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This London Fashion Week, starting 17th February 2012, the British Fashion Counci (BFC) continues to unite fashion and digital innovation, encouraging engagement with this global fashion showcase through social media, live streaming and pioneering new technologies.
The digital schedule is the strongest yet: 46 shows will be live streamed – 22 from the The Courtyard Show Space at Somerset House, 12 from the new Embankment Galleries Show Space at Somerset House, 8 courtesy of Topshop from their official Topshop venue, 1 Old Billingsgate Walk, 2 courtesy of Topman, as well as shows around the city including Burberry Prorsum and Roksanda Ilincic. Anyone can watch the shows at home (www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/live) or on the outdoor LED screen in the courtyard at Somerset House.
As part of their role as official digital showcasing partner of London Fashion Week, Canon are sponsoring the Cinema and Screening Room for the first time. The BFC Fash/On Film sponsored by River Island panel has curated a dedicated fashion film programme, as part of the Digital Schedule, to be screened in the Canon Cinema each day of London Fashion Week, with highlights including an afternoon of animation and six menswear films by director Jez Tozer. Members of the panel will host Q&A sessions at screenings with directors, film makers and designers.
The BFC are once again working closely with Twitter to promote conversation around London Fashion Week using the hashtag #LFW and by mentioning the official account @LondonFashionWk. Q&A sessions will be held over the 6 days of LFW from the @LondonFashionWk account. Tweeters can pose questions in real time to guests including Anya Hindmarch (designer and BFC Non Executive Director), Alice Temperley (who will be talking about her show and film screening which is part of Fash/On Film) and Dylan Jones (Editor, GQ and Chair of the Fashion 2012 Menswear Committee), using the hashtag #AskLFW. The London Fashion Week Timeline will take to Twitter, keeping track of the shows throughout the week with live updates of start times (#LFWtimeline).
For the first time, we will have a dedicated photographer backstage at London Fashion Week to capture a 'behind-the-scenes' look for broadcast exclusively on CBS Outdoor UK's network of Cross-track Projection (XTP) screens on London Underground platforms. This will be projected alongside highlights from the @LondonFashionWk Twitter feed and a news feed. This activity is part of an ongoing partnership with CBS Outdoor UK.
Aurasma will be bringing LFW to digital life this season. Aurasma is a new technology that's capable of recognising images and objects in the real world and seamlessly integrating them with rich video content and audio. Using their mobile device, visitors simply need to download the free Aurasma Lite app and then hold it over the LFW image, at which point it will spring to life and bring you exclusive video content. For the very first time, Exhibition passes will provide a constant stream of live content – linking them directly to our latest Tweets through Aurasma. This is the first time this technology has been used. Covers of The LFW Daily newspaper will transform into exclusive video content. Inside you'll find Catwalk Highlight shots that turn into shows through Aurasma.
The BFC website has been re-launched recently, providing designers, press, buyers and the public with a dynamic platform to present the wide range of events, business support and news from the organisation. Highlights include a live feed of the best blogs from our Blog Portal, a press kit with full archive of press releases grouped by initiative, an archive of designer profiles and an events calendar of all our activity which can be downloaded to the user's personal diary. This coincides with the launch of the dedicated BFC Twitter account (@BFC).
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Asian Lettuce Cups Recipe with Ground Turkey & Green Apple
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- How to properly "cook" the apples
- How long you should fry the mung bean noodles
Don't you feel like this dish should just ::wink:: and do a little sexy twirl? Such a flirty little thing!
"Asian Lettuce Wraps" or "Asian Lettuce Cups" is the most requested recipe on my site. I've updated this Asian Lettuce Cups Recipe to be lighter, more refreshing and healthier. No goopy cornstarchy sauce! Sorry, P.F. Chang! You can make a vegetarian version – just substitute crumbed tofu, more vegetables or even plain rice for the ground turkey. Traditionally, the recipe includes canned water chestnuts, which honestly taste like crunchy styrofoam. Instead, I've used crisp diced green apples – which is much tastier.
The mung bean noodles look clear and transparent when dried and puff up in just a few seconds time when fried. They are NOT "rice noodles" – when in doubt, look at the ingredient list on the back. It should say "mung beans."
Hey…who's stealing my apples?
Asian Lettuce Cups Recipe
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1-1/2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon Sriracha hot sauce
1 teaspoon finely minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
2 stalks, scallions
1 pound ground turkey or chicken
2 cups mixed vegetables (frozen pea/carrots, finely diced bell peppers, etc.)
1/2 green apple, finely diced
1 head boston bibb lettuce, leaves washed and separated
2 skeins, Mung Bean Noodles
2 medium carrots, Use vegetable peeler to peel cut carrot into paper thin strips. Use knife to further cut into super duper thin strands. Or, use the handy kitchen gadget <- I like this gadget
1. To fry the mung bean noodles, heat a wok or small sauce pan (something not too wide at its base. the smaller the base width, the less oil you will need to use) with about 2 inches of cooking oil. While oil is heating to 375F, use your hands to separate the strands of the mung bean noodle into small clumps. When oil hot, fry one batch at a time. It should only take 10 seconds to fry. Remove, drain on paper towels.
2. Combine the sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
3. To make the filling, heat wok on high heat with cooking oil. When oil is hot, add scallions, ginger and garlic and fry a few seconds until fragrant. Add turkey or chicken and fry until almost cooked through. Add the vegetables and cook 1 minute. Add sauce ingredients. Let simmer for 1 minute to thicken slightly.
4. Add the apples. Toss to coat. Immediately remove from heat. You don't want to "cook" the apples - keep them nice and crunchy. Serve with lettuce cups, carrot shavings and fried mung bean noodles.
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Fighting for "THE BITE."
Andrew is taller, he has the advantage.
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SKF Distributor College has proven to be popular among distributors, with participation growing exponentially over the last couple of years and the number of completed certificates surpassing 250,000.
"I am very pleased with the continued development and usage of SKF Distributor College. Through the courses we help our distributors to serve their customers better, by sharing our knowledge", says Ezio Miglietta, Channel & Distributor Development Director.
In addition to product courses, business and sales courses are also available. The number of courses on offer is currently 44.
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Women In Jazz Week 8th -13th March 2010
This year Ronnie Scott's will be recognising International Women's Day with a special week of shows featuring some of the finest female band leaders from around the world. Artists lined up to perform include Norma Winstone, Nikki Iles and Annie Whitehead from the UK, Rachel Z and Bobbi Humphrey from the US, Emilia Martensson from Sweden and Norway's Frøy Aagre.
