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(From where I left off last) he traveled to North Carolina and first spent the evening and next morning with sweet Boho Baby Bump ( you can read her recap here). Then he traveled over and spent the next day & evening with the amazing Dear Baby ( you can read her recap here). Both of these sweet girls mean the world to me and having them involved in this makes my heart soar!
American Blogger. This week's Update.
July 02, 2013
(From where I left off last) he traveled to North Carolina and first spent the evening and next morning with sweet Boho Baby Bump ( you can read her recap here). Then he traveled over and spent the next day & evening with the amazing Dear Baby ( you can read her recap here). Both of these sweet girls mean the world to me and having them involved in this makes my heart soar!
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Thanks for the update! It's been so fun following the journey and feeling a part of it! Hugs and kisses to you and your babies xoxoxo!ReplyDeleteReplies
You are always such a sweet encourager Nat :)Delete
These pictures are great! I love that you and the interviewees are doing little recaps so we can all follow along!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much love!!! xoxoxDelete
Love following along and reading your updates Casey!!ReplyDeleteReplies
aw yay! thank you friend!!Delete
Cannot wait for the updates every day! Absolutely loving this!!ReplyDelete
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You make me smile love!!! Thank you so much!!!Delete
oooh, i really love this. so cool. and i am finding a couple blogs i did not already read. lovin' it.ReplyDeleteReplies
oh good!!! I was hoping that would happen!!!!Delete
I haven't yet commented but I am following every step of the way and read all your posts and all the pictures on Instagram. You and your family are so sweet and beautiful and I can't wait to purchase the film when it comes out! Blessings to you.ReplyDeleteReplies
oh my gosh, how sweet are you?!? THANK YOU for all your sweet words friend!!!!Delete
Ok. SIngle best decision to have Bridget included on this. DYING. So excited. :)ReplyDelete
love the update! I have loved every single time a blogger I follow posts about Chris's visit. Cannot wait to see the finished product :).ReplyDelete
I'm following you and Chris on IG, and as soon as I see who he's visiting, I start following them, too! This is so very exciting!! :) I've been thinking of and praying for all of you during his time away. Happy week to you!! :)ReplyDelete
I feel like ya'll are geniuses for coming up with this amazing idea! I am SO excited to see the final result! It has been so much fun following along and seeing all of my favorite "famous" bloggers be a part of it. I can't imagine how much you miss your husband but how very cool that he is getting to meet so many of your friends!!ReplyDelete
All I can think of is how brave each of these faces are!!!! And of course you and your family.. the sacrifice this must be! I cannot wait to see this film!ReplyDelete
This is so great! I'm so happy for you!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 3, 2013 at 2:43 AM
I have so enjoyed reading about this adventure for you and your husband! A fun, interesting and timely subject matter to explore and so encouraging to see other believers stepping out in faith to follow God as He leads!ReplyDelete
I am so excited to see the finished project. Your family is so inspirational and beautiful (inside & out). xoxo!ReplyDelete
These pictures are incredible! I'd love to be able to take photos like that...ReplyDelete
Lydia x
What a neat experience for him. I bet you and the babes miss him dearly, but how often do any of us get to experience such wonders and meet so many amazing people? Continuing to pray for his safe travels and journey back home!ReplyDelete
I love following you both on instagram and keeping up with his travels/adventures! I can't wait for it to be finished!!ReplyDelete
I'm keeping up, this is just so great and exciting. Can't wait to see the end result. Hope your doing ok with those 3 beautiful babies.ReplyDelete
so excited to see this finished product!ReplyDelete
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How exciting! Love reading your updates and keeping up with your sweet fam <3ReplyDelete
I can not wait to watch this documentary! :) So exciting!!ReplyDelete
I have been following both of your IG feeds! Love this idea! Can't wait for the finished movie!!ReplyDelete
I'm sure all your comments are the same, people saying they are excited and congrats but honestly it's so true! I love how you have so much love and support on this project!!! It's amazing and so inspiring to read along. I haven't been in blog world as much lately so I was catching up last night and was checking everything out on this project! Sending lots of love and encouragement your way! :)ReplyDelete
I love all the updates your giving! It's also such a great way for myself to discover some of these amazing women and their blogs! Can't wait to see the finished project.ReplyDelete
Casey, I just love this project! I love finding these new to me bloggers! And I'm so inspired by the way you and Chris support each other. It can't be easy to have your husband gone, but your sacrifice seems to be creating some really incredible connections all across the country.ReplyDelete
Casey, I just love this project! I'm spending a ton of my day sitting and nursing a newborn now and these new-to-me bloggers have been inspiring and helping me get through all this down time. I'm also so encouraged by the way you and Chris support each other in working on your dreams. It can't be easy having your husband gone, but your sacrifice is contributing to all of these incredible connections being made. Good job girl.ReplyDelete
This is such an interesting project and I so enjoy following along. You are such an example of a supportive wife. Good for you! Will this be televised at some point? I sure hope so!ReplyDelete
The photos are great and this is so interesting.ReplyDelete


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Dylann Roof has been described in the media as mass murderer, racist, and white supremacist, and if you read the NY Times last Saturday, he was also a brony (an adult fan of My Little Pony).
Benjamin Wareing, a blogger in Britain, said the writings are nearly identical to blog posts that Mr. Roof posted several months ago on a separate Tumblr page. Mr. Wareing was preparing to write an essay on the dangers of Tumblr and troubled youths, so he took notes on the writings.
"He just made really stupid but obvious statements about people from other races," Mr. Wareing said in an email. "He would call black citizens 'nuggets' and such. He never made direct threats at all on Tumblr, at least it didn't seem like that, just weird ramblings about how he felt he 'didn't fit in.'"
Among his writings were images of 9/11 "memes" and of "My Little Pony," Mr. Wareing said.
Unfortunately, none of that is true.
It's the fabrication of a 16-year-old aspiring journalist who wanted to test the gullibility of the NY Times. Wareing wanted to see if the Grey Lady would publish an unverified report without even a basic fact-checking, and somehow he managed to get the hoax published under the byline of a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist (whether or not Frances Robles wrote those paragraphs is another matter entirely).
Those paragraphs were only online for a few hours before being taken down, but not before they were picked up by other publications including the Boston Globe. And in any case, the damage has been done. We now know that the NY Times can be fooled just as easily as anyone else in the news industry.
I wish I could say that I was surprised, but I'm not. I've noticed over the past 5 years as a blogger that it is far too easy for an unverified rumor, unconfirmed source, or outright hoax to be published without caveat as fact.
Some of my favorite headline-making hoaxes include a phony quote attributed to French composer Maurice Jarre and used in dozens of versions of his obituary, the Xbox 720, and around half of everything published by the Daily Mail.
That publication is an epic hoaxer who should be reviled for their journalistic standard but appreciated when they reveal who is a gullible fool. As you may recall from the Bruce Willis iTunes inheritance hoax from 2012, the Daily Mail showed us that virtually every online news organization (but not this blogger) could be relied upon to repeat a juicy story without verification.
And this problem is not limited to the news industry; publishing has its own share of hoaxes. The most famous would have to be the Howard Hughes "memoir" by Clifford Irving, but that's not the only example. There's also Chris Kyle's American Sniper, which has been shown to be at least partly fabricated. There have also been several Holocaust memoirs which were later revealed to be hoaxes.
So how do you tell what's real?
I can't speak for anyone else, but here's how I work. I generally start with the assumption that an unverified story is not real, and work from there. I then ask:
- Does the story makes sense?
- Is the source credible?
- Does the source's explanation for how they got the story make sense?
- Can I verify the details elsewhere?
- Does the source understand what they are discussing, and could that have led them to misinterpret or misunderstand the story?
My system isn't perfect and it has sometimes lead me to screw up massively, but those questions are why I was the first to doubt the Willis inheritance hoax.
Those questions helped me catch the BBC in an error when they proclaimed that Amazon accounted for half of the UK's online sales, and I also used those questions to catch The Bookseller in an error when they reported that Amazon had 79% of the UK ebook market (their numbers added up to 130% of the market, so that was an easy one).
I don't always think to ask all the questions or even the right ones, but the cornerstone of my work ethic is to question everything. It has served me well, and I think that my profession would be much improved if more people adopted that attitude.
Don't you?

