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Why the Andre Iguodala trade doesn't make Denver better: Part I
August 30, 2012 9 Comments
Editor's note: I do not enjoy making reason of chaos. As you may have noticed, it's been nearly two months since my last post. I'm still writing daily (as has been the case for well over a year now), however, it has become even more difficult to figure out where to take this blog as I unravel and digest everything the Denver Nuggets organization does on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. I apologize for the inconsistencies of my posting.
This is part I of a series (of parentheses and em-dashes–this is a joke that will make sense later, I assure you) in which I examine why the Andre Iguodala trade doesn't make Denver better.
If you have been following me on Twitter at all for the past six months, you would be well aware that I am not in very much support of Denver's roster moves. If you had read any parts of my previous two posts, you would find the same opinion throughout.
They traded a disgruntled "star" in Carmelo Anthony because each had had enough of the other. They included Chauncey Billups in the deal to maximize return trade value, even though he clearly wanted Denver his final basketball destination (which wouldn't mean much if it were any other player, except that Denver is Chauncey's home and he's kind of a local legend and still incredibly productive to boot) and the Nuggets thought an as-yet untested and very undersized Ty Lawson (more on Lawson's place in history in future posts) was ready to lead them into the future.
The very next season they re-signed Nene Hilario, Arron Afflalo, and Danilo Gallinari to long-term deals. Injuries set in during the months of February and March (as they typically do in every season, but, even more-so in a lockout-shortened slate where guys are playing as many as five games in six nights) and Denver panicked, trading Hilario for league laughingstock, JaVale McGee. (As an aside, unless there is acute attention paid to minute allocation during the season such as that employed by San Antonio with aging Hall-of-Famer Tim Duncan, injuries will pileup – especially with players as seemingly fragile as Nene.)
After signing his new contract last December, Nene had indicated in every available media outlet that he, like Billups, wanted Denver to be his first and last stop in the NBA – despite seeing teammate Carmelo Anthony make nearly twice the money for half the work most of his career, despite being forced to play nearly a full decade out of position, despite never being allowed to flourish due to playing out of position, despite playing with a ball-stopper in Anthony and an unconscionable chucker in J.R. Smith, despite playing alongside head-cases Kenyon Martin and Smith for most of his career, and despite being the very model of consistency and professionalism on and off the court. Denver management, feeling no loyalty to either Nene or Billups after living through one of the most tumultuous decades any NBA city has ever experienced, moved them in trades with very little feeling or remorse or nearly the return such players should garner. It is business, after all. Then, following yet another unsuccessful NBA Draft in June (because, let's face it, the Nuggets haven't drafted well since Kiki Vandeweghe took Jameer Nelson in 2004) where they acquired France's relatively unknown Evan Fournier and another project in Baylor's Quincy Miller, the Nuggets saw every other team in the Western Conference improve. Feeling a playoff berth next season slowly slipping through their fingertips, they panicked again, and traded the since re-signed Afflalo for Philadelphia's Andre Iguodala. Why do I feel they panicked, you ask?
- There is a very clear track record for doing so.
- They were never once involved in the Dwight Howard talks until the final days when major players (Orlando, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia) needed a fourth team to take Andre Iguodala.
- The league's worst-kept secret is Denver's lust for Iguodala – going at least as far back as two years ago when they were fielding offers for Carmelo Anthony. Every trade proposal they considered in the early-stages of talks with New Jersey revolved around Iguodala coming to the Nuggets. Now, fast-forward two years: The Lakers, Magic, and especially the Sixers knew of Denver's infatuation with Iggy and took advantage by beautifully orchestrating a four-team deal involving the newly-minted gold medalist. I know Sixers President Rod Thorn and general manager Ed Stefanski knew about the Nuggets' yearning for Iguodala (Thorn was in his first days on the job when Denver made overtures for the small forward in the Carmelo swap), and by extension, so did both Orlando and Los Angeles.
- No one necessarily had use for Iguodala's services, least of all Orlando. Because what utility could the Magic have for a 28-going-on-29 year-old swingman who can't score and relies entirely on his athleticism for success? Remember, Rob Hennigan was tutored in the San Antonio Spurs organization. Orlando is in the midst of a full rebuild. Acquiring a nearly-30 year old NBA veteran 'tweener' who's on the decline to anchor their team is foolhardy. And God knows Los Angeles has enough help on the wing. Denver was the only team that would take Iguodala.
- The Nuggets didn't put enough thought into the move itself because they weren't involved until the final stages of talks – something that speaks very loudly to a franchise getting hoodwinked. For this reason and those mentioned above, Denver gave up its best remaining player and elite NBA shooting guard, Arron Afflalo.
I said last January on Twitter – much to the dismay of all my followers – that there were only four players I'd take over Arron Afflalo as my starting shooting guard. They were: James Harden, Eric Gordon, Kevin Martin, and Monta Ellis. Kobe Bryant wasn't included. Dwyane Wade wasn't, either (people were especially steamed about Wade's exclusion). If I had to do that list over again today it would include James Harden. And end with James Harden. Klay Thompson will be on this list by the time the New Year rolls around, I have no doubt. However, I do not include Andre Iguodala in the field of potential shooting guards for one reason: He can't shoot. From anywhere (outside of last year's near-40% showing from behind the arc). Having the ability to shoot is kind of in the job description for a shooting guard. And for this reason, he has been used as point-forward out of the small forward position for the majority of his career. A point forward position I (wrongfully) assumed Denver was grooming Danilo Gallinari to take over. After all, the point forward is actually what pre-draft scouting reports listed him as coming out of Italy in 2008. As if drafting France's Evan Fournier wasn't a curious enough choice given he's yet another versatile wing best used as a point-forward because he cannot shoot, Denver makes a trade for one more?
I mean, what does Denver have against shooters? (More on a player they missed in Summer League who could have easily made their roster but was ignored in future posts).
With this wealth of information as pretext, I will use my ensuing posts as explanation into the incalculable number of ways this was a bad trade for Denver, how much it frighteningly resembles the Nuggets' last trade with Philly for another 'A.I.', and how they're building a Fantasy Basketball Team instead of a real one. I assure you all of this will be thoroughly backed-up by quantitative evidence. I promise.


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I was going to blog about the constant policing of women's bodies in the mainstream media, and how celebrity weight changes are now considered News, not just Entertainment News, and about how women are mocked if they don't look sexually attractive throughout their entire pregnancy, and about how images of Beyonce's body were examined to discover whether or not her "bump" was real, and about how a few weeks after having a baby, nameless journos have scrutinised her body for signs of weight gain and declared that since only her boobs are bigger, then she is sexy. But then I noticed something.
I noticed how similar the News.com.au and smh.com.au versions of the Beyonce story are. And I noticed how similar they both are to the original story on Us Weekly.
