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Chapter 1
Confined. The convicted criminal lies in a clear tube awaiting his fate, wearing only a waterproof black singlet. He is a good looking middle aged man with dark hair, a neatly trimmed beard, and a slightly muscular build; he has been sentenced to death for writing and disseminating subversive literature critical of the Plutocracy. The cameras recording this public execution reveal the terror on his face as well as the gills on his neck, indicating that he has been given The Operation so he can survive underwater and thus suffer to a greater degree. I stand on one of the lower viewing platforms along with some of my co-workers, and I look up to see the super wealthy citizens gathered at the prime viewing areas. The super wealthy barely look human anymore due to their extreme and almost obligatory use of plastic surgery, as they give disapproving glances at each other's fashion choices while waiting for the entertainment to begin.
The condemned man gets shot out of the tube at a moderate pace like a human torpedo, only more slowly, and he streams through the water into the threshold of submerged ruins from a city once known as Charlotte. His progress slows and, like most of the condemned during these executions, he frantically tries to swim away from the area. It is hopeless, but his fear causes him to try anyway. There are a few moments of stillness as the man swims through the water while the crowd is silent in anticipation... until the genetically engineered sharks start to slowly emerge from the ruins. First one appears, and then another, until the water around the man is teeming with them. They look like ordinary sharks, but they have been genetically designed for these executions here in our underwater "paradise". The sharks slowly, ominously circle around the man in the water with those dispassionate black eyes. He frantically tries to swim away from them but like always it is no use, and a vicious looking great white suddenly grabs him by the leg and pulls him down deeper into the circling mass of fins and razor sharp teeth with a trail of blood leaking from the bite wound. The man will not drown, and the genetic programmers assigned the sharks to wound and hurt while avoiding immediately lethal attacks. The terrified victim gets pulled and tugged around and everyone can see the bubbles coming out of his mouth from screaming. The sharks start nibbling at the man's body like a family sharing funnel cake at a carnival. By this point he has been gashed and torn open in multiple places, and a large shark streaks in and grabs his right arm between its powerful jaws. The shark wrenches its head a few times with the man's arm in its mouth, loosening his arm part way with sinews visibly tearing out, and after a particularly strong tug the shark RIPS the man's arm from his body, causing the severed limb to spin in the water like a derelict spacecraft while blood streams from his socket. Several sharks race in to fight over the limb, tearing it to pieces and feasting until there are nothing left but tiny particles of flesh and tissue. The man's face is a mask of pure horror at what is happening to him, and bubbles rise from his screaming mouth like the blood streaming from countless wounds all over his body. Other sharks go after the man's left arm and eventually rip it from his body with the sick rending of thews, as still others go after the man's legs. Eventually the sharks chew off the man's legs and feast on them, leaving the man to just slowly rotate as nothing but a torso and a head floating in a cloud of his own blood - and from the expression on his face it is clear that he is now irrevocably insane.
The sharks continue to peck at his body for a while until the convicted criminal mercifully bleeds to death, and when he is dead the genetic programming of the sharks allows them to finally go in and feast at will - an intense feeding frenzy akin to the grand finale of a fireworks display, until there is nothing left except blood and a few floating shreds of the man's singlet. The crowd around me seems pleased as this was a particularly exciting execution, but I'm starting to get a little sick to the stomach about this barbaric ritual. I was curious about the man's literature so, at great risk to myself and my career, I decided to acquire some of it from my friend Ray in the sordid smart chip buffer zone of our underwater dome city. The writer, the now deceased Dr. Kelvin Gregory, did have some valid (and sometimes humorous) criticisms of the Plutocracy that I seem to agree with more and more over time. Of course, I have to keep those thoughts to myself or I will end up out there with the sharks just like him.


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For roughly the past century or so, the Ohio State football program has built its championship-laden tradition on running the football. The names of star halfbacks, tailbacks and fullbacks roll off the tongue of Buckeye fans as easily as the words to "Carmen Ohio" or "Hang On Sloopy."
Of course, as good as they were, guys like Hopalong Cassady and Archie Griffin couldn't have won the Heisman Trophy all by themselves. There had to be offensive linemen in front of them to lead the way, and that led to my latest position ranking of all-time Buckeyes.
I started out trying to lump all of the linemen into one category, but there have been so many outstanding players who have excelled in the trenches at Ohio State that it was impossible to narrow them down to a list of 10. For example, how do you choose who's better between Orlando Pace and Jim Parker? Pace is the best college lineman I have ever seen in person, but I have watched tape of Parker and he was an absolute beast – and he played both ways.
Therefore, I decided to split the categories into the way they're split on the field. I've already got a working list of my top 10 tackles (guess who's No. 1?) and centers but I'll leave those for another day. Today, we'll take a look at my Ohio State top 10 all-time guards. See how this list stacks up to yours.
1. Jim Parker – Ohio State has churned out a variety of outstanding linemen over the years but the prototype was Parker. Playing at a listed 6-2 and 248 pounds during an era when most linemen were in the 5-11, 185-pound range, Parker was a tremendous athlete, one of the first interior players who combined power and quickness. He excelled as an offensive lineman, especially at the guard position, and he was one of the best pulling and run blocking offensive linemen the Buckeyes have ever produced. Parker was a two-time All-American at OSU and went on to become an eight-time All-Pro with the Baltimore Colts. He is a member of both the College and Pro Football halls of fame.
2. Warren Amling – A two-time All-America lineman who finished seventh in the 1944 Heisman Trophy balloting, Amling was inducted into the OSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1984. He also played basketball for the Buckeyes and is the only member of the College Football Hall of Fame to start in a Final Four contest.
3. Iolas Huffman – One of the program's first players to win four varsity letters, Huffman was also versatile. He earned All-America honors as a guard in 1920 and as a tackle in 1921. Huffman was the captain of the undefeated OSU team that made the school's first Rose Bowl appearance, and in his senior year, he won the Big Ten Medal of Honor as Ohio State's top scholar-athlete.
4. Lindell Houston – Houston played only two years at Ohio State in a career cut short by World War II, but he packed a lot of excellence into that short time. He was an All-America guard in 1942, the same year the Buckeyes won their first-ever national championship. In Houston's two seasons, OSU posted a record of 15-2-1. After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II, Houston played pro football for the Cleveland Browns from 1946-53 and won five world championships. He is the older brother of former OSU tight end Jim Houston.
5. Edwin Hess – One of the Buckeyes' early stars, Hess earned All-Western Conference and All-America honors at guard during his junior and senior years in 1925 and '26. A standout both offensively and defensively, he won the Walter Camp Memorial Trophy in 1925, then the nation's top individual award. Hess was inducted into the Ohio State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985.
6. Jim Lachey – Most Buckeye fans believe Lachey was a dominant offensive lineman during his OSU career. The truth is that he was a starter for only one season – but that season was tremendous. He anchored the line in 1984, paving the way for Keith Byars to rush for 1,764 yards and 22 TDs. Lachey earned All-America honors that year and went on to an all-pro career in the NFL.
7. William Hackett – As a starting guard in 1943 and '44, Hackett gained the reputation as a superior blocker and strong defender. In 1944, he earned All-America honors while helping lead the undefeated Buckeyes to a Big Ten championship. He later helped Paul Brown organize the Cincinnati Bengals and became a board member for the team. Hackett was inducted into the OSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986.
