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Latest NHS and Healthcare News
Here is the latest NHS and Healthcare News from the last week that our Team focused upon at Medical Solicitors!
- NHS performance data delay 'disappointing', regulator says
The publication of key financial performance data from the NHS in England will be delayed until after the election, the BBC understands. Regulator NHS Improvement had wanted to publish data on the scale of hospital deficits but was advised against it by the government. NHS Improvement said it was "disappointing" the results could not be published until after the election.
19 May 2017
- What do the party manifestos mean for the NHS?
Labour's election manifesto offers confused plans for the NHS, while the Conservatives have admitted there are serious problems with existing legislation. The Tory manifesto says that if the "current legislative landscape" – dominated by the government's own health reforms – is hampering the Five Year Forward View or undermining local or national accountability they will fix it, as well as do what they can in the meantime to remove barriers to care integration.
19 May 2017
- Theresa May drops longstanding Tory policy to axe all mixed sex hospital wards
A long standing pledge to close mixed sex hospital wards has been dropped by the Conservatives. The commitment to end shared hospital accommodation has been dropped by Theresa May after appearing in the Conservatives' 2015 and 2010 manifestos.
22 May 2017
- As a GP I feel powerless to help elderly people struggling to survive
Recently a patient brought home to me how inadequate the help I can provide my elderly patients as a GP can be. Among more than 50 phone calls I fielded one day as one of the GPs dealing with urgent requests, there were two from a patient in her 80s who is the main carer for her husband who has dementia.
22 May 2017
- 'Fat but fit is a big fat myth'
The idea that people can be fat but medically fit is a myth, say experts speaking in Portugal. Their early work, as yet unpublished, involved looking at the GP records of 3.5 million people in the UK.
17 May 2017
- 70% of UK workers still go to work even when they are ill, survey finds
A slightly sore throat and a bit of a sniffle won't keep Brits out of work, new research suggests. According to a report published by insurance company Aviva on Tuesday, millions of people in the UK have gone to work when they were ill instead of taking the day off, driven by heavy workloads and employers promoting a culture of face-time.
15 May 2017
- Breast Cancer Indicators Explained Through Lemons
The confusion over what to look and feel for when routinely checking breasts for signs of cancer is not unfamiliar. But a new campaign has recruited an unlikely ally to boost breast cancer awareness: the lemon.
21 May 2017
- Breast Milk Compound 'May Help Cure Cancer' According To Swedish Scientists
The life-nurturing health benefits of breast milk are often attested. But the new discovery of the effects of a compound found in breast milk, nicknamed Hamlet, could mean a more effective and targeted way to kill cancerous tumour cells.
15 May 2017
- Century-old tumours could shed light on rare childhood cancers
A collection of almost 100-year-old tumour samples has revealed genetic mutations that scientists believe could be responsible for some of the rarest forms of childhood cancer. The findings, by pathologists at Great Ormond Street hospital, could eventually lead to more effective treatments for uncommon forms of the disease, including cancer of the blood vessels and muscles.
18 May 2017
- Dementia Deaths 'Set To Almost Quadruple By 2040'
The number of people who die from dementia is set to rocket over the coming years, a new study has found. By 2040, it is estimated that 219,409 people in England and Wales will die from dementia – a significant rise from 59,199 in 2014. Increasing deaths from the health condition will contribute to a large number of people who will need end-of-life care, researchers added.
18 May 2017
- Miss USA stirs controversy saying healthcare 'is a privilege' and not a right
The newly-crowned Miss USA has created controversy with her comment that healthcare in the US "is a privilege" rather than a right, as argued by many Americans amid the debate on Obamacare. Kára McCullough, representing Washington, DC, is a scientist at the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the nation's capital.
15 May 2017
- Canada eases steps to open supervised drug injection sites amid opioid crisis
Canada's government has made it easier to open supervised drug injection sites across the country, offering communities a lifeline as they battle an opioid crisis that has claimed thousands of lives in recent years. New legislation passed this week streamlines the more than two dozen requirements previously needed to launch these facilities, which offer a medically supervised space and sterile equipment for people who use drugs intravenously.
21 May 2017
- UK's first proton beam machine arrives at Newport clinic
A key component of the UK's first high-energy proton beam machine has been delivered to its new home in Newport. Proton Partners International (PPI) received the part that will fire the cancer-treating beam at its Rutherford Cancer Centre. PPI said the UK's "most-advanced piece of cancer machinery" could transform treatment for 500 patients a year.
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I actually baked these with the intention of getting them up on the blog for the feast of St. Nicholas--December 6th; a day we like to honor in our home. However, in spite of good intentions, it never happened. I have a collection of Father Christmases (aka St. Nicholas) and have always celebrated this particular day with high regard. His reputation as a bringer of gifts is known world-wide. In Europe, especially Germany and Poland, boys dress as bishops begging alms for the poor. In the Ukraine, children wait for St. Nicholas to come and put a present under their pillows...provided they have been good. In the Netherlands, Dutch children put out a clog filled with hay and a carrot for Sinterklaas' horse. In the United States, one custom associated with Saint Nicholas Day is children leaving their shoes in the foyer in hopes that he will place some coins on the soles...typical of our Capitalism values:-)!
Brown Butter Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies
14 T (1 stick + 6T) unsalted butter, browned
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 extra large egg + 1 large egg yolk
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/3 cup room temperature water
1 cup + 2T King Arthur all-purpose flour (plain flour)
3/4 tsp. Kosher salt
1/4 tsp. baking soda
2 cups semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips
In a medium saucepan, heat butter over medium heat until he foams and browns...about 7 - 9 minutes.

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Game 27 • Thursday, Feb. 15 • 7:00 PM
Syracuse, N.Y. • Carrier Dome (35,121)
Radio: Blue Devil IMG Sports Network
(620 AM, 99.3 FM, 96.5 FM, GoDuke.com, TuneIn app) - Chris Edwards
TV/Video: RSN-TV: Tom Werme(PXP) and LaChina Robinson (Color)
The Series: Duke leads 5-1
Duke Head Coach: Joanne P. McCallie (Northwestern, '87)
Record: 609-225 (26)
Syracuse Head Coach: Quentin Hillsman (St. Mary's College of Md., '93)
Record: 259-134 (12)
Setting the Scene...
For the final time in the regular season, the Duke women's basketball team (20-6, 9-4 ACC) will hit the road as the 17th-ranked Blue Devils take on Syracuse (18-7, 6-6) Thursday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m., in the Carrier Dome.
Thursday's game will be aired live on RSN-TV with Tom Werme (PXP) and LaChina Robinson (Color) calling the action. It will also be carried on the Blue Devil IMG Sports Network via 620 AM, 99.3 FM, 96.5 FM, TuneIn Radio app and www.GoDuke.com with Chris Edwards on the air beginning at 6:45 p.m.
Fans can watch Thursday's game via ACC Network Extra (subject to blackout), FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Florida, FOX Sports Midwest, YES, NBC Sports Washington Plus, NESN Plus, AT&T Sportsnet Pittsburgh Plus, SportsTime Ohio,
FOX Sports Detroit Plus, FOX Sports North Plus, FOX Sports Southwest Plus, AT&T Sportsnet Las Vegas, AT&T Sportsnet Rocky Mtn. and Root Sports Northwest.
What is Next?...
Duke will close the regular season with two straight home contests against Florida State (Feb. 19) and North Carolina (Feb. 25). The FSU contest will mark Duke's annual "Play for Kay" game.
Three Keys...
• Lexie Brown has hit a three-pointer in an ACC-best 25 straight games, which is tied for the longest streak in Duke history (Georgia Schweitzer in 2000-01).
• Rebecca Greenwell needs only one point to move into a tie for sixth on Duke's all-time scoring list along with Katie Meier (1,761).
• Duke looks to improve on its 6-5 road record this season as the Blue Devils travel to Syracuse Thursday.
Storylines/Other Blue Devil Notes...
• Over the last nine games, Rebecca Greenwell has averaged 13.8 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.5 assists. She has hit 25-of-53 treys for a 47.2 percentage, while hitting 50.0 percent of her field goals.
• With 19 more minutes played, Rebecca Greenwell will join the Duke greats Alana Beard, Elizabeth Williams, Jasmine Thomas, Monique Currie and Lindsey Harding as the only Blue Devils to play 4,000 minutes. Greenwell owns 3,981.
• In three seasons in the ACC (2 at Duke and 1 at Maryland), Lexie Brown has totaled 1,483 points and is 17 away from reaching 1,500 points.
• Duke is the only team in the ACC to feature two different players with at least six blocks in a game this season (Leaonna Odom, Jade Williams).
• Lexie Brown is only 37 points away from becoming the only active player in NCAA Division I with 2,000 points, 500 assists and 300 steals.
• Rebecca Greenwell has moved into sixth place on the ACC career three-pointers made list with 276 and needs 24 more to move into a tie for fifth.
• During the last four road games, Erin Mathias has averaged 12.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.8 blocks and 1.5 steals. This included a double-double at Pitt with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Mathias has notched four straight road games with at least 10 points.
