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Multiple Intelligences: Digging Deeper
Learn more about Howard Gardner's intelligence types: naturalistic, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, visual-spatial, logical-mathematical, and verbal-linguistic.
Editor's Note (2015): Additional research is needed to understand the applications of Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences in educational settings. Furthermore, a clear distinction should be made between multiple intelligences (how people process information) and learning styles (how people approach tasks differently). Research, however, does suggest that providing students with multiple ways to learn content improves learning (Hattie, 2011). Read more about the research on multiple intelligences and learning styles.
Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence is about thinking in movements and includes the ability to use movements for either self-expression or precision to achieve a goal. It is crucial for surgeons, athletes, mimes, choreographers, and directors.
This type of intelligence helps you retain information when it is associated with an activity, such as dance, acting, and sports. Relating what you are trying to learn to one of these activities will help you retain information and gain understanding.
Sample activities:
- Perform a skit to show the action of the idea you are trying to learn.
- Make a game out of the materials.
- Apply what you are learning to hands-on models or in-practice examples.
- Stay active when you are in a situation in which you need to concentrate. You can squeeze a stress ball when talking with someone or walk around while reading a book.
Interpersonal intelligence is about social interaction and understanding the people around you and their motives, emotions, perspectives, and moods.
This type of intelligence is important in managing relationships, understanding situations, and negotiating conflict. It is especially applicable in careers that require insight and a sensitivity to what someone else is thinking or feeling, such as teaching, psychology, or sales.
Sample activities:
- Give and receive feedback.
- Talk out problems.
- Work on large-group projects so you can use your social abilities to divide up tasks and understand all aspects of the project.
- Be a part of active learning through mentoring, tutoring, or an apprenticeship. This activity will reinforce your own knowledge or abilities.
Intrapersonal intelligence has been said to be the road to achievement, learning, and personal satisfaction. It is about being connected to who you are and how you feel, and knowing your own limits and abilities.
Intrapersonal intelligence is involved in making decisions and setting goals for yourself, self-management, and self-reflection.
Sample activities:
- Study alone in a comfortable yet quiet environment.
- Set goals for yourself, and monitor your progress regularly.
- Reflect on what you have learned, and think through new material.
- Create a connection between new material and subjects you already know, and gain understanding by finding their similarities.
Logical-mathematical intelligence is about understanding complex problems and conceptualizing relationships between symbols, processes, and actions.
This type of intelligence asks questions, finds solutions, and reflects on the problem-solving process.
Sample activities:
- Think about what you are trying to learn as a puzzle or a formula.
- Ask questions, and allow yourself to experiment with your own hypotheses to find solutions or new answers.
- Concentrate on symbols, designs, and words to bridge mathematical and verbal logic.
- Create an outline to understand your subject step by step. Doing so will allow you to stay organized and track what you're learning in a logical sequence.
Musical intelligence is associated with enjoying music, singing, making music, and playing an instrument. It involves a sensitivity to sounds as well as the emotions music conveys.
Sample activities:
- Listen to music while you study to connect its patterns and sounds with the subject you are studying. Replay the same song just before a test.
- Create a rhyme, song, or chant for material you would like to memorize.
- Associate what you're learning with a song you like.
- Use your ability to distinguish sounds -- like hearing the beat, tone, or chord in a song -- by learning an instrument or mixing sound.
Naturalistic learning is about understanding the patterns of living things and applying scientific reasoning to the world. Nature intelligence is particularly applicable in careers such as that of a farmer, naturalist, animal behaviorist, and scientist.
Sample activities:
- Recognize and classify different types of plants or animals.
- Observe and record data.
- Create a living system for the material you are trying to learn. Imagine the new material as an ecosystem or a pattern for you to figure out.
- Write about nature, daily life, or people as a topic so you become engaged in your assignment.
Verbal-linguistic intelligence -- along with logical-mathematical intelligence -- is often associated with doing well in school. It involves the ability to use words effectively for reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The poet has been described as the epitome of verbal-linguistic intelligence.
Sample activities:
- Use words to explain complicated subjects.
- Ask questions.
- Engage in the Socratic method, digesting information through a question-and-answer exchange.
- Hone your native ability to tell a story.
Visual-spatial intelligence allows you to see and modify things in your mind. This kind of understanding of the visual world -- and its relation to physical items -- is valuable in solving spatial problems, designing, and doing crafts.
Sample activities:
- Use art projects to create representations of the content you are learning.
- Draw related images next to your notes -- along with arrows between ideas -- to create connection and reference points.
- Organize with color. Use different-colored highlighters, paper, index cards, folders, or tabs to create a visual system for finding things and grouping topics.
- Visualize your topic. When you are learning something new, imagine what it looks like.
Additional Resources on Multiple Intelligences
- Multiple Intelligences: What Does the Research Say? by Edutopia Staff (2013)
Proposed by Howard Gardner in 1983, the theory of multiple intelligences has revolutionized how we understand intelligence. Learn more about the research behind his theory.
- Big Thinkers: Howard Gardner on Multiple Intelligences (Video), by Edutopia Staff (2009)
In our interview with Harvard University professor Howard Gardner, he shares his thoughts on multiple intelligences and new forms of assessment.
- How to Address Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, by Sara Bernard (2009)
Learn tips and resources for putting MI theory into practice.
- Multiple Intelligences Leave No Child Behind (Video), by Edutopia Staff (2009)
Watch how Indianapolis's Key Learning Community incorporates multiple intelligences into the curriculum.
- An Educator's Journey Toward Multiple Intelligences, by Scott Seider (2009)
Through MI, one teacher discovers how to better understand, relate to, and teach his students.
- How Learning Profiles Can Strengthen Your Teaching, by John McCarthy (2014)
Discover tools for using learning profiles to gain an in-depth understanding of how students learn.
Take or retake the Multiple Intelligences Self-Assessment, visit Edutopia's Multiple Intelligences page to find more articles, videos, and classroom ideas, or check out some of our other quizzes to explore how you measure up.


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FORT WALTON BEACH � Okaloosa County School District employees might see an increase in their pay after the first of the year.
FORT WALTON BEACH � Okaloosa County School District employees might see an increase in their pay after the first of the year.
The school board will vote Monday evening whether to approve salary proposals designed to ensure all employees �from teachers to administrators to support personnel � receive at least a slight bump in their salaries.
The salaries were discussed at a board workshop Thursday.
Exact percentages will vary, according to Chief Financial Officer Rita Scallan, but on average employees will see about a 3.33 percent increase.
�These folks have worked so hard and we have gone through so much change, and I need them to know all our employees are valued,� Superintendent of Schools Mary Beth Jackson said.
The latest proposal comes on the heels of a tentative agreement between the school district and the Okaloosa County Education Association over teacher pay and the language for a three-year contract.
With the exception of teachers who have reached the top of the scale, all instructors will get at least a 3 percent pay increase. Teachers at the top of the scale will see about a 2 percent increase in the proposed plan.
Salary schedules also have been restructured in part or completely for administration, managerial and professional/technical employees.
Pay for support personnel was increased by 2.77 percent on average. While that is less than other employees, it comes after support workers took a voluntary pay cut and freeze the last school year so they could keep their jobs.
�I think the district recognized the morale with the 3 percent of our pay that we had to give up,� said Patrick Strong, the president of the Okaloosa County Educational Support Professionals Association. �This will be appreciated.�
The proposed salary increases will cost the district $3.2 million.
The school board will vote on the proposals at its meeting Monday night in Fort Walton Beach.
WANT TO ATTEND?: The Okaloosa County School Board meeting begins at 6 p.m. Monday at 120 Lowery Place in Fort Walton Beach.
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Katie Tammen at 850-315-4440 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @KatieTnwfdn.

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Asking a stock guy about the junk bond market is like asking a Spaniard if he understands Portuguese. A Spaniard kind of does, but not with all the details. So when I was asked to give my take on junk bonds, I decided to look up a real expert.
I found one in Mike Lanier of Silver Oak Asset Management. He has dealt in junk bonds for a couple of decades, including for some of the nation's largest financial institutions. When asked if junk bonds are overpriced, he took an hour to answer — and we probably only scratched the surface. His response: "yes" and "no."
Junk bonds look expensive on an absolute basis. The benchmark BofA Merill Lynch US High-Yield Master II Effective Yield index (red line in the chart below) is near its all-time low in yield (it hit that mark of 6.81% on May 16, 2011). Still, "where else are you going to get something that yields close to 7%?" Mike asked.
I was aware of this issue. I have had to kick the tires on several utilities and master limited partnerships in the past month and had seen that in every case they were yielding substantially below their five-year averages. The average yield of an S&P 500 utility was 4.32% with a payout ratio of 66.1%. There were a few odd-ball telecoms in the S&P 500 with higher yields, but junk bonds were pretty much it when it comes to higher yields.