8. Aurealius Thomas – Thomas was better known as a defensive player but he was also a devastating blocker who blew open holes for such star halfbacks as Don Clark and Dick LeBeau. Thomas played an amazing 463 minutes at guard during the Buckeyes' national championship season of 1957, averaging 52 minutes per game. He earned All-America honors that season as OSU won nine straight games to capture the title. Thomas was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989.
9. William Bell – Bell was the Jackie Robinson of Ohio State football. When he joined the Buckeyes in 1929, he became the first African-American to play football for the team. Bell was a three-time letterman and earned honorable mention All-America honors while playing guard and usually opening holes for Fesler. Bell went on to serve as a professor and had a distinguished career in the U.S. Air Force, retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel.
10. Gust Zarnas – A three-sport star at Ohio State, Zarnas earned All-America honors as a guard in 1937 and was voted to play in the 1938 East-West All-Star Game. He also lettered two years in baseball for the Buckeyes and one year in track. Zarnas was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975.
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Among those celebrating birthdays today include U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel (D, N.Y.) is 79; actor Gene Wilder is 76; Seventies TV actor Chad Everett (Dr. Joe Gannon in "Medical Center") is 73; three-time Formula One champion Sir Jackie Stewart is 70; Seventies TV actress Adrienne Barbeau (Carol Trainer on "Maude") is 64; politician and former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros is 62; King Crimson lyricist and Supertramp founding member Richard Palmer-James is 62; former MLB infielder Dave Cash is 61; ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard is 60; 38 Special lead singer Donnie Van Zant is 57; soap actor Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott on "The Young and the Restless") is 56; Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana is 53; actor Hugh Laurie (Dr. Gregory House on "House") is 50; 2006 U.S. Open champion golfer Geoff Ogilvy is 32; former Connecticut and current WNBA star Diana Taurasi is 27; New York Mets shortstop José Reyes is 26; and movie heartthrob Shia LeBeouf is 23.
Several well-known people also share this date as the day they passed into history. Among those who died on the 11th of June: conqueror Alexander the Great; Boy Scouts of America founder Daniel Carter Beard; movie icon John Wayne; actor DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in the original "Star Trek"); Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh; and legendary TV newsman David Brinkley.
** In case you missed it, Phil Steele released his preseason All-Big Ten team last week and named four Ohio State players to the first team – safety Kurt Coleman, cornerback Chimdi Chekwa, offensive lineman Justin Boren and return specialist Ray Small. Steele also named quarterback Terrelle Pryor, safety Anderson Russell, linebacker Ross Homan and defensive end Thaddeus Gibson to his second team while kicker Aaron Pettrey, running back Brandon Saine, center Michael Brewster and receiver DeVier Posey earned third-team selections. Kick returner Lamaar "Flash" Thomas was on the fourth team.
** Last week, the NCAA announced it would suspend membership dues for the next school year, a move the body figures will save a collective $1.3 million. Before you get too excited, however, the plan will save individual schools only between $900 and $1,800. That's how much annual dues are depending upon which of the NCAA's three divisions the school participates.
** If you're looking for a one-of-a-kind Father's Day gift for that Notre Dame dad on your list, I may have something for you. The Fighting Irish are going to upgrade their stadium scoreboards this season and will be auctioning off one of their old scoreboards with Steiner Sports Memorabilia. The scoreboard is 40 feet long and 16¼ feet high, and was installed at Notre Dame Stadium in 1997. So far, the only bid of $1,988 had not met the reserve. In case you're interested, click here.
** A couple of weeks ago, I jokingly suggested to Cleveland Indians management that it might want to inquire about the services of Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller. Some joke. The 90-year-old will be the starting pitcher for the Baseball Hall of Fame Classic, set for Father's Day in Cooperstown, N.Y. Feller, who went 266-162 with a lifetime 3.25 ERA, said, "I'll be throwing just as hard as ever, but the ball probably won't be going quite as fast."
** Tiger Woods seems serious about defending his U.S. Open championship this week at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, N.Y. On his way home to Florida after winning the Memorial Tournament last weekend, Woods took a side trip to Long Island on Monday morning and played 18 holes on the Black Course with swing coach Hank Haney. After that round, Woods hopped into his private jet and played 18 more holes Monday afternoon on his home course.
** Congratulations to former Ohio State golfer Vaughn Snyder, who advanced to the U.S. Open championship after firing rounds of 67-69 on the South Course at NCR Country Club in Dayton in sectional qualifying Monday. The Massillon, Ohio, native is among the final field of 156 for the Open, which begins June 18.
** For those of you lamenting Nick Montana's choice to attend Washington instead of Ohio State, remember that the chip off the old block is rarely as good as the original. There are exceptions, of course – Ken Griffey Jr. and Hank Williams Jr. readily come to mind – but there are many more who couldn't live up to the family name. Let's just wish Montana well in the Pacific Northwest and move on.

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Trekking near Bangalore: September 2017
Monsoons have revived the greenery - there's plenty of scenery and water bodies in full glory. It's the best time to step out and enjoy outdoor activities. Check out the top picks for Trekking and Camping near Bangalore.
1. Kemmangundi Hebbe Falls Trek By Adventure Adda
Hebbe Falls is about 10 km away from the famous hill station Kemmangundi in Karnataka. One can reach this waterfall by Trek. Hebbe Falls gushes down from a height of 551 ft in two stages to form Dodda Hebbe (Big Falls) and Chikka Hebbe (Small Falls). Trek in itself is a delightful walk in Monsoon when thick mist encases the entire surroundings leaving you with very short visibility. A moderate level, 16 kms trek. Stay: HomeStay Near Kemmangundi Hill Station with campfire. Adventure Water Sports Activities near Belur before returning to Bangalore.
Fri, 15 Sep 9:30PM - Sun, 17 Sep 9:00PM | Kemmangundi, Hebbe falls (Outside Banglore)
2. Kabbal Durga Night Trek By Escape2explore
The night trek to Kabbal Durga is a breath-taking venture that one must experience to believe. Located nearly 80kms from Bangalore, this monolith hillock (3,600ft) is the perfect getaway to enthrall the dare-devil in you. Home to goddess Kabbalamma and a ruined fort makes this place eerily fascinating. The 8km trek is quite a moderate one, Kabbala Durga night trek might bring a few hitches along the way, which in turn will only heighten the fervor factor.Watch the stars glitters or find them peeking on a cloudy night. Absorb the warmth from the bonfire or curl up in your blanket or speak your heart out to your friends and enjoy the tranquil night. As the dawn breaks in, you can explore the area and prepare to descend.
Sat, 16 Sep 9:30PM - Sun, 17 Sep 11:00AM | Kabbal Durga (Outside Bangalore)
3. Gandikota & Belum Caves by Nomadify
Gandikota is a small village in the Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh that is known for its spectacular gorge formed by river Pennar that cuts through the Erramala hills. This has come to be known as the Hidden Grand Canyon of India by travelers who visit it and get bewitched by its beauty.There are several other attractions, like the magnificent Gandikota fort that sits majestically on top of the gorge. Apart from the unmatched beauty of the gorge, the mystical charm of this fort makes a visit to this place all the more exciting for history lovers and adventure seekers.
