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But just how many fawns do coyotes kill? How does the killing affect the number of mule deer in Utah? What about efforts to control coyotes? How effective are those efforts? How do those efforts help deer in Utah?
Biologists with the Division of Wildlife Resources want to know and are launching a study in cooperation with Brigham Young University and Utah State University. The study begins in June on Monroe Mountain in south-central Utah.
Studying fawns and coyotes
Here's how the study will work:
— Doe mule deer will be captured and fitted with radio collars and a vaginal-implant transmitter (VIT) that will be inserted in such a way that it will exit the doe when she gives birth to a fawn.
When the VIT is expelled, it will begin transmitting, alerting biologists that a fawn has been born and giving them the exact location where the fawn is. Immediately, biologists and a volunteer search crew will travel to the area to find the fawn and fit it with an expandable radio collar.
Once the fawns are fitted with the expandable collars, biologists will monitor them for about six months to see how many fawns survive the first critical months of their lives. Deer fawns aren't the only animals that will have radio collars placed on their necks; coyotes will too.
— After collaring the coyotes, biologists and researchers will monitor them to assess the coyotes' location in relation to deer fawns in the area.
— As part of the study, personnel with USDA-Wildlife Services will also conduct high-intensity coyote control on half of the Monroe management unit. On the other half, no coyote control will happen. Comparing how fawns did on areas where coyotes were controlled versus how they did on areas with no control will help biologists and researchers learn more about the effect coyote control has on the number of fawns that survive.
— Placing collars on coyotes will also allow researchers to estimate the size of the coyote population, how the coyotes use the habitat, the coyotes' activity patterns and the effect coyote control work has on the coyote population.
Millions spent to help Utah's mule deer
The study on Monroe Mountain is just one of several things the DWR and its partners are doing to help mule deer in Utah. In just the past six years, tens of millions of dollars have been spent to help the state's deer herds:
Restoring deer habitat: At a cost of more than $76 million, the DWR and its partners have improved mule deer habitat on nearly 780,000 acres over the past six years alone. Another 500,000 acres of habitat improvement is in the planning stages. These habitat improvements often take several years before they become established and are fully effective. But, in the future, this effort will result in healthier mule deer populations in Utah.
Reducing highway mortality: Deer-auto collisions kill thousands of deer in Utah annually. No one knows exactly how many are killed, but the DWR is working closely with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to reduce the number. Since 2005, UDOT has spent more than $47 million to build fences and highway-crossing structures to help both deer and elk cross roads safely. The DWR is also funding two Utah State University projects to learn more about the effect highway mortality is having on Utah's deer herds.
Stopping deer poachers: The DWR has put additional resources into the capture and prosecution of deer poachers. As a result, several criminals who have killed multiple deer have been arrested. One example of the effect the DWR's efforts are having is the reduced number of big game animals that were killed illegally during the past two winters, a time when deer are especially vulnerable to poaching.
During the winter of 2010-11, DWR officers know of 72 big game animals that were illegally killed. During the winter of 2011-12, that number dropped to 57.
Limiting the spread of disease: More than $1 million has been spent to research and monitor chronic wasting and other diseases that affect mule deer in Utah.
Monitoring deer on winter range: Winter is the most critical time in a mule deer's life. Survival is difficult even under the best of circumstances. Each winter, biologists monitor the activity of deer in wintering areas, paying close attention to range conditions, snow depth, the temperature of the air and the body condition of the deer.


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What better way to show your respects to your former team than to score an overtime goal against them in the Stanley Cup playoffs? That is exactly what Stu Barnes did Saturday afternoon in Buffalo. Stu Barnes ripped a shot off the cross bar that got behind Pittsburgh Penguins' goalie Johan Hedberg 8:34 into overtime to give the Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 sudden death victory over the Penguins. With the exciting victory, the Sabres take a 3-2 lead in games heading back to Pittsburgh for Game 6 on Tuesday.
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Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points, 16 during a 30-2 New York onslaught in the second half, the Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers 105-79 on Tuesday night to even the Eastern Conference semifinals at one game.
Iman Shumpert added 15 points, including a sensational follow dunk in the first half, and Raymond Felton scored 14 as the Knicks turned a close game into a blowout over the final 15 minutes.
Paul George scored 20 points for the Pacers, who had a two-point lead and momentum when coach Frank Vogel called timeout with a little more than 3 minutes left in the third quarter.
By the time the Pacers made their next basket, the Knicks had opened a 26-point advantage.
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While the 2011 Oregon Ducks football team has its share of Heisman Trophy candidates and future NFL stars, there are plenty of past cogs in the finely tuned Eugene Machine that changed the course of an Oregon football program over the decades, as much as it changes uniform schemes.
Let's take a look at my Top 5 Ducks Football Players of All Time!
The first player that comes to mind is Dan Fouts, who has to be one of the best Ducks of all-time who went on to have a Hall of Fame NFL career at quarterback.
He established 19 school records while at Oregon and will forever be immortalized for throwing the winning pass in what many consider the most exciting football game in school history, a three-touchdown rally at UCLA in 1970.
Then of course there is Haloti Ngata, one of the most dominating defensive lineman in the nation during his tenure at Oregon.
Big and strong, the 338-pound Ngata exhibited impressive quickness and agility blocking kicks before being drafted by the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL.
Before suffering through an NFL career with the Detroit Lions, quarterback Joey Harrington displayed the charisma that few athletes in Oregon annals, instilling the belief among those around him of invincibility.
He finished his college career with a 25-3 record, including bowl wins against 12th-ranked Texas and 3rd-ranked Colorado.
Before becoming Ahmad Rashad, Bobby Moore posted three record-setting seasons as he rushed for 2,306 yards, caught 131 passes and scored 226 points. All marks that stood for 18 years.
His receiving total is still the best-ever at Oregon.
Our list wouldn't be complete without including elite running back Jonathan Stewart who ran for a school-record 1,722 yards, averaging 132.5 yards a game, including 11 touchdowns on the ground and two TD passes in his junior year before being drafted by the Carolina Panthers.


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Wisconsin's air quality trends
There is a statewide network of 31 ozone monitoring sites and 20 fine particle (PM2.5) monitoring sites to measure ambient air quality in Wisconsin. In addition, the DNR monitoring network measures sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide. The DNR monitoring network is operated under a federally approved network plan, submitted and reviewed annually to ensure appropriate monitoring in all locations required by federal regulations.
Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the U.S. EPA sets National Ambient Air Quality Standards for pollutants. Data from Wisconsin's monitoring network is validated and reported to the EPA to demonstrate how well air pollution controls and programs are working to improve air quality and meet the federal standards. In addition, using continuous monitoring data, DNR quickly informs the public when air pollution reaches unhealthy levels.
2017 Wisconsin Air Quality Trends Report
As part of its effort to meet CAA requirements, the DNR has released the 2017 Wisconsin Air Quality Trends Report (AM-553) [PDF]. The report shows that the overall air quality in Wisconsin continues to improve, building on a 20-year trend in the state.
We continue to work toward attainment in all counties and ensure compliance with all federal air requirements.
- Committed to Clean Air - This 60-second video highlights some of the key successes in air pollution reduction in Wisconsin.
Previous reports
- December 2016 Wisconsin Air Quality Trends Report (AM-550) [PDF]
- December 2015 Wisconsin Air Quality Trends Report (AM-534) [PDF]
- April 2015 Wisconsin Air Quality Trends Report (AM-526) [PDF]
- 2014 Wisconsin Air Quality Trends Report (AM-523) [PDF]
- 2013 Wisconsin Air Quality Trends Report (AM-517) [PDF]
View county-by-county information
To view charts that show the air quality trends for ozone and fine particles (PM2.5) in each county, click on a shaded county in the map below (hover your mouse for the county name) or select a county from the drop-down list and then click the Submit button. Charts will appear below the map.
Note: In the charts, NAAQS stands for National Ambient Air Quality Standard [exit DNR].
