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Discussion in 'Former Pro Player Talk' started by Headshotterer, Sep 9, 2012.
So the GOAT has to be a strong critic against homosexuality as well? Interesting to know headshotterer
Why is that?
I try not to hold a tennis player's primitive, bigoted, belief system against her. I prefer to judge her by her play on the court.
Very nice arguments I think everyone on this forum is now completely convinced!
To be a goat, you need 25 slams.
Margaret Court has 1 slam.
i count 2
"Court reached the final in 29, the semifinals in 36, and the quarterfinals in 43 of the 47 Grand Slams singles tournaments she played. She won 11 of the 16 Grand Slam singles tournaments she entered beginning with the 1969 Australian Open and ending with the 1973 US Open. She also won 11 of the 17 Grand Slam singles tournaments she entered, beginning with the 1962 Australian Championships and ending with the 1966 Australian Championships. Court was 146–2 (98.6%) against unseeded players in Grand Slam singles tournaments.
Court is the only player to have won the Grand Slam in both singles and mixed doubles. She won the singles Grand Slam in 1970, the mixed doubles Grand Slam in 1963 with fellow Australian Ken Fletcher, and the mixed doubles Grand Slam in 1965 with three different partners (Fletcher, John Newcombe and Fred Stolle).
Court won more than half of the Grand Slam events held in 1963 (8 of 12), 1964 (7 of 12), 1965 (9 of 12), 1969 (8 of 12), 1970 (7 of 11) and 1973 (6 of 11)."
So much depends on how we weigh doubles and mixed when determining GOAT status. She is right up there even if we don't. There are two caveats to her majors stats. obviously some did not regard those Australian draws as worthy of major status. There are also those who feel Court got a little lucky that Bueno had two huge medical impairments during the height of her career, which coincided with more wins for Margaret. Very roughly comparable to minimizing Graf's accomplishments, or Everts, because of a stabbed rival or a bad back and burnout ( Austin)
Court has won more than 200 tournaments (Andrew Tas has the correct number).
Court was really the first modern pro player in the women´s ranks and is one of its best.
The Tennis Channel disagree.
Whoever goes along Tennis Channel proves he/she does not know about tennis.
The Tennis Channel thinks Roy Emerson is better than Pancho Gonzales.
The Tennis Channel is a bunch of journeymen journalists that cannot differentiate a volley from an overhead.
The Tennis Channel (and plenty of players) are subject to that dreaded disease known as "black and white flavor of the month," also known as "hyperbolic prisoner of the moment".
They will say that player X is the greatest right after X wins a tournament right now, but it will player Y in a month, and player Z in another month. Plus they will say "of all time" when they really mean "that I have played" or "that I have ever seen" or "that I know of."
Here's an example:
"For me she's the greatest player of all time," Azarenka said. "She took the game to the next level.
"She makes me always make sure that I'm taking my game, my personality, my physical aspect to the next level.
"Today I was close. I'm going to have, for sure, another opportunity to make something better. That's what I'm looking for."
When are you going to get off the Tennis Channel kick? Yes it's a fact, everyone on the Tennis Channel list is exactly as good as they say he or she is. I guess if you truly believe that I can sell you the Brooklyn Bridge?
If you don't like the tennis channel top 100 list, then just disagee but don't insult them. These are experts/journalists/ex-players that supported the list, not from some unknown fans from the internet. Your own top 100 list would get scrutinize by the experts and they can criticize you too.
Also, the tennis channel is not the only source that don't have Court as the greatest female player, so don't act like this is the first time you ever heard.
you call that insults? believe me, media people are not that easily insulted
I think the general idea is that you do your own thinking and justifying of you position rather than provide the tennis channel as, well, anything more than a fairly shallow cover. I just don't think many folks here, are remotely impressed by such, or by what the tennis channel claims as historically relevant criteria on which to base critical analysis.
That's been the case of sports reporters in general over the years.
In the Open Era alone how many top ranked players at the end of the year haven't been called the Greatest of All Time?
Laver, Connors, Borg, McEnroe, Sampras, Federer, Nadal have been called GOAT if I recall correctly. I don't recall Lendl, Edberg, Becker, Newcombe or Roddick being called the GOAT. Lendl wasn't that liked and I can see that as a possible reason why he wasn't called the GOAT but his records are up there.
Anyway that's at least seven players in 44 years being called the GOAT. I think a possible GOAT should have less than seven players in such a short time.
Guys like Sampras and Agassi have sometimes changed their minds on some players.
Of course if you are including players called the GOAT who played in the Open Era you can include Gonzalez, Hoad, Rosewall. That would make it ten players.
The Tennis Channel ranks Federer #1. In TMF's mind, that lends credibility to everything else the Tennis Channel says. If the Tennis Channel said that the sky was green and the grass was blue, TMF would be on here arguing that the sky is, in fact, green and the grass, blue.
I believe that's the probable reason. That's why in his mind Laver at number two on the list is Federer's historical rival but the honest truth is that so many great players, at the time they played were called the GOAT. Frankly I find it incredible that Laver is number two but that's for superficial reasons also in some ways also because all the superficial experts see is two Grand Slams by Laver and don't realize the other great accomplishments of Laver. I find it also astounding that Tilden is so low on the list as is Pancho Gonzalez. People don't know their accomplishments but they know Roy Emerson has 12 majors therefore he must be better than Gonzalez and so many others. Very superficial thinking if people think that.
Yes Federer is ranked number one by the Tennis Channel. That's a fact. However historically Federer has many rivals for greatness, not just Laver with whom TMF criticizes all the time but also Tilden, Gonzalez, Rosewall, Hoad, Borg, Connors, Sampras, McEnroe, Kramer, Budge, Perry and Vines. All of these players have been called the best ever and they all have some accomplishments that merit that type of praise.
That's true when Laver or Sampras was considered the greatest during their time. But if someone comes along and surpass that player(eg Fed surpasses Pete) then he deserve to be place ahead.
I don't think it's superficial. If you carefully go through the list from top to bottom, it include players from all different decades, different countries. Of course, countries like USA and AUS has many players on the list because they produces many great players.
I'm sure they know Pancho's accomplishment, and I don't why you guys think they are selling him short. Is it because he was in the old days? If it is, then would they sell Laver short too because he's only 10 years younger than Pancho. Also, Budge was well before Pancho's time and they have him at #6. So I don't think there's any reason for them to be biased against Pancho because he was in the 50s/60s. The same with Evert is placed below Court who was before her time.
You will never concede that the Tennis Channel list is ****, pardon crap.
In that list ALL places are wrongly given!
TC specifically said that the 100 greatest are not in any order they just think these 100 are the best to play!! The game! The likely reason fed is #1 on that list is because most people agree he is the GOAT and more likely because he's the most popular
I see. So, the list is in no particular order, except for the player they put on top, Federer. Makes sense. :roll:
Anyway to get back to topic, Court does have right to be in consideration for the greatest female player ever.
Let's have some fun and compare to the number one player on the Tennis Channel list.
Number of tounaments won
Court-Over 200
Number of majors won
Number of Grand Slams
Lifetime winning percentage
Court-about 93%
This is not to put down Federer but any male including Laver may look bad compared to Court also. She had an amazing career. Court also won her Grand Slam during the Open Era as did Laver.
I'm not sure about the popularity idea because if that's the case then why bother with players of the past? In their time I would say Suzanne Lenglen was a far bigger star than anyone and I would guess she was far down on the list. Considering she was almost unbeatable how much more could she do?
Budge won the 1938 Grand Slam, which is why he was ranked higher by TTC. Had he not won the Grand Slam, he would be ranked much lower, even if he had won the same things overall. Where was Tilden ranked in comparison to Budge? Tilden won 11 amateur majors (when the best players in the world were amateurs), and then won 4 professional majors (having been the first truly great professional tennis player), and he wasn't even able to travel like later generations could.