Given the situation in the Treasury market, Mike thought it still was a great idea to invest in dividend stocks with sustainable payouts because they have the ability to increase their dividends. Bonds (usually) cannot increase their coupon payments. (Inflation-indexed bonds can, but they're a small part of the overall Treasury market and not nearly as popular in corporate bond land.)
But bonds aren't meant to. They're about return of capital, while stocks are about return on capital. Bondholders lend, and shareholders own. Those are two very different parts of the capital structure. Mike has seen plenty of cases where the stock guys thought a company's stock was a great deal, while bond investors looking at the same company thought its bonds were terrible investments.
Since the Federal Reserve has chased yield-seeking investors from the Treasury market, they can get junk bonds now with "not-all-that-much duration risk," Mike said. The yield on a 30-year Treasury is now 3.08%. Mike continued: "If long-term Treasury rates normalize, you can get killed holding long-term Treasury bonds as prices will decline dramatically." But intermediate-term junk bonds don't have that problem. "The duration risk is not high," he pointed out, "and they can handle a rise in Treasury yields if/when it comes."
This is because the yield spread between Treasuries and junk bonds isn't nearly as tight as it was five years ago. Currently, that yield spread is 6.01% (blue line in the above chart) — or 601 basis points (bond people tend to convert everything to basis points). The all-time low spread was on June 1, 2007, at 2.41%.
If U.S. GDP growth accelerates to above 3%, it will be entirely possible to see Treasuries sell off and see their yields rise, while junk bonds can rally at the same time and see their yields fall, pushing the Treasury-junk spread toward historic lows.
I told Mike I noticed a strong correlation between the prices of junk bond ETFs like the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:JNK) and the S&P 500. "It makes sense," he said. "Junk bonds love a strong economy, and so do stocks. Treasuries love a weak one."
He went on to say it's always a good idea to remind people of the cliff you fall off when junk bonds go down. It's one of the main reasons they pay so much the rest of the time. High-yield debt is far more volatile than all the investment-grade alternative fixed-income choices when it comes to general economic slowdowns, especially true recessions.
At the same time, high yield is much more insensitive to interest rate swings. This matters for small investors who take on a high-yield bet in their investment accounts because when stocks are getting hit by a potential slowdown in the economy, their other bond investments will be trading up as interest rates fall — while their high-yield bonds could be off as much as the stock market. In short, said Mike: "Reads like bonds, but trades like stocks."
"A great sign that the junk bond market is out of control is when you see dividend deals," he said. I had never heard of a "dividend deal" before. He explained: It's when a company that had been in a leveraged buyout (LBO) issues junk bonds to pay off the LBO buyers. Everyone knows that this is a bad deal, he said, because such LBO junk is priced to yield higher than comparable-rated bonds, and yet because there is hot money moving in the bond market, these deals still get done.
It currently is a seller's market due to the funds flowing into the sector. He said he's seeing more and more telltale dividend deals as well as "covenant-lite" deals (high-yield deals with investment-grade-looking covenant packages). But, he added, "We are not seeing those to the extent of excesses of the past, but the most since the recession, and the trend is rising."
Is that a point of worry? "Yes, in that these deals typically have even more downside risk than average in a downturn. If we avoid a double dip and actually begin a real recovery, they will have little impact on results."
Ivan Martchev is a research consultant with institutional money manager Navellier and Associates. The opinions expressed are his own. This is neither a recommendation to buy nor sell the investments mentioned in this article. Investors should consult their financial adviser prior to making any decision to buy or sell any above mentioned securities.


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"This Munster team has shown it has what it takes to compete with the best in Europe and I look forward to playing my role in bringing further success to both Munster and Ireland."
Earls made his senior debut for Munster against the Ospreys in April 2007. The Munster Rugby Academy graduate has made 91 appearances for Munster to date, scoring 26 tries.
He made his Ireland debut in the 55-0 win over Canada in Thomond Park in November 2008.
The 26-year-old has won 39 caps for Ireland scoring 12 tries. Earls was Ireland's top try scorer at the 2011 Rugby World Cup tries and he toured with the Lions in 2009.
The versatile back's last appearance for Ireland was in the final game of last year's Six Nations against Italy.
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Munster head coach Rob Penney added: "We are delighted that Keith has signed a new IRFU contract which will see him remain a Munster player until the end of the 2016 season.
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Is the rise of amateur gene enthusiasts working in make-shift labs a harmless pursuit or a potential bioterrorism threat? The third part of this biohacking series reveals the concerns of the FBI and the community, and why views differ on what to do about it.
Read part one and two of this biohacking story
We were late. The route to Walnut Creek using San Francisco's public transport took longer than we thought. When we eventually arrived, breathless, at the lobby of the Marriott Hotel, signs saying "FBI workshop" led the way to the basement. We hesitated. Should we really be part of this? Should we really reveal what we had been doing for the last two years to the FBI? Before we could reconsider, we saw a friendly, 40-something man in a khaki suit and white-collared shirt welcoming a crowd of more than 30 other people from across the globe. "We appreciate you guys coming, it's good to put names to email addresses," said Nathaniel Head, the supervisory special agent of the FBI's Biological Countermeasures Unit.
The other faces in the room showed just how much the field of biohacking had evolved since we began our own experiments nearly two years earlier. Then, almost all amateur geneticists – tinkering away with DNA in their kitchens and garages – were based in the US. By the time of the conference, we knew hackers around the world, from Ireland to Indonesia, from Singapore to Denmark, even in our native Germany. There were now biohacking organisations, biohacking events, virtual networks and co-working spaces for enthusiasts to swap stories, advice and protocols.
As the field has steadily grown, so have the headlines. Some have been positive, trumpeting its promise and hailing it as a demonstration of democratic science. Others have been much less welcoming, fearing a possible dawn of bioterrorism, where rogue biohackers manipulate toxic genes to create dangerous, pathogenic microbes.
Although the truth is perhaps less sensational, one thing is clear: biohacking is a rapidly growing field, driven by ever more powerful – yet affordable – technology. It's only a matter of time before anyone with an eBay account and the right motivation could do the type of DNA experiments we did in our make-shift lab.
No one is more acutely aware of this than the FBI. To counter the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the US intelligence agency established the WMD Directorate in 2006, aimed at dealing with "incidents involving nuclear, radiological, biological, or chemical weapons". Since then, its Biological Countermeasures Unit has closely followed the emerging field of biohacking. Agents in 56 FBI offices across the US reached out to the field's leading names, acknowledging their efforts and learning about what they do. And, as the movement spread beyond the US, Head organised the first international DIYbio Outreach Workshop – which is where we found ourselves breathlessly shaking hands with the special agent in June 2012, and rubbed shoulders with well-known members of the biohacking community, such as those based in Copenhagen's Biologigaragen, Manchester's Madlab, New York's Genspace or Paris's La Paillasse.
Head, who holds a university degree in microbiology, seemed open-minded towards biohackers. He called the gathered crowd "great thinkers" and "innovators", who were changing the world. But he left no doubt as to the reason behind the workshop. "We want to learn about biohacking and to be able to separate between the white and the black hats," he said, differentiating between harmless amateur tinkerers and potential bioterrorists misusing genetic engineering technology.
Is it justifiable to fear that amateur biologists might see it as a personal challenge to make a killer virus in their garage, as Michael Osterholm of the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity put it in 2012? Is every second-hand biotech machine sold on eBay and every new DNA technology kit marketed by biotech companies a step in that direction? The FBI clearly see it as a possibility, and it is perhaps easy to see why.
Bioterror agents
Take the recent controversy surrounding man-made forms of the flu virus. Last year, two teams of scientists – one led by Ron Fouchier at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the other led by Yoshihiro Kawaoka at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US – announced they had each mutated the H5N1 bird-flu virus in such a way that it could spread between mammals more easily. Fouchier and Kawaoka argued they were trying to understand how natural viruses evolve into more dangerous forms, but their announcements sparked an international storm: should the work be published in full to help authorities prepare for a potential pandemic, or should it be withheld from the research community to prevent possible misuse by amateur scientists or even bioterrorists? As a result of months of pressure from scientific journals and notable names in the field, the work was eventually published last summer, but as a compromise the researchers agreed to a self-imposed moratorium on such work. After a year of discussions, the ban has just been lifted.
But some academics – and many within the biohacking community – are sceptical about such fears. Most biohackers, ourselves included, aren't doing new science – though it is a new way of doing science. "Just having the right cookware doesn't make you a great chef just yet," says Jason Bobe, director of the Personal Genome Project at Harvard University and co-founder of the organisation DIYbio.org. "It's misguided to think that everything a professional lab can do will also be possible in a home setting."
