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Headshots: Goaltending Controversy Edition
Thomas Drance
November 28 2011 02:33PM
Headshots are a Canucks Army feature where we link to the day's freshest news, and other assorted Canucks web-goodies. If you've written a blogpost, produced a tribute video or birthed a clever .gif into existence - please e-mail me at email@example.com. This afternoon, it's the very special all goaltending controversy, all the time edition:
It was announced today that Cory Schneider was... Named the NHL's second star of the week behind Sidney Crosby after he posted three wins, two of them shutouts. Way to go Cory!
It was also revealed today that Cory Schneider would... Continue to enjoy the support of Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo. Good piece from Iain Macintyre on the two goaltender's relationship, and how Luongo would be an excellent gardien auxiliaire (cap-hit aside).
Okay no more teasing, the Canucks let it be known that Cory Schneider will start his sixth straight game tomorrow night against the woeful Columbus Blue Jackets. Despite the fact that Luongo is now healthy, and the Columbus Blue Jackets theoretically represent a cupcake game for the oft-criticized Vezina nominee who hasn't played in over two weeks. But Vigneault has decided to ride the hot-hand, and stick with Cory Schneider tomorrow. So is it still a goaltending controversy, or is Schneider just the Canucks starter now?
Video Break: This is an old classic. Not only is Cory Schneider in the process of supplanting Roberto Luongo as the team's "starter", he's long since supplanted Carrot Top as the World's funniest ginger:
Despite the fact that Cory Schneider gets the start, his sixth straight, at home against a poor team, Alain Vigneault clarified the situation, saying: "obviously, Roberto Luongo is our number 1 goaltender." Yes, that is definitely very obvious at this point. Crystal sparkling clear.
Do we even have time for a goaltending controversy in Vancouver? Not if the Canucks keep winning says Yahoo's Sean Leahy.
Some guy from the checking line calls the Canucks a fragile team because they're in the "middle of the pack" in late November. Great analysis! By the way, if the Canucks are a fragile team, what does that make the Columbus Blue Jackets? This is an awkward question, almost as awkward as the time Papa Roach had a baking show on the Food Network called "Cut My Life Into Peaches, This is my Last Fruit Tart."
Oh gosh, that Papa Roach joke just killed me. I am dead.
November 29 2011, 12:20AM
I'd say 'and boom goes the dynamite' but some jerk on twitter has stolen that as a catch-phrase and ruining it for everyone else.
November 29 2011, 08:25AM
why would you compare the canucks fragility to CBJ, the worst team in the league, are they that comparable or something? they were a middle of the pack team in November for no good reason, considering they are the reigning WC champs.


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In the Greek myth the mortal Adonis was so beautiful that the goddess Venus developed a helpless passion for him. One day, while out hunting, Adonis threw a spear at a wild boar but only succeeded in wounding the animal. The beast chased him and killed him; although Venus rushed to his aid she was too late to help. The myth draws attention to the fleeting nature of physical beauty and earthly life.
Lambert depicted this scene just after Adonis had been killed, with his lifeless body sprawled on the ground, his hunting dogs at his feet and a stricken boar behind him. He painted it in Paris, at the same time as Hugh Ramsay made a version of the subject, Venus and Adonis c.1901 (Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston). Both artists used a frieze-like format, a subdued tonal range, flat areas of paint and a simplified structure. In this, and in their adoption of a mythological subject, they were influenced by the French symbolist painter, Puvis de Chavannes.
An Italian, Michelangelo Bastianelli, was the model for Adonis, and a local butcher lent his boar hound as a model for the dogs.
The tale of Venus and Adonis comes from Ovid's Metamorphoses . Shakespeare developed the story into an epic of sexual love, Milton alluded to it in his poem Comus , and William Morris in Atalanta's Race . The story attracted artists as well as poets, including Titian, Rubens and Poussin, and the English Pre-Raphaelite painter John William Waterhouse. The pose of Adonis in Lambert's painting, lying with his head and shoulders raised, resting on his right arm and with his right leg bent, is similar to that of the Adonis in Sebastiano del Piombo's Death of Adonis 1501 (Uffizi, Florence).


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Did You Know? Countdown to Yom Kippur (09/15)Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
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Did you know that Yom Kippur is known in English as the "Day of Atonement"?
In actuality, however, Yom Kippur is the culmination of 40 days of repentance and atonement, beginning with the first day of the Jewish month of Elul and continuing through the first ten days of the Jewish month of Tishrei. During this period, G-d is believed to be judging a person's fate for the upcoming year.
Known in English as the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur falls on the tenth day of the Jewish month of Tishrei — just a week and a half after the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. The ten-day period between the High Holy Days is known as the Ten Days of Tshuva (Repentance), a time during which deep introspection and personal atonement is to take place.
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Joshua exhorts Israel to be courageous, keep the commandments, love the Lord, and neither marry among nor cleave unto the remnants of the Canaanites who remain in the land—When the children of Israel serve other gods, they will be cursed and dispossessed.
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2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
3 And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you.
4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the
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13 Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and
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Welcome to another edition of Free Stuff Friday!
For the Sew News staff, this Friday is full of dogs in the office, frozen yogurt and lots of editing of Sew it All. We had a fun week welcoming writer Sharon Madsen to the office for the afternoon on Wednesday and celebrating the release of Sew it All 4 on newsstands at Fabric Bliss on Tuesday! We hope your week has been as great (and a little less busy) as ours has been!
Today we're giving away a little package! It includes:
- A copy of The Handmade Marketplace: How to Sell Your Crafts Locally, Globally and Online by Kari Chapin!
- A sample 2 pack of pink and yellow Country Yarn Thread from brother! (Not pictured but great!)
- And last but not least, a Simplicity Studio 12 1/2″ Simpli-ez Rule by Darlene Zimmerman!
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The Land
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Theme: Cities & Suburbs
Artist: Charles BLACKMAN
Birth/Death: 1928
Title: Running home
Credit Line: Purchased from the Founding Donor fund 1985 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
This is a disconcerting painting. The corner shop, with its dramatic advertising billboards promoting tobacco products, dominates the composition. However, the girl attracts our attention as she runs t away from some unseen danger. She has a shadow; the shop does not.
This sense of menace is characteristic of Blackman's painting. Running home was painted in 1954. Earlier in the 1950s Blackman painted a series based on uniformed schoolgirls, where he explored their vulnerability within an alienating urban setting.