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The Role Of Aerial Application
For decades aerial application has been a staple in many parts of the U.S., from forests in the West to pastures in the Plains to rice fields in the South. On limited occasions aerial operators have been called to the Midwest as to serve as "firemen,� extinguishing unexpected insect outbreaks such as spider mites.
But a number of factors have fostered explosive growth in the aerial segment these past few years. The advent of new corn fungicides designed to be applied at tassel has taken aerial work to a new level, particularly in the Midwest. Plus, advances in flight technology that allow for more timely, efficient, and effective crop protection product applications have made aerial a valuable addition to – and in some cases alternative to – ground approaches.
In fact, fans such as Craig Bair, aerial SSRE manager at Wilbur-Ellis Co., could list several advantages of aerial, including the ability to treat more acres per day than ground rigs; the ability to make extensive applications in busy, narrow treatment windows, especially if weather/soil conditions are unfavorable; the absence of crop damage; and the lack of soil compaction.
Specific to corn, he says: Research has shown that fungicide applications made to corn at the VT stage by air are more effective because the product is distributed to the upper half of the plant where it's needed for better ear development.
Corn Demands, Aircraft Evolve
CropLife reported on the corn phenom four years ago, as retailers scrambled to secure pilots to treat corn with the new strobilurin fungicides. This market has only grown since then. The products provide strong protection against disease, but they also have proved to generate a "plant health� benefit that give yields a decided bump.
That boost has now been widely documented, though exact figures may vary by region and disease pressure. Dr. Scott Bretthauer, pesticide safety extension specialist with the University of Illinois, conducted a study that recorded a yield increase of 18.6 bushels per acre with an aerial application of fungicides. BASF's latest product HeadlineAMP, for instance, is showing average increases of 12.8 bushels, reports Dr. Gary Fellows, tech service fungicide and seed treatment. Ag retailer Mike Carrell at Ceres LLP, Wingate, IN, has customers adding 7-10 bushels per acre. Bottom line: Growers have increasingly become believers in these products and are requesting aerial service, often through their retailers.
Advances in aircraft have also fueled aerial application popularity. "For all intents and purposes, planes are twice as big as they were,� says Tony Goede, aerial manager with BASF. The most common planes in use today are powered by a turbine engine, cut huge swaths across fields, and carry 400 to 500 gallons of product. In fact, Air Tractor Inc. has a 1000-gallon plane in development that, though targeted for firefighting, may be popular with its aerial application customers who currently own the company's 800-gallon aircraft.
The move to these larger turbine planes has not only added power for longer hours and bigger jobs, the craft have proven to be more reliable and need less maintenance than the previously used piston planes, says Jim Hirsch, president of Air Tractor.
"By moving into one or two larger aircraft instead of several smaller ones, operators are able to become more efficient and reduce overhead,� says Hirsch. Some pilots we talked with still use the smaller Cessna-type planes that have capacities of 160 gallons. They're still plenty effective, particularly for manuevering in smaller fields.
In addition to turbine technology, planes now offer more advanced boom construction and placement, nozzle design, and flow controls. These upgrades make for more accurate applications, but the new flow controls in particular mean that pilots don't need to work as hard in the airplane to keep their speed constant across the field, says Steve Benoit, owner of Benoit Aerial Spraying, Kankakee, IL.
As in ground work, GPS has been a great boon for aerial application, with 99% of pilots now using it for navigation, according to National Agricultural Aviation Association's (NAAA) 2012 survey.
The past few years have also brought a host of advances in mapping software, the most notable being the ability to tie orders to georeferenced fields. Operators can create job maps in their offices more easily, then download them onto memory sticks for pilots to load in the computer in the cockpit. Benoit appreciates the ability to now receive these application jobs via e-mail – jobs that fertilizer dealers he partners with have booked with growers.
One powerful new resource is AgSync, a web-based Internet hub that many Midwest retailers and aerial firms now use for order management. After securing a job order the company transmits it, connecting GPS systems on planes with computers at the office; on the backside of an application, the system creates as-applied maps. Goede reports that more than 600 retail locations are utilizing the service, with more than 40 aerial applicators linked in.
Experts we spoke with see a continuing bright future for aerial in part because this is a good time for agriculture products globally. Andrew Moore, executive director of NAAA, points out that growing populations and middle classes are demanding meat daily, with the accompanying demand for corn. He says growers are more likely to use yield aids such as corn fungicides, applied by air, when commodity prices are up.
In addition, chemical manufacturers are developing ways to keep the aerial market intact and the growth consistent, says Goede. They continue to come out with new fungicides and more product labels that include aerial directions. Plus, new herbicides are coming available for aerial application, particularly in Western states.


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I just finished this course on Material Behavior on Coursera and I can say that it was a great experience. If you want to freshen up on your materials knowledge or you are currently studying this and want a different perspective,
Material hardness tests
Wikipedia describes hardness as: "…a measure of how resistant solid matter is to various kinds of permanent shape change when a compressive force is applied. Some materials (e.g. metals) are harder than others (e.g. plastics). Macroscopic hardness is generally characterized


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Texan Sets New World Record
Texas wins again! This time however, the distinction is rather dubious because one lucky canine tops the list by achieving a Guiness World Record.
While most of our pets make us go "awww" with their innocent eyes, this dog on the other hand may freak you out a bit. Meet four-year-old Boston Terrier, Bruschi, who has just been given the Guinness World Record for "dog with the largest eyes" — an eye-popping 1.1 inches in diameter.
Named after former New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi, the dog was found by owner Victoria Reed three years ago while working at Operation Kindness, a rescue center near Arlington, TX. "I had another Boston Terrier, but I saw him and he jumped up in my arms and wouldn't leave," she said.
Reed didn't really notice Bruschi's large eyes at first as Boston Terriers normally do have such eyes. But after friends, family and even the vet commented on how big they are, Reed made an application for a Guinness World Record, which Bruschi quickly won. And according to some trivia posted on the Guinness World Records page, Reed claims Bruschi loves to play dress up and has "an overflowing bucket full of different outfits in his home".
See proof of Bruschi's world record holding eyes below.


