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Having your own regular, private jam session can be a great way to build a musical community. In this lesson, Hawkeye shares is extensive knowledge that comes from years and years of hosting his own private jams. Get ready to take notes!
Taught by Hawkeye Herman in Jamming With Others seriesLength: 29:42Difficulty: 0.0 of 5
What if you get someone in the group and one of them turns out to be all about herself with and ego? Kick her out? and how?
I don't have any neighbors, believe me, that's a great thing!
Are you tired of just playing in your bedroom? Are you thinking of putting yourself out there in a jamming situation? If so, this series from Hawkeye Herman is just the one for you! Hawkeye has been a professional musician for more than 40 years, and has facilitated hundreds of jams. Benefit from his vast experience in this series, Jamming With Others.
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Join Hawkeye as he introduces his series, Jamming With Others.Length: 5:14 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
Lesson 2
Hawkeye gets started in this series with this lecture style lesson explaining just what a blues jam is, and how your typical jam session works.Length: 14:38 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
Lesson 3
Remember, it's not all about you! Hawkeye discusses a major part of jamming with others: etiquette!Length: 19:33 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 4
Learning how to be on stage during a jam is super important! In this lesson, Hawkeye gives us a picture of what it's like on stage, and he coaches us on one of the most important aspects of all: How to...Length: 14:50 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 5
Chris Liepe joins Hawkeye in this lesson, giving you a practical look at playing with another person with no rehearsal!Length: 11:15 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 6
Now, Chris will lead a song and Hawkeye will back him up! Then they will both explain the process they went through to make this jam successful.Length: 8:37 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 7
One more collaboration between Chris and Hawkeye. In this one, they explain the process of complimenting each other musically, when both are playing rhythm guitar.Length: 12:40 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
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Now that Hawkeye has discussed all of the elements of a Jam, he gives you a detailed look at a Jam Night, from being a jammer to being a facilitator of the jam.Length: 10:35 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
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Having your own regular, private jam session can be a great way to build a musical community. In this lesson, Hawkeye shares is extensive knowledge that comes from years and years of hosting his own private...Length: 29:42 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
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Hawkeye wraps up his series on Jamming With Others with a review of his key points: Jamming in a club situation, and starting your own private jam.Length: 11:33 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
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""One of America's finest acoustic guitarists and blues educators."
Cascade Blues Association
"Herman plays with a sensitive, reflective touch that continually draws attention to his vocals, which are effectively understated and free of affectation... Herman can rock with the best of them. A solid choice for fans of traditional acoustic blues."
Living Blues Magazine
" ...plays haunting music on a mournful guitar."
Los Angeles Times
"The only thing better than hearing this live album is seeing Hawkeye Herman in the flesh. Whether adding his own spin to blues classics or offering his own songs, Herman is a one-man history of blues, noteworthy guitar player and inimitable communicator. Miss him at your peril."
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With over 40 years of performing experience, Michael "Hawkeye" Herman personifies the range of possibilities in blues and folk music. His dynamic blues guitar playing and vocal abilities have won him a faithful following and he leads a very active touring schedule of performances at festivals, concerts, school programs and educational workshops throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. His original music has been included in video dramas and documentaries and in four hit theatrical productions.
In 2000, Hawkeye was awarded Philadelphia's Barrymore Award for Excellence in Theatre for best original music in a theatrical production. "Everyday Living," Hawkeye's first nationally released album from 1987, now reissued on CD, features the late blues giants Charles Brown and "Cool Papa" Sadler, and established the demand for his now long-standing festival and concert touring. His latest CDs and DVD, "Blues Alive!" (CD), "It's All Blues To Me" (CD), and "Hawkeye Live In Concert" (DVD) have been greeted with rave reviews. Hawkeye's journalistic efforts have been published in numerous national and regional blues and music-related periodicals.
In 1998 he was the recipient of the Blues Foundation's "Keeping The Blues Alive" award for achievement in education. He served on the Board of Directors of the Blues Foundation for six years. Hawkeye was inducted into the Iowa Blues Hall of fame in 2004. In September of 2005, Hawkeye composed, at the request of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), "Katrina, Oh Katrina (Hurricane Blues)," detailing the hurricane disaster on the Gulf Coast. The song was aired to over 7 million listeners on the popular "BBC Today" program. He is the cofounder of the Rogue Valley Blues Festival, Ashland, OR.
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It's been a long way to get Richard B. Riddick (Vin Diesel) to his third movie, but filming has now wrapped on the series' third installment, Riddick. Director David Twohy made the announcement on his official website, where he also posted a photo of him posing with the actors who play the movie's mercenaries. The plot of the third film has Riddick luring the bounty-hungry mercs in order to escape from a planet filled with alien predators. I like looking at this image and imagining that Twohy is playing a rookie mercenary who joined up after taking his kid to soccer practice.
Hit the jump to check out the set photo. The film also stars Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Molla, Matt Nable, Conrad Pla, Raoul Trujillo, Nolan Funk, Keri Hilson, and Bokeem Woodbine.
Image via David Twohy's official website via Collider reader Maria Sarramalho.
Here's the official synopsis for Riddick:
The latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with 2000′s hit sci-fi film Pitch Black and 2004′s The Chronicles of Riddick reunites writer/director David Twohy (A Perfect Getaway, The Fugitive) and star Vin Diesel (the Fast and Furious franchise, xXx). Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick, a dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy.
The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he's encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty.
The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won't leave the planet without Riddick's head as their trophy.


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Fully Rugged Computer, Optimized for the Mobile Worker, Features Gobi™ WWAN Radio, Biometric Mouse, Full QWERTY Keypad, and 7" Touchscreen
LXE, a division of EMS Technologies, announced recently the introduction of its Marathon™ field computer. The Marathon field computer introduces a new form factor in mobile computing, with a larger screen size and greater computing power than a PDA, smaller size than a laptop, and multiple data-capture and connectivity options. Taken together, the Marathon field computer provides new levels of usability for the mobile worker in field-force automation, route accounting, and public safety.
Stephen Newell, LXE general manager, says the Marathon field computer fills a critical market need for workers in mobile environments. "Between PDAs and laptops, there is plenty of technology that offers mobility, but every solution before the introduction of the Marathon field computer has come with sacrifice – whether it's a lack of ruggedness, small screen size, or awkward ergonomics. The Marathon computer fills a void in the market for a fully-rugged, PC-based experience with the right balance of screen size and ergonomics. An uncompromised technology experience for mobile workers equals an uncompromised service experience for their customers."
The Marathon field computer weighs less than a kilogram, and is powered by an Intel® Atom processor that runs full Windows® 7 or Windows® XP operating systems. It combines multiple built-in data-entry options, including a 7" outdoor-visible touchscreen, full QWERTY keyboard, integrated fingerprint reader that doubles as a mouse, and a high-resolution color camera. The unit's available desk and vehicle SmartDock cradles allow one-handed undocking and user-friendly peripheral interfaces. Additional bolt-on accessories include a mag stripe reader, 2D imager, and extended life batteries for 8- and 12-hour continuous operation, all of which attach securely to the unit while maintaining the overall IP-65 rating for protection against dust and water.
The Marathon field computer connects via Gobi™ WWAN radio. The Gobi technology means the Marathon computer can connect through either GSM- or CDMA-based mobile carriers. The computer can also connect to a local area Wi-Fi network via 802.11 a/b/g/n. Bluetooth connectivity provides users with the potential to connect various peripherals wirelessly.
The Marathon field computer will begin Beta site deployments in September, with shipments to preorder customers scheduled for December. Said Newell, "We are energized by the positive response that the Marathon computer has already received from our reseller partners and early adopter customers around the world. We look forward to serving their mobile workers - and changing the way they do business in the field."
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Tony Reagins Named the Angels' GM
Tony Reagins succeeds Bill Stoneman as the Angels' general manager.
Twenty-four hours ago, when the news broke that Bill Stoneman would retire today as the Angels' general manager, the early speculation was split on his successor. The likely candidate was assistant general manager Ken Forsch, a former major leaguer, although some media reported rumors that farm director Tony Reagins would get the job.
