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Science, tech hold key to economic balance
November 29, 2006
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By Rob Melnick (The Arizona Republic on November 26, 2006)
The metro Phoenix economy needs to balance its portfolio. Achieving this will require bold thinking, big investments and, most of all, patience.
Unless we create opportunities for all types of workers, we run the risk of forever being known as a place that's utterly dependent on the "growth engine" and that lacks imagination.
Something is being said a lot these days and it's worth restating: The metro area must increasingly include economic activities based on innovation in science and technology, which creates high-paying jobs with upstream and downstream benefits.
Unfortunately, this concept remains poorly understood in the region.
We talk a better game than we play when it comes to the public-investment strategies and policy tools necessary to be truly attractive to science-driven industries.
But balancing the portfolio via more investments and policies that favor science and technology shouldn't mean a wholesale departure from the past. Not everyone in metro Phoenix is going to become a scientist or technologist.
Regions with healthy economies need to develop a range of jobs and new business enterprises.
Quality jobs can be found in every industry, and we have a strong tradition in tourism, finance, real estate, construction and health care.
But what's new and what we need to embrace is the fact that everyone who works in metro Phoenix - restaurant workers, construction managers, educators and scientists alike - will benefit from a diversified economy increasingly powered by science, technology and knowledge. That type of economy leads to more public revenue, greater resilience to inevitable economic downturns and better opportunities for well-educated home-grown talent.
To me, "balancing our portfolio" means deliberately and thoughtfully taking actions that make us a serious competitor in the knowledge economy while recognizing that our traditional economic strengths will remain vitally important to many residents.
Lots of traditional jobs are created here each year. And we've recently invested in some important new assets to stimulate science and technology research and knowledge- economy industries. But competitor states and regions have made investments in science and technology that make ours pale in comparison. Thus, the reality check is that we shouldn't kid ourselves about what it takes to "run with the big dogs."
Or, as a recent Arizona Republic article said: We're just "halfway there "
We need to stay the knowledge-economy course and keep investing, even when the going gets tough. At the same time, we must not abandon our traditional economic strengths. The hard part will be having the patience to allow knowledge-economy investments to mature and maintaining the political will to wait until that ship pulls in.
Melnick is associate vice president for economic affairs, public policy and chief administrator for the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University, Tempe. He is responsible for programs and activities to enhance ASU's contribution to the economic well-being of the state and region.

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All interesting stuff for Key Lime Pie!
I've called for a while now they should have some sort of "customization center" like ability and within that you should be able to change the themes of the device as if you can on custom roms, or though the theme kitchen. I actually thought that would have made sense to implement this ability to change colors of icons and what not with jelly bean, as jelly beans come in many colors
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His 2007-vintage C6s have some interesting stories behind them, starting with the yellow one. Per Wil, when Millennium Yellow was added to the Vette's color selection, it wasn't phased-in as new colors had been before. "What I told the customers was, `We're going to pull ahead new colors, and put them up front, because that's what people want," Wil says of the decision to make that bright yellow available from the start of the model run. And, what of his Velocity Yellow '07? Wil says, "It was a manufacturing-validation vehicle, from very early in the production phase." Wil drove it to Corvette events and, seeing not only how it performed but also Corvette lovers' reactions to it, made up his mind to add a yellow one to his collection.
His black '07 Z06 is no less historically significant. "That car has the first set of chrome wheels that we produced," Wil says,. "I was sportin' `em, and showing everybody." And, just like with the reaction to the yellow Z06, Wil said to himself, "I've got to have this one."
Along with a flip-top Cadillac XLR that was also built at Bowling Green, Wil has one other Corvette in his collection. But this one isn't filled with the latest advances from GM Powertrain or the latest styling from GM Design. What it is filled with is a full-tube, race car chassis and big block V8 power to make it competitive in NHRA's Super Pro and Super Gas categories.
But Wil's 1/4-mile C4 Vette wasn't one that he'd been looking at. "Every time that I looked at a Corvette drag car, they all had firewalls moved backward, and every time there was not enough room for me," he says of the cars that barely--if at all--fit his six-foot-five-plus frame. "What I ended up doing is I had that car custom-made around me, just like you do a tailor-made suit." Brent Eubanks welded the custom-fit frame, while Lamar Walden built the engine and Wilson Competition assembled it into a turn-key race car. "They were looking into building full-body drag cars, and they decided that mine would be the first one that they'd do," Wil says. "They put a lot of wonderful detail in it, and it took a while to get it all done. They did a great job, as a show car and it runs great. I don't have any complaints about it. But at the end of my car's build, they said, `This is the first one--and the last one!'"
How quick is Wil's quarter-miler? "The best time on the car has been the low 9s," he says. "If I used the nitrous on it--I don't use it because I want to preserve my engine--you could probably put it in the high 8s. I figured if I can run in the mid-9s all day, I was happy!"
Does Wil have any advice for Corvette enthusiasts looking to turn their one-car devotion into a multi-Vette collection? "A lot of the love for Corvettes is often tied to some event in your life that you attach some significance to," he says. "When I came back from Vietnam in 1969--I left there that July--I'd been reading a lot of books and looking at a lot of cars. Theoretically, I could have stopped at the `69s if I wanted to." But he didn't, and he's got a very good reason. "What made me make my mind up (to focus on C4-later Vettes) was my contribution and my efforts in the Corvette Team and the awards, and things like that. What else can you really have drive you? All the quality awards that the fifth-generation Corvette got automatically makes it one of the most-celebrated generations of Corvettes."
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Renowned for his elegant batting style, he played in a manner similar to the great Australian batsman Victor Trumper, and Alan Kippax, Jackson's friend and mentor. His Test and first-class career coincided with the early playing years of Don Bradman, to whom he was often compared. Before the two left for England as part of the 1930 Australian team, some observers considered Jackson the better batsman. Capable of opening the batting or coming in down the order, Jackson's career was dogged by poor health. Illness and his unfamiliarity with local conditions hampered his tour of England in 1930, when he was unable to confirm a place in Australia's Test team. Later in the year, in the series against the West Indies, he was successful in the First Test in Adelaide, scoring 70 not out before a poor run of form led to his omission from the final Test.
Early in the 1931–32 season, Jackson coughed blood and collapsed before the start of play in a Sheffield Shield match against Queensland. Subsequently admitted to a sanatorium in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Jackson was diagnosed with tuberculosis. In an attempt to improve his health and to be closer to his girlfriend, Jackson moved to Brisbane. Ignoring medical advice, Jackson returned to cricket with a local team; however, his health continued to deteriorate and he died at the age of just 23. It is speculated that, had he lived, he may have rivalled Don Bradman as a batsman.
Raised as a Methodist, Jackson was a life-long teetotaler and non-smoker. He attended Birchgrove Public and Rozelle Junior Technical schools and represented New South Wales Schoolboys at football and cricket. Football talent ran in the family: his uncle Jimmy Jackson and cousin James Jackson junior were both professional footballers in Scotland and England, with James junior captaining Liverpool.
