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|Meeting Date
|Meeting Location
|Bozeman, MT, MSU - VOEIS Yr-3 Annual Meeting
|Conference Call - VOEIS Regularly Scheduled Conference Call
|Conference Call - VOEIS Leadership Conf Call Notes 032612
|Conference Call - VOEIS Leadership Conf Call 021312 Notes
|VOEIS Leadership Conference Call - VOEIS Leadership Call
20 December 2011
Participating: Barbara Kucera, Ric Hauer, Jim Griffioen, Clem Izurieta, Nathan Jacobs and Terry McLaren.
|Scheduled conference call. - VOEIS Regular Monthly Conference Call
|KY Scheduled Conference Call - VOEIS Regular Conference Call 11/02/11
|Hancock Biological Station - VOEIS Annual Meeting II
|Hancock Biological Station, Murray, KY - NSF VOEIS Track-2 Annual Meeting
|Leadership Conf Call - VOEIS Project Leadership Conference Call
|NCSA at UIUC - Barbara Kucera, VOEIS PI
Nathan Jacobs, Professor - Visualization, U of Kentucky
Scott Workman, RA UK
James Knochelmann, RA UK
Tarik Islam, RA UK
Jane Benson - GIS, Murray State University/Hancock Biological Station
Charles Morgan, RA HBS/MSU
Diane Whited - GIS,FLBS/UMontana
Phil ?, Limnology,FLBS/UMontana
The meeting featured a presentation of the mosaicing of Costa Rica,an overview of the Kentucky Lake case, discussion and code overview. After lunch, Terry McLaren discussed the CET stack and Summer of Code work done in the same area. Nathan Jacob's team discussed what had transpired and reviewed various other sources cited online for similar activities. They had planned to build and customize code at NCSA, but decided that it would be more efficient to return to UK to use their own equipment. NCSA indicated that they would be available to answer questions, debug, etc., as needed.
|Kentucky Lake - Radio signal mapping for Ledbetter and Panther creeks in preparation for deployment of our stream sites.
|VOEIS Leadership Call - First Monday of the month, this week was delayed one week to May 9, 2011, (11 a.m. eastern).
|Polycom Conference Call - First Wednesday of the month, 2 p.m. Notes to be added.
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|VOEIS Regular Polycom Conference Call - VOEIS Polycom Conference Call
May 4, 2011 (1st Wed/Month, 2pm Eastern)
|VOEIS Leadership Call - 11 a.m., First Monday of each month--postponed to April 13 due to travel schedules.
|Conference Call - Notes to be added.
|Your Computer - Webinar: Floating Platforms for Lake, Estuary and Tidal Monitoring. YSI Inc. (see http://www.ysi.com/index.php)
|Hancock Biological Station - Pisces II deployment on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Pisces II will be anchored at the HBS facility for a couple of weeks. We will monitor performance of electronics, telemetry, YSI sonde activity, and weather station. A WetLabs CDOM sensor will be added at the end of March, after which Pisces II will be deployed at Panther Creek Embayment (LBL).
|Conference Call - VOEIS regularly scheduled conference call 03/02/11, 2 p.m
Notes to be added.
|Conference Call - VOEIS Regularly scheduled conference call 020211.
|Lilley Cornett Woods - View sites for consideration of location of RiverNet sensor system.
|Conference Call - VOEIS regularly scheduled conference call.
|San Francisco, CA - American Geophysical Union, Poster Presentation.
Hendricks,S.P., D.S. White, M. Williamson, R. Hooks.
Understanding Biological and Hydrological Processes in a Reservoir (Kentucky Lake, USA) Using Long-Term Monitoring and High-Resolution Sensors.
|Conference Call - VOEIS Regularly scheduled conference call.
|conference Call - VOEIS regularly scheduled conference call notes
|HBS - Deployment of Pisces I buoy at Ledbetter Embayment, Kentucky Lake
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|Conference Call-Leadership - VOEIS Leadership regularly scheduled conference call.
|Kentucky Engineering Center - Fox/Harnett meeting to plan REU and low-cost sensor activities
|University of Michigan Biological Station - VOEIS presentation to the Organization of Biological Field stations Annual Meeting
|Tennessee River Mile 44.2 - Highland Navigation Light Equipment Upgrades
|Conference Call - Regular VOEIS Conference Call
|FLBS, Montana - First annual VOEIS scientists/researchers meeting.
|Various sites in Montana - Field ecology experience for eight UK Appalachian students--L. Adkins, A. Corkran, K. Eaton, B. Ford, M. Henderson, C. Johnson, D. Martin and K. Scalf)throughout MT led by B. Kucera and R. Hauer. Field classes and over nights included the Bandy Ranch, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch, Tenderfoot Experimental Forest, Glacier National Park, and the Flathead Lake Biological Station.
|Pittsburgh, PA - TeraGrid Annual Meeting
|Hancock Biological Station - This was a Big Event!! Deployment of the first buoy at HBS on Kentucky Lake !!!
|Hancock Biological Station - David White, Susan Hendricks and George Kipphut met with five engineering students from UK and U of L including Alex Thompson, Bill Ford, Robert Steward, Cory Franklin, and Ben Zinninger. Jimmy Fox accompanied the students. The students learned of the VOEIS infrastructure and future applications. The meeting and outreach experience included: overview of Hancock and its sampling routines; the big-picture aspects of the VOEIS project via a powerpoint presentation; introduction to some new data; overview of the buoy sensors; and a sampling cruise. The trip was an excellent experience.
Susan, David, George, Jimmy and the students also discussed future application of the sensors that the students are building and calibrating. Further, the group discussed ideas for future sensors in watersheds in Kentucky and their cyberinfrastructure in relationship to the buoy sensors.
|Kentucky - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
|UK, McVey Hall - Barbara Kucera, after collaboration with Ric Hauer, who will lead the field ecology research trip, met with Lindell Ormsbee, KY team lead for Outreach and Education, about the trip to Montana, July 20-28,2010. Identification and selection of 8 students and 4 backups is underway. Six will be recruited from the Robinson Scholars Program, and Prof. Jimmy Fox will provide 2 of the 8 student participants from among his research assistants. We are seeking a mix of physically fit female and male students with an interest in STEM, particularly the sciences. The budget is being finalized, student packing list finalized, and required supplies detailed. Students will be required to keep a daily journal and produce a report of the experience upon its completion.
|UK, McVey Hall - Barbara Kucera met with Ken Calvert, Head, Dept. of Computer Science, in anticipation of the arrival of newly hired tenure track faculty, Nathan Jacobs. Nathan has joined the HBS VOEIS website and will also join the MtSU Forge website in MT. He will attend the Research Annual Meeting, Aug 29-Sep 1, 2010, at FLBS. Collaborations with Griffioen at UK, and Bhattacharyya at KSU, will be pursued at that time. Barbara will plan to meet with Nathan when he next visits campus.
|Lexington, KY - 15th Annual EPSCoR Conference: Science's Grand Challenges
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Lexington, KY
Nationally recognized speakers, Dr. Randy Atkins, Director Grand Challenges for Engineering Project, National Academy of Engineering, and Dr. John Turner, Research Fellow, Energy Sciences National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), addressed the grand challenges of the U.S. today. Michael Matthews, Program Manager/Analyst Meteorologist, U.S. Dept of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, and Dr. Albert Teich, Director, Science and Policy Programs, American Association for the Advanement of Science (AAAS)provided insight and stimulated interest in two other areas of significance for consideration by EPSCoR states. Dr. John Connolly, Project Director for Kentucky NSF EPSCoR updated attendees on the status of the new Cyberinfrastructure Plan being developed for the state of Kentucky.
