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Shiny Black Tiger Streak 28 Inches Hunting Arrows
Archery Target is a traditional part of our life. There are two categories of archery profession. One group is sporting part and another is hunting profession. The hunter like to hunt deer, bear etc for their professional ambition. To make the good target on adventure life, they need to lot of practice. That helps their hand more strong to perfectly hunt their perspective animal. For this hunting, arrows are very necessary. One of the popular brand – Shiny Black offer 26 to 34 inches size of hunting arrows. Shiny Black TigerStreak 28 Inches hunting arrow is key for all level of the user. Fiberglass used 28 inches premium arrows great joy to use with recurve bow for hunting. 360-degree rotatable nocks with all fletchers. Also, support all capture arrow rest and arrows target. All brand has not included this feature. More than screw tips help you to self-remove from the target. Only 2 pounds weighted too easy to release and keep practice longer. One of the best recurve bow for hunting recommended by expert users.
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- 360 degrees rotatable nocks (fits even all-capture arrow rests) for any fletching alignment
- Nocked, fletched, inserted and ready to shoot. For draw weight up to 50#.
- Extraordinary durability for extended use.
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Features of TigerStreak 28 Inches Hunting Arrows:
To make your hunting profession smarter, you need stylish arrows like Shiny Black Brand. TigerStreak 28 inches arrow develop your skill with good hunting bows. The customer reviews the arrow positive for recurve bow hunting. 3.1 rating feedback come from their user experience. Some light features notes written in below for buying your tips:
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Q: Can this tips remove?
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Q: Will this break if use compound bow?
A: No, The arrows are built in strong and good quality made. Actually, the problem is to use a compound bow. Because it not flies properly and shot not measure the target point.
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Bentwood Box - Cedar 8"
This stunning bentwood box is handcrafted by Squamish First Nation artist Peter Wayne Gong. This Box is handmade from Red and Yellow Cedar. Each box is unique and might differ from the ones in the photos.
Bentwood boxes we made to hold history, store regalia and other treasured items. These boxes of treasure help preserve ancestor's legacies. Traditional boxes are steamed and bent Red Cedar.
Measurements: 8" x 8" x 7.6"
Shipping Charges not set in stone for larger pieces, as we do have to charge accordingly for insurance purposes. We will contact you for additional charge for insurance. Sorry for any inconvenience.


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WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Slammed with swelling rents and a lack of new affordable housing, uptown residents demanded answers on why reasonably priced residences are so hard to come by and called the city's initiatives a mere "drop in the bucket" at a forum this week.
Residents, activists, elected officials and preservation officials voiced concerns about an affordable housing crisis above 155th Street at Community Board 12's Housing Task Force meeting Thursday. They cited problems with rent control reforms, landlords, hard-to-navigate red tape, alleged discrimination against minorities and problems accessing Section 8.
Department of Housing Preservation and Development officials — including assistant commissioner Bill Carbine and spokesman Eric Bederman — stressed that with little land available in upper Manhattan, the department uses different tactics to foster affordable housing. Those include city programs meant to protect and promote rent stabilization, and loans and tax breaks to landlords who keep affordable units or charge elderly and disabled tenants stabilized rents rather than market rates.
The big problem, Bederman said, boils down to simple economics. Upper Manhattan is priced well below market, so its attractiveness to lower and middle income New Yorkers has made it increasingly unlivable.
"The irony is that it does push rents higher," he said.
Jeanie Dubnau, of the Riverside Edgecombe Neighbors Association, slammed the department's efforts.
"WIth all due respect to the people from HPD, I have to say, you have not addressed the problem," she said. "The fact is, rent regulated housing is not affordable."
Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez joined in the criticism of the agency, saying that he and CB12 have long asked the Bloomberg administration — which in 2004 promised money for 165,000 new affordable housing units — whether funds were still available, noting that only 138 such units had been built in CB12 since the mayor's affordable housing plan was enacted.
"Our issue right now isn't [about] having land," he said.


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Having a treasured jewelry or any other important object drop down your drain is the last thing you want to happen to you. Occasionally, you can happen to flush or rinse your earring, wedding ring, or anything then can fit through the sink all the way down to the drains. Losing an item into a sink does not mean that the object is gone forever; you can always get it back if you do a proper pursuit. Whether an item has fell down the sink in your kitchen or bathroom, or into a floor drain inside your shower, removing such items can be done with an almost the same method.
This process can help you in getting back whatever you have dropped into your drains, provided it is soon enough that it has not been washed down to the sewer line.
Shut off the water
The first thing you should do in case an item falls into your sinks to stop the water from flowing in there as soon as possible. This helps prevent the object from being washed away before you get it, which can easily be the case if the water is still flowing and flooding the drains.
Remove the drain plug
If the item can still be seen at the bottom of the sink, you should remove the drain plug to retrieve it. Start by lifting the cap and supporting it to prevent it from closing on you. Then, descent to the sink and look for the pivot arm attached to the plug. In most cases, there is a nut that you should loosen to be able to do this, although it is not so tight so that you can do this with one hand. After separating the pivot from the plug, the latter can come off quickly.
Retrieve your object correctly
The next step is about deciding the right tools to get the object from the bottom of the drain. Some materials are easily removed with a magnetic telescoping rod, for example, if they are metallic. If the object is made of gold or silver, then you may have to use a grasping tool, with attached prongs to grip the object. The best part is that these tools are readily available in almost every hardware store, and they do not cost much as well. If you do not have the proper tool to get your item from the drain, you can devise an apparatus, may be from a cloth hanger, but be careful not to push the object further and make the work harder for you.
In other instances, an item could fall into a sink with a P-trap. The P-trap is a U-shape bent pipe for preventing the awful smell from rising from the drain into your house. In such sinks, most items settle at the bottom of this curve, and getting them back may necessitate removing the P-trap. In the case of a bathroom sink, you can get it yourself; if it is still visible. However, if it was washed further and you cannot see it, you may need to call a plumber to get it for you.
To remove the P-trap, you should start by locating the drain plug. Then put a bucket beneath to trap water that may pour down, and remove it. If your P-trap has nuts, unscrew them and let it come off, but if there are not nuts, it means it should be cut, and this may call for the need of a plumber to disassemble it.
It is not a guarantee that all items will be retrieved from a sink, although quite often than not, people get them before they go far enough to be lost. However, if you are not lucky enough, you may lose it altogether. It is important to call in a plumber anyway, especially if you are still hopeful that your item is still within reach. You may not be in a position to see it, but with a professional and the necessary tools, the unexpected could happen, and you get your item back.
Quite often people lose their treasured and expensive items down the drains and sewers, but most of them are lucky to retrieve them. Remember to put everything back together as it initially was for a proper functioning of your sink.


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Hole-In-the-Mountain Peak Climber's Log
gimpilator - Jul 18, 2016 6:35 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 201637 peaks in 19 days
There was bad weather for weeks in WA so Heather and I drove through OR, CA, NV, UT, and ID. We climbed 37 peaks in 19 days and on the 11th day of the trip we did Hole in the Mountain Peak. We could see from where we parked that the couloir had snow in it. This peak proved to be a little harder than the some of the others on our list. We saw 3 mother goats near the summit and one kid. trip report
apachedino - Jul 13, 2015 1:36 pm Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2015Unexpectadly nice.
