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Complaints of gay discrimination in Lutheran Church
Sakari Häkkinen calls situation "intolerable"
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Openly homosexual members the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church are complaining of widespread discrimination at the congregation level.
"The situation is rather shocking from the point of view of sexual minorities. They might fear for their jobs and their future. Someone working for the church may not advance in his or her career as well as the others. The suffering extends to family and friends", says
Sakari Häkkinen
, Dean at the Kuopio Diocese.
Häkkinen is also the chairman of
("Communion"), an organisation that promotes the cause of Christians who are members of sexual minorities.
The organisation has about 600 official members, a third of whom are employed by the Lutheran Church.
In February
the bishops of the church squeezed together a compromise resolution on the position of homosexuals as workers of the church, and on the issue of prayers for those in a same-sex civil union.
Finland's 12 Lutheran bishops took a cautious line. At the Bishops' Conference in February they decided to propose a resolution to the Synod that meets in May that would authorise prayers for couples in same-sex unions. However, they recommended against instituting any formula for a church blessing. This angered the members of
Now, a couple of weeks before the Synod, some of them reiterated in an interview with
Helsingin Sanomat
that there is a counterforce to intolerance within the church.
"Fear that the traditional
concept of marriage might be in danger is behind the confrontation. But this minority cannot pose a threat to the way that the large majority lives. In the preparation of the statement of the Bishops' Conference, there was no attempt to even listen to representatives of the minorities", says Pastor
Juha Malmisalo
who specialises in societal work at the Helsinki Parishes.
He is one of about 130 ministers who have signed the equality declaration of
How does it feel when pleasing
the conservative wing is seen as more important than love of one's neighbour and human rights?
"For many of them the church is the most important thing in their lives. Then it is that community which rejects them. For Those of us who witness this treatment, it is embarrassing and something to be ashamed of", Häkkinen says.
Häkkinen and Malmisalo
say that many of those who actively attend church want to interpret the Bible in a way that it condemns homosexuality. That is why the bishops are under heavy pressure to please them.
Häkkinen says that some bishops have refused to ordain gay theologians. Häkkinen has collected accounts by rejected applicants.
How can a bishop
, who exercises the highest authority in the Lutheran Church, feel that he has the right to ask questions that violate the constitution, and Finnish legislation on equality?
"It tells of power. A bishop has a tremendous amount of power in ordaining people. There might be caution about what the conservatives would say if he ordains someone in a civil union. Some of his own homophobia might also be involved", Häkkinen says.
The secretary
of the Bishops' Conference,
Jari Jolkonen
points out that the Finnish constitution allows religious communities to choose their own leaders.
"If rumours are spread about confidential discussions, the question arises if someone has broken confidence. Under church regulations, congregations have the right to expect that a minister is in a Christian marriage", Jolkkonen says.
After the statement that came out in February, frustration with the snail-paced progress in the matter strained feelings within
and among people close to it. Now there is nervous anticipation of what might happen at the Synod.
"The bishops speak beautiful things about love, but it only goes halfway, and they are not ready to show any of that love toward minorities. If decisions are left halfway, or if the Synod decides to ban even holding prayers [for same-sex couples], quite a few people will leave the church", Häkkinen predicts.
Previously in HS International Edition:
Lutheran bishops take cautious stance on same-sex couples (11.2.2010)
Kari Mäkinen elected Lutheran Archbishop in narrow vote (12.3.2010)
Polarised Lutheran Church seeks new referee between reformists and conservatives (14.2.2010)
Helsingin Sanomat
Weaker euro brings relief to Finnish industry
Complaints of gay discrimination in Lutheran Church
Up north, the cross-border trade in butter has turned into booze rallies
Studded tyres to be changed to summer tyres today at the latest
Helsinki to postpone energy decisions to autumn
Helsinki abandons free-to-use CityBikes
Concerns about undocumented labour in construction industry
One food strike is averted; a bigger one is still pending, as is lockout from employers' side
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With the Panthers trading veterans Cory Stillman and Bryan McCabe in the past few days – with a good many more trades likely coming on Monday – coach Pete DeBoer was asked about his team's general mood.
"What would you guess,'' DeBoer asked sarcastically. "We're professional and battled through. But it's not easy days when you see guys walking out who you know can help you win games.''