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BAMBARI, Central African Republic — French forces in Central African Republic fired mortars and exchanged sustained gunfire Saturday with Muslim rebels who controlled the country until earlier this year.
The substantial engagement by the French in the central town of Bambari included targeting and destroying a rebel vehicle by firing on it from a Gazelle helicopter.
French forces fired warning shots and mortars as two rebel vehicles approached a bridge in the town, said a French military officer on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press.
The rebel forces maintain the French forces overreacted, saying they had only crossed the bridge to relieve a small unit they had at a checkpoint down the road.
Many local residents had earlier demonstrated against the French forces and blocked the bridge to prevent them from passing.
The alliance of rebel groups known as Seleka was forced from power in January nearly a year after its fighters overthrew the president. Christian militias have said they are seeking revenge for atrocities committed during Seleka's rule. The sectarian violence has left thousands dead and forced nearly 1 million people to flee their homes.
The exchange Saturday shows that former Seleka rebels, who have been in disarray since they were forced from power, have not been defeated and may be gaining strength. Hundreds of the Muslim fighters had gathered more than two weeks ago to choose Gen. Joseph Zindeko as their new leader. He was once a commander of a rebel base in the capital, Bangui. At that time, the rebels said they intended to create a political wing so they can participate in reconciliation talks.
Around 2,000 French troops and nearly 5,000 African peacekeepers are trying to stabilize Central African Republic, a country about the size of Texas. Last month, the U.N. Security Council authorized a nearly 12,000-strong peacekeeping force to bolster the troops already in the country to protect civilians, though the U.N. force is not expected to be operational until September.


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Both the Ottawa Press Gallery and the Prime Minister's Office need to take a step back from their standoff over where Stephen Harper holds his news conferences, and who controls the questions.
There are other flares, such as ministers being muzzled, a lid on announcements, whether cabinet meetings are announced in advance, and even whether reporters can stand outside the cabinet room as members come out.
One side calls it is a gag order, the other calls it message discipline. They're both right about that.
It doesn't look good on either side. The gallery look churlish, like a bunch of spoiled kids. Harper looks like a control freak, micro-managing process.
The PM's communications director, Sandra Buckler, had a meeting with the gallery last week to try to sort things through, but when she and her staff got there, there was a microphone on the table. The meeting would be taped, a transcript released, meaning it would be on the Internet.
That was Buckler's moment to push back from the table, and wish everyone a nice day. Instead, she decided to stay, and the exchange - principally among herself and gallery executives Emmanuelle Latraverse and Stephanie Rubic - reads like a fight in the ladies' washroom.
At the end of the terse conversation, Latraverse complains of reporters having to leave voice mails at the PM's press office in the middle of the day, and Buckler points out it's a busy place. "OK, whatever," Latraverse replies. Buckler retorts: "Oh, hey, that's nice."
At which point the conversation, mercifully, ended. "I've enjoyed our chat," Buckler said, scoring one on the way out.
What did both sides accomplish? Nothing. Both could use a little seasoning in the art of the Canadian compromise.
Here's the deal. Harper likes to meet the press standing up at his podium in the foyer of the House of Commons. He's more comfortable, and more in command, than he would be sitting down in front of flags and a drab blue backdrop in the National Press Theatre, a setting badly in need of a makeover. Harper has offered to go to the theatre on occasion provided the media give him a podium. But he prefers the lobby of the House because it's just down from his office in the Centre Block, because he's standing up, and because the visuals are much better, and quite striking when the doors of the House are open with the speaker's chair as a backdrop.
One of his press assistants also stands at a side microphone and selects which reporters ask questions. And this is a real point of contention with the gallery because as Latraverse acknowledged, they like to be in control of who asks questions.
Which, from the PMO's perspective, is one more reason to give Harper home ice advantage.
At the White House, the press theatre is just down the hall from the Oval Office. And when the president holds occasional newsers there, or in the more formal East Room with foreign leaders, he selects the lucky reporters himself, beginning with the main wire services and networks. It is the same at Downing St. in London - news conferences are at No. 10, and Tony Blair chooses the questioners himself.
The truth is, there isn't anyone outside a four-block radius of downtown Ottawa who cares who chooses the questioners, so long as the questions are asked. And it doesn't matter where the microphone is, so long as there is one.
And this is where the compromise looms - the gallery should agree to have press conferences in the foyer, and Harper should agree to let the gallery manage the questions. That way, when reporters are annoyed at being overlooked or ignored, they could complain to their colleagues, not the PMO.
While Harper has put his ministers on a short leash, at least until they learn their files, the prime minister himself has been available on a weekly basis, and sometimes more frequently, in the seven weeks since he took office. He's had more formal media availabilities in Ottawa in less than two months than Paul Martin had in the previous year. On Tuesday, he met reporters in the foyer, and took 19 questions, including supplementaries.
He answered questions about the NAFTA summit, softwood lumber, Kyoto, the election in Belarus and whether the cabinet was meeting in secret.
Cabinet meetings are always secret, but the fact that there is a meeting is within the public domain, and the media are always told. They weren't notified of this meeting, and they are right to dig in their heels over that.
But things got out of hand this week when a CBC television reporter, renowned for her pit-bull journalism, banged on the door of Harper's Centre Block office, demanding admission to a photo op with young cancer survivors.
Journalism, a colleague once observed, is the only profession in which anti-social behaviour is not only tolerated, but encouraged.