If Gonzales isn't in the top 5, then they simply haven't looked at the full picture of Gonzales' career, and are perhaps even guilty of ignoring his pre-open era professional career altogether. The mainstream majors were for amateur players only, and they were a stepping stone to getting the best monetary contract and challenging the real best players in the world, who were in the professional ranks. Nearly all the best amateur champions of the 1950s turned professional, and were all beaten by Gonzales in the pros.
Even after Andy Murray won the US Open on Monday, they kept saying that Murray was the first British male winner of a major since Fred Perry in 1936, but Perry played his first professional match in January 1937 and won 2 US Pro titles in Chicago in 1938 and 1941. Perry was certainly a better player after playing against Vines, Nusslein and Budge on a regular basis in the professional game, even though Perry never quite became "the man" like he had been from 1934-1936 in the amateur game.
TMF I believe is complaining about Gonzalez now because a number of posters, myself included consider Gonzalez as potentially the GOAT.
You bring up an excellent point about Fred Perry. The media doesn't even recognize the achievements of the old Pro Tour and the majors they had. Perry was arguably the best player in 1941 and as you wrote, he did win some Pro Majors.
Yeah but she did a lot of that in Australia, and she was tall, and her politics and religion suck, so none of it means nothin.
Best post of the year.
Politics and religion? What about her musical tastes?
And without a good sense of fashion, obviously, a woman's tennis career is meaningless. Right?
Brilliant logic.
Perry was never the top pro. In 1941, he was lucky to win at Forest Hills over an injured Budge, recovering from a broken nose, and unable to take risks by diving around the court.
A cheesy win.
You may be correct about Perry never being the top pro but it is arguable that he had the best record in 1941.
Looking at McCauley, 1941 was a very truncated year, with no big tour.
Perry won all the biggest tournaments, but the victories were mostly over Dick Skeen!
Yes but that's all you have to go with for number one and I do think Budge was beaten in the Forest Hills Round Robin by Perry in a tournament Perry won. Perry also won the US Pro Championships in which Don Budge participated but lost to John Faunce in straight sets.
Not sure but Budge may have had an illness or injury that year.
Budge was injured in the US Pro, breaking his nose, and this caused his loss to Faunce.
The nose was still not healed when he lost to Perry at the Forest Hills event.
The two tournaments were played in consecutive weeks.
This is hardly a notable win for Perry, who would have lost in normal circumstances.
I am not so certain that they know that much about Pancho's record. Or anyone else's in the Pro Era.
Look at Emerson: ranked no. 17 just behind Tilden but ahead of Rosewall. What is his record? He won 12 majors, but they were all amateur majors. When he came to the Open Era, he won no majors. It makes apparently good sense if you are looking at majors only, or go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...tive_years_with_at_least_one_Grand_Slam_title
But it makes little sense if you know about the Pro Era records and players, and Rosewall's competition, longevity, dominance in the early 1960s in the pros, etc.
Notice on the list that Vilas is ranked exactly right behind Djokovic at 40 and 41. Vilas has four majors, Djokovic five. Makes perfect sense if that's all one knows (or cares about).
I think the depth of their research was to count majors, and maybe a little beyond. For example with Budge, they look it up and count his majors number (six), and see that he was the first to win the Grand Slam (again majors), he still holds the record for consecutive majors won (six). But that's it.
And they conclude, "Wow!" he needs to up there pretty high, but not too high.
I do concede that there are exceptions to the logic of counting majors, for instance Gonzales at no. 35 with two majors is ranked ahead of Vilas at no. 41 who has four. But placing Gonzales as low as no. 35 seems to suggest an ignorance for his prowess in the 1950s and his reign of 6 (or more) years as world-no 1.
Still as the Aussies use to say if you played you're not hurt, if you're hurt don't play. The result was still there and Perry won. That's all you can go by.
Nadal's been a great player over the years but he's often hurt and Federer is rarely hurt. That helps Federer in his performances over the years because of Nadal's decline in level of play because of injuries.
Rolling Stone magazine said Pet Sounds is the greatest album ever therefore it must be.
It is a good question about injuries.
If they affect the outcome of a match, they should be noted.
For example, Laver lost to Emerson in the 1961 Australian final in four sets, but afterwards Laver complained that he was suffering from a sore wrist which probably caused the loss. This is worth noting.
In the 1961 US final at Forest Hills, Laver again was beaten by Emerson, but this time he offered no excuses, other than that he was less prepared than Emerson, who had survived a tough semifinal against Osuna, the eventual 1963 champion. This challenge caused Emerson to lift the level of his game.
Perry was clearly the top pro in 1941, albeit with a limited number of matches.
He beat Dick Skeen! Again and again! Wow!
Budge lost in the two big tournaments from a broken nose.
A weak champion, Mr. Perry, only on top through an injury to his only real opponent.
Perry himself lost through injury. In 1935 at Forest Hills he fell and ruptured his spleen, requiring surgery. This cost him the tournament win.
In 1942 he broke his arm and had a bad year.
Perry won tournaments in 1941. Budge was losing them. There you go.
The point is, you have to evaluate the quality of opposition when drawing conclusions about someone's success.
I think Mustard is pointing out that everyone, including Budge played and Perry won. You can only play and win. If Budge loses before he met Perry, well that's Budge's tough luck. Injuries are a part of the game. No person is going to give Budge a replay because he was hurt.
A healthy and in shape Budge may very well have been better than Perry. I would tend to think so but he didn't prove it on the court that year in a limited schedule.
So, do we ignore Laver's wrist injury in the 1961 Aussie final, and say that Emerson was the number one guy for 1961?
Laver was hurt and he lost. We may know that Laver was hurt but Emmo won. People are not giving the Australian to Laver because of that. The results are in for Emerson. Yes we ignore it. Laver played and lost and I'm sure he would tell you the same thing.
Djokovic was hurting in the fifth set the other night against Murray. Do we give it to Novak?
No, but we take into account the injury, and if the results for the rest of the year when the players are both healthy point in the other direction, we DOWNPLAY the results when a player is injured.
You dodged my question. Does Emmo get the number one for 1961? Do we ignore the injury?
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When 'Jazz' Was a Dirty Word
The term made its debut exactly a century ago, but even jazz musicians long avoided using it
Fire up the time machine, set the controls for New Orleans in 1907 and make your way to a rickety night spot on Perdido Street that is known to the locals as Funky Butt Hall. Look closely and you might see a child in short pants peering through a crack in the wall and listening to the band inside. The child is Louis Armstrong, and the band, a combo led by a cornet player named Buddy Bolden, is playing a brand-new style of music that sounds like a cross between ragtime and the blues.
Don't call it "jazz,"...

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DETROIT, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Florida pastor Terry Jones may take legal action, his brother-in-law said, after they were denied entry into Canada to attend a forum on an anti-Islamic video.
"I am very disappointed," Jones told the Toronto Sun from Dayton, Ohio, on his way back to Gainesville, Fla., with brother-in-law co-pastor Wayne Sapp, associate director of Stand Up America Now, after they were both turned away by the Canada Border Services Agency at the Detroit-Windsor, Ontario, border.
"This is a real blow to freedom of speech," said Jones, who gained international attention in 2010 for his plan to burn Korans, the Islamic scripture, on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.
Jones backed down at the time but burned the Muslim holy book at his tiny Dove World Outreach Center in March 2011 after putting the scripture on "trial."
Protesters in Afghanistan killed at least 30 people, including seven U.N. workers, in response. Jones has denied any responsibility for the violence.
Many died last month in riots spawned by the "Innocence of Muslims" YouTube video mocking the Prophet Muhammad that ignited bloody protests in the Muslim world and which Jones supports and promotes.
Jones, 60, told the Sun the reasons border officers gave Thursday for denying him entry were "very weak."
He and Sapp, 43, said the officers told them -- after detaining and searching them -- that they were denied entry because they had a 2011 arrest record from when they refused to take out a peace bond to protest in front of a Dearborn, Mich., mosque.
Sapp told the Detroit News the arrests were supposed to have been stricken from their record.
Jones said he was told he was also denied entry because he had a 2005 violation from a German court for using the "Dr." title as an evangelical Christian leader when a court concluded he had an honorary degree from an unaccredited school. Sapp said that complaint, which included a $3,800 fine, was successfully appealed.