Barbara Kucera, PI, presented a status update of the NSF RII Track 2 Project--Virtual Observatory and Ecological Informatics System (VOEIS). David White, Susan Hendricks, Cindy Harnett, Jennifer Green, Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, Qiyou Jiang, Alan Dozier, Michael Sheetz, Jeff Mossey and Patia Hanlin also attended this annual meeting. In addition, posters were presented by Jennifer Green, Susan Hendricks and Cindy Harnett.
|Arlington, VA - Barbara Kucera, John Connolly and Jeff Mossey attended NSF EPSCoR Meeting, met with John Hall, Ric Hauer and Gay Allison, re VOEIS.
|Arlington, VA - NSF EPSCoR Project Directors and Project Administrators Meeting--Promoting, Capturing and Disseminating Innovation, held at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel, Arlington VA.
In addition to the rich programmatic information received, Barbara Kucera also met with Montana PI, Ric Hauer, to coordinate reporting activities, update one another on recent project activities, and to plan the upcoming student field ecology course to be taught by Dr. Hauer in MT for KY students in July 2010. In 2011, MT students will travel to KY for a similar course experience. Barbara also met with Program Officer, John Hall, to discuss VOEIS annual report and overall strategies.
|MoSU - Bozeman, MT - VOEIS Software Research Team Meeting
|Missoula, MT - Education/outreach student activity K-12.
|321A McVey Hall, UK - Interview with Gang Mau, candidate for Computer Science faculty position, Visualization.
|VOEIS Regular Conf Call - See attached minutes of regularly scheduled VOEIS conference call for March 29, 2010.
Next call will be 4:00 p.m. EST, May 3, 2010.
|Hancock Biological Station - David White, Susan Hendricks, Matt Williamson, Karla Johnston, and Gary Rice met to discuss remaining details regarding the YSI EMM350 (Pisces) buoy that was ordered in early March. Several issues were resolved such as the ordering of a CDOM sensor from WetLabs, Inc., the webcam model for the buoy, and the status of the Campbell datalogger for the fixed site (it has been sent out and should be delivered by weeks' end). We are on track for the fixed-site upgrade; we are on track for buoy delivery and deployment in late July, 2010.
|321A McVey Hall - Computer Science Department interviewed third faculty candidate for VOEIS project visualization position. Barbara Kucera spoke with him relative to the VOEIS project.
|KWRRI Annual Symposium - The following presentations acknowledge the project:
3. Pulugurtha, S. Fox, J. and Harnett, C. Study of Performance of Velocity Bend Sensors in Flow Over Gravel Bed Flumes and Rivers. Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium, Lexington, KY, March 22, 2010.
4. Stewart, R., Fox, J. and Harnett, C. Real Time Sediment Discharge Estimates Using a Turbidity and Velocity Bend Sensor Network. Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium, Lexington, KY, March 22, 2010.
Other VOEIS participants present were Lindell Ormsbee, Susan Hendrics, David White, and Alice Jones. Alice Jones received the Bill Barfield Award for Outstanding Contributions to Water Resources Research in Kentucky.
|307 Peterson Service Building, UK Campus - Barbara Kucera, Jeff Mossey, and Sandy Leachman met with NSF OIG auditors, Susan "Sue" Crismon and Emily Franko, on Friday, March 12, 2010, at 10:30 a.m., regarding the ARRA VOEIS project, reporting of time and effort, reporting structure, etc. Paige Brown, UK Office of Sponsored Projects, was also present.
|321A McVey Hall - Computer Science Department interviewed first faculty candidate for VOEIS project visualization position. Barbara Kucera spoke with him relative to the VOEIS project. She later attended the seminar that he presented to the faculty and other interested parties.
|321A McVey Hall - Interviewed first candidate for VOEIS visualization faculty position.
|321A McVey Hall, UK - Interview with David J. Crandall, candidate for CS Visualization faculty position.
|Hancock Biological Station - Meeting with Kyle Waits of YSI, Corp. to discuss design and purchase of first buoy for Kentucky Lake. David White, Susan Hendricks, Matt Williamson, Karla Johnston, and George Kipphut were present. The YSI EMM350 Pisces buoy platform is the best option for Kentucky Lake monitoring. Telemetry, camera, MET station, PAR, sonde with 4 optical sensors (DO, turbidity, chlorophyll a, and phycocyanin) plus pH, specific conductance, and orp, and CDOM, mooring, and deployment requirements were discussed. Kyle will contact us next week with a quote; final decisions will be made over the next 2 weeks; deployment at Ledbetter Embayment planned for late July, 2010.
|Washington, DC - Barbara Kucera met with NSF EPSCoR Office Director, Henty Blount, to discuss the general status of the VOEIS project and to talk about the possibility of a collaborative project with Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and other "water" states related to a water cyberinfrastructure workshop in the Fall, 2010. Henry provided guidelines for submitting workshop proposals and encouraged us to apply.
|NSF, Washington, DC - Barbara Kucera, Richard Hauer and John Hall, VOEIS Project Manager at NSF, met to provide a status report on the progress of the project, staffing and reporting. Interviews are currently underway for the visualization faculty member position and the candidates are truly excellent. We anticipate hiring for the position in the near future. Julia Melkers is begining to conduct interviews of project participants. The project is moving along on schedule, active collaboration is occurring, and no major problems have been encountered.
|Washington, D.C. - Barbara Kucera, Richard Hauer and Alice Jones met to discuss the participation of students in VOEIS summer activities 2010. Due to timing difficulties that will prevent Kentucky students from working with Montana researchers as planned, we are trying to salvage the summer of 2010 with other research opportunities in Montana for Kentucky students and teachers. Additional meetings will ensue after Dr. Hauer meets with the Water staff at Montana State on March 11, 2010.
|Capital Hill, Washington, DC - Barbara Kucera, as a member of the Kentucky delegation at the EPSCoR Coalition meeting with the eight Kentucky Senators and Congressmen and/or their staff, informed them of the cyberinfrastructure needs of Kentucky, particularly the requirement that the Hancock Biological Station needs a 10GB connection to Internet2 in order to successfully complete the VOEIS project.
|Conference Call - Minutes of Regularly Scheduled VOEIS Conference Call March 1, 2010.
|Conference Call - VOEIS Conference Call meeting notes
|VOEIS Conference Call Minutes of March 1, 2010. -
|Conf Call - VOEIS Evaluation Planning
|325 McVey Hall, UK - Meeting to discuss CS faculty visualization position status and criteria.
|UK Civil Engineering -
1. Robert is the graduate student working on the project. Bill is one of the undergraduate students who will help us this summer. I am still trying to recruit a second.
2. We are working towards getting a turbidity sensor that downloads to a data logger in order to check the sensitivity of the instrument over a two weeks time period. Robert and Bill to put in the field on Friday. CINDY DO WE STILL HAVE THE DATALOGGER IN THE BLACK CASE OR IS THAT AT YOUR LAB?
3. Robert to send Jimmy and Cindy: Lab and field communication flow chart; Cross section view; Watershed schematic; and Salamander with dimensions CINDY, THIS IS RELATED TO WHAT WE DISCUSS AND WILL HAVE THE DIMENSIONS BETWEEN SENSORS, ETC. ROBERT IS PUTTING THIS IN A WORD FILE AND WILL SEND TO ME FOR REVIEW; THEN I WILL SEND TO YOU.
4. We have power requirements of 46.7 Amp-hours per week at 12 volts.
5. Robert and Bill will collect some velocity bend sensor data on Friday and then we can send to Cindy. ( firstname.lastname@example.com). We can see when Robert and Bill get back if there is a need to clean the sensors.
6. Sruti to help Robert with range of velocity bend sensors based on field and lab data.
7. Robert is moving forward on making measurements with the ISCO sub-samples. five measurements for each turbidity sensor for each the ISCO calibration sub-samples.