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UNEP/CMS Backed Agreement to Protect Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia
Bonn/Abu Dhabi, 23 October 2008 - A meeting covered by the UN and the Government of Abu Dhabi, UAE yesterday agreed a new agreement and action plan. 28 countries signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), led by the Minister of Abu Dhabi, H.E. Dr. Rashid Ahmad Bin Fahad, Minister of Environment and Water at an international meeting in Abu Dhabi, hosted by the United Arab Emirates. It will enter into force on 1 November.
Negotiations on the Mou began in Scotland, UK twelve months ago. The Governments of the UK and the United Arab Emirates have led the process, working through the UNEP Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). A new CMS coordinating unit will now be established in Abu Dhabi to promote and monitor the new agreement as a UNEP initiative.
The agreement area stretches across more than 130 countries from the African, Afrotropical, Palaearctic and Indo-Malayan realms. More than 70 species of migratory birds of prey - Falconiformes, ospreys, eagles and owls - are covered by this conservation instrument.
More than 50% of migratory birds of prey have a poor conservation status as a result of habitat loss due to agriculture, forestry, industry and fisheries, collision with power lines, hunting and trapping for falconry as well as poisoning throughout their range. The Memorandum's objective is to restore the positive conservation status of these bird species.
The countries are committed to protecting the bird species from illegal killing, including poisoning and shooting and unsustainable exploitation. An ecosystem approach to sustainable development and sectoral land use practices will take into account the needs of bird conservation and mitigate effects of habitat loss and fragmentation.
Birds of prey are important indicators of healthy ecosystems. They are at the end of the food chain, which makes them highly vulnerable to environmental changes and increased competition for food. If they disappear from their habitat, this is a clear sign of a disrupted ecosystem. Protecting the Egyptian Vulture is directly linked to human health. Vultures remove carcasses and prevent the outbreak of epidemics. Instead they face high mortality due to poisoned baits meant to kill them and other predators to protect cattle. In addition, they suffer from reduced reproduction due to toxic substances that accumulate in their bodies.
The action plan foresees more research on species ecology and migratory behavior, patterns and routes as well as data analysis. Collective efforts towards monitoring and establishing reliable population trends will reveal the impacts of threats and necessary mitigation actions. Capacity building and training in institutions and local communities by developing knowledge of birds of prey can create acceptance for necessary conservation actions.
CMS Executive Secretary Robert Hepworth said: "In addition to finalising the agreement, the meeting unanimously endorsed Abu Dhabi's offer to host a co-ordinating unit. This is expected to comprise 6 staff and will also cover the CMS Dugong and part of the IOSEA Turtles agreements.
This vital new agreement will not only help raptors, which are at top of the food chain, but also other "nomads of the air" throughout their long journeys. We expect the sharp decline of birds of prey to stop and to see their populations eventually recover.
"The establishment of this tri-continental agreement for birds of prey, with a co-ordinating unit in Abu Dhabi, UAE, marks a new era for the Convention. Here in the Gulf, at the crossroads of migration and culture, we have a chance to establish a new UN base for wildlife conservation. The co-ordinating unit for raptors will also promote the CMS dugong and turtles agreements in the Indian Ocean and beyond. We must now seize the opportunity presented to us by the commitment and generosity of the people of Abu Dhabi. "
Professor Colin Galbraith, Chairman of the meeting highlighted the real contribution that this MoU will make to the conservation of birds of prey. He said that joint action between countries is needed, and that CMS is providing leadership in talking real conservation priorities especially to assist these iconic species.
It's truly remarkable to see so many countries signing this milestone agreement in Abu Dhabi and we hope that this is just the beginning of an impressive journey that we have started to protect such fascinating group of birds, said Dr. Sali Javed, Deputy Manager Bird Conservation at the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD).
Mr. John Clorley from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said that "this is an excellent outcome for the conservation of migratory birds of prey. I am extremely pleased that the cooperation between DEFRA and the EAD has resulted in the acceptance of the MoU. The offer from UAE to host the co-ordination unit means that action to conserve these birds can now be undertaken across their flyways".
The UK's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a key partner in this initiative. Nearly 100 participants including government representatives, delegates from range states, scientists and NGOs attended the meeting.
Mr. Lahcen El Kabiri, Deputy Executive Secretary UNEP/CMS Secretariat,Hermann-Ehlers- Str. 10 53113 Bonn, Germany,Ph. +49-(0)172-2721664
Veronika Lenarz, UNEP/CMS Secretariat , Public Information , Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany , T. +49 228 815-2409 , F. +49 228 815-2449 , www.cms.int
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Big Dustin Byfuglien, the offensive defenseman
Cam Charron
September 21 2011 12:12PM
Last night, Mark Scheifele took over the game story in Winnipeg's first NHL game on home ice in more than 15 years. The team's first overall pick from the draft had two goals and two assists in his debut in front of a roaring crowd in Winnipeg.
However, something from Scheifele's first goal, a rebound on a shot from the point, led me in a direction worth talking about. The shot came from Big Dustin Byfuglien, one of many he has taken in his NHL career. Over the course of the season, I expect Winnipeg to score many goals like this at both even strength and the powerplay, a play created by a long Byfuglien shot.
Dustin Byfuglien is an odd specimen for an NHL defenseman—No player from his position takes more of his team's shots than Big Buff does when he's on the ice. For every 17 and a half minutes (average for a top pairing defenseman) on the ice, Byfuglien took 2.64 shots last season, well above second-placed Cody Franson's 1.99.
Byfuglien also took 23.6% of the shots his team took when he was on the ice, this time a difference Nashville defenseman, Shea Weber, was second to him at 20.9%. It's not even like he jumps up into the rush, either. His average shot distance last season was 50.1 feet, a little closer to the net than the average defenseman, but further back than Alex Pietrangelo, Kristopher Letang or Brent Burns, a few other high-profile offensive rearguards. When he was a forward in Chicago, even when he had the benefit of standing close to the net on powerplays, he shot from a well out 35 feet. He bulks his shots, preferring to play the role of the trailer than the advancer.