• Bego Faz Davalos moved into 22nd on the NCAA career blocks list and needs two more to enter into a tie for 21st with 368.
• Lexie Brown is the only player in the ACC with 90+ steals and 90+ assists (110 assists, 93 steals). The next closest player is Chanette Hicks of Virginia Tech with 131 assists and 74 steals.
• Duke has forced 18 shot clock violations this season by its defense.
• In ACC games only, Duke leads the league in three-point field goal percentage (40.3). Duke also ranks second in blocked shots (5.1) and third in steals (9.9).
• Duke features three players with 25 or more blocks for the third straight year -- Leaonna Odom (32), Erin Mathias (31) and Jade Williams (33). Duke had not featured three with as many blocks since the 2005-06 campaign.
• Lexie Brown and Rebecca Greenwell combined for 50 points at Wake Forest. It marked the fifth time the tandem have combined for 50 or more points over the last two years - 2017-18 (Old Dominion, WFU), 2016-17 (Longwood, Old Dominion, Miami).
• Duke leads the ACC in paint defense, only allowing 19.46 points in the paint per game. The next closest team is Virginia with a 20.96 average.
• All 29 of Duke's 2017-18 contests will be aired on some type of television between ESPN3, ACC Network Extra, ESPN2, RSN-TV, SEC Network and Nova Nation.
• Follow @DukeWBB and @CoachPDuke on Twitter to get the latest updates on Duke women's basketball. Also, "Like" Duke Women's Basketball on Facebook to get the latest videos, pictures and more. DWB is on Instagram at dukewbb.
A Look at Syracuse...
Syracuse enters the contest with an 18-7 overall and 6-6 league mark. The Orange have registered an 11-2 record at home this season, but has lost two straight.
On the year, Tiana Mangakahia (18.0 points, 252 assists), Miranda Drummond (14.9 points, 61 treys), Gabrielle Cooper (10.5 points, 62 treys) and Digna Strautmane (10.2 points, 6.6 rebounds) have paced Syracuse on the season.
The Series with Syracuse...
Duke holds an all-time series mark of 5-1 against Syracuse, while posting a 1-1 mark at Syracuse. The Blue Devils have averaged 72.3 points a game in the series and have held the Orange to an average ledger of 58.7 points.
Coach P holds a mark of 4-1 over Syracuse.
Duke Players vs. Syracuse...
In four games against Syracuse, Rebecca Greenwell has averaged 13.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists. She has hit 10-of-24 treys for a 41.7 percentage and scored 18 or more points two different times.
Last year, Lexie Brown averaged 15.5 points, 6.0 assists, 8.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals in two meetings. She totaled 22 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals in the ACC Tournament.
Moving on Up...
Fifth-year senior Rebecca Greenwell continues to move up the Duke scoring list. She owns 1,760 points and needs one point to reach a tie for sixth along with Katie Meier (1,761).
Greenwell also needs 25 points to move into a tie for fifth along with Sue Harnett (1,785).
Only four Duke players have ever reached the 1,800-point mark and she could join the club soon.
Greenwell is now the Duke record holder for most three-point field goals attempted (694) and ranks tied 12th on the ACC all-time charts. She broke the mark at Clemson.
Nearing 10 Wins in ACC Action...
With one more ACC win, the Duke will reach the 10-win ACC mark for the 10th time under Coach P and the 22nd time in school history. The Blue Devils have totaled 10+ wins 20 out of the last 21 years.
Duke Totals 20 Wins...
With the victory against Clemson, Duke registered its 21st consecutive 20-win season and the 23rd out of the last 24 years.
Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie totaled her 23rd 20-win season over her 26-year coaching career and 14th straight.
Looking at the national scene, Tennessee owns a 42-year streak of reaching 20 wins, while Connecticut is second (25) and Duke's 20 straight years are third.
The ACC record for most consecutive 20-win seasons is 20 by Duke.
Big on the Boards...
Rebecca Greenwell has been a monster on the boards recently pulling down eight or more rebounds in five straight contests. She is the first Duke player to notch eight or more boards in five consecutive games since Elizabeth Williams (2014-15). Greenwell is only the second Duke guard to accomplish this (Katie Meier in 1989-90).
Over the last five games, she has averaged 13.8 points and 9.0 rebounds
At Clemson, Greenwell became the third Duke guard along with Alana Beard and Monique Currie to register over 1,500 points and 700 rebounds. Earlier this season, she became the first Duke player to amass 1,500 points, 600 rebounds and 200 made three-pointers.
Greenwell currently owns 1,760 points and 707 rebounds.
Blocks & Steals...
Duke continues to be one of the best teams nationally in steals and blocks this season combining for 15.4 a contests.
This ranks second in the ACC and fourth nationally among Power Five Conference teams --
Combined Blocks/Steals
17.3 - Rutgers
16.2 - Auburn
15.5 - Pittsburgh
15.4 - Duke
15.0 - Georgia
Roma Gives Spark Off Bench...
Redshirt junior Sofia Roma came off the bench against Wake Forest and provided a key spark in the fourth quarter. In seven fourth quarter minutes, Roma totaled five points, four rebounds and one assist. She hit 2-of-2 field goals. The three offensive rebounds was tied for a Duke best.
3-Point Streak...
Duke's Lexie Brown's 25-game streak with at least one three-pointer leads the ACC and tied second-best among Power Five Conferences.
Brown's streak has matched the Duke record held by Georgia Schweitzer (25 in 2000-01).
Consecutive Games with a Three-Pointer
(Power 5 Conferences)
Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State - 83
Lexie Brown, Duke - 25
Aliyah Mazyck, USC - 25
Aislinn Konig, NC State - 24
Brown Approaching 100 Steals...
Duke fifth-year senior Lexie Brown is having one of the best individual seasons in Duke history averaging 19.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.6 steals.
She owns 93 steals and could become just the third Blue Devil to reach the 100-steals mark joining only Alana Beard (3 times) and Jasmine Thomas (2009-10).
The Duke single-season record is 114 by Alana Beard in 2001-02 and Brown registered 96 a year ago.
Brown's 93 steals currently ranks tied sixth on Duke's single-season charts and needs three to move into a tie with Brown (96) for fifth.
Fashion Opportunity...
For the Florida State contest Feb. 19 in Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University head coach Joanne P. McCallie will be donning an outfit designed by senior Erin Mathias.
Mathias, who created her own fashion line called Erin Mathias Designs, is designing the outfit for Duke's "Pink Game." The outfit will then be auctioned off to raise money for cancer research.
In September, Mathias held a fashion show in front of the Duke Chapel to debut her clothing line and is looking to go into design following graduation.


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When building or renovating a home, it is SO crazy how quickly everything adds up! One area that tends to add up quickly is tile flooring. Even in homes with high price tags, our team often goes big in places like the entry or master bathroom, but selects more budget-friendly tiles in places like the basement/kids' bathrooms/mudrooms. I have found that the trick to selecting things on a budget is to pick classics. However, classics don't have to be boring! Make the room sing by laying the tiles in an interesting pattern, going high contrast with grout, or making a statement with other elements in the room like cabinetry/lighting/hardware/paint.
From our Midway House Project
Here is a roundup of a few of our favorite floor tiles under $10/sq. ft. However, let me preface this with a quick note...natural tiles have variety, so when you are going budget (like ordering tile online) be prepared to pick out some that don't quite blend as well!


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PeaceHealth is seeking a Occupational Therapy Asst COTA - Rehab Therapies UG for a 0.5 full time equivalent Non-Exempt position. This position will be working Day shift with shift durations of 8 Hours .
Req ID: 166777
Under the direction of an Occupational Therapist, the COTA assists in carrying out the treatment plan for patients ranging from pediatric to geriatric with musculo-skeletal, neurological, and/or medical diagnoses.
QUALIFICATIONS (required unless otherwise noted)
Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapist Assistant program.
Please apply online to be considered. For full consideration of your skills and abilities, please attach a current resume with your application.
About PeaceHealth
PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Wash., is a not-for-profit Catholic health system offering care to communities in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. PeaceHealth has approximately 16,000 caregivers, a multi-specialty medical group practice with more than 900 providers and 10 medical centers serving both urban and rural communities throughout the Northwest. In 1890, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace founded what has become PeaceHealth. Today, PeaceHealth is the legacy of its founding Sisters and continues with a spirit of respect, stewardship, collaboration and social justice in fulfilling its Mission.
We offer competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a collaborative, Mission-driven work environment! To learn more about working at PeaceHealth and the Sedro-Woolley community please visit our homepage: www.peacehealth.org/careers .
Get a feeling for the Spirit of PeaceHealth through this three-minute video , and visit us on Facebook or LinkedIn !
Questions? Review our Employment FAQ or email email@example.com . Please note this email does not accept resumes or applications.