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Starring Vin Diesel in The Wheelman, you're on the run from the mafia in the U.S. and returning to Barcelona, a place where you have a dark past and criminal gangs infest the city. It's your job to set the factions against each other to cover a daring heist. With a focus on over-the-top, intense vehicle combat, build your reputation by undertaking missions, taking part in challenging events, all the while looking to pull off stylish, extreme driving stunts.
Combining spectacular Hollywood-style stunts with a gripping storyline, Wheelman provides an adrenaline-fueled, cinematic thrill ride guaranteed to leave you breathless. Vin Diesel stars as an undercover agent and highly skilled driver who must infiltrate the Barcelona underworld to gather intelligence surrounding a covert heist. Posing as a driver-for-hire, he ends up caught in a crossfire of corruption and chaos while trying to stay one step ahead of local law enforcement and rival gangs.
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- Action film megastar Vin Diesel and his Tigon Studios are again blurring the lines between entertainment mediums, this time collaborating with Midway in the design and production of WHEELMAN to ensure an edge-of-your-seat gaming experience. Diesel's voice and likeness will appear as the game's main character, expert Wheelman Milo Burik.
- Wheelman delivers rubber-burning, asphalt-churning excitement that will take gamers on a white knuckle thrill ride that unfolds throughout the streets of Barcelona. Featuring car chases inspired by Hollywood's most famous action-sequences, Wheelman will deliver powerful cinematic moments throughout the game's compelling storyline.
- Survive death-defying feats by performing pulse-pounding maneuvers that only an expert Wheelman can pull off. Pull off a Cyclone and spin the vehicle 360 degrees while precision firing at your enemies.
- Sideswipe pursuing enemies to get them off your tail, execute devastating maneuvers for maximum motor vehicle carnage, or grab your gun and start blasting right through the windshield.
- Commandeer a semi truck to leave your mark on the city. Escape down a narrow alleyway on the back of a tricked-out motorcycle. Hop behind the wheel of exclusively licensed vehicles and make your getaway in style.
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- Set in the exotic location of Barcelona, Spain. This classic European city is densely populated with traffic and pedestrians that react intelligently to your actions as you roam around realistic environments filled with massively destructible objects.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Treating Teachers Nicely Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Treating Teachers Nicely Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message andrew murphyJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 51Location: Australia Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 11:10 pm Post subject: Treating Teachers Nicely Why do EFL schools harp on about how they value their students, charge competitive rates and offer flexibility in their programmes? If instead schools said that they value their teachers, charge realistic rates and let students note that they need to make a regular commitment to attending their lessons then they would attract better qualified teachers, teachers would be happier and more committed, and students would be more satisfied. It seems so obvious to me! Is this too much to expect? Back to top bnixJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 645 Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 6:21 am Post subject: I Agree with You...But It Wii Never Happen Sure...it would be great if all of those things you list would happen,but they won't...at least in many "schools"....it goes back to two of the biggest problems in TESOL: 1.Too many unqualified "teachers"(so-called) just roaming around the world,"teaching" to finance their wanderings and to buy their booze,etc. 2.Too many "schools"(so-called) which are really get rich quick,fly-by-night scams that should not even be dignified by the term "school" Of course,there are many other problems in TESOl, but those are two of the basic "biggies". Back to top RogerJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 9138 Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 1:16 am Post subject: Most of the time, I get treated decently by my Chinese employers. True, they publicise how they treat and view students, not their teachers; they boast about the high education we are supposedly bringing to class, and they never mention poor management in their own ranks. But where I feel their attitude should change a bit is in how they perceive myfunction. It is myjob to teach English, therefore it ought to be incumbent on me to judge the English people bring to my class and take out after it. In other words, I believe only expats can truthfully test the English of their students. This just is not accepted wisdom here. While you can give a student a low grade you have no power to actually fail him or her. In the end, the school will side with the student and pass him no matter how bad his or her English is. Some Chinese colleges and universities have been in touch with Western institutions of higher learning for over twenty years (my first employer had entered into a cooperative agreement with East Texas Baptist University way back in 1979!), but none of our ethics and teaching principles have rubbed off here. You must feel being abused and taken for a ride then. This sentiment is given a major boost when they unceremoniously take you to a photo-op. Your mugshot inevitably is used for commercial purposes. One of my former employers even used it long after I had left his business (a private training centre), still trumpeting that "a native English teacher" is giving classes, when in fact I was working elsewhere. When a student asked them to see me they told her that I had been posted to - Hong Kong to run their branch there (where the boss actually ran an import-export business with Filippino staff). In sum: Keep smiling, and they will smile, entertain you, sometimes even offer to marry you off, but don't insist on profeessionalism because that is sure to backfire. Accept a good many shenanigans! It is a child's play! 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REALITY CHECK—Commentary
There are many good information technology innovations, but not all the current fads are good for government IT. Some trends are bad in general, and some are very bad for government IT managers in particular. Others are good for some uses but not others. Let's examine a few of the IT industry fads that make bad matches for government IT, and why they are bad.
1. Cloud computing is a red herring. Chasing this fad now, before standards are in place and security concerns are dealt with, is a complete waste of time. Also, it still needs to be sorted out whether cloud computing is primarily a utility-based hosting solution, a new application-development model, or both. Although Web 2.0 start-ups can afford the risk associated with these desired IT cost savings, the government should take a wait-and-see attitude.
More on this topic:
Why you might want to be wary of cloud computing
2. Web 2.0 is not pixie dust. Anyone who has witnessed a crazed mob of sports fans on an alcohol-induced rampage would agree that crowds are not always wise. In the same way, Web 2.0 technologies are not a panacea nor should they be the No. 1 priority for government IT. Web 2.0 should be relegated to areas that tap its strength, which is primarily nonattributed commentary and workgroup collaboration.
3. Agile development is a programmer's fantasy and a manager's nightmare. In my more than 20 years of software development experience, I have never met a government program manager who is available on a daily or even weekly basis to help design an application on the fly. Extreme iteration and pair programming are almost exclusively programmer perks and not in the best interests of government IT. Please don't build the next space shuttle that way.
4. Data standards cannot be market-driven. Although the government sponsors many emerging marketplaces, such as green energy, a standards marketplace should not be one of them. I have said this many times before, and I will now say it again: Data standards are not amenable to competition. Instead, government data standardization should be seen as one of those "inherently governmental" activities. Stay away from any standards development organization with a business plan.
5. Service-oriented architecture has not yet convincingly addressed older applications. SOA is absolutely the right approach for new application development, but its Achilles' heel is its failure to come up with a workable transition strategy for legacy applications. Thus, SOA pilots get pigeonholed into a "nice dream" limbo or a "maybe someday" wistfulness. Finally, the coarse-grained "just wrap it" approach rings hollow when the devil delivers the details.
The key to understanding these six warnings is to understand that government IT operates as a mission multiplier and not as a cost center. Just as there are inherently governmental business functions, there are inherently governmental IT practices. Government can no longer dictate the IT landscape — as evidenced by the failure of Ada — but government IT managers must still be keenly aware of the unique requirements for government IT systems. The latest IT fad might be well-suited for businesses but ill-suited for the government.
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This entire article is made up of opinions; where is there evidence of these. I can cite direct evidence where Agile saved the Government money in my agency; we had a small project estimated at $170K, we turned in $69K at the end of the project by using Agile development to meet what the customer needed ahead of schedule. Directly working with the customer saved the money without losing any requirements. Minimal (not zero) documentation was created; we passed C&A and deployed. The author must also not keep up with modern frameworks; there are dozens of tried and true development frameworks that provide developers tools to create cross-browser compliant applications without getting into arcane details.
To the commenter on the Agile not meeting FISCAM requirements; I don't think you have read it - the organization sets up the controls and policies it will adhere to and the Audit ensures the agency does what it said it would do. There is nothing in this document that states Agile development techniques can't be used. BTW, if security is important, these will show as use-cases, user stories, features, etc. to be implemented in the application; after all they are requirements. A "security document" is not going to make the application secure; only proper coding and configuration will do that.
