th to 11th is half the draft--it's 3 spots. and the Caps have 2 1st rounders. More like Greg Nemisz or the 2014 2nd rounder.
June 06 2012, 08:09PM
The Flames could try and trade up to 11th with Washington by moving Backlund and their 14th overall pick, I suppose.
That would only be further exacerbating their generation-gap on the roster, though, and wouldn't return a player that could take Backlund's minutes this season.
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How does "moderate" work for you?
I think he has a chance to be available but I think him and Terevainen are both not "high" possibilities to be available. I would consider Ceci "High" cause i believe he is probable but from what I have researched on Faksa he seems like someone who will be off the board around 10. Just my personal opinion... in saying that I would be thrilled to have Faksa at 14 and from the players you mentioned in your previous article I hope him or Ceci will be putting on a flaming C on draft day :)
Ceci will likely be gone by 10 or 11 in my opinion simply due to his huge offensive upside.
You never know what you're gonna get at the draft. Some people think Olli Maatta won't be available at 14 but my guess is he'll go between 19 and 23.
I'd be more than happy if the Flames draft either Faksa or Girgensons. Centremen are what this team needs, pick as many as you can and develop the heck out of them.
You wouldn't see the Flames taking him if he was available at #14???
Faska will not be available at the 14th spot. Washington or Buffalo will make sure of that.
Last season the Flames did pick well with Sven Baertschi. I feel he is to the 2011 draft what Parise was to the 2003 draft. Although too early to tell how good he might be, if I were the Flames, I would draft with him in mind. Like LOUDOGYYC mention earlier, draft as many centers as possible.
With Reinhart, Horak, Grandlund, in the prospect pool as centers. Along with the recent signing of Cervenka, and Backlund in the mix, I think Calgary does have a little bit of everything / something at the center position. However, I think they are lacking a center with a full compliment of size, who is very skilled and who can put the puck consistenly in the net. Unfortunately for the Flames, they are not drafting from a 1 to 6 position therefore must try and draft a center who can make an impact at the NHL level and assist in Baertschi being a difference maker in games. Far too often the Flames wasted chances to draft the impact center for Iggy. Hopefully with this draft the Flames have learned from their past mistakes.
Right now I keep hearing the name of Janikowski, however my dark horse picks at center would be Sissons, Nieves, and Samuelsson. All three choices skate very well, but have very good size, but most importantly are highly talented and maybe win the Flames more shoot outs in the future.
Two developments make Faksa quite alluring to the Flames.
-#1: He's a European already playing in North America (just like SVEN).
-#2: He's from the OHL (just like T.J. Brodie) at a time where the Flames will likely have SOME WHL prospects (Brossoit, Wotherspoon, etc) but nobody in the O. Brodie's success makes them likely to go back to the OHL well, as well as a willingness to "spread the risk" by taking players from all over the place.
As far as high end skill that has a decent shot of still being around at 14, I can see Collberg. Which would be interesting. RW shooter to Baertschi LW playmaking. Not that both of them can't both score and pass, but I sense an interesting chemistry there. Just need a big, skilled center to put between them. Who can we move for Giregnsons?
Maybe Kent should install a Nations Breathalyer. ;-)
Not recommending the trade up, I'm just offering up a scenario for Flames fans wanting to climb higher in the draft order.
My opinion on the draft would be to stand pat, and wait for a run on forwards to drop some high-end defensemen to the 14 range.
Sound a little more sober?
Samuelsson's skating is what is holding him out of the concensus of first round picks, he also will likely play RW when he turns pro.
Sissons is trending to go somewhere between late 1st and early second right now, from everything I have read. Samuelsson is ranked slightly lower than him, from what I remember, because he has less finishing ability. Nieves has been all over the map, from what I recall of last year's early rankings to this spring.
I agree that loading up at center is a good idea as it increases the chances of finding "the one". Wingers tend to be more readily available through trade and draft.
June 07 2012, 11:48AM
FWIW I've heard a few reports that say the Leafs are high on him. If they don't nab Galyenchuk or Grigernko at 5 and can't move up I can see them either trading down if they think he'll be there or just picking him at 5.


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Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 winner and TV actor Gurmeet Choudhary is eyeing Bollywood now
Television actor Gurmeet Choudhary, who has won the Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5, is overjoyed and overwhelmed and says that his next destination is Bollywood. "I always wanted to do films. I hope directors have seen me perform in Jhalak… and I get a call from them that they want to cast me as the lead actor in their film," said Gurmeet.
Talking about the kind of movies he wants to do, he added, "People have always liked me in both action and romantic roles, so I would like to do a full packaged film that gives me a chance to do a little bit of both."
In the show's grand finale Sunday, he competed with Rashmi Desai and Rithvik Dhanjani for the title.
Gurmeet was a dark horse, who was not in the list of regular highest scorers, but his sheer hard work took him to the top. "I never looked at Jhalak… like a competition, I just performed and tried giving my best. The people who voted for me are not my fans, I see them as my family. I just returned their love by putting my best foot forward and winning the show. Honestly, I am very satisfied with my performances," said Gurmeet, who kept a very low profile on the show.
He also gives credit to his wife Debina Bonnerjee, also an actor, who was a constant support. "Debina is my lucky charm. She was always there on the sets during my performance. Sometimes when she used to miss coming for the show because of her shoot, I used to get low marks. I am grateful to her for her support throughout this journey. I would not have done this without her," added the 28-year-old, who had many ups and downs on the show and was seen in the danger zone too.
Gurmeet debuted on the small screen in 2006, but his first big break came in the form of mythological show Ramayana, where he played Lord Rama. However, he became popular with his 2010 show Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi. He played a snob businessman Maan Singh Khurana who falls in love with small town girl Geet, played by Drashti Dhami. Currently Gurmeet is seen as Yash Scindia on Zee TV's popular show Punar Vivah.
Gurmeet and Debina's immediate plan is to visit Ajmer Shrif shrine.
Jhalak… started off June 16 with 13 contestants including, Isha Sharvani, Pratyusha Banerjee, Giaa Manek, Talat Aziz, Bharti Singh, Archana Vijaya, Shibani Dandekar, Jayati Bhatia, Darsheel Safary, Sanath Jayasuriya, Sushil Kumar and Ravi Kishan. It was judged by actor Madhuri Dixit-Nene, filmmaker Karan Johar and choreographer Remo D'Souza.
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PRICE-Our loving mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, Malinda Mae Hoggatt Hunt, age 82, passed away peacefully at her home on Sept. 26, 2012.
She was born May 18, 1930 in Slater Creek, Colo. to Robert Lee and Wanda Pearl Robertson Hoggatt.
On Nov. 13, 1949 she married Ferris J. Hunt in Ely, Nev.; he preceded her in death on May 9, 2010.