The Panthers may have let the trade rumors affect their play in bad losses to the Islanders and Senators last week, but if some players were worried about Sunday being their last as a member of the Panthers, it didn't really show.
The Devils were just the better team on Sunday. The Devils, who have now won 17 of 21 games to get back in the postseason conversation after being left for dead just weeks ago, took a two-goal lead Sunday and held on for a 2-1 win over the Panthers at BankAtlantic Center.
The Panthers, a team everyone around the league will be watching as the trade deadline approaches Monday at 3 p.m., have lost 14 of 19.
"We kept playing hard, just needed a break at the end,'' said Marty Reasoner, who scored Florida's lone goal late in the third period and could be headed to a contender on Monday. "They play really well when they have the lead. We had opportunities and just didn't cash in.''
Said Mike Weaver: "Everyone says it doesn't bother them, but it affects guys in different ways. But on the ice, you're not thinking about it, you're focused on the game itself.''
The Panthers had numerous chances against Martin Brodeur in the opening period but failed to connect. Darcy Hordichuk, a fourth line grinder, missed a shot in front of the net just moments before he couldn't put a loose puck into an empty net as Brodeur was splayed on the ice.
Brodeur didn't offer up many more such golden opportunities.
After a scoreless first, the Devils opened things up in the second, with David Clarkson and Brian Rolston scoring less than four minutes apart. Rolston's goal came with Weaver in the penalty box and was only the fourth power play goal the Panthers excellent penalty kill has surrendered since Feb. 1.
Florida cut into the lead when Reasoner one-timed a pass from Michal Repik – one of five American Hockey League players in the Panthers NHL lineup on Sunday – with 4:29 remaining. The Panthers then came fast and hard at Brodeur but couldn't put the equalizer through.
"We did a lot of good things considering,'' DeBoer said. "The guys emptied the tanks and gave us what they had. But it wasn't enough.''
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McCabe spent the past two seasons as the Panthers captain and said Sunday morning that he wanted to stay with the Panthers "and be part of the process.''
McCabe said he waived his no-movement clause and accepted Saturday's trade to the Rangers after "it was made very clear over the past few days that I wasn't going to be part of their plan for next season.''
Assistant general manager Mike Santos said the Panthers had not spoken to McCabe regarding any specific role with the team.
"He asked us if we would resign him to a new contract,'' Santos said. "Both Dale Tallon and I both told him that we would look at that in the summer. We just weren't willing to sign him now.''
Said DeBoer: "He's a great pro, a great captain. I couldn't ask for a better guy in the room, as a young coach coming into the league, than him. He bought in from Day 1 and never wavered. He was the first to arrive, last to leave and played through pain.''
-- The Panthers played without a center on Sunday with Reasoner, Stephen Weiss and Bryan Allen serving as alternate captains. DeBoer said he would wait until Monday's deadline before deciding on who Florida's next captain may be.
"We'll see what happens [Monday] and see who is here and what we have,'' he said.
-- Hugh Jessiman made his NHL debut on Sunday, a long time coming for the former first round draft pick. Jessiman, 26, became the final first rounder from the Class of 2003 to play in the NHL. Jessiman, acquired from Chicago earlier this month as part of the Michael Frolik trade, said he's been waiting a long time for Sunday.
"It finally hit me. It was almost the perfect day and would have been had we won,'' he said. "It was just a great experience. It was pretty intense.''
-- Dmitry Kulikov was surprisingly back in the lineup Sunday. Out for the past two weeks with an ankle injury, Kulikov had been skating on his own for three days.
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It's hard enough to find players that want to be apart of this mess, so Santos and Tallon basically slap McCabe in the face and tell him he's not wanted for the future of this Mickey Mouse bogus blueprint.
Vokoun should be calling Tallon right now asking for a trade, same with Weiss. Get out while you can. Two years from now we won't get the return we could get now for Weiss so they might as well trade everyone.
Does anyone on this team really deserve to be captain? Sure, you can make the case for Weiss, but him, really?
As far as Sunday's game aainst NJ, it only got exciting for Panthers fans in the last 3 minutes.
Maybe if the bridge isn't burned and he's still available, we bring back McCabe on a short-term deal during free agency?
McCabe was expendable. Our defense is stacked. Weaver is solid and back next year. Allen is decent. And the young guns Garrison, Kulikov, Ellerby, Gudbranson and possibly Sulzer if he does well will be very solid for the future on the back end.
nice article george keep up the good work man!
get some more films in there there awsome!