Lizzie's basin is a very pretty area with abundant goat and grouse. I also unexpectadly saw 2 pika, a hummingbird and a beaver. I certainly didnt think of seeing them deep in Nevada. Maybe here, the Rubies and Great Basin National I suppose. I made the drive about 700 vertical feet higher than the 2WD point posted in an old Subaru and think most higher clearance cars could as well. There is a small flat spot to park on the right by a large rock outcropping before you most definitely will need high clearance and very likely 4 low. Driving in this takes over a mile off and just leaves the steepest section to walk. Only very minor bushwaking is necessary if you can follow the trail from the upper lot to just below the cliffs as stated, dont turn down an elk trail too soon. You can make it, but will have to crouch throught the dense aspens alot more.
scgrant - Jul 26, 2014 1:16 am Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2014Hole in the Mountain Peak
Great hike. I started hiking at the FS boundary sign, not wanting to beat my truck up the last 1.5 miles of rough road. From the end of the road there was some bushwhacking involved to get into Lizzie's Basin, but not too bad. Still some lingering snow and there were several streams flowing pretty good down through the basin. The route up the gully to the saddle was steep, yet very convenient as the rest of the basin is a fortress. Very cool area, I think I took more pictures on this hike than any other I have done in a while.
seano - May 29, 2014 2:40 pm Date Climbed: May 25, 2014Snow climb
Half-day slush-climb from the east. The ridge to the hole is, unfortunately, blocked by an impasse just south of the summit. Trip report.
Dean - Sep 17, 2013 2:03 pm Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2013Neat feature
The hole is visible from the highway below and makes this one an interesting area. Drove up to Lizzie's basin (tough on vehicle)
and hiked to the peak with Dennis Poulin and Ken Jones. Great views.
joseyinnet - Jul 17, 2012 2:08 am Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2012hometown peak
Living in Wells for the summer, so I decided I had to climb the mountain I see everyday from my door. Really fun climb, quite a bit harder than most hikes and had flies bugging me the entire way, but completely worth it!
boisedoc - Aug 11, 2009 8:59 am Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2009great peak
very pretty area. Lots of scrub brush to negotiate in the basin. Saw some Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goats
reboyles - Jun 1, 2008 6:03 pm Date Climbed: May 31, 2008Good fun in Nevada
An easy approach and great scenery makes this a fun climb.


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Hi-Way Drive-In
41339 N. US Highway 41,
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Architects: Irving M. Karlin
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This very modest and now-forgotten outdoor theatre was located on busy US 41 and IL 173 in Newport Township. It was only open for one season, the summer of 1950, and was managed by a James E. McGrain. The box office was a small wooden structure, and the smallish south-facing screen was mounted on separate metal stanchions and was open at the bottom. The main building, of white-painted concrete block, contained the two-story projection booth, concessions and comfort stations; it remains today.
In 1950, the Hi-Way Drive-In was in a sparsely-populated area and the builder may have been hoping for more business from the passing traffic on US 41. After the Hi-Way Drive-In closed on September 30, 1950, the theatre property remained silent for about five years and then was sold to Hy Brosten who opened an auto salvage yard, using the old Hi-Way Drive-In main building as headquarters. The Hi-Way's screen structure and box office did remain in place for another fifteen years or so, though both began looking a bit more forlorn with each passing season until their eventual demolition about twenty years after the Hi-Way Drive-In had screened its final feature. (Any information on the Hi-Way Drive-In Theatre is welcome.)
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The Hi-Way Drive-In Theatre's architect was Irving M. Karlin of Chicago, Illinois, who brought it in for a construction cost of $90,000. The capacity was listed as 628 cars. Opening day was July 1, 1950. By September, 1950, the admission price had been reduced to 55 cents.
(Antioch [IL] News, August 10, 1950)
New Hi-Way Theatre To Open
Grand opening of the Hi-Way Outdoor theater, located at Rte. 173 on Skokie highway, just south of the state line, has been set for tonight, according to James E. Mc- Grain, manager of the new theater.
The latest developments in motion picture sound and projection equipment and a new type screen designed to furnish the best in outdoor movie entertainment have been incorporated into the open air movie palace.
Knowledge gained in more than 150 years of combined movie and entertainment experience by the operators of the theater insure sound selection of programs and smooth, courteous service to the patrons.
McGrain's experience includes operation of the Barrison theater in Waukegan during the halcyon nickelodeon days, management of legitimate theater road troupes, and motion picture promotion.
Something new in outdoor movie concessions will be the hot plate lunches to be served patrons in their cars.
Well-balanced menus of tempting, inexpensive meals will make it possible for the entire famiy to enjoy a holiday at the movies.
Ahead on Waukegan Drive-In (Boxoffice, June 24, 1950)
Construction of a drive-in being erected by Highway Amusement Enterprises, Inc. at the intersection of Routes 173 and 41 near here, is expected to be completed about July 1. With a capacity of 628 cars, the open-air theatre will cost approximately $90,000. The projection booth is to be located atop the concession stand. Irving M. Karlin, Chicago architect, designed the drive-in.
Drive-In Near Waukegan Forced Into Receivership (Boxoffice, March 10, 1951)
George May has been named receiver for the Highway Amusement Enterprises, Inc., operators of the Highway (sic) Outdoor Theatre here, and four other defendants in a mechanics lien proceeding.
Listed as co-defendants in the $65,000 mechanics lien proceedings are the Midwest Theatre Service and Equipment Co., Irving S. Karlin, architect and secretary of the operating corporation; John Selby, screen erection engineer; and Staben and Hooper, consulting engineers. May will safeguard the assets of the firms bringing liens against the theatre property which was constructed last fall.
Remarkably, research shows that after its opening at 7:30 pm CDT on Thursday, August 10, 1950 with Ray Milland and Rosalind Russell in "A Woman of Distinction", the Hi-Way Outdoor Theatre near Wadsworth, Illinois was only open for a total of fifty-one days before it closed forever on Saturday, September 30, 1950 and fell into decades of disrepair. This may be some sort of a record in the realm of theatre failures. A guess as to the reason: the Hi-Way was then far removed from population centers. Its promoters may have made the assumption that enough cars on busy US 41 would spot the Hi-Way and make a quick decision to pull in for a double feature and that IL 173 would supply patrons from the east and west. Still, the immediate area was then lightly populated and the incorporated communities on 173 were somewhat distant. Also a time difference with Wisconsin – two miles north – may have mattered. Wisconsin didn't then observe Daylight Saving Time and for Wisconsinites the Hi-Way opened at 6:30 PM CST. The far more deluxe Keno Family Outdoor Theatre was between Kenosha – ten miles distant – and the Hi-Way, which few Kenoshans knew of as the Hi-Way didn't advertise in Kenosha.
The economic realities must have set in rather quickly. In a move to stay afloat, a new adult admission price of 55 cents was announced for Sunday, August 27, 1950. Children were still admitted free. The double feature that night was "Bride for Sale" with Claudette Colbert, Robert Young and George Brent plus "Singing Guns" with Vaughn Monroe.
It all ended on Saturday, September 30, 1950. "Three Came Home" with Claudette Colbert and "Sand" with Mark Stevens made up the final program. There's no record on how many of the Hi-Way's 500 parking spaces (some sources say 628) were occupied. The Hi-Way's final ad in the Waukegan News-Sun in announcing what was called its "final performance of the 1950 season" thanked all its patrons for their past patronage and that they were "looking forward to seeing you all in the spring."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some facts on the Hi-Way Outdoor Theatre: Eugene Regenauer of 148 Fulton Ave. in Waukegan was the general contractor. The Hi-Way's Magnascreen tower was 44 by 60 feet in size; the water-cooled projectors had 4-inch lenses and were elevated to avoid keystoning. Special emphasis was made on food service; Hi-Way patrons were handed menus upon entering the theatre and employees pushing insulated carts would deliver meals to the parked cars. In the Hi-Way's main "Restaurant Building" one could order full dinners of Southern-fried chicken, barbecued baby pork spareribs, fish-and-chips or chopped steak at prices from 85 cents to $1.10. Children were always admitted free.