Some similarities are unavoidable, particularly when using journalese. (For a laugh, check out Words journalists use that people never say and the BBC's paper monitor.) Journalists tend to use the same words, the same voices and the same angles when writing stories, so of course their stories all sound the same. They're consistent. Predictable. Very predictable. After all, today's funny tech stories were last week's RTs on twitter.
But how much similarity is ok and how much is plagiarism?
This is all the Media Alliance Code of Ethics has to say about it:
10. Do not plagiarise.
Righty-o then.
Australian news sites run on re-writes from British and American tabloids. Without them, online journalists would have to, um, pick up the phone and make some calls and write their own stories. I guess it comes down to what what online editors think is important: getting your tertiary-educated journalists to chase stories that your competitors don't have – stories that make your website a trusted, "must visit" news source, thereby improving your own job prospects – or getting them to bash out a few pars of the same shit that's on every website.
But, to be fair, journalists in Australian newsrooms can't be there in person to report on what a celebrity is wearing and whether or not they look fat/tired/like their relationship is on the rocks every time they leave the house, so re-writes are a necessary evil if you want to run these stories on your website.
So, the stories. News.com.au went for the SEO bonanza headline – Beyonce proves she's already crazy in shape just one month after giving birth to Blue Ivy – but loses points for saying that Beyonce was "stepping out to support her rapper husband". Unless she was performing a dance move, "stepping out" should not have made it past the sub.
During the concert, Jay-Z reportedly got choked up while performing Glory, the song he wrote for their newborn daughter.
Pay attention to that sentence. At smh.com.au: Woah mama! Beyonce's post baby appearance:
Jay-Z looked visibly choked up when he performed Glory – the song he wrote for his new baby girl.
And from the original story at Us Weekly: Beyonce Reveals Sexy Post-Baby Body 1 Month After Giving Birth:
During the concert, Jay-Z got choked up while performing "Glory," the song he wrote for their daughter, Blue Ivy (born January 7 in NYC).
This is also from the original:
Post-show, A-list guests hit up Jay-Z's 40/40 club for the official after-party.
Knowles was clearly enjoying her night off, arriving half an hour after her hip-hop husband, 42, walked the red carpet.
And this is from the News.com.au re-write:
Following the show, A-list guests hit up Jay-Z's 40/40 club for the after-party.
Knowles, 30, was clearly enjoying her night off, arriving half an hour after her hip-hop husband, 42, walked the red carpet.
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Richard Cathcart III got up on Sept. 18, 2012, and swigged from a pint-size bottle of Smirnoff vodka he kept in a sock.
Life had gone downhill for Cathcart after he retired from an engineering job about five years earlier.
He became depressed and drank. His marriage suffered.
Several times, the police were called after he threatened to shoot someone.
On the day he died by police officers' bullets, the 60-year-old was angry about a remodeling project at his Mount Pleasant home.
He promised to shoot his wife, then his neighbor.
He later threatened to shoot the SWAT team members who had gathered outside his home.
He occasionally pointed his .38-caliber Colt 1911 at them. He fired expletives but no bullets.
A Mount Pleasant police negotiator called him 93 times. He wouldn't listen.
"If the cops go away, I'll be fine," he said over the telephone. "But I'll shoot anyone who comes in my yard."
When he pointed his pistol the last time, three officers more than 100 feet away fired their .223-caliber rifles a dozen times. One bullet nearly cut off Cathcart's right arm. The fatal round plunged into the center of his chest.
As he took his last breaths, Cathcart's finger still rested on the trigger of his gun.
The circumstances of Cathcart's last day, and the troubled history leading to it, resemble other shootings in which a person threatening police seems bent on prompting his own death. Colloquially known as "suicide-by-cop," such cases accounted for more than 36 percent of officer-involved shootings in a 2009 study by forensic scientists.
Two of the three fatal police shootings during the past year in the tri-county area have been attributed to suicide-by-cop.
It was a likely factor, authorities said, in the fatal shooting Oct. 12 of 52-year-old Derryl Drayton, a James Island man who had threatened to kill his sister and deputies before he reportedly threw a knife at a lawman.
Drayton's history and actions that day mirrored behavior seen in other police shootings. He had a past of escalating confrontations with authorities. Relatives said he had been using drugs. He was mired in a volatile domestic dispute.
Loved ones of Cathcart and Drayton have expressed hope that their deaths will serve as teachable moments for law enforcement.
But in each case, authorities insisted that they tried to reach a peaceful conclusion but were faced with threats against their own lives. Hundreds of documents, photos and videos from a State Law Enforcement Division investigation into Cathcart's shooting, which The Post and Courier obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, help paint that picture.
While recruits at the S.C. Criminal Justice Academy aren't offered classes specifically about suicide-by-cop, they are taught how to address it, spokeswoman Florence McCants said. But no training, she said, can guarantee the outcome.
"Officers are always taught to look out for that, but they can't make promises," McCants said. "The first thing in their mind is always going to be safety."
Sometimes, she said, they're left with no better option than to pull the trigger.
Residents of James Island knew Drayton as a churchgoing man who earned money doing manual labor. But his bizarre behavior and run-ins with police began mounting in 2005. Some of his problems were fueled by crack cocaine and mental illness.
That December, he hopped into the middle of Main Road and directed traffic around a crash. "I'll beat your (expletive) asses," he told Charleston police when they arrived.
Drayton lunged and kicked at the officers trying to arrest him. Two police officers hit Drayton with their batons until the tools broke. They tried to jolt him with a Taser, but the devices' prongs didn't poke through Drayton's heavy coat.
During his subsequent stint in jail, Drayton stripped naked and set his clothes on fire. That earned him time in a state prison.
When he got out in 2008, Drayton lived in his parents' home on Greenhill Road, where he remained a familiar face to the Charleston County Sheriff's Office.
During the past three years, deputies received 113 calls about the address. It's difficult to say how many were about Drayton.
Since early July, deputies handled 25 calls there. During one disturbance Sept. 25, Drayton was asked to leave, and he agreed.
Yvonne Aiken, his sister who was caring for their ailing parents at the home, told authorities that he had stayed away until the days leading to his death Oct. 12.
Aiken and other close relatives declined to comment for this story. The case has sparked criticism from the NAACP and the family has hired an attorney, but Aiken refused to name the lawyer.
On the night he died, Drayton showed up at the home threatening to kill Aiken and himself. He left, but by the time deputies tracked him down, he had a kitchen knife. He pretended to cut his own throat as deputies pleaded with him to drop the weapon.
Sheriff Al Cannon said the man didn't pose a threat to just himself.
"We went into an effort to get him away from that (suicide) process," Cannon said. "But I think he transitioned from that to more of a threat toward the officers."
When he reportedly threw the knife at a lawman running after him, two deputies shot him.
A suspect acting deliberately to prompt a use of force is something Cannon said he sees as a "growing factor" in officer-involved shootings.
To Dorchester County Coroner Chris Nisbet, suspects should expect to be shot if they pose a threat with a deadly weapon.