Many good points. If I may continue the Agile thread, there is one significant problem with this kind of development: it leaves little documentation. The Agile Manifesto puts software delivery first. Documentation and management are considered hindrances. I have worked with some of the earlier buzzwords, too. There are good points to all, but they have mostly fallen by the way-side. Agile will go too in the Government sector when many agencies fail the new FISCAM audits. This new standard for security audits almost forbids some Agile practices and requires standard SDLC and governance. Its a big document but worth a read.
Interesting article . . .
Follow up on 3, Developers don't bemoan when the project managment is able to run a nice fence around the requirements and only simple and quick and easy inclusions can be made, that maybe where most projects have problems. You must wrap up the project and move to production when requirements have been met and maybe one or 2 short follow up releases to plug up the holes. Thats it, no cyclical or enhancments unless there is a justified ROI(Get value from the App). There must be a good working relationship between developers and management and the less chiefs, the better.
With regards to Agile Development: This is a new buzzword for an old concept. We called it "Rapid Prototyping," and that was a buzzword, too. The idea is that, unlike building a bridge, software engineering acknowledges its use in a changing environment. The idea is to incorporate cyclic development with a pace comparable to the aggregate of change in the particular application area. Engineers constantly bemoan "requirements slip" and the idea that the world won't freeze while they take their time building a "perfect" application. By the time that happens, the world has moved on. Requirements have to reflect that fact just as they need to reflect the constraints of the technology and the needs of the user. AND, BTW -- none of that is static, so your meta-process needs to allow for constant drift and adjustment as you build your system. The alternative is stasis, and trust me, you wouldn't like it....
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Big banks are big mess. Run away!June 28, 2012: 12:38 PM ET
The fun never ends with JPMorgan Chase (JPM). Shares fell nearly 4% Thursday following reports that the loss tied to its bad hedge (or is it a trade?) may now be $9 billion.
This should not come as a big surprise to anyone following the story. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon first said back in May that the loss was $2 billion. And not long after that, experts were claiming that the loss would grow. In fact, my colleague Maureen Farrell spoke to people two weeks ago who suggested that the loss could be as high as $8 billion. Perhaps Dimon needs to go back in front of the Senate and House again?
Will the loss reach 11-figure levels? Perhaps. But you know what? It almost doesn't matter at this point. When JPMorgan Chase reports its second quarter results on Friday, July 13 (beware of ladders, black cats and London Whales!) many (including Fortune's Stephen Gandel) think that Dimon will essentially kitchen sink the quarter. The bank will get all the worst of its losses out of the way so it can move forward.
That would probably be a smart move. But the JPMorgan Chase drama further hammers home a point I've been making repeatedly for a while: the big Wall Street banks are all opaque black boxes that should be avoided. Some traders got
suckered tempted into buying the big bank stocks as they were surging in the first quarter of the year on the hopes that things were improving in the U.S. and Europe.
Related: Dimon is best-paid bank CEO -- for now
But with concerns about the U.S. job market resurfacing, there are legitimate worries that credit quality could start to decline. And we still don't know with any certainty whether big banks can withstand a chaotic Lehman-like event in Europe. Sure, a Greece exit from the euro now seems to be far less likely, but growing worries about the financial health of Spain and Italy dwarf the fears of more problems in Greece.
Investors still don't really know just how much exposure the Wall Street giants have to Europe. It's one thing to look at their holdings of sovereign debt. But that's not the whole picture. The still murky world of credit default swaps and derivatives could easily burn the big banks.>
And if the once infallible JPMorgan Chase can screw up like this, who's to say that there aren't similar (or worse) problems yet to be disclosed by other banks with massive trading operations.
With that in mind, it's telling that JPMorgan has had a chilling effect on the whole sector. The Financial Select Sector SPDR exchange-traded fund (XLF) was down more than 1.5% Thursday.
Shares of Wall Street competitors Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS) and Citigroup (C) are all down Thursday and have all slid in tandem with JPMorgan since the initial disclosure of its loss in mid-May. Bank of America (BAC) also dipped on Thursday but it has curiously outperformed its rivals in the past month and a half. Shares are roughly unchanged since Dimon's mea culpa tour began.
Still, the bottom line is this. Don't invest in anything you can't understand. Even if JPMorgan is still the best of the big banks --a point that's now debatable ... Wells Fargo (WFC) or US Bancorp (USB) may now deserve that title -- why would you want to take on the risk of owning something that could easily blow up on a moment's notice?
I recently taped a series of second half outlook videos with Josh Brown (aka The Reformed Broker) and Lee Munson, of Portfolio, LLC in New Mexico. (I've dubbed Lee the Albuquerque Assassin because of his deadly wit.) The videos will be published over the next few days. But in one on banks, Munson argues that just because Dimon may still be the best Wall Street CEO and JPMorgan Chase may be less bad than the likes of Goldman Sachs, BofA, Morgan Stanley and Citi doesn't make Chase a compelling buy. I agree.
Related: Goldman says to buy JPMorgan but not Morgan Stanley
You can argue all you want about how cheap JPMorgan and other big banks look based on their earnings expectations or book value. But many bank stocks that are cheap, are cheap with good reason. And bank bulls also can't deny the fact that earnings estimates have plunged in recent weeks. The outlook for financial firms with Wall Street exposure is not good.
Analysts now expect JPMorgan to earn 85 cents a share in the second quarter, down sharply from a year ago. But two months ago, the consensus estimate was for a profit of $1.24 a share. Second-quarter earnings expectations for Goldman Sachs have fallen from $2.74 a share in late April to $1.83 now. At Morgan Stanley, forecasts have dropped from 51 cents a share two months ago to 43 cents. You get the picture.
So if you still like the banking sector, there are far safer ways to play it. In a recent Money Magazine column, I pointed out that several mid-sized regional banks that didn't take bailout funds in 2008 and 2009 are better bets.
The problem with the megabanks (and the reason why Congress and regulators are cracking down on them) is that they are now insanely complex. But banks like UMB Financial (UMBF) and Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), two Kansas City banking cousins -- literally ... their two CEOs are cousins -- and San Antonio's Cullen/Frost (CFR) all pay solid dividends, have a much smaller percentage of bad debts on their books and won't blindside you with trading blowups from across the Atlantic Ocean.
Call me a traditionalist, but I like it when banks simply loan money and take deposits. That may be boring. But boring beats billion dollar losses any day of the week.


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Staged at both AC-ET's southern HQ in High Wycombe and northern office in Leeds, a good mix of people from many different industry sectors took up the opportunity to visit - including schools and educational establishments, theatres, venues, individuals working in broadcast and a cross-section of freelancers.
In a fast-moving industry constantly demanding quicker and more flexible control of multiple video sources and playback surfaces, the events emphasised the on-going creative and technical fusion between lighting, LED sources, 'pixels' and video technologies as a complete visual environment.
Attendees were able to delve deeper into the award-winning Hippotizer range of Green Hippo media servers. Product demos highlighted inventive new features of the latest v3 software like UberPan, for the control of multiple Hippotizer media servers as a single canvas, and VideoMapper, to fit and shape content across different scenic surfaces.
Visitors had the chance to discover why PixelRange are one of the industry's most innovative providers of LED lighting solutions, with demos of the SmartLine versatile and powerful battens range, the QPar high output Par fixture and PixelSmart Par, which combines a vast colour palette with warm white LEDs for a brilliantly bright white.
To showcase today's seamless convergence of lighting and visual elements, Green Hippo Hippotizer media server content was 'pixelmapped' onto the PixelRange SmartLine battens.
The format consisted of two sessions - morning and afternoon - separated by lunch and refreshments throughout the day. This casual format provided an ideal networking opportunity for guests to meet and discuss ideas with each other, as well as representatives from AC-ET, Green Hippo and PixelRange.
"Everyone was really impressed with the open days" reports A.C. Video's Peter Butler. "The attendees really appreciated the chance to get hands-on with the products, and took the opportunity to discuss any inquiries directly with the manufacturers and AC-ET."
