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Nonunionized Wal-Mart still facing strikes
Workers are protesting labor conditions, and some are targeting a mass Black Friday walkout. The company responds by filing an unfair labor charge.
Even though it has no employee unions, Wal-Mart (WMT) may get socked with worker strikes on Black Friday.
Workers want better pay, more health care coverage and permission to form unions without retaliation. If Wal-Mart doesn't offer them an olive branch, some of them appear ready to go on strike on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
After days of downplaying the protests, Wal-Mart responded Friday by filing an unfair labor practice charge in the case. Wal-Mart shares closed Friday down 1% to $68.03.
The strikes seem to be coalescing around a group of current and former Wal-Mart workers called Organization United for Respect at Wal-Mart, or OUR Wal-Mart. The group is asking Wal-Mart employees to take the Black Friday pledge on its website and refuse to work on that day. The group is getting backing from the United Food and Commercial Workers union, known as UFCW.
Wal-Mart directly targeted UFCW Friday, asking the National Labor Relations Board to stop what it describes as illegal efforts to disrupt business, Reuters reports.
"We are taking this action now because we cannot allow the UFCW to continue to intentionally seek to create an environment that could directly and adversely impact our customers and associates," Wal-Mart spokesman David Tovar said in a statement. "If they do, they will be held accountable."
The union scoffed, and one spokeswoman described the company as "grasping at straws." OUR Wal-Mart says it has 1,000 protests lined up from now through Black Friday at Wal-Mart locations nationwide.
Many Wal-Mart employees earn less than $10 an hour, and the group is asking the company to bump up pay to at least $13 an hour, according to John Logan, a professor of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State University.
In addition, worker health care premiums are expected to rise as much as 36% next year, Reuters reports. Wal-Mart told Reuters that the average health care premium will only rise about 4.4% for employees, however, as some high-premium plans get removed. Wal-Mart pays for routine checkups, but employees need to meet a deductible of at least $1,750 before Wal-Mart begins paying 80% of the cost of doctor visits, tests and other services, Reuters reports.
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Most Wal mart workers are on the public dime for health care. This is because WalMart with their billions refuse to offer health care and a decent wage. This is a travesty and they should strike. This is not Obamas fault but the fault of Walmart. These major companies are driving out small businesses and then pay meager salaries. All this while getting most of their products from China. This is greed at its worst. If you support Walmart your tax dollars will continue to pay for the workers health care. Pay these people more money so they have money to spend to help the economy, not just enough to eat.
By any chance do any of you people work for Wal-Mart? I do! I live in a right to work state and believe me, a job is a job right now. Do you know how many people over 50 work for Wal-Mart? We are the ones that didn't get a college degree and are just trying to retirement.
Union?!? Why should I pay someone for me to work? The ones complaining probably never swung a hammer, waited tables (at $.50 HR.), or did any work they could get just to survive!
Please, go cry in your beer somewhere else!
This is amazing. The Hostess union employee's strike and the company shuts down and will lay-off over 18,000 workers. The coal Industry has been laying off. Military contractors are threatening to lay-off if the military budget is cut. Wal-Mart employee's are now starting. The economy is terrible right now and there isn't enough of us working to keep supporting those that don't. If you have a job you better keep it. If you strike and loose it then you shouldn't get a dime from us tax payers. I consider that a personal choice listening to your idiotic union leaders. And to me that's the same as quitting a job and you get no unemployment benefits. The union still doesn't get it, not every company is swimming in cash and you can't hold them hostage for more money. Those days are over.
I work for Walmart and this entire situation is a joke. This guy doesn't speak for my company, and the unions he thinks will help him(they won't) don't either. I hope the company fires every single person who walks off the job on Black Friday(Thursday) for job abandonment.
Let me take you through a typical day for me at Walmart. I start work at 7 a.m. I work until around 9 a.m. when I take my first 15 minute break. I then work until noonish, when I take my one hour lunch. After lunch I work until around 2 p.m. when I take my second 15 minute break. I work until 4 p.m., clock out and go home. I do this five times a week. Sounds pretty rough doesn't it? Are there thing I don't like about my job? Of course. Are there people at my job that I don't like? Absolutely. Is this any different from millions of other people who work at different companies? No.
I have a decent wage for the area I live in. I have company provided health care, a 401k, stock options, vacation time, sick time, personal time, and paid holidays. I am not a salaried manager. I have been promoted four times in less than four years of working for the company. This scenario is not unique to Walmart. It is a similar story to thousand of fellow associates. I didn't need a union to get where I am today, and I never will. You know what the problem with associates like Colby Harris are? They want to work certain hours and certain days, and are not willing to be flexible with their schedules. I have open availability and am willing to work later hours or on the weekends. Newsflash, business doesn't stop on the weekend for retail stores. Working 9 to 5, Monday thru Friday is not realistic in a retail environment.
I find comments from people who don't work for Walmart hilarious. They act like they think they know what goes on here, when in reality they have no clue. If you've never worked for Walmart then please shut up about how things work there, you don't know, and stop pretending like you do. Each store has it's own story, some good, some bad. You can't draw a conclusion for the entire company based on the words of one guy from one store.
Read this and wake up America. I recently bought a coffeemaker at Wal-Mart. I went there for one. Why? Wal-Mart's prices are the lowest.
A couple of day's later I went to the local medium sized food market and saw my coffee maker priced about ten bucks lower.
How have we become so conditioned. From the beginning, Sam Walton's way of doing business was to offer the people what they need as a couple of cents lower and they will buy it It sounds pretty reasonable to me and it actually has a subtle ring of morality to it. But, some kind of economic monster grew out of that.
It can destroy Main street America with a swipe of as pen and what it has done for the Chinese economy is jaw dropping.
Buy products made in the USA . Be careful of American brands that make the goods outside our country. Take a minute. and look at the box, look for our flag and/ or" MADE in the USA" and it will usually say "with pride" Pay the extra cents. Put your neighbor back to work!
WE Owe it to our selves after all, look at what saving a few cents did .
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Discuss about the various e-commerce modules available:
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5 January 2011 at 9:35am
I've been trying to always use the E-commerce Module for clients that need it...when using SilverStripe for my projects. But, I was wondering what others might use if you don't use the module. There's Magento and ZenCart, but what others are there out there?
I'd like to tally it up and test the top three. I have a client that only wants to sell tshirts...I know there's etsy, etc...so I don't want to use anything more than a E-commerce solution.