All throughout its too-short 51-day life the theatre's motto was "Drive Over and Drive In". Today that sounds like a tacit admission that even at its opening the unfortunate Hi-Way Outdoor Theatre was a bit isolated. Too distant to attract enough of those patrons who otherwise could have enjoyed its amenities and made it a lasting success.
The HI-WAY's final performance for the 1950 season, its first and last, was on Saturday, September 30th. Admission was $0.55 including tax; children under 12 were admitted free, and the final two features were "Three Came Home" with Claudette Colbert, and "Sand" with Mark Stevens, Colleen Gray and Rory Calhoun.
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BCIT establishing a stronger international relationship with its partner institutions
two BCIT staff members has strengthened BCIT's international relationship with partner institutions and helped enrich the academic experience for domestic students.
The trip was taken in late 2012 by Tracy Wang, the business development manager for BCIT International, and Pommashea Noel-Bently, vice president of external relations.
The purpose of the visit was to welcome new students enrolled in the international programs at the partner institutions.
"It is the most important event overseas, even more than convocation, since it is hard to get into post-secondary institutions," explained Wang in an email interview with The Link.
For nearly 10 years Wang has been working with BCIT International and has been the business development manager for five. She has been visiting the partner institutions since 2008.
"I have witnessed impressive progress that our partner institutions have achieved through partnering with BCIT," said Wang.
Four of BCIT's Chinese partner institutes in Tianjin, Chengdu, Nanning, and Whenzhou were visited on this trip, and BCIT has established international programs in mechanical [pullquote]The number of international students has more than doubled in 2012.[/pullquote]engineering and computer systems technology in these cities.
According to Wang the number of international students has more than doubled in 2012 in comparison to the number of international students at BCIT in 2007.
The school is now host to 2,035 students from over 86 countries, with students from China contributing to one third of BCIT's international students.
"These partnerships have been of great value to the institute as a whole," says Wang, "attracting international students, generating international revenues, creating a multicultural environment in BCIT by blending foreign students in our classrooms."
Wang and Noel-Bentley also used the trip to plan for the BCIT Student Ambassador programs scheduled for the summer.
One of these programs allows over 200 BCIT students and faculty members from mechanical engineering, business, and computer technology to participate in a two week program. Students take part in activities such as tutoring and teaching English at one of BCIT's partner institutions in China or South Korea. "It provides [our students with] the opportunities for acquiring academic, cultural and social experiences," explained Wang.
In the future, Wang and BCIT International plan on strengthening their already existing partnerships with Asia and South America and building an international relationship with other regions such as Indonesia, Thailand and Turkey.
"BCIT now seems to have a mandate to keep up, so that our programs can still be at the leading edge, otherwise our advantages will no longer be sustained within the next five years," asserted Wang.[hr]


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Basics of SADL Query
SADL = Service Adaption Definition Language.
A SADL query is a type of query that targets the database directly, and exposes all the required information to the UI.
Have you ever wonder why some OWL UIs have the "S" prefix, like COD_Account_SOWL? Yes… because they are SADL-based.
SADL queries are very useful, because they're very easy to configure and very powerful at the same time. You can e.g. access your extension fields if your SADL query is based on a standard BO. You just need to create it via UI designer.
How to use a SADL query?
Once created, you just have to define the selection, basic find, and result fields.
Selection: fields to be available on the Find Forms, i.e. you can use to filter the result set.
Basic Find: the SearchText DataField will work for all the fields you check this column. For instance, if you check "Name" and "ID", you'll be able to search for both values via basic find.
Result: every field checked will go to the target DataList (your actual list exposed to the UI).
Some limitations:
- You cannot use SADL queries in ECs.
- You cannot re-use the query somewhere else.
- You cannot execute the query via ABSL.


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Pop the just one large golden egg into your mouth to enjoy its light and creamy aftertaste and delicate almond aromas. A favourite amongst caviar connoisseurs with a reputation even higher than that of most Iranian/Russian Beluga.
15+ years old Huso Dauricus
sturgeons – 3.2 to 3.6 mm eggs
Direct from the Caspian sea, this aptly named caviar is the definitive choice for those wanting nothing but the finest. Less than 10% of the Oscietra sturgeons caught in this sea are given the name Imperial, which still doesn't do justice to its silky texture, earthy-nut taste and long finish.
12+ years old Acipenser
Gueldenstaedtii sturgeons – 2.8 mm eggs
Appreciated by both connoisseurs and newcomers alike, these anthracite-coloured eggs with chestnut overtures are just waiting to be enjoyed. The fine membrane quickly relinquishes to subtle woody notes and hazelnut flavours.
7+ years old Acipenser Baerii
sturgeons – 2.6 mm eggs
This salmon is of the highest quality with sweet and delicate aromas, and a firm and light texture.
The very pale flesh of this salmon is due to its diet which consists mainly of herring. It is smoked over beechwood for a powerful aroma and a generously creamy texture.
Our flavored salmon uses the loin of the salmon, which is the center cut of the fish once reserved for the Russian Tzars. Uniform in thickness, flavorful, this is the meatier cut of the salmon.
Extra Virgin olive oil with white or black truffles.
A clear and smooth extra virgin oil to flavor your hot or cold dishes. Perfect for drizzling over salads or for extra tasty mashed potatoes, pasta, risotto. A lovely addition to any cheese, meat or fish dish.
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Butter cream with black truffle.
Ideal for enhancing all your dishes; pasta and white meat, this butter cream with black truffle is also delicious simply spread on gourmet toast.
Guerande grey salt with summer truffle.
The unique union of Guérande white gold and summer truffles, the perfect way to add a touch of truffle to any meal.
With its delicate aromas, goose foie gras is more subtle than its duck counterpart. Its creamy texture is well balanced with the faint hint of bitterness.
Combine it with Black Truffles for a unique tasting experience.
A more rustic texture and flavour, almost gamy, the earthier and more pronounced taste of duck liver make it a unique product.
The unique mix of spices (cinnamon, cloves, cardamon) reveals its original flavor.
Also referred to as « Saint John's Truffle », its outer appearance is similar to that of the melanosporum, although it may grow to be larger and firmer. Its white-veined flesh ranges in color from yellow to grey. It is harvested from the same truffle fields as the melanosporum. It is also cultivated in Spain and Italy.
"Truffe de la Saint Jean" Tuber Aestivum – Season: from May to August
Also known as the « Grey Truffle ». With an appearance and skin similar to that of the summer truffle, its shape is most often round and its flesh takes on a chocolate hue streaked with white veins at maturity. As its name would indicate, this truffle grows in Burgundy, but also in Champagne, Lorraine and Franche-Comté. However, it grows first and foremost in Italy.
"Grey truffle" Tuber Uncinatum – Season: from December to January
Also called the « Musky Truffle » Its size rarely exceeds that of an egg. Compared to the Melanosporum Truffle, its black skin has no glints of red and is easy to remove once scrubbed. In maturity its dark grey flesh contains white veins that are more pronounced but fewer in number than the melanosporum. It grows in an environment similar to the Melanosporum and during the same period.
