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The Xbox Series X is just a few months away. The next-gen console promises to bring improved graphics, faster load times and more connectivity options to gamers, along with a handful of other compelling features. And let's not forget, with every new console is a fleet of new games to go with it.
We're getting close to the Series X release so Microsoft has already revealed a surprising amount of information about the console, including its name, design, specs and even early game launches. Based on what we know, the Series X could be an excellent alternative, or complement, to one of the best gaming laptops.
But there's still much we don't know about Series X, so we've compiled the official details Microsoft revealed along with the most credible rumors to give you a comprehensive picture of what to expect when the console releases in late 2020.
Here's what we know so far about the Xbox Series X.
Xbox Series X name and release date
Formerly known as Project Scarlett, the console's official name is Xbox Series X. Microsoft announced the name (and other details) at the annual Game Awards in a move that shocked fans and media alike.
It's possible the Series X is only one of multiple next-gen Xbox consoles. Rumors about a mysterious entry-level model codenamed Lockhart (possibly the Xbox Series S) have been floating around, and are all but confirmed. In fact, we're just waiting on Microsoft at this point because a next-gen controller leak verified by The Verge has "For Xbox Series X|S" written on the side of it.
Microsoft still hasn't given a more specific release date to the Xbox Series X than Holiday 2020.
We probably won't have a specific date until its official announcement, but we can be fairly certain of a November launch. Why November? Looking at the release date of previous consoles, the original Xbox launched on Nov 15, the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One were both launched on Nov 22 and the Xbox One X was made available on November 7.
We'd be surprised if Microsoft broke this trend for anything other than a late October release. After all, we need the console to ship in time to place it under the tree on December 25. Microsoft and Sony both confirmed a 2020 ship date, stating that coronavirus hasn't pushed the next-gen consoles into next year.
Xbox Series X price
Pricing will be an important piece of the Series X's commercial success. While we don't know exactly how much the console (or consoles) will cost, Microsoft promises to not repeat the same mistakes it made with the Xbox One.
"I would say a learning from the Xbox One generation is we will not be out of position on power or price," Phil Spencer, Microsoft's Xbox and gaming chief, said in an interview with The Verge.
When the Xbox One launched, it was sold with a 500GB hard drive, a controller and a Kinect sensor for an eye-popping $499. That made the Xbox One at $100 more expensive than the PS4 ($399). If we had to guess, the next console will cost between $350 and $550.
If there are two versions, the entry-level model would likely be near the bottom range while the Xbox Series X could be closer to the high range.
Xbox Series X specs
Xbox revealed the Series X's specs in a March blog post.
Here is a list of the specs:
- CPU: 8x Cores @ 3.8 GHz (3.66 GHz w/ SMT) Custom Zen 2 CPU
- GPU: 12 TFLOPS, 52 CUs @ 1.825 GHz Custom RDNA 2 GPU
- Die Size: 360.45 mm
- Process: 7nm Enhanced
- Memory: 16 GB GDDR6 w/ 320mb bus
- Memory Bandwidth: 10GB @ 560 GB/s, 6GB @ 336 GB/s
- Internal Storage: 1 TB Custom NVME SSD
- I/O Throughput: 2.4 GB/s (Raw), 4.8 GB/s (Compressed, with custom hardware decompression block)
- Expandable Storage: 1 TB Expansion Card (matches internal storage exactly)
- External Storage: USB 3.2 External HDD Support
- Optical Drive: 4K UHD Blu-Ray Drive
- Performance Target: 4K @ 60 FPS, Up to 120 FPS
Before we get into the details, it's worth mentioning that some rumors claim there will be not just one, but two separate versions of the upcoming Xbox: a lower-end SKU nicknamed "Lockhart" and a premium model internally named "Anaconda."
For the higher-tier model, we now know it will come with a 1TB SSD, which matches the Xbox One X's current storage. However, the Series X will have a custom NVMe SSD drive that should provide significantly faster speeds, which means shorter load times.
In fact, a video demonstration compared load times between an HDD and SSD. The loading times in State of Decay 2 were about 9 seconds on the Xbox Series X vs. around one minute on the Xbox One X.
If 1TB of storage isn't enough, there is an expandable storage slot in the back, which can give you an extra 1TB of storage, adding up to 2TB. We're also getting USB 3.2 external HDD support, which is nice for those who want to expand storage even further.
Microsoft also shared how its "Quick Resume" feature would work with five games all in a suspended state. Here is another cool video:
Microsoft is targeting around 12 teraflops (TF) of power in the higher-end Xbox Series X, or twice that of the Xbox One X (the current most powerful console) and many times greater than the Xbox One S.
The Xbox Series X will feature a custom AMD Zen 2 processor (7nm) with a custom Navi RDNA 2 GPU that supports ray tracing, 4K gaming at 60 frames, frame rates at up to 120 frames per second, 8K resolution support and the fastest GDDR6 memory, along with variable refresh rates.
The console will come with 16GB of RAM and 10GB of memory bandwidth @ 560 GB/s or 6GB @ 336 GB/s.
Ray tracing is critical in making next-gen games look better than ever. For those who aren't familiar, ray tracing is a rendering technique that simulates how light bounces off an object. The result is lighting effects and shadows that look practically photorealistic.
Microsoft revealed the power of ray tracing with a GIF of a Gears 5 screenshot on the Xbox One X vs. Xbox Series X.
Additionally, Microsoft talked up how it's improving latency by relying on the Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) functionality, which automatically enables your display's lowest latency mode when you start playing (this is a feature on current Xbox One consoles).
The company also talked about Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), which is a new feature for HDMI 2.1 that helps eliminate screen tearing and reduces latency. These are incredibly important, especially when you're gaming at high resolutions, as you don't want to experience any sort of input lag.
The lower-end "Lockhart" console will reportedly slot between the Xbox One X and One S in terms of power, with 4 teraflops of computing power. However, a recent report claims Lockhart, also called the Xbox Series X, could get up to 7.9TF.
Xbox Series X games
The next Xbox won't be released for another year, but we're starting to get a clear picture of its launch titles. We've already compiled all of the confirmed Xbox Series X games, and there are quite a few of them.
The game on everyone's mind is Halo Infinite, the next journey for the beloved soldier, Master Chief. The type started with a teaser trailer shown at E3 2018 and a brief glimpse of the faceless protagonist in the Xbox Series X announcement video.
We then got a revealing gameplay trailer at Xbox's big first-party games event. Reactions to the extended clip were mixed. While most people agree that Halo Infinite is staying true to the franchise's roots, many criticized the presentation. The response was so vocal that the devs at 343 Industries promised to make improvements in the future.