Location: Sedro-Woolley , United General Medical Center (250) Job Category: Rehab Therapies Shift: Day Shift Length: 8 Hours FTE: 0.5 Work Type: Part Time Hourly compensation starts at: $ 24.28 , more depending on experience Required Certifications/Licensure: Basic Life Support; Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant - Washington
PeaceHealth is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified job applicants and employees without regard to the following statuses: protected veteran; qualified individual with a disability; race; ethnicity; religion; gender; pregnancy; gender identity; national origin; age; genetic information; sexual orientation; or any other protected status in accordance with local, state, or federal laws.
The above information is intended to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of caregivers assigned to this job.
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Know more about Dubai and the UAE !
Acquiring a UAE driving license is not a difficult thing. If you have a current resident status in the UAE and you happen to be a citizen of these countries below, you would be eligible for transfer of existing driving license without taking a driving course. These countries are:
Tips: Check our list of official Dubai government websites
If you are a citizen of those countries listed above, you don't need to attend a driving course in Dubai for you to have your license changed. On the other hand, if you're a citizen of other countries of the world other than those mentioned above you must undergo a driving course and a test before changing your home country driver's license in Dubai.
The procedure here would involve providing all the relevant documents required above, plus undergoing the real driving test before having your existing driver's license changed. This usually occurs to expats residents whose countries are not allowed to simply exchange their driving license because they are not included in the list of countries who are allowed to change their driver's license in Dubai without undergoing through a driving test.
You would undergo series of lessons about driving and traffic situations in Dubai, multiple choice exam, get assessed, and if you pass you would be issued a UAE driving license. On the other hand, if you fail the exam you would be required to retake the exam you failed in. It is important to know that this procedure also goes to Dubai nationals who have never obtained a driver's license before.


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With Austin Lucas's Collection coming out this week it's time for an Intro. For your listening pleasure 9B presents: Put The Needle Down (an Intro to Austin Lucas). For someone who's only been around for a little while Austin has quite a few records under his belt. For the intro I think I covered everything […]
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Peace, Love and Hard Liquor:
Billy Bob Thornton and Matt Groening love him. Hank III has his face tatted onto his arm. Marty Stuart introduced him as his illegitimate brother at the Ryman. Tom Petty once came backstage to ask him how he gets his "sound" and the Rolling Stones once invited him to participate in a soundcheck session and […]
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Okay, the moment I read the Miles of Music description of this cd I wanted to like it. I mean, look at it: Ten grisly tales based on historical deaths. Bob Frank and John Murry, who co-penned the tracks, have weaved together a haunting folk-country collection of murder ballads. The tales are not for the […]
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Introducing: The Wells
Well what do you know. Another week….another piece on a band from Ohio. There really must be something in the water up there. If I feature many more Ohio bands on here I think I'm gonna have to give Ohio it's own category in wordpress. Hailing from Columbus, The Wells are Robert Loss (vocals), Andy […]


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Hello there,
I'm back to blogging.
In general I didn't have the time and opportunity to write anything. The main issue was...... my computer. It failed time after time. In the mean time, I was waiting for a new, better PC. I didn't (and still don't) have any devices sufficient for writing posts throught this entire time.
I also wondered about moving this blog to a different platfrom with a new graphical design and layout etc. This might happen quite soon. For now on, I have to use blogger. Still, I'd like to change my content (make it shorter, I guess) and add some new things.
I'm really looking forward into my new content and blogging.
The Bad Pilot's Blog is now on facebook:
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Published: 1st October 2011
Number Of Pages: 432
For Ages: 9+ years old
Want to know more? Of course you do, bozo.
Here′s the low-down on Ruby Redfort: she′s a genius code-cracker, a daring detective, and a gadget-laden special agent who just happens to be a thirteen-year-old girl. She and her slick side-kick butler, Hitch, foil crimes and get into loads of scrapes with evil villains, but they′re always ice-cool in a crisis.
In Look Into My Eyes, we go right back to Ruby′s beginnings as an agent. When an anonymous caller sets Ruby a challenge, it′s not long before she finds her way into the HQ of the most secret of secret agencies - SPECTRUM. They need her help to crack a code but her desk job soon spirals into an all-out action adventure, as Ruby uncovers the dastardly plans of the formidable Fool′s Gold Gang...
Ages 9+
About the Author
Lauren Child burst on to the children's books scene in 1999 and has since published many bestselling and award-winning books, including those featuring the hugely popular Charlie and Lola, and the Clarice Bean series. She has won numerous awards including the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal and the Smarties Gold Award. Her books have been made into an award-winning TV series and have sold in many languages with runaway success.
Praise for Lauren Child:
`Lauren Child is a publishing phenomenon' - Observer Magazine
`Lauren Child is so good it's exhilarating' - The Independent
Praise for the Ruby Redfort series:
`The coolest girl hero in years ... Child refuses to write down to her tween and teen audience and challenges readers with more twists than a curling tongs party' The Times
`Redfort is one of the best things to happen to ten-plus British fiction' The Times
`The new Ruby Redfort book is utterly exceptionordinarily brilliant' - Clarice Bean
`Lauren Child has put imagination and fun back into the real worlds of childhood' - Julia Eccleshare, Guardian
`Cool, punchy, stylish' - Sun
`A cracking adventure' - Mail
`What more could adventure-loving girls want?' - The Sunday Times
Series: Ruby Redfort
Audience: Children
For Ages: 9+ years old
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 432
Published: 1st October 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 19.1 x 14.2 x 3.7
Weight (kg): 0.45


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AS A MUSICIAN and songwriter, I didn't feel the need to comment on the outcry against some rock 'n' roll lyrics until I saw Don Wright's insulting editorial cartoon on Sept. 28. It portrayed a youth who didn't know the president's name, the nation's capital and had to think about his mother's name. But he was quick with the answer of heavy metal, Twisted Sister and AC/ DC when asked about his favorite music.
I am an avid listener of heavy metal with a college degree and a good sense of values. I seem to contradictly Wright views. I have short hair and am knowledgeable about what goes on in the world. In fact, most of the songs I write deal with social issues.


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Over the last year I've been working towards an underwater sonar system for ROVs and surface boats. In order to learn the basic signal processing required to detect the echoes, I initially got a simple sonar working in air with a desktop conferencing USB speaker/mic running on Windows. A writeup, including source, is here. That article describes the algorithms used in detail and would be a good read if you want the details of how this works.
The next logical step seemed to be to get it working on a microcontroller. There are plenty of low cost ultrasonic sonar modules available that work really well in air, but the idea was to work towards getting a sonar that worked in water. There are currently no low cost sonar modules for hobby use in water. Additionally, the low cost modules only give one echo - with a signal processing approach like this, you get a series of echoes that may convey more information about the environment. As an example, a boat floating above a school of fish could detect both the fish and the bottom.
I selected a Stellaris Launchpad because of the high speed analog to digital converters (ADC) and the 32 Kof RAM. At the required sample rates, the Launchpad has just enough RAM to send a chirp, and then record a fraction of a second of audio so that the echoes can be determined. Higher frequency sound will require a higher sampling rate, so I may need to switch to a Teensy 3.1, which has 64K of RAM.
A chirp waveform is computed and sent to a small piezo speaker driven by a simple transistor circuit. The piezo supply voltage (VCC in the diagram below) is provided by 3 nine-volt batteries in series to obtain 27V. This diagram shows how it is connected. This is not my diagram - I found it online, but I don't have a reference. If this is yours, please drop me a line.
The return echo is detected by a small amplified microphone from Adafruit. I like this module because it has an integrated level shift. Rather that swinging from -V to +V, it is shifted to 0 to +3.3V so that it can be connected to an ADC. It's very convenient.
A couple 3D printed parts hold it all to the board just to keep it pointed in the right direction.
The chirp is sent, and the audio immediately starts recording to catch the echo. The same correlation function as used in the previous article is used to pull the echoes out of the recorded audio. The intensities of the correlation function are sent through the debug port to the PC so that it can be plotted.
I need to work on optimizing the echo detection code - currently it works on the audio from each pulse for 4 seconds or so. Also, the power output of the audio transducer is very low, so range is pretty limited. It has an effective range of between 3-9 feet. Closer than 3 feet, the echo is hard to pick out of the noise produced when the pulse is sent.
As in the original experiments with the speaker/mic, the results are plotted with a simple Python program set up similarly to a fishfinder display. The results of a test run are shown below. Source for the Python display is modified from code from the previous article.
Source code for the Launchpad is given below.
Next steps are to work on getting transducers working under water and increasing transmit power. I've made a simple hydrophone to test transducers with - update coming soon.
Audible Frequency Chirp Sonar with the Stellaris Launchpad from Jason Bowling on Vimeo.