International Women's Day is held annually on March 8th to commemorate and celebrate women's achievements throughout history. Events are held around the world focusing on themes such as innovation, the portrayal of women in the media, and the importance of education and career opportunities. As part of this global event, Ronnie Scott's Club is delighted to present a selection of some of the best female jazz talent from around the world with a week of dedicated programming.
Printmakers feat. Norma Winstone & Nikki Iles , Froy Aagre Quartet (8th), Janette Mason Trio (9th) Find out more
Trio of Oz with Rachel Z & Omar Hakim , Deidre Cartwright's Picnic (10th), Emilia Martensson Sextet (11th) Find out more
Bobbi Humphrey Quartet, The Deep MO (12th), Michele Drees Band (13th) Find out more
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A week or so ago, three juveniles shot and killed a 23-year old college baseball player living in Oklahoma from Australia because they �were bored.� A few days later, an 88-year old World War II veteran was beaten to death by teenagers for no apparent reason.
On top of all of that, Michael Brandon Hill, who went into the Georgia school with an AK-47, was only 20 years old. In Hill�s case, it appears he had serious mental issues, although I�m pretty sure you could make a case that all of these young men have serious mental issues.
What is the answer to all of these violent acts perpetrated by teenagers? Do we hold the parents accountable for the actions of their children? Is this a bigger problem today than it has been in the past?
These are the questions that jumped through my head upon hearing about these cases. I�m sure that most of us think, feel and believe that teenagers are out of control and that these incidents represent a growing and bigger problem today than in years past.
However, the overall crime rate for teenagers was 24 percent lower in 2010 than it was in 1980. Arrests for violent crimes mirrors that of overall crime, dropping 24 percent as well and falling a whopping 55 percent from its peak high in 1994.
All of that being said, teenagers in America are still three and a half times more likely to commit a crime than the average citizen. For whatever reason, between 1978 and 1994, the murder arrest rate rose an astonishing 177 percent. Since 1994, it has dropped every year with the exception of 2004.
So what gives?
I have to believe that family environment, how the child is being raised and by who are significant factors in all of this. However, this is simply not true. The numbers DO NOT show this. It is true that teenagers raised in father-absent homes have a significantly higher rate of incarceration.
The problem with sweeping indictments are that they do not take into consideration other factors. Children without fathers are much more likely to grow up in poverty. While married couples with children enjoy an average income of $80,000, single mothers average only $24,000. However, teen crime rates actually went down during the Great Recession.
When it comes to race, the numbers get more revealing. The majority of black children nationwide (54 percent) are being raised by single mothers. And when it comes to fatherless homes and the relation to poverty, the numbers get even starker. Only 12 percent of black families below the poverty line have both parents present, compared with 41 percent of Hispanic families and 32 percent of white families. In 39 states, the majority of black children do not live with both parents. Seventy percent of white children and most Hispanic children do.
All of these are interesting statistics but they do not necessarily show the real issue. To put it simply, while father-less households have doubled in the last two decades, teen crime rates have actually dropped.
Make no mistake, I am not advocating single-parent homes. I, personally, do not feel it�s ideal and I have made my feelings toward divorce made clear in this space before. My feeling is that many young men need a man in the house to hold the line as it were.
I was one of the boys that only understood the hammer and I suspect that there are more boys like that than are not. Ultimately, I think it�s a combination of solid parenting, community (meaning friends, adults with contact and authoritative figures) and expectations.
While many look at teens today and see what they want, I see a generation that reflects the schizophrenic society we live in today. I feel like while the bad kids may be worse than any generation prior, the good kids are outpacing those that came before them.
And one more thing, I hope they lock the offenders I spoke of above away and we will see how �bored� they get in federal prison.
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Pittsburgh 16, Kansas City 13: Mike Tirico could barely contain himself early on as the Chiefs took a 7-0 lead on the Steelers. Then Mike Wallace's thighs showed up.
And then Ben Roethlisberger left the game with a right shoulder injury and was taken for further evaluation. He did not return to the game. Unfortunately, he missed the Chiefs celebrating a would-be go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter (top image). Fortunately, for Ben and the Steelers, it turned out to be an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on a touchdown that was reversed because the referees initially ruled the play a fumble and replay clearly showed it was not.
So the refs screwed up, gave the Chiefs a touchdown they shouldn't have gotten, thus providing the opportunity to excessively celebrate and earn a 15-yard penalty, only to have review determine that it was not in fact a fumble and therefore not a touchdown. As a result of the incomplete pass, the Steelers were awarded a first down. Because of the unsportsmanlike conduct of excessively celebrating a touchdown that did not technically happen.
Ryan Succop, who had already missed a field goal from 33 yards earlier, hit a 46-yard field goal to send the game into overtime after a huge 27-yard hookup between Cassel and Dwayne Bowe. The Chiefs won the toss and Matt Cassel promptly threw an interception that was returned to the five yard line. Pittsburgh field goal, game over. That's pretty much the Kansas City football season right there.


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WASHINGTON — Asthma patients who rely on over-the-counter inhalers will need to switch to prescription-only alternatives as part of the federal government's latest attempt to protect the Earth's atmosphere.
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The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday patients who use the epinephrine inhalers to treat mild asthma will need to switch by Dec. 31 to other types that do not contain chlorofluorocarbons, an aerosol substance once found in a variety of spray products.
The action is part of an agreement signed by the U.S. and other nations to stop using substances that deplete the ozone layer, a region in the atmosphere that helps block harmful ultraviolet rays from the Sun.
But the switch to a greener inhaler will cost consumers more. Epinephrine inhalers are available via online retailers for around $20, whereas the alternatives, which contain the drug albuterol, range from $30 to $60.
The FDA finalized plans to phase out the products in 2008 and currently only Armstrong Pharmaceutical's Primatene mist is available in the U.S. Other manufacturers have switched to an environmentally-friendly propellant called hydrofluoroalkane. Both types of inhalers offer quick-relief to symptoms like shortness of breath and chest tightness, but the environmentally-friendly inhalers are only available via prescription.
"If you rely on an over-the-counter inhaler to relieve your asthma symptoms, it is important that you contact a health care professional to talk about switching to a different medicine to treat your asthma," said Badrul Chowdhury, FDA's director of pulmonary drug division.
Chowdhury told reporters and doctors via teleconference that "in the worst case scenario we are looking at 1 to 2 million people using" Primatene, adding that most of those patients likely use multiple medications to treat their asthma.
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College Recruiting Tip No.3: Marketing Yourself
Michael Husted played professional football for nine years as a placekicker in the NFL. He is also the co-creator of ActiveRecruiting.com an innovative online video recruiting tool that connects student athletes with coaches through the use of interactive video profiles.
You've signed up with the NCAA Eligibility Center and identified your top 15 schools that you would like to attend. Now you have to let them know you exist. Marketing yourself is vital if you would like to get on colleges' radar screens.