The German Evangelical Alliance said it released Jones from church leadership in 2008 due to his indefensible theological statements and his craving for attention.
Border officials demanded proof that both the Dearborn and Germany issues were resolved, Jones and Sapp said.
"Because we don't have documentation of this, they refused us entry into the country," Sapp told the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail.
The men planned to consider legal options after they return to Florida, Sapp said.
Authorities seized two large placards that read, "Koran burning site" and "Islam is the new Nazism," The Toronto Star reported.
About 50 people showed up at the Freedom Showdown forum in front of the Ontario Legislature in Toronto Thursday evening. More than 20 Toronto police officers were on guard during the peaceful hourlong event, the Star said.
Event organizer Allan Einstoss told the Sun he thought barring Jones was "outrageous."
Imam Steve Rockwell of Toronto's Sheik Deedat mosque -- named for a South African Muslim missionary who held numerous interreligious public debates with evangelical Christians -- was to debate Jones at the event.
He told The Globe and Mail he'd wanted to hear from Jones "what he found in the Koran that was so reprehensible, so vile, that he had to burn it."


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Beauty Byte: Jennifer Hudson Signs With Avon
Yesterday Avon Products Inc. signed Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson to be the latest spokesperson for their Imari brand and the new scent, Imari Seduction. The fragrance will go on sale in August.
Hudson says, "This is an honor for me and very flattering."
She is the latest in a string of celebrities to attach their names to fragrances. Market research firm NPD Group believes that celebrity fragrances made up almost a quarter of the top 100 women's fragrance brands last year - which is up from 10% in 2003.
This collaboration is really very exciting for this rising singer and starlet. Avon is the world's largest direct seller of cosmetics, and Imari has been its best selling fragrance since its launch 20 years ago. Wow, congrats again Jen!
To read what Avon Executive Vice President Liz Smith had to say about Jennifer Hudson and Avon's partnership,
"We believe that our Avon representatives and their customers will be truly inspired by Jennifer's dream-come-true success story."


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In recognition of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, Healing of the Heart Ministries will host a conference offering discussion and dialogue for survivors and family members seeking help to handle sexual abuse crisis and conflicts stemming from homosexuality in the family.
Themed "Beyond Pain to Wholeness: Overcoming the Stigma," the conference takes place Saturday, April 6 at the Georgia International Convention Center from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The event organizers hope the conference will serve as training ground for mental health and counseling professionals, as well as pastors and church leaders, providing them with hands-on resources to confront and repair all areas of sexual conflict, trauma and abuse.
"When we read the stories in the media or hear admonishments from the pulpit, we can lose sight that there's a face behind every story of sexual abuse and struggle," says event organizer Dr. Betty L. Mitchell. "This conference equips those on the front lines of mental health and ministry with current techniques and methods to better help our clients and congregants."
For more than two decades, Mitchell has ministered to hundreds of men and women traumatized by the effects of sexual trauma. Mitchell holds her doctorate in Pastoral and Clinical Counseling along with a master's degree in education from Pepperdine University. She is a member of the National Christian Counselors Association and the Black Christian Council Association.
Presented in partnership with Open Word Christian Ministries and the Georgia chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses, the daylong event includes keynote speakers, a question-and-answer discussion and testimonials from survivors of sexual trauma.


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Depression need not be part of aging process
Myth: Depression is an expected part of growing older.
Fact: While older adults are susceptible to depression, it is not a "given" that one should expect to have to deal with depression as one gets older.
As we grow older, all of us will experience some life changes such as retirement, increased medical issues, and the death of friends and loved ones. Most adapt normally and without symptoms of depression. Unfortunately, stressors that come with aging can increase the risk of depression for some older adults.
There any many triggers for depression, specific to older adults, because of unique circumstances that may happen during this stage in life. These might include loneliness caused by the loss of friends and loved ones; a lack of purpose after retirement which can be a difficult transition for some; difficulties with making decisions and memory problems; the loss of driving privileges increasing the potential for isolation and increased dependence upon others; stress over finances, changes in relationships; and/or increased medical issues such as disability or chronic pain. Certain medical conditions and the medication used to treat them may also have depression as a potential side effect.
Some older adults will not express sadness,
but give other clues such as:
- Unexplained aches and pains
- Increased anxiety and worries
- Decreased energy level or motivation
- Increased irritability (especially prominent in men)
- Neglecting personal cares (e.g. skipping meals, forgetting medications, neglecting personal hygiene)
Older men often experience depression differently than women. While women with depression are more likely to have feelings of sadness, worthlessness, and excessive guilt, men are more likely to be very tired, irritable, lose interest in once pleasurable activities, and have difficulty sleeping. Men may be more likely than women to turn to alcohol or drugs when depressed.
Unfortunately, depression may lead to suicidal thoughts. Although more women attempt suicide, many more men die by suicide in the United States. Older white males age 85 and older actually have the highest suicide rate in the United States.
Within the current generation of elderly, 75 years and older, many were raised in a time when mental illness (including depression) was highly stigmatized and misunderstood. Many thought, and some still do, that if you seek help for mental health problems that they will be placed into institutional care and left there. While this is untrue, unfortunately this leads to some older adults being afraid of seeking help. Others may be too proud or ashamed to ask for assistance.
In fact, depression is so very common, and so very treatable that it's a shame for people to have to suffer needlessly!
Both formal and informal treatment strategies for depression are effective and include:
- Physical activity and exercise, which has powerful mind-boosting effects.
- Get out of the house and find a way to connect with others. Limit the time you are alone plays a big role in lifting the fog of depression!
- The use of anti-depressant medication to help offset the chemical imbalances in the brain that can occur with clinical depression.
- Get involved with talk therapy, including individual, family and/or group experiences.
- Maintain a healthy diet.
- Resume or take up a new hobby or interest which can help one to have something to look forward to, share with others, and enjoy.
- Volunteer your time -- you can help others and expand your social network at the same time.
- Find humor in your life -- watch comedies, tell jokes, read funny stories.
- Pet therapy. Take care of a pet which provides company, an opportunity for exercise, and a chance to meet others.
If your friend or loved one appears depressed, there are things you can do to help them feel better. You can offer emotional support, listen with patience and compassion. Look for ways to offer the person hope - things will get better. Invite your loved one out. Prepare and deliver some healthy meals for the person. Buy them a gift certificate for having meals at their local Senior Citizen's Center.
Most importantly, help your loved one get professional help that can offer an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment. Help the person find a good doctor/therapist, and take them to the appointments. Encourage the person to keep his/her appointments and remind him/her to take any prescribed medications faithfully. Watch for any loss of hope, increased thoughts of death or self-harm. If you see this happening, seek help immediately from their prescribing physician and/or therapist.
Getting older doesn't mean you or your loved one need to put up with depression. If you or someone you know are experiencing the symptoms of depression, call a local behavioral health facility for help.


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Don Imus. Boy, he's really done it this time. After nearly four decades of broadcasting, and even an induction into the National Broadcaster Hall of Fame, three words have, if not ended, then definitely given a major blow to Imus' career. CBS Radio announced Thursday it is firing him, a day after MSNBC said it would no longer be simulcasting his radio show.
No one is above a faux paus, and perhaps the reaction to Imus' comment regarding the Rutgers women's basketball team was a bit overblown. A group consisting of various races and sexes could argue for days on the severity of his phrase. But it just comes down to the fact that in our society, it is not acceptable for a white man (especially a 66-year-old man) to describe a group of black women in such a way.
What ultimately makes Imus a fool was that he didn't stop those words from coming out of his mouth as soon as he thought of them.
Sen. John McCain. Perhaps this year's biggest (and most inadvertent) April Fools' joke was played on this presidential hopeful.
After going on television in early March, saying the media has not been accurately portraying the progress in Iraq, he made a visit there himself on, of all days, April 1.