When Microsoft unveiled the Xbox Series X, it did so alongside the reveal of Senua's Saga: HellBlade 2, which became the first game officially announced for Xbox Series X. The footage shown at The Game Awards look absolutely stunning and was captured directly on the console in real-time.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Quarantine was confirmed at E3 2019 then delayed until 2020-2021. Given the new release date, we'd be surprised if Rainbow Six Quarantine wasn't available on both current and next-gen consoles. The same goes for Gods and Monsters and Watch Dogs: Legion, both of which were delayed into 2020-2021.
Cyberpunk 2077, one of the most anticipated upcoming games, could also come to next-gen consoles. CD Projekt Red president Adam Kicinski said to VG247 last year, "The game is developed in such a way that it can use very powerful future equipment, but I can not tell you more beyond that today, as no future generation of consoles have been announced so far."
That doesn't confirm anything, but it certainly suggests an intent to bring Cyberpunk 2077, which is set to be released on April 26, 2020, to Xbox Series X and the PS5.
Bethesda, the studio that brought us The Elder Scrolls and the Fallout franchise is set to release Elder Scrolls VI and Starfield, although details on those titles are sparse.
EA confirmed that Dice will have extra time to make Battlefield 6, and that the upcoming first-person shooter would arrive on next-gen consoles in 2021. Specific consoles weren't named but we'd be shocked if the Xbox Series X wasn't one of them.
What about virtual reality?
The next Xbox will not support virtual reality. While Microsoft has championed VR on PCs, the company is less keen about its place on consoles.
Xbox lead Phil Spencer said an interview with Stevivor that "nobody is asking for VR" and that customers know to go to PC if they want to play VR.
He went on to say "nobody's selling millions and millions [of VR units]…"I think we might get there. But yeah, that's not where our focus is."
if you want to play VR games on a console then buy a PlayStation 5 as Sony is expected to double-down on the budding technology with a PlayStation VR 2 headset.
Xbox Series X vs gaming laptops
The AMD Navi GPU powering the Xbox Series X is expected to rival Nvidia's RTX 2080 GPU, which means it should be able to keep up with the best laptops when it comes to graphics performance.
Alienware's Area-51m gaming laptop played Rise of the Tomb Raider at 92 frames per second while the Asus ROG Mothership notched 84 fps at 1080p resolution on Very High settings.
Unless the Navi GPU somehow blows the doors off the RTX 2080 powering those beastly gaming rigs (we doubt that), the Xbox Series X will need to dial down the settings to reach Microsoft's 4K at 60fps goal. Still, what Microsoft is claiming can't be ignored: the Xbox Series X will be crazy powerful and should offer better graphics-per-dollar than any gaming laptop on the market.
Xbox Series X design
We already know exactly how the Series X looks about a year before it's set to launch. The console's simple rectangular "tower" design is reminiscent of a desktop PC.
There really isn't much to the design, which is exactly why it's so bold. Microsoft is replacing the aggressive angles and odd shapes of previous consoles with a refined, clean aesthetic that follows the same design principles as its laptops.
On the front of the Xbox Series X is an illuminated Xbox logo and a disk slot, which will be a relief to folks who still buy physical copies. The top of the console is more interesting. Hiding under a centered top grille is a bright green circle. It's hard to tell from the reveal trailer, but it appears to be green LEDs or a painted component.
There is a heated discussion about the Xbox Series X's size. It looks massive in the renders but the folks at Gamespot say the console is three times taller than the new controller and about as wide. That makes the Series X relatively small, but still potentially problematic if you're trying to fit it in an entertainment center.
It helps that the Xbox Series X can be positioned vertically or horizontally. Also, the larger size allows for a single, massive fan that pushes hot air out the top. As a result, the Xbox Series X should be no louder than the Xbox One.
"There's always this tension between design and the kind of acoustics and cooling and function of the console," Spencer told Gamespot, "and we were not going to compromise on function. I'm just incredibly impressed with the design that they came back with."
Xbox Series X controller
While the console is daring in its simplicity, Microsoft made only minor updates to the next-gen controller.
At first glance, the Series X controller looks identical to the one for the Xbox One. There are some minor but important differences. The biggest update is the addition of a share button. Located in the center of the new controller, the new button will let Xbox gamers instantly send content to friends with the press of a button, much as you can do with the PS4's DualShock 4.
Other updates we won't notice until we've gotten our hands on the new controller include a new hybrid D-pad and improved input latency, so there is no delay between when you press a button and what happens in the game. The new controller is also a touch smaller than the previous, which Microsoft says will be more comfortable for most people.
Microsoft is making up for past mistakes with decisions that benefit gamers. Not only is the old Xbox controller compatible with the new Xbox Series X but the new controller is backward compatible with the Xbox One.


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Marine Pilots
Linda Styrk
April 1, 2018
What does a pilot do?
One might think responding to "What do you do?" for a role that's been around since biblical times would be met with quick recognition and understanding. That may have been true 150 years ago when Washington's legislature decided to provide a regular pilotage service and passed the first Pilotage Act in 1868. However, in today's world of frequent fliers, a conversation regarding this ancient esteemed role might go something like this.
What do you do?
I'm a marine pilot.
I always wanted to fly planes. My brother-in-law flies for...
Actually, I'm a marine pilot.
Oh, you fly sea planes – cool! I took a flightseeing tour on one last year...
I don't navigate planes, I navigate ships.
Oh, you're a captain! We met the captain on our last cruise...
Must be cool to travel the world!
Did you ever come across pirates near the coast of Africa?
I'm not the captain of a ship, I'm the pilot.
Huh? (about now, they finally start listening!)
What do you do?
I navigate all types of ships when they enter state inland waters.
But you're NOT the captain of the ship?
Correct. Pilots are independent of the ship and captain.
Pilots take control when the ship is in state inland waters.
Oh. I thought the captain always had control of the ship.
I'm confused - what do YOU do?
I board and takeover control of the ship when it's in state waters that require a marine pilot.
Why doesn't the captain do it?
Although captains have expert knowledge of their ships, they don't have expert knowledge of the many inland waters they navigate. That's where state licensed marine pilots are the experts.
So, what exactly do you do?
When the ships enter state waters, I board the ship, navigate them in the waterways, anchor them in the bays and berth them in the harbors. Then do it in reverse when ships leave.
Oh, I see. What attracted you to become a pilot?
After years at sea working my way up the ladder and sailing as captain, I wanted more variety and challenge in my work and more time with my family. So, I decided to become a state pilot.
How do you get more variety, challenge and time with family as a pilot?