If you are as good as Cat Osterman, stop reading this because you are good to go. If you are NOT as good as Cat, you need to be positioned so that you separate yourself from the competition.
Selling You
Where to start? First of all you need a resume. Nowadays, having an online presence is vital. Many college coaches use the internet to get introduced to student-athletes.
It is 1000x easier for them to view online profiles then to have to worry about getting paper cuts when opening your mail. Secondly, you need video. Video is key in helping coaches during the recruiting process. (In a recent poll conducted by ActiveRecruiting.com, 100 percent of the coaches polled answered that video was very important to finding players.)
Next, you need to present your resume in a way that is user-friendly for coaches. College coaches want to efficiently view your resume. If you make it hard for them or have incomplete/inaccurate information, chances are they will scratch you off their list.
The reality is that there are several student-athletes that they could recruit who are on a similar skill level as you. Again, what you need to do is set yourself apart from the competition. How are you going to do that? Work your way to the front of the line.
Take advantage of technology to spread the word that you are their "Answer." Every college sports team has a web page. Besides D-1 football and D-1 basketball, you can easily find contact information, phone numbers and email addresses, for coaches in most sports and divisions. They want to be contacted.
How to Make Contact Properly
Yes, the NCAA has restrictions on when they can contact you. However, there are no restrictions on when and how often you can contact them.
- Start with an email to the coach
- Copy and paste a direct link to your online resume
- This puts them one click from being introduced to you and viewing your video
- Follow up with a phone call (Student-Athletes make the call not the Parents)
- When you reach them, chances are they are in their office and in front of their computer
- Direct them to you video profile
- Utilize this call to serve as an interview
- Be confident when speaking with them
- Keep calling until you reach them
My soccer coach used to tell us, "Keep shooting on goal. Eventually, you are going to score." I believe that this advice can be used in recruiting as well. There are hundreds to thousands of college programs out there. There will be several that will be a good fit for you academically as well as athletically, if you are willing to be flexible.
Sending DVDs can be helpful, but most coaches throw them away so they won't trip over them in their offices. These are called "unsolicited" DVDs and a waste of money. Think about the cost to produce and mail out DVDs to hundreds of schools? If you do have DVDs produced, wait until a college requests them.
With an online video profile, you can consistently update your video without having to produce a new DVD. Signing up to an online recruiting site that allows college coaches to search by filters can only increase your odds of being discovered. However, you still need to be very pro-active in getting your name out.
With the cost of gas, many colleges will cut back on traveling. However, they still need to recruit. Help make their jobs easier and increase your odds by working wisely in promoting yourself.
No one is going to market yourself better than you and/or your parent. If you are serious about playing college sports, then prepared to do whatever it takes.


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No Zoning Laws, No Problem? Think Again. Faced with no legal right to keep their bees, beekeepers in Cumming, Ga. are working to get a new law on the books.
"Nicholas Weaver, a resident of Cumming, Ga., did everything right before becoming a backyard beekeeper. The then-13-year-old spoke with his neighbors to make sure they wouldn't mind some new, buzzing tenants on his family's property. He went to town meetings and asked if the city had rules about beekeeping. Finally, he checked the local zoning laws himself, just to be sure he was in the clear — and when he discovered that his town and its county, Forsyth, had no zoning regulations for non-commercial beekeepers, he figured his bees wouldn't be a problem.
For 11 years, Weaver was right… But one evening last August, he came home to find a note tacked to his door with a request to call the county government. That's when he discovered that even if his community had no official city or county guidelines about backyard beekeeping, he could still be forced to give up his hives. Citing an anonymous complaint, the county gave him five days to relocate his bees…"
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Here is the continuation of my "amazing basketball shots" investigation. In case you missed it, I am actually looking at this basketball shot from the top of the 124-foot tall Vulcan statue into a goal.
In this post, I am going to use my variation in throwing a ball data to simulate throwing a basketball a whole bunch of times. By looking at how many shots would land in a given location (and thus make the goal), I can know how hard this would be. Here are my assumptions.
- The launch position is essentially constant – meaning I am not changing this.
- The variation in the left-right launch angle for a basketball is similar to the data for me throwing a small ball. Oh, I know you will complain – I am OK with that.
- Same for the up-down launch angle. I am also going to assume the standard deviation of distribution does not change with angle (same variations for all chosen launch angles).
- The ratio of standard deviation to launch speed for the basketball is similar to that for the small ball that I threw (again – this is just an assumption)
- For both angles and launch speed, I am going to assume each throw is independent of the previous (no learning).
- Finally, I am going to assume that the distributions of angles and speeds are normal distributions.
The Plan
I am going to numerically simulate the shot of a basketball off the huge statue as shown in this post. My default value for the initial velocity will be the same as what I ended with in that post. It may not be the exactly correct conditions – but that is OK. I am looking at the variation in the landing locations, not the actual landing site. How do these launch parameters vary? Here are the launch parameters I will start with (assuming normal distributions the the +/- representing the standard deviation of that distribution – oh, and I modified these values a little bit from my previous experiment assuming that these basketball guys can throw better than I can):
Here θ is the angle left or right of the target and φ is the angle the ball is thrown above the horizontal. Just as a sample, here is the distribution of the x-component (toward the target) of the launch velocities for 1,000 throws.
Looks normal, right?
The Data
Ok, now what about the landings? First, I have one more assumption. I am going to assume that the ball at the end of its trajectory is basically going straight down (which isn't a bad assumption). This means that I don't have to worry about the angle that the ball approaches the goal. So, how far off could the ball be and still make it? Here is a diagram.
By looking at the difference between the size of the goal and the ball, the ball can be as far off as 10.9 cm from the center and still go through. Let me call it an even 11 cm (even if it hits a little bit on the rim, it will still go through). Note that I am not considering backboard goals or any other type of rolling around the rim thing.
What is the distribution of the landing locations of the balls in the simulations? Instead of looking at both the x and z coordinates of the landing position, I can just look at the distance from the center of the goal. For 1,000 shots, this is what I get:
How many of these are within the 11 cm? It is sort of difficult to tell from that plot, but from the data I can tell you the answer. One. Just one of those shots made it within 11 cm of the center. That is 1 out of a thousand. Oh, sure – maybe my parameters are off. Maybe these guys are better than that. Maybe they are super good. I will give you that. Lets say they make 3 out of 1000 shots.
How many shots?
If I use the above, then I can say that the chance of making this shot is 3 out of 1000 or 0.3 percent. Well, how many times would they have to do this to get it to work? There is no answer to that question. It is possible that they could go up to the top of the statue and throw it – BOOM. Basket. I know that is not the answer you are looking for, so let me start with something else. Rolling dice.