McCain was photographed walking the streets through a Baghdad market. He wore a bullet-proof vest. He was also accompanied by more than 100 soldiers in armored Humvees - the equivalent of an entire company - while attack helicopters circled overhead, a senior American military official in Baghdad said. The soldiers redirected traffic from the area and restricted access to the Americans, witnesses said, and sharpshooters were posted on the roofs during the one-hour visit, The New York Times reported.
McCain declared during a news conference the new American security plan was "making progress," and that there was cause for "very cautious optimism."
A market merchant didn't quite agree. "What are they talking about? They paralyzed the market when they came. This was only for the media."
McCain, if not prompted by a return to reality then at least by a bashing by the media and late-night comedians, admitted during an interview that aired Sunday on "60 Minutes" that he was wrong.
"I can understand why [the Army] would provide me with that security, but I can tell you that if it had been two months ago and I'd asked to do it, they would have said, 'Under no circumstances whatsoever,'" he said. "I view that as a sign of progress."
However, I don't believe McCain still quite understood. As recent as Wednesday, his remarks to the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute included: "I just returned from my fifth visit to Iraq. Unlike the veterans here today, I risked nothing more threatening than a hostile press corps. And my only mission was to inform my opinions with facts."
Me. I couldn't write a column about fools without including the one I know best. Last week, I wrote about an upcoming cable network, The Terror Channel, and its sitcom about a terrorist training camp. I should have known then, but I found out while listening to the same public radio program on which I had heard about The Terror Channel, the hosts casually mentioned at the end of the show that it was all an April Fools' hoax. The show offered no disclaimer during the broadcast, nor on its Web site that week (it has since been updated), but it was a good lesson for any journalist: Don't believe everything you hear.


text: nice one, the speed mp is on there as well. it states it's a 98sq as well! plus it's 63ra not 70 like the pro. plus 335g strung, all quite good, sounds even more like djokos racket now. of course when the 18main one comes out then that might be the one.


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Community Service Hours FAQS
What counts as Service?
FAQs about Service and Service Tracker
What do you mean by service?
Service to the broader community occurs in off-campus (and in some cases on-campus settings), where activities directly address a community-based issue or problem, contribute to the public good, meet needs in our community and contribute to civic life.
Activities may include: Direct Service, Philanthropy/Fundraising, Service Learning, Internship, Advocacy/Education, Community Based Research and/or Public Professional Service.
What kind of activities count as service to the broader community?
Examples include: providing direct service at a food pantry or as part of a national service day, participating in an alternative break or mission trip, volunteering to help run a sports clinic or an after-school program, tutoring at a school or library, organizing a fund raising event for an organization, organizing cultural events that are free/low cost and open to the public, serving on a board of a nonprofit agency, volunteering to help do research for an agency, organizing a program or activity to raise awareness about a community issue to help generate donations and/or volunteers, providing consulting or training to underserved groups…the list is endless!
If I have to do training or preparation to be able to serve does that count?
Yes, hours spent in training or preparation to be able to serve DO count.
What kind of on-campus events count?
For example, giving blood at an on-campus blood drive; philanthropy projects where funds or goods are directly donated to community based organizations (Relay for Life, Dance Marathon). Organizing or being on the planning board for an educational, cultural/diversity, art or awareness event that is open to the public and bring attention to community needs (Rock Against Rape, Vagina Monologues, Intercultural Fest).
Can I count the hours when I attend an on-campus event?
No, attending an event does not count as hours unless you are on the planning board or an organizer.
Do hours in a service-learning class or internship count?
Yes, these hours count! In the Service Tracker system, just indicate that the type of service was "service-learning" and pick the class or group that the service-learning was affiliated with.
Does service always benefit the nonprofit sector?
Service usually addresses the needs of nonprofit agencies and the public/civic sector and the citizens, clients and customers they serve. However many for-profit entities also participate in service through engagement in civic life, corporate volunteer programs and corporate donation programs.
How do we define Public Professional Service?
Public professional service is important for our university given our role in education and knowledge creation, and many members of the campus community provide service to the broader community through service on boards or committees of civic organizations, research activities defined as the scholarship of engagement, and providing pro-bono consultancy and training.
I participate in service activities through my faith community, does that count?
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From the airport to Long street is approximately 21km and takes approximately 20 minutes.
Exit the Airport and continue for 3 km, mwege onto the N2 HIGHWAY. Then follow N2 STAD/ CITY SIGN. After 18km move into lane with M6 / SEAPOINT / WATERFRONT sign. Proceed up Buitengracht Street for 1km and then turn left into Wale Street and right into Long Street. You will see us there!
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Jodi Arias may have tried to create her own alibi for Travis Alexander's murder with a voicemail left on his cell phone.
Homicide detective Lawrence Gladysh testified Tuesday in Arias' trial that the voicemail was left on June 4, 2008, at 11:48 p.m., the same day Alexander was killed.
Prosecutor Juan Martinez played the voicemail for the jury.
On the recording, Arias seems to ramble, but she says she got lost, her phone died and she was sorry she hasn't gotten back to him in a while. She also made reference to going to Crater Lake National Park with Alexander.
Read more: Everything you need to know about the trial of 2013
Gladysh said the cell phone records show Arias' call on June 4 was placed about 250 miles north of Alexander's home in Mesa, Arizona, where his body was found.
After Gladysh finished testifying, prosecutors called police Det. Esteban Flores back to the witness stand and played a video recording of Flores' interrogating Arias July 15, 2008, where he confronts her with the photos recovered from Alexander's camera.
On the video, Flores references the sexually explicit photos on the camera.
"I have seen all of you, and I have seen all of Travis," said Flores.
Read more: Week 2 recap of Jodi Arias trial
Flores also shows Arias other photos that he says show the Alexander's dead bleeding body and one that shows her foot at the crime scene. He also talks about how investigators found her bloody palm print on Alexander's wall.
Arias continued to deny she killed Alexander, and at some point during the interrogation, she even begins to cry.
Martinez also played a video of Flores interrogating Arias the next day on July 16, 2008. This time, Arias is in an orange jumpsuit, because she is in jail.
Flores can be heard repeatedly in the video, asking Arias what happened the day Alexander died.
Flores said, "What went wrong? Did he say something to you? Did you get frustrated?"
Arias eventually told Flores that she witnessed two intruders kill Alexander. Arias also said that she didn't tell anyone because they threatened her family. Flores told Arias he didn't believe her new story.
Arias now says she killed Alexander in self-defense.


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Dexter book manufacturer Thomson-Shore secures deal with UK publisher Bloomsbury
The Dexter-based company Thomson-Shore has secured an agreement to serve as the preferred U.S. manufacturer for Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., one of the largest publishers in the world.
Thomson-Shore specializes in short- to medium-run digital and offset book printing, binding and publishing services. Thomson-Shore is located at 7300 W. Joy Road.
Bloomsbury was established in 1986 and is a leading independent publishing house with offices in London, New York, Sydney, Australia and New Delhi.
Thomson-Shore CEO Kevin Spall said in a statement the company beat out much larger manufacturers to secure the agreement. Spall said the contract will add to a year in which Thomson-Shore has seen "tremendous" growth.
According to Spall, digital printing has increased 30 percent from last year, eBooks are up 180 percent and the company's specialty, hand-binding services are up 20 percent.
"The entire team has worked on creating new, innovative manufacturing processes to accommodate this growth, and has created a quality platform for future growth at Thomson-Shore," Spall said.
Bloomsbury has published well-known books such as the National Book award-winning novel, Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward and the Booker Prize novel, The Finkler Question. Bloomsbury also has published several children's books.
Katrease Stafford covers Ypsilanti for AnnArbor.com.Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com or 734-623-2548 and follow her on twitter.
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GREENFIELD, Mass. – Over the top of her computer screen, Addie Rose Holland eyes a stainless steel assembly line, where shredded pickled carrots get scooped from buckets and packed tightly into 15-ounce Mason jars.
Three years ago, Holland looked out on a vastly different view – the frozen surface of Siberia's Lake El'gygytgyn. She was there as a paleoclimatologist, probing lake sediment for clues on how past climate changes impacted the Arctic.