Fri, 15 Sep 11:30PM - Sat, 16 Sep 10:30PM | Gandikota (Outside Bangalore)
4. Yethinabhuja Trek - Surmounting the Ox By Summiters
Situated, near the of the village of Byrapura in Mudigere taluk Yethinabuja is one of the significant peaks of Charmadi range dominating the landscape towering height 2600 m and there are three approaches to this peak. The name Yethinabhuja is a Synonymous of two words. Yethu - Ox, and Bhuja Shoulder. Yethinabhuja is considered to be one of the picturesque treks in Karnataka and is a two-day trek if one wants to make it to the peak comfortably. The trail starts at Shishila , a small village near Dharmastala Dakshina Kannada district. The initial trail is through a fairly dense forest, followed by grasslands.
Fri, 22 Sep 9:30PM - Sun, 24 Sep 6:00PM | Byrapura (Outside Bangalore)
5. Tadiandamol Trek and Night Camping by Nature Walkers
Tadiandamol is on one of the most beautiful, uncommercial peaks in Karnataka. It is elevated to about 1748m and known as the highest peak in Coorg/Kodagu district. The Tadiandamol trek offers adventurers an opportunity to explore the stunning vegetation, rare mountain birds and pretty butterflies flitting from tree to tree. A panoramic view from the peaks is an eye-candy for the hikers. The trial takes you through the vast expanse of the Shola forest, It is a day trek which makes it even more doable for city folks- whether avid trekkers and hikers. A famous historical landmark "Nalknad-Palace" resides at the foothills of the mountain.
Fri, 22 Sep 8:00PM - Sun, 24 Sep 10:00PM | Tadiandamol (Outside Bangalore)
6. Narasimha Parvatha Trek By Trip Chale
The exquisite locales of Agumbe during monsoon are unmatched and barely can one find a landscape as lush green and rich in fauna like this spot. The Narsimha Parvatha falls in the Kudremukh National Park, in Agumbe. It is the highest peak in Agumbe region and is as high as 1150 metres. While trekking one can never experience solitude on Narsimha Parvat, as the sport is very rich in fauna and harbours innumerable amphibians, birds and reptiles. Western Ghats has many waterfalls in its lap & a small village named "Kigga" houses this beautiful and magnificent "Sirimane Waterfall". Water gushing all the way down through this waterfall further travels & feeds coffee estates and paddy fields in this belt.
Sat, 23 Sep 7:00AM - Sun, 24 Sep 8:30PM | Agumbe (Kigga, Agumbe, Shimoga-Udupi District Border)
7. Gadayi Kallu and Kadamgundi Waterfalls Trek By Summiters
Among the hill forts, Jamalabad is a hilltop Giridurga fortification in Jamalabad Village near Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada ( DK ) District of Karnataka. It is located in the Kudremukh range of hills. The fort lies at an altitude of 1700 ft.The Fort was formerly called Narasimha Ghada, which refers to the granite hill on which the fort is built. It is also referred locally as Jamalagadda or Gadayikallu. The fort is accessible via a narrow path with about 1800 steps cut out of the granite hill. Inside the fort, there is a tank to store rain water. Remains of a single cannon lie at the top. Nothing much of the fortifications remain but hints of the fort wall with parapets are visible. This hillock fort has one room at the top. There is also an unmanned microwave repeater station on top of the hill. The Summit affords superb views of the surrounding landscape with paddy fields, temples plantations, water bodies and the Kudremukh range of Western Ghats.
Fri, 29 Sep 9:30PM - Mon, 2 Oct 6:00PM | Kadamgundi Abbi Waterfalls (Outside Bangalore )
8. Bandaje waterfalls trek by Trip Chale
Bandage waterfalls located in the Charmadi Ghat of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka. The waterfalls can be reached only by undertaking trekking in thick forests and grass lands with the help of local guides and in summer the waterfalls goes dry. The height of waterfalls is about 200 feet. Ballalarayana Durga Fort can be reached by ascending from the base camp by a trek of 3 hours through grass land of Kudremukha and Balur.
Sat, 30 Sep 11:00PM - Mon, 2 Oct 10:00PM | Charmadi Ghat (Outside Bangalore)


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Alan Root was born in London but moved with his family to Kenya when he was till young. He soon found himself fascinated by the local wildlife, birds in particular, and his talent for photography soon saw him offered a job by the famous father-and-son documentary-making team Bernard and Michael Grzimek.
After the tragic death of Michael Grzimek in a plane crash, he started to make his own films with the assistance of his wife, Joan. He was soon in demand from Anglia Television (for whom he shot many programmes in the Survival series), the BBC and National Geographic, amongst others, for his innovative and insightful portraits of the Serengeti: he was the first to film from a hot-air balloon (and the first to offer tourist flights) and used innovative techniques to be the first to film inside the sealed nest of a hornbill and a termite mound. This last film, entitled Mysterious Castles of Clay, was nominated for an Oscar.
He is testament to the dangers of filming wild animals in their natural habitats, having lost a finger a bite from a puff adder, as well as being injured in attacks by a hippo, a leopard and a gorilla, and suffering from bouts of malaria and river blindness.
His autobiography, Ivory, Apes and Peacocks, covers his entire career, from his first escapades cataloguing African birdlife to the battles with American television executives with narrow views on what might interest the viewing public. Other episodes include the time when he introduced Dian Fossey to the gorillas to which she was to devote her life and his first meeting with Joy Adamson, author of Born Free. Throughout he offers evocative description of the many animals whose behaviour he studied in order to capture them best and the many rescued animals that he and his family nursed back to health.
He also talks about the murder of his wife in 2006 on the shores of Lake Naivasha, which is believed to have been carried out by still unidentified individuals whose livelihoods were threatened by her conservation activities.
In this exclusive interview with Foyles, Alan talks about the death wish of the natural history documentary maker, the role natural history on television plays in promoting environmental awareness and why he'd like to see bears and lemurs without the burden of needing to capture them on film.
You write about your determination to get the first underwater film of notoriously dangerous hippos: "I wanted these pictures, so had to accept the possibility of death, then put the whole issue out of my mind." Is this sort of death-defying intrepidity a requirement for anyone involved in wildlife documentary-making?
No, not for anyone, most of the time one is safely inside a vehicle, or a hide, or is filming some creature that couldn't do much except nip your ankles anyway. But every now and then, for some, yes there is that risk, and I'd say it is mostly with underwater work. There are guys - and a couple of girls - who have dived with killer whales, great white sharks or leopard seals. They knew their subjects, knew the risks, and I'm sure that the same sort of reasoning went through their heads before they went over the side. It's not a unique trait, many people, from racing drivers to front-line reporters must do the same equations.
You express a dislike for the type of natural history programmes in which macho presenters confront dangerous animals. Do you think programmes like this can play any part in encouraging an interest in wildlife or the environment or do they simply function as mindless entertainment?
Sadly, they do encourage an interest, so does bull-fighting and big-game fishing - but the interest is more in the caperings of the presenter than in natural history, which is usually in pretty short supply anyway. I do feel that genre has given wrong ideas to a generation whose understanding and support for wildlife is desperately needed. Thank goodness for the information-packed series that the BBC have been churning out to balance some of that twaddle.
You must watch other wildlife documentaries with a cameraman's eye, as well as that of a naturalist. Do you ever find yourself baffled as to how specific sequences were achieved?
I do replay some of those sequences, and I think I get most of them worked out - and wish I'd had the gadgets that enable such extraordinary images. That said there are some shots of flying insects still have me puzzled.
You talk about the difficulty in getting television networks to invest in your films, especially before you established your reputation. Have there been any projects you were particularly keen on that you've never been able to get off the ground?
