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Sonali Sharma and Shriya Arora describe how Netflix solved a complex join of two high-volume event streams using Flink. They also talk about managing out of order events and processing late arriving data, exploring keyed state for maintaining large state, fault tolerance of a stateful application, strategies for failure recovery, data validation batch vs streaming, and more.
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Achieving a full immersion in the atmosphere of places with historical, cultural and natural value through the 360° panoramic video technology.


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Creating a Basic Deformation Rig
This topic explains how you can quickly use the Rigging tool to create a basic Bone and Articulation
To create a basic deformation rig:
|You must set up the Performance Preferences. See note above. After you have done this continue to step 2.
|In the Preferences panel, under the Deformation tab, disable the Create Posed Deformer in Create Deformation Above/Under .
Disabling this preference will result in a simpler Network rigging structure.
|From the Deformation toolbar, select the Rigging tool.
|In the Rigging Tool Properties, enable the Automatic Mode.
|In the Network or Timeline view, select the element that you want to add a deformation to.
|In the Camera view, you can start to create a Bone
|To create a Bone rig:
|Place the cursor at the far end of your element, click once and release. For example, on the shoulder.
|Click again at the location where you want your first bone to finish and your second bone to start. An articulation will automatically be inserted between each bones you create.
|Repeat this until you are finished creating the Bone chain.
|To create a Curve rig:
|Click at the far end of your element, for example, the shoulder and drag your cursor to extend the control handle and release, just as you would do when using the Polyline tool.
|Click again at the location where you want the curve to end and drag your cursor to extend the second control handle.
|Repeat this process until you have finished building the Curve chain.
This will automatically create a Deformation Group connected to the top node of the selected element. This group includes all the necessary deformation modules as well as the Bones
Modifying a Deform Rig
To setup a bone and articulation deformation chain:
|In the Network view, select the Deformation Group you want to setup.
|In the Deformation toolbar, click on the Show Selected Deformers and Hide All Others button to display the deformer controls in the Camera view. This also hides all the deformer controls that were displayed.
|In the Deformation toolbar, enable the Setup Mode .
The chain will turn from light green to red. If the chain is displayed in green, it means the Setup Mode is disabled. Click the button once more to enable it.
|In the Tools toolbar, select the Transform tool.
|In the Camera view, setup the deformation chain.
|Use the Pivot rotation handle to change the angle of the chain.
|Use the Pivot centre control point to reposition the entire chain.
|Use the Articulation control point, the square at the bottom, to reposition the articulation. This will elongate, shorten or change the direction of the first bone.
|Use the Articulation, top diamond-shaped, control point to change the size of the articulation. For quality purposes it is recommended to have an articulation which fits the diameter of the part it controls.
|In the Deformation toolbar, if desired, you can disable the Show Simplified Manipulators option to display all the manipulators. You can choose to work with the simplified deformers, but if you need more fine-tune control you can also access the full deformers. You will notice two extra square control points appearing in the middle of the articulation circle. Drag these up and down to modify the steepness (bias) of the articulation.
|Repeat until all the articulations and bones of the chain are correctly aligned to the element it is linked to.
|With the Deformation Group still selected, click on the Copy RestingPosition to Current button. This will make sure to set the current resting position as the current frame one.
|In the Deformation toolbar, disable the Setup Mode and test your modifications using the Transform tool.
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As floodwaters begin to recede in many parts of Myanmar devastated by flooding in recent weeks, international help is bolstering efforts to reach those left without shelter or basic supplies.
Flooding in 12 of Myanmar's 14 states and divisions — which began in late June and intensified last month when Cyclone Koman made landfall near the country's border with Bangladesh — has killed at least 96 people, displaced 600,000 and inundated 1.2 million acres of rice paddy, state media said Sunday.
Rivers in downstream areas of the Ayeyarwady Delta are now also swelling, and thousands of homes have been evacuated in anticipation of secondary flooding.
Breaking down foreign aid engagement with Myanmar
Since 2011, foreign aid to Myanmar has increased dramatically. But how much official development assistance is actually programmable? Which international donors are most active and in which sectors? Devex answers these questions and more in this Executive Member business analysis.
In the early days of the flooding, social media users were quick to criticize the government's response, tempting comparison with last major natural disaster in the country in 2008, during which time the country's military rulers failed to deliver humanitarian assistance to the affected and actively stymied international efforts to provide aid.
But the government has since received praise for its apparent 180-degree turnaround from its restricted response to Cyclone Nargis. It took three weeks for the former military junta to grant access to international aid workers in the aftermath of the May 2008 cyclone. The recent floods, however, prompted a more open response from the government, which has even been giving lifts to aid workers to transport them to hard-to-reach areas.
"The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is closely working with the government to coordinate the response of the U.N. and [international nongovernmental organizations]," Wynn Thane, deputy country director of Pact Myanmar, told Devex. "And the Emergency Operations Center has also been activated to monitor and respond in a coordinated fashion."
"Someone has to be ready to take charge in times of crisis," Jessica Lawson, a spokeswoman for Plan International, said, noting how the government's coordination had been impressive. "They have relaxed restrictions in the hope that more aid will come in."
From development to humanitarian aid
But while the government has become more open to international help, international response has been relatively tepid.
Contributions from individual donors haven't been as encouraging, perhaps owing to a decline in media coverage of the Myanmar floods. According to Eddie Byrd, director of marketing and communications at Pact, an online fundraising campaign for the Myanmar response the international nonprofit launched Wednesday only managed to gather three donations totaling $600.
Thane considers the country donor response to the situation — 3 million Australian dollars ($2.2 million) from Canberra, $600,000 from the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, $300,000 from the Chinese embassy in Myanmar, $150,000 from Japan and in-kind assistance from India, among others — similarly lukewarm.
The U.N. Central Emergency Response Fund announced Friday that it had allocated $9 million to help aid providers scale up their assistance, adding that some 160,000 people are in need of lifesaving assistance following the floods. But the United Nations says there is still a shortage in funding, estimating that at least $47 million is needed for emergency aid.
"Even now that the danger has been realized, I do not see much real action from the international community," Jason Meikle, deputy director of the Pact Global Microfinance Fund, told Devex. "On the other hand, local NGOs, businesses, student groups and others have been very active — to the shame of those who make disaster relief their business."
That's not to say there are no international aid groups responding on the ground.
Plan International has suspended its normal programming in the heavily affected Rakhine State, and is diverting its existing resources, plus extra emergency funds, to helping displaced people in the areas of Sittwe and Minbya.
"The INGOs are mostly focusing on the areas they are already working in, or they can donate through the Emergency Operations Center," Lawson said.
Plan is committed to providing long-term relief, she added, explaining that its current provision of food and shelter to flood victims will eventually make way for work rebuilding schools and ensuring the livelihoods of those affected.
Similarly, Pact has decided to temporarily hold off "routine development work" in flood-hit areas, according to Thane. In the meantime, it has also ventured into humanitarian work to aid those displaced by the flooding.
"We don't often raise funds for humanitarian crises such as these floods," Byrd told Devex. "However, with the long experience and extensive network we have in Myanmar, we felt we'd be remiss if we didn't try to amass funds to pay for an emergency response we felt compelled to undertake, with or without support."
Budget realigned, but funding limitations remain
While the blurring of lines between development and humanitarian work is nothing new, the task of shifting from the relatively predictable undertaking of development projects to the more erratic nature of humanitarian efforts comes with its own set of challenges.
Read more stories on Myanmar:
► How much aid goes to Myanmar?
► Challenging year holds much promise for Myanmar's development
Through existing funding meant for other projects, Pact Myanmar has been able to realign its budget to respond to the emergency and buy necessary items such as drinking water, canned food, hygiene kits and life jackets. But the project funding doesn't cover the purchase of medicine and rice as well as other agricultural products — critical needs in the current crisis.
"This funding is still being governed by existing donor agreements and regulations, which forbid us to do some specific things that we wanted to do," Thane said.
Unrestricted funds from donors could help fill the gap — and assist development organizations such as Pact in easing affected communities toward long-term recovery.
Through PGMF and the fund's existing network, Pact has been delivering emergency food kits enough to support a family of five for around three days.
Twenty-three of the 54 townships in which PGMF is active require emergency food rations, according to Meikle. In terms of the number of households affected and the severity of the impact of the disaster on the areas, Pwintphyu, Pakokku, Nyaungdon, Danuphyu and Ingapu are the five townships most in need of assistance.