"The way I see it is, we all know police officers carry guns," Nisbet said. "If put in a situation where a gun is pointed at them, they're not going to second-guess using their own."
Nisbet has been known to rule fatal shootings by officers as suicide rather than justifiable homicide — a practice that isn't widespread. He made three such rulings in recent years.
In examining the circumstances of a possible suicide-by-cop, Nisbet said he looks for some common threads, including indicators of premeditation.
As Steven Edward Dahlke, 43, was being booked at the Summerville Police Department in July 2007, he snatched a Taser and used it on an officer. When he confronted another officer, he was shot four times.
Nisbet dubbed Dahlke's manner of death a suicide, and listed the cause as suicide by cop. Dahlke had told family members that he would go down fighting before he would go back to prison, the coroner said.
Often, Nisbet said, people are driven by mental defect, drugs or alcohol. They sometimes are motivated to stay out of prison at all costs.
Many, he added, don't intend to harm a police officer. In some ways, he said, they liken police officers to Jack Kevorkian, the late euthanasia proponent known as "Dr. Death."
"A lot of these people want to kill themselves, but they just can't or don't want to do it by themselves," Nisbet said. "But for them, it's OK if someone else does it."
Cathcart's death in fall 2012 prompted questions from loved ones about whether police had done everything to end the SWAT standoff without gunfire.
But early on, Cathcart made it clear that he wouldn't negotiate. He was upset about the color of the new cabinets being installed in his kitchen when he fetched a pistol and told his wife to leave. His wife asked a neighbor, Linda Toporek, to try to talk some sense into Cathcart.
"We always talked things out," Toporek said in a statement to SLED. "He could tell me anything."
But after she walked into his bedroom, Cathcart held up the gun.
"You really are not going to like how this is going," he said, according to Toporek. "If you do not leave, I will shoot you."
Cathcart's wife wanted him to be committed. She called police.
Over the next three hours, Mount Pleasant's SWAT team set up outside. Snipers trained their scopes on Cathcart's house. They knew Cathcart, a competitive marksman during his college years in the 1970s, had a collection of rifles, shotguns and pistols.
The officers gathered intelligence. They pored over eight incident reports about his past run-ins with authorities. His wife told them that he took medications for mental health problems and liked to drink. They called him.
"I told him that we couldn't leave the residence," Mount Pleasant Cpl. Daniel Eckert, an FBI-trained police negotiator, wrote in a statement to SLED. "I told him that we were there to help him and we didn't want to hurt anyone."
Officers planned to break into the house. Using dry-erase markers, they mapped out the scene on their white cruisers. They cut the home's power. They readied a robot for a reconnaissance mission.
But they never had a chance.
Cathcart released his two golden retrievers and his greyhound. He later stepped out and leveled his Colt pistol at SWAT officers, who were dressed in helmets and protective vests and armed with military-style rifles.
A video that captured his last moments does not indicate that Cathcart fired before bullets riddled his body and shattered the door window behind him.
Officer Daniel Fiallo shot four times from behind a car about 130 feet away. Officer Joseph Dickman was about 100 feet away when he fired seven times. Officer Mark Lamb shot a single bullet from about 290 feet away.
Each stated to investigators that they feared for others' safety when they shot at Cathcart.
Each thought Cathcart might have fired off a round of his own, but investigators found no evidence of that, such as a shell casing. The officer who picked up the Colt after the shooting said he struggled to eject the round in its chamber because it had jammed.
Inside the house they found another 143 rounds for the gun. They also came across bags of marijuana.
Cathcart's autopsy indicated that marijuana had been in his system. He also had been taking anti-depressants, and his blood-alcohol content was a high 0.295 percent.
Many of his loved ones suspected that alcohol abuse prompted the act that ended his life.
Carl Krucke of Summerville, who had worked with Cathcart as civilian employees of the Navy, described him as easygoing when he was sober.
"When it came down to it, I have a feeling he was just not happy," Krucke said. "He kind of forced their hand. I think he knew what their reaction would be."
Charleston attorney Andy Savage has represented both sides of officer-involved shootings.
He most often sees suicide-by-cop predicaments arise from domestic disputes. Such was the case for Drayton and Cathcart.
Domestic episodes, Savage said, are volatile, quick to change and cause unusual behavior in those involved.
"They're not acting like they would at church on Sunday morning," Savage said. "Emotions are controlling the situation. People who are typically rational are irrational."
Savage has never represented a police officer who hasn't second-guessed their own actions, he said. He doubted an NAACP official's labeling of Drayton's shooting as a "badge of honor" for deputies.
One of Savage's primary concerns is getting officers who shoot someone back on a job, even if it's behind a desk. Too much time on administrative leave, a standard procedure after officer-involved shootings, can lull someone into complacency, he said.
"I don't want them to delay using lethal force just because of this event," Savage said. "They can't be slow on the draw because then they'll be the ones getting killed."
SLED agents are still investigating Drayton's death. Solicitors have cleared the Mount Pleasant police officers in Cathcart's shooting.
In a letter to police after her husband's death, Nancy Cathcart asked for the shooting to be regarded as a learning experience for officers.
"Unfortunately, my husband was beyond listening to reason," she wrote. "My only hope is that something can be learned from this situation, and that future situations such as this can be resolved peacefully."
CORRECTION: Richard Cathcart's wife said he took medication for mental health problems but had not been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Information in a police report about his condition was incorrect, she said. This story has been edited to fix that error.
Reach Andrew Knapp at 937-5414 or twitter.com/offlede.


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Blue Microphones has had great success with its Snowball USB mic over the years, and we're big fans of the audio quality it offers. But it doesn't reach the mountainous heights of the company's latest entry into the market: the THX-certified The Yeti.
Also a USB connected model, with analogue to digital processing, The Yeti comes across like radio microphones of old. It's retro, but with many modern twists.
For starters, it features four different recording modes, accessible using a switch on the back, and recorded through three 14mm tuned condenser capsules:
"Stereo" records from either side and captures accurate stereo imaging, even adding a little reflection from the rear so that there's a distinct spatial sound to recordings.
"Cartoid" offers a front facing cone, and will possibly be the most used mode for podcasts and vocal recordings.
"Omnidirectional" picks up sound from all four directions: sides, front and rear. It's perfect if, for example, you're recording different people sitting around a table. Or just ambience.
And lastly, the "Bidirectional" mode picks up sound at the front and rear.
It is the variety of these different methods of recording that make The Yeti so versatile. However, it's not these that impress the most.
The build quality of the microphone is extraordinary. It could easily be used as a weapon in an episode of Midsummer Murders. The weight and sturdiness of metallic beast is such that there is no wobble or shake during recording. We suspect that it could withstand a fair amount of abuse before getting more than a superficial scratch.
There are switches and nobs for headphone volume (zero-latency), gain, pattern (audio mode), and a mute button. And USB and 'phones (mini-jack) connectivity is offered on the bottom of the mic itself. There's also a tripod mount if you don't want to use the supplied desktop stand.