8. Cindy working on the frequency design to meet the one week work life.
9. We will be presenting two posters at the KWRRI Symposium. The presentation is March 2.
10. Make a list of what we need for the "Real Time Sediment Discharge Sensor Network". We can talk with Cindy and see what we need to buy and what she already has.
|Monthly Call February 2010 - VOEIS Conference Call Minutes
4:00 p.m., Monday, February 1, 2010
PRESENT on call:
Barbara Kucera, Alan Dozier, Jimmy Fox, Jennifer Green, Jim Griffioen, Cindy Harnett, Gerry Harris, Susan Hendricks, Qiyou Jiang, Karla Johnston, Alice Jones, Julia Melkers, Jeff Mossey, George Kipphut, David White and Matthew Williamson.
|Hancock Biological Station - In Attendence: David White, Susan Hendricks, Matt Williamson, Karla Johnston, Gary Rice.
HBS staff met to discuss the status of equipment purchases for upgrading the Highland Navigation site on Kentucky Lake. The consensus was to proceed with purchases of YSI sondes and sensors, MET station, Campbell datalogger, LICOR PAR sensor, and Panasonic webcam for the site to be completed by Feb. 1. Matt is purchasing two servers for HBS. [Communications between Bonnie Ellis of FLBS and Susan Hendricks re: nitrate, CDOM, and CO2 sensors are continuing.]
|Kentucky Engineering Center - UK/U of L REU planning meeting: Jimmy Fox, Cindy Harnett met to discuss tasks for four REU students and draft specifications for the summer 2010 flow and turbidity sensor installation. Two students at U of L and two based at UK.
U of L Student 1: Assemble and calibrate flow sensors, working with UK student 1 on a new flume-based calibration method. U of L Student 2: Build turbidity sensors and calibrate them using samples collected by UK student 2 in the ISCO sampler.
UK Student 1: Work with flume, capture image data of deflecting flow sensors. UK student 2: Collect turbidity samples during field work, maintain sensors in the field.
|Monthly Call - January '10 - VOEIS Conference Call Minutes attached.
11 January 2010
Present on call:
Kucera, Barbara [firstname.lastname@example.com];
Dozier, Alan [email@example.com];
Fox, James [firstname.lastname@example.com];
Gazula, Vikram [email@example.com];
Harnett, Cindy [ email@example.com];
Harris Gerry, [email@example.com]
Hendricks, Susan [ firstname.lastname@example.com];
Johnston, Karla [email@example.com]
Jones, Alice [email@example.com];
Kipphut, George [ email@example.com];
Levine, Todd [firstname.lastname@example.com]; (new postdoctoral appt.)
Jiang, Qiyou [email@example.com];
Mossey, Jeffrey W [firstname.lastname@example.com];
Ormsbee, Lindell E [email@example.com];
Rice, Gary [firstname.lastname@example.com]
White, David [email@example.com];
Williamson, Matt [email@example.com]
Absent: John W. Connolly, Jim Griffioen, Julia Melkers, Patia Hanlin, Brent Seales, Michael Sheetz.
Minutes document attached.
|San Francisco - The following presentation acknowledged the project:
8. Fox, J.F., Campbell, J.E. and Martin, D. Model Estimates of POC Flux and Carbon Outgassing from Streambed Sediments in a Lowland Watershed. The American Geophysical Union 2009 Fall Meeting, December 14-18, 2009, San Francisco, California.
|Urbana, IL - Meeting of Kentucky, Montana, NCSA, and Cisco
|HBS - VOEIS Sensor Meeting: David, Susan, Gary, Matt, Karla discussed results of pricing quotes from various sources for the sensor/equipment update of the Highland Navigation Light (HNL) fixed sensor site. Matt presented the power budget for the new datalogger. Susan will create a sketch of all equipment that will go on the HNL. The trip to NSCA-Illinois was discussed. Timeline for equipment purchase was discussed. Next sensor meeting, sometime after the 1st of the new year!
|Conference Call Schedule - The schedule of all Kentucky member conference calls is as follows unless you are notified of changes. The call in and conference numbers are 877-394-0659 353936#. All conferences are scheduled for 4:00 PM eastern time.
January 11, 2010
February 1, 2010
March 1, 2010
March 29, 2010
|December Monthly Conference Call - Minutes
|Hancock Biological Station - Sensor meeting
|Hancock Biological Station - Susan Hendricks, Matt Williamson, Kara Johnston, and David White met to consider final configuration of sensors at our existing monitoring site (Highland Light). We will go with YSI instrumentation except for LI-COR light meters. Top and bottom sondes will be replaced. The bottom sonde will have the same instrumentation as before. The top sonde will have a phycocyanin sensor added. Flexibility will be built in for later addition of CDOM, nitrate, CO2 sensors. Matt will check with MIT for potential novel sensors. A MET station with camera minus rain gauge will be added. We will go with a Campbell logger. Bids will be sent out this week. We will meet again on December 8.
|Conference Call - VOEIS Assessment Conference
|NCSA, UIUC, Urbana, IL - Barbara Kucera met with Jim Myers regarding the software and middleware offered by the Cyberenvironments Group at NCSA in preparation for VOEIS team meeting at NCSA on December 16-17, 2009.
|Montana - Montana all participant meeting
|Hardymon Bldg,, UK - NSF EPSCoR RII Intra-campus Cyber Connectivity (RII C2) proposal writing session among Barbara Kucera, John Connolly, Vince Kellen, Al Lind and Doyle Friskney.
|Hardymon Bldg., UK - Barbara Kucera, John Connolly, Al Lind, Vince Kellen and Doyle Friskney meeting to continue writing proposal for NSF C2 submission on Monday, Nov. 2.NSF EPSCoR RII Intra-campus Cyber Connectivity (RII C2)
|Boulder Junction, WI, USA - GLEON 9
The Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network recently met in northern Wisconsin. The theme of the meeting included sensors and sensor networks in aquatic systems around the world. Faculty and research staff representing Murray State's Hancock Biological Station were Dr. David White, Dr. Susan Hendricks, and Matt Williamson. Countries represented at GLEON 9 included the U.S., U.K., Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Kenya, Turkey, China, and Taiwan. Several ongoing and new projects using Kentucky Lake high resolution data analyses involved information technology, cyanobacteria, and lake metabolism. The next meeting, GLEON 10, will be held in Brazil in May, 2010.
|HBS - Phone Call re: buoys/sensors; Susan Hendricks (HBS) and Bonnie Ellis (FLBS)
|Hancock Biological Station - Kentucky VOEIS Remote Sensor Working Group Meeting
|HBS - Picture Day
|HBS - Short PowerPoint with pictures of Kentucky Lake, Flathead Lake, Kentucky Participants, and VOEIS logo
|Hancock Biological Station - Meeting to review the VOEIS RC2 website.
|Hancock Biological Station - Meeting to review the VOEIS RC1 website.
|Vancouver, BC - The following presentation acknowledged the project:
4. Fox, J.F. and Belcher, B.J. Comparison of LSPIV, ADV and PIV data that is decomposed to measure the structure of turbulence over a gravel-bed. 33rd IAHR 2009 Congress - Water Engineering for a Sustainable Environment, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 10-14, 2009.
|Vermont - CUAHSI workshop on optical sensors
|Hancock Biological Station - Preliminary meeting to outline objectives of the project and allow participating members to meet.
|NCSA,UIUC, Urbana, IL - Barbara Kucera, Ric Hauer, David White, Jimmy Fox, Cindy Harnett and Susan Hendricks attended a preproposal meeting among the VOEIS team and NCSA Cyberenvironments team that included Jim Myers, Terry McLaren, Barbara Minsker, Peter Bajcsy, and others.
|* - only available to VOEIS members


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Featured News - Current News - Archived News - News Categories
Western New York Power Allocation Board's first meeting held Monday
Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-I-Lewiston, expressed optimism Monday after the Western New York Power Proceeds Allocation Board held its first meeting. The board was set up after a bill, sponsored by Ceretto to ensure power produced in Western New York stays in the region, was signed into law. At the meeting, the board put forth a plan to allow businesses to apply for funding by April 8.