"We are trying to provide in some of these areas from our own resources but need financial support to increase outreach," Meikle told Devex. "The larger, midterm need is for immediate assistance to replant crops — there will still be time in most places — to provide food security in the next three to six months."
PGMF will spend around 86 percent of donated funds on agriculture rehabilitation, 8 percent on emergency food distribution, and "exactly 6 percent" to cover management and transportation expenses, according to Meikle.
"We have distributed about $150,000 total in food aid, out of which $25,000 comes from staff and the rest from PGMF itself," he said.
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"Great for the family. Major upgrades in all areas. Plenty of activities to do after skiing."
Seven Springs is a true four-season resort just an hour or so from Pittsburgh. Its well-developed lodging and amenities, ample terrain and big lift capacity draw visitors from even further away than Pittsburgh. Cleveland and Columbus Ohio are just three and four hours away respectively; Baltimore and Washington, DC, are four.
Thirty slopes and trails, a 750 foot maximum vertical drop (continuous on three trails in the North Face area) are spread across 275 acres. Five triples, three quads, and a high-speed six-pack provide most of the uplift; five surface lifts serve primarily learner or beginner terrain. Nearly all the terrain is lighted at night.
Mid-Atlantic skiers can be thankful that the Nutting family is better at running its ski resort than its baseball team. The Nuttings, owners of the perennial also-ran Pittsburgh Pirates, bought Seven Springs two years ago and have set the resort on a winning path. The small Pennsylvania resort "makes the most of what it has," which translates to excellent snowmaking, several terrain parks and enough skiing to build a weekend around. It was the other amenities that needed updating. That's finally happening. Over the past several seasons, all 418 rooms in the Main Lodge have been gutted and outfitted with new decor, flat screen TVs, lighting and bedding. The soaring atrium lobby retains its rock-and-beam mountain appeal, but with a fresh look. A row of tired chalets behind the hotel has been transformed into a posh spa, and the cuisine now includes more healthful alternatives. Seven Springs strong Apr's ranking (No. 3) appears mostly to reflect the opinions of families. Besides some excellent dinner options, including Helen"s, a stellar dining experience in the founding family's original log-and-stone home, evenings are filled with what one reader called "old-school family fun," including bowling, roller skating, indoor mini-golf and two boardwalk-style game rooms, just like when you were a kid. - S.C.
The Latest
The Spa at Seven Springs opens, and the old rental facility has been renovated, as has the coffee shop in the main lodge.
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The crash site of Flight 93, the 9/11 plane retaken from terrorists, is in nearby Shanksville. A temporary memorial has been erected and a permanent one has been commissioned. It is a sad but stirring experience.
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China: production of plastic products by month 2019-2020
Plastics industry in China
China is the world's largest plastic producer as of 2013, accounting for nearly one fourth of the global plastics production. In 2012, approximately 58 million tons of plastic products were produced in China, with the total sales value of the plastic product manufacturing industry in China amounting to 1.65 trillion yuan. A look at the sectors shows that plastic film manufacturing and plastic plate and tube manufacturing reported a notable increase, generating an operating revenue of 33 and 55 million U.S. dollars respectively in 2011.
While the production and supply of plastic materials are dominated by large state-owned companies, the majority of Chinese plastic product manufacturers are small private companies. The plastic product sales from private plastics manufacturing enterprises had valued 812 billion yuan in 2012. Foreign investment in the Chinese plastic industry has increased significantly since China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). The foreign-funded plastic industry in China had generated a total revenue of about 437 billion yuan in 2012.
China's plastic industry is undergoing a comprehensive transition from quantity to quality; the future development of this industry is focusing more on technological innovation with eco-friendly concepts.


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GM's Corner: Community Engagement Results
GM's Corner: Community Engagement Results
October 26, 2018
We always enjoy hearing from you!
Thanks to all of you who participated in our Community Services Master Plan interactive workshop on October 10.
We will be in touch with all of you again when we have finished up the final draft for Board review. Our hope is to have an approved document early next year.
I would also like to thank all of you who have been participating in our online surveys CBIV Community Engagement that are facilitated via opentownhall.com – which is an added new feature of our opengov.com finance portal.
Nearly 600 of you participated in our most recent survey regarding our beaches. We had similar participation levels in earlier surveys this year, one regarding public works customer satisfaction and another regarding preferred methods for communicating with the public.
If you would like to participate in future surveys, just send your email address to our Communications Coordinator, Misty Moga (firstname.lastname@example.com) and she will make sure you are on the list!
We've gained a lot of valuable information from these surveys and we will conduct them on a regular basis throughout the year.
For example, 43 percent of you still get information about IVGID from this newspaper. On the other hand, nearly 60 percent of respondents access our website, read our Quarterly and open our emails to get information about us.
We also learned that more of you would like information about the beaches, which is one of the reasons the recent beach survey included a lot of supplemental information.
Speaking of the beaches, we learned that nearly half the respondents went to the beach more than once a week, with Incline Beach the most frequent destination. We also learned that over half of the respondents used the preferred parking this summer and only 14 percent weren't aware of the preferred parking program. For those of you not aware, beach parking was restricted to pass holders and punch card holders only at peak times this past summer.
We were very pleased to see that around 90 percent of beach goers rated our customer service great or excellent. We also received over 140 suggestions for how we can make the beach experience better in the future. Staff carefully reads each comment and many of the suggestions will be implemented next year. The preferred parking was program was developed based on feedback we'd received in previous surveys.
Very shortly, you will be receiving an invitation to participate in a more comprehensive survey we send out to all of our stakeholders every other year.
In 2016, over 800 of you responded to this 20-minute survey which included a comprehensive list of questions regarding all our amenities, services and communication methods.
Overall, the survey indicated a high level of satisfaction with IVGID amenities. Only about 14 percent of those surveyed had a negative view. The Golf Courses, Diamond Peak, and the Recreation Center had the highest ratings.
Our water quality was also rated very highly with over 90 percent of respondents rating it as very good or excellent.
We also learned a little bit about how owners use their properties. For example, we learned that 18 percent of our owners who only live here part time have ten or more friends and family using their property during the year. In addition, the typical part time owner spends about 90 days per year in their property, with about 40 percent of those days in the summer.
The survey also included over 840 comments, with about 80 percent of the comments complementary. As noted above, we used the comments section to either validate or adjust our services at many of our amenities.
So please be sure to participate in the Community Survey. You input is appreciated and we are always striving to provide better customer service.
And watch this space, and all of our other communication channels, for more updates on the Community Services Master Plan.
Additionally, our October Quarterly is fresh off the press and copies will be mailed to parcel owners and available around town. This special issue features a monthly calendar with many of our programs listed to help you plan your social calendar in advance.
While we hopefully have provided lots of means for you to communicate, you are always welcome to drop me a note at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For more information about the Community Services Master Plan Draft Document and the process, please visit our website: https://www.yourtahoeplace.com/ivgid/resources/community-services-master-plan. We are still accepting feedback, so email us your thoughts at: email@example.com.
Stay tuned for more surveys this fall. To see the results from the previous CBIV Community Engagement surveys, visit our website: https://www.yourtahoeplace.com/ivgid/resources/CBIV-Community-Engagement
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We can't stop dancing out of joy with this news. The first guest on Koffee with Karan Season 5 is Ranveer Singh himself, yayy!! The Befikre actor confirmed the news with a tweet, read below:
Last year Ranveer Singh was seen on the chat show with Arjun Kapoor but this year he will be seen with Varun Dhawan.


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Using WAR, someone has tried to measure this systematically, coming to the conclusion that truly fluky seasons are quite rare:
His criterion: a season of 6.0+ WAR, no other season over 3.0. So something like Jim Hickman's 1970, a season I think of as a real outlier, doesn't qualify (4.7 WAR--bit hitter's year, Wrigley Field).
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 18:50 (seven years ago) link
Epic outlier game:
Nobody ever talks about this game for some reason.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:59 (seven years ago) link
i guess it doesn't count as an outlier since the previous season he actually led the NL in era, but bill swift's 1993 was pretty impressive. maybe combine those two seasons as outliers.
― omar little, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:03 (seven years ago) link
Not epic, but Rich Aurilia's 2001 was a noticeable fluke. Here's what he did, followed by his next-best season:
206 hits (157)37 HR (23)37 doubles (25).324 BA (hit exactly .300 one other time in a full season).572 SA (.518--no other full season over .444, which, weirdly enough, he reached three times)114 runs (76)97 RBI (80)364 total bases (248)6.5 WAR (2.2)12th in MVP voting, probably should have been higher (never drew a single vote otherwise)
Couldn't even begin to guess what got into him.