Mindy was a graduate of Green River High School Class of 1948. She was an avid card player who was always ready for a good game of cards above anything else. She enjoyed bowling, gardening, quilting and reading a good book. Family meant the world to her and she was happiest when visiting with her friends and reminiscing at the family reunions.
She is survived by her children, Jon (Sheryl) Hunt, Woodbridge, Virg., Susan Turner, Sunnyside, Dan (Lisa) Hunt, Helper; her siblings, Bernie, Avis, Ethel, Bobby, LeRoy, Lois, Carol, Nora and Anna; eight grandchildren, Jenny, Malinda "Bo" (Jason), Lorraine, Range, Kaleb, Jeremy, Cody and Jessica; six great-grandchildren, Dillon, Seth, Drew, Cy, Dawson and Hannah; nieces and nephew, Lyda, Lynda, Carla and Chet; and special lifelong friend, Romola.
Mindy was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Ferris Hunt; son and daughter-in-law, Tim (Julie) Hunt; son-in-law, Ben Turner; grandson, Jeffery Hunt; and a brother, Jimmy Hoggatt.
Graveside service was held Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, 11 a.m., Elgin Cemetery, Green River, Utah. Family received friends at Mitchell Funeral Home Sunday evening from 5-7 p.m. Arrangements entrusted to Mitchell Funeral Home of Price where friends are welcome daily and may share memories of Mindy online at www.mitchellfuneralhome.net.


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IntroductionPalau (pälouˈ) [key], officially Republic of Palau, independent nation (2005 est. pop. 20,300), c.192 sq mi (497 sq km), W Pacific, in the W Caroline Islands. Belau, the indigenous name for Palau, is sometimes used. Until 1994, Palau was administered by the United States as the last UN trust territory. It consists of about 200 islands and islets, of which Babeldaob (or Babelthuap, the site of Melekeok, the capital), Oreor (or Koror, the former site of the capital), Arakabesan, and Malakal are the most important.
Palauans (about 70% of the population) are predominantly Micronesian with a mix of Malayan and Melanesian strains. There are minorities of Filipinos, Chinese, and other Asians. Palauan is the official language, but English and other languages are also spoken. Roman Catholicism and Protestantism are the predominant religions.
Tourism, subsistence farming, and fishing and shellfishing are the chief economic activities. Machinery and equipment, fuels, and foodstuffs are imported. The United States provides considerable financial assistance under the terms of the compact of free association, and is Palau's largest trading partner, followed by Singapore and Japan.
Palau is governed under the constitution of 1981. The president, who is both head of state and head of government, is elected by popular vote for a four-year term and is eligible for a second term. The bicameral Parliament consists of the nine-seat Senate and the 16-seat House of Delegates; all members are popularly elected for four-year terms. Administratively, the islands are divided into 16 states. Defense is the responsibility of the United States.
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Debates of April 5th, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #107 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was general.
- Question Period
- Safer Railways Act
- Passover and Easter
- National Volunteer Week
- Battle of Vimy Ridge
- Plast
- Rights and Freedoms
- Rio Tinto Alcan Workers
- Yorkton Film Festival
- National Volunteer Week
- Horeb Saint-Jacques
- Battle of Vimy Ridge
- National Volunteer Week
- Katyn Memorial Day
- National Day of Reflection on the Prevention of Genocide
- Firearms Registry
- Member for Sherbrooke
- National Defence
- Search and Rescue
- Ethics
- National Defence
- Radio-Canada/CBC
- The Budget
- National Defence
- Veterans Affairs
- Gasoline Prices
- Housing
- Gasoline Prices
- Youth
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Firearms Registry
- Youth
- Firearms Registry
- Business of the House
- Privilege
- Official Languages
- Government Response to Petitions
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Fish Inspection Act
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Safer Railways Act
- Strengthening Military Justice in the Defence of Canada Act
- Canadian Human Rights Act
Safer Railways Act
Government Orders
10:40 a.m.
Elizabeth May Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Speaker, I also am happy to support Bill S-4 and the importance of rail infrastructure in this country.
The hon. member for Winnipeg North spoke of the nostalgic element of rail. That reflects the fact that we have not invested in rail for so long that we almost have an antique system for passengers. We also have not invested sufficiently in safety for freight. We need to upgrade. We need to expand sidings, so that in the competition for rail use between passenger and freight, passengers are not needlessly delayed.
We need investment. There still is currently pending the $7.5 million that is needed for the former E&N corridor rail on Vancouver Island. We need it, it makes sense and it has wide community support.
In the same way that the hon. member spoke of the fact we can no longer travel by rail from Regina to Winnipeg, people cannot travel from Edmonton to Calgary or from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Sydney, Nova Scotia. Many commercially valuable rail lines have been abandoned by governments that have not been looking to the future.
Does the member agree that on top of Bill S-4 we need to see substantial investment in safety and modernization and, yes, high-speed rail, particularly in areas like Edmonton to Calgary?
Safer Railways Act
Government Orders
10:40 a.m.
Kevin Lamoureux Winnipeg North, MB
Mr. Speaker, in the past, whether it was former prime minister Paul Martin or Jean Chrétien, they recognized the value of infrastructure spending. They realized that by investing in the infrastructure we can in fact make a difference.
What I would suggest is that we do need to look at our rail lines as a whole, as an industry and as something that could be of great value and benefit. We need to look at how the Government of Canada can invest scarce tax dollars the best it can in terms of building that infrastructure so our rail lines are safe and ultimately progressively moving forward to where we could actually see the expansion of rail lines, which the member is talking about.
The sky is the limit in terms of the potential that is there within the rail lines, but what we need to do is come together. We need to see strong national leadership that will demonstrate a vision that will incorporate the benefits, economically and socially, of investing in the rail line infrastructure.
Safer Railways Act
Government Orders
10:40 a.m.
Kirsty Duncan Etobicoke North, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague and friend for a terrific speech and for the history.
Transport Canada is responsible for the transport of dangerous products, including by rail. The Environment Commissioner has reported that Transport Canada has not designed and implemented the management practices needed to effectively monitor compliance with the act. Key elements that are missing are a national risk-based regulatory inspection plan and necessary guidance for inspectors. In many instances the nature and extent of the inspections carried out are not documented.
There is little indication that the department has followed up on identified instances of non-compliance to ensure problems are corrected. Transport Canada is not adequately reviewing and approving the emergency response assistance plans. In fact, nearly half of the plans submitted have been given only an interim approval, some for five and ten years.
I am wondering what my hon. colleague thinks about this and what can be done.
Safer Railways Act
Government Orders
10:45 a.m.
Kevin Lamoureux Winnipeg North, MB
Mr. Speaker, I thank the member, someone who has a caring heart for our environment. I appreciate the concerns she has expressed.