The research and panoramas were eye-opening. But the world of science ultimately proved too remote and abstract. Driven by a desire to spur change in her own backyard, Holland swapped her parka for a hairnet: She's incorporating her world of science into her world of pickles.
"We're not solving global warming by making pickles," said Holland, 33, who today co-owns Real Pickles, a Greenfield-based organic food company.
But her company can, she hopes, help nudge the corporate world toward a more sustainable, healthier, less energy-intensive model. "We're contributing to a global warming solution by helping to reorient our food system," she said.
Off the academic track
Holland isn't done with science. She holds a part-time position as interim program manager for the Interior Department's Northeast Climate Science Center, based at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she organizes a speaker series on climate impacts and solutions. The center provides tools and information to help land managers plan for and adapt to climate impacts.
While Holland's career path may be unique, her attempt to balance a life of research science with a desire for more concrete impact is not.
At virtually every stage in the geosciences, women drop out of the academic track faster than men. One 2008 study found that, while approximately 45 percent of all students in geoscience masters degree programs are female, the percentage drops to 34 percent in doctoral programs.
Subtle gender biases, grueling hours and a paucity of female role models play a role, according to Mary Anne Holmes, a mineralogist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and former president for the Association for Women Geoscientists. "These small, almost imperceptible hurdles add up," she said.
Holland didn't perceive a gender bias. What frustrated her, however, was how quickly chats about her research could go sour. Holland thrives on the positive vibes she gets as customers make the connections among her pickles, local farms and benefits to their community. Talks about the implications of climate change proved far more frustrating.
"Conversations about climate change often turn either to denial or guilt or depression," she said. "But pickle conversations are full of laughter and hope."
Those climate conversations, she added, are extremely important, and the challenge of connecting that information to the public is a big part of what keeps her in science. If she can get to climate through pickles, she said, the conversations are "invariably much lighter."
"But you can't always get to climate conversations through pickles." And the desire to bridge that gap is why her work communicating climate science remains a big part of her life.
Someone else's mess
Holland's path into science started at a Connecticut state prison where she used soil microbes to help clean up groundwater contamination from dry-cleaning solvents.
She took a job with a Connecticut-based engineering company, Fuss & O'Neill, that focused on cleaning up environmental messes created by industry. The work required a lot of soil and groundwater testing, which she enjoyed. But she found it hard always being the one showing up to clean someone else's mess. "The relationship with the client was always negative. I wanted my life to be full of positives," she said.
Holland was mulling options for graduate school in the sciences when she started working at her boyfriend's fledgling pickle company. "I was pretty thrilled by the idea of working in a pickle factory – who gets to say they work in a pickle factory?"
Yet as she worked the assembly line over the next four years, one thing became clear: Climate change was impacting her work and world.
"We were trying to run a business with as little impact on the environment as possible," said Holland, who admits being skeptical at first that humans could influence something as big
as Earth's long-term climate cycles. "I first needed to gain a deeper, more personal understanding of Earth's climate and how it worked."
Passion and focus
In 2008, Holland entered a master's degree program in geosciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. But she came to the realization early on that she lacked the passion and focus that she saw in her advisor, Julie Brigham-Grette, a geosciences professor, to pursue a doctoral degree and an academic post in climate science.
"Research wasn't the only thing that motivated and inspired me and got me up in the morning," said Holland. There was the pickle company, and the "irresistible chance" it offered to make an immediate difference in her community.
Today that former boyfriend is her husband and Real Pickles co-owner, Dan Rosenberg. Their startup now grosses $600,000 a year. From the company's 6,500-square-foot warehouse, Holland, Rosenberg and 10 other employees pickle cucumbers, carrots, cabbage and beets with a natural fermentation process that leaves the final product raw, full of active cultures and enzymes.
They buy organic vegetables from farmers within 40 miles of the factory and distribute their pickles only to grocers in the Northeast. Both steps, Holland and Rosenberg believe, reduce the climate impact of food while helping to sustain vibrant, small-scale agriculture in New England.
"Real Pickles is hands-on success on a daily basis," Holland said. "We made a difference because we bought local cabbage today."
Climate benefits?
The company has the requisite green-business built-ins – roof-top solar, energy-efficient fixtures. But the business plan is counterintuitive: limit growth. The company sells to about 300 stores in nine Northeast states but won't ship outside the region.
And while Real Pickles is growing at 25 percent a year, Holland and Rosenberg don't want to be pressured to "sell out" to a larger company to sustain growth. So they are in the process of transitioning the business into a worker cooperative.
Climate benefits from the local-food approach remain unclear, said Michael Hamm, professor of sustainable agriculture at the University of Michigan. There's no conclusive or easy way to show that the carbon footprint of, say, a jar of locally picked and processed pickles is less than a mass-produced package shipped from several states over.
But a local approach does build resiliency into a food system facing an uncertain future, where climate change and population growth could strain land and water resources in today's agricultural hubs, he said.
Companies like Real Pickles support a diverse, regional food network that makes communities less dependent on distant agricultural centers, such as California. As the climate changes, he said, the benefits of the local approach will become clearer."Creating strong regional food systems increases options for an uncertain future," said Hamm.
Not done with science
Holland still has much work to do in science. She's writing up her Arctic research for publication in a scientific journal. And her job at the Climate Science Center, she says, is to make conversations about climate change feel more like conversations about pickles.
"It's a bit of a joke that I split my life between climate science and pickles," said Holland, as she closes her laptop on the label she has been creating for a new pickled product and prepares to spend the afternoon analyzing her Lake El'gygytgyn data.
"But more and more, the two parts of my life inform each other."
This article originally appeared at The Daily Climate, the climate change news source published by Environmental Health Sciences, a nonprofit media company.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Offside or not, the Columbus Crew's late dramatics continued Saturday at Crew Stadium and so does the club's pursuit of a playoff spot.
The controversy surrounds Columbus midfielder Milovan Mirosevic, who was positioned just behind a wall of Philadelphia Union players to take an excuse-me pass from teammate Josh Williams and slot home the decisive goal in the 87th minute for a 3-2 victory after blowing a two-goal lead.
Mirosevic's goal came a minute after Philadelphia sub Jack McInerney stunned the crowd of 14,677 with an equalizer.
"Maybe if the game finishes like that, we're out of the playoffs already," Mirosevic said after the match. "We have to be more careful."
Instead, the Crew (14-11-6, 48 points) remain just one point behind Houston for the fifth and final Eastern Conference berth with three matches remaining.
But once again it the three points on Saturday didn't come easy. Columbus' past five wins have been decided in the 86th minute or later.
"I'd rather win 4-0 and then we can relax," Williams said.
But the Crew couldn't hold on to a first-half brace by forward Jairo Arrieta, who has eight goals in 15 games. A Danny Cruz penalty and McInerney's strike leveled the score, setting up Mirosevic's decisive tally.
"I stood back out of the play and I saw a foot – I think Josh's foot," Mirosevic said. "And the next moment the ball was on my foot. I gave it one-touch, then I kicked it."
Williams offered his take: "I told Milo I picked him out of the crowd, but I was just joking. It was more of a hustle play, trying to make something happen."
Replays showed that Mirosevic was offside just prior to Williams' pass.
"I don't know," Mirosevic said when asked if he was offside. "You tell me, because from where I was, I didn't have enough time to look at the line and then receive the ball. I just received the ball and kicked it."
OPTA Chalkboard: Crew take care of business at home
Columbus head coach Robert Warzycha didn't offer an opinion other than to say he was happy to get the goal.
"[That play] was more desperate, because we needed to push players as far as we can," he said. "We need to push for the goal."
And as usually happens in the final five minutes – at least of late, the Crew got it.
Craig Merz covers the Columbus Crew for MLSsoccer.com


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Eurobarometer 75.1 EP: Women in the European Union, February-March 2011 (ICPSR 34594)
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This Eurobarometer is part of wave 75.1 and covers the special topic of women in the EU. Questions in this survey pertain to gender equality and work, including gender pay gap and paternal leave. Other questions addressed women's representation in politics and violence against women.