But the most impressive is the audio capture performance itself. Considering that there's analogue to digital processing going on, the end result is as clean as the language in the Vatican. It depends on the recording software and compression at the computer's end, of course, but end results are always note perfect. It is the podcaster's dream.
In fact, it is this specific podcaster's dream, as I currently use The Yeti for my part of the Pocket-lint podcast, which you can hear from episode 24 and on. Also, as the podcast is recorded via Skype, and output is a 128kbps MP3/M4A, I've recorded a test using a much higher bitrate, which you can listen to below... So you don't need to just take my word for it.
The Yeti USB microphone costs £129.99 (although we've seen it for £99.99 on Amazon.co.uk) and is available now.
Hear a test recording
Download the test file (right click)
Do you record a podcast? If so, what microphone do you use? Let us know in the comments below...
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"Java is Not a Recognized Program" Error
|Problem Summary
|"Java is not a recognized program" error message is displayed when trying to run the .bat files in the Unified CVP Server/admin directory ( or the .bat files in the application specific admin directory) after a Windows upgrade.
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|Java is not a recognized program
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|The environment variable containing the java install path was overwritten during the upgrade.
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|Possible Solution 1: (Reboot the machine.)
VXML Server requires the use of an environment variable that is created by the installer. In order for this environment variable to take effect, the machine must be rebooted. If the machine was not rebooted by the installer, reboot the machine manually. Before rebooting, close all running application and save any unsaved work.
Possible Solution 2: (Reset the Java Path system variable.)
1. From Start, select Programs > Administrative Tools > Computer Management.
2. From the Computer Management menu bar, select Action > Properties.
3. Select Advanced Tab > Environment Variables Settings.
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Doris A. Clausen
Doris A. Clausen, 95, of Erie, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Pleasant Ridge Manor West. She was born in Erie on Feb. 23, 1917, daughter of the late Pierce and Grave Fullerton.Doris was a homemaker, working at Marx Toys for five years. She enjoyed crocheting and knitting and was a former member of the VFW Post #470 Auxiliary. She enjoyed flower gardening and time with her grandpets. She is survived by five sons, Robert (Christine) of Erie, Dan (Linda) of North Carolina, Albert of Lakeland, Fla., David of Florida and Richard (Kathy) of St. Marys; two daughters, Becky Fletcher of Missouri and Caroline Clausen of Nebraska; one sister, Caroline Kensill; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew J. Clausen; two sisters, Lillian and Edna; one brother, Robert; one daughter, Shirley; and three sons, Gilbert, Kenneth and Duane.Funeral services for Doris A. Clausen will be held in Erie on Friday. Interment will be private.


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[I cross-posted this on http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint as well] One of the most popular blog entries was the web browser compatibility one where folks were very vocal about the lack of authoring support on non-IE browsers. I'm proud to say that Telerik is announcing that they will support cross-browser authoring with an integrated rich text editor that will be…
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Kapiolani Community College student culinary team to compete for national title
Public's help needed to send Team Hawaii to the American Culinary Federation National Convention in Florida, July 11-14Kapiʻolani Community College
Frank Leake, (808) 734-9204
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Posted: May 27, 2009HONOLULU — Kapiʻolani Community College's Junior American Culinary Federation (ACF) Competition Team, also known as Team Hawaiʻi, is going for the gold and hopes that Hawaiʻi residents will come forward to help them get to the national championship.
Team Hawaiʻi captured the top prize at the ACF's Student Team Western Regional Championship in April, and is one of four teams that will be competing for the national title at the 2009 ACF National Convention in Orlando, Fla., July 11-14. The team with the highest score will be named ACF Student Team National Champions for 2009.
A fundraising goal of $40,000 has been set to support Team Hawaiʻi, which will help cover food for competition practice and the competition, travel (air and ground), hotel, meals, promotion, and seed money for Team Hawaiʻi 2009-2010. A variety of fundraising events are scheduled to help meet this goal, including practice lunches throughout the month of June for which individuals or companies can purchase tickets. Donations in support of the team can also be made by contacting Linh Hoang at (808) 734-9570 or by donating online at www.uhf.hawaii.edu/KapiolaniCC-ACFGoldTeam.
This is the first time a team from Kapiʻolani CC has captured the top prize in a regional ACF competition and the second time a UH community college team has won. Maui Community College captured the Western Regional Championship in 2000.
Team Hawaiʻi is comprised of student chefs Anna Hirano (team alternate/sous-chef), Keaka Lee, Tate Nakano-Edwards, San Shoppell (team captain), Rena Suzuki and Ken Yi. Kapiʻolani CC Professor Frank Leake serves as team coach and manager and Kapiʻolani CC Instructor Alan Tsuchiyama serves as team teacher and coach.
The team spent months learning and refining advanced culinary skills in preparation for the ACF regional competition, and edged out seven other Western Region student culinary teams for the title, including teams from Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. The Kapiʻolani student team will compete against representative teams from the Northeast, Central and Southeast Regions at the 2009 ACF National Convention in Orlando.
Team Hawaiʻi is very grateful for the support of Hawaiʻi individuals and businesses who have stepped forward to date to help with expenses, including Starwood Hotels & Resorts; Y. Hata & Co. Limited; Hale Kuʻike, LLC; Roy's Restaurants Hawaiʻi; HFM Foodservice; Kona Blue; Tropic Fish Hawaiʻi; Hukilau Foods; Hale ʻAina ʻOhana; Eyes of Hawaiʻi Photography Club; Joan Namkoong; Mr. and Mrs. Randall E. Jaycox; Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Tomoko Malaghan; Dr. and Mrs. Earl and Karen Miller; Mr. and Mrs. J.P. and Beth Damon; Mr. and Mrs. Rich and Brendan Ethington; Al Ogata and Amy Jampel; Meng-Ling Erik Kuo; Kevin Omura of Kuleana Design; and Hawaiʻi Chefs Roy Yamaguchi, Alan Wong, Hiroshi Fukui, Rodney Uyehara and Lindsey Ozawa.


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Each year, we serve more than 25,000 patients and their families — providing a full continuum of care for every level of need.
Our clinical mental health services include:
For psychiatric disorders, as with all medical illnesses, successful treatment begins with a complete and accurate assessment. At Western Psychiatric, we provide comprehensive evaluations for people of all ages in a number of settings, including a 24-hour emergency room.
Since discussions with family members (with the patient's consent) are a valued part of the evaluation process, we encourage family members to accompany patients to the assessment.
Based on the assessment, clinicians recommend the program that will be most helpful and tailor a treatment plan to meet the specific needs of the individual.
Treatment is a cooperative effort between the patient, family members, and professional staff and may include:
Because psychiatric disorders can involve many factors, patients may receive care from a team of professionals, often including:
This team provides the patient and the family with education and communication throughout the treatment process to enhance the patient's recovery.
Western Psychiatric is dedicated to providing high-quality health care that is compassionate, attractive to patients and their support systems, and responsive to referring professionals and agencies.