The member is quite right when she says we could ultimately pass this legislation, maybe even bring in some amendments to make it healthier and better legislation. However at the end of the day if it is not enforced, if there is not compliance to the rules we are passing, whether in the form of legislation or regulation, then we are going nowhere.
It is one thing to talk the line that we want safer rail lines. However, given everything that is on the rail lines nowadays, it is critical that there be a very strong compliance element to it. Otherwise, for all intents and purposes, we are doing more of a disservice when we talk about doing something and try to give the impression that we are doing something, but we are not enforcing any sort of compliance to what it is we are actually talking about doing. I appreciate the question.
Safer Railways Act
Government Orders
10:45 a.m.
Andrew Cash Davenport, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise in this place today and speak to this important bill on behalf of the residents of my riding of Davenport in Toronto.
The bill addresses many important issues, one of them being rail safety, which I will get to a bit later. It also puts some focus on the importance of rail infrastructure, which a number of my colleagues have spoken to this morning. They have spoken of the need for a heightened focus on our rail infrastructure for a number of different reasons.
Of course, Bill S-4 is pertinent and weighs heavy on our minds and hearts right now because of the tragic accident that happened in Burlington in February.
We in our party have long called for heightened rail safety measures and so we are very supportive of seeing Bill S-4 get through the House.
This bill seeks to do a number of different things. When we look at the way our rail infrastructure has been developed and how our cities and towns have developed around it, it is increasingly important to ensure that issues of rail safety are really top of mind when we are talking about urban development, safe cities and environmental issues.
As for my riding of Davenport, I know that everyone in the House likes to study maps of Toronto and if we looked at one we would see that my riding is the only landlocked riding in the downtown core of the city and is criss-crossed with rail lines, some coming right up against backyard fences in many of the neighbourhoods. Rail lines run right up along parks and playgrounds. Fences are very much a part of the streetscape of my riding. Rail safety becomes a very real issue in a riding like mine with many level crossings, and so we take the issue of rail safety and rail infrastructure seriously.
A number of my colleagues today have talked about the importance of investing more fully in this infrastructure. The GTA loses $5 billion to $6 billion a year in lost productivity due to gridlock. It is going to be hard to build more roads to accommodate this gridlock because, as we know, if we build another road it will soon fill up.
We need to start thinking much more seriously about how we can incorporate more passenger rail service, speedier passenger rail service, more affordable passenger rail service. When we start talking about intensifying rail infrastructure, we necessarily have to talk about how to deal with greater safety measures and better technology as well.
Incidentally, Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Chambly—Borduas.
The speeches this morning have been interesting. I say that because on this side of the House we talk a lot about environmental issues such as greenhouse gas emissions and local environmental issues. An increase in public transit, in mass transit, is one of the most obvious ways to deal with both greenhouse gas emissions and gridlock, and the way we can build and develop more intensification in our urban areas.
We need to do this. Countries around the world are investing in clean rail technology. Just as an example of how backward we are in doing things here, we have a link from Pearson airport to Union Station being built right now to run diesel trains. Toronto is the only major city in the world right now that is building rail infrastructure from its downtown core to its international airport using diesel. Not a single country in the world is doing this but us.
For a long time we have been calling on our federal government to engage in this very serious issue. So far it has been willing to sit on its hands and has been doing that for years. I would add that the Liberals before it had a similarly poor record on this file. The Liberal government, when it was here on the other side of the aisle in 2001 and 2003, ignored calls from the Transportation Safety Board for additional rail safety measures. We have been calling not just for increased rail safety but also a heightened focus in the House on the need for municipalities to develop green transportation infrastructure.
I recall the days of the Mulroney era, and I know the folks on the other side do not necessarily like us to use the former prime minister's name, but we do. They were cutting passenger rail transit back then. I was on one of the last trains across the prairies to Toronto, then they were cut. As some of my colleagues this morning have underlined, one cannot get from A to B in many places in the country by train. One can get from Toronto to Ottawa by train, but at virtually the same speed as driving a car, and so there are a lot of missed opportunities there. There is no doubt that Canadians would love to have more access to passenger rail transit.
One of the reasons we need to see greater safety measures, accountability and transparency and a better order of things, a better chain of command, is that we really need to focus our attention on this mode of transportation, because this is the future of mass transit. As a matter of fact, in my city of Toronto, we have a rail corridor that runs along the west end of my city. It is a perfect place to run greater mass transit. We need to be looking at all opportunities to do that.
However, if we are going to do it, we have to look at greater measures for rail safety. That is why this is an important bill and why we on our side are going to support it. I am happy to be standing here in this place today on behalf of the great citizens of Davenport in Toronto speaking on this issue.
Safer Railways Act
Government Orders
10:55 a.m.
Elizabeth May Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Speaker, it is very clear that Canadians from coast to coast actually do want to be able to travel from coast to coast in something that reflects a modern rail system.
I was intrigued that the member from Davenport mentioned the fact that when one travels from Toronto to Ottawa the rail speed is never much more than if one was actually driving. Speed, though, can also be dangerous, and without adequate regulation and the automatic brake systems that we need, speed can cause derailment.
I would like to ask the hon. member whether in his view we need to substantially invest in the modernization of the railbeds so that we can bring in high-speed rail and actually live with the advantages of modern societies around the world that buy Canadian technology from Bombardier to have high-speed trains?
Safer Railways Act
Government Orders
10:55 a.m.
Andrew Cash Davenport, ON
Mr. Speaker, members on the government side love to talk about how they are great fiscal managers and brilliant economic planners, but the fact of the matter is that if we look at emerging economies, they are investing in high-speed electric train technology right now.
We have the tracks laid. We need the major infrastructure investments to bring our rail transit up to speed for the 21st century.
Safer Railways Act
Government Orders
10:55 a.m.
Jean-François Larose Repentigny, QC
Mr. Speaker, I took the Operation Lifesaver training offered by CN. I believe that CP offers a similar course. I worked as an officer and manager of inspectors on the commuter trains in the Montreal region. I have always admired the fact that the rail companies have always been focused on safety. Also, as a regular VIA Rail passenger, I am extremely impressed with all the effort that is made with regard to safety.
However, as a passenger and a father, I have concerns about this bill. I believe that safer is always better. That being said, the problem is that, today, we recognize that the rail system is a system of the future and so imposing more safety requirements on private companies without considering the investment aspect of the issue is not necessarily the best approach.
Safer Railways Act
Government Orders
10:55 a.m.
Andrew Cash Davenport, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would agree with my hon. colleague. The bill is a step and not the last word on rail transit development in Canada.
In fact, we have a national transit strategy that we have presented in the House. We think this is the right way to go. We are one of the only, if not the only, G7 country that does not have a national transit strategy.