Demographic and other background information collected includes age, gender, nationality, marital status and parental relations, left-right political self-placement, occupation, age when stopped full-time education, household composition, ownership of a fixed or a mobile telephone and other durable goods, difficulties in paying bills, level in society, and Internet use. In addition, country-specific data includes type and size of locality, region of residence, and language of interview (select countries).
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The SteriPEN Adventurer Opti and the H2O Amigo Pro are both innovative and effective means for treating water in the backcountry, but the two products otherwise share little in common.
SteriPEN's story has been one of overwhelming success and rapid adoption amongst backpackers. After selling its first unit in 1999, Hydro-Photon Inc, the makers of SteriPEN, now offer no fewer than ten versions of the SteriPEN and market not only to the backpacking community, but also to the military, emergency rescue agencies, and the general traveling public.
SteriPEN in solar case.
The success and attention surrounding SteriPEN lies in a breakthrough, and admittedly glitzy concept in water purification: the use of ultraviolet light from a handheld pen-shaped device to scramble the genetic material of water-borne pathogens, making them incapable of reproducing. This technology is a clean alternative to more traditional water treatment methods involving chemicals or filtration. The Adventurer Opti is the ultralight version of the SteriPEN and can be used with disposable or rechargeable CR123 Li-ion batteries. For those not keen on buying disposable batteries or relying on the power grid, SteriPEN makes a solar charging case exclusively for the Adventurer Opti.
The H2O Amigo occupies the more subdued realm of the gravity filter. Far from being on technology's cutting edge, the gravity filter's basic but effective design uses a water-holding bag that contains a filter with a small tube at the bottom for water output. The bag is filled, hung, and water moves passively from the bag, through the filter, and out to another bag or a drinking bottle for consumption. It's essentially pump filtration without all the work of actually pumping.
Amigo full setup.
A quick-drying, lightweight SilNylon bag with durable drawstrings and a single open-ended output hose make the Amigo perhaps the most no-frills, elegantly designed gravity filter to date. Sadly, the Amigo is no longer in production by its manufacturer, Ultralight Adventure Equipment. MSR, Katadyn, Cascade Designs, and Sawyer Products sell their own gravity filters, but none match the lightweight simplicity of the Amigo. Used Amigos can still occasionally be found online, but these tend to be few and far between. More importantly though, the Amigo's simple design and obtainable raw materials permit at-home construction. This subject has been discussed in great detail on BPL's own forums.
The aim of this study was to compare the solar-powered SteriPEN Adventurer Opti with the H2O Amigo Pro for use in long distance hiking. Both devices were used alternately along 800 miles of the Montana section of the Continental Divide Trail from July 19 to September 28, 2010 to provide drinking water for a companion and myself. While one device was in use, we shipped the other ahead to a mail drop location. Once at the mail drop, we switched devices, shipping the other ahead to the next mail drop. Practical considerations for long distance hiking for each device were noted. These included observations and recorded data on each device's weight, cost, performance, maintenance requirements, durability, and ease of lightweight modification. Temperatures ranged from the mid 80s to the mid 20s F. The Amigo was outfitted with a new Katadyn Hiker filter.
A total of 71.5 liters of water were treated with the Amigo and 107.0 liters with the SteriPEN. We primarily sourced from clear bodies of water with good flow. We occasionally got water out of lakes or from cattle contaminated sources, but never needed to pre-filter. Except for the initial charge, which was done using the supplied power adapter, the SteriPEN was charged in the field using the solar charger. Batteries were not removed from the SteriPEN when placed into the bounce box for shipping.
SteriPEN solar case.
Speed and Water Quality
Both devices produced clean tasting water and neither of us became ill. They provided water in a timely fashion with neither exceeding two minutes per liter, unless the SteriPEN's battery ran out mid-treatment. At the end of the trip, both devices were tested with clean tap water. The Amigo made one liter in 73 seconds and the SteriPEN in 93 seconds. Priming the Amigo's filter by sucking water through the output hose was necessary in order to start the flow of water.
We appreciated the hands-off nature of the Amigo. Being able to fill the bag and hang the Amigo from a tree branch or rock while we went about other chores or relaxed was a big plus. We did need to be careful to make sure our Platypus was placed carefully under the Amigo's output hose so that it wouldn't tip over as it filled. The SteriPEN, requiring constant stirring for about 90 seconds per liter, was obviously more hands-on. This was not too bothersome for small quantities, but when we wanted to make multiple liters, sitting and stirring started to become tedious and, in cold, wet weather, fairly unpleasant.
Since we carried small-mouthed collapsible 2L bottles, we were not able to treat our water directly with SteriPEN, which better accommodates a wide-mouthed receptacle. However, we were able to avoid packing an extra bottle by putting water to be treated in our cook pot, and treating the water there. We did find it somewhat inconvenient to have to dig out our cook pot each time we wanted to treat water.
SteriPEN in pot.
We found that the Amigo was easy to pack and I usually kept it near the top of my Granite Gear Vapor Trail pack. The SteriPEN, while in its charger case, was a little more cumbersome. As we were in Montana and thus often walking in partial or full sun, it made sense to carry the solar charging case outside and on top of my pack. The case was, however, sometimes a challenge to secure. The case's plastic belt-style clip fit quite loosely onto my pack straps and was therefore not very reliable to use. I eventually settled on lashing the charger down using the two cross straps at the top of the pack, although this was still a loose attachment when my pack was not full.
We did not use the flashlight function on the SteriPEN.
SteriPEN's published manual advises users to remove batteries from the device when not in use. We learned this lesson the hard way. When putting the SteriPEN away for a few weeks, we failed to remove the batteries from the device. With the second set of batteries just partially charged, we found ourselves constantly changing the batteries back and forth when the device returned to use. The set of batteries that were inside the SteriPEN had mostly discharged, and the charge left in the second battery set was only enough to treat 3-4 liters. Coupled with a few cloudy days on the trail, we never were able to fully charge one set of batteries,and thus had to keep switching back and forth between partially charged batteries. We were not able to fully charge the batteries until we stopped in town for a few very sunny days.
SteriPEN on/off.
We did not have any reliability issues with the Amigo, except once when we left water in the device overnight and temps dropped below freezing. The next morning, we had to wait until the ice in the filter and hose thawed until we could treat water. From then on, we made sure to completely drain and dry (if possible) the Amigo each night.
The advantage to both devices is that they require very little maintenance. Because we used the Amigo in mostly clear water, we never needed to scrub the filter. With greater use, I expect we would have needed to scrub at some point. The SteriPEN required zero maintenance.
Despite both devices having sensitive components, neither broke or malfunctioned. For the SteriPEN, the sensitive component is the bulb, which is encased in glass. If this breaks, the only method of repair is to send the device back to the manufacturer. The SteriPEN took a tumble off my pack on several occasions, but was well-protected inside the solar charging case and no damage was done. The case itself began to show small signs of wear by the end of the trip as some of the inner padding near the latching mechanism began to get caught in the latch. With a few weeks remaining, the belt clip on the back of the case snapped off. This didn't bother us because we found the clip to not be very useful in the first place.
The sensitive component of the Amigo is the SilNylon bag that holds water for filtering. The SilNylon is thin and thus susceptible to tearing on sharp branches. On a prior trip, I actually made a small hole in the bag this way, but was able to easily repair the bag with SilNet sealer.
Amigo Bag – a closer look.
Weight and Volume: (See Figure 1)
At 3.75 oz on a kitchen scale, the SteriPEN Adventurer Opti with a single set of batteries is significantly lighter than the Amigo, which comes in at 7.75 oz of dry weight. However, the solar charging case, with its necessary second set of batteries, brings the SteriPEN system up to 11.0 oz. This combination is .25 oz heavier than a soaking wet Amigo stored in its SilNylon carrying bag.
Figure 1
|Weight (oz)
|SteriPen w/ single pair rechargeable batteries
|Steripen w/ solar case and 2 battery sets
|H2O Amigo, dry
|H2O Amigo, wet
|H2O Amigo, dry w/ bag
|H2O Amigo, wet w/ bag
The H2O Amigo in its SilNylon bag compresses down to 75 in³ and takes up twice as much pack space as the 37 in³ solar charging case. This was a moot point for us as we carried the SteriPEN in its solar charger outside of my pack.