The man has had an erratic summer, and I don't necessarily want to get into that, but what's more erratic is his play on the ice. Byfuglien is a plus-Corsi player, which generally means that the puck was more often in the opposition's end than his own when he was on the ice. But he is a "high-events" player, in that, when Byfuglien is on the ice, there are a lot of shots at either end, period. He's less likely to be hemmed in his own end, but when he's stuck in his own end, he is liable to give up a lot of shots because his offensive instincts are generally more tuned.
What we are looking at is a defenseman who doesn't only hoard his teammates shots, but a defenseman who looks to create shots. Generally there is little evidence to suggest that defensemen are the ones who can drive the play forward, but Byfuglien appears to be an exception to this rule.
I don't think that Winnipeg's fortunes hinge on Byfuglien. I think his contract is a little bloated because of his inability to play in the offensive zone. He doesn't have the two-way ability that many high-salary blueliners have. Buff, however, does play a type of game that no other defenseman exhibits, and he should be as fun to watch as he is frustrating at times.
He sure came out and played with tons of emotion last night. That sure made it interesting to watch.
September 21 2011, 02:25PM
How about that Schiefle kid!!!
I'll cheer for this team until it makes it back to the Western division. And then we will go back to crushing you on a regular basis.


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Skinny jeans for men are back. Stylist/blogger Justin Livingston (wearing Diesel) shows men how to wear skinny jeans this winter in his blog, Oh, Munrowe. Actually, skinny jeans are his staple jeans fit, as there are pictures of him wearing them throughout the year. His style reminds us of runway trends at Burberry Prorsum, Paul Smith and Raf Simons, when oversized coats were worn over slimmer pant silhouettes. And, it's no secret that women don't mind seeing men in skinny jeans, especially when it's pulled together well with some great wintry staples. Ready to put your old skinny jeans back into rotation? Here are some ideas—à la Oh, Munrowe—on how to style your jeans.
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Peter Morrison is nervous. He has just taken the podium in the Piper Auditorium, at Harvard's GSD, before a crowd of architecture-firm CEOs—his peers. Wearing a navy suit and a blue-and-white checked shirt with cuff links, the 34-year-old CEO of the U.K.-based megafirm RMJM, a rugby enthusiast and former officer in the British army, would look more at home in London's banking district, talking global finance over a few pints in the pub. Instead, he's here at the GSD, announcing his firm's $1.5 million gift to the school for a new program in "integrated design." It is an unmistakable bid by RMJM for the attention of the American design elite.
Morrison delivers his speech, which he has memorized. After some polite praise of the school and its professors, he visibly relaxes as he warms to his theme: the architect of the future. "I believe the architect of the future will be much more than a stylist," he says. "Instead, he or she will be a leader … The architect of the future must regain the status of master builder." He lauds RMJM's collective process as superior to "the media-created phenomenon" of the "starchitect" before moving on to some "hard truths" of the industry as a whole: first and foremost, that the financial reward for architects is "miniscule," so that the agent who sells a building will often earn a higher fee than the firm that designed it (a fact that Morrison will point out to me multiple times over two days in Cambridge). He wonders why a top-tier design firm can't command the same respect and compensation for its "intellectual capital" as McKinsey, the famed management consulting company, does.
This call to arms, albeit a rather mild one, seems to go over well with the audience. But one listener doesn't need any convincing. Sitting inconspicuously in the middle of the room, beside his wife, is Sir Fraser Morrison, Peter's father —and the CEO of RMJM Hillier, the American arm that RMJM gained last year when it acquired Hillier Architecture for $30 million. The story of how two non-architects came to run one of the world's biggest architecture firms— and now aspire to turn it into one of the world's most valued design brands—starts with him.
"I RECKONED I KNEW HOW TO SORT IT" Fraser Morrison was born in Tain, a small town in the Scottish Highlands, in 1948, the same year his father established Morrison Construction. His father "built houses, he built factories, he built whatever there was to build," says Sir Fraser, whose soft burr and polite, almost diffident manner are at odds with the larger-than-life persona of many a business leader.
For its first two-and-a-half decades, the business remained small and local, its reach confined to the sparsely populated north of Scotland. But that changed in 1974, when it was bought by a mining conglomerate. A few years later, Fraser Morrison—who had joined Morrison Construction in 1970, after finishing a degree in civil engineering, and stayed on to run it under the new owners—moved the base of operations to Edinburgh, Scotland's capital. Thanks in part to the economic boost from the recent discovery of North Sea oil, Morrison's division expanded from a building contractor to "a very broadly spread construction business," involved in building homes, roads, and bridges, and in commercial development.
Despite his success running it, Morrison could see that the division "wasn't flavor of the month," as he puts it, inside the conglomerate. The owners weren't especially interested in its fortunes and didn't know how to manage the high risks inherent in construction. "The [construction] business in England had been losing a lot of money," he says. And then, an understatement that could be attributed to Scottish pragmatism or personal modesty, or a mix of both: "I reckoned I knew what needed to be done to sort it."
Sort it he did. In 1989, Fraser and Gordon Morrison, Fraser's brother, led a management buyout of the Scottish construction division as well as the underperforming English one. Over the next decade, the brothers grew the business into one of the largest construction firms in the U.K. Fraser Morrison was knighted in 1998. In 2000, the Sunday Times of London named him the second-richest person in Scotland —right behind J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame—with 1999 earnings of more than £23 million. The same year, the Morrison brothers sold their company to a British utility, AWG, for £263 million.
In 2003, with Morrison foundering under new ownership, AWG slapped Sir Fraser with a £130 million lawsuit, alleging that he had exaggerated his company's profit forecast. Sir Fraser called the claim "preposterous," blaming the decline on AWG's poor oversight. The lawsuit dragged on until 2006, when it was settled out of court, with Sir Fraser reportedly paying AWG £10 million.
STAGNATION AND BUYOUT One of the biggest projects that Morrison Construction took on before the sale to AWG was the Falkirk Wheel, a massive rotating boat lift that connects two Scottish canals, one of which lies 115 feet below the other. Originally, Morrison "bid on that project on a design-and-construct basis," Sir Fraser recalls. "And the client came to us and said, 'We really want to do this with you, but we think your design's awful. Can you do something about it?' "
Morrison couldn't, but RMJM, a Scottish architecture firm founded in 1956, could. The firms had worked together on numerous projects over the years. With a consortium including Morrison handling the engineering side, RMJM designer Tony Kettle came up with a striking, playful scheme that resembles a row of giant bottle-openers. Finished in 2002, the Wheel is now one of Scotland's top tourist attractions and even appears on Scottish banknotes.