Growing up near the home ground of Balmain District Cricket Club, Jackson joined the club in his mid teens where he quickly came to the attention of the captain, Test bowler Arthur Mailey. The Labor politician "Doc" Evatt, a noted benefactor of young cricketers, helped Jackson's career by purchasing suitable cricket equipment for him. At the age of 15 years and one month, he made his first grade début for Balmain; cricket historian David Frith believes that Jackson is the youngest cricketer to play at this level.
Jackson left school at this time and worked for a warehouse firm called Jackson & McDonald until the demands of cricket compelled him to resign. The Test batsman Alan Kippax employed Jackson in his sporting goods store and became his mentor. In 1925–26, his second season with Balmain, Jackson led the grade cricket competition's batting averages and won selection for the New South Wales Second XI to play Victoria.
Jackson began the 1926–27 season with scores of 111 against St George, 143 against Western Suburbs and 153 against Mosman. As a result, he made his first-class début for New South Wales (NSW) against Queensland at Brisbane and scored 86 in the second innings. He posted a century in the return match with the Queenslanders at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). On NSW's tour of the southern states, Jackson made a century in a non first-class fixture against Northern Tasmania and then hit 104 not out against South Australia. These performances prompted the former Australian captain Clem Hill to describe Jackson as "... the biggest find since Ponsford."
No Test matches were scheduled for 1927–28, although the New Zealand team briefly toured Australia on their return journey from playing in England. Jackson scored 104 against the visiting side and shared a century partnership with his mentor Kippax, scored in just over 30 minutes. After a brief run of low scores, a boil on Jackson's knee forced his withdrawal from the match against South Australia at Adelaide. His replacement was another rising teenage batsman: Donald Bradman, who made his first-class début in the match. On his return to the team, Jackson was promoted to open the batting and scored a century in both innings in the return match against South Australia. At the end of the season, he toured New Zealand with an Australian second team, while Bradman missed out. The side consisted of a few established Test players mixed with promising youngsters. Australia went unbeaten on the tour and Jackson scored 198 runs in four matches at an average of 49.50.
England batted first and made 334. In reply, Jackson opened the batting with Bill Woodfull. Before the Test, the Australian skipper, Jack Ryder, approached Kippax for his opinion about such a young player as Jackson being given the responsibility of opening the batting. Kippax replied, "I am sure he expects to open." After Australia lost three wickets for 19 runs, Ryder joined Jackson at the wicket. Playing in an unhurried manner, Jackson looked confident against the pace of Harold Larwood and punished Maurice Tate when his bowling strayed down the leg side. In 105 minutes, Jackson and Ryder added 100 runs. Jackson reached his half century, followed by Ryder and at stumps on the second day, Australia's total was 3/131.
The exertion had left Jackson exhausted. His team-mate "Stork" Hendry said that Jackson was limp when he returned to the dressing room. "We had to mop him with cold towels", he said. Early the next day, Ryder was dismissed and Jackson was joined by Bradman. The two young batsmen shared a long partnership, with Jackson on 97 at the end of the session. As they returned to the wicket after the interval, Bradman advised his younger colleague to play carefully to secure his century. Jackson made no reply, but responded by hitting the first ball from Larwood to the point boundary for four runs, the ball rebounding back on to the field in front of a cheering crowd in the Members' Stand. After this, he cut loose, with deft glances from the faster balls and cut shots reminiscent of Charlie Macartney. Jackson was eventually dismissed for 164, making him the youngest Australian batsman to score a Test century, a record beaten by Neil Harvey in 1948. It is still the second highest score on Test début by an Australian, only one run fewer than Charles Bannerman's 165 not out in the first-ever Test in 1877. This innings saw Jackson hailed as a national hero and he was showered with tributes including a public meeting called in his honour by the Mayor of Balmain.
In 1929–30, ill-health restricted Jackson to just five first-class matches and five innings for Balmain. Despite his health, Jackson had a successful season, and scored 168 not out against Arthur Gilligan's English team, which toured Australia briefly en route to New Zealand. He was seen as an automatic selection for the 1930 Ashes tour of England. He confirmed his selection with 182 in a Test trial, an innings regarded by many as the best he had ever played. Another scare with illness saw him hospitalised in Adelaide after the Christmas match against South Australia, missing the next two state matches. His health problems continued after an operation to remove his tonsils; a procedure that was arranged by the Australian Board of Control despite Jackson never having previously suffered any problems with his tonsils. Bill Ponsford had suffered from tonsillitis during the previous tour and the Board were anxious to avoid similar occurrences. Complications resulting from the operation saw Jackson lose a stone (6.4 kilograms) in weight.
Jackson was included in the Australian squad to tour England in 1930. The bonus for Australia from England's 1928-29 visit was the emergence of Jackson and Don Bradman and now much was expected of them in a rebuilt Australian squad that retained only four players from the 1926 tour of England. But Jackson was frequently ill and his unfamiliarity with English pitches resulted in patchy form. Even so, he was described at the time by former England player Cecil Parkin as, "a better bat than Bradman". He was left out of the team for the First Test at Trent Bridge, the only defeat suffered by the Australians all tour. After the Second Test at Lord's, Jackson recovered some form. Ponsford and Fairfax both fell ill and as a result Jackson was included in the team for the Third Test at Leeds. He scored one run in his only innings while Bradman made a then-record Test score of 334. Jackson was omitted for the Fourth Test, but a century against Somerset helped him to force his way back into the side for the Fifth and deciding Test at The Oval.
In this match Jackson, batting down the order, played a brave innings on a dangerous wicket facing hostile bowling from Larwood. He took repeated blows on the body while scoring a valuable 73 runs. He shared a stand of 243 with Bradman, who scored 232, and Australia won the Test by an innings and 39 runs to regain The Ashes. Overall, Jackson's tour was modest, scoring 1,097 runs at an average of 34.28 with only one hundred, scored versus Somerset. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, in its report on the 1930 Australians, described Jackson as the "... great disappointment of the team ... with [his] well-deserved reputation for grace of style ... at no time did people in England see the real Jackson."
On return to Australia for the 1930–31 season, Jackson was selected for the first four Tests against the West Indies. After scoring only 124 runs at an average of 31.00 for the series, including 70 not out in the First Test in Adelaide, he was dropped for the Fifth Test. The Fifth Test in Sydney saw the West Indies defeat Australia for the first time. The West Indies captain Jackie Grant, in a daring move, declared his team's innings closed twice in order to catch the home team on a "sticky wicket". Jackson, in his capacity as twelfth man, came in as a runner for an injured batsman on the final afternoon, making what was to be his final appearance in first-class cricket.
It was during this Australian season, during a match in Brisbane, that Jackson was introduced to Phyllis Thomas, a trained ballet dancer, who later became his fiancée. In March 1931, Jackson felt his health had recovered sufficiently to join an exhibition tour of Far North Queensland, led by Alan Kippax. He found the tour exhausting, with arduous travel and damp weather, but played well enough to top the aggregate with over 1,100 runs at an average of 93.00. In a letter to his childhood friend and New South Wales team-mate, Bill Hunt, he wrote, "Our tour of North Queensland has now concluded and thank goodness! ... I would never make this trip again unless I was guaranteed ₤100, and that's not enough!