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7 January 2011 at 7:17am
Hi Terry
I tried PrestaShop, because of it's rapidly growing popularity, and almost got as far as going live, but gave up on it. I found it difficult to work with and debug. Probably no more difficult than SilverStripe but at least I know SilverStripe. If you want to use it 'out-of-the-box' it's fine, but the more you try to customise it the harder it gets. If you look at the 'showcase', all the sites look the same. Also, the CMS module hardly justifies the name (one template, one content field). And there are myriad admin & config pages & menus - it's all over the place and hard for non-techy merchants to find their way around, although you can cut them down and reorgansie them to some extent. It uses Smarty, so if you're familiar with that, you'd have a head start.
A friend recommended wp-ecommerce for Wordpress, but the strange documentation, limited features and forums full of unanswered posts put me off.
A colleague evaluated Magento, but said he would not use it for a site with a turnover under $1m as it requires a full-time dev team. Industrial strength software but at a cost.
I've always avoided the SilverStripe ecommerce module because it's not supported, but thinking of giving it a go out of desperation.
Why was support & development of the ecommerce module dropped by SilverStripe? I can't find any discussion of this online - am I missing something? Is there any point using it?
Thanks, Jules
Re: E-commerce Alternative
7 January 2011 at 9:52am
Thanks for the reply.
The SS E-commerce Module was at one point supported by SS. It was explained to me that just because they are not on the 'Supported' list doesn't mean they are not good or not dependable modules. SS as a company use a core set of Modules for their Development crew. They (SilverStripe employees) work on and keep 'supported' modules updated so that they work with new releases. They are not responsible for modules that are not 'supported' to work with new releases of SS.
So, as a company, SS decided to stop support for the E-commerce Module because they didn't use it enough, didn't have enough demand for it. Now they either use it and modify it or they write a solution from scratch.
There is, however, a push for a new and better Module. They've already made it much better...I would recommend following the progress here: silverstripe-ecommerce on google code. There are some great developers that are supporting this effort to make the module your end-all need for ecommerce and silverstripe.
I've downloaded the latest trunk and it's wonderful! my only wish is that they moved from the tree structure to the DOM.
As for the ones mentioned, I am installing and trying these on my local machine: Magento, OpenCart, PrestaShop, ZenCart, and the plugin WP-Ecommerce for Wordpress. I'll update with my findings later.
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8 January 2011 at 12:17am
> I'll update with my findings later.
Please do.
You might find this useful: http://webtecker.com/2008/04/22/8-best-open-source-shopping-cart-solutions/
What are your selection criteria?
If you want genuinely open source that narrows things down considerably.. Many carts have free (lite) and pay versions. With Magento, the pay version is largely about support. There are some premium features, but they are top-end stuff from what I gather.
If you want php, that cuts down the list a bit too.
Re SilverStripe, I found this...
"...the 0.5.2 code base is not be considered stable enough..."
Given that, it's difficult to justify sellign this to clients unless newer versions are thoroughly tested. I wonder if there's an automated test
> I've downloaded the latest trunk and it's wonderful!
Thanks, I'll take a look.
I just looked at 0.7.0 so far. Apart from the catalog manager, the backend seems to be just a ModelAdmin. Is that it? No refunds, tracking, delivery options etc? Actually I don't mind putting most of the the store options in _config.php as users a) don't need them b) get confused by them c) would probably break it if they changed them.
ModelAdmin is fine for maintaining reference data e.g. lists of counties, sizes, colours etc. But store owners should expect more than ModelAdmin to manager orders.
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Re: E-commerce Alternative
8 January 2011 at 1:59am
Very interesting discussion. This subject (E-commerce) keeps coming back every once in a while. My experiences are basically the same ; I pretty much hate everything that is out there at the moment. Zencart / OsCommerce / Magento / WP / Lemonstand (although the latter one has a lot of potential I think), I thought they were waaaaay over-engineered, technically inelegant or just too friggin' complicated.
It seems the same niche (or is it a gaping hole?) Silverstripe is in when it comes to CMS'es also exists in "e-commerce land" ......
Very good to hear the commerce module is coming along, last time around (this was in the time of commerce 0.5) we were forced to use Magento instead of Silverstripe and man, that was a painful experience, I can tell you that.
Very keen on learning what your experiences are !
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Re: E-commerce Alternative
8 January 2011 at 2:45am
Re: Magento
It being free and out of the box and with all it's options I have to thank the open source community, but if you are used to MVC and well written code in SS, get ready for a world of hurt (IMHO). I've done a project on it and it was tough to provide the same customisations as in SS without hacking far too much code.
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8 January 2011 at 4:45am
That's a pretty interesting link...with Magento/SS integration. I am sure there are other solutions too...but I think so far I am going to hold out and still use the E-commerce Module. It's not hard at all to add any additional functionality that isn't currently there. Everything is so extensible with SS now...all you have to do is use a decorator and know a little php and you can add refunds, addition shipping criteria, etc.
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17 January 2011 at 6:09am
I just started working with SilverStripe and was hoping that the eCommerce module would be stable and well featured, but as it stands I will continue to offer my clients eCommerce through ZenCart instead, problems being that it's not supported (Updates) bunch of questions on the support forum unanswered and some general confusion.
I'd love to see this module updated with useful functions and paygates to PayPal and Google (If it doesn't already) but for now I'll stick to ZenCart for my customers eCommerce..
Someone prove me wrong? Should I step over to eCommerce module of SS?
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Catch up on the beginning of our story: The Shiny Red Button Part I
While our hero, otherwise known as The Kid, was riding the wave of his latest victory, The Headphone Triumph, he neglected the fact that women are vindictive. He is only 13 after all. All of life's lessons haven't quite sunk in.
When the Kid went up to the front of the classroom to collect his much sought after headphones, the science teacher noticed his pants.
I should take a moment here to tell you that when we bought his uniform pants back in August, they fit. The Kid has since grown 5 inches and lost 15 pounds. Needless to say no amount of belt will keep a size 34 waist from sliding down when you now need a size 31. They are not ridiculously low, tucking in his shirt helps to keep them up but he's using the absolute last hole on his belt and they still slide down. I also refuse to buy him all new pants for the last three months of school. He'll just out grow them before school starts next year.
Science Teacher: Kid - Go out in the hall and pull up your pants.
Kid: Fine. (goes out in hall - pulls up pants - walks back into classroom - pants slide down from walking)
Science Teacher: Kid - Go out in the hall and pull up your pants.
Kid goes out in the hall, crosses his arms and stands there because he knew she'd be out. She comes out and tells him that if he can't do it himself she'll have someone show him how.
At this point in his story I stop him and ask exactly how is she going to do that because if she laid one finger on you she's going to have a serious problem. He laughs and says that she made him go into his History Teachers room, he's a man, and demand that he show the Kid how to properly pull up his pants. She then leaves the room.