"Musky Truffle" Tuber Brumale – Season: from December to March
The most renowned truffle of all because of the richness and complexity of its flavor.
Grown in the south of France, but also in Spain, Australia and Italy, it is one of the most popular truffles. More or less round in shape, this truffle may reach, or even exceed, the size of an apple, although its weight does not usually surpass the 60g mark. Its skin bears pyramid-shaped scales and the colour of the flesh changes from grey to a black with fine white veins when mature. A good truffle should be firm to the touch.
"Perigord truffle" Tuber Melanosporum – Season: from December to March
Also known as the « Piedmont Truffle », its skin is smooth and yellow. Its flesh can vary from white to reddish brown, with fine white veins. It gives off a scent of garlic or shallot. This truffle prefers moist, humid areas and chiefly grows in northern and central Italy, and to a lesser extent in Croatia.
"Truffe d' Alba" Tuber Magnatum – Season: from October to December


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In the last three chapters in this Online Book I detailed how we download weather information and analyze it to plan our cruises out as much as two weeks from forecast time.
And, as I said at the end of the last chapter, if you simply want to leave it at that you will still have way safer and more fun cruises and voyages than the many cruisers who just look at a small GRIB covering their immediate area.
But for those who want to put in the effort to take their weather-related cruise and voyage planning to the next level, there is one more step: Gaining an understanding of how the upper levels of the atmosphere affect surface weather...yes, I'm writing about the 500-mb reports and prognosis.
OK, I'm not going to kid you. Gaining a useful understanding of the 500-mb charts and GRIBs is one of the tougher intellectual challenges I have taken on.
Not Just For The High Latitudes
By the way, some say that upper-level analysis is only applicable for those of us who sail in the upper-mid latitudes and high latitudes. That may, or may not, have been true once, but these days, particularly in winter, we are frequently seeing upper-level strong-wind-belt troughs that reach down as far as 25 degrees, or occasionally even lower, resulting in mid-latitude-type gales in the tradewind belts where winter passages are made by yachts.
In fact, some years ago, Phyllis and I took a nasty caning well south of Bermuda because of one of these south-digging upper-level troughs, and the same system reversed the tradewinds and caused havoc as far south as the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean, well below 20 N.
Why I Use The 500-mb Chart
Whenever I mention using the 500-mb charts, someone is bound to accuse me of an inflated ego—just imagine...me? How could they think that?—because clearly (they say) I think that I can out-analyze the models and the professional forecasts in determining what will happen at the surface by looking at the upper-level situation.
To which I say...in my most genteel way...bullshit. I may be deluded about some things, but I clearly understand that I'm just not that smart.
Rather, I have two reasons for looking at 500-mb information:
An Uncluttered View
First off, it's a great way for me to take a clear and uncluttered look at weather trends, particularly in the mid and high latitudes, without getting confused by the details—the reason I look at the 500 mb is exactly because I'm not smart enough to see the big picture when confronted with too much detail.
In fact, the 500-mb forecast is kind of like the view from 35,000 feet, as business people are wont to say these days...actually, it's the view from 18,503.94 feet—wow, I crack myself up¹.
Identification of Dangerous Stuff
My second reason for using the 500-mb charts is that they warn me of potentially dangerous weather in a way that looking at the surface charts does not.
OK, please lock in and read slowly and carefully, as this is the most important part of this chapter, maybe of the whole Online Book:
Weather forecasts, whether created by a computer in the form of a model, or by a meteorologist looking at a group of models, are only the most likely of several possible scenarios.
And, as we get further from forecast time, the probability of a completely different scenario happening goes up...a lot.
But the cool thing is that by looking at the 500-mb forecast, we can see situations developing that will sometimes create un-forecast dangerous weather.
And this in turn allows us to think ahead about what we will do if one of the alternative scenarios develops.
And better still, we can, using this information, make changes to our plans well ahead of time. For example, we might:
- If coastal cruising, hurry through an area with no snug anchorages.
- If at sea, change our routing to get further away from, or at least on the safer side of, a potentially dangerous developing upper-level feature.
Sifting Sources of 500-mb Knowledge
So what do we need to learn so that we can use the 500-mb charts to plan safer and more fun cruises, and where should we look for that knowledge?
To answer that, I have just finished reading, or rereading, several dense weather texts, including a couple suggested by commenters as a possible source of upper-level understanding, which is why this post has been delayed a bit. Never let it be said that I don't go the extra mile for our members.
Based on that effort, I have bad news and good news:
Making it Easy...OK, Easier
Let's start with the good. I'm going to share a list of the knowledge we need to focus in on to get competent at planning with upper-level charts. Sort of a study guide that will save you wading through, or at least trying to fully understand and memorize, a huge amount of brain-busting stuff that, while interesting and sometimes useful, you don't need to know for our purposes here.


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Russian anti-government activists marked President Vladimir Putin's 68th birthday Wednesday by hanging LGBT flags from key government buildings in Moscow.
Pussy Riot said it hung the rainbow flags on the facades of "the most important symbols of Russian statehood."
The anti-Kremlin punk rock group shared photos of its members installing the LGBT flags on the Federal Security Service (FSB), district police, Supreme Court and Culture Ministry buildings. Two journalists were detained during the process, Pussy Riot said.
The group listed a set of demands, including the legalization of same-sex "partnerships," an end to discrimination against LGBT Russians and investigations into the reported kidnappings and killings of LGBT members in the ultraconservative republic of Chechnya. The group also called for the repeal of Russia's controversial law banning homosexual "propaganda" toward minors.
"We give this rainbow to everyone as a symbol of the missing love and freedom," Pussy Riot said on its Facebook page.
Meanwhile, unknown individuals have hung a pro-Putin banner from the building opposite the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, according to the Mash Telegram channel, which is said to have links with Russian security services.
"Happy bday president number one," reads the two-story-tall sign in capital letters with a photo of Putin donning an army jacket.
The Kremlin said Putin plans to spend his 68th birthday at work with around a dozen scheduled phone conversations with foreign and domestic figures. He will spend the rest of the day with family and friends.
Last year, Putin spent his 67th birthday hiking and mushroom-gathering in the Siberian mountains with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.


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Jessie: In New Hampshire feeling grateful for handknit wool socks.
Since March is Women's History Month I wanted to ask each Wicked which is her favorite historical female figure and why?
Edith: So many women to choose from, so little time! I'm going with Lucretia Coffin Mott. A nineteenth century Quaker born on Nantucket, she was a leader in both the abolitionist and women's suffrage movements. At a hundred pounds and barely five feet tall, she founded the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, and also co-wrote the Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 for the first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, which ignited the fight for women's suffrage. She risked life and reputation living as a risky Friend even while raising five children. I can only wish to be so brave.
Liz: As a former journalist I've always been fascinated by Nellie Bly, the investigative journalist who went undercover in a mental institution to expose abuse and mistreatment. She was a pioneer in the investigative journalism field, and her book about what happened on Blackwell's Island caused major reform.
Julie: Liz, your post brings Ida B. Wells to mind–another reporter, civil rights activist and amazing woman. For so long, too long, women's stories (and stories of people of color) have not been part of the narrative, so I love this topic. Abigail Adams was an amazing woman, close advisor to her husband John, mother of John Quincy. When I was very young I read a biography of Deborah Sampson, a woman who disguised herself as a man so she could fight in the Revolutionary War. BTW, the History Chicks is a great podcast on this subject.