» Call us at 412-624-1000 or toll-free at 1-877-624-4100.» Find more behavioral and mental health services at UPMC.
For an emergency, please call 412-624-1000 or toll-free 1-877-624-4100.
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HeartCode® BLS
Learn more about the online HeartCode BLS course, updated to reflect the 2015 AHA Guidelines for CPR & ECC!
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Contact your local training center to sign up for a Hands-On Skills Session (sold separately), which is required to complete courses including CPR and other psychomotor skills. Learn more about course formats.
We offer convenient and flexible training management options to help organizations effectively train large numbers of students.
The 2015 AHA Guidelines for CPR & ECC are here! View the 2015 Update, explore the Integrated Guidelines or download Guidelines Highlights.
Instructors can use this tool to verify a student's Online Course Completion Certificate.
About AHA eLearning
The American Heart Association offers eLearning and Blended Learning courses to provide complete, flexible training solutions.
Students are able to complete online training at their own pace and in less time, while companies and healthcare organizations can overcome obstacles such as scheduling, reaching remote employees and diverse learning styles.
- All courses are developed using the most current emergency cardiovascular care science from the American Heart Association.
- The same content is delivered to all learners.
- Students still complete in-person hands-on skills sessions and testing for courses requiring CPR and other psychomotor skills.
- Students can complete online courses anytime and anywhere with internet access.
- A cost-efficient and time-saving alternative to 100% classroom training.
- Instructors and Training Centers are able to focus on quality hands-on time for teaching critical psychomotor skills.
- Caregivers spend less time away from patients, while employers and staff maintain on-the-job productivity.
"eLearning can be as effective as classroom-based training. Often measured by students' retention of course content, the average retention rate for an instructor-led class is 58%, and the eLearning experience enhances the retention rate by 25%."
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Pop idol Demi Lovato has inked a deal to join Simon Cowell on the judging panel of The X Factor.
The Disney star officially signed a contract for the upcoming second season of the TV talent show, according to TMZ.com.
Lovato joins fellow newcomer Britney Spears as they replace ousted judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul.
An official announcement is due to take place in New York City this week (begs14May12).


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SOURCE: iPerceptions
February 12, 2013 08:00 ET
Marketers Can Now Capture the 'Voice of the Customer' in the Moment of Truth Using Scientific-Based Self-Service Surveys to Drive Real-Time Actions in Business Processes
Marketers Can Now Capture the 'Voice of the Customer' in the Moment of Truth Using Scientific-Based Self-Service Surveys to Drive Real-Time Actions in Business Processes
MONTREAL--(Marketwire - Feb 12, 2013) - iPerceptions Inc., a leading provider of online Voice Of Customer (VOC) analytics derived from actual visitor feedback, today announced the new iPerceptions' Active Research Platform, which raises the bar in VOC Analytics -- while breaking key barriers that have made it impossible for many organizations to use VOC technology. iPerceptions' Active Research Platform includes Free, Plus, Premium and Professional subscriptions, which deliver unmatched functionality at every level and dramatically speeds up time-to-action with a unique self-service survey creation capability.
"Although VOC Analytics is viewed as a critical component of customer analytics -- the cost, time and expertise required to develop scientifically-based surveys and conduct analysis have created barriers for many organizations," said Audry Larocque, CEO of iPerceptions. "Our new iPerceptions' Active Research Platform removes these barriers by making sophisticated, research-based VOC analytics fast, simple-to-use and affordable."
For the first time, marketers with any budget can gain customer insights from iPerceptions Free, which is based on the proven and trusted 4Q Task Completion research methodology and now includes the flexibility of customizable questions and power of unlimited survey responses. This free offering also gives users a KPI dashboard, supports 32 languages and is integrated with Google Analytics.
The new platform includes Plus, Premium and Professional subscriptions, which offer marketers a robust, multi-channel VOC solution that captures feedback through trusted 4Q Task Completion Framework and iPSI Customer Experience Framework, as well as Comment Cards, online surveys, mobile surveys and tablet surveys. Marketers can conduct an unlimited number of surveys simultaneously to gather specific insights without incurring additional cost. This results in shorter, more relevant surveys that deliver highly targeted insights.
"Time-to-Action has become paramount for marketers," added Larocque. "The convenience of online comparison shopping and shrinking product development cycles have made customer loyalty more challenging than ever. Today's marketers don't have the luxury of waiting weeks or months to capture customer feedback, they need to know what inspired customers in the 'moment of truth.' Our new SaaS survey model empowers marketers to create VOC surveys in minutes and gives companies the opportunity to use an 'Active Research' approach to VOC analytics."
The Active Research platform also includes Word and Concept Clouds, which create a visual representation of data -- improving the speed and accuracy of insights. iPerceptions' real visitor, real-time industry benchmarks generate an instant snapshot of performance to effectively evaluate results. Customers using the Professional subscription can also benefit from integration with Tealeaf's customer experience management (CEM) solutions from IBM.
iPerceptions' professional services are now available on Plus, Premium and Professional subscriptions -- making sophisticated VOC Analytics accessible to organizations and departments with any budget.
Availability and Pricing
iPerceptions Free, Plus, Premium and Professional subscriptions are immediately available and can be purchased by visiting www.iperceptions.com. Pricing for iPerceptions Plus starts at $19 per month; $399 per month for Premium and $1,499 per month for the Professional. For enterprise solutions pricing please call iPerceptions.
About iPerceptions
A trusted market research firm and global leader in Voice Of Customer (VOC) analytics, iPerceptions captures customer perceptions at the touch point of choice and at the critical time using advanced intercept technologies and proven research frameworks to deliver action in real-time. iPerceptions' Active Research platform provides advanced business intelligence reporting and global benchmarking to assist in strategic and tactical decision-making. Companies can inject VOC results into current processes and improve the overall customer experience. For more information visit www.iperceptions.com
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This article is meant to serve as an introduction to the task of developing driver support for a device.
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 Case 1: Development steps for when your device uses components for which drivers already exist
- 3 Case 2: Development steps for when your device uses components for which drivers do not currently exist
- 4 Don't forget to send info to the Wiki !
Getting Started
The very first thing you should do is find out how your device identifies itself:
For PCI or PCIe devices Use the lspci and lspci -vn commands.
For USB based devices Use the lsusb and lsusb -v
The above should provide you with the identify of main bridge chip as well as the important piece of infomation known as the device's subsystem ID.
Next, you should try to identify the component ICs/chips that your device uses. There can be tuner chips, demodulators, or both, hidden in the metallic box connected directly to the antenna input. Often the tuner type is printed under a sticker.
You can find a lot of cards on http://bttv-gallery.de - a very useful resource for cards identification.
Another useful place to look is MS-Windows drivers. They often contain a lot of information about cards' hardware.
Case 1: Development steps for when your device uses components for which drivers already exist
Extending support for your card under such circumstances can range from being a trivial matter to one which requires some patience and discovery through the process of trial & error.