I figured it would be Forsch, since he has such a long and impressive career — he played in the major leagues, he ran the farm system at one time, and he's been Stoneman's right-hand man for eight years.
It turned out to be Reagins.
As I wrote in yesterday's blog, Forsch has the far superior resumé. So I'm looking forward to the newspaper reports which might explain why Reagins got the offer.
The press conference was streamed on the MLB.com web site. A tearful Stoneman was overcome by emotion many times. Reagins then came to the stage, apparently moved by Stoneman's breakdown, and commented, "This is a family."
Reagins thanked those who'd helped him along the way, said that Forsch and special assistant Gary Sutherland would remain, and then the media asked a few questions.
When asked when he was first approached about the job, Tony said it was a week ago. Moreno contacted him to talk about the position. Left unsaid was whether others were interviewed or even considered.
One reporter asked Moreno whether this move meant manager Mike Scioscia would have more say on player personnel decisions. Arte said yes, a surprising answer, because the expected answer would be that Reagins is in charge.
It may be that they're going to a model similar to how the farm system was run the last few years. Although Reagins was nominally the decision-maker, in reality he relied heavily on field coordinator Bruce Hines, his roving instructors, his manager and coaches. Reagins never played the game professionally, has no more than a little scouting experience, made no draft-day decisions (that was Eddie Bane's department) and to my knowledge has never even spent time in a dugout during a regular season game. He may have managed the farm system, but he didn't teach. That was left to the professionals.
So Reagins may be leaning heavily on Scioscia, Forsch, Sutherland, a consulting Stoneman, and everyone else on the Baseball Operations side of the business.
Don't expect the organizational philosophy to change. They're not going to be tricked into buying the Moneyball snake oil. They're not going to flush the farm system for a quick fix. They're not going to blow the payroll to spend "whatever it takes" to get Alex Rodriguez.
The unknown in my mind is when Reagins is across the table from other GMs or agents like Scott Boras. Stoneman showed the patience and discipline not to give in to tempation and instant gratification. Without a strong background, Reagins may feel he needs to make a splash with some sort of spectacular move that gets him headlines for a few days but in the long run may harm the organization's long-term interests.
Despite what a few nuts are claiming on fan boards, this organization from top to bottom is in the best shape of its 47-year existence. It doesn't need to fixed, much less overhauled. The Colorado Rockies have proven how stupid it would be to flush the farm or blow the budget. (More on that in a later blog entry.) Reagins may need to be no more than a caretaker for the next few years and reap the harvest from the player development system he'd managed since 2002.


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Lapid leans right to rescue Netanyahu
JERUSALEM: As Benjamin Netanyahu scrambled to form a stable coalition on Wednesday, Israel's new political star signalled his intention to join the government, rejecting the idea of forming a centrist "blocking majority" to put the brakes on Israel's right-wing Prime Minister.
Yair Lapid's focus on domestic issues, including affordable housing and the push to abolish the exemption from military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews, resonated with voters, whose support won him 19 seats, making his Yesh Atid (There is a Future) party the second largest in the new parliament.
The 49-year-old former television presenter also favours a return to negotiations with the Palestinians, but throughout the election campaign he was also conscious of courting the settler vote, launching his campaign in the large West Bank settlement of Ariel.
So while his party is described as "centrist", analysts say Mr Lapid won votes from Mr Netanyahu's Likud party and would sit comfortably in a right-leaning coalition.
With final election results yet to be released, the Knesset's 120 seats remain equally divided between right-wing and centre-left blocs.
Mr Lapid was quick to lay to rest any idea he might join a centre-left coalition.
"I want to remove this talk of a blocking majority," he said. He was pleased that Mr Netanyahu had said the next government would tackle the issue of "sharing the burden" by drafting ultra-Orthodox into the military.
Socio-economic problems will also be to the fore. Israel is facing a budget crisis — Mr Netanyahu's last coalition government was unable to agree on a budget that was to include austerity measures to deal with a growing deficit. It was one reason he was forced to call an election months earlier than planned.
Last week the finance ministry revealed the budget deficit was 39 billion shekels, nearly double the 20 billion shekel target set by the government.
"We must remember that the government doesn't have a budget for 2013," said Manuel Trajtenberg a professor of economics at the Tel Aviv University. " "We are operating essentially in a vacuum – the budget was supposed to be approved half a year ago."
Professor Trajtenberg, who was appointed by Mr Netanyahu to propose solutions to Israel's socioeconomic problems, said the government had created its own budget crisis.
"In particular there was a significant increase in social spending that was supposed to be financed by a cut in defence spending and actually, the opposite happened, defence spending went up," he said.
I want to remove this talk of a blocking majority.Yair Lapid
Awareness of economic pressures such as housing and healthcare affordability – two concerns that drove the huge social justice protests of 2011 – was now much higher, he said.
"The public is not willing to take a reduction in social spending in order to finance further increases in the defence budget, as happened in the past. This time the public is going to stand firm."
Yesh Atid and Likud-Beiteinu have 50 seats combined, and some analysts predict Mr Lapid will have significant influence over which parties are invited in.
Bringing in the religious-nationalist Jewish Home party led by Naftali Bennett would give the government 61 seats, just enough to form a government, and if former foreign minister Tzipi Livni's Hatnua party was also included, the government would have 67 seats.
"I think Lapid may have veto power as to which party comes into the coalition," said Abraham Diskin, an emeritus professor of politics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
"There is not much room to manoeuvre for Netanyahu – if he has the brains he must quickly form a coalition and negotiate the budget with the presentation of the new government to the Knesset – if not, he is inviting trouble."
Middle East Correspondent Ruth Pollard has reported on the Arab revolutions, the battle against the Islamic State, tensions in the West Bank and Egypt's power struggle. Her job has taken her to Libya, Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Tunisia and beyond and in 2014 she won a Walkley Award for her coverage of the war in Gaza.


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Java Server Pages (JSP) technology is an extension of the Java Servlet technology. Servlets are platform-independent, 100% pure Java server-side modules that fit seamlessly into a web server framework and can be used to extend the capabilities of a web server with minimal overhead, maintenance, and support. Unlike other scripting languages, servlets involve no platform-specific consideration or modifications; they are Java application components that are downloaded, on demand, to the part of the system that needs them. Together, JSP technology and servlets provide an attractive alternative to other types of dynamic web scripting/programming that offers platform independence, enhanced performance, separation of logic from display, ease of administration, extensibility into the enterprise and most importantly, ease of use.
JSP tag libraries define declarative, modular functionality that can be reused by any JSP page. Tag libraries reduce the necessity to embed large amounts of Java code in JSP pages by moving the functionality provided by the tags into tag implementation classes. In doing so, tag libraries makes authoring JSP pages easier — both for the Web page author and for tools that expose the functionality encapsulated by the library to the author.
Java Server Pages, Servlets, Beans, and Tag Libraries on UISACAD
If your UISACAD home directory is jsp/java servlet enabled, there should be 2 links. One is jsp and the other is classes. You must place your servlets and beans in the classes folder and your java server pages in the jsp folder. Then to invoke a servlet you can use the url:
All bean and servlet classes must be compiled manually and packaged with your-account-id.
Ex: package your-account-id;
All servlets must be compiled with the @WebServlet annotation.
Ex: javac -classpath /usr/local/tomcat/lib/servlet-api.jar HelloWorld.java
@WebServlet(name="tllos1.HelloWorld", urlPatterns={"/servlet/tllos1.HelloWorld"})
public class HelloWorld extends HttpServlet {
Then you can instantiate them from your jsp file with the directive:
<jsp:useBean id="mybean" scope="page" class="your-account-id.bean-name" >
JSP files can be accessed by using the url:
In order to use Tag Libraries you need to put your Tag Handler and TLD (Tag library descriptor file) in your classes folder. Then the Tag Library Declaration on Your JSP Page needs to have the following uri:
Information on this page was obtained from SUN's java website.