Seeking treatment for psoriasis, Jackson travelled to Adelaide in July 1932. During his time there, he felt well enough to have an occasional training session in the nets. At the same time, a confidential report was sent to the New South Wales Cricket Association confirming that Jackson had, "... pneumonary tuberculosis with fairly extensive involvement of the lungs." He returned to Leura and made plans to move to Brisbane, in the belief that the warmer climate would aid his recovery and to be closer to Phyllis.
In Brisbane, Jackson offered his services to grade club Northern Suburbs, against the advice of his doctors. Despite suffering from a chronic shortness of breath, he averaged 159.66 over seven innings and drew record crowds to the club's matches. The media and public were keen to see him selected for the early tour matches against the touring English team; however, medical advice prevented his inclusion. Jackson took work as a sales assistant at a sports depot and wrote a column for the Brisbane Mail. He wrote extensively on the Bodyline tactics employed by the English team during the summer. Jackson insisted that Bodyline was legitimate, held no threat to the game, and that it could be combatted — a minority view in Australia at that time.
Jackson was seen as a stylish and elegant batsman, with a genius for timing and placement. His footwork was light and his supple wrists allowed him to steer the ball square and late. He held the bat high on the handle and his cover drive was executed with balletic grace. He was seen as possessing the comely movement and keenness of eye of the great batsman of cricket's Golden Age, Victor Trumper. Bradman described Jackson as "tall and slim, rather lethargic and graceful in his movements". Jackson professed a love of applying the maximum velocity to the ball with a minimum of effort. His one identifiable fault was an occasional failing outside off-stump, being prone to dab at away-swingers.
His contemporaries noted his classical style. The journalist A.R.B. Palmer described his cover drive as "... perfectly balanced and true ... the bat seems a whip in his hands. Clem Hill, the former Australian captain, noted Jackson's sparkling footwork, watching close enough to notice that his toes turned in as he walked. Like Kippax, whose style was uncannily similar, Jackson wore his shirt-sleeves almost down to his wrists. This was not in imitation but to conceal the blemishes on his arms caused by psoriasis. Kippax was not seen by some as the best person to imitate, with Charles Kelleway critical of Jackson's flourishes, wishing he would not be so, "... cramped in copying other batsman's styles".
Inevitably, he was compared to his New South Wales and Australian team-mate, Bradman. In contrast to Jackson, Bradman made not even a pretence of being a stylist. A writer, comparing the two after Jackson's Test début, stated that Bradman had "forced his way to the top by sheer natural ability, a straight bat, cool cheerful temperament, determination and enterprise", but Jackson was "the finished batsman, the batsman who knows one stroke for each ball ... [and] executes that stroke with an artistry that has no parallel to this day". Before the 1930 tour of England, experts such as Frank Woolley, Percy Fender and Maurice Tate rated Jackson as more likely to succeed in English conditions; Bradman was seen as too unorthodox or even cross-batted for softer English wickets.


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The following is an archive of a post made to our
'vox-tech mailing list'
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On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 06:21:39PM -0700, Robert G. Scofield wrote:
> I'm trying to get set up on the Linux machine at the Philosophy
> Department. The Gnome terminal is just a tiny box with very small
> font. Zach Johnson set my Gnome terminal at home (on a LERT call) so
> that it was larger and had a nice sized font. How do I do this? None
> of the settings in the Gnome terminal itself allow these types of
> changes. Zach did something else. Can anybody explain what to do?
Right-click on gnome-terminal's window and you will get a menu that allows to
to set persistent settings (I think there is a 'save current settings'
button, that's the ticket for you). You can adjust the initial size of the
gnome-terminal using the --geometry switch when you start it (make a button
in the Gnome panel that invoked gnome-terminal with whatever switches
I recommend rxvt over gnome-terminal for its greater configurability--if you
are comfortable with X resources. Here are the rxvt-related extract from my
rxvt*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-140-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1
rxvt*foreground: white
rxvt*background: black
rxvt*color1: coral
rxvt*color4: #87CEFA
rxvt*color9: red
rxvt*color12: SkyBlue
rxvt*geometry: 140x64
rxvt*scrollBar: off
rxvt*saveLines: 512
rxvt*visualBell: on
rxvt*scrollTtyOutput: off
rxvt*scrollTtyKeypress: on
These set the font, choose more-legible colors, size it to fill my big
screen, etc. You might need to explicitly load the resources into your X
server using 'xrdb .Xdefault' in your .xinitrc.
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Luceno, James, 1947-
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Luceno, James, 1947-
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Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- found: His A fearful symmetry, 1989: t.p. (James Luceno)
- found: Jedi eclipse, 2000: t.p. (James Luceno) prelim. p. (other works by Luceno include titles written "as Jack McKinney, with Brian Daley")
- found: Copyright Office database, Aug. 25, 2005 (hdg.: Luceno, James, 1947-; uses pseud. Jack McKinney)
- found: Wikipedia, via WWW, Mar. 21, 2012 (b. 1947; author and screenwriter; best known for his Star Wars novels and related publications; lives in Annapolis, Maryland with wife and family)
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Phoenix-area wildlife haven gains 2 bobcat kittens
PHOENIX -- A wildlife sanctuary is caring for two bobcat kittens which had been taken to a pet shelter in Phoenix.
The Arizona Humane Society called the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center in north Scottsdale to pick up the kittens because the Humane Society isn't equipped to handle bobcats.
The center is a nonprofit that rescues and rehabilitates sick, injured, orphaned, displaced and abandoned wild animals. Most are released back into the wild.
"They will stay in the clinic for a while and be evaluated," Linda Searles, Executive Director of the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center explained. "(We'll) make sure that they're eating well, that they're holding their weight.
They'll be vaccinated. And then, within a couple of weeks, they'll go out and be with the foster mother bobcats."
Humane Society spokeswoman Bretta Nelson said the kittens appear to be about nine weeks old.
She said people who encounter a wild animal appearing to be orphaned should observe the animal for a few days because mothers often return after looking for food.


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Cessna Shoulder Belts
George, I read your reply on 10/31/02 regarding shoulder haarnesses and the rear wing spar. I unzipped the headliner on my 1958/59 Cessna 175 and in line with the pilot and co pilot seats in the spar is what looks like # 10 riv nuts. A 10 -24 fine thread fits in there, I didnot have an AN 3 on hand but giure that is the right size. Does this qualify me for installing with a log-book entry as you discussed? And where do I get the parts ? Air Craft Spruce sells a kit, but I cant tell what they use for attachments. A # 10 riv nut seems pretty small to mount the shoulder restraint to the spar ????? What are your recommendations on this ? Thanks, Tim Bailey
Re: Cessna Shoulder Belts
A AN-3 bolt would do, along with a AN960 flat washer. But a cleaner installation would be a stainless MS 27039C machine screw of the needed length along with a stainless AN970C washer. (I'm estimating a MS27039C-1-10 which is about 3/4 inch long.) (Aircraft Spruce 877/477-7823)
By the way, when dealing with AN3 or #10 screws, it's not a 24-pitch thread in there. It's a 32-pitch thread.