Others point out that any bioterrorist who is focused on causing havoc, could do so by far simpler means. "You don't even need to synthesise anything new," says Eckhard Wimmer, a virologist at New York State University at Stony Brook who first demonstrated that the polio virus can be reassembled from tiny pieces of hereditary material. His work raised fears that rogue groups could create something similar, but he argues the complexity of the work is enough of a barrier. He also cites previous examples of bioterrorism, which required little understanding of genetics and its techniques. For example, 11 years ago a number of American federal politicians were sent anthrax spores through the post, something that required a lot less effort than trying to reactivate polio in the lab.
Similarly, the ricin toxin found naturally in castor beans has been manufactured and used as a bioweapon, but no use of synthetic ricin bacteria or man-made toxin has been heard of – it is much easier to isolate the poison from plants or seeds than produce it from genetically engineered organisms. "Nature is the better bioterrorist," says Wimmer.
But, the FBI are still wary. To try to spot any potential issues, the agency encourages biohackers to adopt a neighbourhood-watch-style approach – to be the "first-line defence" against "nefarious actors", as Craig Fair of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division in San Francisco put it during the Walnut Creek workshop. The biohacking community in the US has largely responded in kind. Collectives such as Genspace in New York began working with the FBI early on, and the agency even helped them in their dealings with the local fire safety and health authorities. A spokeswoman for the agency told us there is currently no surveillance or investigation of any biohacker labs. No lab ever had to be closed, and DIYbio activities have "absolutely nothing criminal about them". The experiences by now "are overwhelmingly positive", she added. That's the official line, anyway.
One session at the conference asked the assembled group to think about possible worst-case scenarios. In one example, a biohacker called "Deb" was sneaking castor beans into the lab, and engaging in aggressive, politically-charged discussions with lab members. "How do you respond in this situation," Kate Carley, another charming FBI officer, asked the biohacker crowd. "Do you report the incident?" Regardless of what we thought, the FBI's answer is a resounding yes. Her next slide showed Deb leaving the community lab to secretly work at home, before being arrested for experimenting with human pathogens and toxins. Even worse – for us at least – the fictitious slide showed newspaper stories where Deb was described as being part of the biohacker community.
These slides were clearly designed to show the most extreme examples and to drive home the FBI's point. When asked whether a real "Deb" had ever been investigated, arrested, or even heard of, the FBI's Head had to admit: "No."
Surveillance systems
The idea that well-meaning biohackers could help the FBI by reporting any suspicious activities, has many in the field worried, particularly those outside of the US. "[It] reminds me of the Stasis's methods," says Rudiger Trojok, one of Germany's most active biohackers, comparing the policy to the infamous spying network that operated in East Germany between 1950 and 1990. "Biohacking is not the FBI's, it's a civilian business."
Of course no one in the biohacking community wants to see any rogue biopunks creating headlines that would bring the entire community into disrepute. To try to counteract this, the DIYbio community is running a survey that it hopes will dispel any misconceptions about its motives. The German biohackers we got to know, such as Trojok from Freiburg and Lisa Thalheim of Berlin, have even started to draft rules for what they call "biohacking ethics". Their code of conduct would include moratoria on certain kinds of experiments, a registration system and mutual voluntary inspections of labs by biohackers.
But even this concerns some practitioners, who worry that a field that has flourished precisely because it is informal and unregulated, will be stifled. When Trojok and Thalheim presented their ideas about a "web of trust" at a meeting at the London School of Economics in 2011 some felt it was too restrictive. Instead, people like Jason Bobe from the Personal Genomes Project at Harvard University, favours a much more liberal approach, with general Hippocratic rules like "do no harm" at its core.
Together with Todd Kuiken from the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, Bobe has just launched an initiative called "Ask a Biosafety Expert" that, in their view, best meets the hobbyist's needs. The idea is that biohackers from all over the world can go to the diybio.org website anonymously and submit any questions, from how to clean things up to aspects of the safety of experiments. Within a day or so they'd receive an answer from a biosafety expert. This way, according to Kuiken, people could operate in a safe manner, relying on personal responsibility rather than control.
Of course, nobody knows if a stick or a carrot is the right tool as we enter the age of personal biotech. But whoever is given the task of devising rules will have to consider the virtues of having molecular biology among the masses – can personal biotech improve society, will it lead to valuable inventions and innovations, will it be a democratising force, will it help distribute wealth, economic and intellectual power more widely?
These are all big questions for a field that is still in its infancy, says Ellen Jorgensen, president of the community biotechnology laboratory Genspace in New York. "It's too early to tell," she says. "You can argue, that if you get people with radically different backgrounds, you get fresh perspectives and new ideas. And you can argue that science is so complicated now, that DIY could not make any valid contribution, that you need to have too much expertise and infrastructure, (something) that DIY would never have."
Jorgensen is optimistic, however. "There's certainly a great potential, and I'm not the one who would say, that it is not going to happen. I want to see it happen!"
Of course, all the nice, well-meaning people we met during our long journey through the world of DIY biology are no guarantee that there isn't anyone out there putting their criminal energy into biotech. But limiting the work and the opportunities of the former just because of fear of the latter will do nothing to change that.
Methods and materials, such as the ones we used, are on the verge of becoming available to a wider public. It is that public which will have to decide how to use biotech in the future. To be able to do that, people need to have the opportunity to get to know and use it, rather than leaving the decisions about its future to the political, industrial and scientific elites.
The hope is that we and others in the DIYbio movement can and will continue to switch on a light which allows people to better understand a technology that may shape their future in major ways. We may have locked ourselves up in a toilet so that we could see our first DIY-produced gene. But we did so in order to keep the light out, not the police.
More from this series
Becoming biohackers: Learning the game
Becoming biohackers: The experiments begin
The full account of the authors' experiments will be published in Biohacking: Gentechnik aus der Garage (Genetic Engineering from the Garage), and an English e-book version is also planned. If you would like to comment on this article or anything else you have seen on Future, head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter.


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WILMINGTON, Mass. — After two grueling on-ice sessions Friday, it was time for the Bruins' prospects at the fifth annual development camp to let loose.
Photo gallery: Development camp drills get harder on Day 3
WILMINGTON — Bruins prospects at the team's fifth annual development camp at Ristuccia Arena today learned a lot about their skating ability during the second on-ice session.
If anyone can stand out at Bruins dev camp, Cantin can
WILMINGTON, Mass. — Marc Cantin doesn't have to wonder what the Bruins organization thinks of him.
The Bruins have already expressed how impressed they are.
If he can continue run of success, Cassidy could turn around P-Bruins
WILMINGTON, Mass. — While working mostly with the defensemen as assistant coach for the Bruins' Providence (AHL) farm club under Rob Murray, Bruce Cassidy has helped mold some key contributors to the organization's success and the 2011 Stanley Cup championship squad.
Cassidy with some choice words for Bruins prospect Hamill
WILMINGTON, Mass. — There are some prospects at the Bruins' fifth annual development camp this weekend, with little or no professional experience, who have flown by Zach Hamill on the organization's depth chart.
Playing for Bruins Warsofsky's only focus right now
WILMINGTON, Mass. — Here's a plea to David Warsofsky's night-school history teacher, if he or she reads this blog.
Please excuse David from some of his homework responsibilities this weekend.
More of Knight makes most of opportunity at Bruins dev camp
WILMINGTON, Mass. — A year ago, Jared Knight showed up at Bruins development camp the week after the organization used a second-round pick to draft him weighing in at around 180 pounds.
Power skating coach Tsintsadze impresses Bruins prospects
WILMINGTON, Mass. — Bruins prospects and coaches alike were wowed by the power-skating instruction of new coach Besa Tsintsadze today during the first on-ice session of Boston's fifth annual development camp at Ristuccia Arena.
Photo gallery: Full day of work on 2nd day of Bruins development camp
WILMINGTON — The first day of Bruins development camp was a time for off-ice testing and an hour of hockey drills yesterday.
Hamilton hoping to carry that weight on his way to Bruins stardom
Like last year's No. 2 overall pick Tyler Seguin before him, 2011 Bruins first-round draft pick Dougie Hamilton is joining a winning organization with no pressure to step in and make a difference at the NHL level right away.
One more year at BC ahead on Cross' road to Bruins
WILMINGTON, Mass. — Tommy Cross has been attending Bruins development camps for so long, the first one he showed up at was the very first one.
Randell hoping he can punch his ticket to pros with Bruins
WILMINGTON, Mass. — It's somewhat amazing to a mere mortal sports writer that Bruins 2009 sixth-round draft pick Tyler Randell can even lift his arms, let alone compete at the team's development camp.
Injury-free first day of Bruins development camp … barely
WILMINGTON, Mass. — The Bruins' prospects opened the fifth-annual development camp at Ristuccia Arena today.
Keep an eye on D at Bruins development camp this weekend
Over the next couple years, we should witness a changing of the guard on the Bruins' back line.
We might look back at this upcoming weekend as a crucial time once that transformation happens.