Not really, when I started out on my own projects I was certainly on a shoestring, but happy to be independent. Once I had shown I could bring home the wart-hog, every project I wanted to pursue was always backed by Survival Anglia. However, since I retired from filming for TV I have been involved with plans for a cinema film about the research work of the Grzimeks in Africa, and the making of the Oscar-winning Serengeti Shall Not Die that I had worked on with them as a young man. Sadly, unlike the Serengeti, that project seems to have expired.
You've spent most of your career in Africa, along with a few months spent in the Amazonian rainforest. Is there another part of the world that you'd still like the opportunity to film in?
Well I did hit New Guinea, Australia, India and the Galapagos as well, but you know, I really have hung up my 'Dunfilmin' sign. I was working during the best and free-est years for the business, and I now have no interest in struggling with accountants, contracts, producers looking over my shoulder and huge pieces of equipment. Yes, I would still love to see bears catching salmon and bouncing lemurs, but struggle to film them? Nah! I had the best of it, and I'm a Dad now. Maybe I'll take the boys - but otherwise, let it go!
You paint a mixed picture of future of the Serengeti. What do you think is the most important factor in ensuring the preserving of the local environment?
The exponential growth of our own heedless and destructive species is a problem that has never been seriously addressed. There are countless people who are aware of, and concerned about the loss of wildlife habitat and species, but without commitment from business leaders and governments to reconsider the many projects that threaten the environment, and particularly to slow the cancer of population growth, we face an impoverished, and ultimately uninhabitable planet. So for me the most important factor is to educate those masses and get them on side in the struggle to influence politicians. I think wildlife films have made a contribution in that battle, but it is a depressingly uphill fight.
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Each morning we serve a buffet breakfast including a range of homemade specialties. You can enjoy your breakfast in a charming Renaissance room in the main house, or outside on the terrace, which has stunning Chianti views over the rolling hills, vineyards, and olive groves.
Perfect way to start the day!
My Coffee Cake
This is the recipe of the cake I use to bake each morning for my guests.
Before I got the best result, I changed the ingredients many times.
In the end I realized half a cup of yogurt and 8 tablespoon of sugar would make the dough really delicious. It's truly very important to bake it at the right temperature, which is different from oven to oven. I remember my mamma always saying: 'If you want a good cake, you need to know your oven very well!' Good advise!
* 2 cups of flour
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Subject: I'm surprised
Dear Member of Parliament for *,*,
Not that Barak Obama won the the U.S. presidential election since it was the Democrats turn to win but that this Conservative government of Canada has let a golden opportunity to fillet the Liberals and return to Canadian tax payers their E.I.surplus.
I can not understand how this could happen?
This "fifty seven billion dollar E.I. Surplus" would sure be nice for tax payers and the workers and even the government to have in their back pocket at a time like this.
Could you please explain to me in writing how this government can do nothing and has done nothing to return Canada's 57 billion dollar E.I. surplus to Canadians or did take no action to hold those responsible for "spending" this "rainy day" account and that was supposed to have been "capped at twenty billion dollars" ?
Makes no sense to me why or how our government could let this happen?
Do nothing for working people and wonder why they don't vote for you or are being "apathetic" toward voting?
What goes around comes around?
Sincerely Yours,
*, Ontario, Canada
P.S. I did receive a letter from the Minister of Finance any yourself explaining some new bureaucracy being created to babysit the HRDC but I read nothing to explain how the surplus which should now be treated as a criminal theft as far as I'm concerned was to be recovered. Harper is being all talk about "accountability" but seems quite useless when it comes to accounting.
What (EI) Surplus?
Dear Member of Parliament for * -*, *, * *
P.S.Fifty seven billion dollars is allot more important than any "Free" trade with Europe or France and if you asked me there should be no agreements with Europe. The EU is a big pathetic financial suck-hole even bigger than the U.S. Get the EI surplus back first, please!
'One thing seems certain given the global economic turmoil buffeting Canada: Harper won't be listening to idle whispers that it's time to replace Finance Minister Jim Flaherty when he names the new cabinet sometime around Oct. 27.'
"Low Voter Turnout" "58%", update: "59.1%"
October 15, 2008
Dear Member of Parliament for * *, *
"Conservatives do better with a high voter turnout". – the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper
I was curious about this mysterious and unexplained phenomena of "low voter turnout" in Canadian elections. I checked with the governments official statistics web page and looked for any record of voter turnouts during national elections.
Seems there is some and there really is no such "phenomena" or any "mystery" that points to any kind of "declining voter turnout" since confederation and the election of the first prime minister in 1867.
Other than what I would guess to be an expected decline due to having so many elections consecutively over such a short period of time which could likely leave some people feeling they would rather stay home, I would be one of those people but this year I forced myself.
There is some decline showing in the record of voters going to the polls but only over the last five years and that should be very obvious that this is not a trend.
We do not need this kind of rhetoric being promoted by the government on to the citizens of this country.
Canadians need to be told the truth, there is no real "decline in voter turnout" and contrary to the opinions of our governments and since the confederation of this country in 1867.
Sincerely Yours,
*, Ontario, Canada
Update: 1891-1898 only about 54% averaged, of Canadians bothered to vote. Don't our elected professionals have access to this kind of data, poor things, they must need another pay raise.
O look they even held a referendum in 1898 , only 44% bothered to turnout. Surely a crises in democracy must have ensued.
I've heard the other "leaders" in Canada's government telling us this same rhetoric.
GO Maroons!
October 14, 2008
Dear *, Member of Parliament for *,
Congratulations on your win tonight.
Hope "we" don't spend this mandate trying to please "the east" or "the Quebecois nation".
Saw on TV some of the local debate and thought you did a good job, the Liberal was a fairly strong opponent and the NDP voters can also be strong in this area.
I may even buy a Hyundai if the U.S. doesn't "melt down" due to a lack of North American made auto sales.
Tax cuts for the poor can be difficult when some of "the poor" are receiving seven thousand or more dollars a year in child benefits. I do not know how anyone in this country can really be "poor" or how children can be "living in poverty", as we seem to hear so much, except for those on general welfare which are not very many at all. Natives of course do not pay taxes and should not be allowed to vote or receive tax benefits nor should be persecuted or put down.
Caledonia is not your riding but is a federal responsibility and needs to be cleaned up according to treaty rights.Be good to the Natives but not their Liberal babysitters, please.
Quebec is not a lost cause but Ontario is where any federal party has to win, unless they are the Bloc Quebecois.
Governments have spent too much time trying to "win in Quebec" and "worrying about the east", some even seem to think that Ontario is in the east when it is really central from a political view and close enough geographically also.
Ontario has to be central to any winning campaign which I did not see in this election from any party, Jack Layton ran the best campaign at least in Ontario and I think that will show..
Down with the Official Languages Act, Atlantic Accords, "Free Trade" "Corporate Welfare", the commercial seal hunt in Canada and any special treatment for any other "Nations" and including First Nations in this country.
Enough of the Quebecois attitude of inherited rights that do not even exist except as some Liberals let them. Conservatives should "kill" the Arts and Culture spending in this country and the damned Liberal/UN, Stephane Dion stench called the 'Kyoto Accord'.