One month before Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Wheel as part of her Golden Jubilee, another event that was more momentous for RMJM occurred—this time without any fanfare. Sir Fraser backed a management buyout of RMJM. The firm had "stagnated," he says. Sixty percent of the shares were held by people who didn't have an active interest in the company: retired partners, the families of partners who had died. The working shareholders approached Sir Fraser and asked him to help.
" 'We have this problem': That's how they put it," he recalls, summing up the rest of their pitch: " 'We know you know us, we know you know the industry—are you interested in sitting down with us and trying to figure out a way forward?' " In the words of Bob Hillier, the founding principal of Hillier Architecture and now a "lifetime principal" of RMJM Hillier, "Fraser kind of backed into [architecture]. And then he got fascinated by it."
After an exploration period of nine months, beginning in late 2001, Sir Fraser bought out the nonworking shareholders and invested money in the company. The working directors also bought more shares, "so we had buy-in, a successful formula for making a management buyout work." With a 56-percent stake in RMJM, Sir Fraser and son Peter, then 28 and having just earned an MBA from Imperial College, London, joined the firm as non-executive directors. Peter took over as CEO in 2005 and, two years later, appointed his father to run RMJM Hillier. (The upside-down arrangement gives rise to some gentle joking between father and son: Asked whether he plans to stay in New York long-term, Sir Fraser deadpans, looking sidelong at Peter, "Depends what the boss says.")
To describe RMJM at that time as stagnated would, however, be charitable. Thirty miles from the Falkirk showpiece, in Edinburgh, the firm was grappling with a project that kept sprouting new heads, arms, legs—the new home for the Scottish Parliament, designed by Catalan architect Enric Miralles with RMJM acting as executive architect. Miralles had died shortly after completing the design, leaving the project without its visionary. By the time the building was finally finished in 2004, costs had reached a staggering £414 million—10 times the original estimate—and the Scottish government had conducted an inquiry into the delays and overruns.
According to British press reports, Brian Stewart, then chief executive of RMJM, broke down in tears while giving evidence. He left the firm in 2005, amid rumors that he had been forced out. The head of the inquiry, Lord Fraser of Carmyllie (no relation to Sir Fraser Morrison), concluded that most of the blame lay with the client for choosing a "fast track" procurement method while not understanding the risks and complexities involved. Still, in his final report, Lord Fraser observed that RMJM and EMBT, Miralles' firm, "had very different cultures and ways of working and found it difficult to adopt a cohesive approach … whilst working in separate locations and communicating mainly via fax."
In the midst of the recriminations over the parliament—which won the Stirling Prize, Britain's most illustrious architecture award, in 2005—did the Morrisons regret their decision? Never, they claim. "Outside of Scotland, very few people related to the controversy over it," says Peter Morrison. "It was largely recognized as a fantastic design, an iconic building." Sir Fraser says that it's been a "springboard" for designing major projects around the world, and his son agrees: "We had the guys from Gazprom there for a day, and we could barely get them out of it. They ended up there for five or six hours, going around looking at the detailing."
On that day, an old controversy met one that was just brewing.
AFTER THE MERGER, LITTLE FALLOUT Profits at RMJM have jumped exponentially since the Morrisons arrived—nearly 90 percent between 2006 and 2007 alone—and when they recount how they turned things around, you marvel not so much at their business acumen as at the state of the company they inherited. Back in 2003, when it was a firm of 350 people in four countries, RMJM did not have an attorney on staff, or an accountant.
"They had the architects doing everything," recalls Peter Morrison. "They were managing the finance systems, they were managing the HR, the marketing; for all we know, they were taking the board minutes." Morrison remembers asking a now-departed executive, in 2003 or 2004, where the conference phones were kept. "I was told there was one conference phone in the entire firm, and it was locked away in [a] cupboard."
The solution was simple: Get the designers back to designing by improving support systems, and make sure they're talking to each other. Peter Morrison put a finance management system in place and beefed up the firm's marketing and business development efforts. A corporate law firm was retained to help negotiate contracts. Architects in Hong Kong and Dubai were encouraged to talk to—and work with— their colleagues in Glasgow and London.


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Moot Court
The Moot Court Board of Advocates is a formally recognized student organization comprised of talented and energetic leaders with strong communication and organizational skills. The Board and its faculty advisors are responsible for the Law School's moot court program, which is designed to shape law students into persuasive communicators and advocates. The program offers students a practical educational experience through a specific advocacy course, multiple competitive opportunities, and faculty, practitioner, and student exhibitions.


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By Emily Neilson
"On My Honor" (and The Pinewood Derby)
I was recently called as a volunteer assistant Stake Cub Master. I have not worked with the Cub Scouts before but I'm sure it will be a good experience. I'm married, with a son Brian, and daughter. Brian was a Boy Scout. He became Eagle Scout at age 14. We are so proud of him. He did everything with the help of great, dedicated scout leaders at his side. The values instilled in young boys through the Boy Scouts are rare these days. It's a great program.
So the Boy Scout Oath begins: "On my honor, I will do my best, to do my duty, to God and my county; and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight."
Their slogan is "Do a good turn daily" which means to look for ways to do an act of special kindness for someone else. The Boy Scout Law states that they are to be "trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent."
Not a bad set of guidelines for young boys...or us. The Boy Scouts of America have been around since 1910 and they have been helping to shape and mold young men for each of those 102 years. Now if only more people were willing to step up and be part of the program. How much better of a world would we have if we had more men willing to live up to the Oath, Law, and willing to say the pledge to the flag, and realize the gravity of the words they were repeating every week. Great things could be done.
Maybe your son or grandson is a Cub Scout now and that means uniforms and badges and patches and...the Pinewood Derby. Some of you may know nothing about Pinewood Derby racing, and others will have fond memories of building, preparing and racing your cars when you were young. Feb. 23 was the big Pinewood Derby race in Ferron. Three "dens" came together to see which Cub Scout had built the fastest pinewood derby racer (with some help from dad-well maybe a lot of help from dad). You realize that an awful lot of painstaking work goes into each car.