History Teacher (looking at the Kid): blinks
The Kid: blinks back
History Teacher: She can't be serious.
The Kid: You know she hates me right?
History Teacher: Your pants look fine.
The Kid: Tell her that.
History Teacher: You should probably try to stay on her good side today.
The Kid: Does she have one? So, how exactly am I supposed to pull these up?
History Teacher: (blinks - sighs) We're done here.
The Kid: I thought so. See you after lunch.
History Teacher: The good side. On. Her. Good. Side.
The Kid: See you after lunch.
Perhaps this week she can bitch about his shirt not being blue enough?
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4 comments:
- LiLu said...
This is fantastic. And also made me not miss grade school at all. ;-)
- March 9, 2010 at 4:25 PM
- PinkPatentMaryJanes said...
Took me straight back to school - eep! I thought the power-playing days were over, but apparently not.
- March 9, 2010 at 5:58 PM
- Christa Terry said...
Oy, I cannot stand it when a teacher chooses a kid to pick on!
- March 10, 2010 at 8:55 AM
- Jo said...
I'd have to take his pants and hang them on the antenna of her car.
I don't know. Something. ANYTHING. What a biznatch.
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West seemed to be in a good mood Friday night at the annual festival just three weeks after his marriage to Kardashian in Florence, Italy. The 37-year-old rapper made no mention of his new wife, but Kardashian was on hand for the show. She watched from the sound board, about 50 yards from her husband on the main stage, in stylish — but muddy, Bonnaroo-unfriendly — high heels and white pants. She sang along and occasionally waved her hands in the air with the crowd.
The show comes six years after West famously began his first Bonnaroo appearance at 4:30 a.m. following technical delays with his set. West mentioned that appearance, again skewering Pearl Jam for delaying his start and the media he says inaccurately portrayed the reasons for his late start.
At one point, West stopped his set and repeatedly shouted: "Where the press at? Where the press at?"
There were many reporters on hand to catch the performance, marking what time he'd show up. West appeared 10 minutes after his listed start time and played a mix of hits and cuts from his 2013 album "Yeezus." He wrapped his set with the powerful "Blood on the Leaves" after about 90 minutes, 20 minutes before his scheduled finish.
Many of the elements in the show will be familiar to fans who've seen him recently. He gave a pep talk at one point, encouraging creative people to pursue their dreams. And he compared himself to John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison, calling himself the biggest rock star in the world.
And he returned to a favourite speech about how he no longer needs hit songs or radio airplay because he's not competing with other living artists. He's looking to install himself as a timeless cultural icon.
"I ain't going after nobody on the radio," West said. "I'm going after Shakespeare. I'm going after Walt Disney. I'm going after Howard Hughes. I'm going after Genghis Khan. I'm going after Henry Ford ..."
Kelly Clarkson has something to sing about: She's celebrating the birth of her first child.
The Grammy winner announced the arrival of her daughter, named River Rose Blackstock, in a Saturday post on Twitter.
She says the baby arrived on June 12, and she and her husband are "on cloud 9." Her rep confirmed the tweet.
The 32-year-old singer, known for hits like "Stronger" and "Since U Been Gone," married music manager Brandon Blackstock last year.
Daniel Radcliffe says he drank to help him deal with fame. The 24-year-old actor turned to booze when he was filming the 'Harry Potter' franchise because he was struggling to cope with his new celebrity status and adoring fans.
In a new interview that will air in the U.K. later this year, Radcliffe, who would turn up to filming still drunk from the night before, said: "I would have benefited from not drinking as it was not making me as happy as I wanted it to."
He added: "It is not a real pressure but it is a pressure of living with the thought, 'Oh, what if all these people are saying I am not going to have a career? What if they are all going to be right and will be laughing and I will be consigned to a bunch of 'Where are they now?' lists?"
The star quit drinking in 2010, and went on to critical acclaim for his theatre work. He says the Potter series opened up lots of career ventures for him.
"People don't shout Harry Potter at me now, they tend to know my name, which is lovely."
Chris Martin reportedly thinks Rihanna is "intoxicating." The Coldplay frontman, who split from Gwyneth Paltrow in March after 10 years of marriage, had immediate chemistry with the 26-year-old singer when they collaborated on their hit 'Princess of China' in 2012, and allegedly wants to explore his feelings for her further.
A source said: "They plan on spending much more time together," a source told Star magazine. "Chris felt suffocated by Gwyn because she's such a perfectionist. But Rihanna is more down-to-earth and carefree and beautiful. He thinks she's intoxicating."
The 'Stay' singer, who recently split with Drake, was spotted having dinner with Martin at her favourite restaurant, Giorgio Baldi, in Santa Monica last Sunday and is also attracted to him.
"Rihanna hasn't dated many men like Chris, but she's telling friends that she thinks he's sexy in his own way. She's willing to see where things go with him."
Kit Harington didn't know his real name until he was 11. The 'Games of Thrones' star, 27, says his parents, David and Deborah, didn't tell him that his real moniker was Christopher until he'd been in the world over a decade.
When asked why his mother and father didn't tell him about his Christian name, he told GLAMOUR magazine: "I haven't got a clue! I think they could see that I wanted to be Kit, but Christopher was a bit of a tradition. My brother's name is Jack, but his real name is John. Kit is traditionally an offshoot of Christopher, it's just not used that often."


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The multimillion-dollar musical, the most expensive in Broadway history, and a news magnet such as the theatre hasn't seen in a generation, will close Jan. 4, 2014, producers announced. Though the show was a good seller for a period of time — despite the hurricane of adverse press (actors injuries, set malfunctions, law suits, tell-all books, etc.) that swirled around it — and has been seen by about two million people, tickets sales have been less robust in recent months.
The show was capitalized at $75 million. According to reports, it will have historic losses of up to $60 million when it closes. According to the New York Times, several investors said that they have not been paid back anything during the three-year run of Spider-Man and plan to write off their investments. The investors are placing blame on the show's costly upkeep — the production averages a weekly cost of more than $1 million — and the musical's lackluster score by Bono and the Edge.
Producer Michael Cohl, while accepting the reality of the show's fate on Broadway, was guardedly sanguine about the show's prospects in Las Vegas, where it will have a production, and overseas. "I expect them to see some money back," he said of investors in a New York Times article. "But it will be a long road and take a long time."
Spider-Man began previews Nov. 28, 2010, and, in a record delay between first preview and premiere, officially opened June 14, 2011. The musical features a book by Julie Taymor (who was famously fired from the production, and subsequently sued producers), Glen Berger (who just published a backstage memoir telling his side of the story) and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (who was brought in to shore up the book), as well as music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge, who kept a wide berth between themselves and the musical during much of its run.