"Today's meeting was a real sign of progress for Western New York," Ceretto said. "We were able to establish goals and benchmarks for power allocation in our region that should prove extremely beneficial to our small businesses. I urge every job creator in our area to apply immediately to receive the benefits of Westen New York's ability to provide low-cost power."
Businesses interested in applying can find information from the New York Power Authority at http://www.nypa.gov/.

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Andrea Stramaccioni's side struck twice in the first-half to ensure they leapfrogged the Partenopei to within four points of the league leaders
Fredy Guarin gave the hosts an early lead and Diego Milito doubled their advantage five minutes before the break, while Edinson Cavani pulled one back for the visitors.
With both teams playing variations of 3-5-2, the game was always likely to be decided somewhere within the packed midfield. Both sides prefer to play on the counter and it was end-to-end from the outset, with both preferring to attack in quick transitions rather than via any sustained spell of possession.
Wesley Sneijder was officially missing tonight's game because of a calf injury, and so Guarin was charged with relieving some of the creative burden from Inter's Antonio Cassano.
While the Colombian's decision making can often let him down, his ability to strike the ball from distance mean he always poses a significant goal threat – and it was he who put the hosts ahead inside eight minutes.
Cassano arrowed in a deep corner that that sailed over the challenging pack to find the onrushing Guarin, who hammered his controlled volley inside Morgan De Sanctis' near post from just inside the area.
Lorenzo Insigne almost had the Partenopei level 10 minutes later, leading a swift counterattack with Cavani before cutting inside and bending his shot inches wide of the far post.
Between them, Cavani and Marek Hamsik had earned 25 of Napoli's 33 points so far this season and they combined for the first time when Hamsik dragged his shot wide from the edge of the box after some fine approach play from the Uruguayan.
Cavani himself then went close, wasting his side's best chance of the first-half shortly before the half-hour mark. The 25-year-old found himself all lone at the back post to meet Inigne's floated cross, but the usually deadly striker sent his header bouncing wide from just six yards.
While Napoli looked to be taking control of the game, Milito struck to double Inter's lead five minutes before the break. Guarin repaid his coach's faith slotting a short pass for the Argentine to place his finish inside the far post from 12 yards. Having got a full hand to the ball, De Sanctis will be disappointed not to have deflected effort away.
Desperate to get his side back into the game, Walter Mazzarri switched his side's tact at half-time, introducing Goran Pandev for Alessandro Gamberini at half-time after Insigne and Cavani looked slightly isolated up front.
The switch left Napoli man-to-man at the back as Cassano took his position further forward, and the Italy international nearly made it three when he peeled off his marker to collect Alvaro Perriera's pass and smash his low shot against the near post from close range.
Pandev's introduction created more space for those breaking from midfield, and he made an immediate impact on 53 minutes, shortly after Samir Handanovic had made a flying save to deny Gokhan Inler. Cavani pounced to grab his 11th league goal of the season, driving in from close range following a chaotic scramble that had seen Pandev strike the bar inside the six-yard box.
Insigne then went close as Napoli poured forward, his dragged shot almost evading a sprawling Handanovic to find an unmarked Cavani for a tap in, but the Inter keeper did well to smother the ball.
Hearts were once again in Nerazzurri mouths when Christian Maggio headed straight at Handanovic three minutes before the end, and also when Cavani saw his fierce shot from 12 yards well blocked.
But try as Napoli did, they could not find an equaliser as Inter held out for their fifth victory in their last six home games, and one that will no doubt cement their label as real title contenders.


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How the Sedins hold up against Anze Kopitar's line will go a long ways towards determining the result of this game.
I'm not quite sure how they have managed to do it – especially given their lineup construction in the most recent game against the Coyotes – but the Canucks have won two straight games. They'll be hard-pressed to stretch that streak, though, as they'll be invading the barn of one of the best teams in the league.
As if that wasn't tough enough of a task, they'll have to do it without Alex Edler, who was (rather absurdly) suspended for two games following his run-in with Mike Smith. Thomas Drance did a fine job summing the situation up, so we'll just leave it at that. With the missing pieces up front and now on the defense, the team will need its medley of role players to step up once again if they wish to keep this thing moving in the right direction.
Read on Past the Jump for More on the Game.
Broadcast Info:
Puck Drop: 1 PM PST (*)
Television: Rogers Sportsnet Pacific
Radio: The Team 1040
If you'll recall, the last time these two teams met the Canucks put forth one of their finer performances of the season. The key to that game was just how effectively the Sedins were able to match up with the Kings' first line of Dustin Brown-Anze Kopitar-Justin Williams. They'll probably have to do it again, which quite frankly, is easier said than done. As you'll notice below (in the 'Numbers Game' section) the Kings are the most dominant team in the NHL when it comes to driving possession, and it's largely due to that line's prolific play. If they do in fact go toe-to-toe, we'll see 5 of the top 10 possession players in the NHL on the ice at the same time. Fun stuff!
Alex Edler's questionable defensive play is routinely the subject of ridicule amongst Canucks fans, and he definitely deserves it most of the time. But the team will no doubt sorely miss his presence; it's rather difficult to fill the 24 minutes of ice-time he logs, and everything he does in terms of moving the puck. It'll take a combined effort as there's no one individual on this roster that is capable of doing the things he does (although I'm sure Jason Garrison will be able to pick up the slack in the hipster department).
I'm not breaking any news here, but everyone will be made that much easier if Cory Schneider is able to play as well as he did on Thursday night. It'll be a step-up in terms of the quality of shooters that'll be firing pucks at him, but he seems to be locked in right now given his last two outings. This will be his 3rd straight start, after having sat out the previous 4 games.
As of right now we unfortunately don't have any exact details on the lineup the Canucks will dress, but apparently Chris Higgins is expected to be back (pun mostly intended). Even though he has struggled greatly this year, he will still be welcomed back into the lineup with open arms. At least he's, you know, legitimately a forward and what not.
(*) Finally, note the start time. It's an early game, which I'm actually rather pleased about. Despite what you may have heard, just because I'm a blogger doesn't mean that I don't have other things I'd rather be doing on a Saturday night. Cheers.
Numbers Game:
|Goal Differential
|13.3% (29th)
|19.8% (10th)
|80.7% (16th)
|81.2% (15th)
|47.2% (27th)
|51.4% (7th)
|Corsi %
|53.2% (5th)
|57.3% (1st)
|Fenwick Close %
|53.8% (5th)
|57.3% (1st)
|Team PDO
|100.8 (9th)
|100.2 (15th)
Game Day Links:
- Tale of the Tape, via the team's official site.
- Canucks Game Day, via Ben Kuzma.
- An interview with Roberto Luongo, via Mayor's Manor.


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A student and instructor of Okinawa Kenpo Karate and Kobudo. Thoughts on Karate, Tai Chi, ACL Reconstruction and the Challenges of Parenting.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The Temporary Student
Tough question to answer.
Answer Option 1: You can learn a lot about karate in six months. It ultimately depends on how much time you commit to practice and study.
Answer Option 2: Karate is a lifetime of learning. The more you learn the more you recognize how much more there is to learn. Six months would barely scratch the surface.
Thoughts? How would you answer the question?
7 comments:
- Rick said...
"This is what and how we teach."
I wouldn't change anything.
- January 11, 2012 at 8:32 PM
- John Vesia said...