A larger minority is still a victory, I'm against the Mulroney Free Trade Deal and want Karl Heinz Schreiber charged criminally for bribing Mulroney and before this week is done, this a criminal matter and not for a government 'public Inquirey' held behind closed doors and overseen by a Judge that was appointed by Mulroney.'Not gonna happen' and do try to get back the E.I. surplus that the previous finance minister Jim Flaherty seems can be forgotten. I must demand that there be a 'public Inquirey' and some "accountability" for Canada's stolen E.I. surplus.
"Kill" Kyoto and not the dog.
'Press your nose to the window Danny Williams your on the outside looking in.', a quote from a blog comment I read earlier tonight that I thought worth repeating.
I just saw your numbers on the TV screen your a runaway 18000 plus to the Liberal, 11,000. You got mine too just in case, I saw the debate and thought * was going to hurt ya, or visa-versa. : l
Were not exactly un-accustomed to going "hands-on" in this town, go Maroons.
I hear that the prime minister likes to read and is interested in the history of professional Hockey, my favourite sport when I was a youth, to watch that is, but I couldn't play very well, two left feet, Disappointing but we can't have everything, I went to school with Dave *, my brother and his kids help on his mothers farm near *. Just between you and I, you should try to get a * jersey for the PM or maybe I can ask around and drop one off at your office if I get my hands on one.
Sincerely Yours
*, Ontario, Canada
A "disgruntled", "under-employed", "poor" trucker and ex-cab driver – because I got beat up by "crack-heads" and the police charged me. Waited ten months for a court date date and the Judge threw my case out when I fired my lawyer who wanted me to plead with no witnesses in the court room. Law games, they want to play law games with peoples lives. They cost me my job and I'll never go back if that's how cabbies get treated by the law and their employers.
45 million in Arts cuts and what of the "E.I. surplus"?
September 24, 2008
Dear the Minister of Finance the Honourable Jim Flaherty MP,
The Honourable Paul Martin as the Minister of Finance of Canada changed the name of Unemployment Insurance to Employment Insurance and placed a "twenty billion dollar cap" on the intended surplus collected from workers to be used as a "rainy day fund".
Well there has been no "rainy day" in unemployment in this country since and the surplus as of December 03, 2007 is reported to be at fifty four billion.
OTTAWA–'Canada's employment insurance "surplus" stands at $54 billion – …….'
I noticed there is a supreme court case now concerning the E.I. surplus, some unions are suing to get these tax funds returned to the rightful owners.
I heard Jack Layton MP and Stephen Harper talking about the E.I. surplus in the House of Commons, the prime minister said that "the Liberals spent the E.I. surplus ten years ago".
"Spent ten years ago" and yet the Toronto Star is reporting there is a fifty four billion dollar surplus in the account as of December 03, 2007.
My point is, someone should have some questions to answer concerning this "spent" E.I. surplus.
My guess is this Minister of Finance has the most answering to do and since I have heard nothing of this "spent" E.I. surplus in the media, who is asking the questions, the Liberal opposition or the Bloc Quebecois or the NDP? I don't hear them.
Nobody, including the present Minister of Finance are taking the accountable steps to insure that the over-surplus, the amount over the capped twenty billion, is returned to those who have overpaid.
There should be no more collection of E.I. premiums in this country until the "spent" surplus is collected and those who "spent" the money held "accountable".
I noticed you are not taking any steps to collect the "54 billion dollar E.I surplus" for Canadians or hold the Liberals "accountable" and either has any of the opposition in the house of commons.
That is not a very accountable government if you asked me.
Why do "we" not fight to get this "spent" ( really stolen) E.I. surplus returned to Canada's workers and I would add make some political gains doing so?
This is just more of the same-old, same-old, back-room politics, that in my opinion is a just cause for a criminal investigation and a politician or two or three to go to jail.
Is this some kind of joke, the government steals the fifty billion dollar surplus that is supposed to be "capped at twenty billion dollars" in the first place and for "a rainy day" and no one has any thing to say about that, wow?
That is what happens when the robbers guard the bank, eh, Jack Layton?
I know the Liberals and NDP and the Bloc Quebecois have spent two days screaming on television over 45 million dollars in (pretend) cuts to Arts and Culture, give me a BREAK!
54 billion of tax payers money gets "spent" and nobody even takes notice or a second look?
I really do have to question the "loyalty" of Canada's government and opposition parties.
Sincerely yours,
* ,Ontario, Canada


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Ariaantie Sharp
Ariaantie Sharp most likely was born during the 1720s. She would have been the daughter of Thomas and Maria De Warran Sharp. Unlike her siblings, her baptism does not appear to have been recorded in the extant records of the Albany Dutch church or at St. Peter's where Thomas Sharp was a member. As late as 1786, "Ariantie Sharp" was listed among the subscribers at the Dutch church.
She grew up in a moderate-sized family in a barber's home in the first ward. Her mother died in 1748 but her father did not re-marry.
Thomas Sharp's will, filed in 1771, left the unmarried Sharp sisters his house and lot in Albany as long as they remained single. Never marrying, Anna and Ariaantie Sharp lived in the family homestead for the rest of the century. Their married sister and n'er-do-well brother were similarly long-lived and remained in Albany as well.
From the mid-1770s on, the names of Anna and Ariaantie Sharp appeared on Albany rolls but mostly under that of Jacobus Sharp although his father had barred him from inheriting the family estate. In 1790, his first ward household included three females. Most likely, two of them were the aging Sharp sisters.
Ariaantie Sharp or her sister probably died before 1800 as the census counted only one older women in the first ward home of their brother. In August 1802, church records noted the burial of "Jacobus Sharp's sister."
Sources: The life of Ariaantie Sharp is CAP biography number 1855. This sketch is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources.
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Hi Everyone,
The hectic month of May is finally coming to an end. We had three races in the Pro Mazda Championship, two at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and one at Lucas Oil Raceway for the "Night Before the 500" event. The month started at the IMS road course for the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis. It was pretty cool to be racing inside the speedway, it wasn't the historical oval but still a very special place to race. The GP was going really well up until the races. I qualified on pole by the biggest margin of the year, almost 4 tenths of a second. Looking back at it, qualifying 3rd or 4th might have actually been better. The front straight is so long at IMS I was a sitting duck out front with everyone behind getting a great draft from me. I entered turn one in about 7th. A few guys that had passed me went wide and into the grass, unfortunately one of them spun back onto the track and hit my left rear wheel. It forced me into a spin and to the back of the pack. I was coming back through the field until more contact left me without a front wing. The Juncos guys were on their game and I didn't lose a lap while putting the new one on. So back to 16th I went, with only a few laps to go I managed to come back to 8th.
Race two started a little better, I got a good jump on the start and only lost one position. I was running second for most of the race until a late restart. Once again going into turn one I got hit from behind forcing me to the back of the line. With two laps to go we went green and I was able to finish 8th again. In a way we were fortunate that I was able to finish both races but still very disappointing given our pace in qualifying.
Just two weeks later we were back at it, this time on an oval. We were fastest in every practice leading up to qualifying. We knew we were fast on a single lap but our big advantage was being able to keep a good pace over a long run. I came up just short of pole position to Garret Grist. The first half of the race I was on his gearbox, I had a few chances to pass but couldn't quite make it stick. It's a very hard track to pass on because you have to use the low line to pass which has less banking and less grip than the preferred high line. We were side by side a few times! The car was really good. I was just taking my time because it was a 90 lap race, and I knew I would get a clean chance to pass. All of a sudden the steering was getting heavier and heavier. The car started to understeer a lot and bottom out entering the corners. It became a handful to drive and extremely tough physically to turn the wheel. I slipped back to third on the last few laps and had the fourth place driver all over me. Turns out my right front tire had gone down around half way which is the worst tire to have flat on an oval. We found a small hole in my tire after the race. Talk about some bad luck! That's racing I suppose. Once again, it could have been worse so we have to take the positives away from the month. I'm still leading the championship which is the most important thing.
