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|2007-06-08, 21:29
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Tea is love
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: My own little world
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Been on for more then a month still havent introduced myself
Um really into anime and J-pop i was lurking this thread before then decided to join
My name is Allison and im 16 turing 17 on sunday
well ya dont really know what else to say so ya thats it I guess
|2007-06-08, 23:16
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Hello everyone. I'm new to the forum, but I have been here searching for anime to download. So... its my first time posting. Hope to meet everyone here.
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|2007-06-09, 13:30
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[Trance Addicted~]
Hello everybody!
Just a little post to introduce myself, so...
I'm Vanta, but my real name is Aymeric, I live in nothern France, near Lille.
I'm (like all of you I guess...) a fan of Anime and Mangas.
My favourites are Fate/Stay Night and Elfen Lied.
My english's quite funny but I'm still learnin it. ()
Glad to be registered here.
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Hi, I'm new here! I've been posting on the other forums but I havent actually introduced myself. I've been watching anime ever since I was a little kid. My favorite anime right now is Death Note and currently looking forward to CLANNAD and Shakugan no Shana 2nd season
Please watch the AMVs under my signature (I didnt make them) but those are my faves at the moment
|2007-06-11, 08:20
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No Escape
Join Date: Jun 2007
hello everyone
iam new here nice to meet all of you & nice to be here
have a nice day & wish me luck i have a bad bad test the next day
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- So simple yet devious.
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It's very rarely the name of a game captures the entire spirit of the experience, but every now and then things work out that way. A catch 22 for those not in the know is kind of a 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' situation, where taking one course of action might have dire consequences, but then the other option really doesn't put you in that much better a position. Interesting that such a nerve wracking scenario translates to what can be described as a zen gaming experience.
You control two marbles rotating around a circle in opposite directions. You start off controlling one, and by tapping the screen you jump over the other (to avoid smashing into a million pieces). Jumping also collects the coins. You may notice that the marbles leave streams behind them, and this comes into play rather quickly as once you collect the last coin, the game slows down briefly as you inhabit the other marble, and suddenly all the jump streams left by your escapades form the new path of your now opponent. Each switch increases the score multiplier, and it takes more and more coins to switch back, causing you to think each decision to jump or duck.
Once the initial bout of confusion ends, the game can quickly turn into a relaxing form of mediation, as time slows, and you anticipate each jump needed to advance. The music definitely aids reaching this plateau. While achieving this can be a great feeling, it falls into critique as the game can become too easy when you enter this stream of consciousness, and seeing that the difficulty doesn't necessarily increase so much as the time between switching marbles, it can get to a stage where the whole experience feels kind of tiresome.
This is only if you reach that zen state however, and really the game is so simple and elegant that it's hard not to recommend regardless of how skilled you become at it. This is a time waster done right and ironically, definitely worth the time you will certainly give it.
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Chris looks at the final instalment of the Star Wars prequel trilogy on Blu-ray Disc
The now-familiar opening crawl explains that the Clone Wars have raged for three years. In a bold move the Separatist forces, led by the nefarious Count Dooku, have launched a daring raid on the Republic capital of Coruscant and succeeded in capturing the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Senate, Palpatine. Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are despatched to rescue the Chancellor, who is being held captive aboard the Separatist flagship by General Grievous, the deadly cyborg leader of the droid armies.
The Jedi succeed in infiltrating the flagship, only to encounter heavy resistance in the form of Confederacy battle droids. When they eventually fight their way to the imprisoned Chancellor they are confronted by Count Dooku himself, and engage in a second lightsaber duel with the Sith Lord. When Obi-Wan is knocked unconscious Anakin intensifies his attack and manages to disarm his opponent (literally). It is then that he takes his first steps towards the darkness, when he beheads the defenceless Count at the behest of Chancellor Palpatine.
After a triumphant return to Coruscant Anakin is reunited with the love of his life, Padmé Amidala, the senator for Naboo who Anakin married in a secret ceremony before the onset of the Clone Wars. It is then that he learns of her pregnancy, which in turn leads to prophetic dreams of her death during childbirth. Troubled by his visions Anakin at first turns to the wisdom of Yoda, before once again seeking the council of his friend and mentor, Chancellor Palpatine. When the Chancellor innocently recounts the tale of Darth Plagueis, a Sith Lord so powerful with the Force he could use it to sustain and create life, Anakin believes he has found a way to save his love from certain death.
With Obi-Wan and Yoda away on missions for the Republic Anakin falls increasingly under the influence of the Chancellor. When Palpatine reveals himself to be none other than the Sith Lord Darth Sidious Anakin is unable to strike him down, instead reporting the unsettling news to Jedi Master Mace Windu. When Windu attempts to arrest Sidious they become embroiled in a deadly lightsaber duel in which Mace seemingly emerges victorious, but as he prepares to deliver the killing blow he is attacked by Anakin, who sees Sidious as his only chance of saving Padmé. Having betrayed the Jedi, and with little choice left to him, Anakin pledges himself to the ways of the Sith and is reborn as Darth Vader.
Without giving any further plot details away it's safe to say that this is the turning point in the film; when Palpatine effectively offers Anakin the one thing the Jedi cannot: the ability to save his wife from certain death. Anakin's love for Padmé is the catalyst for his betrayal of his Jedi principals and his defection to the dark side of the Force, and his ultimate downfall. How's that for irony?
Now I'm a massive fan of the original Star Wars trilogy - a fact that should be evident to anyone who's read my reviews or articles on this site - but after the relative disappointments of The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, Sith had a lot to do in order to restore my faith in the prequel series. At first I resisted the hype machine surrounding the movie, but as the months passed and the first images appeared I have to admit to becoming pretty excited. For me, George Lucas' promise of a 'darker' film meant one that took a more adult approach to the material; one without 'comedy' droids and haphazard Gungans. On opening night (well, 12:35am to be precise) I sat down with around three hundred other people - some of them waving lightsabers around in an ill-advised manner - to experience the culmination of almost thirty years of work.
First impressions were good. I'll admit that the opening, dizzying shot of the Jedi starfighters twisting through the orbital battle above Coruscant literally sent a shiver down my spine (due in no small part to John Williams' music). I actually felt a real sense of immediacy, almost as if I were in the cockpit with Anakin or Obi-Wan. I've always been far more forgiving of CGI when used for inorganic creations than for living creatures, so the overabundance of digital effects used in the battle didn't really faze me. Then it happened - the vulture droids appeared, complete with 'cute' voices. Worse was to come in the next few minutes, when the armies of battle droids appeared and began speaking in voices so annoying as to make 'Roger roger' seem positively soothing by comparison. My heart sank as R2-D2 was made to act out a particularly cringe-worthy slapstick scene that almost, but not quite, rivalled C-3PO's trip around the droid factory in Attack of the Clones.
Finally, when it appeared that we would be getting down to the plot, we were instead 'treated' to a throwaway scene in which Anakin cold-bloodedly murders the Sith Lord, Count Dooku. In the novel and audio book this is a pivotal scene in which Anakin is goaded by Dooku and encouraged by Palpatine, who plants the first seeds of darkness in the young Jedi's mind. In the completed film the battle is over almost as quickly as it begins, with virtually zero time devoted to exploring Anakin's state of mind. Presumably the five minutes of bad jokes and annoying robots preceding this moment necessitated the trimming of the actual encounter. I wanted to see Anakin's fall from grace, not battle droids rolling around in oil yelling 'ouch'!