I used to train at a place that offered a quickie course that lasted six weeks or so. It wasn't billed as "karate" so gi's, colored belts or any kind of dojo etiquette didn't apply. Trainees were told to wear something comfortable like gym attire and no shoes. Everything that was taught was strictly self-defense and preventive measures. I guess it was marketed for people who might've felt intimidated by a traditional martial arts program. It might've been a ploy to attract potential students into the regular karate class. I can't remember if that ever happened, though.
As far as traditional karate goes I would have to go with answer 2.
- January 12, 2012 at 1:34 AM
- Narda said...
I had a wonderful experience with a student who had just graduated, was moving away to grad school and had just 'discovered' my kobudo flyer.
What to teach to someone that has absolutely NO knowledge of the martial arts world? Eyes agleam, everything new, soaking in everything like a sponge - he was 'kobudo crazy'. It was a joy, and a privilege to be the one to plant seeds for life journey. I warned him of the frauds, the ego-trips, choices he would eventually make, and how to find a good teacher that fit his needs.
- January 12, 2012 at 8:47 AM
- SueC said...
I don't think you can teach a lot of useful karate (i.e useful in a self-defence way)in 6 months if it is being taught in a regular karate class.
On the other hand, I do think it is possible to put together a purpose made 'self-defence' course in that time which may prove useful to a short term student. However, with so much stripped away (kata, kihon, sparring)I'm not sure you could still call it karate?
The other problem with short courses is that if the student doesn't continue to practice the skills learnt they will soon be lost and forgotten, so you have to wonder whether it was worth learning in the first place!
- January 12, 2012 at 3:00 PM
- caterina said...
It's actually always possible that a beginner won't ultimately stay in karate for very long. It's just that most of the time, you have no way of knowing how long someone's karate career will be on the day they start. And in truth, you could never know for sure in any case. Someone who only studies with you for a summer could come back some day far down the road, or resume with a different teacher at a different stage of life.
When the karate school I attend opened the children's classes to parents, it was presented as an experiment. The school charged us a flat fee for three months of instruction, and promised us that we would be prepared to test for our first belt promotion by the end of that time. After that, they would reassess. That was over five years ago, and three of us are still studying.
It was actually tremendously helpful to me to start with a three-month commitment. I figured, why not? If I didn't like it, I'd have a graceful exit when the three months were up. The structure also helped me get through the first month or six weeks after I started, when I was pretty convinced that I was utterly hopeless and the whole thing had been a mistake. But three months was long enough for me to start to get a glimmer of just how much fun this could be.
So with a temporary student, maybe the right idea is just to introduce them to your art, probably in much the same way that you would do for any newcomer. Your student will know more than they did before, and maybe even have time to catch that glimmer.
- January 12, 2012 at 3:16 PM
- Michele said...
Great comments! Thank you for sharing your perspective.
Rick: Yes. Changing the program for a temporary student would be detrimental to the dojo as a whole.
John: I think people are accustomed to thinking in time slots...six week course, soccer season, college semester. We often are asked when our session/classes start. People are surprised when I explain the classes are continuous and students can start at any time.
Narda: What a great experience! I hope our dojo has been able to "plant seeds for life journey".
SueC: I agree. Recently I offered to teach semi-private self-defense lessons to a family with college bound children.
Caterina: Thanks for sharing your experience. You make an excellent point about the beginner student...you never know how long they will stay. It is nice hearing about families who train together! :)
- January 13, 2012 at 12:03 PM
- Charles James said...
"I want to learn karate but I only have X time. How much can I learn in X?"
Ans: Nothing, go away.
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"Waiting for Godot" is an existentialist play because it has clear tints of existentialism in it. If we study the term existentialism we would come to know that it is a philosophical doctrine which lays stress on the existence with his concrete experience and solidities. However, "Waiting for Godot" is an existentialist play for it embodies Christian existentialism. Christian existentialism stress the idea that:
"I God only, man may find freedom for tension."
For Christian, existentialism religious leads to God, whereas according to the Atheistic Existentialism, it is based on the idea of Jean Paul Sartre and Martin Heidegger who state that:
"Man is alone in a godless universe."
The comparative study of both philosophies helps us to prove "Waiting for Godot" as a Christian existentialistic play.
We know that man is confronting the problem of his existence as a being. He is striving for his survival and to control the bridle of the pacing time. He is struggling to save his "individuality" and this very idea leads to the philosophy of existentialism.
The word "Existentialism" stands for one's "awareness" of one's "beingness". It stands for a vital principal of life. "Waiting for Godot" resembles the existentialist literature because it deals not only with existence or identity but also with the momentary and the internal time. The time mentioned in "Waiting for Godot" is related to man's mental condition. For instance, the major problem for the tramps is to make time pass in such a way that they are least bothered by it. Vladimir and Estragon constantly complain of the slowness of time passing and do their best to hurry it with their futile diversions. Estragon says:
"Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful."
But we know that outside the natural time, its consequences flow on. For example, the tree has grown five or six leaves. Pozzo has grown blind and Lucky dumb. Here Estragon remarks:
"They all change, only we not."
It should be noted that waiting the natural course of time, they think they would believe themselves from all of their problems without doing any effort. They might die naturally and save the effort of hanging themselves.
There is a distinction between the momentary and eternal time for it deals with the question of existence and identity. This difference can also be seen in this play. In "Waiting for Godot" physical time is sometimes taken seriously and sometimes it is ridiculed or condemned. Estragon once succeeds in confusing Vladimir about the passage of time as well as about the day of week. In the same sentence the tramps speak of a million years ago and in the nineties. We have no reason to be certain that the second description is anyone factual than the first.
Doubts about time make the tramps doubtful about their existence and identity. One tramp claims to be of the part, it is doubted by the other. Their own identity and existence in time is also questionable. One day seems to have elapsed between the first act and the second, yet it becomes extremely difficult to differentiate this day with the previous by any important physical evidence.
The play "Waiting for Godot" has all the traits of existentialism both Vladimir and Estragon represent the man in general who is facing the problems of his existence in this world. They are interdependent like all other man. Hope for salvation is the subject of play and is the problem faced by the whole human race. Representing the man in general, the two tramps realize the futility of their exercise and we note that they are merely filling up the hours with the pointless activity. Hence their 'waiting' is mechanical and deals with problem of existentialism.
To conclude we say that the whole picture shows a pretty hopelessness. Neither time nor existence, neither reality nor memory or the past have any meaning or significance. Acts are meaningless, time does not flow consecutively, memory seems deceptive, existence is an impression or perhaps a dream and happiness is extremely and affliction is crystal clear through the situation of two tramps. They are on the point of becoming hollow philosophies of existence but demand no other equipment in an audience than the bond of common perception.


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How sad, how painful, for little Mary's life to be defined by her death. She lived nearly three years before the illness that ended her too-short life. And yet I had no birth certificate, no baptismal certificate, and, bafflingly, no census record.
Mary's sister Malinda also died young, but Malinda's baptismal certificate was easily found at the church that was most logical, given where they lived. Malinda's birth record jumped out at me from indexes, due to her unusual name, and I was able to order the certificate. Malinda is enumerated on both the 1905 NYS and 1910 Federal Census records. Malinda had a life. It was 6 short years, but it was well-documented and that means something. Only Mary was missing.
Mary O'Haras are a dime a dozen in early 20th-century Irish Brooklyn, but I finally felt compelled to begin at the beginning and order the birth record of every Mary O'Hara who could have been mine. I needed to know that Mary had not merely died, but had lived. It meant ordering the records of a number of other Marys, but I finally ended up with the correct one.
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I know now at least a little bit about Mary O'Hara. I can guess that Mrs. Ward (549 Warren St.) was the midwife who delivered her. I know where the family lived when she was born. (The same place they'd lived when Malinda was born, shedding no light on why they weren't baptized at the same church.) I know her middle name was Agnes.