The production suffered numerous injuries during its preview period and following the opening, including cast members Christopher Tierney and, more recently, Daniel Curry. Amazingly, throughout all of the above tumult, some cast members stayed with the show through the entire run, including the seasoned pros Isabel Keating (as Aunt May), Ken Marks (as Uncle Ben) and Michael Mulheren (as J. Jonah Jameson). They surely now count as troupers' troupers.
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This expands on the basics given in the Simple Example. In this example, we're interested in running a number of tests on the JRequest::getVar() method, each with different parameters. While it's possible to just write one test and then copy it once for each test, this would create a lot of duplicate code, add a lot of needless lines to the test file, and make it harder to organize test cases.
We also need to introduce a mock class with this example. Let's dig into the test to see why.
We'll start by getting an understanding of what actually needs to be tested when we say "test getVar()". Looking at the code, we can learn a few things:
The process of building a mock JFilterInput class for this test is discussed in detail in the Mock Objects in Joomla article. It's a good idea to have an understanding of this before proceeding.
The core of our unit test is simple. For each combination of inputs we want to do this:
// /* * Get the variable and check the value. */ $actual = JRequest::getVar($name, $default, $hash, $type, $mask); $this -> assertEquals($expect, $actual, 'Non-cached getVar'); /* * Repeat the process to check caching (JFilterInput should not * get called unless the default is being used). */ $actual = JRequest::getVar($name, $default, $hash, $type, $mask); $this -> assertEquals($expect, $actual, 'Cached getVar');
We check that we get the expected result, and we check that the cache works.
JRequest gets data from the PHP super-globals ($_GET, $_POST, etc.). We're going to define a helper class that both initializes these variables and holds our data set of tests (see /unittest/tests/libraries/joomla/environment/JRequest-helper-dataset.php). The initSuperGlobals() method will set up the environment. One of the things we do is define an entry called 'tag' in each of the super-globals, each with a value that identifies the source variable.
In our unit test class, we'll define a setUp() method that calls the helper and clears the cache:
// function setUp() { JRequestTest_DataSet::initSuperGlobals(); // Make sure the request hash is clean. $GLOBALS['_JREQUEST'] = array(); }
This code is called by PHPUnit at the beginning of every test.
What we know about our data set is this:
We define each of these tests in an array in our helper class, $getVarTests. Here is a sample entry:
// array( 'tag', null, 'request', 'none', 0, 'from _REQUEST', array( array('from _REQUEST', 'NONE', 'from _REQUEST', 1), ), ),
In this entry, we're passing $name = 'tag', $default = null, $hash = 'request', $type = 'none', and $mask = 0.
We expect the return value for this combination of parameters to be the string 'from _REQUEST'.
We also expect that this test will result in a single call to JInputFilter::clean() with $source = 'from _REQUEST' and $type = 'NONE'. Our mock of this method will return the string 'from _REQUEST', and we expect this method to be called with these parameters precisely once.
You can find the whole data set in /unittest/tests/libraries/joomla/environment/JRequest-helper-dataset.php. When you look at the full test set, you will see that calls where we are looking for the default variable are expected to be made twice. This is because the default is not cached. Our expectations will determine if the cache mechanism is functioning as expected.
Some readers may be surprised when they don't find tests to verify that strings like '123abc' are not numeric. There are no tests like this because although this is the most common use of getVar(), the actual filtering is done by the JFilterInput class, so test cases like that belong with the JFilterInput tests. Our tests merely need to verify that the data is coming from the right place.
PHPUnit has a very simple way to link a data set to a test. Here is an example:
// /** * @dataProvider myDataSet */ function testExample($testVal) { // test code } static function myDataSet() { return array(array(1), array(2), array(5), array(200)); }
This code will result in the testExample() method being called four times. The first time the value of $testVal will be 1, the second time it will be 2, and the fourth time it will be 200. PHPUnit recognizes the @dataProvider pragma in the doc block, calls the method named in the pragma to get the data set, and then calls the test method once for each element in the array, passing each element of the sub-array as a parameter to the test method. if the test method took two string parameters, the data set would look like array(array('p1', 'p2'), array('param1', 'param2'), ...).
PHPUnit will consider each of these calls to be a separate test, and if a test fails, it will output the current value of the paremeters used to call the method.
Here is the code for the data provider we use in the test. We simply return the $getVarTests array from our helper class.
// static public function getVarData() { return JRequestTest_DataSet::$getVarTests; }
Finally here is our test case with all the elements in place:
// /** * @dataProvider getVarData */ function testGetVarFromDataSet( $name, $default, $hash, $type, $mask, $expect, $filterCalls ) { $filter = JFilterInput::getInstance(); $filter -> mockReset(); if (count($filterCalls)) { foreach ($filterCalls as $info) { $filter -> mockSetUp( $info[0], $info[1], $info[2], $info[3] ); } } /* * Get the variable and check the value. */ $actual = JRequest::getVar($name, $default, $hash, $type, $mask); $this -> assertEquals($expect, $actual, 'Non-cached getVar'); /* * Repeat the process to check caching (the JFilterInput mock should not * get called unless the default is being used). */ $actual = JRequest::getVar($name, $default, $hash, $type, $mask); $this -> assertEquals($expect, $actual, 'Cached getVar'); if (($filterOK = $filter -> mockTearDown()) !== true) { $this -> fail( 'JFilterInput not called as expected:' . print_r($filterOK, true) ); } }
Each element in the sample data set is passed in as a parameter to our test.
The setUp() method has initialized the super-globals already. We start by instantiating a mock JFilterInput object, resetting it, and then defining our expectations for it by calling mockSetUp() for each element in the $filterCalls array.
Then we run the core of our test, calling once with the cache empty and one where there may be a cached value.
Finally, we call mockTearDown(). If this method returns true, then the mock was used as we expected. If not, we dump the details of the discrepancies while failing the test.


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I currently live in Northridge, CA. I began my classical training at the age of 5 and began performing professionally in a mariachi group at the age of 15 years old. I received my Bachelor's Degree in Music Education at California State University, Northridge in December of 2010 where I studied violin with Michael Ferril a graduate from Julliard who has played on countless Hollywood films. I returned to CSUN as a graduate student and received my teaching credential in 2013.
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I have played in symphony orchestras, performed solo pieces, and play chamber music. I have played concerts in Hawaii, Europe, Alaska, and Palm Springs. I have also played with several mariachi groups in the greater Los Angeles area. Other performance locations include Guadalajara, Ensenada, Tucson, and more. Some of these performances were during my time studying under Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano.