Well, first and foremost, my pilotage expertise is geographically anchored to a state designated pilotage area. For example, Puget Sound pilots work within the Puget Sound area, LA and Long Beach pilots work within the San Pedro Bay area, and so on. This means, as a pilot, I work closer to home and have more opportunities to be with my family. Secondly, because of requirements that certain ships employ a state licensed pilot when entering state waters, I get to work a variety of ship types and sizes in a variety of different traffic and environmental conditions. This provides a lot more opportunity for unique and challenging piloting scenarios throughout the year.
What kinds of ships do you pilot?
All kinds. Mostly container ships, tankers, car carriers and various cargo ships throughout the year, plus cruise ships during the summer season, which primarily runs May through September.
I've heard about those big super-sized container ships. How big are they?
Big. Really big! There are some operating in Europe that are more than 1,300 feet long, 190 feet wide and can carry more than 21,000 TEU's.
Wasn't there a big super-sized container ship in the news around here last year or so?
Yes. You're probably thinking of the Benjamin Franklin, CMA-CGM's 18,000-TEU ultra large container ship that first called Long Beach, Oakland and then Seattle in February 2016. At more than twice the length of the Space Needle and wider than a football field, it was truly impressive to see how much of the Seattle city skyline Big Ben spanned when it was in Elliott Bay.
I think I heard something about a big cruise ship, too.
Yep. They're getting bigger, too. You probably heard about Norwegian Cruise Line's new ultra large cruise ship called the Norwegian Bliss. The Bliss was in the news when the port of seattle and NCL entered into a public-private partnership to upgrade the Bell Harbor Cruise Terminal to accommodate this new 4,000-passenger ship. At more than 1,000 feet long and 130 feet wide, the Bliss will surely make news again as the largest cruise ship to ever call Seattle.
Cool – When will that happen?
She's still being built in a German Shipyard but expected to be christened at the end of May. After that, Norwegian Bliss will be at the Pier 66 cruise terminal every week to take passengers from Seattle to Alaska throughout the summer.
So, why do the ships keep getting bigger?
Because companies achieve better economies of scale with the bigger ships. For example, if two ships' operating costs are about the same to travel from port A to B, but one ship can carry twice as many cargo units or passengers as the other, the cost per cargo unit or passenger will be much more favorable for the larger capacity ship. Which means the larger capacity ship can offer lower rates to attract more cargo or passengers, make more money per cargo unit or passenger, or enjoy a combination of both. So, as soon a one shipping line starts down this path of upsizing its vessel fleet, the operators of the smaller capacity ships, if they want to remain competitive in that market, are compelled to follow.
Sounds like an expensive venture! How much does it cost to build one of those mega-ships?
A lot! New ultra large cruise ships and containerships cost about a billion dollars, give or take.
So, what is it like to handle one of those behemoths?
Challenging and exciting. What many people don't realize is that while the ships keep getting bigger, the natural geography of the waterways stays the same. So, when the ships get wider, longer, taller and deeper, the overall mass of the ship is greater, the visibility from the bridge is more constrained and the available area to maneuver becomes proportionally less.
Sounds challenging and exciting. I have a niece who's really active and loves the outdoors especially areas in and around the water. I think your role might be of interest to her. What does it take to become a pilot?
Going to sea to work your way up to captain, then passing numerous Coast Guard and state pilotage exams to prove expert knowledge of local inland waters and ship handling skills.
Why does the state license the marine pilots? I thought it was just the Coast Guard.
Safety. Both the Coast Guard and the state want to ensure against the loss of lives, loss of or damage to ships or property and to protect the marine environment. The Coast Guard wants to ensure mariners have a common understanding of the rules of the road for ships, how to read nautical charts, use standard navigation equipment and perform roles on the bridge of the ship. The state wants to mitigate the risks of ships when they're in state waters, so they require ships of certain sizes to take on state licensed pilots that have been tested and trained according to the state's standards, which typically includes substantial local knowledge, ship handling and situational awareness training and testing.
How long does it take to get licensed?
To get licensed as a mariner can be done rather quickly. There are lots of schools such as the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend, the Seattle Maritime Academy in Ballard and California Maritime Academy. To get licensed as a pilot can take around twenty years. The first ten working your way up to captain and a few years or more sailing as captain just to qualify to take the state pilot exam. Assuming one passes the exam and is accepted into the pilot training program, it can take two to four years to complete the training program.
Wow, that's a lot longer than I imagined.
It's a very exacting role with zero tolerance for error – kind of like a surgeon. So, the state wants to make every effort to ensure a pilot trainee can prove safe handling of a ship in any conditions that may occur onboard the ship, above the water, below the water, along the adjacent shoreline or in the navigational routes, before they issue a state pilot license.
To get my niece interested in becoming a marine pilot, would you mind sharing an example of a day in the life of a pilot?
Sure. It all starts with a call from dispatch with my job assignment details. Let's say I'm assigned to reposition myself out to the pilot station to be available for inbound ship traffic expected later that day. I drive from Seattle out to the pilot station in Port Angeles. The pilot station is where pilots prepare, eat and sleep when on call awaiting their next inbound ship assignment – like firemen on call at a fire station. I'm assigned to bring in a ship coming in from Ningbo, China and estimated to arrive Port Angeles at 1:00 in the morning.
The ship is headed to Pierce County Terminal in Tacoma and expected to arrive there at 6:30 a.m. So, I hit the rack to get some sleep until my wake-up call at midnight.
I get up and first verify there was no change to my ship assignment and then start prepping, including calculating tides, currents, checking weather conditions and status of tugs, the second pilot and Harbor congestion in Tacoma. After that, I get my backpack ready with all my navigation info and equipment, don my float coat and helmet and head out. It's dark and bitter cold as I walk down the ramp to the pilot boat. A full moon might make the whitecaps on the waves more visible than normal this time of year, which is a welcome contrast to the usual dreariness of a cold winter's night assignment.
I board the pilot boat along with another pilot who is boarding another ship right after me. We head out to my ship first. The swell is moderate and water a bit choppy – pretty good conditions for this time of year! As the pilot boat approaches the ship and starts coming up alongside, I head to the boarding platform, secure my gear and position myself for jumping onto the pilot ladder. I cast a keen eye over the Jacobs ladder to quickly assess the condition of the manila rope and wooden treads for any obvious risk of malfunction. I look up at the crew peering down and waiting to assist me aboard.
With a deep breath and well-timed jump, I launch myself from the pilot boat onto the Jacobs ladder. I start climbing up while the pilot boat stands by in the event the ladder breaks or I fall and need to be quickly recovered from the water.