Cohen/Yormark are still giving the orders here folks.McCabe was traded to cut salary just like Frolik.This blueprint should be renamed the cheap print.Panthers will be at minimum cap of 43 million for next 3 years of misery coming up.The whole thing is just a marketing scam to get salary down to a bare minimum.As long as Cohen owns this team and Yormrk controls the pursestrings we are going nowhere.Tallon was brought in because building the team thru cheap draft picks is the best way to keep salaries down to NHL minimum.Only reason Cohen bought this team was to build a big hotel/gambling/business center around the hockey team.The real estate crash nixed those plans now Cohen has told Yormark to cut all expenses(one radio announcer,expensive veterans dumped,scouting budget slashed etc).Cliff Viner is just a figure head and Tallon will leave in 2-3 years just like everyone else.The marketing madman Yormark will create a new storyline how we will build for the stanley cup after Tallon leaves.Santos will be made the new G.M. in 2015.Florida Panthers will finish below 12th the next 5 years.And the beat goes on and on nd on.
Not sure I agree with the salary dump theory. You have UFA's so why play them, the season is officially over. Dump the team, get the picks, free up salary and hit free agency. I will wait on my season ticket renewal until after July 1st because like any blueprint it's better to put your money in after ground has been broken to start the build. Until then, it's just a piece of paper.
Tallon is putting his stamp on this team, emotions be damned. Mcabe gave his all, was a great professional and wanted to be here... that wasn't enough because we didn't win.
I like Booth and Weiss. They are good players who work hard and from what I've been reading, Weiss wants to stay. It won't matter. We haven't won with this team and more changes will happen as Tallon completely changes it.
We cannot complain both ways. We want to win, and haven't with what we had so this is the expected result.
omy u people r so stupid why is everyone so negative please tell me how mccabe could stay... next year playing on D for sure is wideman allen kulikov ellerby garrison and gudbranson and sulzer is a prety dam good 7th d.... so please tell me wher mccabe fits into this.... and what is the point of keeping guys like stilman dvo and mccabe when ther ufas... id be happy getting a 7th rounder for each... its better than nothing... other gms arent stupid there not going to give up legitimant prospects for rentals tallon is doing the right thing... if your gunna be neagtive go be a leaf fan or smething... i guarantee you this team makes the playoffs in 2 years and goes at least to the 2nd round
They should play with 3 alternate captains for the remainder of the year an let the new coach next year choose his captain.
I agree, I see Tallon leaving in 2-3 years. Leave this organization in shambles.
weiss captain allen reasoner assisants
Dvorak to ATL( + 5th round pick) for Bergfors and Rissmiller. Not bad
It's so hard to watch this. It really is. I understand that things needed to be done, but it just never seems that we get anything back for the few talented players we give up. And if we do, we give them away a year or two later. I only hope that with all of these draft picks we can load up with a talented draft like this past year. I just wonder if there will be any fans left in the seats when they finally make it to the NHL.
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With New Magic Lantern Firmware, Canon DSLRs Get Real-Time HDR Video*
Is real-time High Dynamic Range imaging, ala RED's HDRx, coming to Canon DSLRs with the next version of Magic Lantern firmware? Well, yes and no — thus the asterisk. The system they've developed splits a 24p stream into two 12FPS exposures, one high and one low, and then interpolates the frames. It's an interesting hack, demonstrated here:
It should be available tomorrow for the Canon 60D, T2i, and T3i. More details from the Vimeo User Group:
You will get two streams at half frame rate. For example, if you record 25p, you will get two 12.5fps streams. Interpolate them to 25fps and use your favorite HDR software to blend the frames. Our workflow is cross-platform and uses only free software: enfuse, AviSynth, InterFrame and VirtualDub… Will it work on 5D Mark II, 50D and 500D? Maybe. Right now there are some synchronization issues on these cameras. More details coming soon.
While this has a limited application, it looks like an interesting addition, and quite frankly even RED's more advanced HDRx exposure hack has limited capabilities when shooting motion. More on that soon.