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Set up and preview your next shot before it goes live, including any titles and overlays to be applied.
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View the primary video output signal being broadcast, streamed, projected and/or recorded.
- DDRs
Load and playback video clips, packages and motion graphics. TriCaster 8000 offers native support for an extensive range of file formats, allowing you to work with essentially any media asset you're given.
- Graphics
Display images, apply titles or present static graphics. Choose and edit templates in a variety of styles and designs, or import your own graphics for a custom-branded live production.
- Frame Buffer
Store any image, title or graphic as a selectable source, or dedicate the frame buffer channel to a shareable watch folder for updating assets remotely, using any preferred graphic design application.
- M/E Buses
Mix multi-source compositions or create complex video effects, and configure for output to the main switcher, any overlay channel, input into another M/E bus, or as an alternative recording mix. TriCaster 8000 features eight M/E buses, each a complete switcher with independent keying and positioning effects per selected source, four layers of overlay, the powerful TransWarp effects engine, and presets. M/E buses also support 3D video production, real-time motion tracking, macro hotspots, and live virtual sets.
- M/E Re-Entry
Create sophisticated, layered effects for virtually any application. Every switcher channel is available as a source for an M/E bus, including other M/Es, allowing for incredibly deep and complex effects operations.
- Live Virtual Sets
Up the production value of any presentation with a multi-source virtual set, complete with real-time reflections and specular highlights. TriCaster 8000 includes 24 HD virtual sets in a variety of styles and settings, each with multiple angles, customizable pan, zoom and pedestal animations, and support for motion tracking and hotspots.
- M/E Effects
Apply titles, graphics and spectacular effects to M/E compositions. Each M/E bus is equipped with four, fully configurable overlays, each with independent keying, positioning effects, transition controls and support for TransWarp effects.
- Live Production Switcher
Control productions of any scale, in all resolutions up to 1080p. Integrate multiple cameras, video feeds, media sources, graphics, transitions and effects without any extra hardware or external devices.
- TransWarp Effects
Supported on every available effects channel, the TransWarp effects engine is simply the most powerful integrated effects system in live production. TriCaster 8000 electrifies live video, DSKs and overlays with full-color animation store transitions, complete with embedded audio and 3D warping of video. The integrated Animation Store Creator application also allows you to build custom transitions and effects, with eye-catching visuals like real-time cloth dynamics, 3D transformations, and motion overlays.
- Switcher Effects
Apply titles, graphics and spectacular effects to live video. The switcher supports dynamic TransWarp effects on the primary video layer, and on each of the four, fully configurable DSKs. Each DSK also includes independent keying, positioning effects and transition controls.
- Multi-Channel Audio Mixer
Deliver pristine sound with adjustable audio controls for internal and external sources, plus outputs, including audio-follows-video, sub-mix routing, and a seven-band equalizer and compressor/limiter on every source and output. Touchscreen and tactile remote control are also in the mix, via the companion iPad audio mixing app and native support for Avid Artist Series audio control surfaces.
- Media
Load video clips, motion graphics, sounds, titles and stills of virtually any file format for live playback or overlay. Build playlists before or during a show, and save frequently used video and graphics collections as presets.
|Switcher Channels
|24 10 external, 6 internal, 8 M/E buses
|Video Input
|8 simultaneous live video sources, configurable as SDI, analog or router inputs, in any combination of HD-SDI, HD Component, SD-SDI, SD Component, Y/C (BNC) or Composite connections and resolutions
|Network Sources
|2 live sources via Gigabit connection, selectable from any networked computer or Apple AirPlay device
|6 integrated digital media sources for video, graphics and sounds
|Frame Buffer
|9 channels for static graphics or watch folder
|Mix/Effect Buses (M/E)
|8 re-entrant M/Es with independent 3D positioning, scaling, cropping, keying, transitions and Proc Amp controls
|Record operation sequences and attach to keyboard shortcuts, control surface actions or on-screen hotspots
|4 primary DSK channels and 4 layers of overlay per M/E bus, each with independent transition controls, 3D positioning, scaling, cropping and integrated TransWarp effects
|Effects and Transitions
|Integrated TransWarp effects engine on all effects channels supports standard transitions, customizable animation store transitions with audio, and overlay effects
|Virtual Sets
|24 HD live virtual sets, with presets, multiple camera angles, real-time reflections, and specular highlights
|Up to 8 freely configurable, interactive hotspots per input
|Video Output
|Up to 14 configurable connections and 8 A/V output signals
|Multi-track, multi-format recording of up to 8 simultaneous channels via IsoCorder technology
|Recording Capacity
|~ 50 hours 1080i or ~ 300 hours 480i
4 trayless SATA III removable drive bays with hot-swap support for unlimited storage and backup
|Social Media Publishing
|Integrated application for content upload to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, FTP or network servers
|Live Streaming
|HD live streaming via Gigabit connection, with presets in up to 720p, supporting most common streaming profiles and custom multi-bitrate streaming profiles, configured via browser based plug-ins, Adobe Flash to Flash media server connections or Microsoft Windows Media Push/Pull
|Audio Inputs
|8 SDI Embedded
8 x 2 Balanced XLR (Mic/Line)
Phantom Power Support
|Audio Outputs
|3 SDI Embedded
4 Balanced XLR
4 Balanced XLR (AUX)
1 Stereo 1/4in (phones
|Audio Mixing
|Integrated multi-channel audio mixer for internal and external audio sources, outputs, stream and headphones
|Supported Formats
|NTSC: 1080/30p, 1080/24p, 1080/60i, 720/60p, 720/30p, 720/24p, 480/60i
Multi-Standard: NTSC-J; PAL 1080/25p, 1080/50i, 720/50p, 720/25p, 576/25i
|Playback Media Formats
|AVI, DV, DVCPro, DVCProHD, FLV, F4V, H.263, H.264, MOV, MKV, MJPEG, MPEG (1, 2, all profiles, program or transport streams), MP4, WMV, WebM, PSD, PNG, TGA, BMP, JPEG, EXR, RAW, TIF, AIFF, MP3, WAV, and more, with Import Media application for batch import with optional transcoding of files (including Apple ProRes)
|Export Media Formats
|Export media application for batch copying with optional transcoding of files to compatible formats for different applications and devices: AVI, DV, DVCPro, DVD, H.264, MOV, MPEG-2, MJPEG, MP4, WebM and more
|Freely configurable for any combination of input sources, program, preview, M/E buses, clocks or images
|Signal Monitoring
|Integrated Waveform and Vectorscope, full field rate with color preview and support for ITU-R Rec. 601 and 709
|Video: 4:4:4:4, 32-bit Floating Point
Audio: 4 channels, 96 kHz, 32-bit Floating Point
|4U Rack Mount, with 550W redundant, removable power supply and multi-tiered hardware and software fail-safe
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PREP NOTEBOOK / NorCal champs don't rebuild, they reload
Don't send any condolence cards or hankies to Riordan High of San Francisco's Rich Forslund or Marin Catholic of Kentfield's Rick DeMartini just yet. The basketball coaches for the Bay Area's only defending state champions are doing just fine even after graduating a boatload of talent, including The Chronicle's 2001-02 players of the year, Marquise Kately and Brooke Smith. Enter Dior Lowhorn and Casey Lockwood.
Lowhorn, a 6-foot-5 transfer from San Francisco's International Studies Academy, broke a school scoring record last week while leading Riordan (5-1) to the championship of the Burlingame Tournament.
Lowhorn, a second-team all-AAA player as a freshman, scored 48 points and grabbed 19 rebounds in a 86-81 first-round overtime win over Burton on Thursday. He made 20 of 33 shots, including two 3-pointers while breaking the 1990 mark of 41 set by Dwayne Fontana.
Considering the history of Riordan basketball and former players like Kevin Restani (USF, NBA), Fontana (Arizona State), Jaha Wilson (USC) and Kately, Lowhorn's performance opened eyes.
"When they told me he had 48, I couldn't believe it," Forslund said. The Riordan coach said Lowhorn's offensive game might be ahead of that of Kately, a 6-5 swingman who has committed to Cal but now attends prep school.
Riordan lost four other starters including 6-6 post John Tofi, who is starting at UTEP.
"(Lowhorn) is long and active and a big-time rebounder," Forslund said. "He's not as explosive or athletic as Marquise, but his offensive tools may be a little more polished."
He had 11 rebounds and 16 points in the 40-36 championship game win over Burlingame on Saturday and is averaging just under 30 points and 14 rebounds per game. We repeat: Lowhorn is a sophomore.
"Sky is the limit for this kid," Forslund said.
Lockwood, a polished 6-foot forward, is averaging 26 points per game for the Wildcats who are 3-2 against some of Northern California's best competition. Not bad considering they lost all five starters, including the 6- 3 Smith, who is getting considerable playing time for top-ranked Duke. The other four graduates also are in Division I programs, which is exactly where Lockwood is heading if she continues to thrive.
Consider these outings against Metro Area ranked teams: 27 points vs. No. 11 St. Ignatius of San Francisco; 27 points vs. No. 2 Piedmont; 22 points vs. No. 5 Ursuline of Santa Rosa; 21 points vs. No. 8 Sacred Heart Cathedral.
"She's shooting 3s, she's penetrating, she's playing out of her mind," DeMartini said. "She was a very good player for us last year, but now she's showing just how dominate she can be."
LIGHTS OUT: If you want big numbers, check out a Mission of San Francisco's boys games. Senior guard Bret Rubin, who already has committed to USF, scored 126 points in a three-game Berkeley Tournament over the weekend, including 55 in a 97-76 first-round loss to Jesse Bethel of Vallejo.
The 6-footer drilled 21 of 29 field-goal attempts, including 5-for-8 on 3- pointers. He was also 8-for-8 from the line. Rubin's father Bret Rubin Sr., the team's coach, doesn't believe the outburst was a school record. He starred for Mission back in the early '80s.
"A kid named Kenny Kent scored 63 in a game back in the day," the elder Rubin said. Asked what he's been feeding his son, Rubin Sr. said nothing new.
"He's just worked extra hard at his game," the coach said. "His cousin is (NBA player and former Pepperdine star) Brandon Armstrong and he's got a couple other relatives who played in college. He played against them all over the summer and it's paid off."
Mission (2-4) hasn't shared in its star guard's success. The team lost all three games at the tournament.