― clemenza, Sunday, 30 December 2012 16:51 (seven years ago) link
Check out this dude's 1958 season:
4.9 WAR, 12th in the MVP voting as a relief pitcher for the Senators.
― timellison, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 04:15 (five years ago) link
1.3 the rest of his career--79% of his career value in one year. (Or, looked at another way, a 3.8-1 ratio.) Someone must have compiled a list along those lines.
Never heard of him. Probably suffered childhood trauma because of his name.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:29 (five years ago) link
Adam Dunn's 2011. Hit .159/.292/.277 over almost 500 plate appearances, combined with below average defense, making him a -3 WAR player. I can't imagine we'll see a player fall so quickly down a cliff and yet remain an everday player like this again. And then to rebound with a +1.8 WAR season right after. Look at his HR numbers from 2004 on - 46, 40, 40, 40, 40, 38, 38, 11, 41, 34, 22.
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:40 (five years ago) link
For epic outliers in the other direction, George Scott's 1968 season came up on James's site a couple of months ago:
Even accounting for the fact that it was a historical pitcher's year, that's still one hideous season in the midst of a pretty solid 12-year block.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:47 (five years ago) link
Also 1958 - Bob Cerv
Played for six weeks that year with his jaw wired shut and on a liquid diet after he broke it in a home plate collision.
Hadn't had much of a chance to play when he was on the Yankees.
― timellison, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 19:50 (five years ago) link
i can't believe i forgot this guy:
that 1993 was such a great season for him. so many late '80s/early '90s cubs players had such promising starts and such sputtering finishes.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 20:12 (five years ago) link
Another catcher--less drastic outlier, but still impressive: Dick Dietz in 1970.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 20:19 (five years ago) link
Brady Andersons 96 is really fucking amazing - .297/.396/.637 vs his career .256/.362/.425
Not a bad career OBP, however..
Then again after 1995 his average for being HBP went up from about 10 per season to double that the next 4 years..
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 23:15 (five years ago) link
speaking of both catchers and 1996, terry steinbach really must have 'lifted weights' in the offseason with his 'trainer':
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 23:19 (five years ago) link
brady anderson always reminds me a bit of steve finley but i just realized finley actually had four 30 HR seasons and three more 20 HR seasons, so he never had any real outlier years.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 23:22 (five years ago) link
Matt Nokes, 1987:
Like Dietz, the milder end of the outlier spectrum. Both had about a third of their career WAR in the one season--maybe that's about where outliers begin. (Another similarity: 1970 and 1987 were the two most prominent fluke hitter years in my lifetime. Hitters dominated, but both years are surrounded by neutral or pitcher-dominated years.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 23:42 (five years ago) link
(By way of contrast, almost half of Wilkins' career WAR comes in '93; that's a truer outlier than Dietz or Nokes.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 23:44 (five years ago) link
Aren't there a lot rookies who have good-great first years and then bupkis. Ben Grieve springs to mind.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 00:16 (five years ago) link
You can't just use percentage-of-career-WAR as a qualifier, or at least not set the bar at 33%; if you do, Brady Anderson's '96 doesn't qualify as an outlier, even if you limit WAR to offense only. (He's just under 20% of his career offensive WAR in '96.) I think you'd need a combination: percentage of career WAR, and also a ratio of the outlier year compared to second-best year. Anderson doesn't qualify because he had a bunch of pretty good years, and one other season better than that. You'd need a combination of the two that somehow lets Brady Anderson's '96 in.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 00:18 (five years ago) link
(xpost) I think that's true, but Grieve might not fit--his first three years are all pretty close (with adjustments, his first was a bit better). Never did much after that, though.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 00:25 (five years ago) link
Steve Finley magically transformed from an 8-HR-a-year guy to a slugger at age 31.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 13:00 (five years ago) link
Bobby Shantz's MVP year in 1952.
― timellison, Friday, 3 April 2015 16:51 (five years ago) link
Never realized the 1950 Whiz Kid Phillies included a relief pitcher MVP in Jim Konstanty.
― timellison, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 23:34 (four years ago) link
He gets a chapter in the first baseball book I read as a kid, so I learned about him before three-quarters of the people in the HOF.
He wasn't the worst choice ever, but, just among Phillies pitchers that year, Robin Roberts would have obviously been much better.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 01:18 (four years ago) link
Always thought Cito Gaston had more good years, but maybe not so much. 5.1 bWAR in 1970, but ended up with a negative for his career.
― timellison, Monday, 18 June 2018 20:27 (one year ago) link
As I've posted before (but seemingly not on this thread), 1970 is the mother of all outlier seasons.
― clemenza, Monday, 18 June 2018 22:37 (one year ago) link
Jim Gentile 1961. 141 RBI tied for lead league the year Maris broke the record.
― timellison, Saturday, 10 November 2018 23:28 (one year ago) link
Brady Anderson turns 55 today. With that in mind - when you think of one player in any sport having one season where they are mind-blowingly better than in any other year of their career - who do you think of and what year— Nick Shepkowski (@Shep670) January 18, 2019
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 January 2019 17:08 (one year ago) link
Another 1970 one, Tommy Harper:
― timellison, Thursday, 2 May 2019 01:38 (one year ago) link
It's not epic, and it's not a season, but this seems as appropriate a place as anywhere--Brian Harper's few years catching for the Twins in the late-'80s/early-'90s. (His picture popped up today in that little photo gallery to the left of the Baseball Reference page.) From '79 to '87, he plays for five teams, plays all over the diamond, and basically does nothing. Then he has five-and-a-half really solid seasons with the Twins, hitting .294-.325 every year, with OBPs around .350 and slugging averages in the low-mid .400s (except for his last year there, very much a pitcher's era), and has a fantastic Series when the Twins win everything in '91. Then he leaves in '94, gets 300 more AB elsewhere the next two years, then he retires.
― clemenza, Monday, 12 August 2019 23:43 (nine months ago) link
Dug up this:
― clemenza, Monday, 12 August 2019 23:49 (nine months ago) link
Jesus Aguilar is looking like a potential inner circle outlier season guy
― omar little, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 00:01 (nine months ago) link
see also his former teammate, gio urshela
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 02:12 (nine months ago) link
rick porcello's 2016
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 September 2019 17:41 (eight months ago) link
a whole bunch of guys you forgot about the moment they retired
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― omar little, Thursday, 19 September 2019 17:44 (eight months ago) link
Epic outlier in reverse: Wade Boggs, 1992 (his last season in Boston). No recollection--what happened? The Margo Adams thing was a couple of years earlier.
― clemenza, Monday, 10 February 2020 14:15 (three months ago) link
mike marshall, 1974
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 06:16 (three months ago) link
Only in the freakish 100+ games, though--he was arguably better in '73, and definitely better in '72.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 14:43 (three months ago) link


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I found a jellyfish washed up on the beach yesterday. It looked like an alien; a strange creature in a strange land. I got a shovel and helped it back into the water. It floated there before waving a tentacle and swam away. How strange to see one on Mars.
Jocelyne Gregory is an MFA creative writing student at the University of British Columbia. She is a graduate of Simon Fraser University's The Writer's Studio. She also reviews children's books and graphic novels. She lives on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada.


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Alex Jones covers a breaking development live on The War Room.
UK border authorities ban conservative journalist Lauren Southern from entering the country for criticizing Islam during a previous visit to the United Kingdom.
Also, President Trump lets states decide on gun purchase age restrictions.
Joining today's conversation is British free speech activist Tommy Robinson to discuss the UK's Orwellian censorship laws.
Mike Adams of NaturalNews.com also breaks down internet censorship.
President Trump heads to California Tuesday to look at prototypes for the U.S.- Mexico border wall and to attend a Beverly Hills fundraiser.
In world news, South Korea claims Kim Jong-un is prepared to sign a peace treaty after he meets with President Trump.
Also, SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk announced a plan to send a space vehicle to Mars in the next year and to eventually plant seeds on the red planet.