If I roll a six-sided die, what is the probability I will roll a 1? For an unloaded die, this should be 1/6. How many times would I have to roll to expect a 1? That question is more complicated. How about instead I look at a the probability of rolling a 1 as a function of the number of rolls. What if I roll the die twice? What is the probability that out of those two rolls, neither is a 1?
There are two possible things that can happen when I roll the die twice. Either I can get a 1 or I can not get a 1. I just calculated the probability of not getting a 1, so the probability of getting a 1 would be the rest of the probability:
This can be generalized to n rolls so that the probability of rolling a 1 once would be:
Maybe it would be nice to see this graphically:
After 25 rolls, you can see the probability of getting a 1 is very close to 1 (100 percent) – actually it is 98.7 percent. Now, I can do the same thing with this basketball shot. The only difference is that instead of having 1/6 has the probability of success, I have 3/1000. Graphically, this would look like:
After 200 throws, there is a 45 percent chance that they will have made the shot. How many throws to get to a 70 percent chance of success? About 400.
How long would it take to shoot 300 times?
Could these guys even take 300 shots in one day (about 60 percent chance)? How long would it take to just make one shot? Well, you would need to carry the ball up to the top of the statue and then throw it. A little time would be needed to say "hi" to the camera (just in case you make it). The time for the ball to be thrown would be small (around 3 seconds). You could make it easier by carrying multiple balls to the top. Let me estimate some stuff:
- The viewing platform is about 5 stories high (120 foot pedestal)
- Two guys could carry 8 balls total (per trip)
- Climbing 5 stories would take about 1 minute – just a guess
- Setup (including hiding missed balls and yet to be thrown balls) = 10 seconds.
This would give an effective per shot time of 17.5 seconds. Let me just put this at 20 seconds per shot. This means that it would take 1 hour and 40 minutes (with no bathroom breaks).
It could be done. Even if you change the parameters around a bit, you are still going to be in the same ballpark.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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It's a "Yo Mama" rap battle, but with compliments instead of insults, because Mother's Day is just around the corner. Actually, let's just be nice to moms everyday, or are we going to have to make you watch the childbirth video from health class again?
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"Yo mama's so intelligent that she makes me feel inferior when I don't use words good."
"Yo mama's so enjoyable she like a hug wrapped in laughter wrapped in a magic show wrapped in a delicious chicken burrito."
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Another reason that I don't ask people to guest post? They rarely write what you hope they will write! I asked Jilma to talk all about the humanitarian aid that OFA is delivering, and while she did that, she also wrote a slew of things that downright make me blush. I considered not publishing the first half of her post because, quite honestly, it really embarrasses me. But when you ask a great woman like Jilma to write for you, it would be bad manners for me to edit her work. So even though it embarrasses me to no end, I present to you Jilma Meneses and the outstanding work of Our Family Adoptions...
From Jilma Meneses:
During preparation for her 2011 raffle, Megan asked if I could provide a guest post on her blog. She prompted me, "share about how the donations people give are helping: how many mattresses, schoolbooks, etc. have been delivered."
Well, yeah. But first I want to talk about the Terry family, and about Megan in particular.
Adopting from DRC is not easy. I tell everybody this. And then I tell it to them over and over again. Very few listen. When families consider adoption, it is quite common for those families to be inward-looking. Many mean well, but are trying to fill some sort of void. They are focused on what their child will mean to them.
The critical difference is that Our Family Adoptions wants to cultivate families to do more. To be more. If you adopt from DRC, you make a difference in the life of that one child. But OFA wants you to adopt DRC. We want you to understand the country's history, politics, language, food, music, culture, environment and people.
So I want to take a moment here to celebrate Megan Terry. This is not what she wants from me, I know. But it's what I want for her, and a proper southern gal knows guests get what they want.
Megan traveled to DRC and saw what it means to be an orphan in that country. And when she truly realized it, she broke. If you read her blog post about that day you'll know exactly what I am talking about. For a year and half, she researched DRC. She learned the unpleasant history and current situation of the country, and she was still unprepared for what it looked, smelled and sounded like when she got there.
But sometimes when you break, or you are torn, the scars heal stronger than before. And Megan is stronger now than she was before; the Terry family is stronger now than it was before.
The healing balm is love.
Miles is loved. And Miles loves. When you haven't grown up with love always present, then you don't know what love is. Love is dangerous, because love means trusting somebody else with your best interests.
If you grew up in an orphanage, nobody there has your back. It is every child for himself. You grab and punch and kick to get all you can. And if you are reprimanded for that, you simply learn to do it only when no one is watching; when you will not get caught.
But children are resilient, and they can learn to love. Because love feels better than fighting. Trust feels better than distrust. And now Miles knows what love feels like, and he knows how to love.
On her blog, Megan puts it all out there for us to see: Dirty laundry, therapy, unwashed dogs, and massive diaper blowouts. But she puts all the good stuff, too: Family dinners, date nights with Kamron, and the love and daily small successes of her three beautiful children.
In order to share all that, she trusts us. She puts her faith in us. And she asks the right question. That question, as I stated above, is not, "What will my children mean to me?" She asks, "What will I mean to my children?" And I love her for that.
So here's what Megan means, not only to her children, but to all of us:
- Megan raises awareness: Her blog has had thousands of readers on important issues like attachment disorder, DRC, adoption, and chicken tagine and plantains (mmm, plantains).
- Megan organizes getaway weekends for 14 of her best friends, some of whom she had never met before.
- Megan posts up giveaways to raise funds for other families who are adopting.
- Megan speaks in public about Congo.
- Megan knows how to take good care of Miles's hair.
- Megan's 2010 raffle raised over $5,000 for Haiti and DRC.
- Megan helped OFA win $20,000 in the 2010 Chase Community Giving contest.
- Megan's 2011 raffle is has already raised over $3,000.
And then there are about a thousand other little things that would make this a very long list.
All this, and more, from "jus' a lil' gal from Kentucky." "Aw, shucks." she says, "Weren't nothing."
Now, as Megan originally wanted, I am pleased to let everyone know that OFA is working with 5 orphanages in DRC: three in the Kinshasa area, one in Lubumbashi and one near Bukavu.