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BID ACCEPTED For Subotic, Medical Booked For Wednesday
According to German tabloids, North London club Arsenal has won the race to secure the signing of Serbian international defender Neven Subotic from Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund this summer.
Arsenal has been heavily linked with top attacking players all summer, but the Arsenal manger is set to surprise Arsenal fans with the imminent signing of Serbia International defender Neven Subotic.
German media outlet Express report that the Emirate club is on the verge of signing the Dortmund star defender as repots have it that the Bundesliga club have accepted Arsenal's bid believed to be around £12m.
Should Arsenal eventually complete this signing, Subotic will be expected to be a direct replacement for ageing Germany international central defender Per Mertesacker who has just a year left in his current contract at the North London club
Last week, German paper Bild reported that Subotic was permitted to leave training on Friday to discuss transfer terms with suitors, in a bid to move away from Dortmund.
The same publication also indicated that the Gunners are now in pole position to sign the Serbian, who moved joined Dortmund in 2008 in a £ 3.8 million deal.


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Federal Work Study (FWS) awarded in your financial aid package during the academic year does not carry over into the summer employment term. As such, you would need to separately apply for federal work study for the summer. Please see the information below regarding how to apply – based on your intended place of summer employment.
On Campus Employer:
If you are intending to work in a paid position for an on-campus employer; you will not be enrolled in 6 or more credits Summer Session Courses; you had applied for and been reviewed for financial aid for Spring 2019; and you were registered full time for Spring 2019 and intend to register full time for the Fall 2019 term, then you would want to complete the Summer 2019 On-Campus Federal Work Study Application. If you will be enrolled in 6 or more credits, then you would need to complete the Summer Session Aid Application.
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Supports the Client Engagement Center (CEC) and customer experience by providing superior customer service to clients using critical thinking skills and resources provided. Accurately creates necessary tasks for follow up and resolution. Steps in and acts in all functions (order management, product flow, usage, and credits) on the CEC team as needed and as instructed. Acts as primary customer point of contact in a manner that maximizes Customer satisfaction.
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3. Handles all incoming issues and either resolves them or assigns tasks to the appropriate team within the Client Engagement Center or other internal O&M team, using smart customer-focused decision making skills; forwards all non-essential duties to the appropriate support desks (backorders, drop ships, credits).
4. Follows up on all outstanding tasks to ensure completion and provides updates to customer as needed.
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Greatschools.org is a site I use and recommend to clients and customers to research the school districts they are thinking of moving to. Giving each school in the district a numerical ranking from 1 to 10 seems to level the playing field and helps searchers compare apples to apples. The site will allow you to compare along differing parameters as well.
As you know, your Realtor cannot comment specifically on a school district as it easily becomes a fair housing issue. That is why I won't (and can't) answer the question "How are the schools there?". I will direct you to Greatschools.org and suggest you research what is important to you in your school district.
There is one other thing I will humbly suggest with respect to school district. Depending on budgets, school boards, and local politics, the status of a district is very dynamic. The underlying theme of a mission can change pretty quickly due to many factors. In my own school district, which I won't name, there was a front page article last week stating that while enrollment was down, and had been for years, our school budgets have been climbing egregiously for those same years. Now I know it's not linear and enrollment and budget aren't linked at the hip, there were some pretty valid arguments both for and against a neverending tax bite due to school budget. What are your thoughts on the subject?
When I moved to my school district, our choice was absolutely driven by the schools. And I still hear that argument now from buyers looking in my neighborhood. And I am in no way denigrating our public schools. What I am suggesting is that perhaps all the information cannot be gleaned from clicking around on a website.
I have more thoughts on this; hit me up for more ideas on how maybe you can save some money by buying in an up and coming school district.
Greatschools.org is a great place to start your research though.


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MP 12th Class Board released MPBSE HSC Exam Date Sheet 2017 for exams scheduled in the month of March, 2017. Time Table for Higher Secondary Education (+2) is available to download from Madya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education official website www.mpbse.nic.in. All the candidates who are searching for the above exam ...Read More »
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People often go to a gym or fitness center to exercise, but it is also a place to meet people and socialize with new friends. In this conversation, a man meets a woman at a health club. He wants to find out more about her, but he has a big problem. What kinds of appropriate questions can people ask when they meet new people for the first time? What questions are NOT okay to ask?
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A man has come forward to speak to police after a toddler was assaulted on a train in Edinburgh.
British Transport Police had released a CCTV image of a man officers wanted to speak to in connection with the assault against the young child.
The alleged incident took place on the 4pm Edinburgh Waverley to Peterborough service on Sunday 12 February 2017.
Following the appeal, a man has come forward to speak to police.
A British Transport Police spokesperson said: "We would like to thank the media and public for their assistance in sharing the appeal."


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And so we find ourselves back in the Woy, NSW, and I'm starting think this is becoming quite the groovy place to be. Two organisations seem to be contributing mightily to Woy Woy's foodie ascendancy – the Gnostic 'empire' and The Fisherman's Wharf.
It's the latter spearheading Cast Off!, on its second outing for highlighting sustainability in the region. Especially, naturally enough, of fish. But also, importantly from my point of view, obviously, as it's an Australian do – beer, wine and cider.
Spread out all along the wharf at Woy Woy, and across into Fisherman's Wharf itself, on a bright and sunny Autumn day, the rows of cheerful stalls ran, mostly representing local produce and enterprises, as well as one or two from further afield.
I was surprised to see that New Zealand had a showing from Cloudy Bay Clams, selling what looked like a seafood curry in a giant paella tray:
The 'Malaysian sauce' didn't taste that authentic to me, but I can't argue that the seafood – mussels, prawns and two distinctly different types of clam – wasn't pretty damn tasty. They insisted this was still sustainable seafood, despite being flown across to Oz, vacuum packed. Well, if they say so.
Other seafood offerings from further afield included some lovely, tender octopus all the way from Fremantle, served up by Avoca locals bombini:
Contented customers wallowed nearby in gaily striped deck chairs, soaking up the sun and possibly the cocktails from this chap, of Bar Toto, Ettalong, fame:
Though we noticed another bar from Ettalong mixing up the drinks nearby, from Gusto. No wonder everyone looked so relaxed.
Whilst on the subject of drinking for relaxment (do believe that's a new word, there; you're welcome) we are lucky enough to have not one, but two, artisan breweries on this bit of the Central Coast. The rather fabulous six strings, of Erina, who've gone down the canning route (flying in the face of fashion there) and relative newcomers Block'n'Tackle, who prefer to encourage reusable mini kegs and bottles.
No surprise then perhaps that after all that booze, and watching of bands, we were feeling a tad fuzzy…
Happily there was more food; the fish tacos were good, though very wee, which probably explains why there were orders coming through of half a dozen at a time. Bit steep at $5 a pop I thought but hey ho, I'm notoriously stingy.
Plenty of other options available mind; loads of fish including albacore tuna, swordfish, paella, fish & chips, pippies and pasta, fish burgers, and many more. Coffee boost from the lovely rustic looking All Ears:
There were take home options too, with Six String Lemonade and Coastie Ale, jars and spice mixes, and gluten free from the No Bull Food Co:
In the desserts corner were ice creams, churros, margarita slushies (that counts as dessert, surely?) and the rather splendid Fat Meringue, which I obviously made a beeline for. Miso ginger meringues!
So excited was I, I almost forgot to pay. I l loved the caramel syringe – as if there was ever any chance of not eating every last sugary drop – it was still fun to inject through the crunchy outer shell.
For those bored with eating and drinking sustainably, there were cooking demonstrations lined up all afternoon long from a variety of chaps; Matt Kemp while we were wandering past, plus an information section with advice about sustainable local (Hawkesbury) fishing, just for the look of it, you know.
Finally, sated by the all afternoon nibbling, we headed round the craft and goodies stalls, checking out the lovely plants and homewares:
This sort of do is a real plus for the area, well organised and well 'stocked' with quality vendors. Go The Woy!