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Dallas Soars Above the Storm! 83-78
Posted by Waymon in Breanna Stewart, Dallas Wings, Seattle Storm, Uncategorized, WNBA on July 1, 2016
The Seattle Storm continue to be their own worst enemy. All their positive efforts are the very thing that comes back to bite their hand. In fact, I'm certain if you read any Storm recap, it'll have the same beats: strong opening from Seattle courtesy of the big 3 dominance (Bird, Loyd, Stewart) but also their two longest recurring criticisms: Lack of bench production (offensively and defensively) and lack of rebounding. And last night's battle with the Dallas Wings was no different.
Just a few days earlier, the Storm scraped by a slightly depleted Atlanta Dream (no Sancho Lyttle or Tiffany Hayes). As such, there was a little concern regarding how the Storm would fair against a full strength Dallas Wings. Surprisingly, Seattle did a great job of controlling the floor for the entire first half working off nice roll off screens. Alysha Clark and Jewell Loyd took the charge this period shooting at 50% from the field, mostly from within the paint. But Dallas stuck to their usual plan of attack, raining down shots from the perimeter. Skylar Diggins had a particular off night shooting only 1-8 (12.5%) and even more shocking had 5 turnover, mostly coming off the dribble. Although the Storm closed the first half leading by 5, that all changed at the start of the third.
Seattle entered the second half flat allowing the Wings to grab their first lead of the game late into the 3rd. The tide of the game shifted to the Wings' favor. The Wings bench put up 45% of the total points for the Wings, with Aerial Powers (19 points, 70% FG and 6 rebounds) with Glory Johnson (short of a double double with 11 points & 9 rebounds) and Odyssey Sims in the rear. But a special kudos to Aerial Powers, I'm sure she's fueled on nothing but hell-fire and sass. Powers' sharpshooting ability was the largest factor in the Wings' win, most notably her critical 3 pointer at late in the 4th (0:54) which placed Dallas in the lead. But it was the two ensuing fouls by the Storm that dashed any chance of a Storm win.
And this also highlights the flaws facing the Storm, namely their bench. 8 points, that's the amount of points yielded. Furthermore, Seattle was yet again out-rebounded, 28-38 (only 4 from Seattle's bench against 17 from the Wings' bench). I realize the addition of Krystal Thomas and Noelle Quinn would miraculously fix all the Storm's shortcomings; but the Storm can't keep playing in this fashion. The starting five are burning themselves out game after game and it's starting to take a toll. Case in point, the Storms FG % has the tendency to drop in the second half of their games. Shots are prone to not dropping or poor finishes in the lane. And I'm certain some of this due to how worn down the big 3 are. The Storm have the tools to be a good team, and quite frankly, they are given their flaws. But these late game breakdowns are not helping their chances for the playoffs.
This games closed off another home series for the Storm. Starting next Tuesday (July 5th), Seattle kicks off another stretch on the road with a rematch against the Atlanta Dream.
The Recap: WNBA Week 6
Posted by Waymon in Basketball, Chicago Sky, Indiana Fever, Minnesota Lynx, New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury, Reitrement, San Antonio Stars, Seattle Storm, Uncategorized, WNBA, Women Sports on June 28, 2016
Weeks 6 was host to quite a few shake-ups and shockers on and off the court. With the midpoint of the season approaching as well as the Rio Olympics, teams are having to face some hard truths. Truths such as: Do we really have a chance to compete this season? If so, what can we do to get there? If not, who do we want to be going forward?
The theme of this week is buyer's beware. Don't be deceived for there are a few impostors afoot. From a game perspective, there were many teams who clearly weren't themselves. Either some were not engaged and, obviously, played poorly. While some others, played slightly better than the sum of their parts. And from an organizational perspective, there were a handful of trade moves highlighting some team's sense of urgency or desperation. Whatever the case may be, changes are coming.
Grade the Trade
- Phoenix Mercury / Connecticut Sun / Grade: B+
Connecticut Sun trade Kelsey Bone (G) to the Phoenix Mercury for rookie Courtney Williams, Jillian Alleyne draft rights, and a 2017 second round pick.
This is quite the haul for Bone coming in at a commendable 10-5-1. But I like this move for the Mercury actually. Given my limited time watching Bone. She does seem to have the ability to be a good two way player helping out both Griner and Taurasi. Bone actually played a few minutes versus the Liberty with some soft results. While this helps the Mercury's depth, I still believe they have some chemistry issues that need addressing.
The Sun are most likely going for the long game acquiring more young players, more talented young players. Morgan Tuck (averaging 8-1-3), Banham, & Jones have proven to be a solid contributors. And they're starting to play at a click where they're making some teams truly sweat it out.
- Seattle Storm / Grade: B-
- Seattle trade Angel Robinson's rights to the Phoenix Mercury for Noelle Quinn. Additionally, Seattle waives Blake Dietrick and Markeisha Gatling.
- Seattle resigns journeywoman center Krystal Thomas
On its surface, this looks as though the Storm are trimming the dead-weight off their roster. In my opinion, Gatling was always a liability given her lack size and moreover, lack of production. She wasn't able to get rebounds or yield any sort of authority down low. Blake was an unfortunate given her lack of playing time. But when you're in the same rookie class and team of the god-send that is Breanna Stewart. One can begin to understand how it'd be difficult to stand out.
Bringing Thomas back into the mix gives the Storm at least some semblance of size in the post. And Quinn should add some back court relief ideally so the big 3 don't have to keep their current average of 33-36 minutes per game. Looking at Quinn's and Thomas' splits, both have traveled a fair amount and have terribly inconsistent. I'm not sold on either filling the gaps plaguing this Storm team. But it's a start.
Atlanta Dream / Grade: C-
The Atlanta Dream claim center Markeisha Gatling off waivers and sign her to a contract. The Dream also waive forward Cierra Burdick to finalize the roster move.
I've put the screws to Gatling since week 1 due to her lack of production. I realize this isn't completely fair since I've never seen her play in previous years. So I admit, I'm working with an information deficit. Another way to look at it is, maybe Gatling just wasn't a good fit for the Storm style of play. I don't necessarily buy that, but maybe. Having said that, I fail to see what value, if any, Gatling can bring the Dream. With Sancho Lyttle is back, her and Elizabeth Williams have that interior under control. But maybe this change of scenery is what Gatling needs to start producing. Only time will tell. As for Burdick, I swear I've watched every Dream game to date and honestly have no idea of seeing her ever touch the floor.
Game of the Week: Minnesota Lynx (76) vs L.A. Sparks (94) – The Rematch!
The first match up between these two titan was more of an appetizer. Jump a few days later and we finally got the main feast. This was a massively improvement over the first game, probably too good. In the case of the Lynx, there were too many situations where they tried to force the ball to the basket instead of opting for the bank shot. That would usually work against lesser teams, but the Sparks were happy to accept the ensuing turnover. Furthermore, the Sparks came out with a more patient approach. They weren't as sporadic and really dictated the flow of the game by how much they passed the ball. Shout out to Nneka Ogwumike (just shy of hitting her normal double double at 20 -9-3) and Kristi Toliver who rained daggers non-stop (88% FG%, 15 of 17 from the field).
Even with these deadly sharpshooters, the Lynx kept themselves in the game within 2-4 points. But it wasn't until the 5 minute mark of the 4th, the game started to pull away. The Lynx weren't able to finish in the lane, shooting at 66%. And quite simply calls weren't going their way. Maya Moore maintained her pace as being a solid contender for this year's MVP entering an impressive 23-3-4.
The Box Score is a LIE!
If someone were to rank these teams solely based on the box score of the past few weeks. I'm certain the ranks would be all out of whack. Hell, it has already started with some of the wild statements I'm seeing on various social media platforms. Even with my wet-nose, rookie insight into the WNBA, I still feel a need to throw a little course correction to some of these platitudes. Mainly…
- Phoenix is back!