#include "inc/hw_ints.h" #include "inc/hw_memmap.h" #include "inc/hw_types.h" #include "driverlib/sysctl.h" #include "driverlib/interrupt.h" #include "driverlib/gpio.h" #include "driverlib/timer.h" #include "driverlib/debug.h" #include "driverlib/fpu.h" #include "driverlib/pin_map.h" #include "driverlib/rom.h" #include "utils/uartstdio.h" #include "driverlib/adc.h" #include "inc/hw_timer.h" #include "inc/hw_ints.h" #define numSamples 6000 //size of receive buffer #define sampleRate 80000 //sample rate at which the audio for sending and receiving is performed #define pulseLength .0015 //transmitted pulse duration in seconds #define chirpStartFreq 5000 //in Hz #define chirpEndFreq 8000 //in Hz int chirpLength = 0; unsigned long g_sampleCounter = 0; unsigned long ulADC0_Value[1]; unsigned long rxBuffer[numSamples]; int pulse[900]; //stores waveform for sending and comparison. Only need integers for square wave. Could do with bits to save memory // must be at least pulseLength * sampleRate //double output[501]; void initConsole() { // Initialize the UART at 115200. // ROM_SysCtlPeripheralEnable(SYSCTL_PERIPH_GPIOA); ROM_GPIOPinConfigure(GPIO_PA0_U0RX); ROM_GPIOPinConfigure(GPIO_PA1_U0TX); ROM_GPIOPinTypeUART(GPIO_PORTA_BASE, GPIO_PIN_0 | GPIO_PIN_1); //ROM_GPIOPinTypeUART(9600, GPIO_PIN_0 | GPIO_PIN_1); UARTStdioInit(0); UARTprintf("\nConsole Initialized. System clock is %4d\n", SysCtlClockGet()); } void initADC() { // The ADC0 peripheral must be enabled for use. // SysCtlPeripheralEnable(SYSCTL_PERIPH_ADC0); // For this example ADC0 is used with AIN0 on port E7. SysCtlPeripheralEnable(SYSCTL_PERIPH_GPIOE); // Select the analog ADC function for these pins. GPIOPinTypeADC(GPIO_PORTE_BASE, GPIO_PIN_3); // // Enable sample sequence 3 with a processor signal trigger. Sequence 3 // will do a single sample when the processor sends a signal to start the // conversion. // ADCSequenceConfigure(ADC0_BASE, 3, ADC_TRIGGER_PROCESSOR, 0); // // Configure step 0 on sequence 3. Sample channel 0 (ADC_CTL_CH0) in // single-ended mode (default) and configure the interrupt flag // (ADC_CTL_IE) to be set when the sample is done. Tell the ADC logic // that this is the last conversion on sequence 3 (ADC_CTL_END). Sequence // 3 has only one programmable step. ADCSequenceStepConfigure(ADC0_BASE, 3, 0, ADC_CTL_CH0 | ADC_CTL_IE | ADC_CTL_END); // // Since sample sequence 3 is now configured, it must be enabled. // ADCSequenceEnable(ADC0_BASE, 3); // // Clear the interrupt status flag. This is done to make sure the // interrupt flag is cleared before we sample. // ADCIntClear(ADC0_BASE, 3); } initTimer() { //configure 32 bit periodic timer SysCtlPeripheralEnable(SYSCTL_PERIPH_TIMER0); TimerConfigure(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_CFG_32_BIT_PER); } void startTimer() { unsigned long ulPeriod; //set timer rate ulPeriod = (SysCtlClockGet()/(sampleRate*3)); TimerLoadSet(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_A, ulPeriod -1); IntMasterEnable(); IntEnable(INT_TIMER0A); TimerIntEnable(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_TIMA_TIMEOUT); TimerEnable(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_A); } void stopTimer() { // Disable the Timer0A interrupt. // IntDisable(INT_TIMER0A); // // Turn off Timer0A interrupt. // TimerIntDisable(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_TIMA_TIMEOUT); // // Clear any pending interrupt flag. // TimerIntClear(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_TIMA_TIMEOUT); } void initLED() { //enable GPIO pins for LED SysCtlPeripheralEnable(SYSCTL_PERIPH_GPIOF); GPIOPinTypeGPIOOutput(GPIO_PORTF_BASE, GPIO_PIN_1|GPIO_PIN_2|GPIO_PIN_3); } void initPiezo() { //enable GPIO pins for piezo SysCtlPeripheralEnable(SYSCTL_PERIPH_GPIOE); GPIOPinTypeGPIOOutput(GPIO_PORTE_BASE, GPIO_PIN_4|GPIO_PIN_5); } void generateChirpWaveform() { unsigned long int freq = chirpStartFreq; int value = 1; unsigned long int start = 0; unsigned long int stop = 0; unsigned long int counter = 0; int count = 0; //temp int sampleComplete = 0; //step through array from 0 to 1/2*freq, setting value. Invert value. Proceed to 1/2*freq, setting value. Calculate new freq. Repeat. //values stored in pulse[] while (!sampleComplete) { stop = (int) start + ((1.00 / (freq * 2.00)) * sampleRate); for (counter = start; counter < stop; counter ++) {//check position and set sampleComplete when at end of chirp if (counter < pulseLength * sampleRate) pulse[counter] = value; else sampleComplete = 1; } //invert waveform value to be set for next half of cycle if (value == 1) value = 0; else value = 1; //calculate new freq based on position in pulse. Ratio of stop/chirpLength vs freq increment / chirpEndFreq freq = chirpStartFreq + (((chirpEndFreq- chirpStartFreq) * stop)/(pulseLength * sampleRate)); //position for writing next half cycle start = stop; chirpLength += 1; } //end while } void playChirp() { long int count = 0; long int endSample; endSample = sampleRate * pulseLength; while (count < endSample) { if (pulse[count]) { GPIOPinWrite(GPIO_PORTE_BASE, GPIO_PIN_4, GPIO_PIN_4); GPIOPinWrite(GPIO_PORTE_BASE, GPIO_PIN_5, 0); } else { GPIOPinWrite(GPIO_PORTE_BASE, GPIO_PIN_4, 0); GPIOPinWrite(GPIO_PORTE_BASE, GPIO_PIN_5, GPIO_PIN_5); } SysCtlDelay((SysCtlClockGet() / (sampleRate * 3))); count ++; } } void ftoa(float f,char *buf) { //code from http://forum.stellarisiti.com/topic/528-newbie-question-how-do-i-use-uartprintf-with-floats/ int pos=0,ix,dp,num; if (f<0 data-blogger-escaped-buf="" data-blogger-escaped-dp="0;" data-blogger-escaped-f="" data-blogger-escaped-pos="" data-blogger-escaped-while="">=10.0) { f=f/10.0; dp++; } for (ix=1;ix<8 data-blogger-escaped-f="f-num;" data-blogger-escaped-if="" data-blogger-escaped-ix="" data-blogger-escaped-num="">9) buf[pos++]='#'; else buf[pos++]='0'+num; if (dp==0) buf[pos++]='.'; f=f*10.0; dp--; } buf[pos - 1] = '\0'; } void processSample() { int a = 0; int bufferStartPosition = 0; double normalizedSample = 0.0; double windowSum = 0.00; //cumulative sum for this window double temp = 0.0; char buffer[20] , *str; str = buffer; //audio values in rxBuffer are shifted integers. Normalized audio is -1 to 1. Recorded samples are 0 to 4096 //Divide by 4096 and subtract .5 to shift to this range. //stored pulse is stored 0 to 1. Multiply by 2 and subtract 1 to normalize. while (bufferStartPosition < ( numSamples - chirpLength)) { for (a = 0; a < chirpLength; a++) { normalizedSample = (rxBuffer[bufferStartPosition + a]/4096.0) - .5; //temp = normalizedSample * ((pulse[a] * 1.00)); temp = normalizedSample * ((pulse[a] * 2.00) - 1.00); windowSum = windowSum + (normalizedSample * temp); } ftoa(windowSum,str); UARTprintf(str); UARTprintf("\n"); bufferStartPosition += 1; //increment bufferStartPosition to move window windowSum = 0.00; //end outer loop } UARTprintf("stop\n"); } int main(void) { SysCtlClockSet(SYSCTL_SYSDIV_5|SYSCTL_USE_PLL|SYSCTL_XTAL_16MHZ|SYSCTL_OSC_MAIN); initConsole(); initLED(); initPiezo(); initADC(); initTimer(); generateChirpWaveform(); //initialization complete int pingCount = 0; while(pingCount < 1000) { playChirp(); //record audio startTimer(); processSample(); pingCount = pingCount + 1; } while (1) {} } void Timer0IntHandler(void) { // Clear the timer interrupt TimerIntClear(TIMER0_BASE, TIMER_TIMA_TIMEOUT); // Trigger the ADC conversion, Wait for conversion to be completed. // ADCProcessorTrigger(ADC0_BASE, 3); //everything after this can be moved out of the ISR //set a flag and poll for it in main() while(!ADCIntStatus(ADC0_BASE, 3, false)) {} //take an ADC reading ADCIntClear(ADC0_BASE, 3); ADCSequenceDataGet(ADC0_BASE, 3, ulADC0_Value); if (g_sampleCounter < numSamples) { rxBuffer[g_sampleCounter] = ulADC0_Value[0]; GPIOPinWrite(GPIO_PORTF_BASE, GPIO_PIN_2, GPIO_PIN_2); } else { GPIOPinWrite(GPIO_PORTF_BASE, GPIO_PIN_2, 0); g_sampleCounter = 0; stopTimer(); } g_sampleCounter++; }


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An extremely slow train- Monisha Rajesh's Around India in 80 Trains
Uninspired. That is one word for Monisha Rajesh's Around India in 80 Trains. For such an inspired idea of traveling all over India in 80 trains, her book translated into a complaining, self-righteous, insipid, and a boring monologue. Books on … Continue reading
Fishy Tales- Samanth Subramanian's Following Fish: Travels Around the Indian Coast
"Travel does nothing better than swinging a wrecking-ball into even your most meager expectations. A place is always hotter or wetter or drier than you suspect it will be; people will always turn out to have stories different from the … Continue reading
Journeys to the Unlikeliest of Places with the Unlikeliest of Companions
My sister once asked me what is your passion? I fumbled around for an answer with several 'umms' and 'hmmms'. And then it dawned on me. Travel. Since the time that I stepped out of my home at the age … Continue reading
I missed the love- India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century
A few months ago, while placing a phone call from the United States to my mother in India, I became an involuntary participant to another phone call, taking place in Lahore, Pakistan. The call was between a man and a … Continue reading
Of Promises and Disappointments: The House on Carnaval Street
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The Calcutta Chromosome
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I'm in between editing a wedding and a shoot but I thought I'd do a quick post of the welovepictures Studio. Thanks so much for all the lovely comments and advice from yesterday's post - sooo much to think about! Ooooh - yeay!!! You are all so sweet friends :)
For now, I'm just sharing some Instagram pictures that I've taken over the last few months of our Studio space and the awesome city it is in - lovely Cape Town!