Tom Warden from Milton Keynes based Impact Production Services comments that the events were "really useful". He took the opportunity to quiz the Green Hippo representatives about the full product range, and take a close look at PixelRange's newest LED technologies.
Eddie Stephens from the BBC comments on how "interesting and useful" the day was, adding that there was "a very pleasant lunch".
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Steve Jobs once famously stated that 7in tablets would be "dead on arrival" – but that hasn't stopped rumours of a 7.85in iPad being thrown around.
Now thanks to page nine of a Samsung document obtained by OLED Display, it would appear that Apple has been working on a "7-inch product temporarily referred to as the iPad mini," due for release in the third quarter of this year.
Could Apple unveil an Amazon Kindle Fire-killing tablet alongside the iPad 3 this Wednesday? Quite possibly, but as with all iPad rumours we're taking this with a crateload of salt for the time being.
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It was a tough result this past weekend in Frisco, Texas where FC Dallas goalkeeper Raul Fernandez denied several great chances by the Quakes to equalize and steal a point late on the road against the top team in the League. It was one of those matches where despite outshooting and out possessing FC Dallas we could not seem to break the seal on the goal.
The team has a quick turnaround as we dive straight into U.S. Open Cup action with a Tuesday match at 4:30 p.m. PT against USL PRO's Charleston Battery. There will be a live stream available on www.uslnation.com. The club traveled straight to Charleston and the short rest period will no doubt test our depth. I am excited to see Mehdi Ballouchy get some minutes after rehabbing his ACL tear over the past six months. Mehdi's dedication to getting back on the pitch is very inspiring. His skills will be needed as we continue our long march through the MLS regular season, the US Open Cup competition, and the CONCACAF Champions League that will begin in August.
I am sure that many of you fans of international soccer caught the great German showdown between Dortmund and Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League final at Wembley. How about that great tifo from Munich's supporters? It was a stellar match with great action back and forth and a well-deserved redemption goal in the 89th minute from Bayern striker Arjen Robben to avenge his missed PK last year against Chelsea in the 2012 Champions League final. That was the winner and Wembley went crazy. It was cool to see Gus Johnson call the game – arguably the biggest match of the year – on Fox. Gus spent a good deal of time last year in the radio booth for the Quakes cutting his teeth on the beautiful game with Mr. Football, Chris Dangerfield. I think Gus brings an energy to the broadcast that is hard to beat. He has a very bright future in the sport. I am proud that he got his association football start here in San Jose.
It was a very eventful and positive week on the stadium front as we made several huge announcements. First, the new stadium 3D seat map is now available. Powered by Ballena Technology, the 3D seat map allows fans to see every vantage point from the unique all-standing terrace section behind the closed end zone – the only all standing section of its kind in the United States – to the awesome site lines five rows up in the midfield with our 33 degree pitch of our main grandstand. I encourage all fans to spend some time looking at the different views and getting to know the stadium better.
I will soon start a ten part series on my new Tumblr blog, dedicated to many of the unique aspects of the venue. The blog will include not only written descriptions of the sections and the thinking behind their design but also video interviews. Please follow me on Tumblr to check out the series and other interesting musings about the stadium and the club.
With the launch of the 3D seat map, we officially announced that the seats will be blue and that we will spell out Quakes in the closed end zone. This was an important decision and we wanted to make sure that fans had a voice. The blue seats were the overwhelming favorite from fans when I sought fan input earlier this year. Quakes was also a runaway winner for what to spell out in the seats. I want to thank everyone for their insightful and dedicated letters, emails, and tweets expressing their views. The most unique two entries for what to spell in the seats were probably "Terrremotos" (Spanish for Earthquakes) and "Clash" harkening back to the late 1990s. We chose the closed end for the moniker so that all the planes landing can best see the white letters popping on the blue seats. I think that the view will be an iconic part of coming to San Jose and we could not be prouder that most of the 10M visitors to San Jose who come through the airport will see our new home.
Another aspect of the new stadium map was the announcement that some of the sections had been renumbered to accommodate the final seating plan. I want to thank everyone for their understanding on that change. I want to make myself personally available to anyone affected by this alteration to ensure 100 percent that you are satisfied with the new seating plan. If you have any questions or concerns about your seats, feel free to reach out to me. As always, I am available via office hours, email at firstname.lastname@example.com, or via twitter @QuakesPrez.


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The Tribeca Film Festival has a lot of fun with their Midnight movie slate. This year, we've enjoyed the outrageous found footage anthology V/H/S/2 as well as the telekinetic kid tale Dark Touch. So, I went into two other flicks from the Midnight selection with high hopes. Happily, neither Mr. Jones nor Fresh Meat disappointed as each offered its own unique take on after hours terror.
Written and directed by first-time filmmaker Karl Mueller, Mr. Jones is an inventive interpretation of the found footage genre that unfolds a wild fantasy story about the cannibalistic nature of art. Penny and Scott (Sarah Jones and Jon Foster) are lovers who have come to a remote cabin so that the latter can kick his inner demons (vaguely established as they may be) while working on a nature documentary. Penny, a professional photographer, puts her life and work on hold for her partner, but begins to resent him as he loses focus and drive. Scott laments to one of his confessional camera that he doesn't know what his partially conceived doc is about just as Mr. Jones enters his life and changes everything.
"Mr. Jones" is the name given to an elusive and anonymous folk art sculptor whose creepy scarecrows rose to prominence when he sent them to random recipients back in the 1970s. Enthralled when she uncovers this reclusive icon's new works, Penny declares they have stumbled across an incredible opportunity, "like finding out your neighbor is J.D. Salinger, or Banksy!" She urges Scott to make his doc about Mr. Jones, while she'll photograph his latest scarecrows for a coffee table book. But as they greedily take inspiration from Mr. Jones' art to create their own, the couple uncovers the artist's unbelievable secret identity. This builds to a mind-bending finale that is fun, frightening, and fascinating.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Tech's exhibition soccer match at Alabama A&M scheduled for Thursday has been canceled by the host school.
The Golden Eagles will instead take part in an organized scrimmage around 11 a.m. Thursday morning and will go ahead with their scheduled whitewater rafting trip on the Ocoee River on Friday.
With nearly a week of preseason practice under their belts, Tech is preparing to open regular season play on Aug. 19 when they host UT Chattanooga at Tech Soccer Field at 4 p.m.
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Study uncovers new genetic links for inflammatory bowel disease
Researchers of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, sharing raw data and newly collected genetic information from centers around the world, have found associations suggesting a fundamental connection between risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and genes involved in immune-related diseases and the immune system's response to pathogens.
The study, published in the Nov. 1 edition of Nature, brings together data from 75,000 inflammatory bowel disease patients and controls and marks an important step toward homing in on why these illnesses occur and personalizing treatments for them. The study also identified 71 new genes associated with IBD, many of which are shared with other autoimmune conditions such as psoriasis, diabetes and ankylosing spondylitis.
"This is a real pathway to personalized medicine," said Dermot McGovern, MD, PhD, director of translational medicine at Cedars-Sinai's F. Widjaja Foundation Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute and a senior study author. "The findings from this study reveal a significant amount about the underlying biology of what's causing these conditions. IBD is most likely a collection of different conditions, and if we can define them by their molecular causes, we will then be able to tailor treatment approaches that are more appropriate to individual patients."
Inflammatory bowel disease, treated at Cedars-Sinai's Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, affects about 2 million children and adults in the United States. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis cause debilitating symptoms, such as stomach pain, diarrhea, fatigue, intestinal bleeding and weight loss. There is no known cure at this time.
The study brought together researchers and data from an international IBD genetics consortium, which includes Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Broad Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Yale School of Medicine and dozens of other institutions. "If we want to get more hits but also dissect the differences between Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis or understand the commonalities, we really need to share all of our genetic data," said co-first author Stephan Ripke, a researcher at the Broad Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital.