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I believe learning music should be fun and inspiring but I am also serious about teaching and my students. As long as the student practices on a regular basis I will help guide and teach the student and give them the tools necessary to be an amazing performer.
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I love teaching, and enjoy passing on that joy, knowledge, and experience to my students! I tailor lessons according to the student's goals, abilities, and preference in musical styles. Whether you're wanting to learn the violin to be a virtuoso or just as a personal hobby, I believe you should have fun with the learning process!
I am passionate about music and love teaching aspiring students! I am active as a violin teacher, chamber musician, performer, and 1st violinist of the Pacific Coast Quartet. I hold a Masters of Music Degree in Violin Performance from the Cole Conservatory of Music and have been playing the violin since the age of four. I have been teaching private lessons for over 16 years and have experience in teaching private and group lessons, coaching string orchestras and string ensembles. I have a broad education in music with knowledge of classical, modern, and world music, as well as advanced training in music theory, which I incorporate in private lessons. I have also studied conducting, music theory, music history, and advanced piano.
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While I specialize in classical music, I help my students discover what genre of music they're passionate about learning, including classical, jazz, pop, and fiddle. Lessons include scales, technique, ear training, sight reading, music theory, solos, duets, music performance and the option to prepare for auditions and youth orchestras. I tailor the curriculum I use depending on the need of each individual student.
Beginner to intermediate students use method books such as Essential Elements, Suzuki Method, and the Royal Conservatory of Music. For young students, I also use the Sassmannshaus Tradition series. Intermediate to Advanced students learn technique using Carl Flesch scales, and studies from Shradiek, Sevcik, Mazas, and Kreutzer to name a few. Solo pieces including from composers such as Mozart, Franck, Mendelssohn, Seitz, Bach, Handel, Beethoven and Vivaldi.
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Ms. Lucy began studying violin with her father at the age of three. She attended Kunming Art Institute in Yunnan, China for junior and senior high school and than studied with Professor WeiJian Zhao from Central Music Conservatory in Beijing. She holds both AA and AS degree from Pasadena City College. where she served as the assistant concert master for many semesters. She also studied violin with Prof. Jay Zhong, former violin Professor at California State University, Los Angeles. Ms. Lucy is was a scholarship student at Bob Cole Conservatory of California State University, Long Beach. She studied with renowned violin pedagogue Linda Rose and served as concertmaster of the Bob Cole Conservatory orchestra, chamber orchestra and opera. Currently she's a student of Katia Popov, concertmaster of Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. She received her violin performance BM degree in 2003.
Ms. Lucy has performed extensively throughout China, Hong Kong, and the United States and won many awards for her performances. At age six, she won 1st place at The Future Violinist Competition in Yunnan and continuously wining at different competitions around China. 1989 summer, Ms. Lucy held her solo recital at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and was a great success. Her most recent performances including: Solo violinist at 2005 New Universe Entertainment Academy; Performing with international tenor Oscar Zhang at UCI Barclay Theatre as guest solo violinist, with UCI symphony Orchestra, 2006. Guest Solo Violinist performing at Cerritos Performing Art Center in 2007. She also performed with different orchestras year round at different locations such as the Ford Amphitheatre and Orange county Performing Arts Center, she plays Jazz with Michael Mcdaniel Quartet.
Ms. Lucy began her teaching career at the age of 15 at her father�s violin school in Yunnan, China. The school currently has more than two hundred violin students and five violin teachers. Each year, Ms. Lucy travels back to China and give master classes and exchange valuable teaching experience with the students and teachers there. Summer 2006, Ms. Lucy and her students was invited by the International Youth and Children�s Art Festival, they stayed in China for ten days. Their performance got well accepted by the audience and was broadcasted on the local TV and newspapers. It was an unforgettable experience for all the students and their parents.
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My name is Mary and I have been teaching voice, piano, and violin for more than 20 years. I have an undergraduate degree in music, a masters degree in special education, and a doctoral degree in education. I teach lessons at my private studio in Dove Canyon. I offer lessons in piano, voice and violin. I am a professional musical director and have directed over 50 shows. �I am also a music therapist and I have special skills in teaching instruments to children with special needs. I love working with kids!
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I teach "Music for Little Mozarts" for preschoolers, and Alfred's and other methods as well as classical repertoire for more advanced students. I teach Suzuki violin classes to children ages 5 and up. I teach musical theater and jazz voice. � Every 3 months I host a student recital. Students may choose to play a solo, duet, or be in a small group number with other students.
*** Studio Equipment ***
Grand piano, studio piano, 1/4 violin for young children
*** Specialties ***
Music, Piano, Voice, Violin
I specialize in musical theater, pop and classical voice lessons.
For piano I specialize in working with young children- Music for Little Mozarts (ages 4-6), Prep Course (ages 5-7) and Older beginners (ages 8 and up). I also teach intermediate to early advanced level classical piano.
Violin- I teach Suzuki Method (beginners through Book 7) to students age 5 and up. I also teach intermediate and early advanced classical styles.
Music Performance, Music Theory, Piano, Viola, Violin
I like to find the type of music that creates passion and interest in my students, so that they want to practice. Sometimes the students don't know what type of music they like, so I expose them to a variety of music until we find what they enjoy playing.
I have a studio of 25-30 students and I hold optional recitals twice a year (sometimes more). I help students learn how to perform for others and bow for the audience.
I have been teaching for over 13 years with some students making All-State Honor's Orchestra, All Southern Honor's Orchestra, and playing in college orchestras. One youth orchestra that I send students to goes to Italy every summer to perform at the Vatican.
In 2011, I graduated with my Bachelor's of Music in Performance Violin and Viola from the Cole Conservatory of Music at the California State University, Long Beach where I also studied conducting, music theory & history, and piano.
I've had violin students attend the Orange County High School of the Arts for violin. I help my students prepare for auditions and always willing to help students with their orchestra music. Many of them began at an intermediate level and were auditioning for these orchestras after 1-2 years of lessons with me.
I have taught the violins and violas at Serrano Middle School and Woodbridge High School.
I job shadowed other private violin instructors when I was in high school. I also went to a 12 week teaching seminar called, "In Search of: A Guide to Violin Excellence" where teachers talked about how to teach students to practice and learn skills that will help them jump levels in technique.
I perform frequently with the Montage Symphony, Dana Point Symphony, and Symphony Irvine as Assistant Principal Violist.
I studied the violin privately for 19 years with violin teachers from the Julliard School of Music and Ken Aiso, teacher at the Royal Academy of Music in London. I also attended music camps like the Montecito Music Festival and Musishare's former Chamber Music Festival of 2004.