Also coming in the next firmware: variable frame rates. They are limits and the cameras can overheat quickly, but here's a peak at the feature:
Link: Magic Lantern Wikia page (HDR feature should be available as of 12/22)
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Julian on 12.21.11 @ 1:05PM
Hmmm… I'm going to download it no matter what. I just hope I can keep my sanity
Luigi on 12.21.11 @ 1:34PM
UFFFF!!! But why no 7D?!?!? =( i want the hack on it!!!
I have been following the Magiclantern development for a little over a year now, and Sadly the 7D has been made VERY hack-proof, to the point of many firmware pioneers' 7D's being "Bricked" in their hacking efforts. Canon probably upped the security when designing their 7D for the fact that it has dual Digic 4 image processors, whereas all of the other ML-capable cameras (to the best of my knowledge) have one image processor. So, considering that all of these magical and wondrous things are achievable with one processor, imagine what one could do if a dual processor camera was unlocked…. It would make the 7D quite a formidable (even more so) device, competing more aggressively with their own (proper) video cameras. Who knows if Canon did this out of foresight, thinking that someone like Trammel, Alex, and company would make such strides with a hacked firmware, or if they were simply escalating security in proportion to such significant hardware upgrades.
Disclaimer: I myself am merely an avid follower of the ML development group, and could have missed a recent update stating "7D development breakthrough!!!!", but I highly doubt it, considering what the current data suggests. BUT, those of you possessing one of the listed, ML compatible cameras, I would highly recommend giving the latest stable release a try, I know the firmware has been featured here before, but here is a link to the wiki-page: http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/Unified
Have fun with the coming HDR* feature!
John Jeffreys on 12.21.11 @ 2:55PM
Nothing is imposible, yes the dual digic 4 system is locked down (and canon wont spill the beans about how to work with it) but i have faith in the community to make a breakthrough soon
DavidJFulde on 12.26.11 @ 9:44AM
It also has to do with the fact that the firmware updater has a limit, so even trying to crack the firmware is difficult because they can only update it X amount of times; then they can`t even upgrade Canon`s firmware.
DavidJFulde on 12.26.11 @ 9:46AM
I mean: They can`t even upgrade with Canon`s firmware. Once the limit is reached; they are stuck.
Rev. Benjamin on 12.21.11 @ 2:39PM
Soooooo… that's kind of neat, and also kind of dumb. I will not be making any film at 12.5fps. Perhaps if you needed some fast-motion HDR, you could doublespeed it? Other than that… bleh. What if they did this same thing with a 720p60 mode, though?
It is 2 streams combines to make a 25fps video (in the case of 12.5fps streams)…
Rev. Benjamin on 12.21.11 @ 5:17PM
Ah I see. I stand corrected. Still kinda looks jittery in my opinion. But a cool advent.
DavidJFulde on 12.26.11 @ 9:45AM
you CAN shoot in 720P 50 (or 60, or 48) with HDR mode and then combine it that way :)
Meh. (disclaimer, I'm on a GH2 now)
For scenes with little or no motion, you can probably get away with it, like landscapes. But if there is motion, as evidenced in the sample video, you get "weird jittery frame incongruity artifacts." The result of interpolating 2 12fps streams.
Better to do this though and push the envelope. However, those jitters are a non starter for anything I'd shoot, professionally or personally.
fabdex on 12.23.11 @ 5:19PM
I've done a few little experiments with the HDR feature and it's pretty good !
(Unless there's ANYTHING moving in your shot. Then it's crap).
DavidJFulde on 12.26.11 @ 9:46AM
if you shoot in 720P 60 (or 50 or 48) the jitteryness is FAR far less and is actually usable!
Hopefully a 720×60/50fps option IS enabled, and who's to say that the workflow they have demonstrated is the optimum, maybe (as with so much of ML) the development team, or someone else, will surprise us all and figure a way to at least smooth some of the blemishes.
Though, at worst, this is a new way to experiment with the video capabilities of a camera that is meant primarily for stills. I feel that any developments past the stock features, are gravy on top of an already delicious meal.
DavidJFulde on 12.26.11 @ 9:48AM
It is possible. You can shoot at 720P 60 (For 30FPS) 720P 50 (For 25) or even 720P 48 (For 24)>>There are alternate workflows, you can look them up on Vimeo (I have one that I feel is pretty good. Be sure to read the desc.)
Update: a beta version is coming out for 5D:
Hahibundy on 12.21.11 @ 4:05PM
If I can shoot even 20 second shots at 50fps, this will be amazing.