After some rather embarrassing dialogue delivered in a ham-fisted fashion, we learn that Padmé is pregnant with Anakin's child. This sets into motion the events that will shape the rest of the story. Once again Anakin begins to have prophetic dreams about the death of a loved one (this time Padmé, who 'dies' in child birth), and this is supposed to be the reason behind his eventual betrayal of the Jedi and allegiance to the Sith. Unfortunately the chemistry between Christensen and Portman is sadly lacking and I never once bought the relationship between the two, which is a bit of a problem considering that he goes on to plunge the whole galaxy into darkness because he's so 'in love' with her.
Another huge problem is that Hayden Christensen is about as charismatic as a plank of wood, flatly delivering Lucas' contrived dialogue and repeatedly overemphasising the wrong words or lines. His supposedly chilling speech as he announces his evil intentions to a horrified Obi-Wan on Mustafar wouldn't be out of place in a school play. I don't know if the blame rests squarely on his shoulders though, because he presumably gave a number of different readings for each take. Lucas and his editorial team would then have chosen the one they liked, and Christensen has previously spoken of his regret over the use of certain takes when he had delivered a better performance in others (such as his 'I killed them all' speech in Attack of the Clones).
Another regrettable side-effect of Lucas trying to cram so much into Sith is the criminal lack of screen time devoted to Natalie Portman. Now I know she received a lot of flack for her performances in the previous films, but movies such as Leon, Closer, Garden State , V for Vengeance and of course Black Swan prove that she is a talented and capable actress. In the previous movies she is a strong, independent leader, but here she is reduced to a relatively inconsequential character with very little to do beyond look pretty (which she does) and spout horrible lines of dialogue. I refer you to the exchange between Anakin in Padmé in which, when complimented on her beauty, she responds with 'It's only because I'm so in love with you.' Please, someone pass the bucket. If the deleted subplot involving the formation of the Rebellion had remained Padmé's character would have at least contributed something to this movie beyond getting knocked up and Force choked.
Speaking of trying to cram too much into the film, this is actually Revenge of the Sith's biggest failing. The events portrayed in the film really needed to be stretched out over two movies, which would have allowed more screen time to be devoted to Anakin's seduction. As it is our hero goes from being the saviour of the galaxy to the second most evil being in existence in about as much time as it takes Jabba the Hutt to eat one of those little frog things. Still, enough of the negatives; I could nit-pick all day but that would just be depressing. Instead, I'm going to break with tradition slightly and talk about the positive aspects of the film (of which there are actually quite a few).
Firstly, Ian McDiarmid is a joy. He is clearly relishing the dual roles of Chancellor Palpatine and Darth Sidious, especially during the latter stages of the film when he really gets to camp it up as the maniacal Sith Lord. He cackles his way through an exhilarating encounter with Yoda, in which he arguably has the upper hand in a performance that is straight from the school of over-the-top pantomime acting. However, it works very well in the context of this movie, even if he does pull some questionable 'sex' faces when using a lightsaber. Although McDiarmid steals the show Ewan McGregor is also on top form as the venerable Obi-Wan Kenobi. He is closer to Alec Guinness here than ever before, right down to the style of his hair, his beard and the twinkle in his eye.
As one might expect from a Star Wars movie the effects are pretty spectacular. The opening orbital battle looks astounding, as does pretty much everything that follows. By 2005 technology had finally evolved to the point where organic creatures looked fairly convincing (Obi-Wan's lizard steed, Boga) and the digital doubles are all but seamless. General Grievous is an impressive, if underutilised digital creation, while the various lightsaber duels reach heights hitherto unseen in the saga (with the possible exception of the 'Duel of the Fates'). In fact, the lightsaber duel on Mustafar is probably the most visually impressive sequence in a film full of visual splendour, with its seamless combination of digital and live-action elements. Yes, you can say what you like about the story, acting and direction, but no one can deny that Revenge of the Sith is a good looking film. Watching it again on Blu-ray didn't really negate any of the criticism I had after the theatrical and DVD viewings, but there's still fun to be had here.
Revenge of the Sith was the second Star Wars movie to be shot digitally, with a more advanced version of the camera used for Attack of the Clones. As a result the film's 2.35:1 widescreen (1080/24p AVC) transfer is easily the best of the prequels. One of the problems with the previous film was that it looked very soft for something shot digitally, owing to the intential use of filtering in post-production. Sith hasn't been tampered with in the same way, so the image is largely razor-sharp and nicely detailed with a three-dimensionality that the other prequels lack. Because it was transferred from the digital files there are absolutely no film artefacts to be found anywhere, and even digital artefacts are not particularly bothersome (there is perhaps some posterisation, but that's about it). It's a completely blemish-free image.
The palette is wonderfully realised and far more vibrant than Attack of the Clones due to the absence of any revised grading. The more varied locations seen in the film provide ample opportunity for the transfer to show off gorgeous colour reproduction, be it sandy shores and lush green forests of Kashyyk, the bioluminescence of Felucia, or the fiery oranges of the volcanic Mustafar. Contrast is also spot on, and although some scenes bloom - namely those set aboard the Tantive IV - it's an intentional effect. Detailing is pretty great as well, although not up with the very best owing largely to the limitations of the original cinematographic process. Even so it's plenty easy to pick out intricate textures in the fabric of the elaborate costumes and so on. In all honesty there's really not much point in harping on about the quality of this transfer because it's far and away the best of the prequels, nay the entire saga. If I had to make one criticism it would be that it does look a little incongruous next to the other films because of its very obvious digital origins, but that's not really a fault per se. When it comes to visuals I've been fairly critical of the other Star Wars discs, but rest assured the Force is strong with this one.
Like the other prequels audio is provided by way of a DTS-HD Master Aduio 6.1 soundtrack. Revenge of the Sith has a lot to do in order to live up to the lofty standards set by its predecessors, but thankfully it doesn't disappoint. The opening sequence is one of the most exhilarating in the film, perhaps even the entire prequel trilogy, as thunderous bass announces the arrival of a gigantic Venator-class Star Destroyer even before the camera pans down to reveal the juggernaut itself. Moments later two eerily familiar-sounding Jedi starfighters zip overhead and skim the length of the cruiser, before barrel-rolling headlong into the maelstrom below. The Jedi twist and turn through the carnage before engaging in a dogfight with vulture droids, as all the while capital ships hammer each other with turbolasers - and that's just the opening five minutes! Things don't really let up from there either, as the Jedi attempt to rescue the Chancellor from the clutches of General Grievous. There's an intense lightsaber battle with Darth Tyrannus, not to mention about a hundred battle droids, while the attempt to land a crippled starship provides plenty of sonic delights. Revenge of the Sith also features more large scale battles than any other Star Wars film, with skirmishes on Kashyyk, Utapau, and various other worlds all sounding great (particularly during the 'Order 66' sequence).
The track also has some subtler moments, with the introduction of more ominous music to accompany the Sith's rise to power, and ambient effects are handled very well. The Jedi vs Dooku duel takes place to strains of the raging space battle outside, while the Senate chamber on Coruscant comes alive with the voices of a thousand different species. Other memorable moments include a conversation between Anakin and Chancellor Palpatine at the opera house, during which the rippling applause of the crowd sits alongside the eerie hum of the music, and the sounds of a storm high above the streets of Coruscant towards the end is very atmospheric. One minor blemish on all of this is the dialogue, which sits a little lower in the mix than the first two prequels. I think it's probably a little harsh to call it indistinct, but I would have liked a little more presence.
After the relative disappointment of Attack of the Clones' score Sith delivers a stronger, more cohesive effort. Although Williams reuses cues from the other films it is more fitting this time around, and by incorporating more elements from the original trilogy he brings a sense of familiarity to the score. There are also some wonderful new creations, not least the rousing 'Battle of the Heroes', which accompanies the climactic showdown between the Jedi and the Sith. 'Battle of the Heroes' (and its offshoot 'Anakin vs. Obi-Wan) rivals 'Duel of the Fates' and 'Across the Stars' as one of the defining pieces of the prequel trilogy, but there are worthy cues aplenty here. All things considered this is another great sound mix.