Amigo wrapped.
Cost (see figure 2)
While the SteriPEN with a solar charger is initially more expensive, the H2O Amigo Pro surpasses it in cost after approximately 2,500 liters of water has been treated. WAt this point the Amigo's Katadyn filter will need to be replaced for a third time. Taking this into consideration, the SteriPEN becomes an increasingly better value for the amount of water treated. Interestingly, the H2O Amigo eventually even surpasses the cost of using the SteriPEN with disposable batteries.
Figure 2
|SteriPEN Opti w/ Rech. Batteries
|SteriPEN Opti w/ Disp. Batteries
|H2O Amigo
Certain performance assumptions were made in these calculations. With the exception of liters water treated per charge for the SteriPEN, field-testing did not provide sufficient volumes of water to test capacities experimentally:
- The SteriPEN rechargeable batteries die after 300 charges. Source: SteriPEN customer service. Field-testing on the CDT revealed that these batteries, new and fully charged, made 28 liters of water.
- A pair of CR123 Li-ion disposable batteries are capable of treating 50 liters of water before needing replacement. Source: SteriPEN User's manual.
- The SteriPEN's bulb requires replacement after 8,000 liters of water treated. Source: SteriPEN customer service and user's manual.
- The Katadyn filter is capable of treating 750 liters of water before requiring replacement. Frequent treatment of murky water and failure to periodically clean the filter will obviously shorten this lifespan. Source: Katadyn product manual.
Cost Assumptions (not including tax or shipping):
- Disposable CR123 Li-ion batteries are purchased online in quantities of 50 at a cost of $46.99 ($1.88/pair). Each battery is 3V with 1300mAh capacity.
- Replacement rechargeable batteries are purchased online in quantities of 2 at a cost of $11.88. Each battery is 3V with 650mAh capacity.
- Replacement Katadyn filters can be purchased online at a cost of $40.00.
- The SteriPEN bulb can be replaced by the manufacturer at a cost of $20.00.
- A used H2O Amigo can be obtained online for $50.00.
Ease of Lightweight Modification
Although we chose not to modify either device on this trip, both devices lend themselves to some modification to drop weight. The Amigo's output hose can be cut to a shorter length and the small plastic hose clamp removed. The cords that allow the Amigo to be hung can be cut and re-tied. On the SteriPEN solar charger, the clip can be removed. Otherwise, the SteriPEN itself is difficult to modify. The plastic cap that protects the bulb can be omitted, but this leaves the bulb vulnerable.
Amigo output hose.
Overall Impressions
We found that by the end of our trip we preferred using the H2O Amigo. This was based on the fact that by its hands-off nature, the Amigo, especially for treating multiple liters of water, was more convenient to use and we encountered fewer problems with reliability. Admittedly, the battery issue was our own fault, but we also value not having to worry about battery charges and changes on backpacking trips.
The added convenience of the Amigo, comes with a significant difference in monetary price. However, the long term savings associated with the SteriPEN currently adds a significant cost in weight, as the solar charger with its second battery adds an extra 7.25 oz, negating the SteriPEN's weight advantage over the Amigo. With some design changes to the SteriPEN's solar charging feature, this would be a closer call. Reducing the size of the charging case might be a possibility. Using a lighter material to make the case would be another. This would expectedly increase the cost of the case, but since the cost savings with the solar rechargeable feature is so significant, this might not be a tough sell. Finally, designing the solar charging case to charge the batteries while still inside the SteriPEN would reduce weight by eliminating the need to carry a second set of batteries. It would also add a considerable amount of convenience to the entire system.


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Release Date: July 2013
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.NET parallel extensions brings the power of parallel and asynchronous programming to a much wider developer audience than ever before. This book will give a developer with no multithreaded development experience the ability to write highly scalable parallel applications that take advantage of modern multicore processors.If you are an experienced .NET developer who wants to put parallel extensions to work in your applications, this book is for you.
".NET 4.5 Parallel Extensions Cookbook" is a practical, hands-on guide that provides you with a number of clear step-by-step recipes that will introduce parallelism into your applications and take advantage of modern multicore processors. This book is a crash course in using the extensions, with theory and concepts kept to a minimum.
".NET 4.5 Parallel Extensions Cookbook" offers a wide-ranging presentation of parallel development concepts, and provides a working knowledge of key technologies that are important to developers who want to take advantage of multi-core architectures.
You will learn how to compose a series of producer/consumer tasks into a pipeline that can process data elements received from a real-time event stream. You will also learn how to connect the stages of pipelines together using the concurrent collections. You will learn everything you need to know to transform the multicore power found in modern processors into application performance and scalability.
This book contains practical recipes on everything you will need to create task-based parallel programs using C#, .NET 4.5, and Visual Studio. The book is packed with illustrated code examples to create scalable programs.
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This book is intended to help experienced C# developers write applications that leverage the power of modern multicore processors. It provides the necessary knowledge for an experienced C# developer to work with .NET parallelism APIs. Previous experience of writing multithreaded applications is not necessary.


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WDB is a weather data storage system for storage of weather and water observations, forecasts, analysis fields, and models. The system should be compatible with the meteorological standards BUFR and GRIB (version 1 and 2). In addition to generic loading programs, WDB also features a flexible retrieval interface for retrieving weather data in time series or entire fields. WDB is built using PostgreSQL extended with PostGIS.
AWeather is a real-time weather data viewer designed for weather enthusiasts. AWeather is not a weather widget/dockapp that displays a pre-computed forecast. It is designed to be an easy to use program that integrates a variety of meteorological data in a simple unified interface. Currently, AWeather only displays data provided by the United States National Weather Service.
OwfsWeather is a package that scans and logs weather data from various One-Wire weather sensors. It uses OWFS, the One Wire File System, to communicate with the sensors. It currently supports logging of weather data to Weather Underground, a CSV file, and to an RRD database. Current hardware supported is the WSI-601 weather station from AAG, a DS1820 temperature sensor, and the humidity and barometric pressure modules from Hobby Boards.
wfrog is a Web-based weather station software with nice charts and many ways to publish them on the Web. The architecture is meant to make it very easy to add support for other weather station models and to allow for rendering the weather data in several formats and media using an extensible renderer structure. The processing and memory footprint of wfrog is very low, making it suitable to run on low-power equipment like PC-engine Alix, Cisco NLSU2, or SheevaPlug. The currently supported weather stations are Ambient Weather WS1080, Davis VantagePro, VantagePro2, Elecsa AstroTouch 6975, Fine Offset Electronics H1080, WH1081, WH1090, WH1091, WH2080, WH2081, Freetec PX1117, LaCrosse 2300 series, Oregon Scientific WMR100N, MR200, WMRS200, WMR928X, PCE FWS20, Scientific Sales Pro, Touch Screen Weather Station, Topcom National Geographic 265NE, Watson W8681, and any station using the WESTEP protocol.


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RISE program guides young leaders to promote peace and mutual respect
WILMINGTON -- Jeffrey H. Teitel understands the concept of attaining world peace has been elusive.
People have never stopped finding ways to kill one another, and the devastation of war and violence continues to plague much of the world. With this in mind, the Deerfield Valley Rotary Club member took the initiative to create a pilot program intended to facilitate and guide high school students as young leaders in the promotion of peace, mutual respect and understanding worldwide.
Known as the Rotary International Syllabus for Envoys of Peace, or RISE, the program was conceived a year ago and launched last month as an educational course to teach young people in proximity to a Rotary Club the "basic tenets of peace and conflict resolution."
RISE came into being after getting approved by Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka.
Twin Valley High School junior Sammy Cunningham and sophomores Adam Richter and Wyatt Shippee are the pilot program's three participants now earning a social studies or history credit. The program consisted of three sessions held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1-3. All took place at The Crafts Inn.
John Howe and Marcia Pace -- who will act as Rotarian mentors -- also attended the sessions and performed the same course work.