Stop it, people! The start of the week, Phoenix ate an overtime lose to the Dallas Wings. The game versus the Mystics was a good showing by the Mercury. Regardless, they still displayed the same signs of not being in sync in both game. But given their depth of talent, they easily prevailed over a slightly overachieving Mystics team. The follow-up game versus the Liberty was a pure mix of getting good calls. The Liberty had the Mercury dead to rights the entire game until Taurasi sold that 3 point flopper in the last 03 seconds of the fourth quarter going into overtime. Even overtime was dominated by the Liberty until a handful of bad calls ultimately leading to Kiah Stokes fouling out which gift-wrapped a win for Phoenix. Even with the new team assets, this is still a team that needs to establish some sort of baseline with each other before I buy into them being true contenders again.
- The Lynx are breaking down
Again, pipe down. The lose to the Washington Mystics stirred a bit of commotion. There were a few factors at play here. I do think Minnesota severely under-estimated the Mystics. And after being punched in the mouth by the Sparks, I'm sure their egos were a bit deflated as well. But kudos to Emma Meesseman & Tayler Hill, both came out like gangbusters and gave the Lynx the business. The Lynx are still arguably the best team in the league; I have no doubt about it. Sometimes, good teams just lose.
Quick Takes:
- Becky Hammon Jersey Retirement: I never how much of an accomplished player Becky Hammon was: 8th all-time in points scored, 4th all-time in assists, 3rd all-time in made 3 pointers, 89.7% from the line (best in Stars history). What am Quiet honestly, I only knew her in relation to being one of the assistant coaches for the San Antonio Spurs. But outpouring of love from the around the league was touching.
- WNBA Top 20 at 20: Recognizing the great one of this game. Surprisingly, this list skews more on the young side since most of the selection are active players. But this is still awesome none the less. Kudos to you all.
- Rebecca Allen: Coming back from a season-ending knee injury last year, Allen has demonstrated she's going to be a capable role player in that Liberty lineup. I expect her playing time to increase slowly while monitoring her knee rehab. Keep an eye out for her.
- Pat Summit Passing: And sadly, Coach Pat Summit has passed away at 64. Coach Summit's accomplishments and impact was recognized throughout the sports world as a whole. And she was a truly beloved figures for many players, fans, and countless others. Condolences and best thoughts go out to Coach Summit's family and loved ones.
Week 6 WNBA Power Ranking:
1. L.A. Sparks: I still feel the Lynx are a better team. But the Sparks record speaks for itself
2. Minnesota Lynx: back-to-back loses is no reason to hit the panic button just yet
3. New York Liberty: See Quick Takes
4. Washington Mystics: They've been punching above their weight. I get the feeling they're on a bit of a hot streak right now. Let's see how long they can ride it out. I hesitated moving them up this high
5. Chicago Sky: EDD and Cappie Pondexter continue to drive this team into competitive games. They just need to hold on to leads
6. Dallas Wings: This team is still finding its feet. If they keep winning, I can see them jumping into top 4-5 fairly soon
7. Atlanta Dream: This teams frustrates me on so many levels, mainly because I don't know if they're bad or just lucky
8. Indiana Fever: Much like their record, this team has one foot out the door. I'm not sure if this team knows who they want to be (or can be) post Stephanie White
9. Phoenix Mercury: See above points. They're not back quite yet
10. Seattle Storm: Tough to say how this Storm team will complete coming off a win. Let's see how it plays out these next weeks
11. San Antonio Stars: The trio of Hamby, K-Mac, and Currie are starting to yield some wins
12. Connecticut Sun: Too young for any sort of discussion right now
The Recap: WNBA Week 3
Posted by Waymon in Dallas Wings, Indiana Fever, LA Sparks, New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury, Reitrement, San Antonio Stars, Seattle Storm, Swin Cash, WNBA, Women Sports on June 2, 2016
Week 3 brought us a lot of rematches with predictable outcomes. Minnesota and LA sit comfortably at the top of the heap while the rest of the league scrap at each other for scrapes. I don't want to over-react but I'm gonna' over react: Minnesota and LA will go head-to-head in the finals. The talent and dynamics those teams have developed has yet to be challenged. But again, it's only week 3. And it'd be a shame to dismiss some of the impressive developments around the league. I won't get to all the teams or recap all the games from last week, only the broad strokes of what stuck out.
The Seattle Breeze
There's this stigma about Seattle called the Seattle Freeze. The notion is that it is extremely difficult to make friend with people there. Sure, the people are nice and share common pleasantries with you, but that's the extent of the interaction. It's a very superficial exchange, building relationships on a deeper level is a difficult task few care to take on. And this pretty much sums up this current Storm team. They look like a basketball team. They play like a basketball team. But a certain chemistry is missing and the flaws are glaring.
On the plus side, the big 3 of Loyd, Bird, and Stewart is solid. They play off each other seamlessly and have no problem sharing the ball (see below). But there's a terrible streak of inconsistency everywhere else. They're the second worst team in total turnovers. The perimeter defense is horrendous. And I'm pretty certain they're allergic when it comes to playing in the post. When your centers are only averaging 1-2 rebounds a game, something is definitely needs to be fixed.
Which leads to another issue, the Storm want to play small ball. But they just don't have the talent for it. This is also a huge reason for the glut of unforced turnovers. It's just maddeningly confusing why they won't play to their players strengths. Case in point, Tokashiki. Check the video below of Ramu's highlights in the JP league. It's clear as day that all of her offensive prowess comes from working in the post, not sitting out on the wing and setting weak screens. Yet, I have no doubt this mismanagement will continue to happen every game going forward. On this Storm offense, she looks like a fish out of water and completely lost. Furthermore, her teammates clearly don't trust her. There's more than a few occasions where they will not pass to her when she's cutting into the lane. But the Storm knew what they were getting when they signed that bill of goods. Look, I realize players tend to develop other parts of their game. But that's not the case here. This is clearly a situation of trying to fit a round peg into a square hole. I don't intend fo this to sound like a 'I hate Tokashiki' rant, because I don't. If anything, I think she'd be a huge help if she was utilized to what she is. On the positive side of things, she is decent defensively and great at creating turnover opportunities.
Also, shout out to Breanna Stewart's 'Welcome to the WNBA' moment.
Not Perfect, but I Like It…A Lot!
Lately, I've really taken a shine to the New York Liberty. They're not the deepest team in terms of talent. Their defense needs work, especially on the perimeter. But I absolutely LOVE their chemistry on the court. They gritty, and it shows. Clearly, this is the Tina Charles show, but the cast around her really plays up to their role. And that's really what makes this team work. Every knows their role and performs accordingly. Even the newly acquired Shoni Schimmel (who's essentially a relief player now) fits and catches fire at the right moment. Sugar Rodgers is now averaging double digits per game (16.3) with Zellous not too far behind at 8.7 PPG. Stokes and Swords are great in the paint on both ends of the court. They play with a passion and a physicality I don't see in many other teams. It's as though Bill Laimbeer has found a way to transfer that 90's Pistons' nastiness into the team. Again, they're not the most sound team and have the tendency to play themselves into flow. To put it another way, they first half of the game is spent feeling a team out, then they'll really turn it out in the second half. When they go uptempo, they're damn impressive. But by that time, the game could almost be taken away from them against better teams (i.e. Minnesota and LA). Win or lose, this team will play you hard. I love it!
The Atlanta Dr………. huh? What?
For a team that's ranked third in the standings, the Atlanta Dream is the one team I have the hardest time following. I enjoy watching McCoughtry play. She is easily one of the best two-way players I've seen in this league. It's just a shame I find it so hard connecting with anyone else on this team. The Dream seem to be the complete antithesis of the New York Liberty in terms of how dynamic they are on the court. Ironically, the Dream are way more fundamentally sound than the Liberty: cleaner passing lanes, better FG% , and higher overall offensive rating. Despite all that, I'm practical unimpressed with any of that. It should be pointed out, that the Dream have taken on fairly softer targets early on and they were road wins, which accounts for creating better team synergy. Let's see if this chemistry holds going into this stretch of home games.
Game of the week: New York Liberty (91) vs Indiana Fever (59)
When I saw this score, I immediately had to check the box score. I figured Catchings or Tiffany Mitchell must have been injured. Fortunately that wasn't the case. While watching this game WNBA League Pass, both teams were pretty evenly matched for the entire game. Plus, I was confused how the Fever could lose in such bad fashion after playing such a dominate game against the Storm just a few days earlier. But it all started to click in the midway into the fourth quarter. The Liberty pulled ahead by double digits and the Fever started to play with more desperation. Bad shot selections and unforced turnovers in the last minutes allowed the Liberty to drive up the score for a comfortable win.