Each scout begins with a block of pine, a set of four wheels and axles. Their task is to cut, sand, whittle, chisel, and detail it into their personal design. There is much creativity and ingenuity represented here. He will learn about potential energy, aerodynamics, physics, and which tools to use to do the job, and the need to pay attention to each little detail in order to make a winner.
When the boys arrived at the "race track," the first station was the weigh in table. They have a specific weight limit they must meet (5 ounces) along with some other specifications. Next was a trip to the "Pit Stop" if you needed to adjust your car's weight a little. There were 50 cars registered this night. All the cars were ready to be run through a series of "heats", four cars at a time.
The cars are placed at the top of a ramp and started together by a mechanical release. Their race times are determined by laser lights that are calculated and tracked by a computer, which also determines the pairings for each heat. This is done in such a way as to ensure that each car will run at least once on each track to eliminate the possibility that one track might be slower than another. The results of each heat are projected automatically on a screen, showing first through fourth place, speed, and track time, down to thousandths of a second.
I imagine that each car was designed to be the fastest. Of course, not all cars will win. Unfortunately, some cars were eliminated by some very; very fast cars...built by some of the older and more experienced Cub Scouts. So, this will be a learning year for them (and their dads). You walk around and examine the winners to see if you could pick up some tips and my guess is next year they will build an even faster pinewood racer.
However, as I watched the Cub Scouts, this night, and their parents, I had a sense that somehow this was how life in rural communities was meant to be lived. The boys were living up to their oath and motto. No bad language, no pouting for those whose cars didn't perform well, no quarrels or arguments...just a bunch of neat kids and neat parents and families all having a great time together.
Maybe we should have pinewood derby races for all the families in our communities...getting together every other month or so to race our cars. I'd recommend adding a special, "Dad" race at the end of the event. But, more importantly, to say "hi" and talk and laugh and...well, just be good neighbors to one another. We could call it the Pinewood Community Derby. I suppose, though, we would all need to take the oath first...like "love your neighbor as yourself."


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Taking Prevention Seriously: Developing a Comprehensive Response to Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation
Jonathan Todres
Georgia State University College of Law
January 29, 2010
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2010
Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-03
Millions of children are victims of trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation each year. Governments have responded with a range of measures, focusing primarily on seeking to prosecute perpetrators of these abuses and offering assistance to select victims. These efforts, while important, have done little to reduce the incidence of these forms of child exploitation. This Article asserts that a central reason why efforts to date may not be as effective as hoped is that governments have not oriented their approaches properly toward prioritizing prevention - the ultimate goal - and addressing these problems in a comprehensive and systematic manner. Instead, efforts to date have been piecemeal and oriented toward dealing with exploitation of children after the harm occurs. This Article argues for refocusing efforts toward the development of a comprehensive, prevention-oriented strategy that addresses the root causes of these problems. The Article discusses how certain critical issues - (1) research/data; (2) program design; (3) the dominant principle guiding state responses; (4) stakeholder coordination; and (5) the interrelationship among rights - have been largely ignored in developing responses to child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. The Article suggests that, by focusing greater attention on these issues, governments and child advocates can develop more effective responses to the trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children and increase the likelihood that responses to these problems will help prevent such abuse of children.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 57
Keywords: Human trafficking, sexual exploitation, children, children's rights, prevention, victims, research
JEL Classification: I18, I30, K30, K33, O10
Date posted: January 29, 2010 ; Last revised: March 15, 2013
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Vladimir Sverdlov
1 CD / Piano Classics / 2011-12-12Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Mily Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy for Piano, Op. 18 "Islamey"; Nocturne for piano no 1 in B flat minor; Vladimir Sverdlov: Pieces (4) for piano
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UFA Options: New Jersey Devils
Jonathan Willis
June 17 2009 08:53AM
UFA Options is a continuing series that gives a brief run-down of the unrestricted free agent market this summer, team-by-team. Our next team for consideration is the New Jersey Devils .
Loophole Lou has nine unrestricted free agents to deal with this summer, although two already seem to have made a choice. Veteran grinder Bobby Holik announced he would retire back at the end of May, while Niclas Havelid is returning to Europe.
While the core is mostly locked up, a few significant names – Brian Gionta and John Madden – still need new contracts.
Brian Gionta
Gionta is one of the most obvious proofs of how a decent player can have a phenomenal season and then regress right back to where he was. In 2005-06, Gionta scored 48 goals and 89 points, largely on the back of two numbers: a career-high 16.5 SH% (his total the previous year was 12.1%, and he's 11.3% on his career) and a career-high 291 shots (his total the previous year was 174). With 2005-06 being the sole exception, he's scored between 20 and 25 goals each of the past five years, and that's where his totals are going to land: between 20 and 25 goals, and 50 to 60 points.
He's a good little player, and perfect for a second line role on most teams.
John Madden
Madden had an ugly year. Granted, he was used in a defensive role, mostly against top players and he got more defensive zone shifts than other people on his team, but he wasn't getting run into the ground, either (only 36 more defensive than offensive zone faceoffs). He set a career low in goals (7) and matched his career low in points (23). His shooting percentage was also at a career low (5.3%) and it's been nearly ten years since he's taken so few shots (132).
Madden remains a faceoff ace and a defensive dynamo, and I'd expect all of his boxcar numbers to correct next season, with him again scoring between 12 and 20 goals and putting up 30 to 40 points. He's fast, disciplined, good in the faceoff circle, and is a championship-team level third line forward.
Brendan Shanahan
Shanahan's offensive totals took a nosedive, and despite playing a sheltered role in New Jersey he really wasn't all that effective. One of the games all-time greats, I think the end of the line is very, very close for Shanahan; he can still provide veteran leadership, but counting on him for on-ice production would be a mistake at this point.
Mike Rupp
Rupp's a huge forward who doesn't mind hitting and can hold his own defensively, at least in a fourth-line role. He has virtually no offensive game (the last time he hit the 10 point mark was 2003-04), doesn't block shots, and while he's versatile enough to play any forward position, I frankly don't understand why he's still plying his trade at the NHL level. Perhaps it's simple thankfulness for this goal from a few years ago.
Johnny Oduya
There isn't much press for Oduya out west, but he's been a very effective second-pairing defenseman for two seasons now. He's more of a finesse defenseman than a physical one, although he certainly doesn't shy away from contact. A good puck-mover who skates well and brings a decent (albeit underused) shot. He's posted ridiculous +/- numbers in second-pairing assignments, and would be a nice addition to most bluelines.