Performed as a solo violinist at the Orange County Fair in 2007 and 2008 with a Bluegrass band.
I was a concerto competition winner in 2004 and performed Haydn's Violin Concerto No. 2 with the South Orange County Chamber Orchestra as a soloist.
I teach the Suzuki method and follow the technique used by Dorothy DeLay and Ivan Galamian (former Julliard School of Music violin teachers).
I studied the piano privately for 4 years then studied piano courses in college to take the piano proficiency exam that was required for my music degree.
I am an active performer, always inviting my students to watch my concerts. I sometimes perform at the Crystal Cathedral and perform at the holiday program at the Laguna Niguel Presbyterian Church. I invite students to see the annual Mahler Project where I play with the Montage Symphony a Mahler Symphony every year. I also invite students to watch musicals I perform in, Dana Point and Symphony Irvine concerts.
*** Lesson Details ***
Violin and Viola Method Books I use:
Suzuki Method books 1-10 for Violin and 1-8 for Viola. I use the book called "Notespeller" to help students learn to read music. I also use Craig Duncan's "First Lessons" books as an alternative to the Suzuki Method. For young children, I use the Sassmannshaus Tradition: Early Start on the Violin because it has pictures and lyrics to go with the songs. It introduces a new note, string, or technique gradually and has large notes for the students to read.
materials/accessories to buy when starting lessons: a Kun Shoulder Rest to fit your violin or viola size
violin and viola scales and etudes: Intermediate and Advanced violin and viola students study scales from Carl Flesch, exercises from Sevcik and Schradiek, and etude books like Kayser, Wolfahrt, Dont, Mazas, Schradiek, Kreutzer, Fioriollo, Gavines, and Rode. We also work on shifting with position books by Whistler.
Piano: I use the Bastien Piano books and Bastien's "Scales, Chords, and Arpeggio" books. I also teach using collection books with Disney music, pop songs, and classical music. I also like the Faber Piano Adventure books for different levels and adults. I also use "Kaleidoscope Solos" by John George for beginning adults and older children. I also use Burgmuller, Hanon Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises, and Bartok Mikrokosmos for piano studies.
Some examples of violin and viola solo works: my intermediate and advanced students study:
Bach Partitas and Sonatas for Violin
Violin Concertos (Kabalevsky, Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Bach, Vivaldi, Wieniawski)
Viola Concertos (C.S. Bach, Telemann, Stamitz, Hoffmeister)
Bach Cello Suites for Viola
Sonatas for Violin by Handel, Schubert, Mozart, Franck, and Vivaldi
Solo Pieces like Meditation from Thaiis, Concertinos by Reiding, Dvorak Sonatina, Student concertos by Seitz Concertos
LeClair Sonatas for 2 Violas
Bach and Vivaldi Concertos for 2 Violins
*** Studio Equipment ***
Large, open living room space with an 88 key weighted upright keyboard. Seating for parents in couches and chairs. Foot stool for shorter piano students. Music stand light. (See my pictures to view the picture of my studio).
*Beginning to Advanced Violin and Viola.
*Beginning to Intermediate Piano.
*Beginning to College Course Level Music Theory Lessons
*Music Styles: I teach classical, baroque, 20th century, pop music, bluegrass/Irish/Scottish fiddle, and rock songs.
Fiddle, Music Performance, Music Theory, Viola, Violin
Armen M. was born in Armenia, and began playing the violin at the age of seven. From thereon out, Armen received his B.A.and M.A. degrees from Yerevan State Conservatory in Armenia and Artist diploma from Longy school of Music in Cambridge MA. With an impressive background, awards, and distinctions, Armen M. has always been a distinguished violinist, musician and concertmaster.
His history of performances with some of the greatest names and soundtracks for some of the most famous movies, Armen has truly shone with this talent. With international performances ranging from Boston to Buenos Aires, including countries like USA, Mexico, Columbia, Argentina, Germany, Russian Armenia, Armen has worked with different styles too, not only classical. Armen infuses his classical background with Jazz, Rock, Pop and New Age as well, making him a unique and extremely well rounded musician. Currently Armen resides in Los Angeles, CA where he is active with various orchestras, including the LA Opera.
He also routinely performs for sound track recordings with the major motion picture companies. In addition, Armen has worked with many well-known artists including Ray Charles, Barry White, Yanni, Sarah Brightman, Natalie Cole, Andrea Bocelli and many others. Here is a list of artists Armen M. has performed with: Yanni, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Smokey Robinson, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Frank Sinatra Jr., Andrea Bocelli, Olga Ta�on, Jose-Jose, Lucero, Cristian Castro, Alanis Morissette and Marco Antonio Solis.
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Armen M. was born in Armenia, and began playing the violin at the age of seven. From thereon out, Armen received several degrees from the most prestigious musical schools of Armenia. With an impressive background, awards, and distinctions, Armen M. has always been a distinguished violinist, musician and concertmaster.
His history of performances with some of the greatest names and soundtracks for some of the most famous movies, Armen has truly shone with this talent. With international performances ranging from Boston to Buenos Aires, including countries like USA, Mexico, Columbia, Argentina, Germany, Russian Armenia, Armen has worked with different styles too, not only classical. Armen infuses his classical background with Jazz, Rock, Pop and New Age as well, making him a unique and extremely well rounded musician. Currently Armen resides in Los Angeles, CA where he is active with various orchestras, including the LA Opera.
He also routinely performs for sound track recordings with the major motion picture companies. In addition, Armen has worked with many well-known artists including Ray Charles, Barry White, Yanni, Sarah Brightman, Natalie Cole, Andrea Bocelli and many others. Here is a list of artists Armen M. has performed with: Yanni, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Smokey Robinson, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Frank Sinatra Jr., Andrea Bocelli, Olga Ta�on, Jose-Jose, Lucero, Cristian Castro, Alanis Morissette and Marco Antonio Solis.
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*** Lesson Details ***
I am very strict and laid back at the same time. I pay a lot of attention to the technical detailes
.The curriculum is based on the level the student is presently. It reneges from simple scale books to Paganini caprices.
I encourage every student to have at list two recitals a year. Lessons are very intense and productive and i welcome you to my studio.
*** Studio Equipment ***
1) Music room w/ piano and seating for parents
2) Office room w/ seating for parents
*** Travel Equipment ***
violin and music
*** Specialties ***
European/Russian violin school
"Steven is very professional and extremely helpful. He always has a smile on and is serious about helping you phrase the music. I would highly recommend him to anyone."