Jessie: One of my favorites is Victoria Woodhull. She ran for POTUS before women had won the right to vote. She opened the first female owned stock brokerage in the history of the nation. She fought for reproductive rights for women in a time when printing educational information about contraception was considered immoral and by the Comstock Law illegal. But she wasn't a saint, by any means. She was a con artist and a grifter who was not above using any means necessary to further her own interests. She was complex, whip-smart and someone I wish I oculd have met. I highly recommend a book about her life and that of her beloved sister Tennie, The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suggrage and Scandal in the Gilded Age by Myra MacPherson.
Sherry: I'm going with Louisa May Alcott. I read Little Women while I was in elementary school and immediately fell in love. After we moved to Massachusetts visiting Orchard House, where Louisa lived the longest, became one of my favorite things to do. While Louisa is widely know for Little Women she wrote thirty books. She also was a nurse during the Civil War and adopted May's daughter after May died. When Louisa was fifteen she vowed to save her family from poverty and she did.
Barb: I am loving "Overlooked," The New York Times column telling the stories of accomplished people who didn't receive obituaries in the Times when they died. Many of them were women and/or people of color. They are almost uniformly fascinating. People truly are amazing. Given my previous life working in software startups, I find myself most drawn to the stories of female entrepreneurs. Here are two of them.
- Mary Ellen Pleasant was born into slavery. She said she wrote the note found in John Brown's pocket when he was hanged, and she contributed $30,000–$900,000 in today's money–to fund the attack on Harper's Ferry. And that's just a small part of her remarkable life. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/mary-ellen-pleasant-overlooked.html
- Bette Nesmith Graham was an artist who earned a living as an executive secretary. She combined those skills to invent Liquid Paper, and built the company that produced it until she sold it to Gillette for $47.5 million. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/obituaries/bette-nesmith-graham-overlooked.html
Readers, which historical female figure do you most admire?


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Zero Days Review – The Ultimate Cyber Warfare Thriller
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- Published on Saturday, 09 July 2016 14:36
- Written by Janet Walker
Zero Days, from Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media, presents a documentary of stunning implications as it exposes the discovery of the highly classified Stuxnet computer code designed to destroy nuclear arsenals of enemy nation-states through computer viruses.
A documentary directed by Alex Gibney, Zero Days features a who's who of international high level U.S., Russian, German, Israeli Mossad and NSA officials including Colonel Gary D. Brown, Richard A. Clarke, General Michael Hayden, Olli Heinonen, Chris Inglis, Vitaly Kamluk, Eugene Kaspersky, Emad Kiyaei, Ralph Langner, Rolf Moowatt-Larssen, Sean Paul McGurk, Yossi Melman, Gary Samore, David Sanger, Yuval Steinitz, Sergey Ulasen and Major General Amos Yadin along with tech experts Eric Chien and Liam O'Murchu from the anti-virus company Symantec.
Stuxnet is the brainchild of a genius developer who along with other Mossad and high level NSA officials developed a complex computer virus that could, from the comfort of Washington or Israel, destroy the entire centrifuges of the Iranian nuclear capabilities.
Zero Days opens with repeated refusals by political officials from around the world to discuss Stuxnet. Soon after they cut to the tech guys who begin the explanation of the times and seasons.
Iranian, the enemy of Israel, not a friend of the U.S. under the leadership of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had nearly all they needed to build nuclear weapons and had made their position on destroying sworn enemy Israel very clear.
Given the chance they would launch a nuclear attack. Armed with this information, the Israelis, in order to protect themselves from the madness of Ahmadinejad, developed in association with the United States, a computer virus that could be launched and would essentially melt down the machines spreading the virus into the centrifuges and rendering the nuclear program void.
Okay. So back to the discovery. Cyberwarfare, for the masters of their domains, the protectors of nations and defenders of the cyber universe, is the next frontier.
Stuxnet was discovered in 2011, like Watergate, by accident. Sergey Ulasen, an antivirus expert in Belarus, was responding to tech support from his Iranian customers as their computers were instantly, and without cause, shutting down.
Unable to decipher the cause, he shared the information on tech/nerdiest type bulletin boards hoping to gather some input from the world best anti-virus detectives.
Symantec, the makers of Norton Virus Protection software, monitored the chat boards and Eric Chien and Liam O'Murchu, employees of the Santa Monica company, saw it as a puzzle. A computer code puzzle.
Computer code, for anyone who understand HTML understands coding even on the most basic level has a beginning and an end. The Stuxnet code went on for at least 40 lines. Chien and O'Murchu, were so intrigued they looked for common values within the code and found the word "Stux" and "Next" which is how it was named.
According to the two, Stuxnet was too complex, too perfect and too expansive to be any of the usual hacking categories: the simple hacker in the basement looking for self-gratification at his level of technology capabilities; the hacktivist or cause related hackers, and then criminal hackers who want passwords, bank accounts.
Stuxnet, the two soon realized, by process of elimination belonged to a nation state. Somewhere, a technology program belonging to a government had developed a program that could destroy infrastructures of the world. As Zero Days continues it is revealed Stuxnet was an unknown massive military program titled Olympic Games.
Olympic Games could shut down critical infrastructure grids, compromise of all transportation, ground and air, electrical power grids, massive black outs, manipulated stock markets around the world, banking infrastructures, hospitals, elevators, essentially this program could wipe out and destroy entire nations infrastructure systems, which was the goal. Crippling the Iranian power structure was the motivation.
And in fact as we spoke during the media day to Eric Chien, from Symantec, he explained that scenario had been played out and the only way they got beyond it was when they modernized to computer power grids they left the old manual override system in place and when the lights went out basically they flipped the main power switch and everything came back on.
Simultaneously, Iranian nuclear scientists were being killed in record numbers, terrorism within Iran's own borders had increased and while it was setting the program back, the centrifuges were so solidly protected so that the program could not be dismantled unless they were destroyed.
Zero Daysreveals the who, what and when of how this malware virus, created pre-2006 including R & D as it was revealed to White House officials, how it came to life, was used and how with the hope of just terminating the entire Iranian Nuclear program in what would be considered a self-made meltdown, which was coded into the virus program through what is known as a Zero Day, the program was exposed.
Essentially, the nation-states, the U.S. and Israel, behind the high classified Stuxnet program were exposed due to an overzealous attempt to create the definitive moment or the pinnacle of destruction from the ultimate computer virus ever developed.
This is not uncommon. For anyone who understands the mind of a developer, and the limitless capabilities and liberty under government sanctioned technology development, will tell you once a program is deemed usable and performs with some level of accuracy program developers, like terror integrators, work to increase the program's capabilities.
For instance a detectable under the skin, RFID implant is modified, as a salivating, glassy eyed, program developer explains the next level, to an undetectable molar implant upping the spy game to a virtual streaming from a 24/7 information relay.
Zero Days details the discovery of the cyber weapon Stuxnet, a self-directed nation state developed malware virus created to destroy Iran's nuclear program through virus spreading cyber warfare. The program was developed by allies Israel and US and Israel upped the capabilities which lead to the discovery of its existence by the anti-bug team at Symantec.
Zero Days is a cyber cat and mouse thriller with stunning revelations and shocking ramifications. Filmmakers take the cameras inside NSA, Mossad, Russian and other allied cyber facilities.
The documentary is complex, staggering, mind-blowing and shocking. Then one realizes all the cloak and dagger clandestine attempts at secrecy by the high level officials could be, in reality, a smoke screen for something probably more sinister.