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At 18,000 feet (5,400 m) above sea level and over the course of 40 days last spring, documentary filmmaker Dianne Whelan immersed herself in the challenging and captivating world of Base Camp at Mt. Everest. With spectacular footage of the Himalaya as a backdrop, 40 DAYS AT BASE CAMP is an intriguing and intimate portrayal of three climbing teams and their journey to the world's highest peak. This feature-length documentary inserts a knife through the heart of the Everest myth with stories of climbers being interwoven with daily life at Base Camp, the history of the mountain and the devastating effect of climate change on the ecology of the area. 40 DAYS AT BASE CAMP provides a modern take on the transformation of Mt. Everest from what was once a revered, sacred space to the mountain theme park it is sadly becoming.


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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A man who murdered two of his wives in two states could be released from a North Carolina prison, potentially cutting short his life sentence after more than 22 years.
We spoke with the prosecutor on the case.
"I had some notion he was guilty because it sounded really suspicious, and of course when the second incident occurred -- it confirmed that suspicion," said Randy Carroll, who prosecuted Boczkowski for his Greensboro murder.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. – His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, condemned terrorism and commended the American people for their "courage and generosity" in the wake of 9/11. The message was contained in a letter from the pontiff to the Most Reverend Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Here follows the text of the Pope's letter, published by the Vatican on Saturday, September 10, 2011:
"To my Venerable Brother
The Most Reverend Timothy M. Dolan…
"Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
"On this day my thoughts turn to the somber events of September 11, 2001, when so many innocent lives were lost in the brutal assault on the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the further attacks in Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania. I join you in commending the thousands of victims to the infinite mercy of Almighty God and in asking our heavenly Father to continue to console those who mourn the loss of loved ones.
"The tragedy of that day is compounded by the perpetrators' claim to be acting in God's name. Once again, it must be unequivocally stated that no circumstances can ever justify acts of terrorism. Every human life is precious in God's sight and no effort should be spared in the attempt to promote throughout the world a genuine respect for the inalienable rights and dignity of individuals and peoples everywhere.
"The American people are to be commended for the courage and generosity that they showed in the rescue operations and for their resilience in moving forward with hope and confidence. It is my fervent prayer that a firm commitment to justice and a global culture of solidarity will help rid the world of the grievances that so often give rise to acts of violence and will create the conditions for greater peace and prosperity, offering a brighter and more secure future.
"With these sentiments, I extend my most affectionate greetings to you, your brother Bishops and all those entrusted to your pastoral care, and I gladly impart my Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of peace and serenity in the Lord…


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Great friendships are like fine jewels, they're rare, hard to find gems that you hold carefully and polish gently, you love and cherish them. This morning I was reading one of my favorite devotionals that my bestest friend Jennie gave me and I was struck by the realness and importance of friendships. When I was in my early 20's, I had so many "friends", I trusted everyone and just knew all of my 'friends' were out for my good…. Boy was I naive! I learned the hard way that not everyone is out for my greater good and NOT everyone is nice! And it's ok, because as I grew and matured, I learned how to handle betrayal and the fact that there are some people in our fallen world that didn't know how to be a friend, and in a lot of ways, I didn't either. The truth is, even some of my closest friends have hurt me and I them, we're not perfect. Along the way I learned how to hang on to those important friendships, cherish them and protect them.
It says in Proverbs 'whoever refreshes others will be refreshed' Proverbs (11:25), this is SOOO true! I can't tell you how refreshing it is hanging out or even just chatting with a girlfriend. Jennie and I sometimes ditch our exercise class on Wednesdays to go have some dinner and wine, and we just laugh and laugh. At the end of our time together, we always say how much better we feel just having girl time. It's so important to feed our friendships with attention and laughter! I also know that if I'm struggling, she will be lifting me up in her prayers and she'll be right there next to me no matter what I'm going through. I feel so blessed to have the girlfriends I do, and it's taken time to build our friendships. I also love the fact that my friends and I can go weeks or even months with out seeing each other and when we do, it's like no time has passed!
In one of the devotionals in Savor, Shauna says "Friendship is one of those gifts from God that just gets better and better the more it's enjoyed". I love how real this is. Just like our kids need us, our husbands need time with us and attention, our friendships do too. And the more we enjoy these important relationships in our lives, the better they get! Reading this today made me realize that I need to reach out to some distant but dear friends. It's so easy for me to get caught up in my day to day life that I forget about the really important things in life, like giving my friends the attention and love they deserve and truly need (we all need friendships, we were created this way!) I hope and pray that we can all take the time to savor our friendships, Happy Sunday!
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Fashion moment of the week.….(or year, what can beat this?!) Whoever thought of this on Valentino / Ben or Owen's team is a genius. This is the kind of thing I like seeing breaking the internet. Fashion can get a … Continue reading
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London Fashion Week.
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Ireland took fifth place in the gripping Furusiyya Nations Cup Final won by Belgium in Barcelona on Saturday night, with Cian O'Connor's horse, Good Luck, producing a spectacular performance.
And Irish team member Denis Lynch scooped €50,500 when the Tipperary native claimed yesterday's Longines Grand Prix at the Spanish fixture with All Star.
With €1.5m on offer, the top eight teams from Thursday's first round started on a zero score in Saturday night's Nations Cup finale, and Lynch led the Irish effort with an eight-fault result.
Robert Splaine fielded the full side that captured the Aga Khan Cup at the Dublin Horse Show last month and Greg Broderick was next in with MHS Going Global which hit the vertical at fence eight.
Bertram Allen's Molly Malone then left two on the floor and the Irish were looking very vulnerable until O'Connor produced a breathtaking round from the nine-year-old stallion Good Luck which drew gasps of appreciation from the crowd with his spectacular clear round.
Ireland shared a 12-fault total with USA and Germany, but with time taken into account, slotted in behind the Americans and ahead of the Germans while the much-fancied Dutch lined up third behind the British who produced a faster eight-fault total. Counting just a single mistake, the Belgians claimed the 2015 title.
In yesterday's Longines Grand Prix, the top 18 went into the jump-off and Lynch and Allen qualified on a zero score.
But while Allen had a fence down in a fast time, Lynch's was the undisputed winner with 11 seconds of an advantage over runner-up Santiago Lambre from Mexico.
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Contrary to popular belief, high levels of stress don't necessarily lead to "bad" habits, like being sedentary and munching on cookies and ice cream all day. Stress is just as likely to cause us to resort to "good" habits, like taking daily walks and snacking on fresh fruits.
It all depends on what our habits were before the stress came along.
That's the intriguing key finding from a study in the June issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, a publication by the American Psychological Association. Apparently, we find comfort in our familiar routines and will automatically revert back to them when under stress, for better or for worse.
A series of experiments
For the study, a team of researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) conducted five separate experiments to test whether longstanding habits improve or derail people's best-laid goals during stressful times, when their willpower is limited.
In one experiment, for example, 65 graduate students were followed during a 10-week semester, including the final two-week exam period. They were asked throughout the semester to fill out daily questionnaires about their breakfast and news-reading habits.
An analysis of that data found that during the exam weeks, when the students were stressed and sleep-deprived, they reverted to their pre-exam habits. If they often ate an unhealthy breakfast — say, doughnuts or sweet pastries — they were even more likely to do so during exams. On the other hand, those students whose morning routine usually included something healthful, like a bowl of oatmeal, stuck to that routine. The added stress didn't make them turn to more calorie-laden foods.
The same was true for the students' reading habits. Those who read the news and editorial sections of the paper daily during the "easier" parts of the semester continued to do so during exams — even though it cut into their study time. (Interestingly, students did, however, stop reading the comics.)
In another experiment, the researchers asked 72 students to list two goals they were pursuing daily in their lives, such as getting fit or improving their grades. They were also asked to describe which of their behaviors helped and which hindered them from reaching those goals.
The students were then assigned to spend two days using their non-dominant hand for all daily tasks (unless doing so might cause a safety problem). Other research has shown that asking people to do tasks with their non-dominant hand increases their stress and weakens their self-control.
As in the first experiment, the students tended to resort to old habits during those two days of stress, whether or not those habits got them closer to their personal goals.
Make good habits routine
Why does it seem that we resort only to bad habits when we're under stress? People "are likely to be more aware of their bad than good habits simply because bad habits are so challenging to control," explain the authors of the study.
In other words, we notice that stress leads us to mindlessly devour, say, chocolate bars because we know that such snacks are keeping us from our goal of maintaining a healthful weight. But we may not notice — or, at least, not give ourselves credit — if we continue our daily walk during periods of stress.