Quick Takes
- Swin Cash Retiring: It's not only Tamika Catchings that'll be hanging it up this year. Swin Cash will retire after this season as well. With so many of this key legendary players retiring or getting close to retirement. It's really up to this new generation to carry the torch.
- San Antonio Stars: Poor Kayla McBride and Dearica Hamby. The Stars are just a wreck of team right now. In a way, they remind me of the OKC Thunder. Where you have two superstars surround by a supporting cast of mediocrity. I think it's safe to say this team won't make the playoffs unfortunately. While we're on the topic of being barely tolerable.
- Phoenix Mercury: I've talked about this team to death now and I'm just as confused now as I was then. What the hell is happening? Taurasi's been great. Griner is finally back into it. Bonner's consistently solid everywhere. Even Penny Taylor has been putting up great numbers from previous years. How are these games just slipping away from them? The Seattle game should've been sowed up comfortably. And they even gave the Lynx a close one. It's something about the fourth quarter where things just go to shambles. It's not desperation play entirely either. This is a better team than their record indicates.
- Indiana Fever: This another uptempo team that is sneakily good everywhere. Offensively, they're great at spreading the ball around and creating outside shots as well as creating lanes to the rim. Defensively their perimeter defense needs work, but that's something I see a lot of these teams need. But they're great at cutting off passing lanes and sealing up the baseline. Catchings speaks to herself. Tiffany Mitchell is essentially Jewell Loyd #2 given how fiery she is and how well she stretches the floor. Throw in Lynetta Kizer and Erlana Larkins down low and you got something going. I especially like Larkins' work in the post. The way she's able to use the full range of her body and take advantage of her size is great. Not afraid to get physical and create space for herself. This another team that has to feel teams out but when they get going, watch out. With Stephanie White going on to Vanderbilt and losing Catchings next year, I hope they make a monster run this season.
- Dallas Wings: Shout out to Aerial Powers. Really like how the rookie is stepping up in the absence of Skylar Diggins. By extension this applies to Karima Christmas and Odyssey Sims as well.
WNBA Week 3 Power Rankings:
- Minnesota Lynx: There's no need to keep going on about how great they are. They're in their own echelon right now.
- LA Sparks: The Sparks are right up there but in my opinion they've faced some softer opponents than the Lynx. But make no mistake, Parker and crew are playing phenomenal.
- Atlanta Dream: Even though they don't pass my dynamic flow radar. Game recognizes game and they have something going here.
- New York Liberty: As much as I like watching this team, they need to start coming out the gate ready and not playing themselves into game form.
- Indiana Fever: Once they stop playing desperate in the stretch of the fourth quarter, they may actually hold on to winning.
- Chicago Sky: My home town Sky, we'll be talking more about them next week.
- Seattle Storm: See previous section above
- Washington Mystics: This is a team that started out somewhat decent but seems to be plagued by onset chemistry issues, especially on the offensive side of things.
- Dallas Wings: Let's see what happens when (if) Diggins comes back
- Phoenix Mercury: See previous section above
- Connecticut Sun: Still figuring it out
- San Antonio Stars: See previous section above


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There's been talk about how Kansas State's second-round loss to the Wisconsin Badgers will hurt Michael Beasley's draft status. Let's just de-bunk this theory immediately with the case of Kevin Durant.
Durant was a highly-touted NBA prospect who tore it up during his freshman year at Texas. His freshman-loaded Big 12 team won their first-round game and then was eliminated after that.
Fast forward to this year and Michael Beasley. Freshman tearing up the season? 26.2 points, 12.4 boards, 1.6 blocks while shooting 53.2% from the field. Those points, rebounds and his field goal percentage better Durant's, by the way. So did Beasley tear it up? Like Paris Hilton getting her credit card statement.
This season's K-State team was essentially Beasley, Bill Walker (another promising freshman talent) and the other freshmen. K-State rookies accounted for 80.1% of their team's points on the season. Granted, K-State does have a lot of freshman, but that's still ridiculous. Beasley and Walker, alone, score 54.2% of the team's points.
So let's run through why K-State's loss won't affect Michael Beasley's NBA draft stock. It all boils down to rationalization but that's how NBA front offices work.
Let's be honest: Kansas State was never expected to do much. Their game against Southern California was a toss-up but it wouldn't have been disastrous had they lost. Thaddeus Young was a lottery pick after a first-round loss in last year's tournament. Beasley and Young are basically the same type of player and supposedly have the same ceiling. Obviously, Beasley is much more skilled at this point but nevertheless. Beasley's tournament games might as well have been ref-ed by his mom because he comes out winning regardless of the outcome.
Frank Martin's menacing eyebrows and his X's and O's were left out to dry by Bo Ryan. Wisconsin's Ryan had K-State's head coach read like a People magazine in a plastic surgeon's office.
And it wasn't done without a lack of effort from the K-State players. Bill Walker straight-up balled in their second-round loss. Walker did his normal clean-up after Beasley routine. Beasley was in foul trouble, as usual, but he played enough to showcase his skills and grit agains a physically bigger, blue-collar Badger squad.
Athletic tweeners generally cannot hurt their draft stock with their tournament play. This statement may come as a surprise but height and hype does make up for lots of shortcomings. Blasphemy, I know. Just don't tell my mama that I said that.
The B-Easy was able to propel himself into a consensus top 3 pick during the conference season. He displayed superior athleticism, an ability to hit consistently from the outside and a real mean-streak. Each of his rebounds made a noise on TV like he was Inspector Gadget inhaling the boards. Our expectations for him in the post-season play were slim to none and so he was able to coast. Word on the street is that he's having a "tough" time deciding whether to make the jump to the NBA. I say go, go, go gadget flow.


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Sadaf Ahsan: Some of the biggest names in music rarely receive Grammy recognition in the general categories. So why should we still care?
Can we still consider the Grammys a valid measure of success?
On the day after the Grammy Awards, the conversation among music fans and pop-culture aficionados is almost always centred around who didn't win. "They chose Taylor Swift over Kendrick Lamar?" "Who actually thought Beck's album was better than Beyoncé's?" This year, in the aftermath of the sometimes ludicrous four-hour broadcast, we have been talking about a winner — but not for the reason anyone affiliated with the ceremony would prefer.
After winning Best Rap Song of the year for "God's Plan," Drake launched into a lengthy acceptance speech, saying, "This is a business where sometimes it's up to a bunch of people who might not understand what a mixed-race kid from Canada has to say, or a fly Spanish girl from New York, or a fly brother from Houston." He continued, "If you have people who are singing your songs word for word, if you're a hero in your hometown, if there's people who have regular jobs who are coming out in the rain and the snow, spending hard-earned money to buy tickets to come to your shows, you don't need this (a Grammy Award) right here. You already won."
Then, mid-sentence, the show cut to commercial (and the rapper's microphone was cut off according to those in the arena at the time). A Grammy representative shared the following statement with Variety on Monday about the incident: "During Drake's speech, there was a natural pause and at that moment the producers did assume that he was done and then cut to commercial."
Whatever the case, Drake's words resonated with viewers, especially as it deviated from his typically jovial persona. His presence at the ceremony was a surprise itself, after all; the rapper has been notably anti-Grammys, having boycotted the show for several years now, rarely making appearances at any awards ceremony, including Canada's Junos. His reasoning? The Grammys' historic blind eye to the rap community.
Some of the biggest names in music — Drake, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, JAY-Z — rarely receive Grammy recognition in the general categories. It's particularly shocking because if there's any genre of music that consistently dominates the top of the Billboard charts, it's rap and hip-hop. Nevertheless, the only time rappers have won Album of the Year was Outkast in 2004. It's part of the reason why Drake's appearance to begin with was such a surprise, and why so many musicians declined to attend this year's ceremony, including Beyoncé, Lamar and Donald Glover (a.k.a. Childish Gambino).