As with The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones before it, Revenge of the Sith includes the original audio commentary from the DVD release. Again the commentary is quite technically focussed, but there is some discussion of narrative elements. The participants include George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Rob Coleman, John Knoll and Roger Guyett. Like the other original commentaries it makes for interesting, if not terribly exciting listening.
The second commentary is another patchwork affair that includes the likes of Trisha Biggar, Gavin Bocquet, Ben Burtt, Silas Carson, Hayden Christensen, Rob Coleman, Anthony Daniels, Nick Gillard, Roger Guyett, Sam Jackson, John Knoll, Christopher Lee, George Lucas, Ian McDiarmid, Ewan McGregor, Temuera Morrison, Natalie Portman and Jimmy Smitts. As with the other patchwork commentaries it's probably the more revealing of the two tracks.
Well that brings my reviews of the prequel trilogy to an end. While most definitely flawed, Revenge of the Sith is an entertaining popcorn flick and eminently viewable if approached with the right frame of mind. However, I'm still of the opinion that the prequel trilogy as a whole is one big missed opportunity; a prime example of 'what could have been'. I honestly don't believe that future generations will have the same regard for these films as mine has for the original trilogy. Perhaps that has as much to do with the way in which the world has changed as it does with the quality of the writing and direction, but the latter certainly plays a major part. For me, Attack of the Clones is still the most enjoyable episode of the three, but I understand that I'm probably in the minority there. Whatever the movie's shortcomings, Lucasfilm has delivered the goods with the Blu-ray. It's easily the best looking of the prequel trilogy, and coupled with yet another high-quality soundtrack it's arguably the most impressive instalment of the saga.
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Review by Chris Gould
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Disc Details
Release Date: 12th September 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 6.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 5.1 Portuguese, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish, Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Extras: Audio Commentaries
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: George Lucas
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Oz, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, James Earl Jones
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy and Sci-Fi
Length: 140 minutes
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Fabric-Covered Blades Could Make Wind Turbines Cheaper and More Efficient
January 2, 2013
A new design that calls for wrapping architectural fabric around metal wind turbine blades—instead of the traditional fiberglass—could be the latest revolution in dramatically reducing the cost of wind-produced power.
That's the focus of a new project that partners NREL with General Electric (GE) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Together, they are rethinking the way wind blades are designed, manufactured, and installed.
The new blade design could reduce blade costs 25% to 40%, which could make wind energy as economical as fossil fuels without government subsidies, according to a recent GE news release. The focus of the research will center around using architectural fabrics, which would be wrapped around a metal spaceframe, resembling a fishbone.
Fabric would then be tensioned around the "ribs," which run the length of the blade and are specially designed to meet the demands of wind blade operations. Conventional wind blades are constructed out of fiberglass, which are generally heavier and more labor- and time-intensive to manufacture.
"The fabric we're developing will be tough, flexible and easier to assemble and maintain. It represents a clear path to making wind even more cost competitive with fossil fuels," said Wendy Lin, a GE principal engineer and leader on DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) project.
NREL's role in the effort will be to offer laboratory testing support once a prototype blade is ready, said NREL's Scott Hughes, who oversees Test Methods for Research and Development at the National Wind Technology Center. The $5.6 million ARPA-E project is planned to span three years.
"This is a new approach (through ARPA-E), so we do not have a history in the development of this specific technology," Hughes said.
The hope for the new blade technology will be to help encourage the development of larger, lighter turbines that can capture more wind at lower wind speeds. The new approach to making wind blades would also reduce the often-pricey capital investment that is associated with installing a wind turbine as components could be built and assembled onsite, meaning design engineers would no longer face hassles with manufacturing and transportation limitations. Another bonus: the blade architecture will be built to achieve a 20-year life span and runs without regular maintenance to the tension of the fabric.
GE says it's estimated that to achieve the national goal of 20% wind power in the United States, wind blades would need to grow in size by 50%. That goal would be virtually impossible—taking into account the size constraints imposed by current technology—but, lighter fabric blades could make this goal attainable, the company has said.
For more information, see the GE news release.
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Shields Finds "Another Way" to Victory
Since the beginning of the 2011 Spring
Training, Tampa Bay Rays Manager Joe Maddon has been stressing the
mantra of finding "Another Way" to win games this season. Most of
the Rays squad has taken the skipper's words to heart and have been
re-tooling parts of their game to help the team transform a few
opportunistic situations into victories.
Rays starter James Shields has taken a part of his game to the next level, and that might be his personal
stamp of "Another Way" for his pitching in 2011. The art of the
pick-off is a bit foreign to most right-handed pitchers.
Because of their angle towards the
plate, and the extra motion needed to throw across their body to
First Base, the pick-off play is a lost and sometimes forgotten
special play within the game. But in 2011, it seems that Shields has
found a way to again stoke a level of fear in base runners when he is
atop the hill.
If you look at the Major League
Baseball leader board among pick-offs, it is usually dominated by
mostly left-handers who have a distinctive advantage throwing-wise to
nab stray base runners. But in 2011, Shields and another Rays rightie
Wade Davis had combined for 4 pick-offs already this season. Then Shields took his game into hyper-drive today.
That was before today's afternoon
performance against the Cleveland Indians that saw Shields erase 2
separate base runners, one who was in scoring position. Somehow, some
way Shields has amped up his usual throw to first by deceptively
getting the drop on runners this season.
Maybe it is his use of his upper body
to throw towards the bases, or possibly his footwork has improved so
severely it boggles base runners into a trance. Not sure if that is
the real reason, but it is great to see another direction and another
tactic providing positive results for the Rays pitching staff.
Seriously here. After Shields picked
off Indians OF Michael Brantley off First Base in the bottom of the
third to end the inning, it marks his 4th pick-off of the
young season. Suddenly Shields had a chance to catch current pick-off
leader Oakland LHP Brett Anderson who coming into today lead the
majors with 5 pick-offs.
Then 3 innings later in the bottom of
the 6th inning with Indian Shortstop Orlando Cabrera in
scoring position with power option Cleveland LF Shelly Duncan at the
plate, Cabrera was caught leaning towards Third Base and was picked
off by Shields easily.
I know at the moment Shields did not
know he had tied the MLB lead, but the grin on his face was ample
notice that not only did the play erase a sly base runner, but it
also ended the inning and negated another scoring threat by the
Suddenly not only was Shields change-up
something for hitters to worry about, now they also had to worry
about him turning and burning a throw towards the base with a chance
to eliminate any and all base runners in sight. That can be a very
valuable weapon. It can put a notion of taking a shorter lead,
possibly getting into a runner's head when Shields is on the hill.
In the end, this change in Shields game
plan could keep runners at bay for a while as they sort out why he is
becoming so deadly. That could also play into runners not trying to
stretch out their leads on the bases for a bit, and might keep a few
runs from scoring. Some might call it intimidation, some might call
it slight of hand, I call it just what it is…."Another Way" to
win ballgames. And Shields is using his new weapon to his advantage
to secure a few more "W's".
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His move thus far this season has been downright filthy. I was thinking about that earlier after his first pickoff.
His second pickoff was sold by Elliot Johnson, but still the move itself was good enough to make it that close.
It'd be nice if some of our other pitchers worked on their moves. Price's is very lackluster.
As of tonight, two of the three right-handers in the Top 10 of pick-offs are wearing Rays jerseys.
Still think Wade Davis has the better move of the two, but Shields is on a great roll and will have runners thinking being picked-off if they stray or lose focus.
Also it could help Shoppach and Jaso as they tweak their throws and get their averages up in catcher's efficiency.