What this study also suggests is that if you want to not fall back on bad habits when under stress, your best strategy is to form good habits during non-stressful times, when your willpower is stronger. Once you make, say, eating a green salad for lunch or going to the gym after work part of your regular routine, you're much more likely to automatically stick to those good-for-you habits when times get more challenging.
You can read the USC/UCLA article here.


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The critically acclaimed Outlander series is the TV adaptation of novels by American writer Diana Gabaldon. Its popularity in both North America and Western Europe has seen this fantastic show air 3 wonderful seasons, with the fourth released in November 2018. The eagerly awaited 5th Season will be released in early 2020.
The story centres around Claire Randall (played by Caitriona Balfe), who, while on her second honeymoon in Inverness, is mysteriously swept back in time to the 18th-century Scottish Highlands. There she meets Jamie (played by Sam Heughan), a chivalrious young warrior, with whom she becomes romantically entwined.
The series was filmed in locations throughout Scotland, including multiple in West Lothian, the rest of the Central Belt and right up to the Highlands.
VisitScotland have produced a handy interactive map of Outlander filming locations across Scotland. You can also download a free copy of the Outlander Film Locations Map.
Inside one of the most spectacular ruins in Scotland you cannot help but walk in the footsteps of royalty. This royal pleasure palace was the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots and an iconic filming location in hit TV show Outlander.
Midhope Castle is located within the grounds of the Hopetoun Estate. Within Outlander the castle is fictionally known as Lallybroch. Access is only possible to the exterior of the Castle.Book a Tour
Beecraigs Country Park, located just outside of Linlithgow, was used for its forestry in two series's of Outlander. The park is open daily, with stunning views right across West Lothian and further afield.
Why not enjoy a tour of these incredible locations, take a day or an overnight stay and see where part of the Outlander series took place. Immerse yourself in the Outlander experience while you see the familiar sights of Outlander.
Taking an Outlander tour is a great way to meet like minded people who are also madly in love with the show.
There are also a number of companies who now offer Outlander themed tours. Two of these guides are based in West Lothian and both have vast knowledge of Outlander. This includes Mary's Meanders & Mini Kilt Tours as below.
Visit Scotland have produced an excellent map highlighting the various filming locations across the country. It is available to download here.
Visit West Lothian, Civic Centre, Howden South Road, Livingston, West Lothian. EH54 6FF UK Registration No. SC346843
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Qarabag has won five of their opening six league matches but were beaten 2-0 by Sporting, their first opponent of any significant quality this season.
After a tricky start to the season, Arsenal has now won seven matches in a row in all competitions.
The Gunners triumphed 4-2 against minnows Vorskla in their first Europa League game.
Qarabag's most recent encounter with English opposition was against Chelsea in last season's Champions League group stage, where they lost 10-0 on aggregate across both meetings. Latest Odds
Team News
Qarabag FK- Dani Quintana is the only reported injury problem for Qarabag. The Spaniard is not back until the start of December, owing to ligament damage.
Expect a similar side to the one that started Qarabag's last Europa League match, a 2-0 loss away to Portuguese giants Sporting.
Arsenal- Armenian Henrikh Mkhitaryan will not travel to Azerbaijan with Arsenal due to safety fears.
Aaron Ramsey is also absent after staying in London with his wife expecting a baby.
Sead Kolasinac has made the bench in Arsenal's last two matches and will hope to make his first appearance of the season here.
Fringe players like Mohamed Elneny, Danny Welbeck, Alex Iwobi and Stephan Lichtsteiner will hope for game time on Thursday.
Defensive quartet Konstantinos Mavropanos, Carl Jenkinson, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Laurent Koscielny are expected to miss out for the Gunner.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is ill, so Alexandre Lacazette will lead the line for the away side.
Bernd Leno will continue in goal with Petr Cech still sidelined through injury.
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Out of the planets that I had seen through my telescope, I hadn't seen Venus properly until the end of January this year. Venus has been, and still is, very bright in the sky and at the end of January it was perfectly placed to view in my back garden.
Before viewing the planet, I wasn't sure what I was going to see. I knew the planet was a sphere and had a blue tint to it but didn't think that I would see it like that, and I knew it didn't have any rings so I think I was just expecting to see something like a star in the sky.
It took a couple of nights to actually view Venus properly as on the first night I tried, it was slightly misty, so the planet wasn't well spotted. The next night, I waited until it got too dark, so too much light was reflecting from it which dazzled through the telescope. I then read up on viewing Venus and found the best time to view it was at dusk when it was still slightly light and the planet wasn't too bright. So on my third attempt, I had the telescope outside ready for dusk and saw Venus brilliantly through it!
To my surprise, it did actually look blue! It was like viewing a bluish ball just hanging in Space. It obviously didn't have the grandeur of Jupiter (Moons and storm clouds) or Saturn (rings) but it was great to see a planet that looked different to the others that I had seen. I was very pleased with what I saw, to say the least! The image below is the closest one I could find that looked like what I saw (obviously what I saw was the whole planet and not the half that was in the light). My telescope is not powerful enough to view the planet in the size below, but I could still see it very well!
Venus is still going to be very bright in the sky over the next couple of months, so if you can, I would try and get out and view it! In fact, the planet is meant to be as bright as the Moon and will cast shadows, which I find very interesting indeed. The best time to test this would be towards the middle of the month (March) when there is no Moon in the Sky, so Venus should be the main light source during clear nights.
Happy Venus spotting!
UFO or Mir Space Station
I hope someone can help me with this?
I was out at Mount Batten in Plymouth on the 8th January 2011 taking a look at the stars and sky when I noticed a light streaking across the sky. It was coming from a South Easterly direction, moving North Easterly, at a very fast rate. I could see it in the sky for a good 30 seconds until it got past the Moon and suddenly disappeared. I'm quite sure that it wasn't a shooting star or a meteor as this seemed completely different, so i'm hoping someone knows what this may have been?
I did a bit of research afterwards and found that you can see the Mir Space Station in the sky on occasions and when the sun hits it, it looks like a bright light shooting across the sky. I'm not 100% convinced though.
Can anyone shed some light on this please?


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Galaxy Note 4 vs. Galaxy S5: What Buyers Need to Know
With a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 release date getting closer, consumers are starting to weigh their current device and top devices against Samsung's next flagship smartphone. In this Galaxy Note 4 vs Galaxy S5 comparison, we take a look at the key differences buyers and upgraders should be aware of as we march deeper into the fall.
Last month, Samsung took to the stage in Berlin, Germany to announce several new products for the fall. First, we saw another intro for the Samsung Gear S, an Apple Watch competitor and a device that appears to be a solid alternative to current Android smartwatches. We also saw the Gear VR virtual reality headset make its first appearance.
The stars of the show though were arguably the new Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 successor, and the Galaxy Note Edge. The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge is an ambitious new smartphone and one that is set to do battle with the high-end smartphones later this year including Samsung's current devices. The Galaxy Note 4 is a mainstream device that's ready to hit the big time in just a few short weeks.
Like the Galaxy Note Edge, the Galaxy Note 4 comes with an array of powerful hardware specs, software features, and a release that is scheduled to take place on a number of well known carriers in the United States and around the world. And with a release date on the horizon, buyers around the world are starting to weigh the Galaxy Note 4 against the competition which includes Samsung's Galaxy S5.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is Samsung's current Galaxy S flagship and a device that remains on shelves as a cheaper alternative to Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note 4. It's a device that packs a number of solid hardware features, runs Android 4.4 KitKat, and features a slick design. It's a smartphone worthy of some attention.
This updated Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs. Galaxy S5 comparison will address some of the key points that current owners and prospective Galaxy Note 4 buyers, and Galaxy S5 buyers, will want to keep in mind as we push toward the Galaxy Note 4 release date.
Display & Size
Both of these devices come with an array of powerful specifications, Solid processors, great cameras. However, there are some features that we think are the game changers, the ones that you absolutely need to look at, and know about, before buying.
The Galaxy S5 comes with a 5-inch Full HD display. The Galaxy Note 4 comes with a Quad HD display. There are two takeaways here that you'll want to absorb ahead of the Galaxy Note Edge release.
The first is the quality of the display. Quad HD isn't just some gimmick. The Galaxy Note 4's display will offer better resolution and better looking on-screen content. DisplayMate, one of the leading voices in display technology, says that the Galaxy Note 4 display is one of the best on the market, better than the Galaxy S5's.