Though we cannot provide the same level of support at each, here is a quick list of some of the things our supporters have been able to provide through OFA in 2010:
- Hand-carried approximately 1500 lbs of infant formula to DRC
- Purchased basic foods for older kids: dried beans (nearly 5000 lbs in 2010), rice and dried fish
- Purchased and provided schoolbooks
- Purchased and provided mattresses
- Provided over 200 dresses for girls of all ages
- Purchased and provided medicine for malaria and other tropical diseases
- Paid for doctor's visits for gravely ill children
- Provided monthly stipends for some of the orphanages
- Provided university fees for a student in Bukavu
- Painted the interior walls of an orphanage
- Provided toys, dolls and soccer balls
|OFA families collected a mountian of baby formula to deliver to children in various orphanges
|OFA families painting the walls of an orphanage
In many ways, 2010 has been a difficult year for OFA. More people than ever before want to adopt from DRC, but we stopped taking new applications. We needed to concentrate on completing adoptions for families who were already on our list and in our pipeline. I turn away three to four new email inquires every day, which is the hardest thing I do. It breaks my heart every time. Nonetheless, we completed 23 adoptions from DRC in 2010 as an all-volunteer organization. We turn people away because we wish to focus on the children in Congo who will never find families for one reason or another. They are the reason we do what we do. OFA is not an adoption agency and will not charge for our services. We use the resources that come in to us to give back to the children. We remain staffed, organized and implemented by a network of committed volunteers. Our principal work is to serve the children of DRC. We do this by empowering the members of OFA's family network.
These members are OFA's greatest blessing, greatest strength and most valued asset. I would be unable to accomplish my tasks without all the time and support that the OFA team freely gives. Each of them, like Megan, are saving lives and building community, and I am eternally grateful for every single act of kindness they do.
They ask the right question. They ask Megan's question.
"What will I mean to my children?"
And so I challenge you. Ask that same question of yourself.
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The last time we discussed stat weights, I promised to update the Monte-Carlo simulation and test it against the analytical calculations to verify their validity. I've finally gotten around to that, and the results are about as I expected. There have been no changes that affect these calculations since the posting of the analytical calculation, so both it and these results can be considered current for build 16048.
As usual, the code is available through the matlabadin project. I've changed the file names slightly to be more descriptive than just "montecarlo":
For information on how the Monte-Carlo works, see the previous posts on this subject. In short, it tracks the boss swing timer, the global cooldown, the cooldowns of CS, J, and SotR, and the buff uptimes for SotR, BoG, Divine Purpose, and Grand Crusader. It runs in 10-millisecond timesteps and tracks whether each boss attack is a hit, miss, or block and records the damage (including SotR mitigation).
The cast logic is such that it will prioritize CS>J>AS(only if GC available). Technically it won't cast J if there's <0.2 seconds left on the CS cooldown, but now that everything scales equally with haste this conditional should have no effect.
We run the simulation for a total of 100,000 minutes of combat, divided into 10 "encounters" of 10,000 minutes each. Since the paladin version of the simulation requires small times steps, this is very slow – about 3-5 minutes per encounter (unlike the warrior version(link), which is 5-6 seconds per encounter). To determine stat weights, we calculate total damage intake at the base stat values and then again with 1500 points of each stat added ("Remember that thing I said was very slow? Great, now go do that 6 more times!"), and compare the results to determine TDR stat weights.
Our input values are based on a Mists of Pandaria LFR gear set (ilvl 483), with the following relevant stats:
buffed STR: 9208
parry rating: 4834
dodge rating: 4892
mastery rating: 6758
hit rating: 900
exp rating: 1777
haste rating: 621
The boss swing timer is assumed to be 1.5 seconds. I've artificially shifted hit rating into haste rating on the gear set so that adding 1500 points of hit won't over-cap us.
Simulation Results
The table below summarizes the statistical information about the simulation. The first three rows represent the mean mitigation scale factor, the standard deviation of that scale factor over all 10 runs, and standard deviation of the mean (basically a measure of the repeatability of the mean value if we ran the simulation again). The bottom three rows are the same data, but normalized by the mastery value (i.e. 0.0091). This doesn't change the results any, it just makes comparisons easier.
N=10, tau=10000, stat=1500 | | dodge | parry | hit | exp | haste | mastery | | mean | 0.0067 | 0.0073 | 0.0064 | 0.0043 | 0.0027 | 0.0091 | | std | 0.0005 | 0.0005 | 0.0006 | 0.0004 | 0.0004 | 0.0006 | | std_mean | 0.0002 | 0.0001 | 0.0002 | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.0002 | | | | | | | | | | mean | 0.7415 | 0.8067 | 0.7011 | 0.4776 | 0.3025 | 1.0000 | | std | 0.0585 | 0.0512 | 0.0623 | 0.0483 | 0.0422 | 0.0712 | | std_mean | 0.0185 | 0.0162 | 0.0197 | 0.0153 | 0.0134 | 0.0225 |
Mastery is a bit ahead of dodge and parry, while hit is not far behind dodge. Expertise trails further, as expected, and haste trails by even more. Mastery pulling ahead is partly a function of how the simulation handles SotR. In earlier versions, I was lumping it in with the GCD-based casts. Then it occurred to me that since it's off-GCD, it would make more sense to attempt to cast it any time an event occurs (either a boss swing or the GCD). So I moved it out of the GCD section and put it at the front of the loop. Basically, any time anything should happen, we first check to see if we should cast SotR, and if we can, we do so.
This introduces a bit of an anomaly. Essentially, we know exactly when every boss attack is coming, and we try to make sure we cast SotR immediately before it happens. That gives us an unnaturally high effective uptime on SotR, because we're using it preferentially. If I put it at the back of the cast sequence, such that the code handles all of our GCD-based abilities and boss swings before checking if we cast SotR, I get the following results:
N=10, tau=10000, stat=1500 | | dodge | parry | hit | exp | haste | mastery | | mean | 0.0078 | 0.0081 | 0.0043 | 0.0027 | 0.0031 | 0.0071 | | std | 0.0005 | 0.0004 | 0.0002 | 0.0004 | 0.0005 | 0.0002 | | std_mean | 0.0002 | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | | | | | | | | | | mean | 1.0897 | 1.1391 | 0.6100 | 0.3758 | 0.4411 | 1.0000 | | std | 0.0729 | 0.0498 | 0.0333 | 0.0618 | 0.0654 | 0.0265 | | std_mean | 0.0231 | 0.0158 | 0.0105 | 0.0195 | 0.0207 | 0.0084 |
As you can see, dodge and parry fare better here. The first set gives us a better feel for what a careful tank who's anticipating boss attacks will experience, while the second set is a better representation of sloppy play. The stochastic average (which is what the spreadsheet calculates) should be somewhere closer to the latter. And, if we compare all three on on table, we find that this is pretty much the case:
stat SS MC 1 MC 2 parry: 1.1418 0.8067 1.1391 dodge: 1.0931 0.7415 1.0897 strength: 1.1155 mastery: 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 hit: 0.6866 0.7011 0.6100 exp: 0.4413 0.4776 0.3758 haste: 0.4810 0.3025 0.4411
Most of the stat weights line up pretty well, at least within a reasonable margin of error. The major outlier is haste, which seems to come out consistently low in these Monte-Carlo simulations. I'm not sure exactly why, either – so far I've looked in all of the places I could think of that might cause that sort of depression in value, and couldn't find a bug in any of them.