Jack L. on 12.21.11 @ 7:53PM
How about a stable ML for the 5D instead?
DavidJFulde on 12.26.11 @ 9:48AM
It`s being added to the Unified tree to have all of the features of the T2i, T3i, 60D etc. soon!
Britti Faija on 12.21.11 @ 8:08PM
So cool! Gotta try this asap when it comes out.. I've got a 550D, do I need some software to combine these two videostreams to one hdr video?
Here's my last work with the 550D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mm8QyuRlDk
DUDE that video is SIIIICK!!!
Raphael on 12.22.11 @ 5:25AM
Hey. I just had a great time watching that video. What I am not a fan of though is how you can see a equipment (camera on a tripod…6 times) in the frame. You should have put that away. It really distracts. If it's meant to be in the video…then I don't get why. Otherwise, fun stuff, keep it coming.
DavidJFulde on 12.26.11 @ 9:50AM
Philip Bloom<s blog has a handful of different workflows with different software.
This will, I think, be extremely valuable. The scenes where I really notice clipped highlights or shadows are typically not fast-paced action scenes (and honestly DSLRs aren't very good for fast-paced action scenes in the first place). I'm very excited about this. I think now that there are reasonable algorithms for frame interpolation, there are going to be a lot of interesting software developments like this. Things like Twixtor and the Warp Stabalizer, for instance, do totally different things, but they're both based on similar shape/edge tracking systems. I imagine there are still a lot of untapped applications of this.
Speaking of which, does anyone happen to know if the "line skipping" on DSLRs is under the control of firmware, or is it built directly into the chip? I think that if it were possible to alternate which lines are read every other frame it might be possible to extract a significantly higher-detailed image at the end. Of course, long GOP compression could completely eliminate any benefit, but it's an interesting thought.
Oh, one other thing. It looks like they're interpolating the frames on the two "streams" independently of each other, which seems to work basically fine. It's possible (in theory, at least) to get an even better result by taking into account, in the weighted interpolation, the data from both streams simultaneously.
That is to say, when getting the "between" frame from two high-exposure frames, you can take into account the information from the appropriate low-exposure frame (which is chronologically in exactly the right position as the high-exposure "between" frame) as well to get a much smoother result.
The right algorithms to do this already exist but I'm doubtful that there's an implementation that could handle this specifically. Still, it shouldn't be that hard to do. Maybe in my vast quantities of imaginary free time I'll try to make a proof of concept. I'm not sure that it would perform substantially better than generating the between frames from each stream independently, but it couldn't possibly perform worse.
This will only be able to be used on shots with very little movement, look at the man's legs as he walks in the second example his leg actually vanishes every other frame.
DavidJFulde on 12.26.11 @ 9:51AM
There are other methods which result in much less artifacting :)
This is awesome news. Now I can rewrite my article on how to achieve HDR video without having a RED http://www.reelseo.com/hdr-video-3d/
Until now, the only way to achieve this was by combing multiple exposures from different cameras on a 3D rig, or using simultaneuos exposures.
Hopefully Canon is paying attention.
Monty on 12.22.11 @ 12:03PM
I don't wonder if it would work shooting at 50/60fps. Could make it very useful indeed.
Hey I use Magic Lantern and I love some of the features.
I'm not sure if these will get much use but if you use the 2 new features together couldn't you shoot at 50fps and end up with 2 24fps streams?
DavidJFulde on 12.26.11 @ 9:53AM
Yep! You can shoot at 48FPS and get 2 24FPS streams (One of highlights and one of lowlights)
Thanks guys, I'll do an update – great stuff.
Have they fixed the hdmi output problems for the T2i yet? That was the only thing putting me off magic lantern tbh. Although I am shooting stop motion for the next year anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter.
Jake on 12.22.11 @ 5:57PM
How is this different from using Picture Styles, for instance, Cinestyle, to get a better dynamic range out of your camera? At least with pictures styles, you don't get jittery footage…it's an actual adjustment to the footage itself rather than combining exposures taken every other frame…doesn't this make more sense and work better overall?
cows on 12.22.11 @ 7:23PM
It's different because the sensor can only capture a limited amount of color data in a single frame, and the encoder can only store a limited amount of color data in a single frame. By using two streams you can get (in theory) twice the dynamic range you can get with any Picture Style as well as twice the color depth (that is, 16 bits per color).