The new study identified 71 additional genetic associations for IBD, bringing the total number of identified genes associated with the disease to more than160 – significantly more genes than have been identified for any other complex genetic condition. In addition to uncovering the link between IBD and other immune disorders through these genes, the new research also suggests overlap between IBD susceptibility genes and genes tied to the immune system's response to mycobacterial infections, including tuberculosis and leprosy. This suggests that the ability of humans to resist these infections over many thousands of years may have resulted in the presence of these genetic variants that increase the risk of IBD.
Besides drawing on original data from previous studies, the work utilized a relatively new genotyping tool known as the immunochip, which "tests" about 200,000 sites in the genome previously tied to autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
Cedars-Sinai data used in this study did not include patient identities or other personal information.


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Bonsai Music produce music for prime-time US TV shows and have their own artist roster and choose two sE favourites, Reflexion Filter and Gemini for their recording needs…
It's taken a lifelong obsession with music and years of dedication for Andrew Crutwell-Jones to realise his dream – running two fully equipped studios that produce bespoke soundtracks for TV, film, multimedia and recording artists. Bonsai Music Production may have been producing music professionally for just five years, but their rise to the top has been nothing short of remarkable. They now count such world-famous clients as 19 Management and the Fox Network amongst their roster, as well as up and coming artists Amy Studt and Zeebra.
Andrew's rightly pleased with this success – not bad for a man who kick-started his career writing for the BBC a few years earlier due to "severe lack of income". From tiny acorns do mighty oak trees grow! Bonsai now offers a main studio equipped with the kind of gear their a-list clients expect, including the ultimate recording combo – the Gemini dual-valve microphone coupled with the award-winning Reflexion Filter.
"When we're in the studio we need to rely on gear that's robust. Gear I can experiment with, but ultimately gear that's of a rock-solid quality so I know I can use the end results."
"The Reflexion Filter is what I turn to when recording vocals and guitar. When I need to get an amazing closeness on certain tracks I'll have the artist lay on the floor holding the Gemini in their hand and set up the Reflexion Filter so it cups their face. The final piece of the jigsaw is to cover their head with a duvet. Yes, it sounds a little weird, but trust me – it works a treat! I've done this both in my studio at home and in larger studios as it's the only way to get the sound I'm after."
"But the Gemini is so versatile, it's not just good for vocal recording. I've done some pretty far out things with the Gemini and it always gives great results. One time I miked up the end of a tunnel made of breeze blocks, stuck an amp at the other end and hit record. Fantastic, really dark distant guitar sound that's great to mix in as an effect. The Gemini and Reflexion Filter are just a great combo!"
"These days recording is often a case of style over content, but producing music shouldn't just be about the equipment you use and the latest plug-ins. Producing should be about getting the best from an artist. In my opinion there's an abundance of things we can do now when it comes to recording, but the key is always the song."
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Wooden signs were common in the 18th and 19th centuries to advertise taverns, shoemakers, blacksmiths, and other services. Although it is not entirely clear in the existing records, this sign apparently was used to mark the hotel operated by Austin or Augustus Boyden on Conway Road (now Route 116), on the Conway-Deerfield town line. Previously, the hotel had been a tavern run by Austin Hawks, who purchased the land in 1835 and died in 1841. Jonathan Hawks then apparently took over the tavern, running it for several years more. At some point in the late 1840s or early 1850s, Boyden began operating his hotel there; perhaps he rented the property from the other owners listed in the land records. By 1858 it was a private home, jointly owned by Julia M. Williams and Esther M. Ashley, and they owned it until Julia's death in 1881. Since then, it has remained in private hands. The property is still standing along State Route 116 in Deerfield.
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"The Million Second Quiz," the new competition hosted by Emmy-winning producer and host Ryan Seacrest and airing live on NBC from a gigantic hourglass-shaped structure in the heart of Manhattan, is beginning its nationwide search for contestants willing to test the limits of their knowledge, endurance and will to win on the biggest game show ever imagined.
"The Million Second Quiz" premieres Monday, Sept. 9, at 8 p.m.
The search begins in Washington D.C. (Aug. 10), Boston (Aug. 14), Philadelphia (Aug. 18) and New York City (Aug. 24). Potential contestants must be age 18 or over and legal U.S. residents to enter. Updates, pre-registration forms, audition tips and a full list of details with all venue information can be found at www.millionsecondquizcasting.com.
"The Million Second Quiz" will be the first fully convergent television experience, where viewers will be able to download the show's game app and play along at home in real time by syncing to the live primetime broadcast each night. The entire competition takes place 24 hours a day for more than 12 days. Contestants will be pushed to the limits of their knowledge and the breaking point of endurance as they compete in quiz bouts around the clock. Live, interactive, intense and unlike any other game show in history, with the largest guaranteed cash prize in game show history, this is truly the chance of a lifetime.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Police Department is examining how it handles juvenile suspects after uproar over a year-old case in which officers handcuffed a 9-year-old girl, a leader of the department said.
The department has set up a work group to examine its juvenile custody directives, posting the directives on its website Wednesday and inviting public comment.
"This is an area where the Police Bureau has identified a gap in policy," Capt. Dave Famous said. On Wednesday night, Famous told a citizen panel overseeing the department that he'll update it next month on the work group's progress.
The little girl's mother, Latoya Harris, is disturbed that two officers who handcuffed her daughter in May 2013 and took her to headquarters to have her fingerprints and mugshot taken were not disciplined. She appealed to the citizen panel to take some action. Portland police previously had said the officers were following police bureau policy, The Oregonian reported (http://is.gd/ymJAIM).
"Please make sure this does not happen to another child," Harris told the committee tearfully. "No child should be treated like that."
Two officers investigating a fight at a youth club came to the girl's home, handcuffed her as she stood in a bathing suit and led her away to be processed on a fourth-degree assault charge.
The girl's mother wasn't allowed to accompany her in the police car, and the girl was held for an hour. Prosecutors didn't take the case to trial.
Two juvenile advocates invited to the Wednesday night meeting say they found nothing in state law or current police department directives that prohibit what the officers did.
"There's no statute that says they can't do that," said Joseph Hagedon, chief supervising attorney for the Metropolitan Public Defender's juvenile unit. "That's the unfortunate thing."
Hagedorn and Mark McKechnie, executive director of the not-for-profit law firm Youth, Rights & Justice, have drafted a proposed city ordinance to change that.
Among other things, the proposed ordinance would prohibit police from arresting anyone under the age of 10 without a juvenile court order. It would also allow police to take children ages 10 and 11 into custody only on Class A or B felonies, "when there is no means less restrictive to ensure the child's appearance in court." For less serious offenses, a court order would be needed.
"When they put handcuffs on, I thought, 'Wait a minute, this has got to be a joke,'" the girl's mother told the newspaper earlier. "The look on my daughter's face went from humiliation and fear, to a look of sheer panic."
Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com


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Japanese Chisels
The hard truth about these ancient tools.
By Wilbur Pan
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Japanese tools have a reputation of being suitable only for softwoods. This is an unfounded worry, especially in the case of Japanese chisels. As woodworker Kari Hultman (writer of The Village Carpenter blog) attests, "I would like to publicly profess my love of Japanese chisels. All the rest of you chisels can just go home now. I have used the same chisel for chopping and paring maple for days and days and have yet to resharpen it."
Experience, and knowing what underlies the construction of a Japanese chisel, will empower you to use these chisels in any woodworking task.
Real-deal Steel
Japanese chisels can take an extremely sharp edge that lasts a long time, due mainly to the treatment and type of steel used for the cutting edge. This tool steel typically has a higher carbon content and relatively few alloying elements compared to Western tool steels. That leads to a higher carbide content in the finished Japanese chisel than in Western chisels.
Today, the most common steels used are "white steel" and "blue steel." The names come from the color of the paper used to package these steels, which are manufactured by Hitachi. The main difference between the two is that blue steel has alloying agents added that give it added abrasion resistance and a more durable edge. But white steel is easier to sharpen, and also can have a durable edge. This is somewhat like the difference between O1 and A2 steels.
The steel in Japanese chisels is hardened to a higher degree than most Western chisels. Japanese chisels with a Rockwell hardness of 64 or higher on the "C" scale are not uncommon, whereas Western chisels typically have a Rockwell hardness of 60-62. The added hardness results in the edge being less likely to deform under impact, such as when chopping.