Kevin Weekes
Lost with the emergence of Scott Clemmensen is the fact that Kevin Weekes actually put up pretty decent numbers (2.42 GAA, .920 SV%) when called upon. This was the first season where Weekes passed the .900 mark in save percentage since he was the starter for two seasons in Carolina.
Once a highly touted prospect, Weekes spent four seasons as a starter before the lockout, but he's spent the last two seasons riding the pine behind Martin Brodeur in New Jersey. He's a reliable backup, but it would probably be a mistake to expect more than that from him at this point.
Scott Clemmensen
I understand that Scott Clemmensen's season is a compelling story. This is a 31-year old goaltender who has played a grand total of 28 NHL games over a seven-season professional career, a goaltender who has never played more than 50 games in any season at any level. Yet he was able to step in and keep the Devils in the playoff hunt when Martin Brodeur went down, posting a 25-13-1 record, a 2.39 GAA and .917 SV%. Despite this, he was banished to the minors when Brodeur came back.
What I don't understand is why his name is getting bandied about as a potential starting goaltender. That shiny .917 SV% is a better number than Clemmensen has ever posted – in any league. His AHL save percentage has been consistently decent, if not spectacular: .908, .910, .902, .916, .910, .895. He's been a #2/#3 goaltender for seven years now, and while it's possible that he's turned the corner, only a fool would wager his team's success on it. The simple fact of the matter is that when there are seven seasons of evidence that he's a reserve goaltender, and one season of evidence that he can be a starter, the only logical course of action is to go with the bulk of the evidence.
Based on the group of players available, the only one I would be interested in is Madden. Might be a bit long in the tooth, but he knows how to win and is an excellent third line center, who can win face-offs. Do I think the Oilers will sign him? No....but he would be one of my choices.
I love Brian Gionta and think he'd look great on the Oilers with all that speed, however we have an abundance of 2nd line forwards right now.
Good point about Clemmenson J.W.
I would be interested in Madden and Clemmensen, if they would both come to Edmonton for a reasonable price that is.
Madden would be a great addition to the club. I always liked him in New Jersey and he would be able to give the 3rd line the defensive presence that it needs in the centre. A guy like Madden can take almost all of the pressure away from Horcoff, which would hopefully add a lot of offense.
Clemmensen is an interesting choice in net. It would likely be more of a gamble than Tambi wants to take. I think Goaltenders are a lot like the Coach in the sense that its one of those uber important decisions for a GM. If Tambi can get the next Jonas Hiller he looks like a genius, if he gets the next Raycroft he looks goofy.
I would be interested in Madden for sure, a proven winner. great in the dot and on the PK, a veteran presence. If I was targeting and 3rd line center, it would be him.
No point in looking at Clemmensen, I think JDD is just as good, and much younger, we need to upgrade the starting position and looks at players better than what we have now, not the same or worse.
Just think we could of had Parise!! I forgot who we took instead anybody know?
Oduya is likely the best value, although his skill set isn't exactly an Oiler need. Someone could give him a Kurt Sauer contract (which would about triple his salary) and end up with a pretty good deal, IMO. Jersey would be nuts not to resign him unless the money got crazy.
@ Willis:
You and Gregor could have a nice back and forth with regards to Clemmenson vs Harding. You think it foolish to hand Clemmenson the reigns as number one; meanwhile yesterday on his show, Gregor was saying Clemmenson would likly be a better bet (based on experience) than Harding... I don't know enough about goaltenders in general to have an intelligent opinion either way.
BTW What's up with the MONSTER?
June 17 2009, 11:56AM
@ Robert Cleave: I agree completely. I like the kid, but we just don't need him right now. BUT, if we get rid of Souray AND Gilbert...perhaps there IS a spot for him in our line up. Grebs and Visnovsky as first line D, Odouya and somebody else on the second line...
June 17 2009, 12:00PM
@ Chris:
Gustavsson seems likely to go to Toronto or Colorado.
And I wouldn't be thrilled about handing the job to Clemmensen or Harding outright; Harding's inexperienced and coming from a team that inflates goalie numbers, while Scott Clemmensen is a career #3 goaltender who got hot on a good team (although his sv% was lower than Brodeur or Weekes).
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Just think we could of had Parise!! I forgot who we took instead anybody know?
Nobody. We traded the pick.
@ misfit:
We traded down from the 17th pick (Parise) to 22nd and took Marc (Antoine) Pouliot. That still hurts to this day - about as much as when took Steve Kelly when the home town crowd was chanting DOAN! DOAN! back in 95. Ouch.
misfit wrote:
Nobody. We traded the pick.
We got a 1st and a 2nd in return... M.A. Pouliot and J.F. Jacques.
Johnny Oduya sounds like a good pickup if it wasn't for the fact he's slated for a huge raise.


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Nikon issues firmware updates for D4 and D800/D800E
Nikon has updated the firmware of both the D4 and D800 professional DSLRs. The D4 receives updates to v1.01 for both firmware A and B, while the D800 and D800E only have B firmware v1.01. In both cases the firmware corrects minor operational glitches, including one that could cause the cameras to occasionally lock up. The updates can be downloaded from Nikon's websites.
Click here to download A and B firmware v1.01 for the Nikon D4
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Installed update last night. Today it just froze. Hour glass and green write light. D800. Extreme PRO CF on main 90mbps. Extreme SD 95
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Hii all Nikonian which had many experience in using prof DSLR Camera pls let me know which is The best one that you had tried...D800E with the highest MP, D4 with only 16,2 MP with hi iso supported,or D3x still The best one? Because I had only D300 & D700 only & I'l try to buy the newest one also let me know if I buy D4 or D800E it's already have the new firmware as informed by Nikon Corp or it still must be download & install it....your recommend & suggestion will be highly appteciated Thank u all Nikonians
Oh really gr8 if it is available for all D4, D800 and D800E. models. Hope they are free as well.
why would you think a firmware update wouldn't be free? I can't imagine Nikon or anyone for that matter charging for firmware updates that are released to fix an issue.
You have all 3 models and you dont know what firmware is?
It's lovely that Nikon upgrades a camera (D800) that they can't even manage to produce to the extent that it's available in stores.