My guess at this point is that it's a discretization error. Because of the way we're using SotR extra haste is less effective at creating overlap between SotR and boss swings. If we were casting SotR pseudo-randomly within time slots, haste should make more difference, because it would increase the number of times that SotR and the boss swings overlap. It's still doing that to some extent, of course, but it's less effective when we limit SotR casts to be only on the GCD or coincident with a boss swing. It's an open question which model is more accurate.
In any event, we now know that the Monte-Carlo and the Spreadsheet are in pretty good agreement. We're not getting results that we can't substantiate, like haste or expertise topping dodge and parry. That gives us a level of confidence in both tools, and leads us to our next line of inquiry: what about spike damage? The entire debate over whether to use avoidance gearing or hit/exp/mastery/haste gearing hinges on whether you value TDR or "damage smoothing." In the next blog post on this topic, I'll use the Monte-Carlo to try and answer these questions.


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Cinderella stayed home. Forget that Kentucky is an 8 seed and Connecticut a 7. Of those teams that have advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament, all are major programs and three have won multiple national championships.
Cinderella stayed home.
And it wasn't because of the forecast for thunderstorms.
Forget that Kentucky is an 8 seed and Connecticut a 7. Of those teams that have advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament, all are major programs and three have won multiple national championships.
All are heavy hitters, no matter the various roads each traveled to AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys and where the national semifinals will be staged Saturday.
Where one of four teams will stand atop college basketball while cutting down a net Monday night.
Where Florida, Connecticut, Kentucky and Wisconsin have arrived to settle things.
Point spreads say that Florida is expected to be the last team breathing, a reasonable conclusion given the Gators are the tournament's No. 1 overall seed and last lost Dec. 2.
To, yes, Connecticut.
Its opponent Saturday.
It's one small fact that supports a larger theory: Anyone can win this thing. There might be a favorite, but in no way is it a prohibitive one.
Here, then, is one strength for each of the four teams that could deliver a national title to their respective schools.
Strength: Experience
The coach has it. Billy Donovan has advanced to a Final Four as a player, assistant and head coach. The players have it. The Gators start four seniors.
It's a unique thing in today's college game, so many veteran players on a top-ranked team. The Gators finish games better than most teams nationally, able to use their experience in those stretches of adversity that creep up over 40 minutes.
Donovan has won two national titles as Florida's coach and many players on this team have advanced to four straight Elite Eights. The Gators even played a regional final at AT&T Stadium last year.
Nothing here will have them in awe.
Strength: Star player
March is when legends are born.
We have seen it throughout the tournament's history, great players raising their game to even higher levels than thought possible.
Shabazz Napier is having such a run for the Huskies.
Much as All-American point guard Kemba Walker did in leading Connecticut to a national championship in 2011, the senior Napier has lifted UConn onto his back and brought it within two games of another title.
He too is an All-American point guard. The comparisons are endless.
He has the same swagger as Walker, the same quiet but noticeable arrogance.
"What (Walker) did was just tremendous," said Napier, who's averaging just over 23 points and 4.5 assists in four tournament victories. "It's never going to be done again. I'm not out there trying to replace what he did."
Come late Monday evening, he just might.
Strength: Talent
Of the four remaining teams, the Wildcats have the most of it.
It just took five months to appear.
"It's a process," coach John Calipari said. "Part of that process is failing fast, sometimes failing often. The final step to all this is you surrender to each other, you lose yourself in the team, and you understand less is more.
"So it's a process. What anybody said or wrote before this had no bearing on us. When the season is over, I'll go through point by point how I did it. You'll be able to say, 'Wow, I see it.' The question becomes, when you hear it, 'Why didn't you do it earlier?' I don't really have a good answer right now."
Here's a possible one: Kentucky plays seven freshmen in its top eight, all kids who averaged in the mid-20s for scoring in high school, all kids who arrived in Lexington with countless stars attached to their recruiting resumes and more hype than LeBron's next signature shoe.
All kids who, as their coach suggests, needed time to develop and mesh as one on the floor.
Strength: Continuity
The remaining team that plays together best, runs its stuff the best, knows how to play at both ends the best, has a name: Bucky.
Efficiency is key, especially when Final Four teams enter the colossal stadiums in which these games are now played. Sight lines are different. The depth for shooters becomes difficult to gauge. The team that is most balanced — Wisconsin has four players averaging between 10.7 and 14.1 points — often is able to best handle and execute in such extraordinary surroundings.
"Who we are right now is who we are," coach Bo Ryan said. "We're not changing. Whatever people want to say about styles, I leave that up to them. I have never gotten caught up in that conversation. We've had some players get hot, that maybe have developed more than others thought they would. I never sell players short. I always think they can get better. Some years, it just looks better than others."
Bucky has never looked so good.
Any of the remaining teams can win it all.
This isn't a Final Four for Cinderella.
She's home, protected from the thunderstorms.
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In our previous post we warned, indirectly through the IMF, that the biggest risk for Europe is the inability to reach consensus over anything from the most complicated, to the simplest matter. As noted previously, one of the main initial drivers of the market surge which has since translated into yet another short covering rally of epic proportions was the belief that Europe can actually come together in agreement over the simplest thing - like its own survival. Alas, it appears even that is not the case. As Bloomberg reports, "Germany and France are at odds over whether the European Financial Stability Facility should have limits on government bond purchases, Handelsblatt reported, citing an unidentified high-ranking European Union diplomat. France doesn't want to restrict the EFSF on how much of its funds it can use for such purchases, the newspaper said in a preview of an article to appear in tomorrow's edition. Germany wants to limit the amount EFSF can spend for bonds per country and is also considering whether there should be a time limit for bond purchases, Handelsblatt said." Said otherwise, here comes the latest cause of discord within Europe. Unfortunately, it also means that any rumor, innuendo and speculation that Europe has finally reached a coherent union over its own bailout can be promptly discarded. As if there was ever any doubt in the first place.
From Handelsblatt:
In Berlin and Paris argue about EFSF
Exclusive The euro rescue package to buy bonds from future debts States. But with how much money? France wants to give the fund a free hand - for the rescue could not stay no longer enough to fear Germany.
Brussels is a dispute between Germany and France erupted over the extent to which the euro rescue fund future EFSF may buy government bonds. France wanted to make the EFSF this respect no rules, told the Handelsblatt by a senior EU diplomat. This would theoretically mean that the EFSF could not use its entire volume of funding expended to buy bonds of a single Euro-state.