After the multi-story climb up the side of the ship, I'm finally safely aboard. The crew quickly leads me to the bridge and ship's captain. We conduct a master-pilot exchange, a formal conversation to exchange essential information about the ship, its equipment, its location, condition and everyone's role on the bridge, before I take the con as pilot.
The purpose of the master-pilot exchange is to verify what is in good order and compensate for any deficiencies, including equipment and crew. The bridge team's vigilance, coordination and English language capabilities are critical to safe transit, especially in pilotage waters.
During this particular assignment the helmsman misinterpreted some of the rudder commands and courses given, so I direct the Captain to replace the helmsman with their very best. As always, I diligently verify all commands, engine orders and notices to reduce speed by observing and checking the instrumentation on the bridge. Other than routine radio calls to check in with nearby vessels and the Coast Guard, the first four hours piloting through the main shipping channel are smooth sailing with no pleasure boat traffic in light swells and light winds.
As I see Elliott Bay emerging on the port (left) side and the Seattle city lights reflecting onto the water, I give an order to the mate on watch to reduce speed. This will minimize the ship's wake while passing Alki Point, Vashon Island and other wake sensitive areas on the way to Tacoma. Another hour or so and I see Commencement Bay coming into view.
Three tugs approach, one of which has a second pilot onboard that will be boarding my ship to assist in navigating the 5,400-TEU vessel into the narrow Blair Waterway, which ranges from 700 feet wide to 450 feet at the goal posts where the 11th Street bridge was removed.
Although the 935-foot long, 131-foot wide, 42-foot draft vessel is not nearly as big as many of the other ships I handle, it is a challenge threading the needle with vessels at berth on both sides of the waterway.
I make keen observations of all conditions. I note the smoke coming out of the mill is taking on an unfavorable horizontal angle. In other words, there will be a strong gusty crosswind while trying to keep the ship aligned going up the waterway. This is when the adrenaline starts pumping.
Concurrently, the second pilot boards, coordinates the tugs to put their lines to ship, and appears on the bridge. We have a quick exchange to organize our roles. The second pilot will be taking the con and I will be assisting with an information feed which includes handling communication with waterway traffic, the Coast Guard vessel traffic center and addressing any waterway obstructions.
I take a quick inventory of what I see. There is a 983-foot long, 6,500-TEU ship on the starboard side being unloaded with 3 cranes boomed down across the ship and extending beyond its 131-foot beam. On the port side there is a ro/ro ship loading tractor-trailers aboard for its weekly service to Alaska. Tied up alongside are a tug and fuel bunker barge with an oil containment boom floating around its perimeter – further constraining the waterway. Up the waterway is a big 10,000 TEU ship, 1,145 feet long with 150-foot beam and 42-foot draft berthed alongside the starboard side and our berth destination two miles up the waterway.
Many of the captains we ride with have told us this is one of the narrowest waterways a vessel of this size goes anywhere in the world. We will need to be at the top of our game to pass safely with the strong gusty crosswind in this narrow waterway.
Now it's time to thread the needle. The tugs are critical for maneuvering the ship up the waterway and alongside the berth. The aft tug acts as a brake to retard the ship's momentum, as we need to keep the propeller moving and maintain steerage of the ship. The other two tugs will alternately pull or push to mitigate the wind and hydrodynamic forces that come into play as we make our way up the waterway that narrows to an available width of 330 feet as we pass alongside the 10,000-TEU ship.
As the bow of our ship comes into the shadow of the 10,000-TEU ship at berth, it temporarily blocks the force of the cross wind and commands are given to ease the power of the tugs on the bow while we maintain counteractive tug power on the stern. As we continue to pass, the wind will be almost fully blocked and it will be critical that we precisely adjust the tug power as the bow is exposed to the wind again. This is where the art of being a pilot really comes into play – finessing the forces you can control, the ship and tugs, versus the forces you can't control, the wind.
Concurrent with the tug commands, I am giving the second pilot support – confirming helm commands, engine orders and providing a constant flow of information. Using my PPU (Personal Pilot Unit), I validate distances in feet, vessel speed, rate of turn, course over ground verses ships heading and providing all relevant visual observations. A PPU looks like a typical laptop computer but is a sophisticated and specialized piece of safety equipment that provides a multitude of piloting navigation information at a glance.
As our bow emerges from the shadow of the ship and the sail area is again exposed to the force of the cross wind, the second pilot dramatically increases the power of the tug to counter balance the force of the wind. During this critical point in our final approach we make a dynamic 43-degree rotation of the ship from the channel azimuth of 133 degrees to the dock azimuth of 90 degrees while berthing the ship.
As we are rotating, we are slowing and positioning the 983-foot ship alongside 1,100 feet of available dock space at Berth B. I stop feeding information so the second pilot can fully focus on this extremely critical stage of the vessel maneuver. The tugs are at a heightened ready state to immediately respond to any toward or away from the dock commands from the second pilot. The shoreside linesmen are at the ready to receive the lines from the ship's crew and secure the vessel to the berth. There is no margin for error with ships, cranes, docks and people at risk if anything goes wrong.
Once the ship is in position and all fast to the dock, the gangway is dropped, and the tugs let go, we exchange thanks with the captain and pass along shopping opportunities to the crew. As we head to the gangway we make our way past customs, immigration and longshoremen as they board the vessel. We hop in the terminal van to be shuttled to the gate and feel satisfied with another safe landing and a job well done! Then I check my phone app to see what the next assignment looks like and the cycle starts over again.
Glad to hear you landed that ship safely! I can see your job wouldn't be for everyone, but I'm definitely going to tell my niece about it!
Great – have her give me a call if she wants to learn more about it.
Will do, thanks!
Many things have changed since Washington's legislature passed the first Pilotage Act in 1868, but much has remained the same. State-licensed marine pilots continue to board ships entering regulated state waters. So, what was going on back in 1868 that compelled Washington's legislature to take such action?
A Union Army veteran of the Civil War, Marshall F. Moore, was serving as the 7th Governor of Washington Territory from 1867 to 1869. During his tenure, the US purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million, expanding interest and activity in the Pacific Northwest. At that time, Port Townsend was the hub of maritime activity and the designated Customs Collection District for Puget Sound. All ships from foreign ports cleared Customs there and paid tariffs on controlled goods. Smuggling was rampant to avoid these tariffs and swift revenue cutter ships pursued the smugglers. Pilots competed to offer their services to ships entering Puget Sound.
Since bigger ships garnered higher compensation than smaller ships, pilots raced out on their pilot row boat or sail boat to be the first to garner the big ship jobs. Meanwhile the small ships received passive or irregular attention.