First off, download the latest V4L-DVB source code from Mercurial and search for a device as similar as your own - something like your device may already be supported but with another name. In such a case, you can copy a similar entry and fill in the values for the new card. For example:
- for a bttv chip you add to bttv-cards.c and bttv.h,
- for cx88 chip - cx88-cards.c and cx88.h,
- for saa713x chip saa7134-cards.c and saa7134.h
... and so forth.
Finding the correct tuner
In more than 90% of all cases something like.. first test one to your norm specific type with older Philips API, then test LG API and if there are still missing channels in UHF test MK3 API types will succeed. To find the exact takeover and radio config might be further steps, but most likely this can be/is covered by one of the existing types already.
At least it will usually take only three tuners to reach this point and if you find all three API types don't work, then ...
To check for the tda9887 on MK3 and mt32xx types can be done at once or as a next step. Since also the Philips silicon tuners should be well detected now, we can identify such like the yet unsupported XCeive types quite well. They seem to fail safely upon the initialization sequence with tuner=54 if I got Carsten right. So the really difficult/new ones should show up quickly enough and we can try to prepare a list of typical addresses for new devices like channel decoders, second eeproms, most likely hidden analog demodulators and such.
That the multi and hybrid types can have other issues too, like antenna input/filter/demodulator RF-amplifier switching and the like is above simple analog tuner programming and not yet fully investigated for all new types, but it seems there is some very good progress too.
The takeover suggestions in most datasheets on switch between VHF and UHF aren't related closely to technical specifications and precise measurements. They simply take it from _known_ channels currently in use and select those which are closest from both sides! Most obvious for NTSC-M tuners. If one is missing in the gap, to go right into the middle seems to be still reasonable for me as a next step in such cases, but to finally make the decision on what is empirically reported to work best is legal in lack of further documentation.
Guessing the .gpio values and masks for input
See Remote controllers and GPIO pins.
A guide about how to add a remote can be found in the section Remote_controllers. Before writing the patch please double-check if there are no such keys in v4l sources already.
Test your code
If the card works - that's cool! Congradulations! You are now ready to send a patch to video4linux mailing list.
Case 2: Development steps for when your device uses components for which drivers do not currently exist
Unfortunately, development of a new chipset driver is generally not an easy task. For starters, you're going to have to be capable and/or ambitious enough to produce the code or, at the very least, inspire an existing developer to do such (and there is by no means any guarantee that anyone will be interested...even if you cry and beg and/or throw bags of money). Either way, you should first search and/or inquire on the mailing list as to whether or not someone is already undertaking such development.
If you're going to work on a driver for a chip you should try to find documentation for it online. In the end, you may require getting information directly from the manufacturer (in the case where no information can be found in the "wild" or those where publicly available infomation is incomplete or lacking).
- For general references on how to develop a Linux kernel driver module, take a look at Index of Documentation for People Interested in Writing and/or Understanding the Linux Kernel.
- USB based devices; Also see:
A Word on Non-Disclosure Agreements
Companies frequently allow developers to see detailed chip specifications or even Linux source code under a Non-disclosure agreement (NDA). For instance, during the development of the em28xx driver, Markus Rechberger signed a NDA for chip information from EMPIA Technologies, and in 2006 Philips offered source code supporting their new saa7162 encoder reference board under an NDA.
A NDA isn't necessarily a barrier to writing a GPL'd driver; it just depends on what it says. If you receive such a document, read it carefully. If the NDA merely stops you from disclosing the specifications, you should be fine. This does not prevent you from writing and distributing a driver under a free software license. Also note that, in some cases, signing a NDA may even go so far as restricting you from even mentioning to others that you've signed a NDA -- in otherwords, you can't talk about or even mention the development of the new driver until the terms of the NDA lift. Also make sure to check that you're allowed to be the copyright holder of your driver. If not, they might redistribute your code under another license, and thus close the code.
Chip and board manufacturers have an incentive to be helpful to free software developers, as the drivers will help move their product. And as long as the NDA gives you the necessary freedom to publish your code, the information supplied can be extremely helpful in writing the driver.
After you've finished the driver(s) for the previously unsupported components
Its time to return to the steps outlined in "Case 1", where you link together the necessary pieces in the drivers that will bring about support for your device (i.e. adding all the glue code).
Don't forget to send info to the Wiki !
- upload non-proprietary picture(s) of the device (i.e. those that you took, and not ones taken from the vendor's website without express permission to do so!) Note: Please use a descriptive filename, as opposed to "image1.jpg" or the generic/cryptic filename that your digital camera gave to it when it was created.
- create a device article outlining what type of device it is, features, support information (drivers, firmware, remote), identification, kernel output messages etc etc (as a guide or template for an article's format, see here).
In addition, if your card is missing on bttv-gallery, you may wish to consider also sending the following info to Gunther Mayer <gunther.mayer () gmx ! net>.
Your contribution will help to improve open source support! Because there are many cards and variations by different vendors, the developers need _your_ help to get it all supported.
1st priority:
- picture of the card, the card backside (high resolution pics if feasible)
- lspci -vn
further information:
- picture of remote control (if applicable) and of original package
- list of chips
- list of input connectors
- printings on PCB, printings on stickers on the card
- lspci -v and lspci -vn
- "dmesg" when loading the modules
- if feasible "eeprom" output (from bttv tools)
- if feasible "*.INF" files from the Windows Driver CD
- exact tuner type (possibly this is hidden under the vendor sticker)
- exact model name and model number from package
- in which country do you live/ in which country this card was bought
- which application(s) did you use to test your setup ?
- If some parts of your card seem to work, describe exactly what you did and what you see/hear now.
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UHWO professors publish consumer behavior, environmental quality articleUniversity of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu
Julie Funasaki Yuen, (808) 454-4870
Public Information Officer, Public Relations and Marketing Department
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Posted: Aug 3, 2010
UH West O'ahu associate professor Dr. Derrek Choy and professor Dr. Ross Prizzia recently published an article in the peer-reviewed journal, Management of Environmental Quality. The article titled "Consumer Behavior and Environmental Quality in Hawai'i" focuses on the relationship between consumer behavior and environment quality.
According to Drs. Choy and Prizzia, the role of consumer behavior in improving and protecting environmental quality is essential to sustainable communities. The results of the research, including a literature review and a survey of Hawai'i consumers, supports the findings of other related studies indicating a positive relationship between environmental concern and environmentally friendly consumer behavior.
Dr. Choy is an associate professor of business administration in marketing at UH West O'ahu. He is the coordinator of the marketing program, teaches marketing courses and advises on marketing issues in the community. Dr. Choy's area of expertise is marketing strategy and consumer behavior in the world market.
Dr. Prizzia is chair of the Division of Professional Studies and professor of public administration at UH West O'ahu. He is the author of numerous journal articles, book chapters and four books, and also serves as senior editor for the journal Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy and peer reviewer for the Journal of Environmental Economics, International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, and the American Review of Public Administration.