Not really. From what I've seen (I might be mistaken) it switches between two ISO's at 1 stop intervals. So you don't get double the dynamic range. You'd be getting 1 extra stop in the shadows, 1 extra stop in the highlights. The rest is the shared range between both frames. And two 8bit streams at odd/even frames don't give you a 16 bit output (unless interpolation creates non-existing, non-recorded values), you can't create information that wasn't recorded to begin with.
Again, I might be mistaken, but it doesn't make much sense to me.
I assumed that it alternated between the set exposure length and half (or otherwise less than) the exposure length. That'd make much more sense than ISO. You're right in any case that there won't practically be double the dynamic range, but in theory you could design it such that the lowest useful values from the high-exposure correspond to the highest in the low-exposure.
Likewise for color depth. You get 8 bits per color in the high-exposure frame and another 8 bits in the interpolated (fake) low-exposure frame, or vice versa. The end result (assuming the correct workflow in post) is 16 bits per color, again, in theory.
In short: each frame has half the color data. Taking data from the adjacent frame yields (at most) twice the normal color data.
Wouldn't setting the highest/lowest ISO possible introduce grain in one frame, and clean frame in another? That would result in some ugly-looking footage, when the highest ISO possible on a T2i is 6400, I think. I find a similar conundrum with switching shutter speeds. One frame will have less (or more) motion blur than the next, wouldn't that cause weird artifacts?
I downloaded it yesterday, still have to try out the HDR functions. I still think there should be another formula to get smoother motion… maybe combining the frames for HDR to get an HDR 12fps stream (or 15 if working on 30p), then interpolating with Twixtor for smooth(er) motion?
Either way, I think it's an interesting (and quite impressive) addition to the firmware hack. And now that we can force 20fps, I'll probably try out some fast-moving fight scenes, a-la Jackie Chan. :D
Why isn't there someone hacking Nikon software so we can get some of this goodness?


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More than a year ago, I started the the project of ranking every BYU QB season since 1977. With 2011 now complete, I have ranked the seasons of Jake Heaps and Riley Nelson and placed them in their proper places. (You can access the entire list of rankings here.) Here is where Jake Heaps's 2011 campaign ranks among his historical counterparts.
It's hard to judge college QB seasons over time. I started with Gary Sheide's 1974 season and moved forward. The offense changed a lot during the LaVell era, changed even more during the Crowton era, and has morphed even more under Bronco Mendenhall. It's also hard to get stats for the seasons back in the day; I primarily used the wonderful Cougar Stats website in my research.
My criteria were as follows, with certainly a high level of subjectivity:
- Minimum 1000 yards passing, which means some years have two QB seasons
- Yards per pass attempt
- Completion percentage
- TD-to-INT ratio
- Total TD passes
- Season results
I wrote the following at the end of Jake's 2010 season, which ranked No. 31 when I ranked it last year: "In the future maybe we'll be talking about Heaps' 2011 or 2012 or 2013 as one of the best QB seasons in BYU history." That, of course, is not going to happen; 2011 was an awful year for Heaps, and with his transfer to Kansas, there will be no 2012 or 2013 seasons for Heaps in a Cougar uniform.
I am not going to break down the possible causes of Heaps' demise; good hypotheses exist elsewhere. What I will discuss is his lousy season. And if you don't think his season was terrible, then you're the BYU football fan version of the guy who doesn't think we landed a man on the moon.
Where Does Heaps' 2011 Season Rank
Before you pro-Jake folks get too revved up, this wasn't the worse season in BYU history. But, ranked by passing efficiency it was the 3rd worst since 1977. That is bad. And his 5.76 YPA is the worst in that same time frame.
What Heaps had going for him was that he played against some elite defenses (Texas and Utah) and some of the others that will end up below him on this list put up similarly crummy numbers against inferior competition. But playing good teams is not a free pass for poor play. Heaps was surrounded by more talent at the skill positions than some of those near him on the bottom of the list, especially at the WR position.
There is a theme with Heaps and two other QBs who have seasons near the bottom of this list: Brett Engemann, Matt Berry and Heaps were all thrown into the starting job before they were ready, and they were yanked around as part of QB platoons. But Heaps' 2011 is not as bad as those Berry and Engemann years, and it is 'good enough' to rank at No. 39 (out of 44), just behind Charlie Peterson in 2000, and just ahead of Bob Jensen in 1987.