EFSF has a total of 440 billion euros, has been a part of it, however, scheduled for the loan packages to Ireland and Portugal. The federal government wants to limit the amount used for bond purchases per euro government, it said in Brussels. Think Germany will also share in a time limit on bond purchases.
The purchase of government bonds is one of three new instruments may have on the future of advanced EFSF. The design of these new instruments will be governed by guidelines to deal with the high officials of the euro finance ministers in Brussels at present. The guidelines must then be approved by the Budget Committee of the Bundestag. The German Parliament has made this a condition for agreeing to extended EFSF.
Cue the FT, Liesman, and/or some IMF guy we have never heard of with attempts to deny what is painfully obvious: Europe will never reach a consensus because the ultimate price of a European bailout is the absolutely certain suicide of the currently ruling political class. Alas, none of those bureaucrats wants to (or can) do anything else but "rule"...
And if the IMF advisor is right, Europe has less than a month to prove us wrong.


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Braner USA, Schiller Park, IL, has received an order from Reliance Steel to design and manufacture a hydraulic cassette leveler, servo roll feed and high-speed cut-to-length shear for its Reliance MetalCenter in Salt Lake City, UT.
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The posters advertise a wide range of products or services including military subjects, British Rail and London Underground; Swiss, German and Spanish advertising; circus and magic events; and a dazzling array of movie posters. Popular subjects include wines, bicycles and steamship travel. Others are political and reflect propaganda or workplace themes. Additional posters advertise sports, travel, automobiles, beverages and performances of theater, dance and opera. World-class artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec were leading poster designers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Today, original vintage posters are prized as much for their wit and artistic merit as for their relevance to our lives, as one can easily see from the "Vintage & Contemporary Poster Show" that opened April 1 and will run through April 30 at The Carol Schwartz Gallery, 101 Bethlehem Pike in Chestnut Hill.
"The TV show Antique Roadshow (seen locally on Channel 12) has made people more aware of the beauty and value of the vintage posters," explained Elliot Schwartz, co-owner of the gallery (with wife, Carol). "These were originally only done for advertising purposes. In our auction books, we have seen sales upward into the $100,000 range. Since these are old, they have been classified as to their condition. Usually from A to D. Most of ours are A. We carry these all the time. We have been fortunate enough to get some very special pieces from another collector. Lots of people buy art, but it's nice to buy antiques that will only increase in value."
Two local restaurants that have spectacular antique French art posters on their walls are Cafette in Chestnut Hill and
Spring Mill Café in Conshohocken. But how did the Schwartzes become interested in antique art posters?
"In 1997 we met Lucy Broido at one of our art openings," Elliott responded. (Ed. Note: Broido has written the catalogue and is the world's leading authority on Jules Cheret, 1836-1932, the father of the vintage poster movement. You can learn more at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Ch%C3%A9ret.)
"She told us that she had been collecting and selling French vintage posters out of her house in Bryn Mawr. If we were ever interested in seeing them, she said we should just contact her. Several weeks later a customer came into the gallery asking if we had any vintage posters. I guess the rest is history. Several years ago, Lucy was selling her house and asked if we would be interested in taking on her entire collection and becoming her partner. Of course we did. We had no idea how extensive it was. It took one person an entire summer to inventory thousands of pieces."
Prices of the Schwartzes' antique posters start at $50, although they have sold posters for as much as $7,000. Some date from the mid-1880s. They have one now from 1889, and their most expensive one now is $6,000. The gallery owners say the same poster was sold not too long ago in San Francisco for $12,000.
"I think that the best thing about the posters is that they light up a room," Elliott insisted. "They tend to make you smile. Some are more serious than others. Another great thing about the large ones is the amount of space they take up. Over the years we have sold hundreds of posters. We now also deal with other galleries, when a customer is looking for a specific poster. Some are very rare, but others are readily available."
The Chestnut Hill gallery has sold the posters to clients both big and small. One of their major clients is Philadelphia University. The entire Tuttelman Building at the East Falls school is festooned with posters featuring fashion and architecture. The reaction from students, faculty and visitors was apparently so impressive that when a new building for student activities was built, the school asked the Schwartzes to decorate that one with vintage art posters.
"It is called the Maurice Kanbar Building," said Elliott. "The major donor was a movie producer, so we did the entire third floor in French movie posters. The balance of the building we did travel posters, representing the international students who attend the university. In the Ravencliff cafeteria, we framed all of the tapestries that hang on the walls."
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Fra: William Jerdan Til: H.C. Andersen
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Saturday, 7 Aug. 1847
My dear Friend,
Shd. I not find you within and not see you before you start for my native land, I beg to enclose a letter to my Brother at Kelso, a dozen of miles from Abbotsford, and about the loveliest ride in the West from that place.
The whole country is haunted by history and song and wild legends. Raxburgh Castle is a mile off. Melrose, where Scott sleeps, only ten.
The Eildon Hills famous in superstition, and the tremontium of the Romans. Thomsan's birth-place two miles, Ednam. The broom af Cowdenknowes, the Braes af Jarrow, the Field af Flodden, Tweedside, and many other spots embalmed in our sanctish ballad lore. In short, there are a hundred things to delight you, and I will assure yau a hearty welcome, but should my brother, who has been unwell, have gone to a watering place for his health, my Nephew, Niece, Sisters, and Cousin Mr. W. Smith, will do their best for you.
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Illustration Friday | Asleep
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so cute!!ReplyDelete
Very nice, love how they fall asleep together.
Lindos! Realmente parecem estar no meio de bons sonhos.ReplyDelete
Nicely done.ReplyDelete
aww SooOOOOOOOooo precious!!! Love it Mon :o)ReplyDelete
So Cozy...I am tried now and I think I this will be my last illustration I will look at for the night. That way I could have sweet dreams.....ReplyDelete
I love it - very cute.ReplyDelete
Love it!So sweet:)ReplyDelete
So sweet... can I join them?ReplyDelete
Lovely to see work from you again Monica! This and last week's illstrations are really sweet. Thanks for passing by my blog again and for your nice comments on my new site!ReplyDelete
great shadows, so sweet.ReplyDelete
Really lovely...I like how the deep blue background and shadow anchor the whole piece.ReplyDelete
Adorable, Mônica! I've missed your beautiful illustrations - the glow on your poloar bear's back is perfection! Wonderful!! Hope you have been well, my friend.ReplyDelete
so sweet indeed :)ReplyDelete
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MONTREAL - Dan Hawkins likes the idea of starting his Canadian Football League coaching career with a winner.
But the veteran U.S. university coach has a tough act to follow on the Montreal Alouettes in Marc Trestman, who left after five seasons and two Grey Cup titles to become head coach of the Chicago Bears in the NFL.