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Excessive, reckless, self-centered use of sexual behavior that "doesn't count" because one or both partners are under the influence of drugs, alcohol or meglomania. The "disorder" often targets the spouses/partners of friends. Guilt, self-loathing and further promiscuity is the result...thus an endless cycle ensues.Merry-Go-Pound
Anne's Sexual Bulimia has resulted in the destruction of all significant relationships. Her fear of being alone and invisible leads to Fear-fucking as a feeble attempt to acquire a new social circle, this becomes a Merry-Go-Pound
by Cyn March 18, 2004
Over indulgence in sexual acts (especially oral) to the point of purging...
After indulging in a 3 hour oral sex fest i felt nauseous and threw up. I was diagnosed with sexual bulimia.
by witty from seattle May 28, 2016


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Academics . Game Design . Courses
3D Bioforms: Intro to 3D Modeling
Course No. BMA 345 Credits: 3.0
Faculty Hal Lewis
This course is designed to cover concepts in digital 3D organic and device model construction, whereby the virtual models designed are rendered and composited for 2D illustration purposes to solve specific visual communication problems. The subject matter within the Biomedical Art curriculum reflects the subject matter of natural science, medicine, and biotechnology. Students outside the Biomedical Art Major, are required to work with subjects appropriate to their major field of study for concept development and for long term portfolio objectives. Projects include concepts and workflow for constructing a virtual 3D surface by: (1) defining the visual problem within a concept drawing in pre-production, (2) utilizing specific introductory modeling methods to build the 3D illustration components, (3) the use of basic lighting and rendered materials, (4) export methods into Adobe Photoshop for illustrated compositing with digital illustration techniques and layout. Projects require the student to gain and improve upon research methods, visual communication skills, problem-solving in specific media (digital 2D & 3D) and technical proficiency at an introductory level in 3D modeling.
Animation Career Review names CIA's Animation and Game Design programs as fifth best in the Midwest, noting our vast classroom/studio space.
Jared Bendis
Adjunct Faculty
Jared received his BA from Case Western Reserve University in Psychology with minors in Music and Art Studio a...more
While at CIA, you'll learn from the masters through our rigorous, world-class curriculum and connect with working professionals to begin your career.


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Apple iPad (2018), 128Gb, Wi-Fi, 9.7in with Optional Apple Pencil - Space Grey
- Product Description
- Product Features
- Technical Specification
- Customer Reviews
- Questions and Answers
Product Features
- All-better design, leaner, and definitely meaner
iPad Air is impossibly thin but incredibly solid thanks to its aluminum unibody design. It dropped almost a quarter of the volume of the previous-generation iPad. So it weighs just one gravity-defying pound. But what makes iPad Air truly remarkable is that it packs so much more power and capability into its sleek enclosure. So you can do even more with it, while carrying even less with you.
- Retina display, so much to see, so little to hold
iPad has always been about the display. And that's even truer with iPad Air. Because Apple reduced the width of the device, along with the bezels on the sides of the display. But the size of the stunning Retina display is exactly the same. So your content fills your view more than ever.
- Incredible performance, it's light on everything but power
The Apple-designed A7 chip brings 64-bit desktop-class architecture to iPad. That means up to twice the CPU speed and graphics performance for everything you do. And still long hour of battery life to study, play, build, and create whatever you want, all you want.
- A7 chip
The A7 chip takes iPad to heights of power and speed. Thanks to the A7 chip, apps run faster. Games are more responsive. And everything you do with iPad Air feels quicker, because it is quicker. Up to twice as quick, in fact. And the A7 chip features 64-bit architecture, opening the door for even more robust and powerful apps. Which means even more possibilities for what you can do with iPad Air.
- M7 coprocessor
iPad Air was designed to be on the move. That's why the M7 coprocessor makes so much sense. It measures motion from your iPad Air by pulling data from the accelerometer, gyroscope, and compass. So your apps can give you a better experience based on the movement of your iPad Air. It's a task that would normally fall to the A7 chip. But M7 is more efficient at it, which saves on power.
- Same great battery life
iPad Air is powerful, but not power hungry. Even though it's 20 percent thinner and up to twice as fast as the previous-generation iPad, it still gives you the same incredible long-hour battery life. That's because the A7 chip isn't just more powerful, it's also more efficient. So no matter where you go with iPad Air, you'll have the battery power to go even further.
- Ultrafast Wi-Fi
iPad Air gives you up to twice the Wi-Fi performance thanks to two antennas and MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) technology. With dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi and MIMO, download speeds can reach up to 300 Mbps - double the data rate of the previous-generation iPad. So now when you want to download a movie, share photos or documents with AirDrop, or just browse the web, your connection is even faster than before.
Technical Specification
|Product Description
|Apple iPad Air Wi-Fi - tablet - 128 GB - 9.7"
|Product Type
|9.7" IPS TFT - LED backlight - 2048 x 1536 (264 ppi) - Multi-Touch
|Apple A7 - 64-bit
|Wireless Connectivity
|802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0
|5 Megapixel (rear), 1.2 Megapixel (front)
|HD Video Recording
|Battery Run Time
|Up to 10 hours
|Dimensions (WxDxH)
|16.95 cm x 0.75 cm x 24 cm
|469 g
|Finnish, Swedish / Finland, Sweden
|Manufacturer Warranty
|1 year warranty


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Mitt Romney's remarks at a Jerusalem fundraiser Monday morning have caused a stir among Palestinian officials, according to news accounts.
The Republican presidential candidate, speaking at a breakfast before about 40 wealthy donors, said "I was thinking this morning as I prepared to come into this room of a discussion I had across the country in the United States about my perceptions about differences between countries.
He cited "a dramatic, stark difference in economic vitality" between Israel and areas managed by the Palestinian Authority.
He noted other countries "that are near or next to each other. Chile and Ecuador, Mexico and the United States. I noted that part of my interest when I used to be in the world of business is I would travel to different countries was to understand why there were such enormous disparities in the economic success of various countries."
He said he's read extensively on the subject, and concluded one reason involves a country's resources.
But in Israel's case, he said, "You look at Israel and you say you have a hard time suggesting that all of the natural resources on the land could account for all the accomplishment of the people here. And likewise other nations that are next door to each other have very similar, in some cases, geographic elements."
Another reasons, Romney suggested, quoting an author, "culture makes all the difference. Culture makes all the difference. And as I come here and I look out over this city and consider the accomplishments of the people of this nation, I recognize the power of at least culture and a few other things.
"One, I recognize the hand of providence in selecting this place. I'm told in a Sunday school class I attended— I think my son Tagg was teaching the class. He's not here. I look around to see. Of course he's not here. He was in London. He taught a class in which he was describing the concern on the part of some of the Jews that left Egypt to come to the promised land, that in the promised land was down the River Nile, that would provide the essential water they had enjoyed in Egypt.