As for the req'd strength, Cessna already determined the required strength when they selected the size rivnut. A #10 MS27039 screw is equivalent to NAS 220/Mil-S-6050 and has 125,000 to 145,000 psi tensile strength! The shear-strength of that screw will be the least of your problems if those levels are reached in a crash.
It will take the signature of an A&P in the logs after you finish this job.
"Installed shoulder harness in accordance with ACE–00–23.561–
01] utilising _________ parts and acceptable methods, materials, and techniques." might be a suitable entry.
Re: Cessna Shoulder Belts
BTW, most triangular end-fittings on harnesses require a bushing for the bolt/screw to go through. This lets it bottom out on the bushing while letting the end-fitting have freedom to swivel. If your end fitting isn't a near perfect match for the #10 screw, then use a bushing to provide for this. You can make one out of steel tubing or steel bushing material from Aircraft Spruce.
Re: Cessna Shoulder Belts
I ran some numbers on the bolt you are talking about.
Using a minimum pitch diameter for a #10-32 UNF 2A of 0.1658 inch and a tensile strength of 125,000psi requires a force of about 2,700 pounds. The tensile strenght is the maximum load that a material can support without fracture when being stretched, divided by the original cross-sectional area of the material. You wouldn't want to get even close to that force on the screw.
The impulse force of a 200# man being restrained during a constant deacceleration from say 80 mph to 0 in say a 0.5 second would result in a force on the order of 1500 pounds.
Divide this force by a three point restraint and you get 500 pounds on each attachment (divided by the number of screws). Seems like a good safety margin for the screw. The weak link may be in the material to which it is attached and its geometry.
my two cents
Re: Cessna Shoulder Belts
George, I was estimating to get some kind of idea what the numbers might look like and thought it would be interesting. 9 g's that's 1800 lbs total force. Pretty startling, huh? And if most in absorbed in the lap belt, in an accident of this magnitude with that force across your hips and waist.
Where do you get the technical specifications for Cessna equipment or is this an FAA requirement? Is there a library on the Webb?
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I believe the specs are from CAR 3, the certification standards under which most of the Cessna singles were originally certified.
3.391 Personnel and Cargo Accommodations - Safety belt or harness provisions.
All seats and berths and supporting structure shall be designed for a passenger weight of 170 pounds (190 pounds with parachute for the acrobatic and utility categories) and the maximum load factors corresponding to all specified flight and ground load conditions including the emergency conditions of paragraph 3.386.
3.386 (a) Ultimate accelerations to which occupants are assumed to be subjected shall be as follows:
Upward- Normal and Utility 3.0g, Acrobatic 4.5g
Forward- Normal and Utility 9.0g, Acrobatic 9.0g
Sideward - Normal and Utility 1.5g, Acrobatic 1.5g
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I couldn't confirm the specs are from CAR 3, the certification standards. What is a CAR?
What I did find was from code of federal regualtions which pretty much agree with what you stated. Excuse my ignorance here....
Cessna products must meet or exceed government regulations... I assume the airworthiness certificate based on standards in 14 CFR Part 23 and not Cessna's specifications.
There's plenty of information here, more than what I would like to repeat here. I'm almost afraid to ask - so what I'm interested in is when repairs are done, what do they have to meet, the original cessna specifications or demonstrate in some other way that they meet 14CFR 23. As a practical matter I know the answer should be to return to original configuration because few brave hearted people would attempt to redesign these planes. Anyone have the scoop...
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CAR stands for Civil Air Regulations.
The current Federal Aviation Regulations, or FARs, are re-codification of the CARs. FAR Part 23 is the re-codification of CAR Part 3.
I really don't know if repairs on airplanes originally certificated under CAR Part 3 need to comply with the later FAR Part 23 or not. Maybe somebody else knows.
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Stan, ...Aircraft originally certificated under CAR 3 do not have to meet the requirements of later regs unless a new application for type certificate is made. In other words, Airplanes already produced do not have to meet later standards. An example is the very subject being discussed in this thread. Shoulder harnesses were not originally required and therefore ANY type of shoulder restraint is better than the level of safety originally req'd for older aircraft, so the FAA will allow non-TSO'd and non-aviation harnesses to be installed as long as no structural alterations are made. (You could almost tie a rope around your shoulders and loop it thru the closed rear seat belts, and it's better than nothing and so it's OK.)
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BART might steer its train cars into new money-making territory: turning the cars into moving billboards to help bail the transit system out of a budget jam.
We can hear the outcry. Don't tarnish the sleek silver and blue cars, a well-known symbol of BART, with tacky advertising. Don't let advertising invade one more place in our cluttered landscape. Those arguments will be one part of the debate whether BART should proceed with the advertising scheme.
But transit officials also said the economic downturn and the state's raid on transportation funds has driven BART to scour and scrape for new ways to cut costs or raise money.
This advertisting tool under discusssion is called a train wrap – a display of messages that wrap around the outside of train cars.
Selling ad space on car exteriors would rake in some $500,000 or more a year for BART, transit system managers estimate in a report that the BART board is scheduled to discuss in its meeting 9 a.m. Thursday at 344 20th St., Oakland.
BART spokesman Linton Johnson calls the outside of train cars "the last frontier" in BART not subject to advertising. There is advertising inside train cars and train stations.
One BART worker who did not wish to be identified suggested the train wraps also could keep train car exteriors cleaner by acting as a shield against dirt. Johnson said he was not familiar with that argument.
Bob Franklin, a BART board member from Oakland, said he is open to considering train wraps if the advertising would not cover car windows, ruining views from inside the train and making it harder for riders to identify which station they're pulling into.
"For half a million bucks, I would look at it," Franklin said.
How many train cars would be used for advertising is unclear. If too many cars have ads, the messages won't stand out, BART officials said.
BART has experimented with train wraps before, but to promote BART rather than make money. In a deal announced in 2006, BART partnered with San Francisco International Airport and Travelocity. BART posted SFO and Travelocity logos and "Take BART to SFO" messages on train cars. In exchange, Travelocity and SFO displayed ads to promote BART.
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Cal junior wide receiver Keenan Allen made the announcement Wednesday most had been expecting -- he's foregoing his senior season to enter the 2013 NFL Draft.
"I have always dreamed of having an opportunity to play in the NFL, and my time at Cal has helped me get to the point in my career where I believe I am ready to take that next step," Allen said in a statement released through the university. "I am thankful for my experience at Cal and am excited about what the future holds."
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An extremely highly regarded prep prospect who was recruited by Nick Saban to Alabama to play safety, Allen elected to make a late switch to Cal to play with his half-brother, quarterback Zach Maynard, who had transferred to Berkeley after initially playing at the University of Buffalo.