Rays Renegade
The Rays are definitely "road warriors" again this season. Heck, if they did not have as many " away games" to this point in the season, they would be sub-.500.
Actually, the Rays have a losing record in Tropicana Field, which is rare for them.
But the road victories have propelled them to the top, and the ride has been an adventure every night.


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Players (5..8 recommended):
The goal of this game is to collaboratively rank a backlog based on estimated value and estimated cost. The y-axis is the value of an epic or story and the x-axis is the cost. Each axis is organized as a Fibonacci number. We typically use this game for release planning.
Clicking on this image, will start an "instant play" game at www.innovationgames.com. You'll see this image as the "game board" and an icon of a light bulb in the top left corner of this window. The light bulb represents the backlog items you want to prioritize. To add a backlog item onto the game board, simply drag it from the top left and describe it.
Now the fun begins! While any player can move a light bulb at any time, the game works best when the product manager focuses on getting the light bulbs in the right place vertically, while the development team puts the items in the right place horizontally.
Use the integrated chat facility to negotiate about the items. And any player can edit the items to keep track of the agreements of the team. This means that items will move around during the game as the value of an item increases or decreases or the development team considers various ways of implementing an item.
To get the final results of the game, simply download the Excel spreadsheet. All of the items and their Fibonacci values will be available to you for post-processing, including all of the chats.
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Everyone deserves life with dignity in their final years, whether you dug ditches or played tennis on the world's most famous stages.
Gertrude "Gussy" Moran did the latter. She also got that deserved dignity because of the extraordinary kindness of a woman possibly as quirky as Moran was herself — this other woman wears a $15,000 Rolex that she painted purple with nail polish to hide the gold.
We shall call her Lovey Jurgens, because that's what she will allow us to call her. Nothing else. No bending. No exceptions. The Los Angeles tennis community knows who she is and everybody else only needs to know that her story is true and exceptional.
Twelve years ago, Jurgens got an email from Mark Winters, an official at the Southern California Tennis Assn. Winters knew that Jurgens, then in her late 40s, was a woman of means and somebody who played tennis, taught it and cherished the idea of preserving its memories. The email said that Gussy Moran, the famed "Gorgeous Gussy" of Wimbledon lace-panties fame, was within 36 hours of being evicted from her small apartment near Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.


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Inside the All Children's Hospital lobby, the lunch-hour pace has picked up on a recent afternoon. People pass through in all directions - staff and visitors heading in and out of the packed cafeteria, family members weighed down with concern over a sick child, doctors and nurses preoccupied with pressing appointments.
But something else accompanies the busy scene - a calming counterpoint to the roomful of motion and emotion.
On this day, as with many, the lobby pulses with its own musical soundtrack. The air is filled with soothing melodies from a nearby grand piano and the young woman who, at this particular moment, is playing it with such feeling. She is Jessica Tomlinson, one of an array of talented pianists who give their time each week for the popular Volunteer Services program.
Swaying at the keys, she plays a steady flow of instrumentals you would expect to find more in family room than the hospital's main thoroughfare - a blend of Disney's "Beauty and The Beast," Crystal Gayle's "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue," Celine Dion's "The Prayer," Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire," and more.
Many passersby new to the noon-time scene glance over and smile as they walk past, pleasantly surprised by the serenade. Others who have grown accustomed to the music take a few minutes to sit in the cushy leather seats, enjoying the welcome diversion before getting on with the day.
"Phenomenal!" a man, who has come to visit his nephew, calls out to her after taking in a tune.
A little girl who has just been released after a five-day stay sidles over during a bouncy rendition of "Under the Sea" from the Little Mermaid. In moments, she's banging on keys alongside Jessica, who engages her new fan in conversation.
"Would you like to try it out?" she asks. The girl nods, and plunks on the keys as Jessica switches to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" - eliciting a grin from the young visitor and her delighted mother.
Unless you take a second look, you might miss that there is something special about the pianist beyond the engaging background tunes she performs.
Though Jessica can coax beautiful music from the keys, she can barely see them.
She was born 28 years ago with a condition called optic nerve hyperplasia. In essence, that meant her optic nerve was under-developed, leaving her only able to make out hazy images or large type held a few inches from her face.
"My nerves didn't develop all their fibers but my eyes themselves are normally developed," she says on a break from her two-hour playing session. "I always explain it to people like this: It's like having a good CD player and a good receiver, but a bad set of cables to connect them."
It makes sense that Jessica would use a music production metaphor to describe her visual impairment. Growing up in St. Petersburg, she was always drawn to the electronic side of sound. Mainstreamed in regular public school, she wasn't interested in the social activities that occupied many of her classmates. But sound engineering always intrigued her.
"I'm very fortunate - I wasn't teased or picked on growing up, mostly just people left me alone," she says. "I've always had trouble relating to people my own age, for some reason. I'm just not into most of what they're into. But I loved music from the start. I used to daydream about it, not playing it but producing it for other people. I'd draw pictures of mixing boards and patch bays."
At St. Petersburg High, she mixed the sound for the news announcements on the school intercom. And after graduating in 2004, her passion led her to Full Sail University in Orlando, where she began working on her degree in sound engineering and technical arts. She was having a blast learning the ins and outs of production, and her visual limitations didn't hold her back. She used a special magnifier to see the equipment and a program called Zoom Tech that allowed her to read type on the computer screen.
There was only one thing missing. Jessica discovered that she wanted to make music herself. So many of her production classmates played one instrument or another and she could tell how much enjoyment they got from it. The music theory class she was taking only served to fuel her desire to learn to play something.
So one day in 2005, she walked from her apartment complex next to the school to a Radio Shack a few blocks away. And she purchased a small Casio keyboard. It wasn't much of an instrument - more toy than actual keyboard - but it would change her life.
"I started playing only because I couldn't stand not to anymore," she says.
Jessica made small strides while completing her one-year degree at Full Sail, but a whole new world opened up to her when she moved back home to live with her parents, Jim and Yvonne. Their neighbor, a man named Jim Page, was
an experienced pianist. While he was raking leaves in his yard one afternoon, Jessica mentioned she was looking for a teacher. He explained apologetically that he was retired and no longer taught.
"But 10 minutes later, he was at our door and offered to give me lessons," she says.
The old teacher could sense Jessica's passion to learn, and was touched by her earnest nature. Over the next four years, he proceeded to give her a strong foundation both on the piano and pipe organ. She progressed to a new Casio keyboard with weighted keys as her skills grew. "It was a great relationship - he'd give me a lesson, and then put records on and talk to me about music," she says. "I learned so much."
More musical doors soon opened for Jessica. She enrolled in St. Petersburg College to earn a general teaching degree, but also spent several semesters studying classical and pop piano from two different instructors. She poured herself into those classes and took her playing to a new level. Often, she would hold a magnified sheet of music close to her face to study the chords, then listen to a recording of the song over and over - teaching herself the nuances that made the tune distinct.
Jessica graduated in 2010 and set out to put her teaching degree and music to use. For a while, her searches kept coming up empty. "I was really feeling down, because it seemed like nobody wanted my skills, and I felt like, 'What had all my studying come to?' " she recalls.
Then came a break. She landed a volunteer job at Great Explorations teaching a music class for young children. Soon after, a neighbor mentioned to her that All Children's was looking for volunteers to perform on the player piano in the lobby.
Jessica jumped at the opportunity and was added to the weekly rotation of young musicians a year ago.
She's been at it ever since. And she's even landed a paying job at Lighthouse of Pinellas, a rehab center for the visually impaired, teaching touch-typing and basic computer skills to adults. Getting around town can be a challenge, but her mom and dad help out, along with cab rides arranged through the D.A.R.T. (Demand Response Transportation) program of the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority.