"They came here recognizing that they must be relied upon, themselves and the arm of God to provide rain from the sky. And this therefore represented a sign of faith and a show of faith to come here. That this is a people that has long recognized the purpose in this place and in their lives that is greater than themselves and their own particular interests, but a purpose of accomplishment and caring and building and serving. There's also something very unusual about the people of this place."
Romney had already upset the Palestinian community during his visit to Israel Sunday, saying in a widely-noted speech that "It is deeply moving to be in Jerusalem – the capital of Israel."
The United States does not recognize Jerusalem as the capital, and the U.S. embassy is in Tel Aviv. Palestinians say East Jerusalem will be the capital of their state, and Jerusalem's status is a major item in peace negotiations.
Romney's Monday remarks were criticized by Saeb Erekat, senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, according to the Associated Press.
"It is a racist statement and this man doesn't realize that the Palestinian economy cannot reach its potential because there is an Israeli occupation," AP quoted Erekat as saying. "It seems to me this man (Romney) lacks information, knowledge, vision and understanding of this region and its people,
"He also lacks knowledge about the Israelis themselves. I have not heard any Israeli official speak about cultural superiority."


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The Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee heard testimony Tuesday from nine witnesses at a hearing meant to draw attention to the state's energy generation and transmission needs. Aging infrastructure, state environmental policies and proposals to import foreign power are endangering jobs, threatening the tax base of local communities and undermining grid reliability, said State Sen. George Maziarz, R-C, Newfane.
"We are at a crossroads in terms of our energy generation and transmission future, and it is critical that we choose the right path," said Maziarz, chairman of the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee. "We must adopt policies that incentivize older plants to repower and at the same time update our transmission infrastructure so that power rich areas upstate can supply power to consumers downstate. New York is fortunate to have the resources to be the master of its own energy future. We don't need an extension cord from Canada; what we need instead is an investment in New York jobs and support for our local communities."
The committee heard from witnesses representing coal plants in Dunkirk and Somerset; Gavin Donohue, the CEO of Independent Power Producers of New York; Dan Engert, supervisor of the Town of Somerset; Ken Pokalsky, representing the Business Council of New York State; Tom Rumsey and Rick Gonzalez from the New York Independent System Operator; and Phil Wilcox and Michael Lutz representing the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Senators also heard from Paul Haering, who represents NYTRANSCO, a coalition of public and private utility companies who have proposed a multi-billion dollar investment in the state's transmission infrastructure, and Donald Jessome, representing Transmission Developers Inc., which has proposed a Canadian power importation scheme.
Maziarz laid out a clear plan aimed at building a sustainable and lasting energy generation and transmission system that will benefit all New Yorkers. This plan includes:
•Support for NYTRANSCO with its focus on in-state transmission and jobs, and opposition to by-passing upstate generation and jobs through the risky importation called the Champlain-Hudson Power Express.
•Supporting generation jobs through allowing power plants to access "Excelsior Jobs" credits.
•Creating a "Clean Fuel Repowering Tax Credit" to allow any power plant that is willing to meet the stringent environmental standards established in the 2011 Power New York Act to take at least a 12.5 percent as right tax credit on necessary improvements.
•Creating a "NY Clean Energy Innovation Fund" that will be paid for through the sale of New York Power Authority peaker plants in New York City. This is expected to produce $300 million to $700 million and will be used to assist plants with repowering and communities with diminishing tax bases due to retiring plants.
•Allowing repowering projects that meet strict environmental standards to access low-interest debt financing though the state of New York.
•Leveling the playing field for all power producers by examining and analyzing the full gamut of environmental regulations and exemptions and their practical application including applying RGGI charges to any power imported from outside the state or country.
•Allow plants to committed to repowering, utilizing cleaner burning fuel technologies or adding elements of renewable energy to "bank" RGGI credits to assist in paying for these upgrades.
"From Long Island to Western New York and everywhere in between, communities are facing a major crisis caused by the potential loss of power generation, jobs and tax revenue," Maziarz said. "My plan supports real transmission upgrades that will create 30,000 new jobs.
"It also provides real assistance to power plants in order to encourage the private investment necessary for them to be more environmentally friendly and more competitive. Working together, we can maintain and create thousands of jobs in New York's power sector, rather than turning to imported power that creates jobs in Canada. This is a critical choice and one that we simply must get right."


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Reviewing Constructions
Lesson 13 of 14
Objective: SWBAT use straight-edge and compass or dynamic geometry software to perform constructions. Students will understand precise definitions of rays, segments, and arcs in terms of points, lines, and circles.
Big Idea: Students review homework and complete their learning portfolios for the unit. How much have we learned?
Lesson Opener
Team Warm-up
The warm-up prompt for the lesson asks students to think of the homework problems that gave them trouble. Each team must agree on ONE problem, which the team scribe will write on the board. I display the prompt using the slide show for the lesson. The lesson opener follows our Team Warm-up routine.
Following the warm-up, I display the lesson agenda and learning targets. Today we will review Homework Set 2, and students will complete thier learning portfolios for the unit.
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Today, we will conduct homework review as a team activity, using the Team Review variation of our Homework Review routine. I display the instructions and get the class started. Many of the problems in this homework set are constructions, so students' solutions are not expected to be exactly like the model solutions. This is a great opportunity to have a discussion about what can vary in the construction of a figure and which properties are constant. I emphasize that students must leave construction marks (lines and arcs), so that I can see that they performed the construction correctly. (MP6)
When we finish checking the work and answering questions, I explain how students are to complete their their Unit Learning Portfolios. For the second time in this unit, students will use homework to assess their own progress toward unit learning goals.
Students turned in their portfolio problems for me to review a week ago, and I returned them with comments during the week. Students should have refined their solutions and are now turning both Portfolio Problem 1 - Where Is My Package? and Portfolio Problem 2 - Placing a Call for a grade. The goal is for students to gain experience with problem-solving as a process. (MP1)
Completed unit portfolios will be collected following the unit quiz. This gives students a chance to assemble their notes, homework, and pre-tests to use when studying.
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Extra Practice
I plan time in this lesson for students to get Extra Practice. Ideally, students will identify the areas they want to work on themselves, but I generally know which skills the class needs extra time on.
I make a few extra copies of the practice activities from earlier lessons and have them on hand. Alternately, students can make up problems for each other. For example, students can construct line segments and ask their partners to construct a triangle using the segments for the sides. (This can lead to some interesting discoveries about what combinations of side lengths create a viable triangle.)
Students may also use this time to work together to correct thier Unit Pre-Tests. They are responsible for turning in a near-perfect product as part of their learning portfolios.
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Team Size-Up
The lesson close follows our Team Size-Up routine. The Lesson Close prompt asks students to reflect on what constructions are and why we learn them.
For homework, students will assemble their unit learning portfolios, which will be collected following the unit quiz. I encourage students to study. Of course, putting together their notes, homework problems, and pre-test helps them get organized.