Adding to the acrimony is how eager the Grammys seem to be to use hip-hop stars to promote their show. In the lead-up to this year's broadcast, Lamar and Glover's music and images were used in multiple commercials for the ceremony. As a marketing move, it makes sense; they're some of the most popular artists of the last year. But there's an insidious discrepancy in using their music for promotion and then neglecting to award them. And it's to the show's detriment, which lost not only key performers but attendees and presenters.
This isn't the first time the Grammy committee's exclusionary attitude has been criticized. Just last year, despite being nominated for Album of the Year and being one of the biggest acts at the time, Lorde was not offered a performance slot for her own song. She chose not to attend in protest (much like Ariana Grande this year). All of her fellow AOTY nominees, however, were offered solo performance slots (all of them also happened to be male). At the time, Recording Academy president Neil Portnow said women needed to "step up" if they wanted more recognition.
Sure enough, Sunday's show was as woman-heavy as it's been in recent years, with Alicia Keys hosting and performing, and a rather inexplicable appearance by Michelle Obama, who specifically addressed all the "ladies" in the room. Perhaps the only speech to rival Drake's in terms of post-awards chatter was Dua Lipa's. While accepting her award for Best New Artist, Lipa sarcastically shouted out Portnow's comments from the previous year: "I guess this year we've really stepped up."
With more women winning awards — including Kacey Musgraves taking home Album of the Year — and Glover being honoured for Record of the Year, it's clear this year's show made strides to recognize a more diverse group of talent. Drake's comments, however, made these efforts seem futile. When the most popular and best-selling artist of his generation discredits the Grammy as a measure of success, and most of his peers don't even attend, it's tough to see how the once iconic trophy can continue to hold the weight it once did in the music world.
If anything, Drake's appearance reinforced something that's likely been true for a while, but has only been recently realized: the Grammys need these artists a whole lot more than these artists need the Grammys.


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France's 85 public universities are funded by the national government, which closely regulates the "national diplomas" granted by the universities. This system allows the universities to offer students an excellent education at a very affordable price. France's universities are comprehensive—that is, they offer training in all disciplines.
The universities enroll 80% of the postsecondary students in France; about 10% of enrollments are international students. Located all across France, the nation's universities offer a wide range of environments.
The primary force for research in France
Most publicly funded research is carried out within the universities, which accounts in part for the high quality of teaching. Recent French recipients of Nobel prizes in science have been members of university faculties.
Under France's national research and innovation strategy research priorities are set every four years, setting new targets for knowledge, technology, and social progress.
The three main themes for 2009–12 are:
- health, food, and biotechnology
- urgent environmental challenges and ecotechnologies
- information, communication, and nanotechnologies
More than 300 doctoral departments staffed by a teaching and research faculty of 62,000 professors provide training in research in close cooperation with more than 1,200 research laboratories and centers.
The professionalization of university education
Each year university programs become more open to exchanges with the professional world. Internships are an increasingly common part of university curricula, affecting about 30% of all students—and 60% of students in Master 2 programs.
Every university has an internship referral system and a career services office (known as BAIP) that informs students of available internships and job opportunities and helps them take advantage of those opportunities.
Annual tuition charges in France's public universities are set by law. In 2015–16 the charges were as follows:
- €184 for licence programs
- €256 for master's programs
- €391 for doctoral programs
- €610 for students in public engineering schools
PRES: higher education and research clusters
France's 20 PRES are clusters of universities, specialized schools, and research organizations. The cluster structure enables members of the cluster to combine their activities and resources.
The first mission of each PRES is to promote the institutions in the cluster. Because French institutions are often smaller than their international competitors, the PRES help them participate more effectively in international science.
The PRES are authorized to coordinate master and doctoral programs. They now confer degrees in their own name, even in the case of programs run by just one or just a few of the members of the cluster.
In the area of research, the PRES shares credit for all academic and scientific publications emanating from the member institutions of the cluster. Citing the PRES as the authors' affiliation increases the international visibility of the achievements of the cluster's members.
The PRES are also very active in student life, welcoming international students, providing assistance with housing, and helping them adapt quickly to French academic life (e.g., through tutoring or courses in French language).


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I put a sugar block on every hive that is in a single or when the cluster is near the top of the hive.
25# cane sugar
one quart cider vinegar
sprinkle of electrolytes
1-2 T citric acid (Found in your canning dept)
splash of pro Health or other scented essential oil of choice
Mix together about 1/3 of the sugar and vinegar at a time in a five gallon bucket with a large drill and paint paddle mixer. If you try to mix it all at once, you will get uneven moisture distributation.
Mixture will feel very soft, but not wet or sticky.
I use a shallow aluminum baking sheet that fits right into my Cabelas food dehydrator. You can use any size pan you want, but be sure your bricks are no taller than your frame extension under your inner cover.
Here I sprinkled some dry Beepro on the bottom of the pan.Don't do it, it just gets gummy. Sugar will not stick to the pan after it has dried.
Fill the pan to desired depth with moistened sugar mix:
Roll out and lightly compress in the pan:
NOW sprinkle with Beepro or other protein mix if desired. I don't want to force them to eat protein if they don't want to, especially if they can't get out for cleansing flights regularly:
Be SURE to cut the sugar into block sized before it hardens. You'll never do it after it's hard. It takes about 2 weeks sitting out in the unheated greenhouse to harden.
But will set up and harden in 1-2 days in the food dehydrator at about 130 degrees:
You can also let it sit several hours in your oven on low temp
Here is the brand of electrolytes and vitamins I've been using for two years with excellent results:
I bought it online at ValleyVet.com (I use about 1/2 tsp per 25# sugar)
Here is the application and overwintering results.
Heer is a double nuc with a large volume of bees.
You can see the sugar block is almost gone. This photo is late winter 2012:
Even hives that are heavy will still consume this block. I was surprised they would do so, but it didn't worry me they would reserve their natural stores for spring when they started raising brood. And that is exactly what they did.
Here is a photo of a hive that was just bursting at the seams in a single deep late summer. In Sept. Relucently, I threw on an undrawn shallow and left for hunting for 2 weeks. I was surprised to see by the time I got back they had drawn and filled the center of the frames. So now..dummy..I thought, now they get to go through the winter with empty new frames on the outside. DOH! Here is another good example of feed directly above the cluster. Although the bottom deep was packed and heavy, they still seemed to appreciate the sugar.
All the hives I put sugar blocks on treated them the same they consumed the middle of the block first, directly above the cluster. The condensation from the cluster forms syrup droplets on the brick. Easy for them to take up. Every hive I had, when checked in late winter has open syrup in cells near the brood nest. With no flow that time of year, I attribute this to the sugar brick.
Even without experience, I think most people would guess new undrawn frames have no use or insulation value in an overwintering hive. Here is a dorkey video I made to show you, in the event you have drawn frames that are empty available, to fill them with at least something-for R value if nothing else. The sugar recipe is exactly the same for filling drawn comb:
Here is how they take to the sugar filled comb:
Feed on the top bars, directly above the cluster is very important. I wouldn't use the frames filled with sugar as a reliable feed source overwinter. But it fills up the empty spaces within the hive. And as you can see, do eventually get to it. This frame is in early spring. Below the sugar is new larva and eggs, then pollen. Actually a nicely worked frame. Did they eat the sugar, or haul it out? I don't know for sure, but saw no evidence of sugar granules on the bottom board or entrance area.
Compare the photo above to a natural, honey filled frame below. You can see they work a sugar filled frame just like a honey filed frame:
On a closing note:
Since beekeeping details are critically local, I'll give you a few more details to consider:
My bees are all very dark Northern bred with Carniolan genetics in the background. I overwinter in large colonies, which appear to be frugal with their stores. You might not be able to get away with overwintering Italians this way.
I feed my bees fortified syrup and protein patties during late summer dearth. Large hives heavy with stores get just enough syrup to keep brood rearing somewhat active. Nucs get fed regularly. I go into winter with a lot of young healthy bees and heavy hives.