Zero Days, a real life Top Secret government program was probably revealed through a joint allied agreement to take the hit on Stuxnet and Olympic Games to cover other more damaging and earlier developed programs which violate every liberty and constitutional rights American have and hold true.
Zero Days is a MUST see and one of the top ten docs of 2016.
Zero Days opens July 8, 2016.


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LINK: New Essay by Galen Strawson: "Real Naturalism"
"I'm a naturalist, an out-and-out naturalist, a philosophical or metaphysical naturalist, a naturalist about concrete reality. I don't think anything supernatural or otherwise non-natural exists. One can't classify anything as supernatural or non-natural until one has a substantive conception of the natural relative to which something can be classified as non-natural. I do have one. I take it that reality—by which … LINK: New Essay by Galen Strawson: "Real Naturalism"
On Caring about Whether Other People Become Naturalists
Relatively speaking, I don't care much if someone becomes a naturalist. I care more about refuting an anti-atheist stereotype, intentionally or unintentionally reinforced by Craig and his ilk, which Randal Rauser calls the Rebellion Thesis. I've encountered far too many Christians who think atheists are stupid (when it comes to evaluating the evidence about God) … On Caring about Whether Other People Become Naturalists
A Very Rough Sketch of an Objection to Quentin Smith's Argument for Moral Realism
In his book, Ethical and Religious Thought in Analytic Philosophy of Language, Quentin Smith defends an argument for moral realism which he calls the argument from veridical seeming. (1) Ordinary ethical sentences and commonsense first-level moral beliefs imply moral realism (or "Moral realism tacitly seems to be true in ordinary commonsense moral attitudes"). (2) There are … A Very Rough Sketch of an Objection to Quentin Smith's Argument for Moral Realism
The Nature of Naturalism
Over the last year (or two?), I've had on-again and off-again exchanges on various blogs with reader "Crude" about the definition of metaphysical naturalism. I'd like to comment on his (?) recent objections in the combox on Victor Reppert's blog start with the linked comment here and work your way down. Each time we've had an … The Nature of Naturalism


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In Satya Nadella's first press conference as CEO of Microsoft in 2014, he laid out a vision for the company to be a mobile-first, cloud-first company.
On the cloud side, Microsoft has a broad portfolio of products that includes market-leading SaaS productivity applications, highlighted by Office 365. On the IaaS and PaaS side, Microsoft has Azure, a public cloud that has turned into one of the most prominent cloud platforms in the market and is considered the chief rival to market-leading Amazon Web Services' public IaaS cloud.
Jason Zander is Microsoft Azure's corporate vice president, which means he oversees thousands of engineers who develop Microsoft's IaaS and PaaS platform, operate its global data centers and manage its customer support group. Zander's been at the company since 1992 and previously held positions developing Windows, Microsoft databases and more recently the Visual Studio and .NET teams. In this conversation, Network World Senior Editor Brandon Butler speaks to Zander about the state of the cloud market and Azure's future direction.
Amazon created the public Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud market in the mid-2000s and for years they seemed to be the only real vendor. To this day most analysts believe that AWS has a multiyear lead in terms of features and scale of its cloud compared to competitors like Microsoft, Google and IBM. Do you think Amazon's head start on this market complicated Microsoft's ability to compete in the public cloud?
What I would say is that we've been an enterprise player basically for 20 years now. We are a company that has been very involved in the data center and the software used to run data centers historically. We're also a company that offers technology at multiple levels. For example, if you think about it we have not only the infrastructure components but we were also a very early leader in Platform-as-a-Service and then up through the SaaS layer for things like Office 365 and Dynamics 365. I would say that our longstanding enterprise strength and the comprehensive nature of the solution that we're offering is actually super important to us and we think that it's been resonating really well with our customers.
You mentioned operating at different layers of the stack, including IaaS, SaaS and PaaS. How much do Microsoft Enterprise applications like Office and Office 365 drive Azure sales? I've heard reports that Microsoft gives away free Azure credits with Office 365 Enterprise agreements. Is that true and does that still happen today?
Having Office 365 out there and pioneering in that space, that certainly paves the way for additional wins. A great example of this is that when you're using Office 365, you're also using Azure Active Directory to track all your user IDs. It turns out that Azure Active Directory is also a great way to integrate the rest of your enterprise applications. Once I get going, it becomes easier and easier to start taking some of my new line of business work and now I've got that comprehensive solution.
Another good example is SharePoint: It's very popular and works very well if I have SharePoint Online. I can also augment it with my own business applications and the identity works, so it's all in the same cloud with low latency on data access. The way we help customers is if you decide to start on your cloud journey with one of these components it's easy to adopt the next because they really are designed to integrate very well together.
Can you provide insight on how large of a business Azure IaaS is? Microsoft breaks out revenue for the Intelligent Cloud but I believe that also includes on-premise software. Why doesn't Microsoft just break out IaaS public cloud revenue?
Our Azure revenue grew 116 percent in the most recent quarter, which is up 121 percent in constant currency year-over-year. If you think about the Microsoft Cloud, which combines infrastructure, PaaS and SaaS offerings like Office 365, Azure and Dynamics, those components are growing super healthy. From an accounting perspective, we haven't broken out the specific revenue for IaaS and I'll defer to our business and finance folks that manage those components, but I'll tell you the thing I do, especially in engineering, is look at what the demand is and it's crazy off the hook. I'm building out stuff as fast as I possibly can. We deploy more servers in a day now than we did in an entire year in 2011 and that just continues to compound. I've got the team cranking 24/7/365 just to keep up with the demand.
How would you classify the most common workloads that are hosted in Azure now? Are the majority still test and development?
I'd say that in this public cloud space in general, the journey that many will start off on is from a SaaS layer they're going to use Office 365. Then when you get into Azure, then it's very common to start off with your websites that you're trying to make public for B2C engagement. DevTest is certainly another big one. There's also a lot of work around hybrid scenarios, even starting off with simple things like doing backup, disaster recovery and being able to failover from your own data center into our data center. Those all make sense for a lot of companies.
What we've started to see mature in many markets is they're now looking at all their mission-critical workloads. Recently we've done more things like SAP deployments, which are basically the anchor store of your IT mall. These types of big enterprise apps are now starting to move into the cloud as well because you can get the same cloud advantages as some of those lower tier apps that have made the move.


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Everyone figured it was going to happen, and on Sunday afternoon all of the speculation was proven to be true.
Last week, Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald published a column detailing his exchange with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick over a Malcolm X-Fidel Castro t-shirt that he wore months ago when he first began his protest against racial inequality and suppression in the country.
Salguero continuously pressed Kaepernick about the shirt, while the 49ers signal-caller said repeatedly it was about the symbolism of the meeting between the two figures which took place in New York years ago.
Kaepernick said the shirt wasn't about Castro, but Salguero continued to press and Kaepernick eventually paid a compliment to the dictator.
Kaepernick said the shirt was sending the message of having an "open mind to be willing to hear different aspects of people's views and ultimately being able to create his own views as far as the best way to approach different situations, different cultures."
He then added, "One thing Fidel Castro did do is they have the highest literacy rate because they invest more in their education system than they do in their prison system, which we do not do here even though we're fully capable of doing that."
Those comments led to plenty of criticism from the Cuban community in Miami and on Sunday that led to a boos pouring from the crowd as Kaepernick took the field.
Castro died over the weekend and the Cuban community in Miami celebrated throughout the streets.