"We may come wrapped in a different cloth, but deep down inside we're very similar when it comes to our feeling of what football is about and what the culture of a successful organization is," Hawkins said Friday on a conference call.
"It doesn't matter if I'm the new guy or I've been here five years, I always think the same way, that we can continue to improve and chase greatness."
Since the Alouettes returned to Montreal after a 10-year hiatus in 1996, first-year coaches have mostly done well.
Dave Ritchie in 1997 went 13-5, Charlie Taaffe in 1999 was 12-6, Don Matthews in 2002 went 13-5 and won a Grey Cup, while Trestman was 11-7 as a CFL rookie.
Of course, this was on a team that has had winning records every year in that period except 2007 (8-10), when general manager Jim Popp took over in a transition year, and 2001 (9-9) under Rod Rust and Popp.
"The reason that happens is that you win as an organization," said Hawkins. "It takes everyone.
"Everyone wants to point at the head coach and understandably so, but there are so many other factors. Jim sets the tone and brings the players in. To me, if you look at the first-year success, that's a real trademark and credit to the organization because that's the culture, the situation, that a new person walks into."
Hawkins said he was impressed with the level of talent he saw both at a recent mini-camp in Orlando, Fla., and on the tapes he's watched of an Alouette team that went 11-7 in the regular season in 2012, but then lost at home to Toronto in the East Division final.
He starts out with the league's all-time passing leader at quarterback in Anthony Calvillo, although the 40-year-old is coming off surgery to fix a torn labrum in his left (non-throwing) shoulder.
There's a tall and talented group of receivers led by S.J. Green and Jamel Richardson and bolstered by the acquisition of veteran Arland Bruce. And they have perhaps the league's best offensive line.
The defence has some question marks, particularly on the line, but it is special teams that will likely need the most improvement after an often grim 2012 campaign.
But Hawkins was most impressed with his player's work habits and attention to detail at the mini-camp, especially among the veterans.
"There's a tremendous level of talent, experience and leadership," he said. "They've won at the highest level.
"You can have all the talent in the world, but if you don't have the right culture, you're going to struggle."
Like Trestman before him, Hawkins came to Canada with no experience of the 12-man game. Trestman's adaptation took less than a season. It remains to be seen how Hawkins adapts to a new game and a new country.
"We keep using a saying here: blessed are the flexible because they'll never be bent out of shape," he said. "Everything is new.
"That's part of the beauty of it — it's football here, but it's a whole different brand of football."
An new staff of assistants join Hawkins for his first season, including assistant head coach and offensive co-ordinator Mike Miller, who has been doing most of the off-season work with Calvillo on shaping the attack for 2013.
Meanwhile, Popp brought in an experienced backup in former Hamilton Tiger-Cat Quinton Porter.
Other veterans signed included defensive backs Byron Parker and Geoff Tisdale, and running back Jerome Messam.
Also in camp will be NFL veteran running back Dominic Rhodes, who won a Super Bowl with Indianapolis in 2007.
But Popp denied angling to bring popular and oft-debated former Denver and New York Jets pivot Tim Tebow to Montreal, which holds his CFL rights.
"I can report I've never had a conversation with him or his agent and I really don't expect to unless I hear them say they have interest in coming to our team," said Popp. "So there's nothing new on that front."
Calvillo can't last forever, although he's giving it a good try, and the Alouettes know they will need to find his successor one day.
The battle in camp will be between Porter, returning third-stringer Josh Nieswander and a Canadian, former McMaster star pivot Kyle Quinlan.
"We try to have a plan every year,"said Popp. "When the day comes that the star quarterback's not the guy any more, whether he retires or injuries force him out, you really don't know what you have until the other guy starts playing.
"When they get their chance, that's when you find out whether they can do it."
He likes all three candidates.
"Porter's had some very big games against the Montreal Alouettes," he said. "Nieswander is a smart, intelligent guy.
"Quinlan is very intriguing. He throws a (deep pass) like Ricky Ray does. And it's abnormal. And he can really do it well. He drops the ball right in. That's exciting. It will be fun to see them compete in camp and see where it goes. Quinlan will get a lot more reps. He's coming to camp to compete for a job."
The club will start camp with two players still recovering from off-season surgery. Rookie fullback Patrick Lavoie had a ruptured disc fixed while defensive back Seth Williams had ankle surgery.


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State Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg on Wednesday called on state Sen. Leland Yee to resign following his arrest on federal charges including soliciting bribes for political favors and conspiring to traffic in firearms.
The federal indictment against Yee, D-San Francisco, and 25 other people includes charges of conspiracy to receive and transport stolen property, money laundering, and murder for hire.
Steinberg, D-Sacramento, spoke in response to the arrest Wednesday in Sacramento flanked by a number of his fellow state senators.
Calling the charges in the indictment "sickening," and "shocking and surreal," Steinberg called upon Yee to resign.
"Leave. Don't burden your colleagues and this great institution with your troubles. Leave," Steinberg said.
Steinberg said senators were prepared to move to suspend Yee if he did not resign, and would remove him from all his committee positions.
"I am angry," Steinberg said. "I'm angry on behalf of the people and I'm angry on behalf of the 37 other members whose hard work everyday on behalf of the people is being tarnished because of events outside of their control and outside of our control."
Just last week, the Society for Professional Journalists handed state Sen. Leland Yee an award for his work fostering government transparency.
There was widespread shock on Wednesday about Yee's arrest, and how much he may have been hiding.
Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, a fellow San Francisco Democrat, said he was shocked on hearing of Yee's arrest.
A spokesman for Ammiano said the Assemblyman's thoughts on Wednesday were with Yee's family, because he has known them since they were on the city's school board together.
Despite the shocking nature of the allegations, some experts believe there will not be much political fallout from the expected demise of Yee's political career.
David Latterman, a lecturer on politics for the University of San Francisco, said there shouldn't be heavy repercussions because Yee did not have many close ties to other politicians that could fall.
"If this was Ammiano or (State Sen. Mark) Leno, this would be a much bigger deal. They both have a lot of other politicians who model themselves after them and call themselves protégés," Latterman said. "You can't do that with Yee."
He also said there aren't likely to be votes on any upcoming bills that would be impacted by today's indictment.
As for negative impacts on the Democratic party, Latterman said he also expects those to be minimal.
"I don't think the Republicans can make too much hay of this," Latterman said. "There's always a few bad apples in any party."
Derek Cressman, who is running against Yee for Secretary of State, disagrees with Latterman's assessment. He said what happened today should be a "wake up call," and that, "We are clearly beyond the point of looking at one bad apple and instead looking at a corrupt institution in the California senate."


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