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Fashion Shower
YOU may have heard Anna Dello Russo has turned singer, but now you can watch her debut single via YouTube.
The Vogue Japan editor-at-large has teamed up with Milan's Radio Deejay to create a short dance track, named Fashion Shower. Wearing a Mark Fast tie-dye fringed minidress and heeled lace-up boots, Dello Russo can be heard singing the track's rap segment, accompanied by enthusiastic dance moves.
"Fashion is always uncomfortable," she sings. "When you get comfortable, you never get the look. You need a fashion shower, you need a fashion shower."
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I have learned never to trust the narrators in Minette Walters's subtle psychological mysteries. These complex characters can be cunning, deceitful, even mad -- which is exactly what makes them such absorbing company. M. Ranelagh, the English schoolteacher who tells her harrowing tale in THE SHAPE OF SNAKES (Putnam, $24.95) with the help of newspaper clippings, police reports, personal letters, photos and other records, openly admits to being manipulative, and for much of the story Walters keeps us mystified about her motives.
One thing we know for sure about Mrs. Ranelagh: she was traumatized in 1978 by the violent death of a London neighbor who suffered from Tourette's syndrome. ''I could never decide whether 'Mad Annie' was murdered because she was mad or because she was black,'' she says. But the cruel nature of the woman's death and the torments she endured from prejudiced neighbors have haunted Mrs. Ranelagh for 20 years. And now it is time for the reckoning. Although the narrator obviously has a hidden agenda, the master manipulator here is Walters, whose commanding control over her inflammatory material -- and her readers -- distracts the eye from potential murder suspects and directs the mind to the everyday acts of casual inhumanity that are the real issue.
If the excitable characters who keep breaking into Stephanie Plum's apartment in SEVEN UP (St. Martin's, $24.95) were speaking French, you'd swear you were in a Feydeau farce. O.K., so Trenton is a long way from Paris, and these lowlife housebreakers can barely talk English. But in terms of style, Janet Evanovich's madcap comic mystery is pure, classic farce -- Jersey Girl style.
''We don't do perky in Jersey,'' brags Stephanie, a flamboyant, if inept, bounty hunter who invites these home invasions when she puts aside her qualms about Eddie DeChooch (''He's old, and he kills people, and he's dating my grandmother'') and tries to bring him in. Although Choochy, who is nearly deaf, legally blind and clinically depressed, is driving a flashy white Cadillac, the decrepit mobster keeps eluding Stephanie, generating mayhem throughout the neighborhood. In the middle of all the chaos, which includes a brawl in Slumber Room No. 1 at Stiva's Funeral Parlor and a free-for-all wrestling match at the Snake Pit, Stephanie manages to total another car (this year's victim is a black Honda CR-V, and its replacement is a Harley-Davidson FXDL Dyna Low Rider with custom green flames) and get herself ''sort of engaged'' to her hunk of a boyfriend. We thought you'd like to know.
Jack Reacher may take his status as a lone-wolf noir hero a bit too seriously -- this is a guy who has no fixed abode, travels with only the clothes on his back and runs outside the law -- but in Lee Child's ECHO BURNING (Putnam, $24.95) he proves a good man to have around when you're frightened and helpless and in desperate need of someone to kill your husband. Reacher is hitching a ride in Lubbock, Tex., when the Mexican wife of a sadistic landowner picks him up and gets his macho dander up with an ugly tale of physical abuse and mental torture. Although he refuses to play hit man for Carmen Greer, he agrees to hang around the family spread, keep the nasty in-laws at bay and see what happens when her husband gets out of prison for tax evasion. But things go wrong, and soon Reacher is looking for a criminal lawyer.
Child uses the forbidding landscape of West Texas -- the cruel heat, the lonely sky, the empty spaces -- as both a metaphor for Carmen's sense of desolation and an excuse for Reacher's pragmatic brutality. But Child writes with more than his knuckles. His words are spare, but well chosen; the action is violent, but well calculated; and the ingenuity of the plot is especially well suited to a cool character like Reacher, who always thinks before he strikes.
The small-town cops in Elizabeth Gunn's precision-tooled procedurals are in for another paralyzing Minnesota winter when SIX-POUND WALLEYE (Walker, $23.95) opens. Jake Hines and his colleagues on the Rutherford police force are fighting off a collective case of seasonal affective disorder (known locally as ''late-winter funk'') when the call comes in that a 7-year-old boy has collapsed while waiting for the school bus. That same morning, the hockey team gets into a brawl that sends one kid to the hospital. Meanwhile, some concerned citizen has filed a report about a stolen dog. Gunn works the procedures for these seemingly mundane incidents with the meticulous detail more commonly applied to major crimes. But the lesson we learn from her methodical technique is that in a small town all crimes are major. Even if they don't escalate into a potential disaster like the one here, they often tell us something about who we are and what we may be becoming.Continue reading the main story
Here's a list of what you need for a cozy mystery: a quaint B & B in the New England countryside; a chef's secret recipes; a frisky dog and a sly cat; an obtuse police chief; an annoying little girl; a houseful of Nosy Parker guests; a golden couple so ''clean, fresh, young, carefree'' you'd love to strangle them yourself; and a murderer. And here's a list of what you need to turn this formula whodunit into a whimsical parody of itself: Stanley Hastings, the woebegone private eye who is forever making a silly spectacle of himself in an unconventional series by Parnell Hall. COZY (Otto Penzler/Carroll & Graf, $25) finds Stanley on vacation with his acidic-tempered wife, Alice (who is always giving him ''a look'' and saying things like ''Don't start with me''), when a pretty flirt is poisoned during dinner at their inn, and the police rush to arrest a woman who is too good to her dog to be guilty. Applying his peculiar brand of twisted logic to the case, Stanley has some droll exchanges with a literal-minded cop and catches the killer with a trick worthy of Miss Marple.Continue reading the main story