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Horror movies have a lot to teach us. Not just folklore, myths, and legends, but practical stuff, things you can apply to your everyday life. For instance, they teach us you should never be part of a group of people who plan an elaborate prank to embarrass the weirdo in your town/class/camp, since such plans always tragically backfire and lead to your clique's bloody deaths. They teach us that when you're getting threatening calls from a mouth-breathing psycho, they're always coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE. They teach us that whenever you hear a strange noise at night or see a meteor crash nearby, it's NEVER a good idea to go investigate.
But perhaps the biggest, most overwhelming lesson that modern horror movies have to teach us, the one that they come back to again and again as if they can't emphasize the point enough, is this: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. Or, as I like to phrase it, "Being nice to other people is for suckers."
That's definitely the take-away lesson from Burt Kennedy's 1974 made-for-TV movie All the Kind Strangers. That, and never make a DVD cover without watching the movie first.
Photojournalist Jimmy Wheeler (the inimitable and un-mustachioed Stacy Keach) is on a cross-country road trip from New York to California, looking for new subjects on which to turn his lens. On a country road five miles from the nearest town he espies a tow-headed waif slogging along the side of the road, toting a bag of groceries almost as big as he is. Loosing the compassion and kindness in his big, beefy heart, Wheeler pulls over and offers the kid a ride to his backwoods home.
The kid's name is Gilbert, and he's happy to accept the ride, pointing the Keachmobile down a bumpy dirt road into the deep dark heart of hillbilly darkness. Wheeler is more worried about the possible damage to his brand-new, SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLAR car occassioned by passing through a shallow creek than he is about the kid's vague, elusive answers to pleasantries about his parents, a materialism and lack of curiosity he'll soon come to regret.
They roll up to the family farmhouse just as a thunderstorm is rolling in, and in gratitude for the ride Gilbert invites Wheeler to stay to supper. Keach declines, ready to get back out on that open road, but the kid is insistent that he come in and meet the family. Said family consists of six other children ranging in age from 5 to 18, the most notable being 15-year-old sharpshooter John (teen heartthrob Robby Benson, who seems to equate "hick accent" with "tardspeech"), 16-year-old Martha (Arlene Farber) , who is mute, pubescent, and horny, and oldest brother Peter (John Savage of The Deer Hunter and Godfather Part III fame), an intense, glowering teen who rules the rest of the family with an iron fist.
Director Kennedy does a good job of generating a lot of ominous suspense in the early going here, aided by excellent performances from Keach and Savage. Every word from young Peter's mouth is tinged with barely concealed menace, and as the difficulties of his situation become more and more apparent, Keach vaccilates between fear and outrage, using his Mean Daddy voice to intimidate the kids as much as he can while trying to figure a way out of this mess. Also worth noting is the evocative score by Ronald Frangipane, which effectively juxtaposes country-fried folk tunes with dissonant, Kronos Quartet-style stings to create an oppressive, dangerous-feeling atmosphere. Some nice directorial flourishes (such as hand-held pov shots during Keach's escape attempt) and creepy, shadowy lighting in the old house at night also help matters.
Also interesting, though not developed as much as I personally would have liked, is the tension between Peter and his oldest siblings, John and Martha. The mute sister is clearly in the throes of silent teenage passion, and imprints on Keach as more than a daddy figure, IYKWIM. Her longing gazes over dinner and clear jealousy of Keach's bonding with Eggar are well drawn, and Arlene Farber is to be lauded for creating such a complete, complex character with only facial expressions and body language. And while Benson's performance is a bit clunky and Gomer Pyle-ish for my tastes, his idolization of his older brother and desire to become the man of the house as well ring true.
gets lost in the woods and returned by shotgun-bearing Pete and his pack of hellhounds between commercial breaks. The threat of violence, so palpable in the early going, never materializes into anything truly menacing, and when it becomes clear that nobody's going to get offed, the air goes out.
Still, there are a few cool scenes scattered here and there--for instance when Martha sneaks one of Gilbert's pet rattlesnakes into Carol Ann's room in hopes of removing her as sexual competition. Also suitably tense is a 12 Angry Men-style "vote" the children hold to decide whether to keep their new parents or get rid of them and go hunting for newer ones.
Stacy Keach is great here, as he often was--he plays Wheeler as a basically selfish person who's clearly congratulating himself on doing such a nice thing for a kid, only to get angry and confrontational when his kindness is rewarded with kidnapping and imprisonment. The real force in the flick though is Savage, whose steely expression and quietly menacing line deliveries make him a believably deadly villain. Eggar doesn't really bring much to her role here, though, and Robby Benson's "aw shucks" performance is mostly embarrassing (though not as embarrassing as his plaintive vocals on the movie's folksy theme song, which plays over a montage of Peter stalking angrily through the cornfield). The dogs, however, deliver a knockout performance. Them's some scary mutts.
And remember folks--let that little fucker walk home. It's good for him, and better for you.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
All the Kind Strangers (1974): or, Ignore Your Better Nature
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 8:31 AM
Labels: '70s, 1-2 Thumbs, Killer Kids, Made for TV, Stacy Keach, Thriller
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Thanks for clarifying the difference between DVD Cover Keach and 1974 Keach, because I thought he must have looked a heck of alot younger if the movie came out in the 70's (I think the cover looks like it's from the late 90's early 00's, maybe!). LOVE the breakdown of 'things we learn NOT to do from horror movies." Stopping by a houseful of kids in the middle of nowhere with no momma is certainly going in my rule handbook!
- December 17, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- The Duke of DVD said...
I see that the theorem I postulated decades ago still holds true: Any film with Stacy Keach in it is not only worth watching, it is a must-watch.
I also see that my newly-invented theorem that says any movie consisting of mute, pubescent and horny teens will undoubtedly be reviewed by the Vicar is holding true right out of the gate.
- December 17, 2009 at 12:44 PM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
Nicole--indeed, both The Keach and John Savage are considerably older in the cover art than in the film--both even have different hair colors! The house reflected on the knife blade looks like the one in the actual movie, though, so I can only assume the dvd artist thought he or she was "improving" things.
I'd be interested to hear some of the other things people have learned from watching horror movies. "Don't Go In the House," "Don't Look in the Basement," "Don't Answer the Phone"--all sage advice. I wonder if there was ever a horror flick entitled "Keep Your Feet Off the Furniture"?
- December 17, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Following are 3 rules of general safety I've picked up from my otherwise mis-spent hours engrossed in horror movies. I think you'll agree that each is indeed sage advice. See if you can identify the movie that inspired each.
1. Never, ever inject dead things or girlfriends with glowing green fluids -- even when it seems like a good idea at the time.
2. It is most strenuously advised that all uptight Christians abstain from visiting island enclaves of practicing pagan agricultural professionals in the year following low crop yields.
3. Immediately following a traffic accident, underdressed Italian actresses should carefully circumvent remote country villas. If confronted by "evil twin/alternate universe" versions of themselves, all parties to said accident are advised to depart the vicinity immediately and proceed to a place of known safety, or another movie.
- December 17, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Geo -- I especially like #2 in your list about Christians visiting pagan communities!
The rule I've learned is that if the house you just bought loses money, attracts and absurd amount of flies, and makes you or anyone in your family think the're seeing dead people -- leave it. Now.
Also, if the new guy/girl next door is incredibly attractive but either disappears during the full moon OR only comes out at night, has strangers come over that never leave, and weird dining habits, they're either a werewolf or a vampire and you should never spy on/stalk them or get involved in their business.
- December 17, 2009 at 10:15 PM


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Portage Motors
Portage Motors is a small used car dealership based in Kent, Ohio. We often advertise our cars online, but the default Craigslist view is very ugly and we'd like to stand out.