P.S Those of you that follow us on Twitter and Instagram - boo for you :) x
We've started a bit of a tradition of hanging out on the roof on Friday afternoons to kick off the weekend :)
This is what we see when we're up there.
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Wow! It's awesome, and so is Cape Town, gorgeous!ReplyDelete
oh it's just too gorgeous! all of it!ReplyDelete
OH my!! I absolutely LOVE your studio!! Now that's what i call a perfect work space. :)ReplyDelete
oh my gosh, your studio is AMAZING :) also it's so funny realizing that it's just down the road from my office! i just might run into you at fruit & veg :)ReplyDelete
Thanks friends! :))ReplyDelete
Haha, @bakelovenotwar totally! We try to avoid F&V during lunch though - chaos! :)
you are so lucky to have a space like that!ReplyDelete
oh, this is making me so homesick for old Cape Town! I love that place :) Blessed, yes...ReplyDelete
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Meeting the needs of children and making sure they are safe in the family is a shared responsibility between individuals, the family, the community and the government. When adults caring for children do not follow through with their responsibilities, are abusive or exploit their positions of power, then it is the child protection system that becomes responsible for taking action.
The Victorian Child Protection Service is specifically targeted to those children and young people at risk of harm or where families are unable or unwilling to protect them.
The main functions of Child Protection are to:
- Investigate matters where it is alleged that a child is at risk of harm
- Refer children and families to services that assist in providing the ongoing safety and wellbeing of children
- Take matters before the Children's Court if the child's safety cannot be ensured within the family
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- Provide and fund accommodation services, specialist support services, and adoption and permanent care to children and adolescents in need.
Mandatory reporting of child abuse
Some professionals such as doctors, nurses, police and school teachers are legally obliged to report suspected child abuse. In addition, any person who believes on reasonable grounds that a child needs protection can make a report to the Victorian Child Protection Service. It is the Child Protection worker's job to assess and, where necessary, further investigate if a child or young person is at risk of harm.
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It is an offence for an adult not to disclose child sexual abuse. The offence requires that any adult who holds a reasonable belief that a sexual offence has been committed in Victoria by an adult against a child (aged under 16) disclose that information to police. The offence applies to all adults in Victoria, not just professionals who work with children, unless they have a reasonable excuse. Further information about the Offences to improve responses to child sexual abuse and how to report is available on our Providers site.
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Last weekend while doing our usually Saturday morning coffee and cake then a look at the local Salvation army shop, I spotted this HUGE but rather ugly framed picture. I thought to myself surely this could be rescued and turned into something cool!
Have a look and see what we did with it.....
We all just love how it turned out and it works perfectly in our kitchen :)


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BIO President Addresses FDA on PDUFA
Washington, D.C. (September 18, 2000) Carl B. Feldbaum, president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), issued the following statement on the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) at an FDA public meeting September 15, 2000:
"I feel like I'm here wearing two hats today. I'm president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, but I am also a cancer survivor. If it were not for a diagnostic test, developed by a biotech company and approved by the FDA, my cancer might have gone undetected for years. Instead it was caught early, and now I am just fine.
"Getting more and more effective diagnostics and drugs to patients is what the biotech industry is all about. To accomplish that, our industry works in a rather rare, professional relationship with the FDA.
"Let me take a shot at better defining that relationship. First, let me say what it is not. It is not, as some have called it, a partnership nor is it necessarily congenial or even neighborly. But it is also not antagonistic, spiteful or hierarchical. What it is, is a relationship essentially between peers, strictly professional, arms-length, civil but also attentive, approachable, responsive. Cordial, but hardly companionable.
"BIO and the FDA have worked together to produce the world's safest and most effective new medicines for patients. During the 1997 negotiations over the FDA Modernization Act, BIO worked with Congress and the FDA to implement meaningful reforms that, to the amazement of many, passed the Congress in unanimous votes. BIO was then an advocate on behalf of the FDA, and we defended the agency's critical role in the drug development process from some real radicals who said, We don't need an FDA; let the markets decide what works. What rubbish.
"No other nation has an agency that compares to the FDA, and no other consumers in the world have as much confidence in the safety and efficacy of its food and drugs as citizens of the United States. Right now the furor in the United Kingdom and continental Europe over biotech foods, or as they call them GMO foods is, in some part, attributable to the fact that while in the United States, citizens are skeptical about the government in general, we do trust the FDA to protect the public health. That is a long and hard-earned trust.
"Most European citizens, however government-centric or even socialist they may be, do not share such trust in any government agency devoted to protecting their public health, and they have been unnerved by their experience with tainted blood supplies and widely perceived government bungling over mad cow disease.
"Our rather strict FDA-biotech relationship has resulted in development of nearly 100 biotech drugs and vaccines over the last 25 years. These medicines have now helped more than 250 million people worldwide. In the next couple years, working together and apart, we can do even better.
"Because of flat federal appropriations over the past several years, the true operating budget of the FDA has shrunk dramatically just as biotech companies are coming online with a tsunami of new treatments for formerly intractable diseases, many suffered by the Medicare population. The agency actually has less money now than it had in 1993 for activities other than those funded by user fees or covered by tobacco and food safety programs.
"Of necessity, BIO's first order of business this year was to lead the charge for greater FDA appropriations. We organized a coalition of groups representing many of the FDA-regulated industries. The effort was successful with both the House and Senate appropriating much-needed increases in funding.
"The second way we walk the walk: BIO consistently defends the FDA's role as the primary regulator in all drug development areas, including gene therapy and stem cell research.
"Third, our staunch support for PDUFA is perhaps the best evidence of our commitment to a strong, independent science-competent FDA.
"Regarding PDUFA, which by the way is the worst Washington acronym (without the corruption) since CREEP (President Nixon's Committee to Re-Elect the President). But regarding PDUFA, BIO hopes to use the next reauthorization cycle of negotiations as a springboard to explain to Congress why the FDA needs more appropriated resources.
"Biotechnology is a very highly regulated industry, and we tell Congress, that a highly competent, science-proficient FDA is essential to the development of the U.S. biotech industry. An industry that is by far the global leader, not only in innovation, but also in new jobs in congressional districts in all 50 states. We want a rigorous review process that is science-based and is more predictable. Predictability is particularly important for many of our small companies, whose value and ability to continue to fund their research, since they often have no revenues, certainly no profits often hangs on every nuance, every syllable the FDA utters publicly.
"We at BIO are currently developing our recommendations for the potential reauthorization of the user fee act.Based on initial feedback from our mostly small biotech companies, I can tell you that we have a few main concerns:
1. Our companies need a more predictable review process that includes better communications and more timely interaction with FDA reviewers.
2. Our members report that FDA is unwilling to agree to protocol specifications in writing. We believe this is contrary to the spirit of FDAMA, which requires collaboration in protocol development between our companies and the agency.
3. Action must be taken on widely perceived slow, indeed glacial, implementation by FDA of FDAMA provisions designed to guide our companies as they disseminate health-care economic information and certain scientific information.
"We at BIO look forward to working with you in our usual plain-spoken way, always thoroughly, carefully dealing with our shared responsibilities. First, to ensure the safety and efficacy of our products; and second, to borrow an simple expression from the Supreme Court of the United States in the landmark case, Brown v. Board of Education, to make sure we work together with all deliberate speed to get our new medicines to the patients who need them.Thank you."