More hype. More fraud.
lol you have know idea what you are talking about. Production lines are set up around the expected demand for the life of the product. It would be foolish to make more production lines and hire more people to meet the initial unusually high demand just to have the lines gather dust and have to lay off the new employes in 6 months to a year when that demand is over.
Not being able to meet demand, especially when they never promised to, is not fraud by any definition.
God yes you're right, how dare they improve a camera that's already so good they can't make them quickly enough to sell them.
But why is improving a camera hype or fraud? Please tell
I'd say you must be an expert at hyperbole and fraud.
LOL. My grammar is perfect. Problem is you are American and English is a second language to you. :)
I'm glad to see how quick Nikon was to provide a firmware update. However, Consumer Joe, will never be happy, until their camera can see the picture that they have in their mind, and take it for them without them having to do anything, while making coffee and brownies.
Very clever. Choose the easiest target -- the consumer -- and then hit them with every tired cliche you can think of. Well done.
Hello Nikonians, I just download the Nikon D4 firmware upgrade and tried to install it. I have downloaded the instructions and followed all the steps. But It never worked for me. The upgrade option is not at all showing. I did everything that has been mentioned in the instruction. Any help will be highly appreciated.
No need to buy a D4 first
A pleasure, glad to help :-)
It worked for me. I copied bin file (you have to down load the file and run it which from the download zip file, it would create a .bin file) both to the formatted SD or CF in the DCIM directory and outside DCIM. I'm not sure which was the one that really work. After you place the card inside your D800. Turn it on and go to the set up menu, look for firmware version. Once you got in, you will see the current version (has 3 type of firmwares) and at the bottom there would be a menu for update. Select it and press OK button. These were the step I used and it worked well.
Choejor, I had the same issue, the "Update" line never appeared. I downloaded the update several times into my CF card with no luck. Then I read that the CF card must be designated as the Primary card in the D4. If you have the XQD card as primary, the D4 will not read the update from your CF card. So I designate the CF card as primary and the D4 showed the Update option in the Firmware Menu.
Wow the canon tolls are on a roll. software has bugs. always has always will. the key is that Nikon is fixing them... just like Canon will tape up your leaky mkiii's... if you ask them to.
Yeah with a price of tape - Canon owners must be seriously fed up
anyone noticed the time lag when you shot still images while the live view is on , is this is a normal behavior or something wrong with my d800.?
+1 that issue. I've noticed that if you give LV button a tap while it's lagging on write, it will get you back more quickly. Definitely tweaked, though. Painful, when you're looking to get the next shot.
Anyone else noticed how long CLS flash w/TTL commander takes? I can press and take my finger off the release before the shutter opens. Compared to the D700, it's pretty slow. Manageable, but a step backwards. Without master TTL, totally normal.
Hey Nikon, when do you adress the soft video issue in FX and DX format on our D4's? Or do you expect we record in CX only?
I think they expect you to use it as a still camera for the Olympics.
Well my job requires both photo and video. It would be ideal to have one camera that does both, and that's how they advertise it. It's very difficult to manage the weight and size of two cameras in most of the remote places where I shoot that are only accessible by self-propelled means of travel.
my D300 had the dead battery syndrome.
this been fixed by the first update.
now few years later it start's again.
seems my camera get old - or .....?
But you told everyone you already have one Dracula. Oh that's right, you can't afford it though can you, and with the massive price premium for the 5DMKIII it's hardly surprising. And far better to have a firmware update to correct some minor issue than have someone take my camera apart and put some sticky tape to fix light entering the camera in all the wrong places like the 5DMKIII... What's the Canon solution for all of the dust stuck in the viewfinders Dracula?
Wasn't Dracula a monster that sucked the life out of everyone?
yes that should fix all your problems. like that camera (as all others) don't have problems of it's own.
I'd would myself if I didn't have a problem with smearing of detail on high iso (woo hoo Canon goes up to 11)
Still amazes me that the mid-range D90 has never needed a firmware upgrade.... Someone must have done a good job. I wonder if they still work for Nikon????
The D90 is a superb classic, that still takes great photos.
i love mine. still going strong after a dunking in the med last year....
Same happened with both my D50 and D300. Perfect cameras it seems...
D800 used to lock up when I put a CF card formatted with a D700 (with a few images taken with the D700)
Firmware fixed the issue. I did get the hourglass for about 45 secs before it said (no images) Then it let me shot and play back images (d800 images only)
I guess there are few around here who have built computers as a hobby or as a trade in their lives, or even had a smart phone? Most electronic devices require firmware upgrades in their lifetimes. I've delt with motherboards that needed half a dozen or more firmware upgrades over the span of a couple of years.
Why would electronic devices like motherboards, videocards, cellphones and cameras have flashable EEPROMS, NAND or NOR memory chips in their design if you were never expected to have to update them?
Get over it, quit whining and flash your damn camera.
My cellphone is a 300euro product, not a 6000euro pro product where you expect a high quality made.
Yup, they flash Prius' as well.
If manufacturers tested untill all problems were found they would never release the product. This is the same in computers, cars or cameras.
Is it frustrating? Of course but when your an early adopter you must expect teething problems and this is just that.
If you want a problem free camera go back to a fully manual film camera.
You consider that it's ok for a electronic product to have bug that prevent normal use of the product ? I have a 3year old 80$ Kodak camera without any bug. But nowday, it's seems manufacturer release product has is, without enough testing. When i think to fuji, it's white orbs, slow af, and that count's a lot in buying their products.
I don't think you get ccd100's point though. It doesn't matter about cost. It doesn't matter what the product is. It doesn't matter whether it was manufactured today or manufactured 30 years ago. In many ways we are *lucky* with electronic products because they can be updated at home in a few minutes. In the "old days" when products were more mechanical, a fault (which, yes *did* occur from time to time) might mean either you had to live with that fault forever, or you might be able to send it off somewhere to be fixed and get it back in a couple of weeks.
spidermoon, if you think your camera has no bugs in it, you just did not find one. It is not only commercially nonviable, but also technically impossible to find (let alone to fix) all the bugs in the devices/software of the complexity which is present in these cameras.
But, it IS good enough for you because you (as most of the buyers) cannot find the bugs either.
Well done Nikon. We thank you for being responsive and supporting your products. We expected nothing less. I LOVE my D4.