At that time Puget Sound had over 30 vessels enrolled in the district and 39 others making regular trips. This large fleet together with nearly as great a number of ships as coming from foreign ports for lumber, made business good for towboats and pilots wherever these modern necessities could be. The Washington Legislature called for the appointment of a board and the establishment of a regular pilotage service. (Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest)
And what's going on now in the Washington Legislature? The Joint Transportation Committee commissioned a study of best practices in marine pilotage. The study researched and benchmarked other pilotage districts to identify best practices in governance, rate setting and increasing diversity of the pilot corps. It was noted that Washington's compulsory pilotage program has proven to be one of the most effective and efficient safety mitigation measures for protecting Puget Sound from harm. Nearly a quarter million assignments over the past three decades without a major incident has garnered Puget Sound recognition from US Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Linda Sturgis, as the safest major port (pilotage district) in the nation. Washington's program success is also affirmed by having a pilot ready to board an inbound ship upon arrival at the Port Angeles pilot station 99.9% of the time. In January, the study consultants, Community Attributes, presented their findings and recommendations to the Joint Transportation Committee. The legislature subsequently acted upon one of the key recommendations to transfer rate setting from the Board of Pilotage Commissioners (BPC) to the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC). Substitute Senate Bill 6519 passed both chambers unanimously and will move forward to the Governor's desk for signing before session end. The BPC will remain accountable for enforcement and administration of other aspects of state pilotage including pilot and trainee licenses, pilot exams, pilot training program, pilot continuing education, vessel exemptions, review of marine safety occurrences and related annual reporting.
Looking into the future, pilot districts are experiencing the same challenges as other maritime industry sectors. The tsunami wave of retirees is rolling out, but only a ripple of replacement candidates are rolling in. To assure these candidates include an ample pool of females and people of color, greater exposure to this challenging and exciting career needs to occur long before a captain's license is achieved. Another finding from the pilot study was recognition that the limited diversity among pilots nationally was a maritime industry issue. To increase the diversity of the pilot corps, a pinnacle mariner role, the maritime industry channels that supply the candidates – tugs, ferries, ocean-going vessels and to a lesser extent the Navy and Coast Guard – must be diverse. To have the greatest affect in addressing this maritime industry deficiency, the study recommended the state take lead in addressing this situation. In partnership with other maritime interests and educators, there is a need to increase visibility to maritime career pathways. Wouldn't it be great if junior high and high school students knew about alternative careers to writing code and developing algorithms? And more school curriculums included hands-on experiential learning about the maritime industry? Perhaps, together, we can make it happen!
Ms. Styrk is the Executive Director of the Puget Sound Pilots, handling all business operations and external affairs for the highly skilled, expertly trained ship pilots who navigate and dock commercial ships safely within Puget Sound waters, including tankers, cargo vessels and cruise ships.


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Impact of implicit and explicit affective labeling on a recommender system's performance
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Affective labeling of multimedia content can be useful in recommender systems. In this paper we compare the effect of implicit and explicit affective labeling in an image recommender system. The implicit affective labeling method is based on an emotion detection technique that takes as input the video sequences of the users' facial expressions. It extracts Gabor low level features from the video frames and employs a kNN machine learning technique to generate affective labels in the valence-arousal-dominance space. We performed a comparative study of the performance of a content-based recommender (CBR) system for images that uses three types of metadata to model the users and the items: (i) generic metadata, (ii) explicitly acquired affective labels and (iii) implicitly acquired affective labels with the proposed methodology. The results showed that the CBR performs best when explicit labels are used. However, implicitly acquired labels yield a significantly better performance of the CBR than generic metadata while being an unobtrusive feedback tool.


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Miss. Patricia Ann Knight, 67, of Baltimore, Maryland died Monday July 08,2019 at Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Funeral Service will be 12 noon Sunday, July 14, 2019 at Glorious Tabernacle of Faith church located at 702 E. Northern Blvd., Tarboro, North Carolina with Rev. Cynthia Knight officiating. A viewing will be one hour prior to the funeral service. Burial will follow in the Knight Family Cemetery.
She is survived by two sons, Anthony Knight (Lakeesha) Baltimore, Maryland and Ricky Knight ( Rosalyn), Wilson, North Carolina. Three sisters, Cassandra Hart, Rocky Mount, N.C, Alvania Knight, Princeville, N.C. and Rev. Cynthia Knight, Tarboro, N.C., two brothers Samuel Knight, San Antonio, Texas, Dennis Knight, Tarboro, N.C., three aunts Helen Glass (Linwood), Tarboro, Odell Higgs, Tarboro, N.C., and Dorothy Webb ( Charles), Upper Marlboro, Md., two uncles, Winston Knight ( Linda) Indianapolis Md. , and Curtis Knight (Mary) Washington, D.C., seven grandchildren and a host of cousins, nieces , nephews , other relatives and friends.
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Recently the Wall Street Journal ran an article titled "Social Media Fail to Live Up to Early Marketing Hype". The article goes on to say that brands and agencies are altering their social media strategies to focus on "real business objectives." This is just one example of a growing narrative about marketers' frustrations with social marketing.
Our view: it's about damn time.
The single biggest obstacle that we see in the market right now is the distortion caused by people with bad data and misinformed approaches to success. Of course social media usage for brands needs to focus on real business objectives. The fact that this even needs to be said is perhaps testament to the ability of hype to distort something valuable well beyond what is defensible or sustainable.
So if you're going to discount the hype, what's left?
The key is using data to systematically help brands, agencies, and publishers reach the huge audiences on social platforms. I suggest that you consider these three points in thinking about your approach to social marketing:
1. You can't simply buy your way into any conversation.
Consumers have worked hard to curate their social streams. They have done the work on whom to follow, and what they want to see. If you're going to try to insert your message into someone's feed, but you have no context as to whether or not you'll be successful, then you are part of the problem. With considerably more than a billion participants on social networks, the people you want to reach-who also want you to reach them-are out there.
You can use contextual clues found in the data to be considerate, and to find consumers when they want to be found. Blurting out your message simply because you have money to throw behind your brand message isn't creating a good user experience, and isn't helping you. And you are doing something even worse than wasting money: you are investing in future resistance to your message by teaching people you are frequently off-topic and inconsiderate of the social value of your messaging.
2. Demographic targeting alone will not get you the results you want.
You can have the right demographic targets and still be wrong. This is one of the more common problems we see in companies' approach to social marketing. The social feed isn't banner advertising where there's an implied agreement as to which part of the screen is the reader's and which is the advertiser's. In the social feed you are effectively borrowing peoples' time, and as such, you must be mindful of their context in order to get their attention. Demographic or geographic modeling alone in a social setting can feel discourteous, cold and forced. If a subgroup of users are engaged with content about a funeral, for instance, a message about sports cars is not likely to resonate-even if all the demographics are correct.