It's no surprise the boos came from the crowd on Sunday and we should expect them to continue all afternoon.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Casebia Therapeutics, an innovative gene editing company discovering and developing curative treatments for genetic diseases, today announced it has appointed Adel Nada, M.D., as the company's first Chief Medical Officer.
Dr. Nada brings more than 15 years of leadership in clinical research, drug discovery and clinical development to Casebia, which is pursuing life-changing therapeutics to cure patients suffering from genetic diseases of the eye, ear and blood, as well as autoimmune, metabolic and cardiovascular conditions.
"Adel brings an unparalleled level of experience in gene editing and cell therapies, as well as broad experience in hematology, drug discovery and translational drug development," said James Burns, Ph.D., President and CEO of Casebia. "His track record of accomplishment at many leading biopharmaceutical companies speaks to his unique abilities in advancing drug candidates in a broad range of therapeutic modalities."
At Casebia, Dr. Nada will serve as Chief Medical Officer and head of translational science and clinical development. He will lead development activities from pre-clinical development through clinical development efforts across Casebia's therapeutic areas and platforms. In addition, he will play a pivotal role in advancing the company's overall R&D strategy. Dr. Nada will serve on Casebia's Executive Leadership Team.
Most recently, Dr. Nada served as vice president and head of clinical development at Intellia Therapeutics. Prior to his time at Intellia, Dr. Nada was vice president of immunotherapy at Caladrius Biosciences of New York (previously known at NeoStem). Earlier, he served as senior medical director of cardiovascular cellular therapies at Baxter Healthcare Corp. He also held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility at Abbott Laboratories, including serving as medical director of several clinical development teams.
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Top Shelf – Islanders Daily 10/21/13
By Chris Triantafilis
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It's a new week, Isles fans, and the New York Islanders, despite their struggles, have found themselves in playoff position through the season's first 8 games. Losers of four of their last five, Long Island's hockey team finds itself sitting in third place of the Metropolitan Division; however, the upcoming week only looks to get tougher.
No timetable has been announced, but the Isles figure to be without power play quarterback Lubomir Visnovsky (concussion), and possibly Michael Grabner, who has a phone hearing with the NHL's Director of Player Safety Brendan Shanahan for his hit on Nathan Gerbe on Saturday night. Luckily, the Islanders have a little bit of time to figure everything out – there next game is tomorrow, at home, against the Vancouver Canucks – but the Islanders are hoping both players can get back on the ice sooner than later.
As for replacements, Matt Donovan and Brock Nelson, the latter who was loaned to BPT and returned to the NHL, figure to receive key roles with this struggling Isles team. It's time to see what our rookies can do. #FreeDonovan #FreeNelson
In case you missed it
Andy Graziano takes a look at Saturday's game against the Hurricanes, and the team's problems, which were exposed in the 4-3 loss (EOI).
Our newest writer Joe Powers explains the underlying implications of Lubomir Visnovsky's injury (EOI).
Sound Tiger Strome dreams of making big impact with Islanders (CT Post)
Will Michael Grabner get suspended for this hit on Carolina's Gerbe? He has a phone hearing today (IPB).
The Curse of Battlin' Billy? (Lighthouse Hockey)
Two Minutes for Tweeting
- Former Isles goalie Martin Biron has called it a career, and nobody has a single negative thing to say about him. Class act, and we wish him the best with the next chapter of his life.
- Brock Nelson was sent down to the AHL immediately after Saturday night's loss to the Hurricanes to get some game action in Bridgeport. Last night, the Islanders recalled Brock, who is expected to play tomorrow versus the Canucks. Welcome back (TELL YOUR FRIENDS)!
- The Isles went to Adventureland yesterday morning. Casey Cizikas won the day.
Around the NHL
Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Vancouver Canucks 1 – CBJ (Gaborik, Umberger, Johansen); VAN (H. Sedin); Curtis McElhinny made 37 saves in his first start of the season for the win.
Nashville Predators 3, Winnipeg Jets 1 – NSH (Nystrom, Hornqvist, Cullen); WPG (Kane); Carter Hutton made 38 saves in his second NHL start, and the Predators scored three second period goals.
Anaheim Ducks 6, Dallas Stars 3 – ANA (Selanne, Perry [2], Etem, Getzlaf, Perreault); DAL (Garbutt, Dillon, Horcoff); Anaheim scored 5 unanswered goals, and Ryan Getzlaf had a four-point night as the Ducks won their 7th straight game.
Across the Sound
After climbing back deficits of 3-0 and 5-3, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers fell to the Binghamton Senators, in overtime, by the score of 6-5. Brock Nelson played his first AHL game of the 2013-14 season, recording an assist. John Persson had a three-point game, and Ryan Strome added a goal – his first of the season – and an assist. Strome currently leads the Sound Tigers with 6 points (1-5-6).


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Spark and Pook as co-host this week (two weeks in a row - woot!. Welcome back once again, Tiffiny!
Mother Daughter Book Reviews
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This week, I found a delightful book to share
Dot to Dot
By Malcolm Cossons
Pictures by Neil Stevens
Dot and her grandmother share a birthday, but dot lives in London and Grandma lives in New York.
Dot writes Grandma a card, but misses the post with all the sticking and pasting that she got caught up in.
Dot decides to try to get some animals to send her letter for her, but none of them are interested.
She eventually decides to dig her way to London, oh dear, she got a far as the garden.
Dot emerges from her tunnel to find Grandma and all her cousins, arrive in a Big Red London Bus.
Dot to Dot, wish each other a happy birthday....
But that's not the end of the story.....
As in flip the book over and start from the end that is now the beginning.
Grandma Dot wants to see her granddaughter for their birthday, so she hops a plain and travels to Beijing, then Mumbai, then Rome, all along collecting cousins and relatives and exploring the wonderful cities as she goes, until she finally lands in New York, to surprise her granddaughter Dot with a wonderful party full of family and friends.
I have to say, I love this book and so does Gigi. The illustrations are totally eye catching and I love this sweet story of Dot and Dot uniting, for their birthdays.
What can I say, you had me at FLIP...
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By a Newsnet reporter
Speaking at the Labour party's Scottish conference in Dundee's Caird Hall today, Labour leader Ed Miliband is expected to launch an attack on First Minister Alex Salmond, claiming that the policies of the SNP government in Scotland are leading to more Scots losing their jobs.
With Labour trailing the SNP in the polls, and the local elections looming, Mr Miliband's speech will argue that at a time when the economy is "not working for the working people of our country", Alex Salmond's administration at Holyrood is "leaving more Scots out of work".
In his address to the Dundee conference he will say: "Alex Salmond came to England to brag about how he would turn Scotland into a progressive beacon.
"There's just one problem. He forgot about what he had done in Scotland. When George Osborne handed him the plans to make cuts to capital spending of 11%, he didn't just make those cuts. He almost doubled them. Thousands of jobs building roads, bridges, and infrastructure ripped out of the economy, not just by the Tories, but by the SNP."
Mr Miliband will lash out at Mr Salmond's "SNP Government which blames everyone else while leaving even more Scots out of work".
He is also expected to make a plea to Scottish voters to reject independence, saying that people across the UK "owe obligations to each other", and adding: "Right now, every nation of the UK needs not isolation but solidarity … Throwing up new borders won't make Scotland fairer. If we are going to build an economy that works for working people, we have to do it together."
However Mr Miliband will struggle to win Scottish hearts and minds. According to the latest polling figures the Labour leader scores a dismal -63 per cent in Scotland, a figure ranking him behind his rating even in the Conservative heartlands in the South of England. A breakdown of the Sunday Times You Gov polling figures reveals that Ed Miliband's approval rating is worse in Scotland than for the whole of Britain, where it is -42%.