BIO represents more than 900 companies, academic institutions and biotech centers in all 50 states and 26 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of health-care, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products.


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Basketball, Connor Griffin said, will always be a part of his life.
He was shooting around in the gym earlier this month. It's how he clears his mind. And if you're a 6-foot-3 dude who can dunk, well, that's not something you just stop doing.
"I still like to dunk," he said with a smile. "That's going to be a hobby of mine forever, until I can't."
It's a skill that got him noticed during his few appearances as a walk-on at Gonzaga, where he was a part of two NCAA Tournament teams, including the 2014-15 squad that finished with a 35-3 record and advanced to the Elite Eight.
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Run a YouTube search for "Connor Griffin dunk," and you'll find a clip of Griffin elevating for a one-handed jam in traffic during a blowout win over Pacific.
That same athleticism, he hopes, could help Griffin play his way into more snaps as a walk-on receiver for the Washington Huskies football team.
Griffin, a fourth-year junior, is going through his first spring with the Huskies in preparation for his second season. He spent last year as a reserve tight end, appearing in eight games and recording his first collegiate catch in UW's Heart of Dallas Bowl victory over Southern Mississippi.
The transition from tight end to receiver, he said, hasn't been too dramatic. He mostly practices at the "H" spot, a position he played last season in two tight-end sets. Griffin said he's trying to learn the "Z" position so the Huskies can take advantage of his size on the outside.
His raw skills were apparent from the time he arrived at fall camp last year and started making plays during scrimmages with the third-string offense. But he knows his fundamentals require further development.
"I could go up and make plays. I could catch the ball," Griffin said. "But when it came down to it, I need to work on my feet, my hands, need to make sure I could break DBs off my routes and stuff like that. So that's something I really took to heart and really wanted to work on this offseason."
Griffin prides himself on perfecting the smallest details, receivers coach Bush Hamdan said, part of the reason the coach describes him as "a guy that has so much potential."
"I think he looks a little bit more smooth and a little bit more natural," Hamdan said. "I think sometimes with him it's not even talking about the next-level stuff. It's just getting into a comfortable stance, and feeling good with releases off the line. So I think the more he can rep those things and make that more normal to him, I think the other stuff comes to him naturally."
It did at Lake Oswego High School, where Griffin starred as a senior after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee the year prior. He finished his senior season with 919 yards receiving and 14 touchdowns, good enough for all-state honors. He fetched scholarship offers from Portland State and Northern Colorado. But basketball was his passion, and he chose to walk on at Gonzaga.
Griffin says he cherishes the two seasons he spent there, and that's easy to understand. He played for one of the best teams in Gonzaga history and made a lot of good friends in the process. But, he says, "there's probably a reason I had offers for football and not basketball."
Football, he figured, could take him farther. A close friend got him in touch with UW's coaching staff after the 2014-15 basketball season. He spoke first with defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski, then tight ends coach Jordan Paopao, then offensive coordinator Jonathan Smith.
Griffin visited the UW campus and took a tour of the facilities. He said he had "nothing but outside sources telling me how good of a guy coach (Chris Petersen) was, and what kind of program they're building here."
The Huskies lack established playmakers at the receiver position. Which means it's worth wondering if there might be a role on this team for a player such as Griffin.
"I think I have more potential in football," Griffin said, "and (I'm) kind of excited to see where all this takes me."
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Entry ID: DKRZ_PUMA
Abstract: The Portable University Model of the Atmosphere is a circulation model in
FORTRAN-90 developed at the Meteorological Institute of the University of
Hamburg. PUMA originated in a numerical prediction model that was altered to
include only the most relevant processes in the atmosphere. It serves as a
training tool for junior scientists, allowing them to work with a program that
is easier to ... understand and modify than ECHAM.
These pages are meant to document the current state of PUMA. You can download
the sources from here, browse the reference paper or take a look at the results
that have been achieved in PUMA runs. You may also want to visit our ongoing
project to produce a Planet Simulator, with one of its major components being
PUMA-2, an extended version of PUMA that includes humidity and a boundary
layer, among others.
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New apartments nearing completion
Henderson State's new apartment complex, Reddie Villa Apartments, is nearing completion as workers add the finishing touches. Installation of furniture and appliances is under way this week as some students prepare to move in starting Aug. 1. A fence and gate are being built, and work continues on the pool. Landscaping will begin soon.


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Speaking of cookies, or not eating them, I'm down 10 lbs since January 1st. Granted, some of that is water weight, but a chunk of that *IS* real weight loss! So, yay!
With that loss, I'm about 18 lbs from not being overweight by the BMI charts for my height, and another 10lbs beyond that from my final goal weight. Well, final as long as I get there and feel decent. But I'll decide once I am there. When I was younger and at that weight, I felt good and people actually called me thin. But your body changes when you're older so... we will see. I will say the bonus to being tall is gaining 10 lbs and there being very little difference in appearance or the way your clothes fit. The downside to being tall is that you work hard to lose 10 lbs and there's NO freaking difference!!! Good for holidays, bad for the ego I guess. *pout*
Anyway, my goal is to lose 6 lbs a month, and by summer I'll be at goal. I may not quite be able to pull that off for February given my stupidity with the super bowl party we had, and my birthday at the end of the month, but we shall see what I can pull off! I really want this weight off.
In other progress news, I have started daily exercise paintings for days I am in my studio (preferably five times a week.) I get roughly 20 minutes for the painting, and then I need to walk away. It's all about laying down values, and seeing what it is you're painting. I've been allowing myself some leeway, up to 30 minutes, because sometimes it just isn't even close to ok. I think it's working though. It's teaching me to lay down basic values without obsessing over details, and learning how to walk away.
The walking away part is what kills me. It's not right! I must fix it! GAH! But I'm doing it. What's more is that I'm listing the paintings for cheap ($20) and most of them are being snapped up right away. It pays for my practice session supplies, the canvas and the paint, so I literally have nothing to lose. No excuse not to get busy and start working.
So, I started with landscapes last year with this exercise, and then dropped it. Now that I have picked it up, I'm doing beta fish this week. I'm getting a little bored of them, but it's only one week. All paintings are 4x6 inches on loose canvas, and so far all oil. Here's how it's gone so far this week (I started a day early):
|Beta Fish #1, I like his face the best
|Beta Fish #2, Whites were hard on this one. I feel like I learned a bit, but struggled far too much. A big part of this is because the canvases on this and the last started as white.
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BQOM3aEgb7j/?taken-by=kyraart You will be able to see it whether you have an account or not, and it's only about 30 seconds long.
I have figured out I am in love with black gesso. I think it's just more me. I like working from a darker ground. Although, I have some other things I'm going to be practicing with (not for these, more involved) and they have various toned grounds. Maybe I'll fall in love with another color too. I just feel like white doesn't work as well for me anymore.
Anyway, these practice paintings do loosen me up and get me ready to face more in the studio. I'm hoping it'll yield other results as I carry on with it. I'm thinking about doing desserts next week (hey, they're calorie-free when they're just paintings!)
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You don't associate Starbreeze Studios with story-driven adventure games. Heck, with a résumé that includes The Chronicles of Riddick, The Darkness, and Syndicate, you'd be forgiven for assuming that any Starbreeze product has to be a gritty, violent first-person shooter. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons not only looks set to radically alter the studio's pedigree, but it might be the best downloadable title I've seen since Journey. Which is fitting, because it looks and feels like a cross between Journey and Fable…but not Fable: The Journey.
"I see Brothers as a fairy tale, as a book where something new happens all the time," says creative director and award-winning film director Josef Fares, an avid gamer and Swedish resident who brought the project to his countrymen at Starbreeze three years ago.
Out next spring on Xbox Live Arcade, PSN, and PC, Brothers is a single-player quest where you control two young siblings through a fantasy, medieval-tinged land in search of the "Water of Life" – a cure for their ailing father. The older brother is more mature while the younger boy is more mischievous. For example, you approach a young girl in a town playing a makeshift game of basketball. Big brother grabs the ball and shoots it through the hoop. Little brother, on the other hand, grabs the ball and then, if you guide him over to a nearby well, he'll drop it down . The girl weeps as a result of your mean-spirited act.
Of course, it won't always be simple NPC interactions in a town. Out in the wild, you'll need to slip by a big, aggressive dog running in a field amidst a plethora of hay bales. You must to alternate actions to get by: one boy whistles while the other advances. Later, a drawbridge can only be lowered by running on a giant hamster wheel; if you stop moving, the bridge raises back up. So you'll have to put little brother on the wheel, walk big bro across, pick up one of the flock of sheep milling about, then return to the other side and place the sheep in the wheel so that you can both proceed across the bridge and into the next area.
The scenery in Brothers is a bit reminiscent of Fable -- and that's a good thing.