If they aren't interested in what you have to say, your audience won't engage with you, no matter how accurate your demographic research. There are signals out there that can inform what people are interacting with. You ignore those signals at your peril.
3. Influencer marketing is often a flawed strategy.
By tailoring your message to a perceived elite tier of "influencers", you are targeting (aka, restricting) your message to a subset of users in the hope that their engagement will then get you greater distribution.
Instead, it makes more sense to create quality messaging directly for the audience you want to reach-especially the audience who found you because they wanted to connect with you. You can then use the broad reach of social to find other, similarly interested users.
Don't start with influencers and then try to create a relevant message. Instead, start with a relevant message, and use that to create influencers.
Social media marketing truly can be effective. People are frustrated because the standard of practice has largely been to ignore the data; to use the social channel in ways which are inherently discourteous and not very social; and to rely on assumptions which can be disproved with a bit of critical thought and analysis.
Social media marketing is not easy, but it is incredibly rewarding when done the right way. The people you'd want to reach are out there and the customers you want to acquire are willing to pay attention at least some of the time. But if you do not respect what and when they're willing to share, consume and talk about, it is nearly impossible to succeed with a social campaign-and any success you have is likely to be the result of luck, and not scalable or repeatable.


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Hi Beauties
When it comes to choosing natural products it can get super overwhelming. We all want to do good for our health and our skin, but where do we start? Ingredients play a massive role in the products we choose and how effective the formulation of a product is. I get asked often what my favorite Ingredients are, so I decided to write a blog on my all-time favorite natural ingredients to look for in skincare products. Keep in mind there are many amazing ingredients out there and to narrow it down was hard...so there might be a part 2 coming up lol!
Here are Our Top 10 Natural Ingredients:
1. Rosehip Oil. Currently included in my skincare routine is rosehip oil. This powerful ingredient comes from the seeds of rose hips. It's a natural ingredient containing essential fatty acids, antioxidants, and an impressive array of vitamins, including vitamin A, which the skin adores. It hydrates, protects, and rejuvenates the skin. #winning
2. Vitamin C. This ingredient comes in hot as a skincare must have in 2019. When added to your daily routine, vitamin C provides a range of benefits, from evening out your skin tone, shielding skin from the visible impacts of pollution, significantly improving hydration, and keeping your skin looking younger, longer! Out of the many beneficial forms of vitamin C, ascorbic acid is a superstar for its proven antioxidant properties that boost firmer-feeling skin. This powerhouse ingredient is backed by research for dramatically brightening and evening skin tone.
3. Green Coffee Bean (Coffea Arabica). Most people think of coffee scrub for the body when coffee is mentioned in the beauty world, but it goes beyond that! Anti-inflammatory, caffeine-rich coffee de-puffs while increasing circulation to brighten dark circles and plump lines around the eyes and lips. My all time fav eye cream has green coffee bean as its all-star ingredient. My favorite part about this ingredient is that you almost always see results within 10-20 minutes due to its ability to build circulation where it's applied.
4. Carrot. It's funny the last serum I used and my current serum both contain carrot oil! I'm falling madly in love with this oil not only because it adds a glow and some color to the skin, but it also protects the skin from harmful rays! It's also said to reduce the appearance of fine lines, and scars. #carrotoilforlife
5. Chlorophyll. We take this ingredient both internally and externally in our lotion! Chlorophyll helps to remove toxins that have built up in your cells over time and also helps nourish your 'hungry' cells with trace minerals which are essential for skin to thrive, not just survive. -Graydon Skincare
6.Hyaluronic Acid. I'm pretty sure hyaluronic acid was the ingredient of 2018 and it's not going anywhere! HA is found in almost every cell in the body, and roughly 50% of it is located in our skin tissue, keeping our complexions smooth and maintaining the strength of our skin's barrier by working in tandem with collagen. Here's how it works: collagen is essentially the glue that keeps our skin's structure firm and youthful, while HA keeps the collagen itself nourished and hydrated. Because our natural supply decreases as we age, skin care products containing HA help retain the skin's elasticity by binding to water and "filling in the gaps," so to speak. - Mun Skincare
7. Tumeric. Tumeric is another ingredient we use internally and externally. I gotta put it out there though... when handling this ingredient wash your hands after or wake up to yellow nails...I've been there! With its beautiful yellow color turmeric has been used as a skincare treatment in India for centuries thanks to its antioxidant, anti-bacterial, and potent anti-inflammatory properties. That means it'll soothe irritation, fight off acne, and keep wrinkles at bay. It also stimulates blood flow, which can bring life back into dull, tired skin.
8. Vitamin E. Vitamin E plays a crucial role in protecting skin cells and membranes from environmental damage. This protection extends to stopping damage to the skin from UV rays and pollutants. It is also a natural preservative that helps sustain the shelf life of products. You'll be sure to find vitamin e in many products on the market today.
9. Clay. Clay is an ingredient I couldn't live without! From spot treatments to face masks... clay is ALWAYS in my weekly line up. It's the perfect ingredient to pull toxins and dirt from the pores, calm the skin and reduce inflammation. There's an array of clays out there but my favs are pink clay, kaolin, and bentonite.
10. Aloe Vera. I always see aloe vera among one of the first ingredients in many natural products on the market, and that's because it's effective and works well with many other ingredients. In each drop, you'll find infection-fighting agents, skin-healing salicylic acid, and Vitamins a, c, and e (some of the best antioxidants around). Acne can be tough to get rid of, but aloe vera contains a pair of hormones that gives you a fighting chance. These hormones, Auxin and Gibberellin, help wounds heal and reduce skin inflammation. Gibberellin, in particular, helps stimulate new cell growth. The result is skin that heals quickly with little scarring. This can be a huge help as your body heals from acne.
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I grew up in an awesome Christian home, so I was blessed to come to faith in Jesus at a young age. I was involved in church and youth group basically my whole life, but it wasn't until college that I finally started understanding a lot of this stuff for real. It finally started clicking that this Gospel I said I believed in actually applied to every aspect of my life. I became involved in CCBC's college ministry, got discipled, got to lead a Bible study and grew a ton!
Favorite thing about College Ministry: As I mentioned above, college is the time in my life where I really feel like my faith was jumpstarted, and I don't think I'm unique in that. It's a time when people who grew up in a Christian home now have to decide if this faith is really their own. It's also a time when people face a lot of tough situations and decisions, and they have to see if this faith will sustain them through it all. Getting to be part of that process for students for the last 10 years has been the biggest blessing in my life!