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SHAWINIGAN, QUE.—The London Knights and Shawinigan Cataractes will be coming from opposite directions when they collide in the final of the Memorial Cup.
The Ontario Hockey League champion Knights have been off since Tuesday, as they clinched a bye to the final by finishing first in the round-robin portion of the four-team tournament.
The host Cataractes took the long route, finishing last in the round robin but then winning the tiebreaker game against the Western Hockey League champion Edmonton Oil Kings and dethroning the defending champion Saint John Sea Dogs in the semifinal.
The Knights (2-1) and Cataractes (3-2) will clash Sunday night in the final in front of the raucous Shawinigan fans at the Bionest Centre.
The question to be answered is whether the Knights have the advantage of being rested or the Cataractes are favoured for taking momentum into the decisive game.
"I guess we'll have to wait and see," was all Cataractes defenceman Morgan Ellis would say.
The main advantage could be home ice, where a veteran Shawinigan side seems to feed off the deafening noise from their fans, which could be intimidating for a mostly younger London team.
"The building's always really loud and it definitely helps," said Shawinigan rearguard Brandon Gormley, the Phoenix Coyotes prospect who has been one of the stars of the tournament with nine points in five games.
The Cataractes also have confidence from having handed London its only loss of the tournament, a 6-2 thrashing on May 20 in which Gormley had two goals and an assist.
"We'll have to play good defence and we need our forwards playing good sound hockey and our goalie playing well," said Knights coach Mark Hunter.
The Knights have succeeded with a defence-first game and strong counterattacking from top forwards like Seth Griffith and Vladislav Namestnikov.
Their specialty is shot blocking, particularly from veteran centre Austin Watson — who is also their scoring leader thus far with four points in three games — and the top defence duo of Jarred Tinordi and Scott Harrington. Watson's linemates, the pesky twins Matt and Ryan Rupert, should also be a factor.
A problem is that Shawinigan's defence aces, Ellis and Gormley, have been particularly effective at getting shots through to the net for forwards to tip in or score on rebounds. Both prefer the well-placed wrist shot to the big slapper from the point.
"It's so hard to score in today's game," Gormley said. "Guys are blocking shots and collapsing down low.
"Any way we can get pucks to the net and keep them in at the blue line, it benefits our forwards."
The game-winner that sank the Sea Dogs on Friday night was a case in point, as Ellis slipped a shot through that Yannick Veilleux tipped past goalie Mathieu Corbeil to break a 4-4 tie.
It was the Cataractes' third game in as many nights and dispelled any notion that fatigue would be a factor.
Hunter welcomed the break because his team had been through a long season and playoff drive that culminated with their victory in five games over Niagara in the OHL final.
Shawinigan finished second to Saint John in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League regular season, but then were upset in seven games in the second round by Chicoutimi. That left them a 31-day break before the Memorial Cup, although they didn't sit idle.
Coach Eric Veilleux put his team through a punishing schedule of practices and off-ice workouts to get them into top shape in body and mind.
"We had a chance to talk during that month," said Veilleux. "Many things were addressed.
"When you go through adversity, you pretty much know the reasons why. I don't want to call it an accident, but we lost Game 7, which we weren't really planning on. The right things were said. You find solutions. They were clearly understood before this tournament and that's what we're seeing right now."
Now Shawinigan has a chance to be only the second team to win the Memorial Cup after having to play in a tiebreaker game. The first was also in Quebec in 2009 in Rimouski, where the Windsor Spitfires lost their first two games and then ran the table.
The final will be Shawinigan's fourth game in five nights and their sixth in 10. It will be London's fourth in 10 days.
"They look prepared, physically and mentally," said Hunter. "They're an older team, not depending on 17-year-olds. That helps."
Another factor is goaltending, where Shawinigan veteran Gabriel Girard has been solid while London's Michael Houser has been surprisingly off his game. Girard has been the starter since the Cataractes' second game after Alex Dubeau took the loss in the tournament opener against Edmonton.
He has posted a 2.50 goals-against average and .917 save percentage in four starts.
Houser was named the outstanding player of the OHL this season after tying a league record with 46 wins and posting a 2.47 GAA. But at the Memorial Cup, he has let in some soft ones. His average is 3.03 and his save percentage a weak .885.
But history favours London.
The Cataractes are a founding member of the QMJHL but have never won a Memorial Cup. The Knights are seeking their second in seven years, both with brothers Dale and Mark Hunter running the club.
They had a veteran, star-studded team in 2005 that included winger Corey Perry and won the event on home ice.
Dale Hunter was the coach then with Mark as general manager, but the roles are reversed after Dale took time out to coach the Washington Capitals this season.
Mark said the brothers have evolved since their first title.
"We're calmer than we were then," he said. "We know it won't help them if we're too wound up.
"They have to do it on the ice. We're just here to help them along. We don't want them too tight. It's going to be a game with a lot of emotion. And too much emotion is no good either."


text: Digital Visitors Say the 9/11 Museum's Depiction of Islam Needs Revision A controversial film has visitors asking for a better explanation of the Muslim faith.By Tonya Garcia|June 3, 2014 Share By Tonya Garcia|June 3, 2014 Share Some visitors to the 9/11 Museum say the depiction of Islam in one of the films in the exhibit, The Rise of Islam, unfairly and erroneously depicts the Muslim faith. "I think they should have talked about Islam more, just so people understand that there is a difference between Islam and people who do terrorist attacks but who also happen to be Islamic," one visitor, a 22-year-old man from San Francisco, told The New York Times. "It kind of gives Islam a bad vibe." The issues expressed in the quote above echo the concerns by an advisory panel who viewed the short film before the museum opened for the public. "At issue is whether it is inflammatory for the museum to use terms like 'Islamist' and 'jihad' in conjunction with the Sept. 11 attack, without making clear that the vast majority of Muslims are peaceful. The panel has urged the use of more specific language, such as 'Al Qaeda-inspired terrorism' and doing more to explain the meaning of jihad," the group of clergy said. The lone imam on the panel, Sheikh Mostafa Elazabawy, resigned to protest the film. The visitors that the Times spoke with said they wanted more explanation "to enrich their perspective or teach them more than they already knew" about Islam and Al Qaeda. Islam, the paper notes, must be separated from terrorism if it's to be accurate. Where we usually make a message more succinct, visitors, in this case, want more detail. It doesn't help that one of the museum's board members, Debra Burlingame, whose brother was an airline pilot killed on 9/11, on gone on Fox News to talk about a controversial tweet: "When are citizens going to rise up and demand the govt acknowledge that Islam is a transnational threat, that govt denial is killing us." She added this biased sound bite on television: "There's no such thing as an irrational fear of Islam or Muslims when we know that virtually 80 percent of terror attacks in the world are committed by radical Muslims." Recently, many people were up in arms because the museum's souvenir shop sold a cheese platter — or as museum officials prefer to call it, a "commemorative tray" — which was deemed in poor taste. It has been pulled from shelves. It was just one of what the New York Post calls "taste challenged items" on sale. There's also been talk about the museum's restaurant and a cocktail party that was held there. This is also deserving of some discussion, a little outrage, and, by the sound of it, drastic editing. The 9/11 Museum is an opportunity to educate and to share truth. Visitors are asking for it and feel as though, with this film as is, they're not getting it. Share http://adweek.it/2kByDMJ copy Adweek Adweek