My climate, although wet, is fairly mild. My bees can get out for cleansing flights on a regular basis. There has been some discussion previously on Beesourse that feeding sugar during winter months causes dysentery. I have never had one case of dysentery, ever. I never treat with fumagillin, ever. I do however put cider vinegar in every feed I provide to them. I go through several cases of cider vinegar a year. I wouldn't spend the $$ if I didn't think I got a benefit.
Northern colonies have to endure a fairly long winter inactive period.
Use REAL cider vinegar, I might add. Not Cider FLAVORED vinegar.
It is possible, these sugar blocks are not necessary. But I don't have the years of experience some do, and feel comfortable with the extra security. I had excellent overwintering results.
Hope this helps with your winter prep. Others feel free to add recipes and your techniques.


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Agros2D 3.2 is released
We have finished release of a new version. It brings only few new features, but significantly improves the application as a whole. Many bugs have been fixed and the speed of the computation has been substantially improved. The speed-up is most significant in the case of nonlinear problems, where for some test cases we achieved 90% computational time reduction.
What Agros2D can offer you
- Numerical solution of physical fields (single and multi-physics analysis with the possibility of weak and hard coupling)
- Complex time-dependent nonlinear solver
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- Support for scripting in Python (advanced IDE PythonLab)
Highlights of Agros2D and Hermes capabilities
- Higher-order finite element method with h, p and hp adaptivity based on reference solution and local projections
- Time-adaptive capabilities for transient problems
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Lucidity and Passion: Denis Diderot's Love Letters to Sophie Volland
For almost thirty years, up to the very end of their lives, Denis Diderot wrote beautiful, touching letters to his friend Louise-Henriette Volland. While these letters became more subdued in tone and less frequent after the first fifteen years of their friendship, they nonetheless stand testimony to the powerful sentiments that bind human beings together in friendship and love. For this reason, they are worthy of an attention which goes beyond biographical curiosity. Diderot's letters expose, with sensibility and depth, a significant aspect of our legacy of passion left by Enlightenment thought.
Few authors are as appropriate to a discussion of the value of passion—in both life and art–as Diderot, and few texts as useful to this undertaking as his letters to Sophie Volland, which make special claims to reality, sincerity and truth all the while being saturated with moving rhetorical devices that one finds in eighteenth-century philosophical discourses, plays and fiction. The key concepts whose development I will trace in these letters–the notion of aesthetics, which is derived from the Greek word "aisthetikos" meaning "of sense perception" and the notion of passion, derived from the Latin word "passio" meaning suffering, or being acted upon—connect the sensory and emotional experiences we associate with love in life with the mediations and distortions we expect from their representations.
Spanning the period from 1754, when Diderot was editing the Encyclopédie, to his last work, Entretien d'un philosophe avec la Maréchale de…(1776), Diderot's love letters also give us special insight into his intellectual and artistic production, ranging from his materialist discourses and plays, to his marivaudage and theatricality, to the themes and style of his later fiction. If these letters continue to excite our aesthetic interest, it's largely because they link life and art in a sophisticated way without inciting us to reduce one to the other. This palpable and moving yet at the same time mediated expression of feeling is, I would like to argue, what creates the unparalleled value of aesthetic passion which we inherit, at least in part, from the French Enlightenment.
Passion in life and passion for art, Diderot's writings lead us to believe, have analogous manifestations, even if different objects. Both unleash a sense of wonder; a strong form of enthusiasm. As love of art is immediate, personal and visceral, so is the love of a person. It's a taste that, unlike in Kant's subjective universal—which is separate from both reason and cognition–can nonetheless be rationally justified. The passionate lucidity we identified in Diderot's aesthetics is also present in his attitude towards passionate love. And the author does, indeed, repeatedly express this attitude in his love letters to Sophie Volland.
"Look within yourself, my Sophie, and tell me why you are so sincere, so frank, so true in your words? It's because these very qualities are the foundation of your character and the guide of your behavior." ( 45)
The reasons for personal like are, in fact, generalizable. If Diderot admires his mistress' sincerity and frankness, it is because he loves these qualities in general. For Diderot not only is love tied to knowledge—looking at the beloved open-eyed, knowing her and loving her for who she is—but also to ethics—loving in her qualities one can admire in other human beings. In one letter, he advises Sophie:
"Let's act in such a way, my friend, that your life is without lies. The more I will respect you, the more honest you will be. The more I will show you my virtues, the more you will love me." (47)
Yet love, like the appreciation of art, requires some special preference and a lot of imagination. Lucidity alone is not enough. Seeing someone for who she is does not imply one will fall madly in love with her. Nor does the fact she exhibits qualities one admires imply a preference for her over all others who share those qualities. Love is a non-distortive enhancement of the real. In other words, Diderot does not attribute qualities that aren't there to Sophie. But he does value those qualities especially in her. Given the magnification of value in love, it's not surprising Diderot confesses to his beloved: "Tell me why I find you more lovable with each passing day. Where do you hide some of your qualities which I hadn't noticed before?" (47)
To maintain this state of freshness, wonder and excitement, love depends upon the interplay between proximity and distance. When the beloved is too close, one gets near-sighted and risks taking her for granted. When she's too far, one loses sight of her and feelings can diminish or become too solipsistic. Regular contact, proximity, only enhances the imagination. Which is why Diderot constantly imagines himself with Sophie even when they're apart. In his thoughts and feelings—through their very intimacy—he bridges the distance which constantly threatens to separate them and diminish their feelings:
"How are you today? Did you sleep well? Do you sometimes sleep as I do, open-armed. How tender was your gaze yesterday! How you've been looking at me like that for quite a while… I kiss you; oh I kiss you well, isn't that true? And it's always the same pleasure for me… always! They wouldn't believe this, but this is in spite of all the commonplace sayings, may they be those of Solomon. This man had too many women to understand anything about the soul of a man who loves and respects only one." (50)
Which brings us to the next quality of passionate love. Love renders the beloved unique. In this respect, it is different from ethics. While we may say, along with Kant, that a good action or intent is good only if we believe it to be good for everyone, the same logic does not fully apply to love. There may be thousands of women as frank and down-to-earth as Sophie Volland. But Diderot adores only her. His life revolves uniquely around Sophie. Which is why passion is never static. In creating such a hypervaluation and interdependency, even the most enduring and stable love oscillates emotionally. Because when one prizes one human being above all others, one becomes vulnerable to him or her. Diderot often expresses such doubts:
"I know neither happiness nor pain… if I have the least worry about you. Do you love? Is this how you desire to be loved?" (81)
Jealousy is also never far removed from his mind. He even goes so far as to be jealous of Sophie's sister, whom he suspects of excessive intimacy with his mistress. Yet as much as passion disperses emotion in a flurry of contradictory feelings, it nonetheless remains rooted in the constancy of sentiment and the pursuit of mutual happiness. Passion is a form of dynamic stability. With you, Diderot explains getting to the essence of passionate love, "I feel, I love, I listen, I look, I caress. I have a kind of existence that I prefer to all others" (87-8).
The endurance of earthly love—like the love of art– gives a materialist like Diderot the only hope for afterlife. If love is so deep and constant, who knows if, even in a world deprived of the solace of a personalized divinity, that sense of meaning might not last forever? Perhaps even death, Diderot hopes in one of the most moving passages of his entire oeuvre, cannot separate those who have loved, as Diderot certainly did, with passionate lucidity:
"When the cell is divided in a hundred thousand parts, the primitive animal dies, but all his laws still exist. O, my Sophie, I still have the hope to touch you, to feel you, to love you, to seek you, to blend with you when we no longer exist! If there were in our nature a law of affinity; if we were destined to blend into one common being; if in the space of eternity I could remake a whole with you; if the dispersed molecules of your lover became agitated and began to search for yours! Leave me this hope, this consolation. It's so sweet. It assures me of eternity in you and with you." (91)
Passion for art and passion in life–this delicate balance between the emotional and the cognitive, between intimately personal feelings and transmittable knowledge–Diderot suggests, are the closest human beings come to reaching immortality. And who are we to disagree?