In-between the two Pro Mazda races I went to Mosport to race for Alegra Motorsports in the Porsche GT3 Cup Canada Championship. The first race was going well, I was pulling away the first few laps but had to pit for a drive through penalty after jumping the start a bit. I finished 3rd in the second race. It's a fun car to drive and I'm looking forward to the rest of the season with the guys at Alegra.
The next Pro Mazda Championship race is at the Houston Grand Prix on June 27th-29th. Special Thanks to my supporters: Mockett, Rising Star Racing, California Scents, The Stutz, Vitamin-D Pro, OMP, RaceLite Protection and of course Juncos Racing.
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ECM: EVE Corp. Management === ECM is a management and decision-making helper-application for the game EVE Online.
Here is a non-exhaustive list of its features:
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This is the latest demo of Shop by VOICE functionality that explains dynamic flow, ability to interrupt flow and change context, relationship discovery between product attributes. It also shows the result from Google speech recognition engine in a red debug string.
Imagine allowing your customers to simply speak to their device while on your website – "I'm looking for a red cocktail dress." Our learned technology will respond with logical questions to narrow their results: "Are you interested in long, mid or short length dresses?" The system will direct users to refined results on a product detail level and through checkout. At any time, the customer is able to switch seamlessly from standard keyboard and back to voice-based with a simple click.Shop by voice has developed a way to shortcut the machine learning process and increase your conversion opportunity with its Shop by VOICE technology.


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BREAKING! Hazard Confirms He Wants To Leave This Summer (See Details)
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Thorgan Hazard has told Borussia Mönchengladbach he wants to leave.
The 26-year-old, who is the younger brother of Chelsea's Eden Hazard, has been linked with Liverpool, Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund.
And the race is on after Hazard told Borussia Mönchengladbach sporting director, Max Eberlm that he wants to quit the Bundesliga club this summer.
Gladbach were keen to extend Hazard's contract which runs until 2020, but he has turned down the offer
Eberl told Sky Germany:
"Thorgan has informed us that he doesn't want to extend his contract and that he wants to leave the club in the summer to take the next step.
"I've heard this statement 15 times in the last 10 years as really great players have left us. That's the way it is for us.
"We'll have to see where his path will continue. I don't know whether it will be at BVB (Borussia Dortmund), who are constantly being mentioned, or at Atlético Madrid, Liverpool or another club."
Hazard has scored nine goals in the Bundesliga this season and has provided 11 assists.
He joined Gladbach from Chelsea for £7.2m in 2015.
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Foundations of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: The Bumpy Road to Specialization (Routledge, 2016) by Don R. Lipsitt, MD, documents the development of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry from its inception to the present. The book draws on contributions from philosophy, physiology, psychoanalysis, epidemiology and other disciplines to define the broad scope of the field. Distinctions and similarities between Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine will be of interest to psychiatrists, social workers, and health psychologists, as well as students, residents, and fellows pursuing careers in these disciplines.
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Edward Countryman won the Bancroft Prize for A People in Revolution: The American Revolution and Political Society in New York, 1760-1790 (1981). He also has written The American Revolution (1985, revised edition in progress), Americans: A Collision of Histories (1996), and, most recently, Enjoy the Same Liberty: African Americans and the Era of the American Revolution (2011). His teaching interest in film studies led to Shane (1999), with Evonne Von Heussen Countryman. He has taught in New Zealand and Britain and is now a University Distinguished Professor in the Clements Department of History at Southern Methodist University.
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Last week I was at a conference sponsored by one of the world's leading low volatility fund managers, Robeco, over in Rotterdam. Low volatility investing was really pioneered there by Pim van Vliet, who was influenced by papers by Bob Haugen among others in graduate school (eg, Commonality of Stock Returns, 1996 JFE).That is, Pim believes, as I do, that higher risk generates lower-than-average returns, and this creates a great investing opportunity because obviously you can get lower risk and higher return by investing on risk; there is a dominant strategy implied by the empirical data if you believe in the normative implications of modern finance. This intuition guided him in building one of the world's first institutional low volatility focused investment strategies. They have about $2.2B euros allocated to low volatility investing.
Now, Pim is an anti-Taleb. That is, Nassim Taleb suggests that most economists are unaware of uncertainty, fat tails, overconfidence, or that theory is different than reality, all paradigm changers. That these insights all have long academic threads is important to acknowledge, however, because it implies their lack of obvious application is due to something important that would be useful to know. For example, fat tails do not alter any of the main insights from the gaussian assumption when calibrating risk premiums, everything works in the same way, just a little more or less. Thus, they can usually be ignored, because they are isomorphic to assuming people have greater risk aversion, or that gaussian volatility is higher than its measured volatility by some fraction. Suggesting this phenomenon is the key to why mistakes were made is very misleading, and leads to inefficient or wasteful correctives.
In contrast, van Vliet is eager to highlight he is not saying something that is new so much as important and true. In Haugen's case, his writings did a nice job of demonstrating raw volatility being inversely correlated with returns, which is nice because all you need is for the relation to be flat for low volatility investing to be superior. Subsequent to his discovering this phenomenon, he found my work, and thinks it's fabulous that I am championing this idea, and so invites me to speak on this subject to his clients. I guess he's trying to convince people that if other people found this independently, it's really there. A pioneer, but not a singular one.
By acknowledging others so vigorously he's showing a lot of intellectual modesty, but not so much that he does not think he is right and the conventional wisdom is wrong on something very important. Thus, he has managed a portfolio that combines the singular low volatility focus with complimentary factors such as quality and momentum, innovations that are straightforward, but it's hard to riff on a theme unless you have confidence that comes from knowing you aren't hiding anything from others or yourself. It isn't obvious how and when to combine good things, as any good chef knows, and they have something better than your simple SPLV ETF. A good example is how Huij, van Vliet , de Groot, and Zhou (2012) discuss how distress risk can compliment volatility metrics, as they are really different manifestations of the same thing.
Now, Bob Haugen's presentation there was very lively, and he stated he gave 60 talks on low volatility last year, mostly overseas. I can see why because he is very provocative and not dry. One of his points was that he discovered low volatility anomaly back in a 1975 paper that even Haugen did not remark upon for several decades. If you read this papers you see that he indeed did say that higher risk did not generate a return premium, but his explanation centered on 'market inefficiency.' What does it mean that markets are inefficient? Well, all that means is that markets are predictable in at least one but perhaps several ways, and so it encourages one to adopt any of those dopey get rich quick strategies that crowd the investments section at the bookstore. Just as Haugen went on to highlight a variety of predictable patterns unrelated to volatility over the next 35 years, most readers of these papers would not take-away the idea that low volatility investing is superior to the indices.
I would say Haugen discovered low volatility investing in the same way Vikings discovered America. He found it before most, but he didn't know what it meant when he found it, and only with hindsight figured out it directly underlies something very valuable (ie, low volatility investing).