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Why can't a the citing officer issue and affidavit saying that your speed was not reasonable and prudent to counter your affidavit? The officer could be considered an expert in the matter so that would be evidence to contradict your evidence.
What about legal proceedings where it is "The People Vs. Sgt. Duster", aren't the The People a person?
That is a good question. In my opinion, if the case were brought in the officer's name, as the injured party, this might be possible. But only if he had supporting evidence to clearly show his claim was valid. Video showing poor control of the vehicle, witnesses to dangerous or reckless driving, that sort of thing.
I think he would have to show in what way the speed was unreasonable or imprudent. This would require sworn testimony to some specific act committed by the driver to illustrate how the speed would meet this claim.
If the driver had no altercation with another road user, and the officer had no additional evidence to show how it violated "the peace and dignity of the state," (as the injury was described) I think that a cross examination of the officer could have him confirm this, and would undo any such a claim. Unless he lies while under oath. Then all bets are off.
Personally, I don't think the prosecutor wants the cop in the courtroom if there is any possibility their testimony might jeopardize the outcome.
Frankly, I was quite surprised that the officer wasn't invited to the sandbox on any of my visits. Though the prosecutor was unable to bring the case to trial, so I can see there was no need for the officer until the case reached that point.
Oddly, in the case paperwork the citing officer's name wasn't even on the summons to the County court at all. In fact, some officer (perhaps a supervisor) whom I had no interaction with had their name on the summons as the citing officer. I thought it was kinda weird, but had a few other volleys to throw across the net before needing to address this distraction.
As to the question of "The People" let's try to define this.
Is "The People" a singular flesh and blood person?
Are "The People" a registered corporation or association?
If not, then "The People" are not a "person" in the legal sense.
As with "The State of ..." they might be described as a "body politic" which wouldn't pass the test of being a legal person.
In your example, Sir SgtDuster the Guilty would be a member of "The People" as well as being the accused. (except in this instance the accused would have already admitted guilt and not appealed to a court of record to deny the existence of the plaintiff)
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The genome of our closest living relative - the chimpanzee - has been released by an international consortium of scientists.
The chimp genome sequence, which consists of 2.8 billion pairs of DNA letters, will not only tell us much about chimps but a comparison with the human genome will also teach us a great deal about ourselves.
"The major accomplishment is that we now have a catalogue of the genetic differences between humans and chimps," says lead author, Tarjei Mikkelsen of the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.
In keeping with previous studies comparing much smaller portions of the chimp and human genomes, the new comparison shows incredible similarity between the genomes. The average number of protein-changing mutations per gene is just two, and 29% of human genes are absolutely identical. What is more, only a handful of genes present in humans are absent or partially deleted in chimps.
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But the degree of genome similarity alone is far from the whole story. For example, the mouse species Mus musculus and Mus spretus have genomes that differ from each other to a similar degree and yet they appear far more similar than chimps and humans.
Domestic dogs, however, vary wildly in appearance as a result of selective breeding and yet their genome sequences are 99.85% similar. So most of the differences between chimp and human genomes will turn out to be neither beneficial nor detrimental, in evolutionary terms.
The real challenge then will be finding the changes that played a major role in the evolution of chimps and humans since the two lineages split, 5 to 8 million years ago. Nothing obvious has leapt out of the initial analysis. "From this study, there's no silver bullet of what makes chimps chimps and humans humans," says Evan Eichler of the University of Washington at Seattle, US.
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Comparing the two genomes has thrown up numerous candidates for what makes humans different though. One such set came by comparing 13,454 specific genes in the chimp and human genomes, looking for signs of rapid evolution. For each gene, the researchers compared the number of single letter mutations that alter the encoded protein versus silent mutations that have no effect.
Silent mutations are possible because most amino acids are coded by more than one 3 letter DNA word' - for example, proline is coded by CCU, CCC, CCA, and CCG, so a change at the third position makes no difference to the protein.
Comparing the two types of mutations allowed the team to spot genes that have had changes favoured by natural selection while taking into account the background mutation rate. And 585 of the genes studied in this set - many involved in immunity to infections and reproduction - had more protein-altering mutations than silent ones. Mikkelsen believes these will be a good place to look for genes that make humans different from chimps.
But comparing genome sequences can only tell scientists so much. Now begins the methodical job of homing in on the promising parts of the sequence and identifying the differences that count.
"This is best viewed as an exciting starting point," says Simon Fisher at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at Oxford University, US. "In the same way that knowledge of our own genome sequence has not automatically led to a full understanding of human biology, so the decoding of other primate genomes will not, by itself, reveal exactly what sets us apart."
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Slumping Cole texts Habs teammates: 'I plan on being better'
Feb 11, 2013, 2:47 PM EDT
Mired in a three game losing streak and losers in four of six, the Montreal Canadiens need to get better efforts from a number of players — none more than Erik Cole.
The veteran forward has just 2G-2A-4PTS through 11 games this year. Given his veteran presence and big-money contract (four years, $18 million), much more is expected of Cole, and he addressed those expectations by texting his teammates following Saturday's 6-0 drubbing against Toronto.
"Every team's going to go through some tough times this year, and we're in one right now," Cole explained. "It's up to us to get ourselves out of it.
"I told them that I plan on being better and being part of the solution. I think, judging by the responses, that it was good."
Apparently Cole sent the message via a group chat he created during the lockout, to keep them up to date with CBA negotiations
and all the cool stuff he found on Groupon.
As for him being "part of the solution" — well, it sounds as though he'll be solving stuff (temporarily) without usual linemates David Desharnais and Max Pacioretty.
The trio was split up at Monday's practice. Brandon Prust skated with Desharnais and Cole while Pacioretty played with Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher.
"We gave those guys a lot of chances," head coach Michel Therrien said of the Cole-Desharnais-Pacioretty line. "We spoke to those guys and they know where we're [coming from]."
- buckyblackhawk - Feb 11, 2013 at 3:12 PM
I wonder what the old time players think of this; texting teammates about not playing well and twitter.
- ballistictrajectory - Feb 11, 2013 at 3:21 PM
They can only be contacted via rotary phones or telegraph. I thnk Milt Schmidt still uses signal towers on hilltops.
- hockeywithdrawal - Feb 11, 2013 at 3:34 PM
Worked for Lemiux –
- ethanmacleod1685 - Feb 11, 2013 at 5:11 PM
Amazing article, just read it for the first time. It makes me wana put the skates on!
From a sharks fan too 😉
- ironyisadeadscene - Feb 11, 2013 at 3:36 PM
Was thinking the same thing. Whatever happened to addressing this in front of teammates during a meeting or practice.
Wonder if he used hashtag #suckingbad and ended with TTYL
- hockeywithdrawal - Feb 11, 2013 at 3:46 PM
- jeremyroenickdanceparty - Feb 11, 2013 at 3:46 PM
I call shenanigans on this one. Man up and tell the team in the room.