"She has a can-do attitude, is very creative and has a tremendous amount of courage," says her dad, Jim. "Life doesn't always come at you the way you think it should, but a positive outlook can orchestra a positive outcome in life. And over time, she's taught us far more than we've taught her."
Jessica doesn't dwell upon what life might have been like without limited vision. She's always been thankful for the opportunities she's had - like the one that rolls around on Fridays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with her volunteer shift at All Children's. Though her eyesight prevents her from seeing the reaction her music evokes, she feels a connection to the people moving around her.
"I really like the environment, and people interact with you sometimes," she says. "I think many people look at a hospital as a place of trauma. But I look at it as a place of rest and healing, and a place of care."
Jessica hopes her music helps add a few extra smiles or briefly lightens the load for people walking by. Having only played for seven years, she wants to keep improving her piano chops, and dreams of getting hired to play in a restaurant or hotel lounge in the next year or so. But she plans to keep All Children's part of her weekly performance calendar.
As her shift nears an end, Jessica switches gears from pop to classical and a rendition of "Moonlight Serenade." A doctor walking past takes notice and leans over her shoulder to offer his critique. "That's beautiful," says plastic surgeon, Dr. Michael Gallant, an accomplished pianist who trained at Julliard.
On a raised platform along the wall, a little girl dances and twirls to the song as her mother beams. And all around, people head to various lunch-hour destinations -their days brightened just a little bit by a young pianist and the music in the lobby.


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We here in Conway, Arkansas were very fortunate tonight. Tornadoes went around us while our sirens sounded for approximately 3 hours. Unfortunately, our neighbors 10 miles east in Vilonia weren't so lucky. Indications are they they took the full brunt of an EF5 tornado (ripped pavement up). Only 2 fatalities so far in the state; if this doesn't grow, it'll be a very good thing.
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NHL Game Night: 3-31-12 Jets at Lightning
Impressive debuts and #91 with a hammer.
Sebastien Caron made his first start in a Lightning jersey and was excellent stopping 26 of 28 for the victory. Let him play out the season and earn himself an NHL contract somewhere for next season, I say.
First Period
TB Malone (19), (unassisted), 15:37
Second Period
WPG Miettinen (5), (Kane, Stuart), 6:20
WPG Wellwood (18), (Byfuglien, Stapleton), 9:28
Third Period
TB Malone (20), (Purcell, Hedman)(PP), 7:25
TB Stamkos (56), (Lee), 0:45
Ryan Malone and Steven Stamkos were the game's first and third stars. Congratulations to Ryan Malone, who raced from 15 to 20 goals in the hockey equivalent of a blink of an eye this week. It'd be fun to see what Malone could do if he could stay healthy for an entire season. Stamkos, for his part, sets a new NHL record with 5 overtime game winning goals in a season, as he continues his push to get to 60 goals. Pretty cool.
What I really enjoyed about this game was the way the young players received opportunities and showed something. Brett Connolly looked good, Victor Hedman kept up his points streak and got in a little scrap, and I'll write about J.T. Brown in a bit. Even Keith Aulie had a pretty positive game, in my mind, and it seemed like Brendan Mikkelson got to play a ton, too. Oh, and Brian Lee was damned impressive with 6 hits tonight. You're seeing a lot of good young pieces playing well in both Tampa Bay and in Norfolk, and you've got the best young player in the game in Steven Stamkos. Mix in another lottery pick, and this season's going to seem like a minor pothole in the grand scheme of things. My only regret is that, in beating Winnipeg, the team may have lost an opportunity to get into the top 5-6 picks of this draft. Some scouting organizations judge this a 5 player draft, as far as impact players go. I judge it a 5+1 or 2, right now, especially given the situation with Sarnia's Alex Galchenyuk losing so much time to injury this year, a la Connolly in his draft year. And I still want that little, mean-spirited Dan Boyle clone from Red Deer. The Lightning would be picking 9th now, pending the outcome of the lottery drawing, based on my quick look at the standings. Maybe they can get the ping pong balls to bounce their way and still move up 4 spots into the top-5.
Aulie had 1 shot and 3 hits in 13:37. He was good tonight. I know, I was surprised, too. He was physical. He had some interesting little offensive zone forays. He wasn't a pylon. That was more like it. And, you can now tell your children where you were when Keith Aulie finally broke the 13 minute barrier in a game that wasn't completely out of hand.
J.T. Wyman had 4 penalty minutes and 1 shot in 7:26. Old J.T. overshadowed by new J.T.
J.T. Brown had 2 shots in 13:33 in his NHL debut. Color me impressed. He's a very, very good skater and he showed some decent early chemistry with both Vincent Lecavalier and Brett Connolly, and those are two players that aren't the easiest to read off of because they're both creative stickhandlers. He looked pretty responsible defensively in terms of his positioning, too. You can tell he was well coached at Minnesota-Duluth. I don't know if he can be as physically active at 170 pounds in the NHL as he was in college, but I'm looking forward to him getting on the Steven Stamkos training regime this offseason and seeing him add that element into his game next year, because his college film will remind you of Jeremy Roenick, at times. That was a quality signing.
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Trudeau Defends Dairy Subsidies After Trump Vows U.S. Farmer Aid
(Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada will stick with its system of protectionist dairy quotas, even as President Donald Trump doubled down on a vow to help American farmers.
Trudeau spoke Thursday in Toronto during an interview with Bloomberg. It was his first public response to Trump's Wisconsin pledge to press Canada for changes to its dairy system as part of North American Free Trade Agreement talks.
"The U.S. has a $400 million dairy surplus with Canada so it's not Canada that's the challenge here," Trudeau said Thursday, adding many other countries subsidizes agriculture. "Let's not pretend we're in a global free market when it comes to agriculture."
Trudeau's comments come two days after Trump promised U.S. dairy farmers he would intervene to restore exports of American milk to Canada. The spat was spurred by a new Canadian milk policy that U.S. producers say violates Nafta and comes at a sensitive time for U.S.-Canada trade relations. Trump, who was elected with the help of strong rural support, has pledged to renegotiate Nafta to help U.S. industry.
Trump fired back again on Thursday following Trudeau's remarks, calling the impact from Canada's dairy policies "a disgrace" while signing a directive to the Commerce Department to speed up an investigation of whether steel imports threaten national security.
"What they've done to our dairy farm workers is a disgrace," Trump said Thursday.
Dairy Deficit
In 2016, Canada imported C$557 million ($413 million) in dairy products from the U.S, while C$113 crossed the border in the opposite direction, creating a deficit of about C$445 million, Canadian government data show.
Trump said he wouldn't allow the situation to continue and brought up a separate conflict with Canada over timber. He tied both to Nafta, which he's vowed to renegotiate.
"Nafta, whether it's Mexico or Canada, it's a disaster for our country," Trump said.
U.S. dairy groups appealed to Trump for help after Canada recently introduced a new policy that gives the country's producers an incentive to buy domestic supplies of ultra-filtered milk, a concentrated ingredient used to boost protein content in cheese and yogurt. American producers say the policy violates trade agreements and exacerbates a glut of milk on the American side of the border.
Canada has regularly said it's willing to renegotiate Nafta and that certain parts of the pact could use an update.
"We're not going to overreact," Trudeau said. "We're going to lay out the facts and we're going to have substantive conversations about how to improve the situation."


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Georgia Chapter Councilor
Georgia Chapter Councilor Report ALA Annual 2007
Chapter Councilor's Report on American Library Association Annual Conference June 22-27, 2007
ALA has more than 60,000 members. The annual conference held in Washington, DC now holds ALA's record for its largest conference because it attracted 27,665 librarians and vendor representative. Some of the highlights of Council's activities included discussion of improved service to members and discussions of ways to increase electronic participation in ALA activity for members unable to attend conferences.