While the Galaxy Note 4's display might be better equipped, it's going to be bigger than the Galaxy S5's display. The Galaxy Note series is known for its size and the Galaxy Note 4 picks up where the Galaxy Note 3 left off. This large display means that the Galaxy Note 4 itself is larger than the Galaxy S5, something that consumers should take note of.
The difference is noticeable. The Galaxy Note 4 is going to be a little harder to use with one hand. The Galaxy S5 is going to be more pocketable. It's a trade off and one that you need to figure out before plopping your hard earned cash down. Do you need the bigger display? Does Quad HD matter to you? Do you find yourself using your phone with one hand? Know the answer to these questions before buying because this is a huge difference between these two smartphones.
S Pen
The S Pen is the Galaxy Note series' bread and butter and one of the features that helps to separate it from other big name smartphones including the Galaxy S. It's a feature that many people love but it's also a feature that some Galaxy Note users end up neglecting in the long run. Before coming to a decision on the Galaxy Note 4 vs Galaxy S5, you'll need to decide if you're going to become an S Pen user or not.
Samsung's made some significant improvements to this year's S Pen including increased sensitivity to make the note taking experience on the Galaxy Note 4 feel more like writing on paper. More sensitivity also leads to better looking text from handwriting. Samsung's also made some significant improvements to the S Pen's applications including, Air Command, S Note and Voice Memo, and more.
The Galaxy S5 does not come with an S Pen nor is it compatible with the S Pen so you're really going to need to buckle down and decide if the S Pen is going to be worth it. It's one of the reasons why the Galaxy Note 4 is so expensive.
Galaxy Note 4 Release Date
While it might be tempting to pull the trigger on one of these smartphones from the comfort of your own home, we advise you to wait until you can go hands on with the Galaxy Note 4. And while you can't go hands-on right now, that's going to change in a few short weeks as Samsung pushes the Galaxy Note 4 to countries around the world.
The Galaxy Note 4 release date in the U.S. is confirmed for October 17th. At that time, stores should have both devices stocked with demo units available. If you're able, go down to your local retailer and go hands on. This will allow you to test and compare the cameras, go hands on with the S Pen and its software features, absorb the difference in display quality, and decide which design feels more comfortable in one hand.
Feeling comfortable with you smartphone is absolutely critical and you won't be able to make that decision from behind a computer screen. Skip the Galaxy Note 4 pre-orders and go hands on before buying. It's going to ensure that you make the right decision with your next smartphone purchase.
Galaxy Note 4 Carriers
At this point, you should be researching data plans and network capabilities of your local Galaxy Note 4 carriers. In the United States, that means doing your research on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, and Verizon. Yes, it's important to know your carriers and it's important to know that the Galaxy Note 4 should be limited to those four.
Most of you will buy your next device on a major carrier but those that aren't planning to might need to go back to the drawing board because we're fairly certain there won't be any surprises.
The Galaxy S5 is a little more widespread in the United States. It's available for a number of smaller regional and pre-paid carriers. This is important to note because it means that with the Galaxy S5, you're going to have a whole lot more choice. Choice is extremely important when it comes to your next smartphone and you'll want to choose wisely.
Galaxy Note 4 Price vs. Galaxy S5 Price
As we've noted many times, the Galaxy S5 is cheaper than ever. For $99 or so on-contract, you can pick up a Galaxy S5 on most carriers. Keep in mind, the Galaxy S5 hasn't even been out for a year yet and it's already down to this price. That's pretty incredible and this is a deal that you're absolutely going to want to keep in mind, especially if you're on a budget.
Know that you're going to need to shell out for the Galaxy Note 4. While we had to wait a few weeks, we now know that Samsung's Galaxy Note 4 will come with a familiar price. AT&T and Verizon will charge $299.99 for the 32GB Galaxy Note 4. Sprint dropped will also offer it at $299 on-contract after dropping its price down from $350 pre-launch. T-Mobile charges $0 down for the time being while U.S. Cellular has yet to reveal its price. We expect its price to fall in line with the others though.
If you can wait a few weeks, you'll probably run into a few Galaxy Note 4 deals though it won't be as cheap as the Galaxy S5. The Galaxy Note 4 probably won't drop to that level until next year.
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After a few year's dalliance with Energy before Momentum, I have switched back to Momentum before Energy. Please don't flame!
One benefit to the return is that our annual egg toss competition, Grass Omelette, has returned to late October/early November. And that increases the likelihood of nice weather.
We conduct the event prior to any discussion on impulse so that we can refer to it during or after our lessons on F∆t = m∆v.
I shoot the catches at 120 fps so that I can pull half-decent still images of "splashes" to give to the individual students who were brave enough to don the plastic ponchos and kilts. I'm currently using a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200. Maybe in the future, I'll shoot normal-speed 4K video to get better stills. At some point, consumer high-speed 4K will be available. I know the Sony RX10 iv can shoot 24 fps at full resolution (as well as 960 fps lower-res high-speed).
In any case...
Egg Toss 2017 Catches
Egg Toss 2017 Splashes
When I had 5 sections of Physics (no AP anything and no Conceptual Physics) in 2013, I had enough to produce an amusing compendium set to Vangelis' Chariots of Fire.
Egg Toss 2013


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A new Michigan band called the Bangups from Grand Rapids, MI will be playing at St. Andrews Hall on December 19th for a Quest For A Cure benefit concert.
The Bangups are a two piece featuring Joey Dornbos (guitar/vocals) and Brent French (drums). Influences include Bob Dylan, Hank Williams Sr., James Brown, Son House, Animals, Johnny Cash, White Stripes, and Weezer.
Quest for a Cure partners with Michigan Music Community to Dig Deep For Ben's Fight
Detroit, MI—December 19, 2009—On April 23, 2009 Benjamin Martin, was diagnosed with Stage 4 Glioblastoma—a cancerous brain tumor. He is eight years old.
Since being diagnosed Ben has undergone several brain surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation. He was doing well for a short time, but at the beginning of September, the tumor returned with a vengeance and is now near the brain stem. Doctors do not feel like Ben is a candidate for further surgeries, so the family is seeking alternative treatment at the Burzinski Clinic, a major international cancer center providing alternative cancer treatments. The problem? Like many stories of American medicine, Ben's insurance will not cover the "experimental" treatments, and his mother, determined to go to the ends of the earth to help her self-proclaimed superhero son fight, is making the sacrifice. With this treatment Ben's chances of survival increase significantly. And we all deserve the best chance we can get. A fighting chance!
On December 19, 2009 a glimmer of hope will shine bright as the Quest For A Cure Foundation partners with BensFight.org and the Michigan music community to pack the infamous St. Andrews Hall from wall-to-wall with 1,000 fans, friends, family and patrons—to join the fight to save the life of Benjamin Martin. Proceeds will go towards helping Ben fight, in hopes that his success will increase the chance for other's fight as well. Doors open at 9:00pm and the DJ will sound off what could go down as one of the greatest events in history. It will be a night of great music, great atmosphere and great fun for a fighting cause.
Quest for A Cure is an initiative focused on improving avenues that aid in the cure of hunger, illness and poverty—better known as H.I.P. The organization founder, Quest MCODY, will be one of the artists gracing the stage. He is known throughout the hip-hop community, and for his latest album The Light Project. He has recently been seen by millions on MTV's Emmy award winning show MADE as a rap coach. The foundation was created from his inward desire to make a difference, save lives and to have a great time doing it.
Several of Detroit's leading hip-hop, R&B and Rock artists will be taking the stage in support of this event. The line up will feature Quest MCODY along with artists such as Stretch Money, Invincible, PL, MonicaBlaire, Street Justice, Marvwon, K'Jon, Vina Mills, Seven The General, VP, The Bang Ups, Cold Men Young and more.
Giving to Ben is more than a good cause. It is something that you're tied to emotionally and something that you would carry with you forever. And that is something that the world is missing. As the saying goes "keep hope alive!!"
Lets do it today---in life.
General admission is $10 at the door. We strongly suggest purchasing advance tickets http://questforacure.org (all pre-ordered tickets will accompany a coupon for 1/2 off ONE guest)
And remember!!! If you can't make it physically you can always donate to the cause!