Well, it's a nice thought but we live in the real world. It simply can't be done in a high end manufacturing process. Not possible, and yes I have worked in technical manufacturing. QC can find 999 out of 1000 problems but #1000 will require firmware update. As I said, this is fortunate and a positive not a negative. Obviously Nikon had some "issues" getting this camera out the door, but that doesn't have anything to do with the firmware update.
Firmware definitely works. I was having the lockup problem but no more.
Firmware fixes are absolutely standard for new cameras. This is a positive, not a negative. Every manufacturer does this, fortunately. I'm sure there are more to come for the d800.
Because it was a film camera and not a computer like modern DSLRs! Film cameras use 100 year old proven technology that only requires a dark box, film, and a brief exposure to light. Not much could go wrong. Comments like this are as stupid as saying that my horse did not have to go to the dealer for warranty repairs like cars these days. True, but did you horse get you from LA to SD in a few hours while providing a comfortable air conditioned ride.
Even the all mighty Apple has to continuously release updates to their OSX. People that complain about being lab rats to consumer electronic manufactures are truly short sided. Years ago if an electronic device had a bug, we learned to live with it. Today's devices are far more capable and complicated; meaning after thousands are sold occasionally bugs will surface.
@Josh152 well it would be interesting to know what QC looks like in the job you do? Is *everything* you *ever* produce 100% perfect when it leaves the door? In some jobs you are lucky that there is either no contractual obligation to be "perfect" or defining what "pefect" means is so difficult or subjective that it is not enforceable. Professional photography would seem to be a clear example of the latter.
and for "old" camera's too as Nikon was nice enough to release updated firmware for D700 just a week or so back that dealt with an "underexposure" problem. needless to say i had read of maybe two owners experiencing it and this was only mentioned by them after the firmware release.
"When a still image was captured while viewing existing images in playback mode, the monitor turned off, the memory card access lamp glowed steadily, and, in some rare cases, the camera ceased to respond to operations. This issue has been resolved."
I can confirm (D800), did a shoot this morning with the new firmware, no more occasional HUGE delays waiting for the monitor come back up, or having to power cycle.
Things are moving right along, thanks Nikon.
You are thanking Nikon for selling you a duff camera. This problem should not have happened when D800 was sold to the public. All Nikon did was releasing a firmware fix, they did not give you extra feature or performance enhancement over what they promise on the original spec sheet.
these kinds of growing pains are normal
That kind of non caring, complacent attitude on behalf the buying public is exactly what has lead to the " skimp on testing and patch it latter" mentality that now pervades software development and has the first buyers acting as another round of beta testers.
Do you know /any/ piece of software - let alone one as complex as a camera operating system - that does not need patching from time to time as defects are found? I mean /any/? Complex software can be tested from now until the end of time and not all issues will be found. Until the day large programs can be mathematically proven to be "correct" this will be the case - and that isn't going to happen any time soon. Nikon is doing the right thing and fixing things that is making the camera even better to use.
You're such a troll taikonaut why do you love to comment on the D800 so much when you spend your life in the Canon forum??? Ah that's right, massive product envy...... You will have such a hollow life for the next three years commenting on every D800 piece of information until Canon eventually offer something in the market that comes remotely close.
Does this apply to North American bodies too or should I wait for Nikon USA/Canada ?
Thanks for the firmware update....you should always own up to your mistakes.
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Oracle Secure Global Desktop is Oracle's secure remote access product which allows users on almost any device, to access almost any type application which is hosted in the data center, from almost any location. And it does this by sitting on the edge of the datacenter, between the user and the applications:
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So back to SGD 5.1 and what is new there:
Android devices
Since we introduced our support for iPad tablets in SGD 5.0 we've had a big demand from customers to extend this to Android tablets too, and so we're pleased to announce that 5.1 supports Android 4.x tablets such as Nexus 7 and 10, and the Galaxy Tab.
Here's how it works, with screenshots from my Nexus 7: Simply point your browser to the SGD server URL and login;
The workspace is the list of apps that the admin has deemed ok for you to run. You click on an application to run it (here's Excel and Oracle E-Business Suite):
There's an extended on-screen keyboard (extended because desktop apps need keys that don't appear on a tablet keyboard such as ctrl, WIndow key, etc) and touch gestures can be mapped to desktop events (such as tap and hold to right click)
All in all a pretty nice implementation for Android tablet users.
Desktop Chrome Browsers
And if you resize the browser window, the Linux desktop is resized by SGD too. Very cool!
Oracle Unified Directory
As I mentioned above, a lot of Oracle users already benefit from SGD. And a lot of Oracle customers use Oracle Unified Directory as their Enterprise and Carrier grade user directory. So it makes a lot of sense that SGD now supports this LDAP directory for both Authentication and as a means to determine which users get which applications, e.g. publish the engineering app to the guys in the Development group, but give everyone E-Business Suite to let them do their expenses.
With new devices, and faster 4G networking becoming more prevalent, the pressure for businesses to move to a increasingly mobile enterprise is stronger than ever. SGD is good for users, and even better for IT. By offering the user the ability to work from anywhere, and IT the control and security they need, everyone wins with SGD.
To try this for yourself, download SGD 5.1 (look under Desktop Virtualization Products) from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud or if you're an existing customer, get it from My Oracle Support.


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Top 5 Weekend Picks! (5/10-5/12)
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1. Black Damp at Johalla Projects
Work by Jessica Taylor Caponigro.
Johalla Projects is located at 1821 W. Hubbard St. Reception Saturday, 7-10pm.
2. No Gods No Masters at Chicago Artists' Coalition
Work by Jesse Butcher, James Green, and Christopher Meerdo.
Chicago Artists' Coalition is located at 217 N. Carpenter St. Reception Friday, 6-9pm.
3. Abstracting the Seam at Hyde Park Art Center
Work by Shannon Kerrigan, Christopher Michlig, Patrick McDonough, Sarah Nishiura, Andrew Rigsby, Hans Sundquist and Stacia Yeapanis.
Hyde Park Art Center is located at 5020 S. Cornell Ave. Reception Sunday, 3-5pm.
4. DARK STAR at Roots & Culture
Work by Tim Brown and Rimas Simaitis.
Roots & Culture is located at 1034 N. Milwaukee Ave. Reception Friday, 6-9pm.
5. Calamity at Chicago Art Department
Work by Thomas Wolfe.
Chicago Art Department is located at 1932 S. Halsted St. Reception Friday, 6-10pm.