Libraries Build Communities:
In a response to request from members, ALA again offered volunteer opportunities on Friday and Tuesday. More than 200 people volunteered assisted with projects at public and school libraries, built houses, refurbished parks and fed the hungry to show that "Libraries Build Communities."
The primary advocacy activity this year was "Library Day on the Hill" on Tuesday, June 26. Almost 2000 library supporters, joined by a parade of bookmobiles from around the country, donned bright red T-shirts saying "Support Libraries" and visited their representatives' offices to share leaflets outlining a number of library concerns. These included
- appropriations for LSTA and the Literacy through School Libraries program,
- including school librarians as "highly qualified" personnel in the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act,
- loan forgiveness for librarians who work in low-income situations,
- various telecommunications and e-rate issues,
- copyright,
- strengthening the Freedom of Information Act,
- making taxpayer-funded scientific research available to the public,
- addressing privacy issues in the REAL ID act,
- restricting the use of National Security Letters,
- supporting federal libraries.
Council adopted advocacy-oriented resolutions:
- Fully funding the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
- Reaffirming commitment to vital Government Printing Office and Federal Depository Library Program services and collections and calling for full funding of appropriations
- Calling for fully funding for the National Library Service to convert talking books to digital formats
- Supporting the SKILLS Act to amend the No Child Left Behind Act now in the reauthorization process to include school library Media specialists as "highly qualified", require school districts to employ school library media specialists, and use federal funds to recruit and train school library media specialists.
- Condemning the use of National Security Letters to obtain library records and calling for related legislative reforms.
The Intellectual Freedom Committee reported that its Fostering Media Diversity subcommittee completed a guideline on "Fostering Media Diversity in Libraries: Strategies and Actions", a privacy conference is being organized for spring 2008, a new revision of the Intellectual Freedom manual is underway, and there will be a new guide for Banned Books Week along with a celebrity "Read Out" in Chicago.
Professional Matters:
Council adopted resolutions:
- Adopting Principles for Digital Content: values, intellectual property rights, sustainable collections, collaboration, advocacy, international scope, continuous learning, preservation, and standards.
- Encouraging libraries engaging in digitization projects to adopt Section 508 regulations to ensure that their products are accessible to persons using screen-readers or other assistive technologies.
The Conference also included a special "conference within a conference" primarily for paraprofessionals to help them feel more empowered.
The Catholic Library Association changed its bylaws to emphasize ecumenical resource sharing, so ALA restored its affiliation.
The ALA Allied Professional Association's (APA) report listed considerable activity: the online Library Worklife newsletter, two major salary surveys, and certification of public library administrators. APA received a federal grant to roll out a support staff certification program. Internal Issues
ALA's strategic plan stresses collaboration, creativity and involvement from all members, with programmatic priorities: diversity, literacy, intellectual freedom, equity of access, education, organizational excellence
The key funding areas for 2008 are:
- expansion of advocacy
- maintenance of publications
- expansion of continuing education
- technology, building & improvement
Advocacy An increasing focus on legislation and government action includes advocacy programs at local and state levels as well as national, building relationships among the ALAWashington Office, chapters, and FOLUSA. The Office for Library Advocacy has been established and staffed to create a more unified approach to advocacy. A new website, http://www.ilovelibraries.org has been set up as another strategy.
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Denton S. Ebel
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Professor, Richard Gilder Graduate School
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- Purdue University, Ph.D., 1993
- Purdue University, M.S., 1988
- Harvard College, B.A., 1982
Research Interests
Dr. Ebel is a geologist specializing in meteorites: pieces of planets and "left-overs" from the formation of the solar system. The distant, resource-rich asteroid belt is his field area. He develops thermodynamic models describing the outcomes of condensation, evaporation, and crystallization processes. Dr. Ebel is a leader in combining electron beam image analysis of surface chemistry (2D) with x-ray CAT-scan 3-dimensional imaging to obtain comprehensive information about extraterrestrial samples that yield clues to the origin of the solar system. His group analyzes data from the MESSENGER mission to Mercury, comet samples from the Stardust mission, and the geochemistry of samples from the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary.
(2013) Mineral processing by short circuits in protoplanetary disks. McNally C.P., A. Hubbard, M-M. Mac Low, D.S. Ebel, and P. D'Alessio. Astrophysical J Letters 767: L2-7 (arXiv:1301.1698)
(2013) Metal veins in the Kernouvé (H6 S1) chondrite: Evidence for pre- or syn-metamorphic shear deformation. Friedrich J. M., A. Ruzicka, M. L. Rivers, D. S. Ebel, J. O. Thostenson, R. A. Rudolph. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 116: 71-83. (dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.01.009)
(2012) Properties of original impactors estimated from three-dimensional analysis of whole Stardust tracks. Greenberg, M., and D. S. Ebel Meteoritics and Planetary Science 47: 634-648.
(2012) Thermochemical stability of low-iron, manganese enriched olivine in astrophysical environments. Ebel, D.S. and M. K. Weisberg. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 47: 585-593.
(2011) The major-element composition of Mercury's surface from MESSENGER x-ray spectrometry. Nittler, L. R., R. D. Starr, S. Z. Weider, T. J. McCoy, W. V. Boynton, D. S. Ebel, C. M. Ernst, L. G. Evans, J. O. Goldsten, D. K. Hamara, D. J. Lawrence, R. L. McNutt Jr., C. E. Schlemm II, S. C. Solomon, and A. L. Sprague. Science 333: 1847-1850.
Teaching Experience
Faculty Appointments
- AMNH Masters of Arts in Teaching Program
- Adjunct Graduate Faculty, CUNY Graduate School and University Center, Ph.D. Program in Earth & Environmental Sciences
- Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Courses Taught
Graduate Advisees
- A. Ansari, Columbia U. (Earth & Environ. Sci.)
- E. Crapster-Pregont, Columbia U. (Earth & Environ. Sci.)
- J. Bigolski, CUNY (Earth & Environ. Sci.)
Graduate Committees
- C. McNally, Columbia U. (Astronomy)
- A. Buono, Columbia U. (Earth & Environmental Sci.)


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Tim Miles Dreams BIG ... Like Smarty Jones
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Nebraska men's head basketball coach No. 27 makes his debut Wednesday night when the Huskers host Midland University in an exhibition game at the Devaney Center. He is so positive and hyperkinetic, so scrappy and driven and so feisty and cheerful that those who know him best are not surprised at all that one of the most motivating things in his life is a horse that hasn't raced for eight years ... a mare that became a personal hero for him when he was head basketball coach at North Dakota State and, in all honesty, is an even more fitting metaphor for him now that he's moved to Lincoln.
"I just thought that Smarty Jones was so cool in 2004 that I went online and bought one of his hats when he was making his run for the Triple Crown," said Tim Miles, Nebraska's new head basketball coach who was hired last March. "I could identify with the horse because we were trying to move from Division II to Division I at North Dakota State at the same time Smarty's trainer had his first horse in the Kentucky Derby and won it. I thought that was so neat because I wasn't even in Division I yet, but I knew what race would be my goal – the NCAA Tournament."
Last March, as the head coach at Colorado State, Miles finally reached that goal, and he found it no small coincidence that his team was playing in Louisville, the home of the famous Derby. "I've worn that Smarty Jones hat periodically, but it was so ironic that we ended up in Louisville, I had to put it on again," Miles said. "All of a sudden, it resonated with me again, and I thought there was more good karma because 10 days later, I got the Nebraska job, and Smarty Jones seems more appropriate for the Nebraska job than for anywhere else."