Closing Thoughts
Historically, Heaps' 2011 (and his 2-season BYU career) will likely become a footnote -- not unlike Engemann or Ben Olsen. If he has a stellar couple of seasons at Kansas, the revisionists will point to a failure by Brandon Doman and the BYU coaching staff to properly develop Heaps (which may be accurate). If he plays poorly for the Jayhawks, he will disappear from most conversation about BYU QBs, left as only a cautionary tale and a trivia answer, similar to Olsen.
But none of that changes the fact that Heaps delivered a very poor performance in 2011. He was bad statistically; his desire to not throw into tight coverage made it difficult for the Cougars to move the ball; and his poor play, whatever the cause, was the ultimate reason he lost his job to Riley Nelson and then left the program.
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Hector Longo
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---- — The kid fooled everyone.
He covered up the other half of his life for three seasons with the New England Patriots.
Ultimately, Aaron Hernandez' association with the team came to a screeching end with his arrest at home yesterday morning in North Attleborough.
The gang-style life that Hernandez apparently embraced from his childhood days into his three seasons with the Patriots, finally landed the 23-year-old with the arrogant smile in a whole heap of trouble.
Hours before District Attorney William McCauley laid out the six-count case against Hernandez in Attleboro District Court, the Patriots had seen enough, releasing the player they had only 10 months earlier given a $40-million contract extension.
The Patriots released this statement via email:
"A young man was murdered last week and we extend our sympathies to the family and friends who mourn his loss. Words cannot express the disappointment we feel knowing that one of our players was arrested as a result of this investigation. We realize that law enforcement investigations into this matter are ongoing. We support their efforts and respect the process. At this time, we believe this transaction is simply the right thing to do."
The team didn't wait for a trial. Heck, Coach Bill Belichick and team owner Bob Kraft didn't even listen to McCauley as he rolled through a timeline of the alleged murder of Odin L. Lloyd. It was backed by text messages, cell phone signals and surveillance cameras from North Attleborough, up into Boston and back.
McCauley summed it up succinctly, that Hernandez, "drove the victim to the remote spot and orchestrated his execution."
Judge Daniel O'Shea heard enough from the prosecution that he deemed no bail would be allowed to Hernandez, who will now await his day in court from behind bars instead of his new $1.3 million mini-mansion.
Hernandez has been clouded in off-field turmoil, despite his claims after signing last summer that he had embraced and accepted "the Patriot Way."
As a sports writer on the beat, you attend events in and around Gillette Stadium with your eyes open. Many folks in my position, both with the team and not with them, may have chosen to put blinders on as Hernandez hung with young, gang-looking types.
Today, they go on air or in print and are stunned.
Call it stereotyping, maybe. But Hernandez's crew struck fear in me — a feeling I've never, ever felt before in covering pro sports.
All the while, Hernandez wore an engaging smile.
This morning, I'm not surprised Aaron Hernandez is no longer a Patriot and is facing a murder charge.
Reports noted yesterday that police searches of the home found "several guns and weapons." Not the murder weapon, just several others.
None registered. None legal. Not exactly the Patriot Way.
Guilty or not, Aaron Hernandez remains a bad man. The New England Patriots clarified that yesterday by releasing Hernandez while he remains innocent for now.
He fooled Bill Belichick and his good friend Urban Meyer, Hernandez' coach at the University of Florida.
Perhaps, the coaches, watching Hernandez work his magic on the gridiron, ignored the signs.
Heck, all of New England raved over his creative "make it rain," end zone celebrations — ignoring the fact that the basis of the action hails from gentlemen's (strip) clubs. He was our guy, so it was OK.
In football terms, this could be a devastating blow for Tom Brady and the Pats.
The team had already let record-breaking receiver Wes Welker sign with Denver and bruising tight end Rob Gronkowski is sidelined after back surgery.
And Hernandez, whose simple ability to run, cut and catch offered him countless free trips out of the gang life, could just have seen his millionaire existence implode upon him.