Claudia Moscovici
from Romanticism and Postromanticism (Lexington Books, 2007)


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MIAMI (AP) LeBron James scored 32 points and finished one assist shy of a triple-double, Dwyane Wade scored 27 and the Miami Heat rallied both early and late before beating the Dallas Mavericks 119-109 in overtime on Wednesday night.
Chris Bosh scored 17 points and Ray Allen added 15 for Miami, which extended its Eastern Conference-leading record to 22-8. The Heat trailed by 12 in the opening minutes, and then dug their way out of a six-point hole in the final 3:02 of regulation.
James had 12 rebounds and nine assists for the Heat, who wound up going on what became a 16-3 run late, including 7-0 to start overtime.
O.J. Mayo scored 30 and Dirk Nowitzki - still working his way back from knee surgery - added 19 in 29 minutes for the Mavericks, who fell to 0-6 in overtime this season.
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The heart of Lon Chaney Jr. stopped dead on July 12, 1973. Medical students dissected him, as he'd dissected fake movie corpses a hundred times before. Lon's lungs looked like moon rocks and his liver might've been a chunk of scorched iron meteorite. To this day, these organs are kept in jars as specimens of what extreme alcohol and tobacco use can do to the human body. There's no grave to mark the final resting place of the rest of him.
That same week, Bob Dylan released "Knocking on Heaven's Door," his lament for Lunar Lon. A more mournful top 40 hit can not be found: weary guitar, minimal bass, dirge-drum and disembodied women doing the descending "oohs." Repetitive and obsessively simple, Dylan's recording is barely a song. It's more funeral chant for a mythical thug than a pop tune: the perfect - and perfectly obvious - opposite of the glam-rock, prog-rock, and Jesus-rock that flooded record stores that season.
Lon Sr. was the Man of a 1000 Faces. His son was the Man of a 1,000 Shitty Roles. After playing the Wolfman, Lon Jr. spent the last thirty years of his life in bottom-feeder schlock, sliding farther and farther down the horror flick food chain. His father still looms huge over Hollywood, with talent, ambition, power and imagination. Lon Jr. became a parody of himself: half Wolfman and half Lenny, the idiot man-boy murderer he played in Of Mice and Men. At the end, he loomed as "The Monster" at Universal studios: drinking, fighting, and helling around with his buddy, Broderick Crawford.
While Lon was dying in a hospital bed a few miles from the summer home of Richard Nixon, in San Clemente California, Dylan was in Mexico shooting Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, in which he plays a nonentity called Alias. During the filming, Dylan recorded a slim album of soundtrack music, with one song in the voice of Billy himself.
"Knocking on Heaven's Door" is addressed his mother: "take this badge offa me. I can't use it any more." Powerless and nameless, Dylan begs, "Ma, put my guns in the ground. I can't shoot them any more."
The Wolfman is the damned son, who returns to the ancestral home to become his destiny: controlled by occult forces beyond his knowledge. The moon is the eternal female: linked to the ebb and flow of fertility, menstrual blood-rhythms. The Wolfman is hyper-male but still a slave to the mother goddess. He's the son trapped in the mother's lunar power, howling at the womb: brilliant birth-orb and doorway to the next world.
The Moon-Birth-Mother hears his prayer and gives no answer. The Sky-Death-Father hears and denies. Lon-Billy-Dylan is not merely fighting the Oedipal battle for sexual ownership of the mother, but for access to the moon, which is the doorway to the sky, to the realm of the ancestors.
The crucial cinematic moment shows Billy on his knees, with an old man holding a shotgun to his chest. This isn't Sheriff Pat Garrett, though, but a Bible-spouting deputy who keeps goading Billy to get ready for the next world. Billy's in jail, chained to the floor. The religion-mad deputy quotes Ecclesiastes: "there's a time to live and a time to die." The old man says he's got a shotgun filled with silver dimes - the metal of the moon, the only thing that can kill the werewolf. After refusing to pray, Billy overpowers the old man and breaks from jail. With the load of magic shrapnel, Billy blasts him into the next world.
"Behold," Bob Dylan intones, "it's getting dark, too dark to see."
"Behold," Jesus proclaims in the Book of Revelation, "I stand at the door and knock. and whosoever hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and enter him."
Death is the door and guns are the key - guns, cigarettes and hard liquor. The moon is the door in the sky - a hole in heaven. The son knocks. On the other side of the door is the old man: God the Father, the Phantom of the Opera, Pat Garrett. The old man with the badge and a shotgun, the Lawman, the father who opens and demands the son's death as payment for sin.
And Dylan sings, "that long black cloud is coming on down."
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2013-06-28 - Norwegian symphonic gothic metallers SIRENIA have uploaded a brand-new lyric video for the song "My Destiny Coming To Pass" here: http://bit.ly/1ctIPKu. You can also check out the official video clip for the track "Seven Widows Weep" here http://youtu.be/dGCxgJFjnZw. Both songs come from their upcoming album Perils of the Deep Blue, which will be released on July 9th in North America via Nuclear Blast Records.
"In April we went to Serbia to shoot a videoclip for the song 'Seven Widows Weep'," commented band leader Morten Veland. "We've been working with the Icode team again, this is the guys that also did the videoclips for our first two videos; 'My Mind's Eye' and 'The Other Side'. We had a great time in Serbia, and the recording sessions turned out great. Now the post production is finished as well and we are very excited to share the video with our fans. We think that the guys at Icode did a great job and made a video that serves the song perfectly. The band is very pleased with the video, and we hope that you will enjoy it as well. Cheers!"
Studio trailers for their upcoming sixth studio recording entitled, Perils Of The Deep Blue:
Part 1: http://youtu.be/leAT0_KMsxQ
Part 2: http://youtu.be/mI8z1GzI6UA
Perils Of The Deep Blue ltd. digipak edition track list:
01. Ducere Me In Lucem
02. Seven Widows Weep
03. My Destiny Coming To Pass
04. Ditt Endelikt
05. Cold Caress
06. Darkling
07. Decadence
08. Stille Kom Døden
09. The Funeral March
10. Profound Scars
11. A Blizzard Is Storming
12. Chains
13. Blue Colleen
Regarding his thoughts on the new album, vocalist and guitarist Morten Veland comments: "The entire band and all the people we are working with are absolutely ecstatic about it! This album takes SIRENIA to the next level and brings many new sides of us to the table. There's typical tried and tested SIRENIA stuff but also approaches that you've never heard from us before. I think I've never felt so good about an album throughout my entire career. I mean, I love them all, but this one is something special. It's the result of two and a half years of blood, sweat and tears. I've literally put my heart and soul into this record, so I am very curious to see what our fans as well as the press will think about it!"
Perils Of The Deep Blue was produced by the mastermind himself, while the mixing and mastering was done by Endre Kirkesola in Dub Studios, Oslo. "The writing process has been going on for about two years", states Veland. "I always have ideas for new stuff, so I started writing even before we had released our previous album The Enigma Of Life. Most of it has been recorded in my own studio. I love to work there as I always feel inspired - plus we can take our time with whatever we do, for there is no time pressure. Just like for all of our previous albums, we also dropped by Sound Suite Studios in France – a great place that feels like home, too. This time we recorded the Marseille choir there that one can always hear on our records, as well as some of my acoustic guitar parts."
The album artwork was originally painted by Anne Stokes – though it wasn't intentionally created to be used as such, as Morten explains: "I came across the artwork on the Internet and immediately fell in love with it for obvious reasons – it's no secret that I've always been fascinated by Greek mythology and sirens. So we got in touch with Anne and luckily she granted us the permits to use it for the record. I actually drew the inspiration for the album title Perils Of The Deep Blue from the artwork. In my opinion, it's the perfect SIRENIA cover – there was no way we could have let that opportunity slip away!"
Also be sure to check out
the 1st album trailer: http://youtu.be/leAT0_KMsxQ
the 2nd album trailer: http://youtu.be/mI8z1GzI6UA
the official video clip for `Seven Widows Weep: http://youtu.be/dGCxgJFjnZw
the making of the `Seven Widows Weep´ video clip: http://bit.ly/15M6zG5
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