Nebraska Zero-for-Forever in NCAA
For those who might ask why that would be true, the simple answer is so Miles and his team can end the most maddening March Madness fact in Nebraska basketball history ... the one where the Huskers are "0-for-forever" in terms of winning an NCAA Tournament game despite playing six times in "The Big Dance". Even though Nebraska is just one of two BCS schools which have never won an NCAA Tournament contest, Miles is undaunted, thanks to his favorite racehorse.
"I think Smarty Jones is a fitting metaphor for the challenge we face, and that's one big reason why I embrace the challenge of this job," Miles said during a late-summer stretch that kept him hop-scotching across the country to recruit.
At the same time, Miles was so busy that he had a luncheon speaking engagement at Lincoln's Kawasaki motorcycle plant and a feature dinner appointment that night addressing Lincoln TeamMates mentors at Lincoln's Southwest High School. That daily double would not be considered such a big deal, but it all happened on the same August day that movers arrived at his new South Lincoln home.
Miles prefers talking about Smarty Jones over moving logistics. "Smarty's such a unique thing, and I'm hoping it's more good karma," Miles said. "I've been in contact with his trainer. He's volunteered more hats, and I'm going to take him up on that and try to get some Nebraska color to go with 'em. I just feel that at Nebraska, we have a horse in the race because we're trying to get into the NCAA Tournament, and like Smarty, once we get there, we want to win."
Texts and Emails Precede Bedtime
The goal is so important and so pressing that Miles doesn't mind supervising painters and contractors at his Lincoln home at the same time he's "jogging back and forth" between Kansas City and Las Vegas on recruiting trips. His summer schedule was so continuously busy that it was not uncommon for Miles to shut down his texts and his emails to national recruits until 11 p.m. Central Time.
When an estimated 200 senior citizens listened to Miles address a "Men's Health Night" at the Champions Club this summer, they got the full brunt of his passion. On a night of heavy thunderstorms outside the windows, Miles supplied plenty of electricity himself. He not only spoke as Nebraska's newest head basketball coach, but also as a ticket salesman, a marketer, a fan and a recruiter. He worked the floor for 35 minutes and received several spontaneous bursts of applause. After Q&A, the ovation was even more robust.
It was another example of Tim Miles using his full communications range to win friends and influence people in a state that borders South Dakota, his home state and a region he insists has the same values, work ethic, attitude and sense of respect for others.
Wants Decisions to Last a Lifetime
"I view my obligation as a basketball coach as one where I serve the needs of our fans, our people, our students and our student-athletes especially," Miles said. "First of all, I want to be well connected with our guys and bring them along so they do things the right way and grow up to make good sound decisions that will last a lifetime after they get their degree."
Playing championship style basketball is as firmly imbedded in Miles' mind as it is in his job description. "We want to get into the NCAA Tournament and then win games once we get there," he said. "Those things all fit hand-in-hand, and they are all part of our daily process."
Connecting with players requires being heavily involved in the recruiting process, and Miles takes that challenge to heart. "It is so important to be out there and be a front man for your program and your university," he said. "You recruit these guys first-hand, so you know how they are, what they're like and how they'll fit into Lincoln, at the university and with our team."
Supportive Fans Deserve 'Hot Tickets'
Miles considers himself "very fortunate" because he believes he's assembled a "very strong staff" of coaches. "They're all guys who want to be here and be part of building a winner," he said. "Nebraska fans forever have been ultra-supportive of all their athletic programs. Even during down times, they've been supportive of men's basketball. If we can stoke that fire and if we can build a winner, I think that fan base will become even more intense and we can become a hotter and hotter ticket in town."
Wherever he goes or whoever he meets, Miles doesn't know why that cannot happen.
"When you look at a place like Nebraska, there is no pro culture. Nebraska's it for the fans who want to support a winner," Miles said. "They expect that they're going to come out and get a winner, and that is exactly what we're trying to accomplish for them."
For Miles, it all starts when you win the locker room. "We have to recruit guys who are invested in being here and who want to build this program," he said. "With our fans, it's making the investment to be a great home team."
'The Devaney' Needs to Rock this Winter
How can fans be a great home team? "We make the Devaney Center and then the Pinnacle Bank Arena the most difficult place to play in the Big Ten Conference," Miles said. "That's where we have to start, and it's my job to get around and rally the troops and get the kind of players who want to invest that way. We also have to make sure our fans know that we're trying to build it the right way. We're asking them to participate and to help us out in this process because it's going to take everybody to get it done."
Having one of the best daily homes in all of college basketball is a great place to start. "The Hendricks Training Complex is a big part of the recruiting process," Miles said. "That's why I'm texting and emailing all the time. You do whatever you can to connect with these guys and get our product out and get them on campus as quickly as we can. We want players here, so we can show them what we're about and how they can have the opportunity to make an impact and build a winner."
Miles has been a pivotal force for national media who believe in his track record of turning around three previous college programs with infinitely larger roadblocks. Miles' impact is being well publicized, and even Michigan State Coach Tom Izzo asked Nebraska's new head coach if he could fly from Las Vegas to Kansas City on NU's chartered plane this summer to reach the same tournament.
Nebraska is on Solid Recruiting Ground
Call it the fine art of showing one of the nation's most prominent coaches a sense of camaraderie or, perhaps, a sense of confidence in his own abilities, but Miles offered up a quick one-word answer: "Sure!"
Miles sees Nebraska sitting on solid recruiting ground, now and well into the future.
"It's a pretty cool moment when all the upper personnel and all the decision-makers from a franchise as storied as the Chicago Bulls comes into your facility in Lincoln and says 'This is a model for us to build our own practice facility,'" Miles said. "I think that means the Hendricks was very well done by our donors, our contractors, our architects and our administration. They were all on the same page and really worked together to build an unbelievable place, and I'm proud to come to work here every single day."
Winning a Tall Order and Won't Be Easy
Make no mistake. Winning at Nebraska is a tall order, especially when a new head coach loses four senior starters from a team that was never in contention in its first season in the Big Ten. Recruiting, of course, becomes pivotal to a turnaround. "I think we're getting a lot of top-notch prospects that are very capable of being excellent players in the Big Ten Conference and major college basketball," Miles said. "I think we have a lot to offer to just about anybody who's interested in being at the University of Nebraska.
"The schedule was basically set and probably reflects the state of our program," Miles added. "We're in a rebuild, and we don't intend to be there for long. That's the goal – to get in and out of this stage as quickly as possible." According to Miles, the Huskers will play the only style he knows how to coach. "Our style is to find a way to be in position to win every night," he said. "We want to make sure that we're sound defensively, hard to guard offensively and that we're a team that's on the attack."
However Nebraska goes about doing that and whatever specific schematic the Huskers use can change. "In terms of plays, I expect we will run a lot of motion and ball screen motion, which is very popular and something we used a lot last year at Colorado State," he said. "We need to learn how to position ourselves to win basketball games, and it's my job to figure that out on annual basis."
Miles Asking Fans to Take a Leap of Faith
Miles is passionate on a daily basis, and he's asking Husker fans to show their passion by taking a leap of faith and betting on the future of Husker men's basketball.
"Any time you're in a situation, even in recruiting, there's a bit of a leap of faith," he said. "You have to get your message out there and deliver it as simply as you can, and that's what I've been doing since last March when I accepted the head job here."
Realizing many fans must see results before they buy in, Miles asks Big Red fans to be a big part of Nebraska bouncing back and getting competitive again. "There's no doubt about how much we need people to make that leap of faith, but I think it's a leap worth taking," Miles said. "I'm asking our fans to join me, so we can get this thing done ... together."
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RAVENSWOOD – The second season for the Ravenswood Red Devils will begin at home this Monday night.
Ravenswood will open Class AA sectional tournament play by hosting the Braxton County Eagles. In the five-team Class AA Region 1, Section 2 event the Red Devils garnered the No. 4 seed while Braxton is the No. 5 seed.