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BBC Philharmonic: Discovering Vaughan Williams
BBC Philharmonic: Discovering Vaughan Williams
This illustrated introduction to Vaughan Williams' music reveals two sharply contrasting sides of his music. In the Fen Country, one of his earliest works, displays his fascination with folk song, its evocation of East Anglia tinged with echoes of Delius. It's a far cry from the ferocity that the Sixth Symphony unleashed in 1948. Although the composer was quick to dismiss speculation that it was a reflection on the years of conflict that preceded it, and the nuclear threat that they initiated, there's no denying the tension in this post-war masterpiece whose opening rampages across an unforgiving landscape. The sense of threat is at its highest in the ominous slow movement before a demonic scherzo leads into a desolate Epilogue. Vaughan Williams, quoting Prospero's lines from The Tempest – "We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep" – raises as many questions as it answers. John Wilson, a brilliant conductor of English music and a devotee of Vaughan Williams is joined by broadcaster Stephen Johnson, who'll be shedding light on the Sixth Symphony, with live extracts from the BBC Philharmonic, before a complete performance of both pieces.
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- In the Fen Country
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
- Symphony No 6 in E minor
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)


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Join NEW for a leadership training experience that will offer you the all-important resources, training, consultation, and support to improve sustainability, efficiency, and impact as a leader in Southeast Michigan's nonprofit sector. Nearly 300 leaders and over100 organizations have participated in this program over the years – we hope you will do so, too! We continually update our content and bring in new partners to offer fresh perspectives on subjects being discussed by leadership experts, such as creating cultures of inclusion and belonging. Grow professionally and expand your network by applying for the next cohort, launching on February 28th, 2020.
Nearly 300 leaders and over 100 organizations have participated in this program over the years.
Applications for our Spring 2020 cohort are now closed. Please check back in August 2020 to apply for the next series.
- The challenge nonprofit leaders face finding opportunities and space to reflect upon and learn about the larger, more holistic challenges they face in their positions and organizations. Our leaders need space and time to focus on the bigger picture, and to process what they learn in a supportive environment.
- The constraints placed on organizations by limitations on human capacity, time, money, and other resources often force professional development to the bottom of the list of priorities. By investing in one's leadership development through programs like Leadership DELI, nonprofit professionals get the chance to adopt new practices and perspectives into their work, as well as experiencing the impact continued education can have on improving performance.
- The loneliness of leadership. Our leaders are often expected to have all the answers, all of the time. This expectation is burdensome and tiring; no one can be expected to know it all. By working and learning together over the course of several months, leaders expand their networks, which allows them to both know and do so much more than they can alone.
- Participants will gain new tools or knowledge to improve leadership skills across seven content areas
- Participants will engage in a supportive environment for ongoing learning
- Participants will strengthen their relationships with other nonprofit leaders in southeast Michigan
- Participants will have an interest in continued exploration of the content covered in the program.
Leadership DELI 8 (the newest cohort) will run from February through June 2020, with sessions held approximately once every three weeks.
|Leadership DELI 8
January 10th
|LD8 – Application Closes
January 31st
|LD8 – Application Closes
February 10th
|LD8 – Participant Selection
February 28th
|8am – 4pm
|LD8 – Session 1 (Kick-Off & Visioning)
Arab American National Museum – The Annex
13624 Michigan Ave Dearborn, MI 48126
March 20th
|8am – 12:30pm
|LD8 – Session 2 (Leadership Styles)
Arab American National Museum – The Annex
13624 Michigan Ave Dearborn, MI 48126
April 17th
|8am – 12:30pm
|LD8 – Session 3 (Building Your Team)
Arab American National Museum – The Annex
13624 Michigan Ave Dearborn, MI 48126
May 1st
|8am – 12:30pm
|LD8 – Session 4 (Bottom-Line Change)
Arab American National Museum – The Annex
13624 Michigan Ave Dearborn, MI 48126
May 22nd
|8am – 12:30pm
|LD8 – Session 5 (Human-Centered Design)
Arab American National Museum – The Annex
13624 Michigan Ave Dearborn, MI 48126
May 27th
|6pm – 8pm
|LD8 – Social
June 5th
|8am – 12:30pm
|LD8 – Session 6 (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion)
Arab American National Museum – The Annex
13624 Michigan Ave Dearborn, MI 48126
June 26th
|8am – 1pm
|LD8 – Session 7 (Story-telling & Show 'n Tell)
Arab American National Museum – The Annex
13624 Michigan Ave Dearborn, MI 48126
Each nonprofit selected to participate in Leadership DELI will be afforded the opportunity to send one or two representatives from their organization. It is highly encouraged that participants attend all sessions, not missing more than two. The curriculum is intensive, and later sessions build off of the content of earlier sessions. In addition, consistent attendance by the same participants builds a stronger cohort of participants over the duration of the program.
Friday, February 28th (morning) – Welcome Retreat
Kick-off Leadership DELI by meeting the cohort and engaging in a conversation surrounding the goals and objectives of both you, individually as a leader, and your organization as a whole! At this engaging and fun session, you will meet your fellow cohort members, get a good idea of the work to come, and solidify your aspirations for this program.
Friday, February 28th (afternoon) – Visioning (Timo Anderson, Zingtrain)
Make time to figure out where you really want to go. Doesn't it just make sense that if you know where you want to end up, it will be easier to figure out how to get there? We think so too, which is why we are such believers in the power of visioning and why we teach it throughout our organization. Our approach applies on any scale – from articulating the future of your organization in 20 years to figuring out a successful in-store promotion. We believe visioning is why we are successful. Come get inspired. And then get going!
Friday, March 20th – Positive Leadership (Dave Mayer, University of Michigan Center for Positive Organizations)
Most organizations operate in a deficit mindset—trying to reduce the bad that exists. In this session we'll take a different perspective by focusing on and enhancing the good at your workplace. Drawing on the science of positive leadership, we will do a variety of exercises and have discussions aimed at making your organization positively deviant—departing from the norm but in admirable ways such as displaying excellence, resilience, and virtuousness. At the end of the session you will understand the value of a positive mindset for your organization as well as gain knowledge of several concrete practices you can implement to bring out the best in your employees.
Friday, April 17th – Adopting a Talent Mindset (Lila Asante-Appiah, Purposeful Pursuits)
Are you striving to build your team and get the best out of your employees? What do you find most challenging; identifying the best talent, motivating and developing your staff, creating a performance development environment, or all of the above? In this interactive session, participants will gain insight and actionable tools that can be immediately implemented within their organization. We will first touch on best practice techniques that will enable you to hire and place the right person in the right role at the right time. We all know that hiring the right person is a critical step but is only the beginning, so we will delve into how to motivate individuals on your team to improve their self-confidence and performance. When applying techniques to promote intrinsic motivation, you will want to step back and focus on the group by leveraging high performance team principles. As we bring it all together, a focus will be placed on the importance of continuously developing your team using the 4E's – education, experience, exposure, and evaluation. We will close the session by sharing leadership behaviors that support and positively enable staff development efforts.
Friday, May 1st – Bottom-Line Change (Timo Anderson, Zingtrain)
Some people love change. Most people don't. Delving deeper into the reasons that some people love change, one is likely to discover that they're (p)referring to being the creators of the change, rather than the recipients of it! No matter which change camp they fall in – most people are in agreement that change is challenging. Creating it. Having it "done to" you. Making it stick. Helping it work. Change is challenging. At Zingerman's we've learned that there will always be change to deal with and so we came up with a recipe for change – one that we can teach, practice, refine and reuse. We call it Bottom Line Change®. We use it to roll out all the changes in our organization – no matter how big or small they are. Whether we're moving the office printer or opening a new business we've found that using the Bottom Line Change recipe makes it a lot less stressful for all involved, a lot more likely to stick and best of all, it gets the people in the organization rooting for its success!
Friday, May 22nd – Building Empathy Through Design Thinking (Deborah Parizek and Kirsten Bondalapati, Henry Ford Learning Institute)
Connecting with important stakeholders is vital for leaders across all industries, sectors and organizations, regardless of their size. In this session, guest presenters from Henry Ford Learning Institute will share their expertise in human-centered design (Design Thinking) to introduce you to strategies that can help you build deeper empathy for and improved understanding of important people in your immediate team or organization, communities and/or clients. This connection and understanding enables you to approach problems and relationships with new perspectives and engage with these stakeholders meaningfully. HFLI defines Design Thinking as a collection of methods and mindsets that allow us to reframe problems and act on them. Design Thinking can deepen content knowledge, teach critical thinking skills, strengthen innovative mindsets, and develop creative confidence. This workshop will provide a high-level introduction to Design Thinking, or Human-Centered Design, along with a deeper dive into nontraditional tools for connecting with stakeholders to better understand their needs. As a participant, you will be able to take these tools back to your nonprofit to creatively engage with clients and other stakeholders in service of transformational solutions.