In that vacuum we have these issues that my hon. colleague is raising. We can right that course and change direction, and our national transit strategy is the right way to go.
Safer Railways Act
Government Orders
April 5th, 2012 / 10:55 a.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, I just have one brief question for my colleague from Davenport. Would he not agree, notwithstanding the relative merits of the bill, that it offends the sensibility of anyone who calls themself a democrat to be debating a bill in this chamber that began in the unelected, undemocratic chamber of the Senate?
Should we not condemn in the strongest possible terms that the House of Commons is now seized of an issue that originated elsewhere, in the unelected, undemocratic chamber of the Senate, and that we should send a clear message to the government that if it wants to introduce legislation, it should do it in the democratically elected chamber of the House of Commons, not the other place.
Safer Railways Act
Government Orders
11 a.m.
Andrew Cash Davenport, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to answer that question.
Indeed, we have things turned a little on their head, because when we pass legislation in this House it goes to the Senate, which then kills those bills. That is wrong. We know it, Canadians know it and it is time the government knew it.
Passover and Easter
Statements by Members
11 a.m.
Mark Adler York Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, this weekend marks the beginning of Passover and Easter holidays, both of which represent seminal periods of time in their respective religions.
Easter, as our Prime Minister has said, is a triumph of life over death and the redeeming power of love over evil. This could just as easily be said about Passover, a story of freedom from tyranny and the perseverance of a people.
It is appropriate that these two holidays come at the beginning of spring, the season of rejuvenation. Just as spring represents the beginning of new life, these holidays represent the beginning of a new period of time for their people, a time to be hopeful of the future and learn from the past. It is now that we should look back and reflect on what we can do better, as well as look forward and try to determine what we can accomplish together.
I wish for all Canadians to take this time of rebirth to consider how they can act to improve themselves and the lives of those around them.
For all those celebrating, I wish them all a very happy Easter and Chag Sameach.
National Volunteer Week
Statements by Members
11 a.m.
José Nunez-Melo Laval, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to invite my colleagues in the House to participate in various events taking place during National Volunteer Week, from April 15 to 21. Many events will be organized across the country to celebrate and thank volunteers for their efforts to build a better world.
Across the country, organizations such as the Centre de bénévolat et Moisson Laval are hosting activities to pay tribute to the work of more than 13 million volunteers. National Volunteer Week is an opportunity to thank Canadians who give more than 2 billion hours of unpaid work to support Canadian society.
Our Canadian volunteers are great leaders, people who are passionate and inspiring. We can count on them to take action.
I will again urge members of the House to take part in National Volunteer Week and to thank the volunteers in their ridings.
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Statements by Members
11 a.m.
Kerry-Lynne Findlay Delta—Richmond East, BC
Mr. Speaker, I rise on the solemn occasion of the 95th anniversary of the World War I Battle of Vimy Ridge, a battle that showcased the exemplary valour of our Canadian soldiers.
I want to particularly commemorate Captain Victor Gordon Tupper of the 16th Battalion. His father was an esteemed lawyer in Vancouver and his grandfather a former prime minister. Gordie's last letter home to his parents and five siblings reads, in part:
I am writing one of these "in case" letters for the third time...If you are reading it now you will know that your youngest son "went under" as proud as Punch on the most glorious day of his life. I am taking my company "over the top" for a mile in the biggest push that has ever been launched...and I trust that it is going to be the greatest factor towards peace....Think of it--one hundred and fifty officers and men who will follow you into hell, if need be....Good-bye, dear Father and Mother, and all of you. Again I say that I am proud to be where I am now.
Captain Tupper died April 9, 1917, at age 21, and is buried with his comrades in Pas-de-Calais, France.
Statements by Members
11 a.m.
Ralph Goodale Wascana, SK
Mr. Speaker, Dr. Oleksander Tysovsky is the Lord Baden-Powell of Ukraine. Just five years after Baden-Powell founded the scouting movement in Great Britain, Tysovsky created its counterpart in Ukraine known as Plast. On April 12, Plast will mark its 100th anniversary.
Now an international organization of Ukrainian youth, Plast fosters personal development to help young people grow into conscientious, responsible, valuable citizens of their local, national and world communities, and always with an abiding love for Ukraine.
I remember how excited our former colleague, Borys Wrzesnewskyj, was that day in 2007 when several hundred Plast members from Canada and abroad gathered on Parliament Hill.
Today we pay tribute to the good work of the Ukrainian scouting movement, including Plast Canada. We salute 1.2 million Ukrainian Canadians and we express again our passion for a genuinely free and democratic Ukraine.


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Notice of Participation of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in PA-11-110 "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD and Other Dual Doctoral Degree Fellows (Parent F30)"
Release Date: January 10, 2013
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
This Notice is to inform potential applicants that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is participating in funding opportunity announcement PA-11-110 "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD and Other Dual Doctoral Degree Fellows (Parent F30). The NHLBI is interested in supporting individual predoctoral fellowships for combined MD/PhD training in research areas relevant to the mission of the NHLBI. The NHLBI supports research training and career development of researchers in fundamental sciences and clinical disciplines related to heart, vascular, lung, and blood diseases; sleep disorders; and blood resources. Among the research training areas of emphasis, but not limited to, are Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology or Network Biology, and Interdisciplinary Research.
Potential overlapping areas of interest shared by the NHLBI and other Institutes/Centers of the NIH include myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic disorders, hematological malignancies resulting from disruptions in hematopoiesis, and the use of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and other cellular therapies.
The NHLBI does not support fellowship projects primarily focused on malignancy-related research, vaccine development, or pathogens per se. Therefore, applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the NHLBI before submitting an application to determine its appropriateness for this FOA and the mission of the NHLBI.
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Cardiff Blues take on Munster this Friday and are looking to make amends from their performance against Leinster last weekend.
Cardiff Blues take on Munster this Friday and are looking to make amends from their performance against Leinster last weekend.
"It was clear for all to see that last weekend's game against Leinster wasn't a very positive night for us," said Cardiff boss Phil Davies.
"We all knew when we started in June that it would be a massive challenge.
"Looking at the game we have ahead of us, Munster, regardless of what fifteen they put on the pitch they are going to be hard and uncompromising up-front.
"I suspect that they will have BJ Botha and Marcus Horan in the front row, who are both extremely experienced players. Casey Laulala, is always a threat and is likely to start, but we are looking forward to facing him on our home ground.
"Both sides have got a new coaching group who are trying to develop and change. Supporters can look forward to a very competitive match, as it always is against Munster."
Meanwhile with most of his international contingent unavailable, Rob Penney once again rings the changes for Munster's game at the Arms Park on Friday.