- ethanmacleod1685 - Feb 11, 2013 at 4:53 PM
Totally agree
- ethanmacleod1685 - Feb 11, 2013 at 4:54 PM
He plans? Oh he plans does he? Good for him……… Cool
What a d-bag
- hockeyflow33 - Feb 11, 2013 at 6:20 PM
Like we need another reason to think the Canadiens are filled with db's
- beachrover - Feb 12, 2013 at 7:01 AM
Different team, same Cole. He always plays "Lights Out" the first & last year of his contract. Exact reason the Canes didn't re-sign him.
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President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about taxes, Friday, August 3, 2012, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama marked his 51st birthday Saturday with a round of golf, and a volley of mockery with his Republican foes as November's election looms.
Obama, born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii, toured the links at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, and then was due to head to the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland.
The Republican National Committee offered supporters the chance to send a mocking online birthday card to Obama, taking shots at the president's foreign policy and past remarks.
"Here's to four more years of you telling people I'm not a threat," said the text of one card, superimposed over a picture of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. A picture of a bare-chested Vladimir Putin carried the slogan, "After the election, you are flexible for me. I flex for your birthday."
That was a reference to a comment that Obama made when he met with former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Seoul earlier this year and told him to tell Putin he could be more flexible on issues like missile defense after the election.
First Lady Michelle Obama also used Obama's special day for a bit of politics, texting and emailing supporters to ask them to sign an online birthday card for the president.
"The election is only going to get tougher, so I know it would mean a lot to Barack to know he has your support on his birthday," the first lady wrote.
Obama told supporters in Florida Thursday that he would like victory in November in the Sunshine State to mark his birthday. A "win in Florida wouldn't be a bad birthday present," he said.
Obama won the state in 2008 in his election victory over Republican nominee John McCain but he appears to be in for a tougher fight this time around, against Mitt Romney, partly due to the foreclosure crisis that has savaged the state's economy.
Obama is planning to celebrate his birthday a week late, on Aug. 12, with a fundraiser for supporters at his family home on the South Side of Chicago.
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It would be tough to overstate the impact that Daniel Sedin had in his return to the lineup Wednesday night, but I'm going to try: Daniel's impact was the essence of impact itself; by the game's end, Quebec's MLS club had changed their name to the Montreal Daniel Sedin.
The guy made a difference, is what I'm saying. In his first game back from a concussion, Daniel had a game-high 11 shots attempted, over 20% of the Canucks' shot creation. He and Henrik were on the ice for all 3 Vancouver goals, and although they only picked up points on the third, their presence on the ice opened up space for everyone else and gave the entire team a spark. And not just any spark — the Allspark, which gives life to Autobots, Decepticons, and other cold, lifeless mechanisms, such as the Canucks' powerplay, which came suddenly to life, going 2-for-3 in this game. And I watched this game.
Ugh, the Cartman chant. Nothing like the sound of an already incredibly grating voice being pumped through a tinny arena sound system, run through the broadcast system,and out my crappy TV speakers. It's too bad the Canucks got themselves into a hole in this series, as it means they can't win without having a Game 6 at the Staples Center.
That Henrik goal, though. No words, should have sent a poet…
Cartman huh? Thanks for sorting that out. Man, they sure play that A LOT at the big Stapler – they need some new material – crazy annoying. It was really bugging me as I was wondering who the F that was – sounded like Joan Rivers? Then I'm like, who uses Joan Rivers to pump up a crowd at a hockey game?
Josh D. : good question about Doughty cross-checking Daniel into the crossbar to knock the net off – I was wondering the same thing. I felt it should've been called as delay of game, as it seemed to me that Doughty clearly knew what the result of his crosscheck would be, particularly with the puck behind Quick so close to the goal line. Did the refs miss that one? Thoughts?
So under what circumstances could a goal in that situation have counted. If Doughty had pushed Henrik and the puck had gone in? Was it the fact that Daniel was standing in the crease an issue that would negate any goal? Could he have pushed it in with his stick? I wonder if he knew what to do? That's a pretty odd situation.
Did you see Hank smack Dustin Brown
When skating by while he was down?
Mayhap he has his nasty side:
Review the hit, then you decide.
Of course it cannot be denied
That Henrik's hit was justified.
A payback for a time before,
'Twas just to even up the score!
The Olde Coot
I would note that Edler bears a lot of the responsibility on the Kopitar goal, again. He made an ill-advised pinch, which is why Raymond was the guy backchecking (at the end of a long shift, no less). But it wasn't just ill-advised, it was downright half-hearted, he didn't even put in an effort. I really hope his subsequent PP goal gives him some confidence to get out of this funk because if he is the weak link going forward it's hard to see this going 7.
My gut is full of butterflies
So fearful of our team's demise
I pray a win we'll realize:
The endings of two games I saw
'Twas overtime in Ottawa
Pittsburg beat Philly 10 to 3
But neither meant a thing to me
And then the one I'd waited for
Wondering what it held in store
Raymond was deked by Kopitar
Who broke away and here we are
With the Canucks now down by one
I get the sense Vancouver's done
However forty minutes more
Means we've still a chance to score
Edler does on a powerplay
Mayhap the team will find a way
"Bieksa shoots deflection scores!"
Reduced we are to either ors
Either the Nucks go on to win
Or it's a jug of bathtub gin
It was the former as you know
So Sunday night another go
Whisky Jack
I cannot explain how happy I was, when in the second period, an amazing thing happened. All of a sudden, the Canucks started looking like the Canucks, and seemingly at the same time stopped playing the defensive grind down, which of course is the kings forte. I rejoiced.
If Henrik were to be disciplined for giving Brown a token measure of his own medicine (there was no real possibility for harm there, let's face it), then the League is as ridiculous as… well, as we already know it is. So I suppose he'll get a 31-game suspension, since "THAT IS SO WAAY WORSER THAN WAHT KIETTH DID!!1!" says HFBoards.
As I said right in the Game 1 comment thread — the absence of Daniel screws up the forward lines completely. His return not only brings back (the true) Henrik, it also kind of brings back everyone, because it allows the Canucks to have a proper #1 line (as in, one that does not contain a third-line checker out of position).
Also, a comment on Alex Edler — he has been atrocious this series no doubt. But for the legion of mental giants that actually want to get rid of him on the basis of a 3-to-4 game sample size… seriously? After some 300 or so games of clearly being a very good NHL defenseman? You'll throw it all away because of 3 games? Do you think you should get fired if you have a bad day at work?
On Eddie. Skill-wise a lot of pros are pretty similar but it's what goes on upstairs that counts the most. Pressure changes everything and a lot are prone to flaking out, whether all the time like Erhoff or just sometimes like Eddie. Check out Hamhuis – the real anchor. Looks like his pulse doesn't go above 100 no matter what's happening. His good/bad decision counts under pressure are elite level.
Garish eye make-up and alternating blue and green toe nails FTW!