"For starters, it's nice that we don't have to travel to Braxton," said Red Devil head coach Mick Price. "It has been a long time since we played a home sectional game."
The past several years sectional games involving the Devils have been played at neutral sites, with the bulk unfolding at the Ripley Health Center.
A win by the Devils over Braxton will put them on the road for a Tuesday night showdown against No. 1 seed Webster County. The two met earlier in the season with Webster winning, 57-43.
An upset of the Highlanders would find the Devils in action on Friday night against the winner of Tuesday night's meeting between No. 3 seed Ritchie at No. 2 Roane County. The Friday contest would be played on the home court of the Ritchie-Roane survivor.
Ravenswood lost twice to both Roane (46-43 and 58-50) and Ritchie (50-38 and 76-62) during the regular season.
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The champ of Section 2 will advance to host the runner-up in the Region 1, Section 1 tourney featuring North Marion, Fairmont Senior, North Marion, Weir and Oak Glen. The Section 1 title winner will be at home to play the Section 2 runner-up.
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Source: Recipe from Chef John McGrath
A pleasure for the eyes as well as the tastebuds, this snapper dish will be sure to delight. Colorful and spicy ingredients come together in a lovely presentation.
2 green plantains
2 oz. ancho chile powder
1 tbsp. salt
4 ears corn on the cob
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 poblano chile, diced
1 red onion, diced
1 tomato, concasse
5 drops habanero chile sauce
2 oz. fresh cilantro, chopped
2 red bell peppers
5 leaves fresh basil
1 tsp. garlic, minced
1 oz. Parmesan, grated
6 oz. olive oil
Salt and pepper, as needed
2 bunches fresh cilantro, stems removed
8 oz. grapeseed oil
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 12-in. spinach tortilla, cut into a 2-in. wide strip
Canola oil, as needed
1 7-oz. red snapper fillet, skin on
1. Peel and slice plantains. Deep-fry at 300° F. until crisp; cool. In a food processor, pulse into flakes. Mix with chile powder and 1 tbsp. salt. Reserve.
2. For salad, cut fresh corn off the cob and char in a hot skillet. Over high heat, quickly sauté bell pepper, poblano, and onion. Cool and combine with tomato, habanero sauce, and cilantro. Reserve.
3. For pesto, roast and peel bell peppers. Puree in blender with basil, garlic, Parmesan, oil, salt, and pepper. Reserve.
4. In a blender, combine cilantro and grapeseed oil; season. Reserve oil.
5. Form a ring with tortilla strip and bake at 250° F. for 20 min. or until crisp.
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1. In smoking-hot canola oil, sear skin side of fillet; flip and sear flesh side. Transfer to a sizzle platter flesh side up. Pat on plantain flakes. Finish in oven, approx. 8 min.
2. Decorate plate with zigzags of red pesto and dots of cilantro oil. Place tortilla ring in center, fill with corn salad . Place fillet on top of ring and serve.


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By Lawrence Summers
June 3 (Reuters) - With the past week's dismal U.S. jobs
data, signs of increasing financial strain in Europe, and
discouraging news from China, the proposition that the global
economy is returning to a path of healthy growth looks highly
It is more likely that negative feedback loops are again
taking over as falling incomes lead to falling confidence, which
leads to reduced spending and yet further declines in income.
Financial strains hurt the real economy, especially in Europe,
and reinforce existing strains. And export-dependent emerging
markets suffer as the economies of the industrialized world
The question is not whether the current policy path is
acceptable. The question is, what should be done? To come up
with a viable solution, consider the remarkable level of
interest rates in much of the industrialized world. The U.S.
government can borrow in nominal terms at about 0.5 percent for
five years, 1.5 percent for 10 years, and 2.5 percent for 30
years. Rates are considerably lower in Germany, and still lower
in Japan.
Even more remarkable are the interest rates on
inflation-protected bonds. In real terms, the world is prepared
to pay the United States more than 100 basis points to store its
money for five years and more than 50 basis points for 10 years.
Maturities would have to reach more than 20 years before the
interest rates on indexed bonds become positive. Again, real
rates are even lower in Germany and Japan. Remarkably, the UK
borrowed money last week for 50 years at a real rate of 4 basis
These low rates on even long maturities mean that markets
are offering the opportunity to lock in low long-term borrowing
costs. In the United States, for example, the government could
commit to borrowing five-year money in five years at a nominal
cost of about 2.5 percent and at a real cost very close to zero.
What does all this say about macroeconomic policy? Many in
both the United States and Europe are arguing for further
quantitative easing to bring down longer-term interest rates.
This may be appropriate, given that there is a much greater
danger from policy inaction to current economic weakness than to
However, one has to wonder how much investment businesses
are unwilling to undertake at extraordinarily low interest rates
that they would be willing to undertake with rates reduced by
yet another 25 or 50 basis points. It is also worth querying the
quality of projects that businesses judge unprofitable at a -60
basis point real interest rate but choose to undertake at a
still more negative real interest rate. There is also the
question of whether extremely low safe real interest rates
promote bubbles of various kinds.
There is also an oddity in this renewed emphasis on
quantitative easing. The essential aim of such policies is to
shorten the debt held by the public or issued by the
consolidated public sector comprising both the government and
central bank. Any rational chief financial officer in the
private sector would see this as a moment to extend debt
maturities and lock in low rates - exactly the opposite of what
central banks are doing. In the U.S. Treasury, for example,
discussions of debt-management policy have had exactly this
emphasis. But the Treasury does not alone control the maturity
of debt when the central bank is active in all debt markets.
So, what is to be done? Rather than focusing on lowering
already epically low rates, governments that enjoy such low
borrowing costs can improve their creditworthiness by borrowing
more, not less, and investing in improving their future fiscal
position, even assuming no positive demand stimulus effects of a
kind likely to materialize with negative real rates. They should
accelerate any necessary maintenance project - issuing debt
leaves the state richer not poorer, assuming that maintenance
costs rise at or above the general inflation rate.
As my colleague Martin Feldstein has pointed out, this is a
principle that applies to accelerating replacement cycles for
military supplies. Similarly, government decisions to issue
debt, and then buy space that is currently being leased, will
improve the government's financial position as long as the
interest rate on debt is less than the ratio of rents to
building values - a condition almost certain to be met in a
world of sub-2% government borrowing rates.
These examples are the place to begin, because they involve
what is in effect an arbitrage, whereby the government uses its
credit to deliver essentially the same bundle of services at a
lower cost. It would be amazing if there were not many public
investment projects with certain equivalent real returns well
above zero. Consider a $1 project that yielded even a permanent
4 cents a year in real terms increment to GDP by expanding the
economy's capacity or its ability to innovate. Depending on
where it was undertaken, this project would yield at least an
extra 1 cent a year in government revenue for each dollar spent.
At any real interest rate below 1 percent, the project pays for
itself even before taking into account any Keynesian effects.
This logic suggests that countries regarded as havens that
can borrow long term at a very low cost should be rushing to
take advantage of the opportunity. This is a view that should be
shared by those most alarmed about looming debt crises, because
the greater your concern about the ability to borrow in the
future, the stronger the case for borrowing for the long term
There is, of course, still the question of whether more
borrowing will increase anxiety about a government's
creditworthiness. It should not, as long as the proceeds of
borrowing are used either to reduce future spending, or raise
future incomes.
Any rational business leader would use a moment like this to
term out its debt. Governments in the industrialized world
should do so, too.
(Lawrence H. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University
Professor at Harvard and former U.S. Treasury Secretary. He
speaks and consults widely on economic and financial issues.)
(Editing by Brian Tracey and Jan Paschal)


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