Japanese chisels also undergo a forge-welding process in their manufacture. The repeated hammering in this process causes the carbides that are in the steel to become very small and evenly distributed, which results in an extremely sharp and long-lasting edge.
But as Milton Friedman said, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Having a very hard steel that can take a very sharp edge comes at a cost, and that is brittleness. If an entire chisel were made of a very hard steel, it's very likely that the chisel would snap under use. That is one reason why Western chisels aren't often hardened past a Rockwell hardness of 60-62, because O1 and A2 steels can also become brittle if they are treated to be very hard.
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In Our Store: "Japanese Saws vs. Western Saws," an article by Christopher Schwarz.
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The Rell Center for Public Service at the University of Hartford will be presenting a program that will explore the impact of social media on politics, with an emphasis on CT politics. The program will be held on Friday, April 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the KF Room of the University's Mortensen Library (located in the Harry Jack Gray Center). Taking part in the discussion will be Mark Pazniokas, Capitol bureau chief for the CT Mirror.org; Christine Stuart, editor of CTNewsJunkie.com; and State Rep. Melissa Ziobron (R), who is currently serving her first term as representative for the 34th District. Nels Highberg, associate professor and chair of the University's department of rhetoric and professional writing, will moderate the panel.
This will be the Rell Center's fifth and final program for its inaugural year. Last fall, the Rell Center sponsored three programs: a panel discussion, "Where Do We Go From Here?" that focused on partisanship; the showing of the documentary, Patriocracy; and a panel discussion on religion and politics co-sponsored with the University's Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies. This spring, the Rell Center sponsored an informational panel for students on the issues on issues pertaining to the national budget.
Mark Pazniokas is the former state politics writer for the Hartford Courant and a former contributing writer for The New York Times. In the course of more than 25 years as a reporter, he has covered some of the most compelling stories in the state, including the impeachment inquiry and resignation of Governor John G. Rowland in 2004 and the nationally watched Senate race won by Joseph I. Lieberman as an Independent in 2006. He is a graduate of Boston University.
Christine Stuart became editor of CTNewsJunkie in early 2006 after nearly four years as a reporter at the Journal Inquirer newspaper in Manchester. At the JI, Stuart covered a variety of beats including East Hartford, the state's scandal-ridden trash authority, and a regional water commission, as well as other towns, police news, and politics. Prior to that, she covered education and transportation issues at the state Capitol for the Hartford Advocate. On a part-time basis, Stuart has worked as a summer youth reading and writing instructor for Our Piece of the Pie in Hartford.
Melissa Ziobron is a lifelong resident of the newly-formed 34th District (Colchester, East Hampton, and East Haddam) and has an impressive record of community service. She serves on the legislature's committees on Environment, Public Health and Appropriations. Most recently, Rep. Ziobron served as the first Economic Development Coordinator for the town of East Haddam. In this role she aided the start-up of new businesses, helped form the local business association, helped local businesses secure thousands of dollars in loans, and was a tireless advocate for all businesses in East Haddam.


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May 28, 2011
Arthur Spencer B.A. has moved to Terwilliger Plaza in Portland. He worked many decades as a librarian-archivist-researcher, and still works part time at the Multnomah County Elections Division as a ballots processor. He enjoys volunteering at St. Mark's Anglican Church, Northwest Portland Ministries, and Loaves & Fishes Centers.
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Mary Bell B.A. has released Triumphs, an anthology of poems and short stories, through Xlibris. 1962 Garry Kahn J.D. received the Multnomah Bar Association's 2010 Professionalism Award.
Garry Kahn J.D. received the Multnomah Bar Association's 2010 Professionalism Award.
Roger Ferland B.A., a partner in the Phoenix office of Quarles & Brady, was named an Arizona Green Pioneer by the Phoenix Business Journal. He is board chair of Audubon Arizona and cochairs the Audubon Science and Policy Committee. Ferland received the first Michael J. Brophy Distinguished Service Award presented by the State Bar of Arizona's Environment and Natural Resources Section. He received his law degree, with distinction, from Duke University School of Law.


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WHAT: ARM will contribute its insights in business, system-level and embedded issues by participating on a series of distinguished panels and technical sessions at this year's 44th Annual Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Diego.
ARM will address key industry topics including: IP design reuse; design methodologies for tomorrow's disruptive consumer devices; tools and support for multi-core designs; and the topic of IP exchange between IP and EDA vendors.
Monday, June 4, 2007, 3:15-4:00 p.m. PDT
San Diego Convention Center, Booth #6360
Just Who Is Providing the IP? (Pavilion Panel) - The market for IP has not grown to its full potential. The restraining factor is that the design community still develops its own standards-based IP rather than reusing what is commercially available. When time to market is so important, why is this? Mike Muller, chief technology officer, ARM, will participate in this informative debate.
Monday, June 4, 2007, 4:15-5:00 p.m. PDT
San Diego Convention Center, Booth #6360
Anticipating the Next Killer App: Is There an iPhone in Your Future? (Pavilion Panel) - Vojin Zivojnovic, vice president, Worldwide OEM Sales, ARM, will share his outlook regarding the planning, processes and decisions involved in creating the next disruptive device in consumer electronics.
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Corezilla: Build and Tame the Multicore Beast (Technical Session) - Christopher K. Lennard, director of strategic marketing, System Design Division, ARM, will join industry pundits to discuss the roadmap for multi-core SoC designs, and the system design and software development tools available to support them.
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WHEN: Monday – Friday, June 4–8, 2007
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Those who closely follow the Canucks have been aware that the team is on a pretty brutal slide lately. Since the game in Boston, the Canucks have been a below average possession team, earning just 37.6% of the score-tied shots,40% of the score-tied Fenwick events and 43.7% of the score-tied Corsi events. Anybody paying attention to the scoring chance data here at Canucks Army has probably noticed a similar effect there.
Despite this, the Canucks have had a 6-2-2 record, held mostly into games thanks to a .938 save percentage from their goaltenders (Luongo is a .943 in the games he's played) which is simply unsustainable. The Canucks can't continue to win games like this, and I've noticed in recent games that Canucks that a Canuck that has taken his lumps on the back end is Alex Edler.
Edler was separated from his partner Sami Salo after he missed a few games due to a concussion sustained in a collision during the game against Boston. Salo missed six games, a tough transition period for Edler, who has not played well defensively. Against Chicago, he was given the matchup against the Jonathan Toews line and got crushed. He has been the Canucks second worst regular defenseman by the score-tied Corsi measure (41.8%) ahead of only Aaron Rome. He had the most significant drop percentage-wise for the Canucks since the first part of the season (known as B.B. or 'Before Boston') when he had a 56% Corsi rate.
So why is this? My theory is it comes from extra ice time and matchups. Vigneault does not trust his bottom-end defense, often rotating Rome in and out of the lineup with Keith Ballard and Andrew Alberts. As minutes increase, so too does the difficulty of minutes:
The x-axis is minutes played. The y-axis is Corsi Rel Qoc among players who played at least 60 games last season. As you can see, the more minutes a player sees, generally, the quality of his opposition will improve. Not that this isn't one of the more obvious things in hockey: you can't play 30 minutes a night without expecting to see a few minutes against the Zdeno Charas or Pavel Datsyuks of the world.
So what does this mean for Edler? Take a look at how his minutes have increased lately:
While Edler saw his toughest minutes around Game 21 of the season on average, lately he's seen a sharp increase in usage. After Game 41, the prior to Boston, Edler's overall ice-time average and his 10 game rolling average were identical at just under 23 minutes of play. In the last ten games, Edler has seen an average of 25:42 minutes and has frequently come on the wrong side of the scoring chance charts. Despite a +1 finish against Colorado, Edler was -15 in the three previous games against Edmonton, Chicago and Detroit.