Hamilton, KoKo highlight roster for Bruins' fifth development camp
Bruins 2011 first-round pick Dougie Hamilton and second-round pick Alexander Khokhlachev — aka KoKo — highlight the 24-player lineup for the club's development camp which will be held at the Ristuccia Arena practice facility July 7-11.


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STOCKTON — Tucker Larson is a dedicated Thunder fan.
STOCKTON — Tucker Larson is a dedicated Thunder fan.
He also has terminal cancer.
Nine months ago, doctors told the 23-year-old Stockton man he had only six months to live.
Larson takes each day as it comes, even developing a bucket list. On it was to drop the ceremonial first puck at a Thunder game.
He has done that and much more. Larson has sat on the Thunder bench for two games and gained a friend in Thunder coach Matt Thomas. Both men say they have benefited from their relationship far more than they ever imagined.
Thomas is far too familiar with cancer, having seen his brother, Art, fight the disease two decades ago. Matt Thomas said he admires Tucker's outlook and optimism.
"In life, sometimes you meet people in untraditional circumstances," Thomas said. "Tucker is a very inspiring young man, and he's just a good guy. The Larsons are a wonderful family, and Tucker knows he has an all-access backstage pass around here. He can come by as often as he wants. We're always thrilled to see him."
For his part, Larson gets to experience a fantasy.
"It's been a dream to get close to my favorite team, and to become friends with Matt Thomas has been very special," Larson said. "I love the Thunder. I have since they came here (in 2005). And the one thing I'm determined to do is to keep living my life."
He is doing just that.
Although his health has permitted him to attend only two games this season, the Larson family have been season ticket holders since the franchise arrived in 2005.
Larson's most recent trip to Stockton Arena came on Feb. 2, when he attended the morning practice and brought a gift for Thomas — a sketch of Thunder defenseman Ryan Constant that he purchased online. During practice, Larson and Thunder forward Jesse Fratkin shared a long conversation. Fratkin said they chatted about "everything. Anything you could think of. He's a great and inspiring guy."
That evening, Larson donned a suit and tie, stood behind the bench, and cheered as the Thunder beat the Idaho Steelheads, 3-2.
It was a welcomed respite from his daily battle.
Larson was diagnosed with cancer in his kidneys and lungs at age 6. Steve Larson, his father, said his son has a tumor wrapped around his heart, another around his bronchial tube, and three tumors on his right lung, Larson is taking an experimental drug, and although it causes bouts of nausea and fatigue, he believes it has been effective.
"I understand my situation, but hopefully by taking this drug they will learn more about it, and it can be used to help other people," Tucker Larson said. "That would make me very happy."
Steve Larson, the grants' manager at the Port of Stockton, wants to do what he can to make his son happy and comfortable. Other items on the bucket list included a trip the family took to Italy and giving Tucker a chance to play his Xbox game console on an IMAX screen, which was set up by a theater owner in Galveston, Texas.
The Thunder was also very high on the list. Steve contacted Linda Vasquez, the Thunder's manager of administration and community relations, to ask if Tucker could drop the ceremonial puck sometime. She immediately said she would make the arrangements. Not long after speaking to her, Steve heard from Thomas.
"And it's important that Tucker gets to experience a professional man like Matt Thomas," Steve Larson said. "He's an athlete and a leader, a good man and a hard worker. As far as a role model, I think he's perfect."
Thomas was touched by Tucker's circumstances. During his freshman year at Rochester Institute of Technology, Thomas was looking forward to finally playing hockey with his brother, Art. After their first game together, Art, who was 21, had a swollen left arm, which he first attributed to a hockey injury. The swelling was later found to be caused by a blood clot. Further diagnosis revealed he had non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
Art Thomas, 40, is cancer free and lives in Oakville, Ontario.
"We were very lucky, and I remember the devastating effect the news can have on a family," Matt Thomas said. "To see him go through it was hard, and there was times when he didn't know if he could continue to battle. And I know I blocked it out in some ways and wondered if maybe I could have done more to help at the time."
Steve Larson said he hopes to bring Tucker to at least two more games this season, one in the regular season and one in the playoffs, which he is certain the Thunder will qualify for. Tucker knows there is a spot for him in the locker room, on the bench and in the hearts of those in the Thunder organization.
"In his life, one of the things which brings Tucker joy is the Thunder," Steve Larson said. "The way they have embraced my son and our family, I can't tell you what it means to us."
Contact reporter Scott Linesburgh at (209) 546-8281 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/sportsblog.


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The mean amount of time spent commuting by U.S. workers is 23.8 minutes, according to a 2009 report from the Census Bureau. At first glance, that doesn't seem so bad. It's enough time to hear the weather report, drink some coffee and listen to "Free Bird" on the radio. But that figure also signifies that the average U.S. worker is in a car for almost four hours a week. That's 45 minutes longer than it takes to watch "Titanic."
With that kind of time on the road a regular fixture in commuters' lives, the car in which the travel takes place had better have certain attributes. It should be comfortable. It should go from zero to 20 and back to zero to 20 again, repeatedly, with no noticeable wear. And it should be nimble enough to negotiate the tight spaces that open and close in congested traffic.
Kelley Blue Book, the nation's biggest car valuation company, provided CNBC.com with its list of 10 cars that are the best for commuting. Taking into account such factors as roominess, fuel efficiency and more, these cars were chosen for their ability to make life a little more bearable for commuters. We also added the insight of automotive experts at TotalCarScore.com and Edmunds.com, who told us how these cars hold up in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Read ahead to see Kelley Blue Book's best cars for commuting.
By Daniel Bukszpan
Posted 10 May 2012


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1301.6.55.001 - Tasmanian Statistical News, Jun 2010
Previous ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 08/06/2010
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If you work for an agency that may be able to assist the ABS with any of these areas, please come and have a chat with our Census team or contact Ruth McArdle, our Census Manager, on (03) 6222 5767.
For further information about the Census, contact firstname.lastname@example.com or check out our 2011 Census of Population and Housing Local & Regional Engagement Strategy (cat. no. 2911.0.55.001) or the publication Census of Population and Housing: Nature and Content, 2011 (cat. no. 2008.0).
If you are interested in the value of the various agricultural commodities produced in Australia, keep an eye out for the release of VACP (Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced) estimates for 2008-09, due to be released on 18 June 2010. Published annually, these estimates provide a dollar value for agricultural commodities such as crops, livestock slaughtering and livestock products. Previous year's estimates can be viewed now in Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced, Australia (ABS cat. no. 7503.0).
Since the last issue of this newsletter, Hobart's Environment and Agriculture Business Statistics Centre (BSC) has released commodity and water estimates from the Agricultural Survey 2009. These final estimates for agricultural commodities (i.e. area of production of crops, livestock numbers) can be found in Agricultural Commodities, Australia (ABS cat. no. 7121.0). Of particular interest to Tasmanian readers are increases in some areas of vegetable production and milk cattle numbers over the last year.
Final water estimates (i.e. type and area of crops irrigated, water sources, irrigation methods) were released on 19 April; see Water Use on Australian Farms (ABS cat. no. 4618.0).
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The latest National Regional Profile (NRP) contains data snapshots for over 2,000 regions across Australia, with five years of data where it is available.
What you will find for each region is a range of data organised into the following headings:
The data is from the ABS and other sources, for geographic areas such as Statistical Local Areas and Local Government Areas right up to state/territory and Australia. The data is presented for all years on common boundaries, making it easy to compare data over time.
Data included for the first time includes estimates of household wealth, age of motor vehicles, water use on Australian farms and selected Government pensions and allowances. Some of the data in the NRP is not released at such small levels anywhere else on the ABS website.
This latest NRP has a very new look to the 'entry' page, which uses an interactive map and list to find your region of interest.
Screen Shot of NRP Map-interface showing the Local Government Area of Circular Head
As an example, if you were interested in looking at the characteristics of the Local Government Area (LGA) of Hobart, the NRP shows that Hobart had an average value of Private Sector Houses of $290,800 in 2007-08, a 15.8% increase from the previous year. Hobart also had the highest average taxable income in Tasmania in 2006-07 ($55,531).
If you want to compare more than a few regions at a time, then you can do this by using the SuperTABLE data cube in the NRP. As an example, you could find that, for Tasmania:
The NRP is available from the ABS Home page, or directly from this link: National Regional Profile.
Help using the NRP includes 'How to find a region', 'Comparing regions', and Demonstration Videos.
Increasingly there is demand for public policies to be informed by high quality evidence. Good quality statistical information can form an important part of the evidence base for policy work.
So, how do we get "good statistical information"? One answer is DATAfitness.
DATAfitness = good data management practice.
Good data management is one of the foundation stones for building a solid statistical resource for Australia. In simple terms, DATAfitness symbolises the ability to compare apples with apples or being able to compare data which has similar characteristics.