People looking for used cars online
I need a PSD file into which I can put information and photos for advertisements. Every month we have ~15 cars that we sell online, so we will need this template to look great with different types of cars (e.g. anything from pickup trucks to convertibles in various colors). Each car also has a different description and available features, so we need space for that information as well. I've included an example PSD that includes all the required sections - it's just ugly because I designed it myself…
* The PSD should be 800px - 1000px wide
* Have a title section
* Have a section to list options and features
* A button to click to schedule an appointment
* A space for our logo
* A space for our address
* A space for a map to our dealership
* A call to action that encourages people to call us right away
* A space for a free form description of the car
* Room for a few featured photos
* A section for extra photos that we could easily expand. In the example PSD, you can see the layer group called 'Extra Pics' - sometimes we have up to 30 photos for a particular car, so we could easily repeat this section vertically and add more photos.
* Extra points for designs that can easily change color schemes, but this is not a strict requirement.
* If you use any unusual fonts, please make sure they're freely available so that I can alter the text for future cars.
* I'm looking for different/unique layouts because I don't want all of our ads to look too similar. Therefore, please look at the example ad to see what sections are required, but also make sure your design is different.


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March is coming in like a lion, and it's only the first day of the month! We don't know about you, but our calendars are already filling up with birthday parties, school functions, and Spring activities, so we're looking forward to some downtime as things calm down throughout the month. With that in mind, we've got our eyes on items that will help us relax this month, like a new quilt for the baby's room, a prenatal exercise video by one of our favorite fitness gurus, and an album of sweet lullabies sung by Nick Lachey. Keep reading to see what else made our list!


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Oh well, I hope everything will go smoothly and I hope I still have the time to bake as much as last year.
Now....my very first bake this year...Orange Butter Cake!! Freshly baked from my oven 2 hours ago and I can't wait to post it already...;p
A recipe adapted from one of my favourite collection, "I love Butter Cake from Kevin Chai".
Anyway I coverted his recipe from Lemon Butter to Orange..:D And worry that oranges scent will not be as strong as Lemons, I've made some changes here.
Result was wonderful, the cake was just the right taste as I wanted it to be...nice!
Recipe for 7" square pan:
160g butter
80g margarine
155g sugar
3 eggs (whole)
1 egg white
3 tbsps orange juice
2 tsps grated orange rind
1/2 tbsp "sunquick" orange nectar
200g plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
~ Beat butter, margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
~ Add in eggs one at a time, then add in orange juice, rind and nectar.
~ Fold in flour and baking powder, pour into prepared pan and bake at 175'C for 30-35 minutes.


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- News: FIFA now considering November World Cup
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Sepp Blatter has confirmed that he will ask the FIFA executive committee to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the winter, insisting: "Where there's a will, there's a way."
Temperatures in the Gulf state can reach 50°C (122°F) during the summer, and FIFA president Blatter told L'Equipe in May that it is "not rational and reasonable to play in June and July".
UEFA president Michel Platini and Qatar 2022 World Cup committee secretary general Hassan Al Thawadi are among those who believe holding the tournament in the winter is the best solution.
Speaking in Austria on Wednesday, Blatter said: "There is still enough time. I will bring this up to the executive committee.
"If this World Cup is to become a party for the people, you can't play football in the summer. You can cool down the stadiums, but you can't cool down the whole country."
Concerns have been raised about the impact a winter World Cup would have on domestic leagues around Europe, with the Qatar tournament threatening to disrupt schedules for three seasons.
Bundesliga chief executive Christian Seifert said in May: "I'm not sure of the credibility of FIFA. It shows me FIFA, as a body which says what's good for the game, ignores completely the day-by-day basis in those leagues who are effectively the core and the heart of football – not the tournament that comes up every four years."
Questions have also been raised as to whether the switch would be legitimate, given that Qatar had bid on the basis of holding a summer tournament.
David Bernstein, who as FA chairman had backed England's bid to host the 2018 tournament, said last month: "My personal view is that it would be a case of a false prospectus if the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was switched to the winter. It is a serious matter bidding for the World Cup, and countries including ourselves spent huge amounts of money bidding for the tournament."
He added: "The bid was for the World Cup to be played in June and July, and for it then to be moved to the winter would be fundamentally flawed. If people want it in the winter, they should bid for it on that basis. To try and get it through the back door like this is absolutely flawed."


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Been awhile since I posted my tutorials, figured I post some of my newer ones all in a roll.
This one is on using Ophcrack to crack Vista password hashes. Due to the lack of LM hashes, Vista passwords stored in the SAM file are harder to crack. However, the NTLM hash is the same as always and can be cracked if the password is weak.


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That's the place the panafrican choir Afrikiyo chose to host their first anual Afrikiyo festival,and it was lovelyyyyy..the weather was on point, the different choirs were on point, they sang in french in woloff,in serere,in english, zulu but most importantly they sang from the heart.
Afrikiyo is a multicultural" happy" group of people of all ages,sizes,colors,ethinicities but they all share this love for God whether Muslim or Christian,whether Congolese or Cap Verdean..they know that the only constant thing in life is our love for the Allmighty.
Watching them support each other,giggle and smile with each other one can def' tell that they enjoy this special gift that is singing in harmony.
Special mention to their president Evelyne Damas who's doing an awesome job with this choir..makes me wanna join..but noo can't sing lol:)
Prior to the concert various choirs from Senegal were invited for a week to spend some time on the Island 2 learn more abt what it takes to be in a choir,to lead a choir..it's clear that they take it seriously:)
Don't get me wrong we were not facing people that aren't living on earth,no!they dance and by dance I mean dance.We def' got a treat when the men choir called "Choeur Pro" showed us that they could wine and dance just as much as the ladies..in moderation people lol..just enough and with class..:)
My friend Rica, her baby,her sis in law Bigue and I had enjoyed ourselves as much as the rest of the mixed public.The "spirit" was def' in the place, if you are in the Dakar area and you can catch them , do not hesitate doooo,you won't regret it..for sure:)
You can also catch a video of the choir singing ,HERE


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The ISTE11 conference in Philadelphia was really a sight to behold, on a variety of levels. I had certainly never been to a conference this size before, and aside from some sporting events, I don't believe I have even inhabited a space with over 17,850 people before, let alone so many educators who were passionate about educational technology. I had certainly never been around so many iPads before!But one thing that stood out for me was the marked contrast between two areas of the convention: the presentations and meetings among educators on the one hand, and the exhibit hall on the other. Simply put, it appeared to me many of the products being promoted by the vendors were good for the vendors, but not really consistent with the ideas and ideals presented by the educators a few rooms away. Yes, I get that at the end of the day, these companies are there to make money, but seeing this distinction for the first time so clearly was jarring.
The presentations were really incredible. My biggest problem was finding the speaker to choose out of the 5 or 6 per time slot that I wanted to go to, a sentiment I heard echoed by others throughout the conference. In most presentations and in conversations with other educators, I played the part of sponge, sucking up information about this app and that web tool, one time even getting 60 resources in 60 minutes. The common denominator among these resources were that they were mostly free or very low cost, versatile, and easy to implement on the fly. Perhaps most significantly, they all fit in well with the current trend of "Bring Your Own Device," where schools utilize the prevalence of laptops, tablets, and smartphones owned by our students to create a built in, low cost, EdTech platform (instead of making costly investments in laptop carts and the like).
There was a slightly different theme in the Exhibit Hall. Nothing could prepare me for the first time I entered it.
"This must be as big as...."
Words to describe its enormity failed me. Thanks to a follow up email from ISTE, I now know that the exhibit hall was the size of 5.5 football fields, featuring 1,423 booths of companies selling all sorts of EdTech services, tools, and supplies. There were not one, but TWO full size coach buses inside the exhibit hall, as part of company displays (don't ask me how they got them in this second story level of the convention center!).