In all seriousness though, what a win! It seems Booth has been rewarded for his hard work throughout the series by being promoted to the first line, which pretty much rules. The power play looked amazing again (back from the dead, but in the most awesome way possible as opposed to the aimless walker variety of resurrection) and Schneider was a beast in net. This is the team I love and they've been sorely missed.
Most amazingly of all, PJ Stock kinda sorta almost complimented the team(!) and even Ron MacLean seemed to have trouble finding something negative to say. At least that was my impression of in the 2nd intermission; I missed the first one. I wish they'd bring back Bruce Boudreau as I was surprised at how much I enjoyed his presence on the panel.
At this point I've been awake for far too long. My mind is racing and there's this vague jumble of thoughts and emotions coursing through. I need to rest, but I just wanted to pop by and sing the chorus of Don't Stop Believing, only minus all the tension and suspense of the Sopranos series finale. Perhaps the Glee performance would set a more accurate tone? Plus, the dude who plays Finn is totally a Canucks fan.
I felt that they played good in game 2, and great in game 3. My point is, they`ve played well enough to win some of these games, so I do not feel like anything is inevitable. However, what's important is that the Canucks should feel likewise.
Win or lose, I am proud of this team.
To Live, to live!
To see another day!
And be set free from the curse
Cast by the evil Black Bird!
We herald the return
Of the great Wizards from the North
Slaying hideous foes,
With powers unmatched.
Again, we fight with determination
Secured by massive ramparts.
Defenders fleet of foot
Blockading all assailants.
Yet there is another one
A Beast soon to awake.
Woe be the Heathen King
That stands before the Beast!
Soon the King and his marauders,
Will be cast into faraway pastures
A land of green expanse
With tiny little cups.
We will march onwards,
Courageous and undaunted,
Until we finally claim
That cursed, bloodstained Cup!
Great ITWG, and an awesome road win for the Canucks.
Couple of points:
- Bieksa needs to layoff his nonchalant attitude and start caring more. Although that turnover that led to Brown's PS was the most egregious, there was another sequence earlier where Bieksa also turned over the puck at the blueline. It's good that he scored, but it's even better when he trades in the non-chalance for some intense focus on sound defence
- TSN Bob MacKenzie remarked that Dank's return also meant the return of Hank. We really got 2 for the price of 1. I could not agree more. I'll have to take back my prior remarks in favour of splitting up the twins. They were meant play together. Gretzky/Kurri, Hull/Oates will always be great tandems, but Hank/Dank is the most uniquely pleasant tandem to watch bar none. GlobalTV even showed a shot of Hank/Dank swaying in unison together during the singing of the anthem!! It wasn't just the Wizardous Sedinerie that setup the 3rd goal, but it was as if they could wait to execute their Sedinerie on almost every shift. I think Edler's issue has been that he was too mesmerized watching the Sedins execute a no-look drop pass and back pass and thought he could pull it off too. But no one knows when and how to pull off the drop pass like the Sedins! Note how Edler's game improved once he stopped trying the no-look drop pass. I hope he continues to keep his game simple like how he played last night.
- Hip Check Ballard is back!!! Criticize him all you want, but I consider it a treat to be able to see him layout the hipcheck on that poor LAK.
- everyone's lamenting the loss of Schneids in the off season. Has it ever occurred to anyone that the Canucks may try to move Luongo in the off season? This is why I don't like long term deals. Things change, conditions and circumstances change over time. I think Subsidizing Luongo's contract in some equitable trade (eg. Rick Nash) is not out of the question. Forget Tampa, I think Philly would be dying for even a half decent goalie right about now.
- is everyone rooting for the Sharks tonight?
Thought the Ballard-Tanev tandem was particularly reliable yesterday. Though I did think Finnish MacInnis and Juice had shakier games.
And you captured my thinking exactly on the Raymond attempted hit. What exactly was he going for there? Raymond couldn't put a dent on Kopitar if he was wearing titanium pads.
Poor Mason Raymond, guy can't catch a break. I may have cursed at him, like much of Canuck Nation, after his mistake. But after he skates back to the bench, you see him look up at the jumbotron and watch the replay, and then he hangs his head in despair. Then my heart broke a little for the poor guy, and I felt bad about my harsh words. What are we going to do with you Mason??
At the risk of being mercilessly downvoted, I think we dodged a bullet last night, and Gingerbricks really saved our bacon. Yes a W's a W and I'll take it, but I'm not so sure we deserved it or earned it. Game 1 was a train wreck and game 2 could have gone either way (though we weren't great, but certainly better than game 1). Game 3, however, has been our best effort by far, and I'd like to see us return to that form on Sunday. At the risk of sounding like Gallagher and finding something to complain about, I thought our D zone coverage was pretty scary last night, particularly against LA's 4th line. Their 4th line! The Kings still threatened repeatedly last night, even though Brown had his least-beastly game of the series and Richards and Carter were (again) mostly invisible. Just imagine if they're on and we keep playing D this way – cue Rita Macneil folks. Yes, there were some positives: the Sedinery was a sight to behold and it's great to see our PP rise from the dead; and we did have lots of chances on Quick that required him to stand on his head (again). That said, the Nucks have lots of work to do on D if they don't want their season to end Sunday, so let's hope they're not feeling as overconfident or oblivious to our defensive shortcomings as most in Nuck nation seem to be sounding right now. No the sky's not falling and we live to see another day, but let's not get too enamored with the Nucks performance last night – 43 shots and myriad scoring chances (I'm pretty sure LA significantly outchanced us, yet again, for the 4th time this series) are not going to get the job done on Sunday. Speaking of heat, if this greenhouse effect keeps up, we'll all be living underwater. Feline AIDS is the number one killer of domestic cats…..
I can't pass up the chance to respond to someone who also names themselves after Jyrki (that's what J21 is in my user name). I agree the defense continues to be very… un-playoff-calibre, and the deterioration of Edler's game in particular is worrisome.
That said, I think the reason people saw some hope in this game (apart from the result) is purely because it marked the reemergence of offensive creativity. The Kings may have outchanced them, but the Canucks did get a plethora of grade-A scoring chances, especially in the third period. In the leadup to the Brown penalty shot, the Canucks' PP generated more in about 60 seconds than they had, not just in the series to date, but in the last ten or so regular season games too. It was a breath of fresh air.
No matter what, they had to shore up the defense. But at least (the implication is) that doesn't mean doing so against the reality that the only way to win a game is by shutting out the opposition.
So, when I come back to playing in my low-intensity, old guy floor hockey league after a month off, I'm a complete wreck after one shift. Huge kudos to Daniel for not only playing like 18 minutes, but putting a ton of shots on net and getting an assist! Sometimes I don't appreciate just how good, and how dedicated, the Sedins are.
Seriously, PITB, I love you guys! So I don't disagree with you for discussing so much Hank's contact (elbow maybe, I couldn't see myself) to that guy. But then can you please also list all the other equally dodgy love taps from the game? It's not really fair of his own fan base to make it into such an issue (such as with Daniel's not-so-bad but much vilified hit to Duncan Keith) just because it's high profile, because it's a Sedin and because there happened to be blood on the guy's face from attempting to eat a high-speed puck (so he can't have much going on in his head anyways ).