Teitel said the idea of teaching peace curriculum is gaining traction locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Financial pledges have come from inside and outside of the Deerfield Valley Rotary Club.
"It's important to train the young people who will lead the world," he said. "(The more people are educated) about peace, the less likely they are to pick up an AK-47."
Cunningham, 17, said she got started in the program when it was brought to her attention by Principal Robert Morse. She said she and her schoolmates participated in the three sessions. Patricia Shafer of Mothering Across Continents -- a North Carolina-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing coaching, counseling and mentoring to develop dream projects around the world -- and Carla Lineback of World Learning in Brattleboro designed the curriculum and facilitated the sessions.
Cunningham said they learned about the program and were asked to come up with their own definition of peace and came up with very different answers. She said she defined peace as when "everyone can have the same opportunities and isn't discriminated and can live equally."
But Richter, 15, defined the word as meaning a society with a collective feeling of safety and an absence of war while Shippee, also 15, believes peace to be a lack of a need for weapons and conflict.
Each student was asked to brainstorm a peace project due in May, when the pilot programs finishes. Cunningham said she is considering two ideas right now -- one that involves trying to make sure schools in Africa have the supplies they need to succeed and the other is to incorporate youth sports into the education system.
Cunningham said she wants to attend college to learn about the medical field and the pilot program now has her interested in using her future degree to help disadvantaged people in Africa.
"It's a great program," she said. Its unofficial motto is "RISE now and forever hold your peace."
Richter, who also credits his school principal with introducing him to the programs, said he has learned a lot about war-torn countries that are struggling to retain peace. He has also be enlightened about the repercussions a lack of peace can have, such as unclean drinking water and low-quality education.
He is interested in doing his project about water.
"I've loved water ever since I was little kid," he said. "I love swimming and just anything that has to do with water."
Richter said he would like to send water filtration systems to Africa. He specifically mentioned Halazone tablets, which he said can act as a disinfectant when placed in water, and Brita filters.
Shippee said he plans to send supplies to victims of Hurricane Sandy in New York and New Jersey for his peace project. Both he and Richter said access to life's essential resources goes hand in hand with peace and learned that during the sessions.
"It's a lot of fun. They were very tiring. Everyone was tired at the end of them," he told the Reformer. "It's been interesting, to say the least."
Stafer, who along with Lineback is a Rotary Peace fellow, said two Rotarian mentors -- John Howe and Marcia Pace -- also attended the sessions and performed the same course work.
The students are RISE pioneers attempting to earn the moniker of "Rotary Peace Envoy," which will come with a certificate. Course credit will also be offered following 35 hours of classroom-style presentation and discussion and 20 hours of community project work.
Stafer said each student will meet with their Rotarian mentors for two-hour sessions about every three weeks and there will be a conclusion meeting in early May.
"The sessions were terrific," she said, adding that the curriculum draws from the best scholarly work in the field of peace education, the Rotary Peace Fellowship and her and Lineback's individual experiences in global education. "There are a lot of children (willing to take the time to learn about this subject) and, as a generation, they're very interested in making a difference. These three students were all magnificent participants and, most importantly, they were so engaged."
Stafer mentioned Vermont is the third most peaceful state in the nation, even though the United States ranks 88th in the world according to the Global Peace Index (right behind Equatorial Guinea and just ahead of China).
Rick Manganello -- former governor of Rotary District 7870, which encompasses 60 Clubs in southern Vermont and southern New Hampshire -- said the three students are the perfect age for these types of lessons because they have the rest of their lives to practice what they learn.
"I'm hoping they come away with an understanding of the types of things it takes to make peace in certain situations (such as dealing with bullying in schools or gang violence)," he said. "It all starts with creating a peaceful mindset."
Teitel said it is inspiring to see the blossoming of a program he devised a little more than a year ago.
"I'm optimistic and I'm hopeful that this kind of curriculum will reach the four corners of the world and make a difference among young people," he said.
He and Stafer hope to have 1,000 certified "Rotary Peace Envoys" throughout the world by 2014.
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Recent developments in e-discovery put more burden on counsel and implicate the rules of ethics for lawyers. The explosion of electronic files in discovery has caused courts to become more active in affirming and enforcing the duties of counsel in four areas: competence, confidentiality, candor toward the tribunal and fairness.
Competence: The ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 requires that lawyers provide competent representation to a client. Competent representation requires the legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness and preparation reasonably necessary for the representation. "Reasonable" or "reasonably," when used in relation to conduct by a lawyer, denotes the conduct of a reasonably prudent and competent lawyer.
Lawyers spent many years developing and perfecting techniques to handle paper discovery. The new world of electronic records requires new skills and knowledge. Collecting, searching and reviewing email, electronic documents, database records and other electronic data present new and often complicated issues for the lawyer. At a minimum, counsel needs to be able to acknowledge and understand their skills and understanding of the technical issues, inquire about clients' skills and limits and know when outside help is needed.
Some examples of what can happen when counsel are ill-informed include Swofford v. Eslinger, a 2009 Middle District of Florida case in which inside counsel failed to issue a litigation hold or other meaningful steps to preserve. In Green v. McCLendon, a 2009 case out of the Southern District of New York, counsel discussed duty to preserve with the client but failed to discuss what types of information may be relevant or instruct the client to institute a litigation hold. The defendant thereafter reformatted his hard drive. The court awarded costs against client and against counsel. In Bray & Gillespie v. Lexington Insurance, a 2009 case out of the Middle District of Florida, the court sanctioned the law firm and two partners for misleading the court and the opposing party on the availability of electronic records in native format with metadata. Some of the plaintiff's claims were later dismissed as an additional sanction.
Confidentiality: ABA Model Rule 1.6 says that a lawyer shall not reveal information relating to the representation of a client unless the client gives informed consent. Counsel must act to safeguard client information from inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure, including privileged communications and work product.
Given the volume of electronic data, especially client email, it can be difficult to protect privileged information from disclosure. Counsel must understand and consider protective orders and new techniques such as clawback agreements or quick peek arrangements. Effective review tools, proper review procedures with quality controls and process documentation are often necessary.
Counsel also should consider Federal Rule of Evidence 502(b) (enacted in 2008), which states that inadvertent disclosure is not a waiver of the attorney-client or work-product privileges if the holder took reasonable steps to prevent disclosure and promptly took reasonable steps to rectify the error. Courts are also using rule 502(d) that provides that a federal court may find that disclosure is not a waiver in the matter, in which case it is not a waiver in any other state or federal proceeding. The rule is being used not only in cases of inadvertent disclosure, but also when a party intentionally discloses information to a government agency such as the Department of Justice.
Candor to the tribunal: ABA Rule 3.3 states that a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of fact or law to a tribunal. This duty extends to discovery, including e-discovery. Consider Magaña v. Hyundai Motor America, a 2009 Washington Supreme Court case. The defendant—a "sophisticated multinational corporation experienced in litigation"—improperly limited its discovery search, made false, misleading and evasive responses and willfully violated discovery rules, warranting an $8 million default judgment sanction.
Fairness: ABA Rule 3.4 says that a lawyer shall not unlawfully obstruct another party's access to evidence or unlawfully alter, destroy or conceal a document or other material having potential evidentiary value. This requires the lawyer to work with the client to preserve evidence, including the duty to preserve evidence when litigation is anticipated. Courts also expect lawyers to make a coordinated effort to cooperate in the discovery process and work to efficiently conduct discovery.
Ethical canons also prohibit lawyers from knowingly defying court orders and discovery obligations. In the 2010 case Aliki Foods, LLC v. Otter Valley Foods, Inc.,the District of Connecticut court found that a party's "flagrant defiance" of court orders and discovery obligations resulted in "tremendous waste of resources—and largely for naught," leaving no "alternative to dismissal." Among other conduct the court found to be "willful and in bad faith," the party alleged that a critical hard drive "failed" (suspiciously coinciding with the court's order to produce it) and later signed over the hard drive to a nonparty after the court had ordered it to be forensically imaged, without ever attempting to comply.