The control scheme is simple: the left thumbstick steers the older brother with LT/L2 being the lone, catch-all "interaction" button, while the right stick and RT/R2 do the same for the younger sibling. Through intelligent camera work, big bro is almost always kept on the left side of the screen and the younger charge on the right – you'll have to work hard to switch their places. A strummy, acoustic guitar soundtrack helps set the fantasy tone, and when interacting with others, you'll only ever hear their gibberish language; there's no proper dialogue. It also helps that there's no on-screen interface to remind you that you're playing a game.
For once, a film director's involvement in a video game project isn't a public relations stunt (see: Steven Spielberg) or, worse, a bad idea altogether (John Woo). Fares is not only dead serious about Brothers, but he appears to be on the right track. These basic gameplay examples might not sound like Game of the Year material, but that's the point.
The art style in Brothers is charming -- somewhat reminiscent of Fable.
Like Journey, Brothers is as much about your emotional response to what's happening on the screen as it is about puzzles or game mechanics. It's an adventure game in the literal sense; it's not meant to be difficult. It's simply meant to be experienced over the course of its 3-4 hours. And it's one of the most inspiring and engaging tales ever to grace the downloadable game services, whether you're convincing a troll to toss you and your brother across a gap or just sitting idly on a bench, admiring the gorgeous mountain in the distance that you'll soon climb.
Let me put it this way: Brothers is an extremely rare case where I actually don't want to tell you about a game, because anything I say just spoils a little bit of something better absorbed without previous knowledge. That's precisely why, despite the fact that I saw much more of Brothers in action, I'm going to stop right here. It's for your own good, trust me.
Ryan McCaffrey is the Executive Editor at IGN Xbox. He used to own a DeLorean, which is weird. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan, on IGN, catch him on Podcast Unlocked, and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.


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The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Cindy Sheehan, Against War? Not So Much Anymore
I like finding examples of left wing media bias as much as the next guy but I suppose that guy would have to be another right wing nut job like me in order to enjoy it as much as I do. Anyway, over the weekend I was watching all the hype for the big Obama Afghanistan announcement on Tuesday when I saw a little gem of a news story on Headline News. There she was, the former darling of the left wing press, Ms. anti-war Cindy Sheehan herself, leading a huge war protest in front of Travis Air Force Base outside of Sacramento, CA.
Except Ms. Sheehan's protest really wasn't all that huge. It looked like Cindy and about seven or eight of her aging hipster friends had gotten some gas money together, made a few signs and a rented U Haul truck for a trip from the Bay Area up to Sacto. To be honest I felt a little sad for Cindy, I think I could get more people over to my house for an Amway meeting. I didn't see how less than a dozen people doing anything would rate national news time. However, Ms. Cindy was getting more air than on HLN that the entire 9/12 demonstration did and though we may disagree about how many folks were there, I think we can all agree it was a little more than twelve.
Maybe she was getting face time because there was a counter protest? One old veteran put on his uniform and came out to confront Ms. Sheehan. This guy of about 80 was giving the protesters a severe tongue lashing. To try to silence his dissidence Ms. Peace and Love put her bullhorn about an inch from his face and kept talking. The old guy batted it away was and was instantly demonized for "slapping" Ms. Sheehan. She was demanding to anyone who would listen that he be arrested for assault.
Then something odd struck me, she and her Code Pink friends weren't really protesting the war. They were protesting the use of drones to kill enemy scumbags. To Ms. Sheehan's credit until then she has never quit protesting the war. What happened was that she quit getting coverage. When she would show up in Crawford with her ragtag band of merry pranksters they would be outnumbered by adoring media types ten-to-one. She got her sour puss on all the CNN and MSNBC chat fests. Then Obama, the anti- war President happened and all of the media went away. Her campout at Martha's Vineyard this past summer during Mr. Obama's vacation brought hardly a mention and that was on the evil Fox News.
Now her protest isn't against the President's lack of action on his promises to the hard left, oh no! Nor is it against the war itself. Her protest is now Obama friendly! In order to get back in the limelight she isn't protesting the war she is protesting "drones." I think she actually said something to the effect that the use of unmanned drones weren't fair. I guess Ms. Sheehan think if we need to clean out some rat hole of terrorist we should do it in a more sporting manner.
Now that she isn't protesting "the war" which on Tuesday became President Obama's war, she is back on the good list with the liberal media. I expect to see Cindy and company all around the liberal media protesting that mean old Air Force and their use of unfair drones. I wouldn't hold my breath for any anti-Obama rhetoric!


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"Identity cannot be found or fabricated but emerges from within when one has the courage to let go."
-Doug Cooper
Identity. This is a concept with which I have struggled in recent months. For nearly two decades my identity has been wrapped up inside a neat little package I refer to as the eating disorder, and subsequently my recovery. When the satin bow on that neat little package was untied it led to the contents spilling out over the table like puzzle pieces without an order. Each facet of my life lay before me, upturned and mixed up, waiting for me to pick it up, examine it, and set it in its proper place; in hopes of uncovering my true identity somewhere in there, or perhaps when the puzzle formed a picture.
I started this blog when I was merely months in true recovery after leaving treatment, and it has provided an outlet for my thoughts as much as it has provided inspiration for people who read it. Each day I grow stronger in my recovery and take more steps away from the life that once defined me; almost as if I am stepping out of my old body and life to move forward into a new one. Taking off my mask and revealing my true self. The eating disorder was the mask for so long and the space between the mask and my face formed the majority of my identity for the last two years–my recovery.
This week is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week (NEDAW) and usually I flood my social media accounts with facts, stories, and information about eating disorders, treatment, and statistics. Not this year. My choice to not participate wasn't a conscious one, it just happened. My newsfeed on Facebook and Instagram have been bombarded with NEDAW images, sayings, and statistics; yet I have not shared any of them. It isn't because I no longer care about individuals struggling with and recovering from eating disorders–not at all–but my identity is not longer wrapped up by the satin bow of recovery or the messy puzzle of the eating disorder. I still greatly care about and pray for individuals who have not yet discovered the freedom recovery will bring.
I have found myself writing for BBA less and less over the last six months, as I have been stepping away from the eating disorder and recovery communities more and more. Writing for BBA only once each month wasn't a choice I made with logic or reason, but it one that has happened as my life is being lived. Eating disorder thoughts no longer dominate my mind and a "proper" meal plan isn't something that I cling to in order to give me normalcy while eating now. My exercise isn't obsessive or damaging to my recovery and my body does not define me. I've started to leave the role of eating disorder recovery advocate and step with my whole heart, mind, and body into the roles of Christian, mother, and wife.
Earlier today I found myself sitting with a friend and discussing this very topic over coffee. Identity can be confusing for adolescents and young adults, sure, but it can be equally confusing for adults; especially those impacted by trauma or mental illness. My friend and I talked about finding our identity in Christ and what that actually means. Whether or not you are a Christian, or have a Higher Power at all, your identity is found in your personality, beliefs, etc. While I do not hold the answer as to what it means to have my identity in Christ, I know my "roles" fall under that identity. My confidence comes from Christ and knowing I am created in His image. Outward beauty holds no power over my heart and the acts of kindness I can perform for others.
Struggling with my identity 0ver the last several months culminated itself today when I realized my identity is found in more in my heart than anything else. My identity is my calling and purpose. Christ has given me a heart for people society tends to overlook or despise–inmates and individuals struggling with substance abuse–and how I focus my heart, energy, and attention speaks to my identity. I still love and care about the eating disorder recovery community, as it helped form who I am today and I'm eternally grateful for the individuals God placed in my life to help get me here, but it isn't the biggest identifier of who I am anymore. My BBA posts may not be as numerous as they once were, but they will still show up every so often, as I wholeheartedly believe everyBODY is beautiful. There are self-acceptance and body-acceptance lessons to be gleaned in every day life and when a lesson smacks me in the face, I'm going to share it.
My identity is in Christ and the courage I have to serve the community He placed in my heart many years ago. My identity is found in the life I lead; not in my body, recovery, or past history of an eating disorder. For me, this is not my identity anymore but a building block to help form who I've become. I may live on a sailboat and enjoy sailing, but I don't identify myself as a sailor to define who I am any more than formerly struggling with and in recovery from an eating disorder makes me a person with an eating disorder.
In the last six months I've found the courage to "let go" of the mask, and the space between the mask so my identity could emerge. It has been there all along, waiting for me to realize that my identity is found in the calling Christ placed in my heart long before recovery was on my radar.
Yes, I struggled with an eating disorder for 16 years, and yes, I am in solid recovery after two years of ridiculously hard work, but neither of those things solely define me anymore. Christ defines me. The heart He has given me for the incarcerated and addicted population helps define me. My role as a mother and wife are part of my identity. I will continue to write for BBA but I no longer feel like my recovery or being a writer for BBA is the biggest part of my identity; a feeling that is even more freeing than recovery itself. As my husband said when I explained all this, "I've waited for years to hear you say that."
I've waited years to feel it.
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This photo pretty well sums up my past 4 months...lots & lots of moments where I felt like I was falling apart. Life does sometimes get in the way and we don't always allow for these un-planned occurrences in our hurry-scurry lives we live.