I don't think that Edler has the capacity to handle to extra minutes. The Canucks need to make a play on a defenseman to play 17 minutes a night: last season, the Canucks had six of those. This year, they're only at four. The longer they wait, the more losses the team will eventually bleed when the goaltending comes back down to earth.


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Cook County's top official has introduced a $3.2 billion budget for the next fiscal year that she says includes no new taxes, fines or fees.
The office of county board President Toni Preckwinkle says that her proposed budget also would channel investment to the health system and public safety.
A statement released Thursday says her administration also eliminated a budget deficit of $152 million, primarily with the help of an increase in Cook County Health and Hospital System payments of more than $86 million.
It says the county was able to hold the line on taxes because of the success of a Medicaid expansion program known as CountyCare, which is expected to bring in net revenue of $278 million.
Preckwinkle's office says public safety spending would increase by $27.6 million.


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Arizona 4x4 Adventures - Chivo FallsPosted in Events on September 1, 2008
Tanque Verde Canyon is a rugged, picturesque landscape that lies just east of Tucson, Arizona. Its rock walls plunge deep, ending in a sandy bottom where large trees and vegetation sprout from their desert oasis. This area has long been a popular trail destination given its close proximity to Tucson.
This area lies in a portion of the Coronado National Forest near Redington Pass, a mere 30-minute drive from the edge of town. But get out here behind a shallow range of mountains, and you can quickly let your mind forget the sprawl of the nearby urban environment.
We headed out of the northeast corner of the metropolis and followed the winding dirt Redington Road climbing up in elevation. The area where we hit trail is known as the Redington Pass Backcountry Touring Area and has a wide array of multi-use trails to explore for everything from hikers to horses to ATVs and 4WDs. This high desert varies from craggy ravines to rolling grassy hills backed by the higher Rincon Mountains to the southeast.
Our goal for the day was to traverse 4WD trails to the destination of Chivo Falls, a towering rockface in the dead-end of one of the canyons. Our group of 10 or so mixed rigs aired down and followed the first portion of the trail to Three Feathers. This piece of carved rock hillside is a popular play area that offers a good variety of crawling challenges, going both up and down the hillside. Many of the drivers played on the multiple obstacles while we regrouped before heading onward.
We stopped later in the day in a tree-lined wash for a lunch break in the shade. The cottonwoods grow tall here given their ample water supply during the rainier seasons. Continuing onward, we arrived at the canyon where Chivo Falls resides, and a short walk in the bottom of this scenic canyon left us looking upward at the source of the fall, probably 60 feet above us. The day we ran the trail had been after a somewhat dry spell, and the fall had been reduced to a smaller trickle. However, we'd heard that after a short rain, the high-plunging water was a sight to see pouring onto the sandy bottom below. Nevertheless, we enjoyed the views, and a few explored the cliff face and the shallow cave about halfway up the wall.
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Some bit of tragedy struck as we prepared to leave the area when one of the drivers suffered a gross misfortune and rolled his late-model Nissan Xterra off an off-camber hill. Fortunately, no one was injured, and with some team recovery and repair, the Xterra made it back off the trail under its own power, save for a battery jump.
The trip back out to the trailhead went smoothly. The day had started with a clear, blue sky and later turned with some drifting clouds. The lighting changes throughout the afternoon were interesting and added to the great views. As the sun dipped further, we were treated to golden tints on the distant mountains as long shadows crept across the valleys.
We drove from the falls, following the same trails from which we came and tackled the occasional obstacles from the other direction. There is another piece of trail loop that returns to Redington Road a little farther east, and there are a number of other trail sections to be explored in this area. There's plenty to enjoy here, and we'll have to return again to do some more exploring in the future.
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Tribute: Angelo Dundee Was Among the Best to Work a Corner
By CagePotato Boxing Correspondent Steve Silverman
Angelo Dundee understood the game of boxing perhaps more than any trainer the sport has ever known.
He trained Muhammad Ali and "Sugar" Ray Leonard, and his influence on their careers was significant. Dundee died Thursday night after complications from blood clots at the age of 90.
There is no doubt that Ali was among the most talented fighters in the history of boxing. But Ali was different than most great heavyweights. He had lightning speed and quickness and he used his ability to motor around the ring as if he were a lightweight or a welterweight.
Dundee began training Ali, who was then still known as Cassius Clay, shortly after he won the Olympic gold medal in the 1960 Rome Olympics. A trainer who did not have Angelo's foresight would have immediately tried to change Ali's style and take the movement out of the equation. Instead, Dundee embraced Ali's athleticism and his ability to move around the ring.
"Why would I have ever changed that," Dundee asked during a 1989 interview. "There were a lot of old timers who would say that's not how a heavyweight is supposed to fight and that he only moved around so much because he wasn't a real puncher. They didn't have a clue about my guy. He was great from the time he started and all they wanted to do was criticize him."
Dundee almost always referred to Ali as 'my guy.'"
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr refused Tuesday to resign over ethics violations tied to his campaign and office spending despite repeated calls from the state's top officials to quit, prompting a key member of his own party to declare Darr's impeachment by the state House "inevitable."
Darr, a Republican, acknowledged to the Ethics Commission last week that he broke state ethics and campaign laws 11 times since 2010 and agreed to pay $11,000 in fines. Darr has blamed the violations on meaningless oversights and contends he didn't profit from them personally.
"It would be an immediate fix to tuck tail and run but I would regret it for years to come," Darr said in a statement emailed as he opened a round of interviews with reporters. "I am a normal citizen, who ran for office, who is trying to do my job to the best of my ability with integrity and character."
Darr also said it would be too costly to replace him through a special election.
The lieutenant governor has resisted calls to resign from Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe and every Republican member of the state's delegation. State House Democrats have said they'll try to impeach the lieutenant governor if he doesn't step down.
House Majority Leader Bruce Westerman said he was disappointed with Darr's decision. He said that after talking to several Republicans who supported impeachment, he believed there are enough votes to begin the process to remove Darr.
"I think the impeachment is inevitable if he chooses not to resign," said Westerman, R-Hot Springs. Westerman said he, too, would vote to impeach the lieutenant governor.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Darr rejected calls for his resignation, saying there is not a rising tide against him from voters.
"I've not heard a public outcry for my resignation," Darr said. "The people that I've spoken to have been very understanding and sympathetic that mistakes were made and they weren't willful or intentional. What other elected officials do, that's up to them. But I think they're either acting politically, they're ignorant of the true facts or they're having an emotional response."
Under guidelines set in the state constitution, Darr would be suspended if 51 or more members of the House approve an article of impeachment. Senators would then hold a trial, with a two-thirds majority, or 24 of 35 votes, is necessary for a conviction that would permanently remove Darr from office.
Though stopping short of calling for Darr's removal, House Speaker Davy Carter said his office was reviewing how an impeachment attempt might proceed. A first step would likely be the appointment of a bipartisan House committee to recommend impeachment procedures.
"Everyone is entitled to due process before substantive judgments are made, and, as we sit here today, there is no clear process clearly established in the House," Carter, R-Cabot, said in a written statement. "Accordingly, my office is contemplating a couple of avenues in which to provide a proper process should the majority of members decide to pursue impeachment."
The 100-member House has 51 Republicans, 48 Democrats and one member of the Green Party. Two Republicans have called on Darr to quit but haven't said whether they would join Democrats in an impeachment vote.
The Senate has 21 Republicans and 13 Democrats, with one vacancy set to be filled next Tuesday.
House Minority Leader Greg Leding said he planned to seek impeachment proceedings against Darr and that he was confident there would be at least 51 votes supporting the move. The Fayetteville Democrat said lawmakers could even move for impeachment before the session begins.
"Nobody is happy it has come to this," said Leding.
The Ethics Commission last week said it found probable cause that Darr made personal use of $31,572.74 in campaign funds, received excess contributions to retire his campaign debt, didn't maintain adequate records, failed to itemize loan repayments and accepted improper reimbursement for travel expenses. A separate legislative audit last month cited more than $12,000 in improper expenses incurred by Darr's office.