One of those however who was released from the Carton camp was Ronan O'Gara who returns from injury to take his place on the starting XV alongside Duncan Williams with Ian Keatley moving sideways to the number 12 jersey.
Doug Howlett, rested for the Zebre game is back in his familiar wing berth while Felix Jones naturally retains the number 15 jersey knowing that a good performance at the Arms Park could propel him into the Irish squad though he refused to contemplate that scenario.
"My focus is purely on the game against Cardiff Blues," he said,
"I have no control of issues beyond that and just need to concentrate on this game on Friday."
Up front, Marcus Horan is the one change in the front-row but there's a new combination of Dave Foley and Billy Holland in the second row while Sean Dougall returns to the openside flank and Tommy O'Donnell wears the number 8 jersey for the first time at senior level.
Form: Cardiff Blues have suffered five straight defeats in all competitions – their worst run since season 2004/05. Since they returned to the Arms Park at the start of the season the Blues have won just once there: 34-18 over Treviso in the RaboDirect PRO12 on 22 September. Munster have won their last two encounters against Edinburgh in the European Cup and Zebre, however away from home the Munstermen have lost their last four games since their visit to Edinburgh on the opening weekend in the PRO12. Munster have won their last four fixtures with Cardiff Blues, but have only been victorious at the Arms Park in this tournament once before: 18-16 on 4 November 2005. Munster are winless in their last three trips to Wales.
The teams:
Cardiff Blues: 15 Dan Fish,14 Tom Williams, 13 Gavin Evans, 12 Dafydd Hewitt, 11 Tom James, 10 Jason Tovey, 9 Lewis Jones, 8 Andries Pretorius (c), 7 Josh Navidi, 6 Robin Copeland, 5 James Down, 4 Lou Reed, 3 Taufa'ao Filise, 2 Rhys Williams, 1 Campese Ma'afu.
Replacements: 16 Andi Kyriacou, 17 Sam Hobbs, 18 Ryan Harford, 19 Macauley Cook, 20 Luke Hamilton, 21 Rob Lewis, 22 Ceri Sweeney, 23 Owen Williams.
Munster: 15 Felix Jones, 14 Doug Howlett (c), 13 Casey Laulala, 12 Ian Keatley, 11 Luke O'Dea, 10 Ronan O'Gara, 9 Duncan Williams, 8 Tommy O'Donnell, 7 Sean Dougall, 6 Dave O'Callaghan, 5 Billy Holland, 4 Dave Foley, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Mike Sherry, 1 Marcus Horan.
Replacements: 16 Damian Varley, 17 John Ryan, 18 Wian du Preez, 19 Ian Nagle, 20 Patrick Butler, 21 Peter Stringer, 22 Danny Barnes, 23 Johne Murphy.
Date: Friday, November 2
Venue: Cardiff Arms Park
Kick-off: 19:05 (GMT)
Referee: Andrew McMenemy


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History portrays these forces as a shadow that threatened to darken the entire world. How much do you know about the Axis powers of World War II?
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Question 1 of 30
The very first use of the term "Axis" originated from a piece of writing done by which leader?
He said that "the axis of European history" would go through Berlin because of German's growing power.
Question 2 of 30
A swift attack and victory by the Axis powers prevented the government officials of which country from escaping?
In spite of their defeat, the Danes never aligned themselves with Axis forces.
Question 3 of 30
The Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy was informally known as what?
Black Coalition
Pact of Steel
The agreement was signed without Japan, which had different priorities than Germany and Italy.
Iron Alliance
Question 4 of 30
Against which country (or countries) did Japan want to focus the Pact of Steel, against the desires of Germany and Italy?
France and China
China and Thailand
Italy and Germany were actually more interested in hostilities against Britain and France.
Question 5 of 30
Which two countries made up the initial Axis alliance?
Germany and Japan
Japan and Italy
Germany and Italy
A 1936 treaty between these two laid the foundation for a years-long alliance.
Question 6 of 30
What was the original nickname for the Pact of Steel?
Pact of Blood
But the powers that be thought a bloody nickname might tip off the public to their evil plans.
Warriors Alliance
Gunship Group
Question 7 of 30
What transpired with Axis forces at the conclusion of the Warsaw Uprising?
They destroyed the city.
Hundreds of thousands of Poles were executed after they failed to uproot the Nazis.
The Nazis suppressed the uprising but lost thousands of men.
Nazis were chased out of the city and mercilessly murdered on rural highways.
Question 8 of 30
After Japan, Italy and Germany, which country was the first to adopt the Tripartite Pact?
In 1940, Hungary joined the pact and sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers into the fight.
Question 9 of 30
At the beginning of the Battle of Normandy, how many troops did the Axis have in the area of conflict?
About 380,000
Even after massive reinforcements, the Axis couldn't hold the area; they may have lost more than half a million men in the fight.
About 520,000
About 610,000
Question 10 of 30
A defeat in which battle resulted in the inability of Axis forces to initiate wide scale offensive operations?
Battle of Kursk
It was one of the biggest armored battles in world history and the outcome gave Soviets and their allies an edge in the war.
Battle of Sevastopol
Battle of Berlin
Question 11 of 30
How many summits did Italy, Germany and Japan need to coordinate their objectives and strategies during the conflict?
Germany and Italy communicated, but Japan only loosely coordinated with the European Axis powers.
Question 12 of 30
After a German invasion, Greece became a puppet state subservient to which country?
The Greek resistance fought throughout the war but the Axis maintained a significant presence until 1944.
Question 13 of 30
Axis powers took a major victory at the Battle of the Java Sea, killing 2,300 Allied sailors. How many sailors did the Axis forces lose?
In addition, the Allied Strike Force commander was killed; it was a devastating defeat for the Allies.
Question 14 of 30
What year did Axis powers temporarily occupy Iceland?
The Allies hung out in Iceland for parts of the war but the Axis did not.
Question 15 of 30
The leaders of the Axis powers saw themselves defending humanity from what scourge?
They were also at odds with some of the tenets of Western capitalism.
Question 16 of 30
Which area did Germany first occupy during the very first stages of the conflict?
The Rhineland
It was an ominous act of aggression that spoke of events yet to come.
Question 17 of 30
The Japanese lost one soldier during their victory in which Pacific battle?
Battle of Badung Strait
Battle of Guam
American forces there surrendered; five U.S. soldiers who tried to escape capture were caught and beheaded.
Battle of Savo Island
Question 18 of 30
How many Romanian soldiers joined the Germans against the Soviets in 1941?
about 800
about 800,000
The Axis failures at Stalingrad prompted a change of heart with Romania, which began secretly talking to the Allies.
about 80,000
Question 19 of 30
After defeating France, how long did Hitler and his allies wait to begin attacking the Soviet Union?