There's about $12 Trillion in the US equity market, and currently about $10-$20B worldwide is directed at low volatility. The discovery of low volatility investing as an attractive idea is a better Sharpe ratio improvement than the move from active to index funds because you can reduce volatility by a third and increase the returns by a couple per cent, so I think this trend will have legs, and low volatility will grow 10 to 100 fold over the next 10 years.
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RELATED STORY: LA church looks to close chapter on abuse
THE $660 MILLION settlement of lawsuits over sexual abuse by priests in Los Angeles breaks a dubious record for the Catholic Church in the United States. The agreement keeps Cardinal Roger Mahony from testifying at a trial -- but ought to prompt him to consider whether the needs of the Los Angeles Archdiocese would be best served by his resignation.
Mahony is a contemporary of Cardinal Bernard Law, who was forced into comfortable exile in Rome 4 1/2 years ago by the exploding scandal in Boston. Law's resignation came because of public outrage over his cover-up of sexual abuse by priests, as detailed by articles in the Globe and backed up by confidential church personnel files that a court forced the Boston Archdiocese to make public. Once a California court ruled last month that the Catholic Church in the state had to release its confidential files about any priest accused of abuse, a settlement in the Los Angeles lawsuits became inevitable.
Mahony has managed to survive in office even though evidence has dribbled out in lawsuits to suggest that he, like Law, shifted priests quietly into different parishes after people had come forward to accuse them. Because not all the files are available yet, the full extent of his involvement is not known.
Archbishop of Los Angeles since 1985, Mahony, at 71, is four years shy of the mandatory retirement deadline for bishops. Unless his personnel policies were significantly different from Boston's, his final years in office will be painful for himself and the archdiocese.
When the national scandal was at its height in 2002, Mahony made noises about addressing mandatory celibacy for priests. This came as some comfort to critics who say that the celibacy policy contributed to a culture of denial and repression in which abusers thrived. Whatever his views on celibacy, though, his actions as supervisor of hundreds of priests are most relevant to his future.
Much of the settlement will be paid by insurance companies and Catholic religious orders, but $250 million will come directly from the archdiocese. Even this amount exceeds the total $133 million paid out in Boston, previously the highest amount. The Los Angeles and Boston money could have been spent on other important projects if Mahony and Law had adopted a zero-tolerance policy against abuse when it first became a national issue for the church in the mid-1980s.
Catholic dioceses across the nation, including Los Angeles, have initiated thorough policies to prevent future abuse, and Mahony apologiz ed to the victims on Sunday. Yet new policies and regrets aren't enough. In the eyes of victims, the scandal will never be fully resolved as long as bishops who put the interests of their fellow priests over the protection of children remain in positions of leadership.


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a commitment to a course of action that is intended to produce outcomes that are satisfying to particular people
The following examples are good, concrete decision illustrations: Mary Smith and her physician settle on the treatment she will receive for her heart disease. After driving Toyotas for 20 years, John buys his first Ford. Admissions officer Thomas rejects university applicant Marino. Having recently developed a promising new drug, GenDel, a small biotech firm, reaches an agreement to be acquired by giant Neisser Pharmaceuticals. Bart Sanders casts his vote for Howard Dean in his state's primary. Sensors on the production line at Brown Manufacturing detect welding flaws that trigger a shutdown of the line. Representatives of France and the European Union reach an agreement on how to handle France's violation of E.U. rules on deficit spending. Lucy Charles and Bill Lawrence agree to marry each other (despite the opinions of their friends that they are an awful match). At 2:14 A.M., a trading program at Sharp Investments sells all shares of Farmer Inc. The U.S. House of Representatives approves new health insurance regulations, in the face of intense lobbying by the insurance industry as well as patient advocacy groups. After work, Sally joins her friends at the local bar, has five drinks in an hour, hops into her car, and then heads for home.
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One game shy of the one-third mark of the NHL season, the Calgary Flames have a lot of reasons to smile.
- They're sitting one point behind the Western Conference-leading Anaheim Ducks and Vancouver Canucks.
- At 16-8-2 for 34 points, they're off to the second-fastest start since winning the Stanley Cup in 1989 (were 17-6-3 for 37 points in 2009-10).
- They've won seven of their last nine games with the only blemishes being one-goal setbacks to Anaheim and Chicago.
- They've only had one losing 'streak' all year and that was a mere two games in length -- and one of the losses was in a shootout so they still earned a point.
From the clutch goaltending to the production from the defencemen to this uncanny third period domination (now outscoring opponents a ridiculous 37-14) -- and all the furious comeback victories that have come along the way, you could make a case for any one of those things to be the primary narrative thus far in the Calgary Flames 2014-15 season.
Yet, there's one thing that trumps them all. That would have to be the impact that youth has had on this hockey club -- offensively, defensively and subconsciously.
Rookies Johnny Gaudreau, Josh Jooris and Markus Granlund have not only made the club better through their significant contributions individually, they're also making everybody else on the club better through their infectious and youthful exuberance. New to riding on charters and five star hotels, visiting NHL cities and arenas for the first time, there's an energy that naturally flows with kids in their first year in the NHL and the whole team has come to embody that.
Rookies Johnny Gaudreau, Josh Jooris and Markus Granlund have not only made the club better through their significant contributions individually, they're also making everybody else on the club better through their infectious and youthful exuberance. New to riding on charters and five star hotels, visiting NHL cities and arenas for the first time, there's an energy that naturally flows with kids in their first year in the NHL and the whole team has come to embody that.
In notching his first NHL hat-trick Tuesday night and his first three-goal game since the first game of his freshman year at Union College over four years ago, Jooris was the game's offensive star. Co-starring was Gaudreau, his linemate, with two assists. You can read about their night and hear their perspectives on the 5-2 win in my game story right here for The Canadian Press.
What I'm focusing on here is the the ripple effect their inspired play has had on Calgary's older players.
Two Forgotten Players a Year Ago
Two Forgotten Players a Year Ago
Dennis Wideman, 31, is the Flames highest paid player at a cap hit of $5.25 million for two more seasons after the current one. The former Capitals and Bruins defenceman is coming off a disappointing year in which injuries limited him to 46 games and seemingly indifferent play limited him to four goals and 21 assists.
This season, however, after picking up two helpers against Arizona, Wideman already has eight goals and 15 points. He looks and sounds like a completely different player from a year ago.
"This year has been exciting for all of us. Young guys are coming in, obviously they're excited because it's their first year. For us, it's a fun team to play on," said Wideman, with a smile. "We're having a lot of fun, we're playing the right way and we're playing hard and for the older guys, it makes it exciting to come to the rink."
Wideman is impressed at the way the Flames rookies are contributing.
"I was asked today what the difference is between this year and last year and why we're winning so much more and I think it's guys like Jooris and Johnny Hockey and the other young guys are contributing this year," said Wideman, rather matter-of-factly. "We're still working hard like we did last year but we're getting goals from these guys and they've added a secondary scoring punch to Mony and Huds and make us a little more dangerous."
How much more dangerous? A lot. Consider that Calgary's 16th win last season didn't happen until January 13, which is 41 days away. This year's edition of the Flames is 12 points up on where they were on this same date one year ago.
"We're getting real good efforts from the young guys," said Wideman. "They've stepped in and they're playing great. They definitely don't seem like they're rookies, that's for sure."
"We're getting real good efforts from the young guys," said Wideman. "They've stepped in and they're playing great. They definitely don't seem like they're rookies, that's for sure."