Fun Facts: I drive a blue minivan named Bluda (short for Bludacris). I collect comic books and I'm into plenty of other nerdy things. I was a bridesmaid on a reality show when my youngest sister got married on TLC's "Four Weddings."
Favorite Jesus Books: Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis; The Reason for God by Tim Keller; Let Me Be a Woman by Elisabeth Elliot; Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot; anything else by Elisabeth Elliot; The Mortification of Sin by John Owen; The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Transformational Discipleship by Eric Geiger; God is the Gospel by John Piper; Forgotten God by Francis Chan.


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The 15th class that will be inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame this November will feature 10 Golden Buffalo legends who are representative of five different sports, along with a trailblazer in administration, all of whom have their special place in history created during their careers in a group that collectively covers over a century of CU athletics.
The 10, two of whom will be honored posthumously, cover a period starting in the 1890s through the 2000s. A pair earned their way into the Hall through coaching, one of whom has the stadium named for him, another through both playing and coaching and a fourth who was the first of just two women's athletic directors in school annals. Two cross country and track stars, two skiers and two football players, one of whom also played baseball, round out the class.
The 2019 class will be the 15th inducted into the Hall since it was conceived in 1998, and the 10 will join 112 individuals (and the 1959 ski team as a unit) who have been enshrined to date (15 have been honored previously after their deaths).
Athletic director Rick George once again personally notified most of the living members of the upcoming class of their impending induction, as well as the next of kin for two who will be honored posthumously, Fred Folsom, the coach who made CU an early western power and for whom the stadium is named after, and Ed Pudlik, a star in both football and baseball who helped the Buffaloes transition into the Big 7 Conference in the late 1940s.
The group will officially be inducted in the Hall of Fame over the course of Nov. 7-9 (final details pending); they will also be featured in the Pearl Street Stampede parade on Friday night and will be introduced at halftime of the CU-Stanford football game on Saturday, Nov. 9, to complete the weekend.
Those to be inducted are:
Gary Barnett, Football Coach (1984-91; 1999-2005)
Jenny (Barringer) Simpson, Cross Country & Track (2005-09)
Brian Cabral, Football: Player & Assistant Coach (1974-77, 1989-2012)
Fred Folsom, Football Coach (1895-99, 1901-02, 1908-15)
Bruce Gamble, Skiing (1975-78)
Barry Helton, Football (1984-87)
Ed Pudlik, Football & Baseball (1946-49)
Dan Reese, Cross Country & Track (1982-87)
Jana (Rehemaa) Weinberger, Skiing (2003-06)
Jane Wahl, Women's Athletic Director (1975-79)
Simpson, a four-time NCAA champion and Olympic bronze medalist, joins Chauncey Billups and Ceal Barry as those inductees who were selected in their first year of eligibility. An athlete must be at least 10 years removed from their CU career and if on a professional team, retired from that sport to be considered for induction (it was five years at one point until upped to 10 earlier this decade).
"I have been fortunate enough to have been recognized in different ways for my accomplishments as an athlete, but the CU Hall of Fame in the one I really wanted," Simpson said. "I came to CU because I admired the already existing legacy in running, and I only dreamed I might become a footnote to that legacy. My dream was planted, nurtured and blossomed while I was a Buff."
"I look at my life lived and what lies ahead, and I see how much CU has and influences much of it," she added. "I'm so grateful to be a Buffalo and humbled to be joining the Hall of Fame athletes who drew me to this university in the first place."
She is one of six four-time NCAA individual champions at CU, three in cross country and track and three in skiing. She was recently joined by CU junior Dani Jones, who won the 5,000-meter run on June 8 for her fourth title (she had an indoor and outdoor season left to try and add to her total).
Reese could easily be considered CU's "Godfather" in the steeplechase, as he was the first to truly excel on multiple occasions in the competition.
"Being inducted into CU's Athletic Hall of Fame is validation that I had an impact on the school both while competing as a Buff and running after college," Reese said. "Most people thought that I was weird for running the steeplechase, everyone knows that I must have been crazy to run over 100 of them."
"I also feel this is validation that the three Reese boy All-Americans did something that only a few schools in country have done, and I think this gives my brothers (Sam and Tom) some recognition as well. We were all part of the CU and Boulder running scenes for the better part of two decades and I'd like to thank the community that makes up CU Run Nation."
Reese recalled a conversation with his teammates during his junior year and made a generous offer. "As I told them in 1984, I will never forget how they got me to NCAA's and enabled me to become All-American in cross country. I hope that they all show up and their travel is on me if they need help getting here."
He also gave a shout out to the rest of his family and several coaches who helped him along the way, starting with his late high school coach, Bob Brown. Reese also acknowledged all of CU's track coaches over the last 37 years: "David Troy, who convinced me to run the steeple; the late Jerry Quiller, a great supporter who enabled me to lead our team; Mike Gilbert, who helped give me the opportunity to run after college and to pursue my dream; and Mark Wetmore, a very willing supporter and adviser after my college days."
Barnett joined Bill McCartney's staff as an assistant in 1984 and was promoted to offensive coordinator in his final year on the staff in 1991. He left to become head coach at Northwestern, eventually guiding the Wildcats to back-to-back Big Ten Conference titles and the school's first bowl games in 46 years. He returned to Boulder as CU's 22nd full-time head coach in 1999, and would lead the Buffs to the 2001 Big 12 Conference title and four North Division titles. Within that magical 2001 season was the infamous 62-36 win over then No. 3 Nebraska (which was actually ranked No. 1 in the BCS Standings at the time).
"It's humbling to be joining so many great Buff athletes and coaches that have excelled to such an extraordinary level," Barnett said. "I have so many wonderful players, coaches, administrators and fans to thank for this unbelievable honor."
Title IX was signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon in June 1972; soon thereafter colleges across the nation starting either adding women's programs and/or upgrading club teams to varsity status. And that meant at most schools the creating of women's athletic departments and the position of women's athletic director, which Jane Wahl would be named as CU's first.
"What an amazing honor – and so unexpected that words still escape me,"! Wahl exclaimed after taking the call from CU's deputy AD, Ceal Barry. "Working as the administrator for women's athletics in the early years of the program was, in and of itself, very rewarding. The objective was the empowerment of women through the expansion of opportunities for them in sports. I was privileged to be on the 'team' of committed women athletes, dedicated coaches and support personnel that, with one heart and soul along with considerable sacrifice, saw those opportunities unfold. As you can imagine, it was slow at the beginning but everything eventually fell into place."