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I have been having a love affair with vellum and sequins. I just can't help myself. Plus, check out this gorgeous washi tape! You can see that engagement/wedding washi in the first close-up and again in the lower left corner of my main photo (It says "Will you marry me?"). Perfect, Right! I also used an intricate black washi that had hearts in the middle. With the red and white, the pop of black really draws your eye right to that photo.
I used this sketch from Creative Scrappers. I love their sketches!
and guess what .....
I am joining the Creative Scrappers Design Team!!!!! Somebody pinch me.
I am so looking forward to the weekend. Sunshine and no rain! Hopefully I will get my garden in.
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Birthmark removal
Laser birthmark removal is a simple, effective and non-invasive way of removing unwanted birthmarks.
A birthmark is a benign (harmless) lesion on the skin which is usually present at birth (or can appear shortly after birth) and can occur anywhere on the body. Dermatologists divide birthmarks into two types, namely pigmented birthmarks and vascular birthmarks.
Pigmented birthmarks: these are caused by excess melanin (skin pigment) and include moles, café-au-lait spots and Mongolian spots. Laser birthmark removal for pigmented birthmarks works by heating the lesion using laser light. The dark lesion absorbs the light, turns darker and forms a light crust. This in turn breaks up and flakes away, much like removing a sunspot. Laser birthmark removal for pigmented birthmarks is only suitable for treating lesions which are epidermal in other words, in the upper layers of the skin. Dermal pigmented birthmarks are not suitable for laser or IPL treatment. Please note we DO NOT TREAT MOLES.
Vascular birthmarks: these are caused by increased blood vessels in a given area and include macular stains, hemangiomas and port wine stains. Laser birthmark removal for vascular (red) birthmarks works by heating the blood in the excess vessels. The dried blood then gets cleared and carried away by our white blood cells in the same way that our bodies clear a bruise.
For more information on laser birthmark removal in Bournemouth, contact Laser Skin Solutions on 01202 985 029.
Prices start at £80 per treatment. A personaiised quote will be given at your free consultation. At Laser Skin Solutions we offer a price match promise which guarantees you we will not be beaten on price locally when comparing like for like medical grade lasers and IPLs
How do I know whether I have a pigmented birthmark or a vascular birthmark?
Vascular birthmarks are red in colour due to the excess blood vessels in the skin. A pigmented birthmark is brown or light brown in colour.
How does laser birthmark removal work?
Like all laser treatments, whether it's permanent hair removal or laser thread vein removal, treatment involves heating the target, in this case a birthmark. If we are treating a pigmented birthmark the laser light will heat the target, making the brown (pigmented) birthmark turn darker in colour. This in turn will lightly crust and flake away over a period of 2-3 weeks.
When treating a vascular (red) birthmark the blood in the excess vessels absorbs the laser light and gets heated. The dried blood then gets carried away by our white blood vessels, in the same way that our bodies clear a bruise.
How many laser treatments are required for birthmark removal?
This very much depends on whether we are treating a vascular or pigmented birthmark and which type. Some birthmarks can be removed in a couple of session, others where there is a lot of blood vessels for instance can take significantly more. A more accurate number of treatments will be determined at your free consultation.
Is the treatment painful?
Treatment is not painful but can be a little uncomfortable. Patients will experience a stinging sensation as the IPL is fired. However any discomfort is kept to a minimum with the use of a cooling gel and our cryo cooler which blows cold air on the area of skin being lasered. Post treatment cooling is also advised.
Can anyone offer this kind of treatment?
At Laser Skin Solutions all staff are required to undertake the nationally recognised BTEC Award for the delivery of Laser and Light technologies and techniques. This requires months of studying and training with both written and practical exams. We are the only clinic locally to hold this qualifications. We do not solely rely on the standard 1 day training provided by the laser manufacturer. Staff at Laser Skin Solutions are trained to a very high standard and regularly update their clinical knowledge and skills.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Remix Outfit #3
I realize this outfit is a little bland in that there's really no color to it except for my ring - but I would say this is much of an improvement from what I wore yesterday. I worked a later shift today and so I was actually able to take a picture before heading to work. The weather was fairly nice today, it rained a little but as I was getting off work at 7, the sun beamed through our windows at work. I thought I was going to go blind with how bright it was lol.
My eye was still in pain earlier today but after seeing a eye specialists and getting the right antibiotics for my eye it's feel less painful. I can't wait to be able to wear my contacts again.
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NEXT GENBy Randell Tiongson on June 14th, 2011
Events of my last weekend reinforced my passion to help prepare the next generation. I often feel that my generation has not done much for the next generation. One of the biggest mistake my generation can commit is not preparing the way for the next generation.
As parents, the future of our children is always foremost in our minds. I am actually looking forward to the day my children will spread their wings and explore the world and the only thing I can do is pray for them as they make decisions that will define their destinies.
Last Saturday, I partnered with a mother and son team to bring about a repeat of Blue Chip, a program that teaches the youth on finance and entrepreneurship. Christopher Young is only 17 and a junior high student, he took the task of organizing Blue Chip for his friends and acquaintances, with the help of his energetic mother, Karen Young. There were more than 40 young ones taking the program and all this because a young boy believed that a program like Blue Chip will really help him and people of his age. A supportive mother like Karen brings out the best in our youth as she guided him, supported him and co-labored with him to ensure that Blue Chip will be a success. When the organizing of the program became difficult as participants were not responding the way it was forecasted and sponsors were lukewarm in their support, Chris and Karen were steadfast in their commitment to Blue Chip despite the odds. The audacity of a 17 year old boy to mount a program like Blue Chip was inspiring — stories like these make me feel secure that the next generation will do great things in the future. Parents like Karen are great role models in nurturing successful children.
I was so honored to share the platform with other speakers who shared the vision for the next generation. My friend and Pastor, Jayson Lo touched the hearts of the kids by reminding them what is really important in life imploring them to invest in relationships and value character above everything else. Carlo Ople, the country's most notable personality in the social media environment was a big hit with the kids as they really learned from someone who understands and share their passion on social media. Carlo espoused the role of communication for business and career building. Paulo Tibig encouraged the youth to dream and dream big and strive for success. He reminded the youth that success is not achieved overnight and those are winning strategies for success as an entrepreneur. Jaret Garcia shared his story as a student making money and the challenges he needed to overcome business challenges. My lecture was about financial management and investing and I echoed the value of discipline in handling money. A real treat that day was interviewing and listening to the young Anton Fausto, a 14 year old investment whiz kid who also shared how he manages his own portfolio. More than inspiring the youth, the Blue Chip speakers gave practical instructions in achieving successes in money and business.
The day after Blue Chip, I attend Sunday service at Victory Green Hills and was delighted that the topic for the service is about the next generation. A very youthful pastor named Bojo Bonifacio was preaching about the next generation using biblical context. Hearing Bojo was a treat – a young 26 year old pastor leads a throng of exuberant teens, raging hormones and all that and remaining to be relevant and yet grounded on biblical truth. I was in store for another treat when Pastor Bojo called for 2 women on stage, a teenager to pray for the youth and a mother to pray for the parents. Praying for the youth is my 17 year old daughter Gabbie, a freshman in college. She admonished the youth to be in faith and be steadfast in their faith as well as challenging them to follow the examples of Christ and not of the world. My beautiful wife prayed for the parents, petitioning the Lord to give parents the grace, patience, temperament and love as they are tasked with the difficult role of parenting. Hearing my wife and daughter pray one after another warms my heart and I can only thank the Lord for such a blessing.
I admonish everyone to do everything they can to prepare the NEXT GEN. The greatest atrocity we can do in this generation is to forsake the next.
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. – Proverbs 22:6, ESV
Video recap of the June 11, 2011 Blue Chip courtesy of Kris Young.