Developing a Bit of a Swagger
David Jones, 30, is another example of a Flames veteran that looks rejuvenated.
After missing a bunch of time due to three different injuries last year, Jones was hampered by an injury this year in October and then suffered another injury in November. Jones may just be settling back into the line-up but he has begun to play the type of power forward style that fans have been yearning for and dreaming about since the big 6-foot-2 right-winger was acquired by Calgary two summers ago.
Jones, who has four goals on the season -- all coming in the last seven games, is also having a bounce-back year after scoring nine goals in 48 contests a year ago.
"We've got a good thing going here. We're playing good hockey," said Jones, who along with Curtis Glencross has formed the Flames top line with super sophomore Sean Monahan as the centre. "Our team is working hard and all the guys are buying in and it's great to see a guy like Josh get a hat-trick tonight. All the young guys are chipping in. It's been great."
The result as exhibited on Tuesday night is a new-found confidence emanating from that dressing room that hasn't been felt around Calgary in quite a while. For example against the Coyotes, despite seeing a 1-0 lead erased and then a 2-1 lead evaporate also, the Flames didn't change their game and kept playing that high tempo, aggressive forecheck style and sure enough they got that all-important next goal, which put them ahead for good.
"It comes with winning. We're developing a little bit of an identity and a little bit of swagger," said Jones. "Not to get too far ahead of ourselves but these points are so important. We've just got to keep it going."
Despite admitting he didn't like Jooris much at first -- "He went to Union and I went to Dartmouth so we're big rivals", he's a big fan now.
"He's on a torrid pace right now with goals," Jones said. "Since he's been with our team, he's been playing great and that's awesome."
Impact Has Been Palpable
Impact Has Been Palpable
Monahan's birth certificate may say he's 20 but he's got the demeanor of a salty vet. Yet even 'boring' Monahan cracks a little smile when talking about the team's rookies -- Jooris in particular.
"That's always good to see. Josh is a hard-working guy and it's something he earned and we're all happy for him," Monahan said. "You go on those streaks and that's what good teams have got to do. Right now we have a good feeling in the dressing room. We're starting to roll and really coming together as a team."
They're on a roll alright and Flames coach Bob Hartley says as long as they stay focused on the task at hand, they should be able to keep it going.
"It comes by waves. Your penalty killing's going to get on a good wave, your power play's going to get on a good wave or a bad wave. You're going to get scored on first for a while. The most important thing we're focusing on now is to win some hockey games," said Hartley. "Whether we come back from two goals behind or we're entering the third period with a one-goal lead, our approach is slightly different, but the guys are so focused on their job."
Calgary will try to keep this improbable run going on Thursday night when former Flames Jarome Iginla and Alex Tanguay come calling to the Saddledome.
Recent Related Flames Reading
- Eight From 80 Feet: The Latest Random Musings About the Calgary Flames - Comprised of a blend of anecdotes -- sometimes quirky, recaps, statistics, analysis and with some opinions or predictions sprinkled in as well, it's a round-up of random thoughts on the current goings-on with the Calgary Flames. In this edition, you'll learn at least two things you didn't know before.
- Two Ways To Look at "It's Not Sustainable" - The analytics experts are out in full force these days. In their cross-hairs is the explanation-defying Calgary Flames, the should-be Connor McDavid contenders, who instead are contending for first place in the Western Conference. I explain that Calgary can't keep up it's current pace, but nor does it need to.
- Wrong Side of the Tracks, Right Side of the Standings - If the 2014-15 NHL season was an 80s movie, the Flames with Byron, Bouma and Jooris would be cast as the poor kids, up against the rich kids in Eberle, Hall and Nugent-Hopkins. So far, the poor kids are dating the gorgeous cheerleader.
- Sweet 16: Sixteen Reasons for Flames Fans To Smile - Sixteen games into the season and the Calgary Flames are the talk of the NHL and so they should be with an improbable 9-5-2 record. Here are 16 reasons for Flames fans to enjoy this season's early success.
- Flames on a Roll: Buckle Up, Hang on Tight and Enjoy the Ride - Calgary is playing exciting, competitive and winning hockey. As a fan, isn't that what you signed up for? My examination of the Flames fast start includes reason for optimism, but mixed with realism.


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In previous posts I talked about how to define WI fields, fields behaviors and states/transitions logic. Now it is time to talk about how work items UI is defined.
Let's start with a small example:
<Column PercentWidth="100">
<Control Type="FieldControl" FieldName="System.Title"
Label="Title:" LabelPosition="Left" />
<Tab Label="Description">
<Control Type="HtmlFieldControl" FieldName="System.Description"
Label="Description:" LabelPosition="Top" Dock="Fill" />
This example shows several important moments. First, all UI elements should be placed under LAYOUT element which in turn is placed under FORM element.
LAYOUT elements may host GROUP and TABGROUP elements. GROUP element groups child elements and may be viewed as "row" element (also optionally it may have a title). TABGROUP element contains one or more tabs (represented by TAB elements with titles). Both TAB and GROUP elements may contain several levels of nested groups.
To organize elements within a group, COLUMN elements may be used. While GROUP represents a row, COLUMN naturally represents a column and must have width specified (the width may be specified either in percents of total width or in pixels). All basic elements (LAYOUT, GROUP, TAB and COLUMN) have a set of common properties such as Padding and Margin.
Those high level elements are used to organize controls representing the work item fields. Typical high-level UI organization of the form consists of several groups on the top part of the form (displaying general fields common to all work item types such as Title, State, Assigned To etc.) and tab control at the bottom part of the form (with tabs hosting work item specific fields). Here is the screenshot of MSF Agile Bug Work Item:
In addition to common attributes (Padding and Margin), every control has the following attributes:
- Type specifies how the field data will be displayed (to be discussed later)
- FieldName specifies what field is associated with the control (refname must be used)
- Label specifies user friendly descriptive text for the control (it may contain & for mnemonics)
- LabelPosition specifies how the label should be positioned relative to the control
- Dock attribute may be used to specify how (if at all) the control should fill the container
The way the data is displayed is defined by the Type specified. There are several predefined types of controls:
- FieldControl supports plain textual or numeric fields and lists of values (depending on the field it is associated with)
- HtmlFieldControl supports (optionally) rich format text, possibly multi-line
- DateTimeControl supports formatted date fields
Additionally, there are several special controls (that can be used only for specific data, and usually are displayed on dedicated tabs)
- WorkItemClassificationControl is special control used to display hierarchical AreaPath and Iteration fields values
- WorkItemLogControl displays work item history information (and it does not have associated field)
- LinksControl displays work item links information (and it does not have associated field)
- AttachmentsControl displays work item attachments (it does not have associated field as well)
With the basic information above in mind, it is easy to understand the example definition: we have Title text box taking the upper part of the form and underneath there is tab control with a single tab, hosting multi-line rich text box that fills the whole tab area.
For the limited set of UI elements available there is surprising number of customizations one can do. But what is one to do if the UI elements available do not answer the WI customization requirements? There is option to develop custom control providing for that custom logic using .NET, TFS SDK and your language of choice (though the development and deployment experience is not as basic as many would like that to be; we shall discuss it later).
This post rounds off the basics of custom Work Item templates definition syntax. Further I will try to touch upon some less explored corners and common approaches in customization.
Related posts:
- Work Item Customization: state transitions (part 3)
- Work Item Customization: conditional field behavior (part 2)
- Work Item Customization: fields definition (part 1)