Adding to Mr Miliband's woes, the party in Scotland is in turmoil, having recently experienced mass resignations amongst its Glasgow councillors in the aftermath of a bitter reselection process which has led to allegations of a bullying culture. A group of the deselected councillors have announced their intention to set up a rival party to contest Labour in the city during May's local elections.
The party is also reeling from the Eric Joyce affair, after the MP for Falkirk allegedly assaulted a Conservative MP and a Labour whip. The incident was followed by a further allegation that Mr Joyce had a sexual relationship with a teenage supporter. Mr Joyce denies this allegation and is reportedly considering legal action against the party. Mr Joyce had been suspended from Labour after his arrest last week.
Meanwhile Scottish leader Johann Lamont is coming under increasing criticism for her failure to come to grip with the party's problems, and her inability to reverse its slide in the polls. The SNP has criticised her for her lack of clarity on key issues, such as the council tax.
Ms Lamont has said nothing about the decision of Labour councillors in Stirling to ally themselves with the Conservatives to introduce a cut in the tax, a policy the party apparently opposes.
The Scottish Labour leader has also opposed 'devo plus' or 'devo max', yet at the party conference today, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander is expected to make an appeal to the party to embrace further devolution, leaving Labour without any coherent policy on the important issue of the constitution.
Commenting on Mr Miliband's prospects, SNP MSP for Cunninghame North Kenneth Gibson said:
"These appalling polling figures are an unmitigated disaster for Labour and a total embarrassment for Ed Miliband on the day he speaks to a nation which once – but no longer – leaned towards his party. For a Labour leader's approval rating among Scots to be far, far below an unpopular Tory Prime Minister reveals just how unpopular London-led Labour are in Scotland.
"It is clear that the people of Scotland are rightly appalled by Labour agreeing '100 per cent' with the Tories on Scotland's future. Ed Miliband's decision to join in a toxic pact with the Tories to stand in the way of job-creating powers and more responsibilities for the Scottish Parliament must be a key factor in this overwhelming negative verdict against him from Scots voters, who now know that a Yes vote to independence is the only sure way to secure these job-creating powers.
"Meanwhile, in the Scottish Parliament Labour are ganging up with the Tories again to vote against a Scottish Budget which delivered another year of frozen council tax, 25,000 apprenticeships for young people, and funding to build 5,000 new council houses.
"Their Scottish leader Johann Lamont has remained utterly silent on a series of scandals, from bullying in Glasgow City Council to criminal charges being filed against a Scottish Labour MP.
"Labour can't even make up their minds where they stand on an important issue like the council tax. One minute they are calling for the popular council tax freeze to be scrapped, the next their councillors are cutting the council tax – and yet again Johann Lamont refuses to say where she stands.
"It's no wonder that Scottish voters are deserting Labour in droves, and no wonder that Ed Miliband's ratings are plumbing previously unimaginable depths for a Labour leader in Scotland. Labour has no credibility and nothing useful to say on the constitution, on the economy, or on any of the issues that matter to ordinary households in Scotland."
"Thousands of jobs building roads, bridges, and infrastructure ripped out of the economy"
Which jobs? This comment contradicts the construction industry leaders in Scotland.
Even Miller groups chief exec has stated "The Scottish government's done a relatively good job in creating opportunities for building and larger infrastructure projects"
"Throwing up new borders". There are no trading borders in a free trade area, full freedom of movement.
"do it together". We are not together in an equal basis within the UK. With independence we will be able to work together as equals and come to agreements to mutual benefit as opposed to Centralised London rule for the benefit of the SE of England.
As for Captial spending, the only reason UK capital spending doesn't look worse is because of the money ripped out of the rest of the UK to pay for the Olympics and other projects in and around London.
… And this is a problem for the anti-independence bunch.Theyre falling out all the time over various issues,and that makes it hard to portray a united front in their British Nationalissm…
This from todays..Torygraph
Douglas Alexander: Labour candidates not good enough to beat SNP
Scottish Labour's current crop of election candidates are not good enough to prevent the party suffering repeated defeats at the hands of the SNP, Douglas Alexander will warn today.
pretty rich coming from Alexander…They never gave a toss for Holyrood.. "Aspiring" to Westminster ..but he is right..the 2nd & 3rd raters are so woeful.. virtually unelectable… I, a 40 year Labour voter simply crindge at what Labour ask us to vote for.
An officer and a gentleman?
No a cad!
I find it inconceivable how so many people still vote Labour. Is it because they are ignorant of the loutish behaviour, lack of quality and dishonesty of their MPs, MSPs and councillors or are they supporters of this in some sort of sick sympathetic way?
A good analogy, nchanter, but before the gates were opened, I'd guess the POWs were longing for freedom, not giving support to the guards.
My rather off the wall pondering about whether there is a core element of Labour support that actually admires the loutishness and dishonesty of their representatives and sympathises with their lack of ability is still valid.
JL explained that the UK is the best structure for redistributing wealth, presumably when Labour is in power in Westminster. She ignored the glaringly obvious fact that the Tories traditionally reverse any such trend in favour of SE England.
On Joyce: hasn't spoken to him yet! Helloooo. . . Johann maybe that's important.
It's his decision to resign or not.
Enough said!
It is appalling and disgusting – you are right to be raging. Any decent society has a duty to protect the poor and the sick.
Yes, and there are 3 'parties' in Holyrood who support independence:
= cross-party support.
The funny thing is there really is partial or shall we say crypto-cross-party support but the opposition parties won't admit it. Yet.
re kenny Gibson – yet again Joann Lamont refuses to say where she stands.
I see the BBC website is covering Labour's conference live.
I come from Dundee and I wonder if Ed will visit the deprived areas of my city who have only known unemployment, poverty and no future prospects mostly under a Labour elected MP's to tell these people there that it's only fair that they should consider the rest of the UK and share "the pain" while he quaffs oysters and champagne with the London "elite" while these same people struggle to feed their family and make ends meet. Roll on 2014
"My name's Johann Lamont, and that's not a claim that Alex Salmond can make while he's concentrating on putting up barriers between England and Scotland, barriers which won't even be made from Scottish steel".
Kids bussed in to hear Nick Clegg.
Isn't that child abuse?
It is all part of the Natural History curriculum and may be that last chance to see a LibDem before their inevitable extinction. Many of Scotland`s remaining living fossils will be in attendance.
Danny Alexander's positive case for the union (on BBC News): "we fought fascism together and built the NHS together".
A man allegedly secretly filmed kissing a US university student, days before he killed himself, has told a court he noticed a webcam in the dormitory room.
Just how will the unionist media be able to turn it into a nastynat story compared to Moribund's whiny negativity / tantrum which comes out as 'Its just no fair'.
The breathtaking list of policing activities up for grabs includes investigating crimes, detaining suspects, developing cases, responding to and investigating incidents, supporting victims and witnesses, managing high-risk individuals, patrolling neighbourhoods, managing intelligence, managing engagement with the public, as well as more traditional back-office functions, such as managing forensics, providing legal services, managing the vehicle fleet, finance and human resources.
…our forefathers fought together and died together,…
Some photies from Dundee that tell the story of Labour in Scotland , in fact labour in the UK. They look what they are down and out.
What a sad sorry looking bunch.
Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont will tell her party to stop saying sorry for past mistakes, and start fighting for Scotland.