The National Statistical Service (NSS), a community of government agencies led by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), is promoting good data management practices through its DATAfitness program. DATAfitness encourages the use of statistical frameworks, principles and resources which can help data providers and users to realise the benefits of good data management.
The three key elements of DATAfitness are:
As part of its DATAfitness program, the NSS has developed Data Quality Online (DQO), an easy-to-use online support system for data collectors, providers and users.
DQO is the first assistant of its kind in the world and will provide clear and simple support to those involved in managing data. The system will help users to compile data quality statements and will also provide tailored guidance on statements for indicators used by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG).
The NSS will officially launch DQO in June 2010, in conjunction with the ABS. DQO is based on the nationally recognised ABS Data Quality Framework, which provides a consistent standard for describing the quality of data.
A preliminary version of DQO was released in March 2010, specifically for the purposes of the latest round of COAG National Agreement reporting. For further information on DQO or to take a look at the prototype, visit the NSS website.
The NSS has also released A good practice guide to sharing your data with others. The guide supports quality data sharing across agencies by offering a non-technical introduction and by providing a basic model for making data sharing agreements, which includes factors to consider and how these relate to agencies, staff and data.
For more information on DATAfitness, visit www.nss.gov.au/datafitness or email firstname.lastname@example.com
A Data Quality Statement is a presentation of information about the quality of a data item or a collection of data items, using the ABS Data Quality Framework.
The purpose of a Data Quality Statement is to clearly communicate key characteristics of the data which impact on quality, so that potential users can make informed decisions about fitness for use.
Data Quality Statements report both the strengths and limitations of the data.
The Data Quality Online tool has been developed to assist people in drafting Data Quality Statements and is available on the NSS website.
The tool applies the ABS Data Quality Framework by guiding the user through a range of questions and providing opportunity to download progress at any stage, via XML or PDF format. The tool also provides a range of useful resources and further information on the ABS Data Quality Framework to assist users.
The tool has two main streams: general purpose and information for COAG Performance Indicators within the National Reporting Framework. The COAG stream is available now, providing tailored guidance on statements for COAG indicators. The general stream will be released at the end of the financial year.
The Statistical Literacy Unit at the Australian Bureau of Statistics has recently developed a guide for using statistics for evidence based policy which will be a useful resource for policy and decision makers.
The guide provides useful information about how statistics can be used to make informed policy decisions, and includes the following information:
The guide is available on the ABS website via the following link: A Guide for Using Statistics for Evidence Based Policy.
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Even though they will not have 4G handsets till next year, Verizon is ready to begin the big marketing push to promote their 4G LTE network. Last week we saw Verizon's new in store posters which advertised The Fastest 4G Network in America and now they launched a mini-site to explain the advantages of 4G LTE.
In addition to being the fastest 4G network, Verizon's site also claims they have The Most Advanced 4G Network in the World. They make a point to differentiate their 4G network as LTE and include a chart to show how they stack up against 4G WiMAX and 4G HSPA+.
Verizon claims their network is the fastest at 5-12 Mbps, followed by WiMAX at 3-6 Mbps, and HSPA+ at 1-7 Mbps.
No details are given on where these speeds came from, but Sprint currently advertises their 4G WiMAX offers speeds of 3-6 Mbps so that matches up. However, T-Mobile claims their current HSPA+ network has a max speed of 21 Mbps and we have seen real world numbers that were in the double digit range and matched the high-end of what Verizon expects to offer.
We already knew Verizon 4G LTE would go live in 38 markets this year and it looks like that will happen in December according to the teaser ad placed on their site. Check out the promo video to see how LTE makes lightning bolts come out of your fingers.


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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (US - BD)
Reviewer Marcus Doidge joins the battle alongside his clones for this Blu-ray...
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there were animated series for Ewoks and Droids. Then not so long ago came the Clone Wars traditional 2D animated adventures. Now comes the all new, all computer generated weekly Star Wars animated series, also named ' The Clone Wars' … but wait, before we settled down in front of our TV sets, Lucas decided to throw us a curveball, deciding to edit the first few episodes together and release them as an all new Star Wars movie. Not too much pressure for the new project then.
Fitting snugly between the closing events of Attack of the Clones and the opening fallout in Revenge of the Sith, Clone Wars is Lucasfilm's new animated project about the infamous battles between the Republic and the ever growing numbers of the Separatists, led by the fallen Jedi, now Sith, Count Dooku. (Christopher Lee). This film, which should really be regarded as an extended pilot episode to a TV show as opposed to an all new Star Wars movie, begins with our prequel regulars, Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter) and Obi Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor), fighting the usual horde of battle droids on the planet Christophsis. Backed up by their trusty (for now) clone troopers against a Separatist army on the verge of victory, the two Jedi are sent some much needed back up in the form of teenage Jedi in training Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein), who has been assigned to Anakin Skywalker as his new Padawan, despite his arguments against the idea.
Countering all of this, Jabba the Hutt's son, Rotta (or Stinky as he gets affectionately nicknamed) has been kidnapped. The republic needs Jabba onside in the ongoing war, so offer their help in his son's retrieval. Unfortunately, this is all part of Count Dooku's master plan and with the help of his wannabe Sith sidekick Asajj Ventress (Nika Futterman) they intend to manipulate this already sticky situation for their own Sith-y ends.
I'm a pro Star Wars guy. I'm a pro Prequels guy. When they announced this show, I was a pro Lucasfilm Animation guy. So why was it that I still found it so hard to get excited in the build up to this release? Before this even hit, there was a negative buzz as to the point of the project. We'd had Genndy Tartakovsky's already much loved 2D animated Clone Wars and even more so we'd had Revenge of the Sith, which gave us all the answers and conclusions to all of the characters and story arcs that would be featured in this new TV drama. We know Obi Wan isn't going to get killed by Ventress, we know Anakin isn't going to lose another Skywalker limb to Dooku. We know the majority of our lead cast are going to be okay despite the odds they throw them up against. Then we found out 20th Century Fox wasn't even involved and because of that, the film opens with a Warner Bros logo, which is jarring to say the least. All in all this wasn't the best of circumstances in which to make a good first impression.
All these concerns soon disappear. As soon as we see the Jedi with their clone troopers, running into battle with sabers ignited, The Clone Wars suddenly becomes very exciting. The animation is immediately fantastic, far beyond what you'd expect from a weekly TV show. The choices in the styling all work well in the galaxy far, far away. Gone are the over the top Jedi powers of the Tartakovsky project. Here we have Jedi battles that would have worked just as well in the movies. Anakin does his chosen-one Jedi risky tactics while Obi-Wan is a cocky, confident Jedi Knight who knows how the game works and there are enough cool clone trooper moments to keep any fanboy happy. But what of the new addition to the galaxy? What of Ahsoka Tano? There have been a hell of a lot of opinions about her inclusion. Generally people don't like the little smart mouthed Jedi that calls Anakin 'Sky Guy'. To those people, I say: get over yourself—just for a moment. She's not so bad. Okay, so maybe she calls R2, 'Artooey' one too many times, but this is a character who has been created for the TV show's target audience. She's a teenager, who is a potentially the new audience's jump on character to Star Wars. I for one like the girl. She's not the greatest Star Wars creation, but she's far from the worst, and the relationship between Ahsoka and her 'Sky Guy' seems to be a good one which I enjoyed seeing develop.
The Clone Wars moves on quite briskly through its obviously made from glued together episodes. We get our battles and our twists and turns in plot and all of the prequel touchstones are apparent, with holographic Jedi meetings, goofy battle droids and insidious plots. There are a few moments of sheer delight and grandness especially in the battle with the walkers ascending the mountain and Anakin and Ahsoka racing to the top. There's even a lot of feel-good original trilogy moments including the much missed 'characters sitting in a cockpit looking out at camera'—Millennium Falcon style. Everything actually comes together quite nicely in regards to setting up a Star Wars weekly TV show. That is until the only real bad decision turns up. A decision so bad it will put the hardest of Star Wars fans to the test. In fact I may even go as far as saying, that this decision is worse than the re-jigged Jabba's Palace dance sequence in Return of the Jedi. This bad decision comes in the form of Ziro the Hutt, Jabba's Uncle. For starters the purple, tattooed, feather headband wearing slug sounds like Truman Capote, which in all honesty, I could have lived with, just about. What really tips this over the edge into Star Wars Holiday Special sin-bin territory is this Hutt talks in English. I don't mean broken English or hints of English. Full on English. And frankly coming from a Hutt, it just didn't feel at all right. It didn't help that it was a terrible character either. Thankfully, this isn't a show stopper and even more thankfully he's not a recurring character but it has to be said he's bad enough to take some of the sheen off of the project.
This feature length introduction to the all new computer generated galaxy far, far away does it job. I enjoyed my first viewing of it in the cinema and after watching further episodes and returning to this pilot, I enjoyed it even more and whilst I can understand much of the bad press since its release, I still remain excited to see where these continuing adventures can take us.