You ever have that experience where you go to the supermarket without a shopping list, and you just find yourself aimlessly wandering the aisles, slack jawed and starting at the latest variety of BBQ chips? That was how I felt as I made my way through that exhibit hall the first time. It was too big to have a plan, to figure out where to go next. You just walked along, collecting a free T-Shirt or a squeeze ball every few booths, and you kept going.
So where was the contrast, the dichotomy, you might ask? Weren't these exhibitors selling products that were supposed to more tightly integrate the concepts being taught during the presentation sessions?
Well, yes. There definitely were quite a few exhibitors pitching products and services that frequently come up in the context of effective EdTech. I felt this need to walk over to the Evernote table and just thank them for existing! Same with Google Apps for Education. Lego for Education was full of Lego awesomeness. C-Span was promoting an absolutely incredible service that allows teachers to access a full archive of video going back to the 80's. Great stuff.
But so many of the products that many companies were touting were single use, and very proprietary. I saw specialized ebook readers, clickers, and word processors. These devices would let you read a e-textbook, select an answer, and type an essay.
And that was it.
I kept finding myself thinking, over and over, why not just get an iPad, and find the proverbial "app for that" function that you are looking for, whether its to respond to test questions or read an ebook?
Now, these businesses are not stupid. They would not be selling products that there was no demand for. So now, I turn the question around on us, the education professionals: Why are we buying these products? Why are we investing all of this money in devices that have very specific, limited uses?
I saw an article recently which discussed Malcolm Gladwell's recent presentation at the TED global conference, and, after offering some historical examples, he asked a fundamental question: "Why do people place so much faith in technology...to solve problems?" His question I think speaks to the phenomenon of the great divide between the ISTE presenters and the vendors in the exhibit hall. It is human nature to seek a silver bullet, that all encompassing quick fix that is going to powerfully and simply solve all of our problems.
I believe that the underlying marketing message of many of the vendors was playing on this human tendency. "If only I had this interactive white board, or these software programs, my school/class/district would be rocking!" And while it would be wonderful if that were true, I think we all know that this underlying assumption is wrong. You know how I know this? Because in all of the presentations, the focus was on teacher's learning about new tools, about using flexible devices, and about utilizing EdTech as a tool to help teachers continue to do what they do best, and not as a means of replacing them. THAT was the great divide at ISTE, and the refreshing thing that I observed was that most people at the conference understood this concept clearly.
As Josh Stumpenhorst eloquently wrote about the other day in a blog post titled "The Real Game Changer in Education," the technology in and of itself is not the game changer. He went so far as to say that in his opinion, social media and the connections he and countless other educators have made using it, was not, in fact, a game changer for him.
It's the people that change the game.
It's the teachers stretching themselves to learn new skills and applying them in class even when its uncomfortable.
It's the administrators that have the vision that things can move forward, and do the work in the tranches to ensure that there is a foundation based in a strong school culture and intensive faculty training and support.
As an aside, I think this is one of the reasons the Khan Academy has become somewhat of a lightening rod in conversations among educators. In my opinion, there are well meaning educators that are fighting what Khan is doing because it is being interpreted by many in the mainstream media as a savior for education, when we know that video can never replace a teacher, and the flipped classroom is simply one of many strategies that a teacher can employ in running an effective classroom.
My bottom line?
We, as human beings, need to be aware of our tendency to try and find that magic pill, so that we can a) exercise appropriate skepticism when something is put forward as the be-all and end-all, and b) focus on using the amazing resources that are out there as tools on our educators tool belt to continue to change the game.


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The heating system is being converted in the recently shuttered H.A. Hagg school building in Clarkfield, yet no real decision concerning it's future has been made according to the building's new owner George Duncan.
The heating system is being converted in the recently shuttered H.A. Hagg school building in Clarkfield, yet no real decision concerning it's future has been made according to the building's new owner George Duncan.
Duncan a property investor from Meadville, Missouri purchased the property on Aug. 1 for $6,100 as the lone bidder in an auction held by Yellow Medicine East. Since then his purchase has been approved by the YME School Board, he has toured the facility, spoken with the Clarkfield Economic Development Authority and other city officials and has set about converting the building's heating system.
Yellow Medicine East has entered into an agreement with Duncan to lease the gymnasium portion of the building and is currently using the locker room space for Jr. High football. YME did retain ownership of Hauge Memorial Field just north of the school building and the Jr. High football has held their practices and games there.
This winter it is expected that the YME Jr. High basketball program will use the gymnasium area of the Hagg school building.
Over the phone Tuesday, Duncan confirmed that he's tasked Bruflat Plumbing and Heating of Clarkfield to install a gas heating system in the gym area to replace the boiler heating system that's traditionally heated the school. Duncan said he expects to spend roughly $8,000 for new gas heaters.
"The older section of the school has been relatively winterized, so now we're working on further reducing the heating cost," said Duncan.
According to YME's budget, minimum maintenence for the school ranged from $45,000-$60,000.
On touring the school Duncan said, "It's a lot bigger that I anticipated. It's just a huge school." He further went on to compliment the city of Clarkfield saying, "I was amazed at what a nice clean town Clarkfield is." Duncan said he plans on being back in town in the near future.
Duncan reiterated that he purchased the building because he believes he can profit from it.
Duncan has a history of bidding on vacated school properties, at times turning around and finding another buyer to purchase the buildings and in other instances refurbishing the properties for apartments or other uses.
During a conversation preceding the school board approval of the sale, Duncan said he had no intention of taking personal action that would be of detriment to the property. "I would keep the integrity of the school. It is not going to be stripped or gutted... it will be well taken care of," he said.


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As I write this, I'm in western North Carolina for a short family visit before heading farther east to the Catholic Media Conference in nearby Charlotte (more on that next week).
Not only have I been blessed to spend a few days catching up with my parents, but both my brother and sister were able to take time out of their busy schedules and coordinate a visit home with mine.
Outside of major holidays, and sometimes not even then, this happens almost never. Typically when all five of us are together, it's during the hustle and bustle of Thanksgiving or Christmas, or with the presence of additional relatives or guests, or at a wedding or funeral or similar life event.
And while I wouldn't trade the joy and excitement of the holidays or other special occasions for the world, there is something to be said for times of quiet together, too.
This weekend has been filled with those quiet moments. One-on-one conversations, loud laughs, ice cream runs, sports watching, music, games, Mass, walks, and of course lots of food. Regular, everyday moments with life's usual suspects. Perfectly wonderful in its perfect normality.
I suppose, in the language of the Church, these moments would be called "Ordinary Time" — the liturgical season, of course, that we re-entered following Pentecost.
As we move more deeply into the summer months, the feasting of the Easter season is behind us.
With his ascension and the descent of the Holy Spirit, the Lord has given us his great commission: to "go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit" (Mt 28:19). We enter a new rhythm in the Church's calendar year — one that is quieter and more placid than other times of the year, but no less significant.
These regular rhythms can be easy to take for granted — both personally and in the life of the Church. Where our quest for holiness is concerned, we might be tempted to put ourselves on cruise control until Advent.
But really there is no better time to slowly and methodically take steps to becoming more invested in Christ and his Church. Pope Francis, in his homily earlier this month, offered a way to do this, as he so often does — by following the "program" of the beatitudes in Matthew, Chapter 5.
If you ask yourself how to become a good Christian, he said, the beatitudes are where you can find Jesus' answer.
"Few words, simple words, but practical for all," Pope Francis said. "Because Christianity is a practical religion: it is not just to be imagined, it is to be practiced."
The ordinary moments of life offer a perfect opportunity for fine-tuning and quality time, whether in our everyday relationships or with Christ and his Church. The beatitudes are a perfect place to start.
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