A few hours
A few days
A few weeks
It didn't take long for Hitler to begin capitalizing on his early victories; he would ultimately regret his decision to pick a fight with the Soviets.
Question 20 of 30
How did the gross domestic product of the United States compare to the combined Axis powers at the start of the war?
It was more than the Axis powers combined.
Even before the war, the United States was an economic powerhouse, which helped propel the Allies to victory.
It was about half of the Axis powers combined.
It was about 20% of the combined Axis powers but more than doubled in four years.
Question 21 of 30
Japan inflicted the Allies with one of their worst defeats in history at which battle?
Battle of the Java Sea
Battle of Guam
Battle of Bataan
The Allies lost all of these battles, but Bataan was a brutal beatdown that cost more than 100,000 soldiers and ended with the horrors of the Bataan Death March.
Question 22 of 30
Which country was targeted by the Anti-Comintern Pact that was signed by Germany and Italy in 1936?
It created an alliance determined to resist the spread of Communism, particularly from the Soviets.
Question 23 of 30
After being attacked by Japan in 1941, Thailand aligned itself with which power?
The Thai government then declared war on the U.K. and U.S.; the U.K. returned the favor … but the U.S. did not.
It remained neutral.
Question 24 of 30
For how long did Japan continue the fight after Nazi Germany surrendered in May of 1945?
four months
The atomic bombing of Japan helped to seal the fate of the Axis.
four weeks
about two weeks
Question 25 of 30
The lack of which resource spurred Japan to attack the United States and then parts of Southeast Asia?
The U.S. stopped shipping oil to Japan, meaning the country was unable to continue attacking China; Japan had to widen its aggression or withdraw from conflict.
Question 26 of 30
Which event essentially triggered the beginning of the Pacific War?
Japanese invasion of China
Japan invaded in 1937, setting off an apocalyptic series of events.
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The signing of the Tripartite Pact
Question 27 of 30
The Axis powers caught the Allies completely by surprise at the beginning of which battle?
Battle of Boulogne
Battle of Dieppe
Battle of the Bulge
The Allies were sure the Axis couldn't launch an effective attack through the thick Ardennes forest; they were wrong, and it became one of the biggest battles of the war.
Question 28 of 30
Why did Finland fight against the Soviets even though it wasn't officially part of the Axis?
Many Finland residents had German ethnic backgrounds.
It wanted to retake land lost during Soviet aggression.
Finland was determined to take back land lost to the Soviets during the bloody Winter War, which occurred at the outset of WWII.
Germany promised to pay Finland heaps of money to help fight the U.S.S.R.
Question 29 of 30
Isoroku Yamamoto was a leader of which Axis group?
Japanese Army
Japanese Air Force
Japanese Navy
His intelligence and solid strategies cemented his status as one of the best leaders in the Pacific War.
Question 30 of 30
Hitler said it was "the most famous victory in history" after Axis powers defeated which country?
In the end, he was wrong about that.


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There's still plenty of miles on the rubber for Harrisburg's Tyler Smithpeters and Capel Henshaw, but when they laced up their sneakers as prep players at the recent Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game at the Shirk Center in Bloomington.
Smithpeters and Henshaw — both members of the Class 1A-2A South All-Star Team lost to the North All-Star team 111-101, where Henshaw poured in 14 points on six field goals, two of which were from long range, while Smithpeters wasn't far behind with 13 points, including two trifectas of his own.
For Henshaw the experience of closing out his high school career with his teammate and one of his best friends is one he'll never forget.
"It was really a great experience and opportunity because you get a chance to play with and against players that you read about but have never have seen them play," Henshaw said. "It's was also fun to lace up the sneakers one more time with Tyler. You also meet new people such as coaches and the people in charge of the whole game. That all star is game has had some high profile players play in the past so it was an honor to play one last time in that game."
Henshaw also received the Leadership Award for the IA-2A team. The Lewis University basketball signee said the only better than than achieving that award was getting it from his former coach.
"It's an award I'm proud of and it was even more special because coach Smithpeters presented me with the award."
Smithpeters, who will be attending Southern Illinois University was unable to be reached by press time.
Michael Dann can be reached at mdann@dailyregister. Twitter: @spydieshooter
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If you like Tesla (TSLA) as an investment, buy the stock. If you like the themes driving the company's performance but don't want to trust any particular stock, buy a mutual fund or ETF that reflects the idea.
This piece of conventional fund-investing advice is starting to get some asterisks in this case.
Tesla's stock is rising so quickly that its role in clean-energy and alternative energy funds is getting to be significant. There are parallels to the way Apple (AAPL) came to dominate the Nasdaq 100 in 2010-11. As Apple plunged in 2012, it took a predictable bite of Apple-heavy funds, too. For index investors, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.
At the same time, it's not as if Tesla dominates the funds. So in order to justify owning them, you have to like the gaggle of other companies in the portfolio, which range from semiconductor makers to solar energy to utilities and industrial stocks.
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Seeing red
the art and science of infra-red analysis
17 November 2001 1 April 2002
A national collaboration
Infra-red reflectography is used to show underdrawing in paintings and works of art on paper. The works selected for this exhibition demonstrate some of the types of drawing discovered using this technique. The analysis of underdrawing can assist conservators and curators to understand the processes used by artists to create their works.
A national approach to using infra-red reflectography to study works of art in Australian collections was made possible through a grant awarded by the Australian Research Council. This enabled a unique collaboration between the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Queensland Art Gallery, Artlab Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the University of Canberra, and The University of Melbourne through the Ian Potter Art Conservation Centre.
SEEING RED is the second in a series of exhibitions celebrating this collaboration. In this exhibition the focus is primarily on the work of conservators at the National Gallery of Australia.
Seeing the invisible:
Infra-red light lies just outside the visible spectrum. It overlaps with the red area of the spectrum and the microwave region. Conservators use wavelengths of radiation from the near infra-red part of the spectrum usually in the range of 7502000 nanometres. One nanometre is equal to one-billionth of a metre. This relatively long, low frequency wavelength is able to penetrate through the upper layers of a painting or work on paper, such as a watercolour, to the drawing underneath. An infra-red reflectogram is created by capturing an image of the infra-red wavelengths that are reflected into a camera lens.
Light spectrum diagram
Infra-red examination is commonly used to look at an artists working technique. It provides clues as to how a work of art has been constructed, and often gives an indication of the materials that the artist has used. As some paints and varnishes can appear transparent in infra-red light, details hidden beneath the surface may be revealed. Graphite pencil, charcoal lines and other carbon-based drawing media used during the early stages of developing a work of art are enhanced using infra-red reflectography.