Friday, June 5th– Creating Cultures of Belonging (Yodit Mesfin Johnson and Melvin Henley, NEW)
Inclusion, equity and diversity are not just moral imperatives they are values that great leaders see as imperative to their organizations success. Explore how organizational performance and community impact (e.g., issues around governance, executive leadership, community engagement, effectiveness of programs) are tied to these principles and what you can do to act or accelerate on this work in your organization. We'll discuss topics of unconscious bias, operating at a high level of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at all ranks, but especially on the board and at the executive level, compensation and pay equity, clear advancement pathways + mentoring/support and mutually beneficial and respectful relationships. Feel free to share and brainstorm barriers you're experiencing to achieving these greater levels of DE&I and possible interventions to address these barriers. This work is best achieved when we understand our roles as Individuals in promoting greater DEI in our organizations, so come prepared for some personal development too!
Friday, June 26th – Telling Your Story (Lara Zielin, Bold Type Copywriting for Nonprofits) & Conclusion
Imagine people clicking on your website and saying, "Heck yeah, I want to support this organization!" What if your open rate on your emails was over sixty percent? Picture news organizations coming to you for a change. All this is possible by breaking down your vision and helping people outside your organization understand the core of what you do—without fussiness, vague-sounding academic words, or meaningless filler. In this workshop, you'll learn how to bring emotion and impact to your copy, while still keeping it crystal clear and readable. You'll learn which stories to focus on, and which to leave by the wayside. And you'll get formulas and templates that will help you plug in powerful words that will leave your audiences inspired and ready to connect. By the end of the workshop, you'll have a roadmap for bringing your vision to life through great copy—whether online, in a brochure, in a letter, or other medium.
Are you ready to be the Lizzo of nonprofits and own your story and shine in the way that's undeniably YOU? Grab your pen and let's do this!
The next 7 four-hour sessions follows the schedule above. This program is designed with the idea that participants will fully engage in the program, missing no more than 2 of the 7 sessions. Each session is focused on a particular topic and is facilitated by a content expert. In recognition of NEW's ability to amplify its impact through partnerships with purpose, NEW has collaborated with leading experts in the community such as ZingTrain, Henry Ford Learning Institute, Purposeful Pursuits, Bold Type Copywriting for Nonprofits, and the University of Michigan to bring innovative and relevant content to program participants. These partnerships are an opportunity to share business and leadership training with grassroots and established nonprofits in Southeast Michigan with a particular focus and understanding of the nonprofit perspective.
In between sessions, participants are asked to reflect on action steps that they identify based on the content they have learned. Leadership DELI is NOT intended to be a passive experience for participants; individuals are expected to try out new ideas, tools, and concepts outside of the sessions and share their new knowledge and perspectives with colleagues. At the end of the program, every participant will demonstrate what they've learned with a presentation to the rest of the cohort.
This program is a good fit for you if:
- You are a leader or emerging leader within your nonprofit organization
- You are interested in developing best practices in leadership for the benefit of your nonprofit organization
Information gathered in the application will remain completely confidential and only members of the Leadership DELI Selection Committee will review the submissions.
The Selection Committee is looking for an intentional mix of diverse nonprofits in terms of leadership, operating budget, years in operation, and geographic location and scope. In addition, the selection committee is seeking organizations that will have participants who can fully participate in the program, not missing more than two sessions. The committee will use a rubric based on this criteria to guide the selection process. This rubric will also take into consideration the thoughtfulness and detail with which the applicants respond to the items soliciting a narrative response.
"The NEW TEAM was absolutely AMAZING! I felt the team was very organized, timelines were followed and made sure we followed our "norms" in each cohort. I always felt we were in a safe environment to express themselves which allowed everyone to participate." – Henry Ford Learning Institute
"Think their approach to how the sessions are ran are (sic) quite original. Between the items on the table to the plethora of food and encouragement to stand. These options alone let you know that they have really look into identifying effective ways to keep participants engaged." – The Corner Health Center
"(I have appreciated) The opportunity to collaborate with others non-profit organizations in our community. The chance to use resources provided to improve our leadership skills and ultimately improve the overall performance of our staff. This allows us the luxury of then providing fantastic service to the families who chose to trust us with their most precious investment, their children." – Foundations Preschool of Washtenaw County
"I took away real 'nuggets', from simple things, such as using a 'Liked Best, Next Time' evaluation model after events, to connecting deeper with some organizations through meeting their staff at DELI." – Washtenaw Community College Entrepreneurship Center
Leadership DELI is and has been supported by:
ACCESS Community Health & Research Center
Ann Arbor Art Center
Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living
Arab American National Museum
Area Agency on Aging 1-B
Avalon Housing
Best Buddies Michigan
Brilliant Detroit
Center for Automotive Research
Center for Success Network
Child Care Network
Chrysalis Biodynamic Agricultural Learning Center
Community Action Network
Forgotten Harvest
GreenPath Financial Wellness
Growing Hope
HighScope Educational Research Foundation
House by the Side of the Road
Huron River Watershed Council
Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor
Lighthouse of Oakland County
Michigan Community Resources
Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency
National Network of Depression Centers
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency
Packard Health
School Community Health Alliance of Michigan
SOS Community Services
Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy
Student Advocacy Center
The Corner Health Center
The NOAH Project
We the People Opportunity Center
Ypsilanti Freighthouse
Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels
ACCESS Community Health & Research Center
Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation
Ann Arbor Meals on Wheels
Ann Arbor YMCA
Arab American National Museum
The Ark
Avalon Housing
CAN's Bryant Community Center
Center for Automotive Research
Center for Community Based Enterprise (C2BE)
Child Care Network
Community Resource Center, Inc.
The Corner Health Center
Detroit Institute for Arts
Educate Youth
Ele's Place
Foundations Preschool of Washtenaw County
Fresh Start Clubhouse
Girls on the Run of Southeastern Michigan
Henry Ford Learning Institute
Jewish Family Services
Junior League of Ann Arbor
Metro Solutions
Michigan Community Health Workers Alliance (MiCHWA)
Michigan Community Resources
North Rosedale Park Civic Association
Packard Health
Riverside Arts Center
Shelter Association of Washtenaw County
Sinai-Grace Guild CDC
Southwest Solutions
SOS Community Services
Student Advocacy Center of Michigan
United Way of Washtenaw County
Wayne County Safe
Aid in Milan
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washtenaw County
Child Care Network
Community Family Learning Centers
Community Resource Center, Inc.
Corner Health Center
Entrepreneurship Center at Washtenaw Community College
Faith in Action
Food Gatherers
Foundations Preschool of Washtenaw County
Growing Hope
HighScope Educational Research Foundation
Home of New Vision
Hope Medical Clinic, Inc.
Mentor 2 Youth
Michigan Ability Partners
Michigan Advocacy Program
Milan Seniors for Healthy Living
Peace Neighborhood Center
Shelter Association of Washtenaw County
UMHS Housing Bureau for Seniors
Arab American National Museum
A Beautiful Me
Apple Playschools
Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education
Bravo Foundation
Build Institute
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County
Detroit Skating Club
FLY Children's Art Center
FoodLab Detroit
Forgotten Harvest
Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit
New Center Community Services
SOS Community
The Breakfast at St. Andrew's
The Pink Fund
The Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan
Vanguard Community Development Corporation
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Avalon Housing, Inc.
Cancer Support Community of Greater Ann Arbor
Community Action Network
Dawn Farm
Ecology Center
Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley
Huron River Watershed Council
Leslie Science & Nature Center
Neutral Zone
Ozone House
Slow Food Huron Valley
The Corner Health Center
The Dispute Resolution Center
Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels
Here's what they said about Leadership DELI and its impact on their organization:
"It was great. We took so many things back to our org and will be implementing over time. Most useful was probably making the connection between value prop/business model/vision/plan."
"That we are actually on track and already doing a majority of the lessons outlined. Learn how to maximize our existing work and processes."
"Appreciated these courses very much! Like the courses on Tuesdays so we had Monday to get caught up on the weekend and set up success for our class the next day. Great trainers and food! Thank you so very much for making this a possibility and all of your hard work."
"The session on training was life changing for our organization. I am much better at explaining things now."
"That persistence is key. And being a leader in whatever areas you are working, matters to the overall effort. It takes the whole team and doesn't fall to one person or role."