BUT, I am almost there, I am almost ready, everything is almost done...
If time allows, I'll post pics of Market photos...so check back!
And for the hair...
I was just short of pulling my hair out one day, the day I couldn't remember how to use my Microsoft Office Excel program...after a few blankety blankety words expressed by myself on my thoughts of this program, my darling husband rescued me & my hair!!
Speaking of my darling husband, he will be making & working the Minneapolis show, so ladies please don't be too hard on him.
And p-l-e-a-s-e don't ask him any questions that he doesn't know the answer to...
BUT, I am almost there, I am almost ready, everything is almost done...
I have just a few small show details to finish up with today and then all the dollies & ditties will get carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and packed for their trip to Minneapolis. There are 20 fresh & new pattern designs being released at the show.
They are...
A Sparrow's Song
Cute as a Button
Emery the Sewing Mouse
Miss Hilda
The Sampler House
Halloween Sampler
Berries & Birds
Bluebird Serenade
Sweet Annie
PA Dutch 1757
Sweetheart Pinkeep
Snowflake Cherub
Candy Corn
Boo-tiful Bouquet
Berries & Cream
Home of the Brave
Trick or Tweet
Hallow's Eve
Snow Day
If time allows, I'll post pics of Market photos...so check back!
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We received the Promising SME 500 Luminary Award Presentation on 10 September 2014.
Initiated by Small Medium Business Association SMBA, this campaign was founded to nurture the next generation of business leaders in Singapore while promoting business excellence among established local SME.
It was an amazing day at The Marina Bay Sands ballroom. Presented the medal was the guest-of-honor and Group CEO of Koh Brothers, Mr Francis Koh. He was awarded with Distinguish Business Leader of the year 2014. He also shared with us on how he took his family-owned business to public listed and encouraged us to move forward despite of challenges. It was a great pleasure to hear from successful people shared inspiring stories yet so humble.
The event followed with a Gala dinner. Black tie as dress code. Everyone was looking smart and glamorous! Hosting the stage opening was none other than our popular 90.5 radio DJ Vernetta Lopez. Dr Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Manpower and Deputy Government Whip was the guest of honour. She presented the top 10 Outstanding Achievement and Fast growing business awards. The ballroom was filled with 1000 guests in their gowns and black tie suits. The Jaguars winner get to test drive 3 days 2 nights on its "bedroom on wheel". Made me excited for a minute and thought, "Woah! time to change my car. Lol :)"... toy car in my dream. Haha!
What an awesome year of greater glory. I thank God and praise our Lord Jesus for the supernatural favour.
Glamour and Luminance it may seemed, it lasted a day. What's more practical is to move forward and keep going. Maybe dwell in the limelight a little longer than usual, use it as a catalyst to pad my shoulder a bit. Our vision is to stay innovative, keep our standard high and sustain our all time excellent credibility. The luminance will come naturally with the joy of doing the work that I so passionately love and of course a decent income.
On a personal side, my grace is sufficient because I serve a Big God. I will give without remembering, receive without forgetting, perform without striving, impress without trying, happy without pretending and lastly blessed without earning.
Not forget to thank my hubby who stood by me, supported me through rain or shine. The world is filled with cynicism, jealousy and negativity; he is there for me, morally, physically, faithfully to see me complete the events all this while. I always feel, compete with others, you become bitter, compete with myself, I become better. This thought allows me rooms to work and embrace others' success because not everyone is the same. Rejoice, praise and first to "like" their good news in Facebook are pure happy reactions from me as a result.
Many thanks to all who have supported our 4 pillars; Image, Etiquette, Fitness and Wellness.
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
What to do with Panettone
What do you do with it?
1. Bring it to the office lunch room. I did this once. It was gone in a matter of minutes.
2. Put egg and syrup on it. That makes everything a whole lot better. Giada has a great recipe for pannettone french toast.
Whole Foods has a baked version found here which involves soaking the panettone in the custard mixture overnight.
I made the standard version.
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I didn't get any Pannetone this year but after looking at your french toast, I'm thinking there still might be time to go out and buy one.ReplyDelete
I have found that the "best before" date on most panettone is around March 2010 (quite amazing actually) given that it is considered a holiday treat you actually might score a deal and fall within your $100 diet :) thanks for the encouragement!ReplyDelete
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Here's my post on my Gyaru Look!
I've been meaning to make this post last Sunday but I've only just finished going through all the photos I've taken on Sunday! Lol, there were so many to choose from as I had so many poses to work with! It's a pity that I don't have the cute Gyaru face though :( and most of the poses don't even suit me :(
But before I begin on the Gyaru look, I'd like to show you all what came in the post on Friday 19th!! Yup, 7 sets of Dolly Wink Lashes.. I know I should've just bought 8, but I really did not like the Baby Cute one.. It was the ONLY one I didn't like.. I was hoping to only like about 5 out of the 8, but I just wanted them all!!! The only time I'll ever where these would be taking photos and tutorials =_= I wouldn't wear them out clubbing as they seriously make my eyes POP and look 10x bigger than they really are O_O well not really 10x bigger ahahha I bought these off ebay from someone that's actually in Japan... I was hoping she did wholesale so that I could sell them on iCandy Style Lens but unfortunately she doesn't :( she only buys them when they're cheap and she'll sell them - smart really.. If only they sold them here in Australia! It just sucks how there's not that many cute Japanese or Korean stores in Perth :(
Top left to bottom right: #8 Pure Little, # 7 Vivid Pop, #5 Real Nude, #3 Natural Girly, #2 Sweet Girly, #4 Feminine Style, #1 Dolly Sweet
So sorry for the many pictures to follow - and I do warn you, I was still in my PJs while taking photos... I wasn't planning on changing clothes just to take pics of my face haha, and besides, don't you reckon they suit the whole cute look anyway? ;)
What I've Used:
♥ Ultra Nudy Green Circle Lens (GEO)
♥ Tri Eye Shadow Brown (Bourjois)
♥ Indelible Brows Natural Taupe (Private Label)
♥ # 1 Lash Set Dolly Sweet (Dolly Wink)
♥ # 5 Lash Set Real Nude (Dolly Wink)
♥ ColorBurst Candy Pink Lipstick (Revlon)
♥ Killer Black Pen (CLIO)
Yes, my PJs are green :P
Can't really see but I'm actually wearing brown eye shadow.
That's right, it's Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street :P He's talking about recycling on my PJs - so eco friendly ♥
Because these lenses are so huge, they make my eyes look freaky when i look both ways.
Trying to do the Gyaru Smile Just don't have the face for it >_<
My cute bow ♥
Adding a bit of Ulzzang in here :P
Must not forget those nerdy glasses ♥
I shouldn't have tied my hair up >_< I've got the most biggest forehead I know ahahha
I look so awkward when trying to pose >_< so hard!!
Second attempt at the smile I always see Gyaru models do! Still can't do it right!
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Well that's it for now.. I'm sure you've seen enough of my face LOL hmmmm what look/tutorial should I do next? :P HELP ME!!! Oh by the way - join iCandy Style Lens' little photo prize draw - well only if you've bought or received lenses from iCandy Style Lens... But you could have a chance of winning a free pair!! Who doesn't love that? :D Not only that but there's a promotion if you purchase 3 lenses you'll receive the 4th pair FREE!! BUY BUY BUY NOW NOW NOW!! I really shouldn't be advertising but I really want to :D


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TY- RJ & mom, Javanut and Knitnut67
Thank you for all the kind words in cheering me on with my life changes.
Tip to my Karbonz DPN popped off.
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After opting out of the final year of his contract with the Dallas Mavericks, Chandler Parsons is reportedly heading to Memphis.
The Vertical reports the former Gators small forward has agreed to a four-year, $94 million contract with the Grizzlies.
Chandler Parsons agrees to a 4-year max contract w/ Grizzlies worth a projected $94.8 million. (via @espn_macmahon) pic.twitter.com/GilKTutlyK
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 1, 2016
Parsons reportedly turned down a max contract from the Portland Trail Blazers earlier Friday. From ESPN's Tim MacMahon:
"Parsons averaged 14.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game during his two-year tenure in Dallas but was only able to play in one playoff game because of knee injuries that prematurely ended both seasons.
The 27-year-old Parsons had hybrid microfracture surgery on the knee in spring of 2015, and the rehab from that operation lasted well into the 2015-16 season. The arthroscopic operation Parsons underwent this spring to address a torn meniscus in the knee wasn't nearly as serious as the previous surgery.
Sources say multiple renowned orthopedic specialists have given Parsons clearance to resume full basketball activities and expressed optimism that his knee would not prevent him from having a long, productive NBA career."
ESPN reported the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic also expressed interest in the 27-year-old Parsons.
Now, the Grizzlies turn their attention to re-signing free agent point guard Mike Conley.
The Mavs, sources say, are meeting with Mike Conley in Dallas right now, still trying to pry him from Memphis and new prize Chandler Parsons
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