Well our first Star Wars experience in HD starts here and as expected, its Lucasfilm-great. The first thing that struck me was just how clean this image is. I'd go as far as to say that this impressed me more than when I first saw it on the big screen.
Having the time to take this all in, the artists' choices made here are really what sets this apart from other shows that share its audience. CGI is far from new to the animated series' arena but never has it looked this good. The colours used to bring this to life really pop on Blu-ray and the clever use of what seems to be almost brush strokes, add a virtual texture to the flat computer generated images. Yoda's skin and robe for example, look far beyond what other CG TV shows could handle and take a close look at the scuffs and nicks in the clone troopers' helmet—there's some subtle work going on and it's captured fantastically here.
There are some noticeable issues to go with this though. There's a wee bit of blocking in places and there are some shots that feel a little hazy, especially if there's not a bright light to bring the image to life. Some of the shots can even look a little bland when they are bathed in a single cool colour. A good example of this is the location when saving Stinky from his prison. Everything is a very cool purple at sunset and everything just seems a little muted. That is until the HD green, blue and red sabers bring it back from the edge.
Overall this is a strikingly good image for what is essentially a TV show. It's not Pixar good, especially in levels of detail but it's not far off and I really hope when the entire first season is released on Blu-ray, that it will look at least this good.
Presented in Dolby TrueHD, Kevin Kiner has done a grand job re-creating a smaller-scale John Williams score, even if it's not quite so memorable. There are nice hints to all the themes we know and love and he even gives us some nice new themes to get used to, though it has to be said some of the more rockier ones might be a hard pill to swallow for some Star Wars diehards.
As for the actual mix, it's okay. It's not quite as dynamic as I'd like and it could have done with a bit more bass in places, but it still works very well for the release. Dialogue is clear, sabers sound great and this never once feels like anything but a Star Wars adventure, so all in all, I'm not complaining.
Without a doubt, the most interesting and insightful feature here is the video commentary by director Dave Filoni and editor Jason Tucker. They give lots of background on the decisions made for this project and it's good to see that Filoni has a lot of respect for the franchise and even more so that he seems to be a proper fan, which could be easy to fake in an EPK but difficult to hide in a commentary.
Outside of that there's 'The Voices of Star Wars: The Clone Wars' (10:00), which shows some of the faces chosen for these classic characters. It's good to see they've opted for having the group in one room to do their work as opposed to the individually recorded and edited together option.
'A New Score' (10:45) shows Kevin Kiner at work and gives him the opportunity to give you his take on getting the gig and following in the footsteps of John Williams.
There's a Gallery of some of the artwork involved in the show, from sketch to final and with the geeky little 'Plo-Kool' stamp on the approved works as well as a batch of four deleted scenes (10:11) which are pretty close to finished animation and bring very little else to what's in the feature.
Also included are the six webisodes that were online in the build up to the cinematic release. 'Introduction' (3:41), 'Epic Battles' (2:45), 'The Clones are Coming' (3:27), 'Heroes' (3:27), 'Villains' (3:58) and 'Anakin's Padawan' (3:43) all give brief looks at what to expect from the new project.
The biggest and best featurette here—and proving the fact that this release is an advert for the full TV season—is 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Untold Stories (24.53). Starting with Uncle George telling us that 'there's still a lot of Star Wars stories to tell.' This is a great look at the TV show, including the already aired shows as well some of the forthcoming ones, including the Jar Jar centric episode where he gets mistaken for a Jedi which will no doubt get the Phantom Menace haters all stirred up again. I have been really enjoying the show so far and all the other episodes teased here make me even more excited for the rest of the run (which better come out as one box set as opposed to individual volumes).
The three trailers on offer are the 'Launch Trailer' (2:16) 'Dark Trailer' (2:09) and the Clone Wars Video Game on Wii & DS (1:10).
Last up, and to show this is a kids' TV show, we get a 'Hologram Memory Challenge' where you are rewarded with clips from the TV show's future episodes, depending on how good your memory is. Disc two is a digital copy of the film for your portable pleasures.
Despite being a huge Star Wars fan, I concede that this first introduction to Lucas's new project has been handled quite badly. A spotlight has been placed upon The Clone Wars in which the theatrical focus on it has been too heavy a burden. If Lucas had reined this one in a little and let The Clone Wars first appearance be on the small screen and given it the chance to blossom over time, the media response may have proven to be a little kinder. Frankly, the bad press you may have read really isn't reflective of what's actually on offer here. Yes, this is a very average pilot episode of a TV show but the continuing episodes are proving to be far more rewarding.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Marcus Doidge
Some material may not be suitable for children
Disc Details
Release Date: 11th November 2008
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dobly TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1 Portuguese
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Extras: Featurettes, Video commentary, Gallery, Trailers, Hologram Memory Game, Webisodes, Deleted scenes
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Dave Filoni
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It's a glorious June day in London's Kensington Gardens and the air is alight with anticipation for the unveiling this year's Serpentine Pavilion. One of the highlights of the city's cultural calendar, the Serpentine Pavilion is the dream of many young international architects.
The brief is simple. An architect who has never completed a building in the United Kingdom is invited by the Serpentine Gallery to design and construct a temporary pavilion for the public to enjoy over the summer season. Until last year, Arup held the keys to the engineering of each pavilion, but with David Glover's recent move to AECOM, the pavilion has followed him there.
Sou Fujimoto is this year's chosen one: a mild mannered gentleman from Tokyo who, at 41, is the youngest architect ever to complete a pavilion for the Serpentine's annual celebration. Flanked by Julia Peyton-Jones, David Glover and Hans Ulrich Obrist, the humble Fujimoto addressed an excited cluster of journalists and photographers under the steel and polycarbonate eaves in Kensington Gardens this morning.
Composed of slim fronds of solid steel, the pavilion is a triumph of contemporary design. Fujimoto's characteristic blend of modern architecture and organic aesthetic is consistent with the high level of the earlier schemes that won him this prestigious commission.
His design statement reads: "Within the pastoral context of Kensington Gardens, the vivid greenery surrounding the site merges with the constructed geometry of the Pavilion. A new form of environment has been created, where the natural and the man-made fuse. The inspiration for the design of the Pavilion was the concept that geometry and constructed forms could meld with the natural and the human.
"The fine, fragile grid creates a strong structural system that can expand to become a large cloud-like shape, combining strict order with softness. A simple cube, sized to the human body, is repeated to build a form that exists between the organic and the abstract, to create an ambiguous, soft-edged structure that will blur the boundaries between interior and exterior."
This is a line often walked by architects of the Serpentine Pavilion series and expertly trodden by previous Japanese architects in their additions to Kensington Gardens, SANAA (2009) and Toyo Ito (2002). All of these architects have played with the notion of inside and outside space with Fujimoto noting his desire to 'push this concept forward'.
I spoke briefly to Tom Webster, lead engineer on the project and one of the 'hidden heroes' of the AECOM team. It is rare for the engineers of the Serpentine Pavilion to get the recognition they so often deserve, however this year it is impossible to ignore their role in making this cloud of steel a reality.
This is the first year that AECOM has secured the contract for the Serpentine Pavilion and Fujimoto's proposal presented the team with the perfect opportunity to showcase their skills within the tight time frame of January - June.
Composed of 56 modules of 800mm and 400mm grids constructed offsite and assembled at the project site under the shadow of the celebrated Serpentine Gallery, the Pavilion is crowned with a series of polycarbonate discs of 1.2m and 0.6m in diameter to shelter users from any summertime drizzle. Currently glittering in the hazy sunlight, these discs will enable the public to use the Pavilion come rain or shine as water will cascade from the roof onto the gravel and freshly-laid turf below.
Further information on the design development and engineering behind the Serpentine Pavilion will be provided in a video interview with David Glover, Chief Executive of AECOM, and Sou Fujimoto, architect of the 2013 Serpentine Pavilion, in the next issue of News Review. In the meantime, you can find this magnificent new structure in Kensington Gardens, London, W2 3XA.
Sian Disson
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Lian Li Pitstop T1 Mini-ITX Spider Test Bench Review
From time to time manufacturers like to mix up the market a little bit and release something so unique, that it stirs up a buzz. When it comes to the computer chassis, there are so many talented designs that it is hard to impress someone unless the design is so bizarre that it wipes them off of their feet. Lian Li is a well known manufacturer of computer cases and they have released some of the most efficient designs, which this time is no different.
Today we are taking a look at the Lian Li Pitstop T1 Mini-ITX Spider Test Bench. Yeah, I know that is a mouthful so from this point on I am going to refer to it only as the "Spider" for sake of simplicity. The Spider takes a whole new approach to an open test bench design. In the past, most test benches are square, open and kind of dull in design. They serve their purpose but do not have the look of elegance that will amaze your friends and colleagues. The Spider takes it a whole new level by giving the test bench a theme and a functional design in which to show off your prized hardware.