Darr signed a letter on Dec. 30 in which he agreed to pay $1,000 for each of 11 violations cited by the Ethics Commission. He also will reimburse the state for what was found in the legislative audit.
Darr was elected in 2010 amid sweeping Republican gains in the state. In 2013, he announced a run for Congress, where he wanted to follow Republican Rep. Tom Cotton. Cotton, a Republican, is challenging Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor this year.
The lieutenant governor left the race in August after questions were raised about his spending.
Darr's refusal to leave office could overshadow GOP efforts in November to build on recent electoral gains, including the GOP's takeover of the state Legislature in the 2012 election. It's already undermined GOP efforts to tie Democrats to recent scandals, such as Democratic state Sen. Paul Bookout's resignation after being fined $8,000 by the Ethics Commission for spending campaign funds on personal items such as clothing and theater equipment.
The lieutenant governor's is a mostly ceremonial position whose duties include presiding over the state Senate and casting the rare tie-breaking vote in a 35-member chamber.
Darr said he plans to preside over the Senate when the Legislature convenes for its fiscal session starting Feb. 10. He dismissed the comment by state Rep. Andy Mayberry, R-Hensley, that he would be a distraction during the session if he remained in office. Mayberry is one of two Republicans running for Darr's seat.
"If I am such a distraction for Rep. Mayberry, maybe he's in the wrong line of work," Darr said. "This is the Capitol building, and if I asked everybody in the Capitol that was a distraction to me to resign, there would be tumbleweeds outside."
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TACOMA, Wash. – The Adelphian Concert Choir will celebrates its 80th year with a grand concert including the voices of many former Adelphians. The choir members and alumni will present the world premiere of a new piece by University of Puget Sound School of Music Professor Rob Hutchinson, as well as a selection of choral works running from the classical to the avant-garde.
The performance will be on Sunday, October 28, at 2 p.m. in Schneebeck Concert Hall. The distinguished 46-voice ensemble, composed of talented Puget Sound students, will be joined by more than 80 Adelphian alumni.
"The return of alumni for anniversary performances is an Adelphian tradition," said conductor Steven Zopfi (pictured below). "This year they are coming from around the country and from Canada for a weekend of rehearsing, performing, and reminiscing in song."
The program will showcase the premiere of Hutchinson's new composition Sing, Sing, Music Was Given, for piano and choir. The composition is an uplifting and joyful interpretation of an old Thomas Moore poem by the same name. There also will be music from Alberto Ginastera, Felix Mendelssohn, Thomas LaVoy, Brian Tate, Morten Lauridsen, Randall Thompson, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Knut Nystedt.
The Adelphians were formed in 1932 by John Paul Bennett at what was then called the College of Puget Sound. The choral ensemble, named after musical mendicants who roamed the British Isles during the Middle Ages, stressed the idea of community through singing. This is indicated by their name—derived from the Greek "adelphos," meaning "brother."
Over the next 80 years, the choral group performed throughout the western United States, in New York, and in Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and continental Europe. It is now considered one of the premiere choral ensembles in the West.
Steven Zopfi, one of the leading young conductors in the Pacific Northwest, joined University of Puget Sound in 2008 as director of choral activities and conductor of the Adelphians. This followed a career that included singing with the Prague Philharmonic and New Jersey Symphony orchestras, conducting world premieres of new music, and serving with professional music associations. He also currently serves as the artistic director and conductor of Portland Symphonic Choir in Oregon.
University of Puget Sound is the only national liberal arts college in the Northwest to be accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and to have a full symphony orchestra, concert band, jazz band, and comprehensive choral program. The school offers three professional degrees for undergraduates.
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I mentioned that I recently spent most of a class teaching a student the first movement of Pinan Yondan (4). I wanted to share some of my thoughts about this kata and the opening movement.
First, Pinan Yondan is a very elegant kata. In some ways, it reminds me of our Passai, which is the Tomari version of the kata. To me, Passai is the most beautiful Shorin-Ryu kata.
According to my friend and senior, Sensei Pat Nakata, Itosu Sensei originally created Pinan Shodan when Karate was introduced to the Okinawan school system. It appears that the students would have already known one or more of the Naihanchi kata. The Pinan Shodan kata was developed as a relatively simple kata for the school children to learn during a school year. In private Karate schools or dojo, students might be taught Passai, Kusanku, and Chinto. These are pretty advanced, long, and difficult kata. The Pinan Shodan kata obviously borrows from the Kusanku kata, with an emphasis on a relatively short 8-direction pattern. Remember that the Japanese ran the Okinawan schools at the time. Itosu had to get their approval. An 8-direction kata would play to Japanese budo sentiments (unlike the side to side Naihanchi kata which looks very "Chinese").
After the first year, Itosu needed to create a second Pinan kata. This went on until there were a total of five Pinan kata, which we still have today. I sometimes say that Chotoku Kyan's Ananku (as we sometimes practice in Kishaba Juku) is like a sixth Pinan kata because it is also relatively simple.
To me, Pinan Shodan, Pinan Yondan, and Pinan Godan are pretty difficult, while Pinan Nidan and Pinan Sandan are pretty simple. Of course, this is relative. It can be argued that simpler kata are actually more difficult because there is no room to hide any errors. Robert "Snaggy" Inouye used to say this about Pinan Nidan, which is a pretty linear kata, and has elements that are similar to Fukyugata Ichi.
In any event, the fourth Pinan kata is pretty advanced, and has elements of the Tomari Passai kata (at least to me).
The first movement of Pinan Shodan is actually a series of movements:
From the the ready position (with the feet about shoulder's width apart and the hands down to the front in fists), the student will:
- Look to the left; and
- Step or shift and sink into a left nekko ashi dachi (cat stance) facing to the left; and
- Strike to the left (chudan shuto uke) with his left hand; and
- Block or strike to the front (jodan uke) with his right open hand.
This, in a nutshell, is the first movement of the kata. I do not believe that the exact hand position appears in any other kata in Kishaba Juku, but it does in transitional movements. For example, you can see it in the second movement sequence of Passai, right after the hands are raised overhead (like the opening movement of Kusanku).
"Movements" are more or less an arbitrary thing in Karate. Who is to say where one movement ends and another begins in a flowing sequence? "Movements" are a forced convention, probably required for the early Karate drawings and photographs. While they seem necessary, they are also inherently limiting, both in body dynamics and potential applications. They are far to literal for fluent Karate students.
As I have outlined it, the first movement of the kata is actually a series of movements. Or you could say that it is compound movement.
The first two elements of the movement are the same for all the Pinan kata. They all begin with a look to the left and a left nekko ashi dachi. Pinan Shodan and Yondan have compound movements (blocks or strikes with both hands), while Pinan Nidan, Sandan and Godan begin with a single left hand block or strike.
Let's begin to analyze each element.
1. Look to the left.
In all the kata (as I do them), you look first when you change directions. I like to say that this is like changing lanes when you drive -- you have to look first. It makes no sense to simply block to the left unless you know who and what you are blocking. What if it is a truck? If it is a truck, you have to jump out of the way.
In some styles of Karate, the students do not look first. Instead, they shift direction, block and shift at the same time. I think this is designed to make the movement look cleaner. But again, what if it is a truck? You will feel pretty silly blocking a truck. You have to look first.
Now I don't mean a dramatic "look." I mean that you quickly turn your head and look to the left, with your eyes set to see the periphery as much as possible (in other words, as much of a 180 degree view as possible).
You look at about eye level. You do not look up or down.
Many students tend to turn their heads only part of the way (looking side eyed). I remember seminars with Sensei Toshihiro Oshiro. He would say, "Point your nose." When your nose is pointing to the left, your head will be properly facing the left.
When a student fails to turn his head completely to the left, his peripheral vision to the left (to the back from where he originally started) will the incomplete and he will open to an attack from that direction.
So, the first movement is a look to the left. The remaining three movements will follow just a split second behind. By this I mean just a hair's breadth. The "look" will be almost imperceptible. But it will be there.
In the next increment, I will discuss the next element(s) of the first movement of Pinan Yondan.
Charles C. Goodin