Diagram of energy interacting with paintings
The limitations The ability to see underdrawing on paintings and watercolours by infra-red examination varies with a number of factors. These include the equipment being used to collect the information, and the actual materials used to create the work of art. Typically in paintings the underdrawing is a preparatory stage not intended to be seen, and is therefore painted over as the artist completes the work. The materials used for the underdrawing, the pigments, and the thickness of the paint layers and drawing layers can be crucial to the success of this method of examination.
Even if a drawing material is usually visible by infra-red examination, for example graphite pencil, it can be hidden by pigment layers that absorb infra-red light strongly, or have been applied in thick layers. The ability of a pigment to transmit, reflect or block infra-red depends not on the colour of the pigment, but on the size, shape and density of the particles in the paint layer.
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Capturing the invisible
An infra-red reflectogram is created by capturing the invisible infra-red energy reflected from a work of art when it is exposed to infra-red wavelengths. This is converted to a black and white image and stored in a computer. The image may then be manipulated to increase contrast or size, and a direct comparison can made between the work of art and the infra-red reflectogram.
To achieve this, special equipment is required:
Precision is required to set up the lamps, camera and work of art to ensure an accurate match of the many images is created during the scanning process. The work of art is moved in front of the camera at close range and infra-red images are collected in a grid pattern across the surface. Each image is labelled and stored in a computer until the entire area is scanned. The many small images are then assembled like a mosaic using computer software, to produce an overall image of the underdrawing.
Electromagnetic radiation – waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields, resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge.
Electromagnetic spectrum – the range of frequencies over which electromagnetic radiations spread. The lowest frequencies (longest wavelengths) are radio waves; increasing frequency produces infra-red radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, X-rays and gamma rays.
Infra-red reflectography – a technique that relies on capturing reflected infra-red energy which is converted to a visible image on film or as a digital image. It is a technique that allows the recording of underdrawing in works of art.
Infra-red vidicon unit – a self-contained unit that translates invisible infra-red radiation into a visible black and white image to produce an infra-red reflectogram.
Mosaic – an image formed as a composite of many small images. An infra-red reflectogram may be one small detail, or a composite of many details carefully re-positioned to reproduce a larger image.
Underdrawing – preparatory sketches made by the artist during the conception and development of a composition. Preparatory sketches are generally concealed under layers of paint and are seldom fully visible to the naked eye.
Visible spectrum – the range of electromagnetic radiations that is visible to humans – approximately 400–700 nanometres, and is described as visible light. In order of shortest to longest wavelength the colours of the spectrum are: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red.
Useful Links
Infrared satellite photos help track coral reef health
MolArt: Infrared reflectography and the spectroscopic analysis of paintings
Harvard University Art Museums: Infrared reflectography
Getty: Watch a paintings conservator explain how infrared reflectography reveals the artist's process
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America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Part I
Vivek Wadhwa
Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering; Stanford University - Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance
AnnaLee Saxenian
University of California, Berkeley - School of Information
Ben A. Rissing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Behavioral Policy Science (BPS)
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January 4, 2007
Duke Science, Technology & Innovation Paper No. 23
This purpose of this research was to assess the contribution of skilled immigrants in the creation of engineering and technology businesses and intellectual property in the United States. We found there was at least one immigrant key founder in 25.3% of all engineering and technology companies established in the U.S. between 1995 and 2005 inclusive. We estimate that together, this pool of immigrant-founded companies was responsible for generating more than $52 billion in 2005 sales and creating just under 450,000 jobs as of 2005. This research shows that immigrants have become a significant driving force in the creation of new businesses and intellectual property in the U.S. and that their contributions have increased over the past decade.
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USA TODAY Sports examines what it will take for the Heat to win the NBA Finals.
SAN ANTONIO — Chris Bosh apologized to his teammates for his performance against the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals.
He gave the Miami Heat an F for their Game 3 loss against the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals. He has been the subject of ridicule and scorn for the way he has played in the playoffs, specifically against Pacers big men Roy Hibbert and David West and Spurs center Tim Duncan.
This postseason has not featured Bosh's best basketball.
But in Game 4 against the Spurs on Thursday, the Heat center turned in his finest moment: 20 points, 13 rebounds, two blocks and two steals and a defensive effort that prevented San Antonio from dominating the paint and collecting crucial offensive rebounds.
"I want to play well every game," Bosh said. "I want to play to the best of my ability, and sometimes that doesn't happen. You're going to have bad games in a long stretch, especially during the playoffs. And that's when you kind of really have to trust your game and trust what got you here.
"Before I was really just trying to force some situations, thinking of how I can really get going and it doesn't work like that. I just have to really trust my instincts, trust my teammates and just continue to play and let things happen."
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Bosh is a lightning rod for criticism. When he finishes with seven points and three rebounds (Game 4 vs. the Pacers) or goes 6-for-16 (Game 1 vs. the Spurs), the critics bash.
Too soft offensively and defensively. Too many three-pointers. Not enough rebounds. Outsiders struggle to understand why Bosh plays the way he does. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra explained it on Friday, a day off for the players.
"it takes somebody that's probably capable of being a lightning rod for a lot of judgment, and unfairly also, because for this to work, we had to put him in situations that are out of the box and would open the door for easy criticism from the outside," Spoelstra said. "Everybody wants to put him in a conventional box of being a back-end center and provide that type of post game for us. But in reality he has to do so many other versatile things for us to make this thing work.
"So he has the mentality to be able to handle that and he has to wear a lot of different hats for us to be successful."
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With the series tied at 2-2, Game 5 is Sunday (8 p.m. ET, ABC), and Miami will need another strong performance from Bosh if it wants to head back to Miami up 3-2.
After shooting a career-high 53.5% from the field during the regular season, Bosh has slipped to 46.2% in the postseason, including 37.7% against the Pacers. His rebounding, at times, has been wretched — 4.3 per game against Indiana.
But Bosh has double-doubles in his past three games, with the Heat winning two. He also has attempted just one three-pointer since his 0-for-4 performance in Game 1. In those three games, he is averaging 14.7 points, 11 rebounds, two steals and two blocks and shooting 52.9% from the field.
"I don't know really what the difference has been with Chris. All we know is we need it," Spoelstra said. "And last night he played all his minutes at the center, where we needed it even more. It will be a collective effort. But there won't be anybody else we can turn to."
PHOTOS: How the Heat constructed their Finals roster
Spoelstra often says Bosh is the Heat's most important player. Not the best. Not the most valuable. But the most important. Miami's offense often runs through Bosh above the foul line, which is his comfort zone. From there, he can shoot, pass or drive. His presence away from the basket opens lanes for LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. That was in action in Game 4.
Defensively, Bosh patrols the back line at the rim and often gives up size and strength advantages to opposing big men, such as Hibbert and Duncan. He was outstanding Thursday.