The Spider goes beyond just being a usable test bench by giving the looks to the metal. The Spider is able to use just about any hardware that you could place in another test bench or chassis such as a hard drive, optical drives, and even a power supply. If you want to stand out and be unique like the Spider, then it might be a match made in hardware heaven. If you are as excited as I am to see this baby assembled, then let's get on with it.
Closer Look:
The Pitstop T1 Spider came shipped to us in the product box. I was a bit worried when I saw it and hoped the items inside were not damaged in any way. With all of the shipping labels stuck on the front I could not get a good look at what was displayed. I tried to remove them slowly but it started to pull up the packaging, so I decided against it. From what I could see it looks as if there is an image of the completed product on the front. On the rear of the package there is a full view of the T1 Spider as well as some close up shots of the hard drive cage, the cable management system and the inclusion of a full size ATX power supply mounted to the test bench. There is also a list of the features in several languages. Once I opened up the packaging I was so relieved to see how well it was protected. Surprisingly, nothing inside was damaged in transit. Kudos to Lian Li for packing it so tightly and making it secure in the box.
Once I got everything out of the package, I was surprised on the amount of parts needed to put the Spider together. From just the parts you would not guess this was going to end up looking like a Spider test bench. Starting from the top left and working across and then down, there is the main brace, the motherboard tray, the large and small legs, the two PSU brackets, the slim optical tray, the instruction booklet and the various screws and standoffs needed for installation.
Now that everything is out of the box I will show you the parts more closely as we start to put this masterpiece together.


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Posted 21 August 2017
We're excited to introduce the new MINI Lower Emissions Allowance, offering £2,000 towards a variety of new MINI models with CO2 emissions below 130g/km*. That's £2,000 on top of our existing tantalising offers and on top of your trade-in price. There's never been a better time to get to know the latest MINI models, with their legendary go-kart handling and iconic design.
Our current line-up is cleaner than ever, with every MINI launched since 2014 designed to meet EU6 standards which are now mandatory for all new cars. Driving an EU6 compliant car comes with a host of benefits, from reducing driving taxes to emitting fewer harmful emissions. Have we got your attention? Let's talk business.
If you're driving a diesel car (MINI or otherwise) that is EU4 emissions standard or older, you're eligible for our Lower emissions Allowance. Trade-in your car and we'll offer a fair trade-in price and £2,000 towards a variety of new MINI models with CO2 emissions below 130g/km*, on top of our existing offers.
You need to have owned the car you're trading in for at least 12 months and the new MINI you're purchasing must be registered in the same name and address as your existing car.
If your car was registered before January 2011, it could be eligible. You can find out your car's Euro emission standard by contacting us or by visiting the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) website and selecting 'find fuel consumption and emissions information'.
Do you already know which MINI model you're after?
Take a look at the list below to discover the MINI models with CO2 emissions below 130g/km* which our new Lower Emissions Allowance applies to.
£2,000 Lower Emission Allowance towards new MINI vehicles with CO2 emissions of 130g/km (NEDC) or below. New vehicle must be registered by 31/12/17 in the same name & address as trade-in vehicle. Trade-in vehicle must be diesel, EU4 emission standard or older & owned for at least 12 months. Retail customers only. Participating retailers only. Can be used in conjunction with other offers. T&Cs apply.
*Figures are obtained in a standardised test cycle. They are intended for comparisons between vehicles & may not be representative of what a user achieves under usual driving conditions.
**Figures are obtained using a combination of battery power & petrol fuel after the battery had been fully charged. They are intended for comparisons between vehicles & may not be representative of what a user achieves under normal driving conditions. This is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that requires mains electricity for charging.


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The Mars Exploration Rovers act as robot geologists while they are on the surface of Mars.
You can explore the various parts of the rover by clicking on the image to the left.
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text: Category Events - United States, West Fargo (ND) Our West Fargo location has a full bar, so you must be 21+ to attend. No Artistic Ability Needed These social painting parties are a fun, relaxing environment to enjoy your favorite beverage and chat with friends while painting a masterpiece. We take care of the setup and clean up. Just bring yourself or a few friends and be ready to have fun! We provide everything you'll need to paint including step by step instructions. Take home your artwork at the end of this event. Our studio is for our painters only. Everyone needs a paid seat to stay on premises during all classes. Get ready to relax, unwind and paint Doors and bar open one hour before the event, try to get there early to get signed in, get uncorked and find your seat. Aprons will be provided, but consider wearing something you wouldn't mind getting paint on. Register early, class size is limited. We do not have reserved seating, so if you are attending with a group, one of your group should be there early enough to save seats for everyone. To reserve your seat, sign up and pay in advance through the website. Sign up early, events do sell out. Unpaid seats cannot be guaranteed. Creatively Uncorked reserves the right to cancel classes for unforeseen circumstances. Classes with little or no signups are subject to cancellation or change in art. If you are interested in this class, please sign up early. The West Fargo studio is at 715 13th Avenue East, Suite 101, West Fargo, ND 58078. We are at the Pioneer Center on 13th Avenue near 9th Street. Cancellation policy: Creatively Uncorked offers an art instruction and entertainment event that can be compared to a concert or theater event. We realize that unforeseen things happen, but we also would appreciate the time to offer the seat to others and fill the spot. Therefore NO REFUNDS will be given 48-hours prior to your scheduled class. NO refund or store credit is given for same day cancellations or no-shows. Your ticket is fully transferable, however, and you may let someone of your own choosing use your ticket in your absence. Cancellations should be made by email only. To be fair to everyone, this policy is enforced for all.


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Seattle Mariners 2013 Preview
Philadelphia, PA – It's hard to imagine the light at the end of the tunnel for a team that has finished last in seven out of the past nine years, including each of the last three seasons.
But, things are getting better for the Seattle Mariners.
For one, the Houston Astros now call the American League West their home, meaning it's probably a safe bet that the Mariners won't occupy the cellar.
Two, the great Felix Hernandez signed a 7-year, $175 million deal this offseason, ending any rumors that always seem to pop up that he could be had in a trade.
And finally, the Mariners are just going to be better.
The biggest problem the Mariners had in 2012 was scoring runs. Seattle has scored more runs in each of the last two seasons under Eric Wedge, but still ranked at the bottom of the AL last year with 619 runs scored.
Scoring runs shouldn't be a problem this year, as youngsters Jesus Montero, Dustin Ackley, Kyle Seager and Michael Saunders continue to progress, coupled with the additions of veteran boppers Kendrys Morales, Michael Morse, Raul Ibanez and even Jason Bay.
But, the biggest change for 2013 might be the reconfigured outfield at Safeco Field. The walls are moving in - most significantly in left center, where the barrier will be 17 feet closer to the plate. In addition, the left-field wall will shrink from 16 feet to 8 feet, making for a uniform height all the way around.
The result should be more homers for the Mariners, who had just one player, Seager, hit 20 last season.
Seattle is of course set on the mound with Hernandez, but after him it gets a little shaky. Lefty Jason Vargas was jettisoned after a breakout season, but the Mariners are expecting big things from Hisashi Iwakuma and Blake Beavan.
Below we take a capsule look at the 2013 edition of the Mariners, with a personnel evaluation and prognosis included therein:
2012 FINISH (75-87) - Fourth Place (AL West)
KEY OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: Michael Morse (OF), Kendrys Morales (DH), Raul Ibanez (OF), Kelly Shoppach (C), Jason Bay (OF)
KEY OFFSEASON SUBTRACTIONS: Jason Vargas (LHP), John Jaso (C), Kevin Millwood (RHP), Mike Carp (1B)
PROJECTED LINEUP: Michael Saunders (RF); Kyle Seager (3B); Kendrys Morales (DH); Michael Morse (LF); Justin Smoak (1B); Jesus Montero (C); Dustin Ackley (2B); Franklin Gutierrez; Brendan Ryan (SS)
PROJECTED ROTATION: Felix Hernandez (RHP); Joe Saunders (LHP); Hisashi Iwakuma (RHP); Blake Beavan (RHP); Brandon Maurer (RHP)
PROJECTED CLOSER: Tom Wilhelmsen (RHP)
MANAGER: Eric Wedge
So how bad was the Mariners' offense last season? Well, not only did they score the fewest amount of runs in the league for the fourth straight season they did so by more than 50 runs. Also, they were last in hits, last in walks, last in slugging percentage, next-to-last in home runs and doubles. Heck, the Mariners were the only team in either league to have a team OBP (.296) below .300 and a slugging percentage (.369) below .370.
The offense needed to be addressed and general manager Jack Zduriencik tried hard to land free agents Josh Hamilton, Nick Swisher and Mike Napoli, but fell short.