I was at the game and I can't tell you how THRILLING it was to stand up and yell my head off not once, not twice, but THREE times!! Once we were ahead 2-1 I didn't care what trash the Kings fans sitting around me were talking. And my husband and I were able to escape the arena to the safety of our car without getting assaulted so that was a bonus! I know we are still in a precarious position but I'm going to be happy for the next 3 days. (P.S. Cory is the MAN!).
That's exactly right. We were in Vancouver for the last game of the regular season and when we got back to the hotel room my husband went online and bought tickets. I can tell you we even debated if we should go to the game or not because we knew it was going to be really good or really bad. In hindsight I'm so happy we went.
Love this IWTG! After three painful IWTGs and a series of putting-on-our-best-face-in-the-face-of-it, there's a giddiness to this one. It's like when you're forced to wait to open your Christmas presents, and then finally you're allowed to go downstairs and it's the best-thing-ever!
ooooh I like the German poetry reference (after all, the Wizard's apprentice is based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem der Zauberlehrling)
I loved to see the Sedins back at it, but I still intend to keep the little voice in my head that keeps saying: "The season is still just about over", but it sure as hell has become a whole lot harder!
Daniel's return was one of the stories of the game, but Schneider's play was stellar.
I'm surprised that the game summary didn't have something more about that than a quibble about his rebound control, and a comment about how he's now settled in.
Cory is playing "lights out" right now and, even down 3-1, he's the kind of goalie that can steal the next few games.
it was the 9th bulletin point. you've got to scroll a few screens before any mention. you framed it with d sedin as the difference-maker and finally got around to mentioning the first star, 43-save winning goalie who performed impeccably and unflappably in his first game as #1.
it's not what you say but how you communucate it.
9th bulletin point. i know you're easing into the schneider era and are left with stacks of 'vote for lou' posters back at headquarters so i appreciate the progress:) i wasn't going to say anything but was giving nick a little support.
"It was a font joke. No one likes font jokes."
Hey I like font jokes. When in disneyland with the kids we met Aerial. I asked her what font she used and that she was my favourite font! She just looked sort of confused but her handler just about killed himself laughing. Plus I had the bonus of embarassing my kids, you can really never do that too much.


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Works by Huang Yongyu feature at Museum of Art
About 80 recent works by internationally acclaimed master Huang Yongyu will be displayed at the Hong Kong Museum of Art from tomorrow (December 24) to March 28, 2005.
The exhibition, "Huang Yongyu at 80: An Art Exhibition", featuring ink paintings, sculptures and ceramics works, began its tour in Beijing earlier this year and Hong Kong will be the final stop.
The exhibition was officially opened today (December 23). Officiating guests included the Secretary for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services, Ms Anissa Wong Sean-yee, and Huang Yongyu.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Ms Leung paid tribune to Huang as a dynamic artist, who had been very active in the pursuit of artistic creation even at the age of 80.
"It is not mere a compliment to describe Huang as a versatile artist. He can always surprise us," Ms Leung said. "Huang has untiringly devoted himself to the study and exploration of artistic creation and has pioneered new techniques which are not bound by one style. For a long time in his early career in artistic creation, he was best known for woodblock prints.
"Not until the 1960s, did he turn to ink painting and begin to apply bright and luxuriant colours instead of black and white lines in his works.
"Other than painting, Huang is also highly praised for his literary works. His writings, wit, amusing, sentimental and sensitively observed, complement with his paintings, giving us a better understanding of his world of art," Ms Leung said.
Born in 1924, Huang Yongyu left his hometown Fenghuang and studied in the Jimei Middle School in Xiamen, Fujian province, at the age of 13 and started practising woodcut by the book "How to Learn Woodcut" written by Zheng Yefu (1909-1974). He was an apprentice in the Dehua Ceramic Workshop when he was making a living in Quanzhou (Fujian province) and Shangrao (Jiangxi province). In 1942, he taught in the Changle Peiqing Middle School, Fujian, and made woodcut prints. His works appeared one after the other in various publications.
Huang joined the National Woodcut Society of China in Shanghai in 1943. There he was engaged in woodcut and literary work, producing woodcut pamphlets to protest against famine and civil war and on various other subjects.
In 1948, Huang, 24, together with his wife Zhang Meixi, moved from Shanghai to Taiwan and then to Hong Kong. During his stay in the British colony, Huang worked with "Ta Kung Pao" and "New Evening News" and became acquainted with many men of letters and progressive Leftists. Among them were cartoonist Liao Bingxiong (b.1915), writers Lou Shiyi (1905-2001), Yan Qingshu and Luo Fu (b.1921, originally known as Luo Chengxun). Huang was also a film director, having written and directed "The Story of the Ocean". He designed the characters and wrote the screenplay. In 1948, the Fung Ping Shan Library of the University of Hong Kong mounted the first solo exhibition by Huang. His works at that time carried heavy overtones of social criticism and were voices of injustice and of the oppressed.
In 1953, with the encouragement of his uncle Shen Congwen (1902-1988), Huang, together with his wife, moved from Hong Kong to Beijing, where he taught at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In the years that followed, he produced a large number of works in a variety of forms and style and on diverse subjects, using different artistic mediums. His most well-known work is the illustrations for "Ashima" created in 1956.
During the Cultural Revolution that swept across China from 1966 to 1976, his frank and outspoken personality resulted in many of his works being classified as "monsters and demons", meaning that they were enemies of the proletariat. In 1973, he completed an ink painting "The Owl" which depicted an owl with one eye open and the other closed. In the following year, "The Owl" was showcased by the Central Cultural Revolution Culture Group in the Chinese Museum of Art and the People's Great Hall.
After the Cultural Revolution, a colourful world emerged in his paintings. It was a land of serenity that Huang wanted to invite people to explore and meet his beloved lotuses.
The paintings on lotus included in this exhibition display fully Huang's achievements in painting. His works range from the delicate and colourful "gongbi" paintings to the freestyle brushwork paintings. One cannot help but marvel at the depth of his knowledge in Chinese painting and his impeccable skills in using the brush and ink and the mediums of paper and silk. But what is the most touching about Huang's art are the emotions embedded in his paintings.
In support of the exhibition, a video programme featuring Huang's art and life will be featured. In addition, a fully illustrated catalogue will be published and available at the Gift Shop of the Museum of Art.
The Museum of Art is located at 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. It opens from 10am to 6pm daily. On Christmas Eve and Chinese New Year's Eve, the museum will close at 5pm. It is closed on Thursdays (except public holidays) and the first two days of the Chinese New Year. Admission is $10 and a half-price concession is available to full-time students, senior citizens and people with disabilities. Admission is free on Wednesdays.
For enquiries, call 2721 0116 or visit the Museum of Art's website at
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Ends/Thursday, December 23, 2004
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