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Electrical Engineering
John Liva
Recent progress in VLSI technology has created a major impact on digital signal processing, including array signal processing. Proposals have been made for using high throughput processors for digital adaptive beamforming in radar and communications systems applications. In this thesis, novel techniques and architectures for adaptive beamforming will be developed and presented. These are typified by the development of adaptive beamforming algorithms for planar arrays and by a self-calibration algorithm for antenna arrays. The emphasis however will be placed on modern adaptive beamforming techniques in which the adaptation is carried out by means of a triangular systolic array processor performing the QH decomposition.
Adaptive beamforming algorithms for a planar array or two-dimensional (2-D) adaptive beamforming algorithms, which are typified by the 2-D least-mean-squares (LMS) algorithm and 2-D Howells-Applebaum algorithm, are derived and presented. The concept of 2-D eigenbeams will be given to demonstrate the performance of the 2-D adaptive beamforming techniques. As well, the 2-D adaptive beamforming problem will be formulated in terms of the 1-D case with operation taking place along rows and columns of a planar array. The adaptive processor is then implemented by using a manifold of the least-squares triarray processors, which in the limit takes the form of a 3-D systolic array. It will be shown that the structure is capable of performing adaptation along the rows and columns of the 2-D array simultaneously.
One of the major challenges that face workers in array processing is overcoming the degradation in the output of the high performance algorithms due to errors in the calibration of the array. A new self-calibration technique for solving this difficult problem will be derived and presented herein. The algorithm is based on the use of iteration - whereby the calibration coefficients are refined through repetitive imposition of the calibration procedure. Its derivation is based on the eigen-based method and the least-squares norm minimization. It will be shown that the algorithm is capable of automatical estimating the angles-of-arrival (AOA) of the received signals and calibrating the array with a minimum phase and gain errors. Results obtained by using both simulation and measurement data will be given. In the case of the experimental results, the measurement setup is subjected to multipath scenarios.
Recommended Citation
Van Ho, Thua, "Novel Techniques and Architectures for Adaptive Beamforming" (1990). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3050.


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"Our rookie team was extremely excited to give their presentations to a packed room- uncommon for rookies," stated Valerie Evans, SIFE faculty advisor. "The entire team worked very hard, developing and conducting the projects that took us to the regional competition. Next year we are determined to make it to Nationals!"
Participating SIFE students use business concepts to develop community outreach projects, such as their 2011 collaboration with NC State University's University of Textiles' Fashion Group, in which the Falcons helped teach young girls at the Raleigh Girls Club about the fashion industry and its relevant educational paths.
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Kaufman County Sheriff's Office 1900 E. US Hwy. 175 | PO Drawer 849 | Kaufman, TX 75142 | 972-932-4337| Emergency Dial 9-1-1
Sheriffs Office to Step up Enforcement for Holidays
Kaufman Texas, - The season between Christmas and the New Year is one of the deadliest and most dangerous times of the year for travel. The Kaufman County Sheriffs Office would like County residents to know we will increase our traffic patrols to keep the highways safe during the Christmas and New Years holiday season.
Sheriff David Byrnes would like to relay a simple message to those traveling through the County, Dont Drink & Drive. The Sheriffs Office would like to encourage anyone with plans to drink alcohol to be responsible and have a designated driver that will be sober.
Sheriff Byrnes stated, We will be strictly enforcing the law prohibiting drinking and driving as well as speeding to help Kaufman County families enjoy a safe holiday season.
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When the Fighting Irish take the field for their first practice of the 2013 season, they won't be in the shadow of the Golden Dome.
Notre Dame announced Thursday the football team will start practices August 5 at Shiloh Park Retreat in Marion. The team will go through their acclimatization portion of training camp during four practices at the site.
"This is something we've been talking about for a couple of years now," Head Coach Brian Kelly said in a video posted on UND.com. Coach Kelly says he had a similar off-site program for training camp during his time at the University of Cincinnati, something he says played a huge role in the success of the team.
Notre Dame will return to campus for practices on August 9.
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Silent Poetry: Woodcut Prints of the California Landscape by Tom Killion
Friday, August 17, 2012 8:00 AM
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 11:00 PM
Thacher Gallery
Bay Area landscape artist, Tom Killion, brings his iconic California landscapes to the University of San Francisco's Thacher Gallery with "Silent Poetry: Woodcut Prints of the California Landscape by Tom Killion" from August 17 to October 9, 2012. A reception will take place in the gallery from 5:00-6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 6, followed by an artist lecture from 6:00-7:00 p.m. in McLaren 250. In "Topofilia: The California Landscape in Japanese-style Woodcut Prints" Killion will use his extensive body of work to trace his development as a landscape artist and illustrate his techniques from his early single-color lino-cuts to the multi-block color woodcuts on display in "Silent Poetry."
Born and raised in Mill Valley, Killion has a deep appreciation of California scenery from Big Sur to the High Sierras, finding the ideal locations for his on-site sketchesto create captivating panoramas. His prints capture the quiet ruggedness of the 21st century California landscape, fusing 19th century Japanese ukiyo-ë tradition with 20th century western wood-engraving and book illustration aesthetics. Dedicated to hand-drawn and hand-carved techniques, his influences include the Japanese masters Hokusai and Hiroshige as well as European and American wood-engravers such as Eric Gill and Rockwell Kent. Since his beginning in 1975, he has created over 400 relief prints, many incorporating increasingly sophisticated multi-block color techniques using as many as a dozen colors. In 2000 and 2009 Killion published two books, The High Sierras of California and Tamalpais Walking, in collaboration with Pulitzer-prize winning poet Gary Snyder. Like Snyder's poetry, Killion's artistic style is truly Pacific Rim in its merging of eastern and western techniques, transforming familiar landmarks such as the Golden Gate into dreamscapes, or as described in Japanese, "floating worlds."
Killion studied history at UC Santa Cruz and received a Ph.D. in African History from Stanford. He has worked as an administrator in a medical relief program in Sudan and taught at Bowdoin College and San Francisco State University. He has shown work since the mid 1970s and has exhibited around the world, from the British Museum in London and La Galerie Blanche in Carnac, France to the Davis Art Center and the Ansel Adams Gallery in California.
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I don't think anyone could have seen the Chiefs taking four straight games after losing the first two contests in Vancouver by a 14-8 margin. I certainly didn't and I reallyyy didn't see the Chiefs holding the Giants to just 6 goals over those final 4 encounters either. But that issss what happened, much to the delight of Chiefs fans I'm sure, as Spokane moved into the Western Conference semi-final round for the 2nd straight year. And for the second consecutive season, Spokane would face their arch rivals, the Tri City Americans. Unlike last season when Spokane was the favored higher seed with home ice advantage, this time around the Americans came in as the top seed in the conference, and would host the first two games of the series.