While the team is not expecting much from Bay or Ibanez, the Mariners are certainly counting on Morse and Morales. Morse gives the Mariners a power bat in the middle of the lineup that they haven't had in years, but staying on the field has been a problem. After belting a career-best 31 home runs in 2011, Morse only played in 102 games for the Washington Nationals last season and hit 18 home runs to go along with 62 RBI.
Seattle is also hoping Morales reverts back to the player he was before a broken leg cost him all of 2011 and all but 51 games in 2010. He seemed to be on the right track last season and with a full year under his belt Morales should be even better this year.
Of course, the new dimensions will help, but this lineup will only improve if the young players give a more consistent effort.
The best news to come out of this offseason for Seattle was the fact that it signed Hernandez to a long-term deal.
Hernandez had two years and $39.5 million on a five-year extension he signed with Seattle prior to the 2010 season. The new arrangement will pay the standout right-hander $25 million annually through 2019.
The 2010 AL Cy Young Award winner, who turns 27 in April, went 13-9 with a 3.06 ERA over 33 appearances this past season, leading the AL with five shutouts and striking out 223 batters in 232 innings.
Everyone knows how good Hernandez is, but what else is there in the Mariners' rotation?
There's a lot to like about Hisashi Iwakuma in the middle of a rotation, but for the Mariners the middle starts at No. 2. Iwakuma started last year in the bullpen, but moved to the rotation midway through the season, throwing to a 1.83 ERA over his last nine starts.
One guy who could step up is righty Blake Beavan, who was 11-11 last year with a 4.43 ERA in 152 1/3 frames. The former first round pick showed flashes at times, though, and could be poised for a breakout season.
After that it's take your pick. Veteran Joe Saunders figures to be in the mix, while right-hander Brandon Maurer is also expected to open the year in the rotation
In reality, though, everyone except Hernandez is just holding a spot until top-prospects Taijuan Walker, Danny Hultzen and James Paxton are ready to go.
As good as Hernandez is, the real strength of this team is in the bullpen.
While, the Brandon League experiment proved to be a disaster, it opened the door for flame-throwing righty Tom Wilhelmsen, who picked up his first save on June 2, then racked up 29 in 48 subsequent appearances.
Despite four blown saves in that span, he'll head into the season as the Mariners' closer and one of the more underrated players in the league. Wilhelmsen, who mixed in a changeup to his arsenal this spring, posted a 2.50 ERA and struck out 87 in 79 1/3 innings.
Despite all the early trouble with League, the bullpen produced a 3.39 ERA, which was fifth best in the American League. The unit's 23.5 percent strikeout rate was third in the AL and the group had the best fastball velocity in the AL at 94.6 mph.
Mariners relievers also stranded 72 percent of inherited runners last season, third-best in the league.
It appears the same group will be back. Veteran left-hander Oliver Perez reinvented himself as a reliever and was joined by hard-throwing youngsters Stephen Pryor and Carter Capps in addition to Rule 5 pickup Lucas Luetge
But it all starts, or ends for that matter, with Wilhelmsen.
X-FACTOR: JUSTIN SMOAK: This is a make or break year for the Mariners slugger. Last year was supposed to be his breakout season, but things went south quick and he found himself sent to Triple-A Tacoma in July. He only hit .217 last year and that includes an incredible end to the season that saw him hit .341 in September/October. He also hit five of his career-high 19 home runs in that span. Had Smoak progressed the way everyone thought he would have when they acquired him for Cliff Lee in 2010, they likely wouldn't have had to add Morales and Morse. But, Smoak's decline is primarily the reason the Mariners made those moves. Now if Smoak carries his strong finish into this season, Seattle's offense will be even better than expected.
With the Los Angeles Angels, Texas Rangers, and Oakland A's all set to compete for an AL West title with rosters built to win now, the Mariners will likely find themselves on the outside looking in this year. But, that doesn't mean this is a lost year. In fact when the Mariners do start to turn it around, they will look at this year as the one where it all began to change. There are some things to be excited about. The lineup took its lumps last year, but the growing pains should be gone, especially with the influx of veterans. There are few better pitchers in baseball than Felix Hernandez. Just him being there makes everyone better. And help is on the way. But the real silver lining, they won't finish last. Thanks Houston.


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Laser Analytics Group members attend ICON 2018!Mar 07, 2018
8 members of the Laser Analytics, Molecular Neuroscience, and Quantitative Imaging groups attended the 2nd International Conference on Nanoscopy (ICON). Florian Stroehl and Dr. Katharina Scherer presented posters of their most recent research in structured illumination microscopy and expansion microscopy (respectively), and Marcus Fantham presented a talk on his online first person volumetric data viewer.
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from Carnival FC
on Sun 2/15 0:05 ET
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My 7th year and I'm the first to sign up? This might be my
from The Laws of Lalas
on Sun 2/15 0:30 ET
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very excited for the season, and thanks to Mark for running this fantastic league yet again! from Surreywood Rangers
on Sun 2/15 0:41 ET
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Let 'er rip! from 1860 Oakland
on Sun 2/15 0:51 ET
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Welcome back everyone! 20 years...wow!
Orlando and NYCFC should make things even more interesting.
from Hounds FC
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Glad to be back for another year. from Carnival FC
on Sun 2/15 1:54 ET
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Yes, the expansion teams will make things interesting!
Especially since both Orlando and NYCFC was added to the
weaker East. And we know expansion teams are generally
Including Toronto, the East now has 3 expansion teams.
Seriously though, 2 expansion teams added to the weaker
East and 2 big names (Sporting KC and Houston) to the West?
The west is going to be a blood bath!
from Avengers
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I don't think anyone can predict with certainty what's going to
happen in either conference. Every team in the West looks
good, and I think the league's decision to have the final game of
the year all played at the same time for each conference in
awesome. The East will probably have a greater swing between
first and last, but I couldn't tell you who's going to end up
from Plattsburgh United
on Sun 2/15 14:51 ET
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Who will start for DC as a forward????
Where will offense come from besides Dwyer for KC???
from Seattle SC
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I jumped the gun on signups, ha. Signed up and got Team ID 0 ... looks like there was 10 or so of us who did that. Couldn't log-in though so signed up again today and all is good. from Arrows SC
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Welcome back, y'all. This should be a great season, unless spoiled by a strike. I've been looking forward to playing for a long time, and enjoying everyone's online company.
I got the same Team ID 0 error, but all is good now.
from Castle Hill Comets
on Sun 2/15 20:32 ET
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Where's Waldo?
Err, I mean Frank Lampard.
He wouldn't be doing an Oldfart Mattheus on MLS would he ...
from C�nicas AC
on Mon 2/16 12:34 ET
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Thanks for deciding to put up with us one more season, Mark. For
what is worth, I promise to be in my best behavior this year.
Now to make a roster with Villa and some 19 other guys...
from rancho chevron fc
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Thanks Mark!! and Welcome back "NORM" !
(Collective Cheer) not sure what to expect from
Philly though i prefer Curtain to Hackworth
from Stormin Union
on Tue 2/17 14:10 ET
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Thanks, looking forward to the new mfls and mls season and
the home opener at PPL. With this weather they might be
breaking out the orange ball for it but either way it will be a
good one (MacMath knows our team well so it won't be easy to
score on him, but hoping we can still start with a win)
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Pretty sure MacMath won't be able to play against
Philly. I don't think loaned players can play
against the team that's loaning them unless it's a
cup game.
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Canaries Rout Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Sioux Falls Canaries' bats fired off a barrage of 20 hits on Friday night, including five from J.P. Ramirez, and the Birds cruised to an 11-3 defeat of the Lincoln Saltdogs at Haymarket Park.
Ramirez became the 16th Sioux Falls hitter in team history with a five-hit performance, adding three runs scored and an RBI.
The Canaries (28-38) never looked back after a four-run rally in the second inning against Lincoln ace Pete Parise (7-5). After back-to-back singles by Jake Taylor and Ramirez, Nate Baumann doubled home Taylor. Stephen King then doubled home two men, and Cory Morales capped the scoring with an RBI single.
The last four men in the Canaries lineup were a combined 13-for-18 with nine runs scored and six RBI. King was 3-for-3 with a team-high three RBI, while Taylor and Baumann had multi-hit nights.
Tim Pahuta also hit long solo home run for his team-high 18th of the season, and Nick Van Stratten went 4-for-6 after going hitless in his last two games.
Canaries starter Kyle Ruwe (8-5) received plenty of run support as he cruised through seven innings. He gave up three runs on five hits, improving to 4-0 in July and remaining unbeaten since June 25. His only mistake was a three-run home run yielded to Ian Gac in the fourth inning. He walked two and struck out two.
Parise made an early exit after four innings and took the loss. He gave up nine runs on 13 hits, and the Canaries beat Lincoln for the fourth time in eight games this season.
The Canaries seek to clinch three-game series in game two at 7:05 p.m on Saturday.
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