"He was active," Shane Battier said. "When he's active, especially under the rim, it elevates our team to a higher level — just going up grabbing tough rebounds, which we had not been able to do in this series. When he plays like that, I like our chances."
Bosh is often thoughtful, entertaining and patient when answering questions. But he's also esoteric and honest with answers, doesn't always descend into clichés and sometimes has an edge.
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After the Heat gave up 19 offensive rebounds in Game 3, Bosh had a simple answer to the problem: "Go get the damn ball," he said.
Wade and Bosh are neighbors, and Wade recently spent time at Bosh's house. Bosh played video games, and Wade talked.
"Chris is not a loose guy," Wade said. "He's quiet and to himself. The biggest thing was just trying to let him know how important he is, how important he was going to be to us winning this game tonight. He responded in a good way, but we got to continue to respond if we want to do what we did last year, and that's win a championship."
Bosh understands he has been asked to play an unconventional role for a big man and understands the pressure he is under to play well. Instead of resting easy after Game 4, Bosh wants to retain the feeling the Heat had after their Game 3 debacle.
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MMORPG.com and Funcom have teamed up to bring our readers an exclusive first look at the Dragons, one of three factions to be featured in The Secret World. Let us know what you think of the mysterious Dragons after reading the dev journal. Leave us a comment or two!
The Dragon is a mystery to most, even to those who consider themselves part of this secret society based in Seoul, South Korea. With agents scattered across the world, the Dragon is a force of nature, believing in the idea that seemingly insignificant events can trigger cataclysmic change -- that a butterfly's wings in Central Park can eventually cause a hurricane in the South Pacific.
Read more of our exclusive look at The Secret World: Into Darkness - An Exclusive Dragon Preview.
This game put the "story" into mmo ^^
Sounds really cool... I will most definitely try this game. Really enjoy the setting and story in this game.
Go Dragon! Good story, can't wait to try out the game.
Game looks cool. One fear ... tornquist said the game would run on a laptop, but would be horrible. He reccomended 8 gigs of ram for comp and 1 to 2 gigs for vid card ... he said todays duo procesors would be fine.
Makes me afraid game wont run on my machine (well anyway) .... but will wait to see how it goes.
If Ya Ain't Dyin, Ya Ain't Tryin
I like this style of story teling and questing/missions it gives you alot of reason as well as importance to what you do in them. I woulld love to kwno how the summoning/pet system would work in tsw, like if it is a school of powers which give you access to minions or something. I hope they have a way of making a pet-based character that could be either a minion/zerg throw away pet based style to a more compainion/pet style of play as well. I am really hoping that you can either get powers that allow you to charm/enslave/summon various pets in the game both with a good amount of customization to the pet, such as branding/armor for the pets as well as powers for them to gain as you master the power to control them better. Such as you being able to summon a demon or sorts that is largely cut off from their source of power so as to wweaken them making them more controlable, but as you gain skill in controlling them you grant them more access to their source of power with them gaining both ore power as well as changing in appearce. Even things like creating Golems infusing them with increasing ammounts of occult/arcane power to imbue more abilities to them as well.
Awesome backstory. So can't wait for this game to come out.
Really hoping I can manage to win beta access in phase 2 of the secret war, too. :0 I have been in love with this game since I first heard about it way back when it was first annouced!
I had the same worry the last month or two. I haven't had a desktop for some years now and needed to start from scratch. I spent some time looking around and finally got a Cyberpower PC for $487 after tax. After looking for almost 2 weeks I couldn't assemble a computer I was happy with for under $600 due to the cost of windows. This one, which I know is not by any means a stellar machine, has plenty of room for upgrade. 8gb of ram on newegg is about $47 and now I just need to wait for a bundle deal with the ram and a graphics card. Also, between now and this games projected April 2012 release date I anticipate being able to save between $10-$30 on the cost of the card compared to todays price point.
Second screenshot, that's an armoured heckler right there! I knew something good will come after Anarchy Online!
Coolness! Everytime I see new info come out on this game makes me anticipate it more!
***raises plunger in salute to hot lady dragon agents everywhere!***
All my opinions are just that..opinions. If you like my opinions..coolness.If you dont like my opinion....I really dont care.
Playing: ESO, WOT, Smite, and Marvel Heroes
To sum up(as Ragnar said during NYCC and previously), Dragons are bassically Anonymous with magic powers
April 2012 can't come soon enough .
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I want to try and still get the artefact though and not run. Don't I have any tricks to distract long enough to grab then run?
Guess who wants to be a dragon more than I did two years ago?
<--this guy.
This game is my backpack in case TOR fails me horribly!
Double Dipping p2p+cash shop...
Originally posted by fenistil
Double Dipping p2p+cash shop...
Get used to it. I see this being the way of the future. It's no different from WoW's.
MMOs have been 15 bucks a month for the past 10+ years. Since then, at least in america, we've had minimum wage increases...which minimum wage is enough money to pay for an mmo. Console games used to be 30 bucks, then 50... now 60. The price is going to be higher in some way, and this way (eventhough it's currently benign) is one way their sneaking it in.
Why can they do this?
Because most players don't care about a novelty cash shop. If most players did, they wouldn't do it.
they can also se the cash shop as a way of both gaining more money without hiking up our monthy sub, which i am fine with as long as the cash shop is alot of vanity, fluff, unique but largely appeance based items. I mean if they really were greedy they would hike the sub fees of games up to about 20ish or 25ish dallors a month which would net them a pretty penny without annoying the playerbase. THough if they did the gamers would be up in arms over it and complaining about it being like paying for the game over again each month, which would you prefer a high hike in sub fees or a cash shop that has fluff in it? I would be fine as i said wiht my fee being the same with a cash shop that can be used to help the developer as well.
This certainly sounds cool. I hope it playes into the everyday gaming too. A nice backstory, tho I admit my sympathies lie with order and justice of the Templars. Nothing keeps up the spirits than a good, old, crusade for justice! "Kill them all, let God sort them out!" XD
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Wow, pretty impressed with the layers this showcase quest has. It's like an Inception-level scheme within a scheme within a scheme type of thing. I hope this is just one of the many examples of quests this game has in store for us. In any case, we've certainly come a long way from "Kill 10 rats". Although many games still seem to be hung up on that model. Really looking forward to The Secret World!
Now I just have to decide between the Templars and the Dragon.
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Now Doesn't That Make You Feel All Warm And Fuzzy? :P
I'll start by syaing I love the look of this game, I love the scene, the story, the immersion, I love the char mechanics, I've absolutely loved the arg's. But the only power we have as consumers is our money, the presence of a cash shop is killing me. I vowed never to buy or play a game with a cs but I want to play this soooo much.
I guess I'll try to get into beta and have a little time at least, maybe they'll change their mind but I doubt it. Such a shame.
The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.