"Now to be inducted into the CU Hall of Fame and be in the company of so many of our amazing athletes, coaches and support staff — it is quite humbling, since it took all of our team to make it happen."
Cabral, who lettered at linebacker (1975-77) and who went on to earn a Super Bowl ring with the Chicago Bears, is the longest tenured assistant coach in any sport at CU, starting as a volunteer for the 1989 season before serving 23 years full-time (1990-2012) under four different head coaches.
"There are no words to express what my induction into the CU Hall of Fame means to me and my family," Cabral said. "The first time I drove up U.S. 36 and then downhill into Boulder, it instantly felt like home and I knew I wanted to be a Buffalo. Every day since, I have strived to pour my heart and soul into this program. I never could've imagined the blessings I'd receive in return, as a player and coach."
"I will never forget the coaches who believed in me and gave me my start here, he continued. "I am thankful for the teammates I had the privilege of sharing the field with. And I am humbled by every player that allowed me to be their coach, for they are the real Hall of Famers to me. I am honored to have worked alongside so many amazing coaches, and I also want to recognize the fans who make Folsom Field such an incredible place to be a part throughout my journey at CU."
Helton was the first of 14 players who earned first-team All-American honors under McCartney, doing so twice in both 1985 and 1986. He finished second in the nation as a sophomore with a 46.0 average, and then fourth his junior season in 1986 with a 45.6 mark; he had net averages of 43.6 and 42.3, respectively, the first of which led the nation. He was an honorable mention selection as a senior (44.0 figure for 1987), making him the first of only two football players in school history to earn some level of All-American three times.
"It's an honor I didn't really expect," Helton said. "I definitely identify myself as a CU guy, period. Never any problem with loyalty toward CU in my household. My wife graduated from CU as did my daughter, and my middle son will graduate from there (his oldest played baseball at Utah). It makes Christmas pretty easy because you can always get something with CU on it. And my daughter is even marrying a 'Chip' (a student who CU's mascot costume), so both sides of the family will be CU."
"I have nothing but great memories of CU, and being able to get an award of this magnitude keeps making it better and better."
Gamble was a member of four straight NCAA champion teams when he lettered from 1975-78; it was a part of seven straight under coach Bill Marolt and eight in a row by the school ('72-79). He is one of just seven CU skiers (and athletes for that matter) to be at least a three-time All-American and compete on four national title squads, and just one of three American-born skiers to do so.
"It's an honor and a privilege to represent my teammates from the 70's that won eight national championships in a row," Gamble said. "But personally, it's a validation of my life as a Buff. Thank you CU"!
Rehemaa Weinberger is the second women's skier to be selected for induction and the first Nordic competitor of either gender. She was a five‐time first‐team All‐American and two‐time individual NCAA champion during her CU career (2003‐06), participating in 28 collegiate races, claiming 23 top five and 27 top 10 performances.
"I'm very excited and very honored," she said. "I had no idea there were no individual Nordic skiers in the Hall of Fame yet, and there were so many great ones on the team before me, so that makes this even more of an honor to be able to represent that side of the sport. I was really surprised as well, I thought maybe after 10 or 20 years of coaching I might have a chance to get in."
Folsom owns the highest winning percentage of any coach – in any sport – who coached more than one season, as he won 76.5 percent of his games in going 77-23-2 in three stints over 15 years. After he passed away in 1944, the name of Colorado Stadium was changed to Folsom Field.
Pudlik enrolled after serving in the European theater for two years in World War II and was a key performer in helping CU make a solid entrance into the old Big 7 Conference in 1948. His family was ecstatic that he was selected, particularly his 88-year old widow, Ellie, and his stepson, Joe Frye.
"Our family is most grateful to the university, and on behalf of his teammates and student body of his time at CU we are ecstatic to have him represent all of those who saw him play and cheered him on," Frye said. "He was always referencing his playing buddies, and if he were alive, he'd definitely say this is an induction about them as well."
All inductees were nominated by their peers in the Alumni C-Club or by members of the selection committee; 23 semifinalists emerged from over 40 names submitted over the last four years. There will now be 122 members (plus the '59 ski team, CU's first national champions in any sport) in the CU Athletic Hall of Fame since its inception in 1998. With an induction every year instead of on a biennial basis as was the case for the first 16 years of the Hall, CU has been able to get more of those who are deserving of the recognition honored in a shorter time span with larger induction classes over the last six years.


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A voice cries,
"In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD;
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Wilderness is a strong word. It brings to mind vivid images, and it does this in most people's imaginations, too. When we hear of wilderness, we may think about a barren desert place or the picture that comes to mind may be of rugged mountains with no one nearby. The wilderness that the prophet was referencing was physically near for the people of Israel, and their national story of years spent in a circular journey in it were also well known to them all. Yet, Isaiah was speaking in terms of the conditions of their hearts and their souls. The people and their nation were traveling through life in the barren dryness of a wilderness of faith. They had turned away from the sweet water of the Spirit of God, and their table was now set with the bitterness of prideful separation from their Lord. Although they may have been sleeping in comfortable houses, their hearts were residing far from the presence of God.
Most of us can identify with aspects of this situation. It seems to be true that almost everyone goes through some of these hard and lonely times during the course of our days. As it was in Israel, these days spent in isolation and seeming separation from God can become the reality for our churches, our cities, and the nations that we call home. Individuals lose touch with God's truth, will, and righteousness so that they may, in turn, lead these larger groups and organizations along the desert path. Sometimes we just touch upon the edges of the barren places and find that its harsh heat or emptiness are overwhelming. Then, we turn back to the sure nurture of God's presence and the security of His Word of grace and truth. In many instances, we relocate to those rugged environs over a long period of time wherein a short day trip becomes an overnight camping experience that is followed by ever increasing days, months, and finally years spent in turning away from the Lord's way of thinking and of living.
However deep we may have gone into these deserts of the soul, there is a way out. Even when we have traversed so far into the barren lands of rejection of God and the deep valleys of separation from the Lord's gospel of love and grace, He is still seeking after each of us with the singularly redemptive intent of the shepherd who has nurtured and cared for His flock since the beginning of time. Life may seem like it is being lived out in an unrecoverable and lost place, but Christ is a singularly qualified and skillful builder of roads. He desires to lead each of us out of the living purgatory that we have exiled ourselves into, and when we open up our hearts to Him and surrender our lives to His loving authority and sovereign rule, the Lord comes to us where we are located, and He guides and supports us for each and every step of the journey back into the bountiful land that is found in the center of God's will.


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