One thing Spokane had in their favor is that they had won two of their final 3 visits to Kennewick in the regular season, including the two teams last meeting in the regular season finale on St. Patrick's Day, when the Chiefs eliminated the Americans chances of winning the best regular season record in the WHL with a 3-2 win. Tri City had won 8 of 12 from Spokane during the regular season, as the Chiefs were 2-4 at home in the Spokane Arena, and 2-4 in Kennewick. Game one was the first game for Tri in 9 days, as they had swept Everett in their first round series, while Spokane had been off for just 4 days after their win over Vancouver.
Game one would see the two teams go back and forth offensively as there was no feeling out process. There are no secrets when you play each other as often as these two do, and it led to some good chances at both ends of the ice. Tri City would get the first goal of the series on the power play at 8:05 of the first when Justin Feser's shot hit Brendan Shinimin's stick and ricocheted off Chiefs defenseman Corey Baldwin's leg to make it 1-0 Americans. It was a goal Spokane goalie Eric Williams didn't stand a chance on, so despite outshooting the Ams 10-7 in the period, the Chiefs were down one going into the second. In the second, Spokane would pull even when Mike Aviani notched his 3rd goal of the playoffs at 16:22 to send the game into the third tied up at one.
The Chiefs would jump right out in the third period and seize the lead when Aviani put the puck on Darren Kramer's tape on the left wing. Kramer snapped his wrist shot past Tri goalie Ty Rimmer just 2:39 into the third to take a 2-1 lead. That advantage would hold up until the 14:34 mark, when the Ams Mason Wilgosh's shot changed direction from the left circle and got past Williams to even the game at 2 apiece. Neither team seriously threatened offensively after that, and for the 12th time in the last 17 playoff games between the two rivals, the game was headed to overtime. Memories of the 2008 Western Finals were going through my mind, as that series saw 5 overtime games, including 3 that went to double overtime. Let's just say I was preparing for a long night.
That thought disappeared very quickly though, as Mitch Holmberg picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone, skated down the right wing on a 3 on 1 rush and snapped a shot past Rimmer just 1:06 into overtime to lift the Chiefs to a 3-2 win and a 1-0 series lead. It was a sudden finale and a bit jarring in a way, as I was totallyyy unprepared for such a quick conclusion. No question it was a huge win for Spokane, as they secured their 5th straight playoff victory, and had seized the home ice advantage from the top seeded Americans.
Now the big question was, could Spokane repeat their efforts the following night in game two. Tri City was a desperate hockey team and kneww they had to win to prevent falling down 0-2 in the series heading back to Spokane. The Americans would come out in the first period and outshoot the Chiefs 11-7, and would take the early lead. After a Chiefs turnover in their own zone, the Ams Adam Hughesman converted a Brendan Shinnimin pass from the right circle at 13:21 of the period to make it 1-0 Tri City after the first period. Spokane didn't get much of a chance to even the game in the second, as they managed just 7 shots on goal. The Chiefs Mike Aviani had a partial breakaway late in the period that Rimmer turned away as the Americans maintained their 1 goal lead heading into the third.
The Ams would score a huge insurance goal just 4:01 into the third period when Justin Feser scored on a great feed from defenseman Mitch Topping out net front to put Tri City up 2-0. The Chiefs meantime weren't mustering up much offense at all, as Tri City controlled the puck possession of the period for most of the third. Spokane would catch a break late in the third though, when the Ams Adam Hughesman was whistled for an interference at 18:16. The Chiefs would then pull goalie Eric Williams for an extra attacker and with a 6 on 4 advantage, Spokane would win the face-off in the Tri zone. Mitch Holmberg picked up the loose puck and snapped a shot past Rimmer at 18:35 to bring the Chiefs within 2-1. Spokane then got the puck back in the Tri end of the ice after the face-off, but the Ams cleared the puck to neutral ice. Spokane then iced the puck to force Williams back on the ice with just over 20 seconds left.
Then things got interesting. The Chiefs won the draw in their own zone and quickly got the puck in the Tri City end. The Americans Sam Grist picked up the loose puck and held it behind his own net with about 6 seconds remaining. Grist then tried to clear the puck up the right wall, but the Chiefs Blake Gal kept the puck in and snapped a pass to defenseman Corey Baldwin. Baldwin shot the puck from the point and the shot amazingly beat Rimmer before the horn. My reaction, and I'm sure the reaction of many others, was disbelief that the Chiefs had tied the game before the horn. And let me stress...the puck did beat the horn. Unfortunately, the puck has to entirely cross the goal line before the clock hits zero. My view of things from the press box was I was sure the puck crossed before the light to signal the end of the game came on, but I was not sure on the clock as I wasn't watching the scoreboard when the goal was scored.
The goal was called good by the referee on the ice, so the score was automatically reviewed by video replay. I was so sure the game was heading to overtime, I was preparing how to get ready for yet another overtime. I even think the players on both teams were as well, as the Chiefs were jubilant over by their bench, while the Ams were standing in shock by their goal. When the referee got off the phone and ruled no goal, I couldn't believe it. I was lost for words. So were the Chiefs as the Americans went into winning a game 7 Stanley Cup celebration. It was only after the broadcast that I saw the TV replay from the goal line camera. The puck fully...and I stress fully...crossed the line 4 frames after the clock hit zero. On TV videotape, there are 30 frames to one second of video, so 4 frames is less than 1/6th of a second. That's the blink of an eye folks. Spokane fell that short of tying the game. The important thing is the call was correctly made. In this instance, video replay worked, just not for the Chefs.
The fact of the matter is, Spokane didn't play nearly as well in game 2 as they did in game 1. The results you usually get in hockey are fair, and for the Chiefs getting a split was a just result for them. Now the question becomes, do the Chiefs play like they did in game one when they come home Wednesday; or will it be closer to a game 2 performance? Let's hope for Spokane's sake, that it's more like game one. The two teams will play 4 games in 6 nights barring a 3 game sweep by one of the clubs this week. The history of these two teams says we'll be going at least 6, maybe 7 games in this series, so buckle down for another intense week of hockey. I'll have the call on all the games on 1510 KGA. All contests will start at 7:05pm, with the pre-game at 6:30pm. Game 3 is set for Wednesday, with a buck night for game 4 on Friday at the Arena. Game 5 is set for Kennewick on Saturday, with game 6 on Monday back in Spokane. A game 7 would be held the following Wednesday in Kennewick. It promises to be another fun series between these two bitter rivals, and we certainly hope to see you at the rink to watch!