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Mission accomplished – January 2013
Mission accomplished, despite the wet autumn last year and over the majority of the festive period I still managed to finish my winter digging at the allotment. Luckily putting a good layer of mushroom compost over the surface in November before the worst of the weather arrived helped, this enabled me to stand on the compost and still dig my soil without slipping in the mud. Now this job is complete I can sit back and let the frost and snow that are sure to arrive soon do their work breaking down the soil so I can work it easily in the spring.
The last of the Brussels sprouts are waiting to be harvested, which I think will all be eaten before the end of the month. These will be followed by the savoy cabbage January King that have hearted up well and are waiting to be picked whatever the weather over the next few months. Purple sprouting broccoli is already starting to throw up some spears and this will make a tasty meal for several months, making this a very worthwhile crop to grow. If the weather turns very cold the production of spears will slow up and then start again once the weather warms up and should continue producing a crop until May.
Still looking at vegetables, the leek pips potted in December are growing nicely in the greenhouse sitting on a little bottom heat from the propagator. I will gradually cool these down and then move to the greenhouse benches to grow on.
On Christmas eve I sowed my large exhibition onions 'Bunton's Showstopper', these have germinated very well and the seedlings are just past the hairpin loop stage and are ready to prick out (transplant) into cell trays and grow on in the greenhouse.
Also in the greenhouse the geranium cuttings rooted last autumn have been potted up into large 6 cell trays and these are growing well on the greenhouse shelves where they will get maximum light. I did however have to spray them with an insecticide the other day as I saw the first signs of aphids, which needed some attention before they did too much damage.
I have some lobelia plants of the half hardy perennial form 'ricardii' from last year's display in pots on the greenhouse staging. These were cut back hard in the autumn and now have some new fresh young growth that I will be taking as cuttings for this year's display. At this time of year light levels are very low so I always sprinkle a layer of Perlite on top of the compost in my cutting trays, then I insert the cutting through this into the compost. This white product will reflect light back onto the cutting and help it root more easily.
Despite the very wet weather, spring bulbs are just starting to poke through the soil in the garden borders. Winter flowering pansies and violas are still throwing a few flowers, but will be better in spring, andthe polyanthus plants are making some good sized plants and should create a lovely spring display.
Finally the garlic and shallots need planting into some pots and grown on in the cold greenhouse. These should have been planted direct in the soil in November or December, but it was just too wet and the soil was not easily workable.
I have heard a few gardeners saying theirs have rotted off that were planted, so maybe this is a blessing in disguise. When planted now they are kept cool where they can grow slowly and should make nice plants to transplant to the allotment in March or April.
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Queens: Belle Harbor
Belle Harbor is a neighborhood located in the borough of Queens along Rockaway Beach, Long Island, New York. It is part of Queens Community Board 14. The neighborhood is surrounded by the Atlantic, Jamaica Bay, 129th Street, and Beach 141st Street. Extensive scenes of the Manhattan skyline can be viewed across the bay. On cloudy days, the skyline is a gray blur rising from the water. Wide-ranging sandy beaches on the ocean have drawn residents to the area. Summertime beach access is effectively available only to residents and their guests. This quiet neighborhood is populated by ordinary, hard-working and very brave citizens. Many homes belong to the early 20th century when the area was first developed as a residential zone.
As of 2010 census, there were 8,476 people residing in the area. The median income for a household in the village is $86,242.
In 1907, the area was developed by Frederick J. Lancaster, who had earlier developed the Edgemere neighborhood. Belle Harbor suffered heavy losses from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in which a large number of New York City police officers and fire fire fighters families reside here. On November 12, 2001, an airline bound for Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic crashed in to the neighborhood, killing some residents apart from everyone on board. After consultation with the families in the Belle Harbor and Washington Heights communities, a memorial has been erected at Beach 116th Street in Rockaway Park, where family members of those killed aboard American Airlines Flight 587 gathered there to remember their loved ones.
The New York City Department of Education operates Belle Harbor schools. Residents are zoned to P.S. 114 The Belle Harbor School for grades Kindergarten through 8. Poor achievements at the local middle school, M.S. 180 on Beach 104th Street in Rockaway Park, and at Beach Channel High School on Beach Channel Drive and Beach 100th Street, have forced some parents to bus seventh-grade through high school students to public schools in Brooklyn or elsewhere in Queens, or to send them to parochial schools.
The Belle Harbor Property Owners Association is a big factor in organizing the community. They use a newsletter and regular meetings and activities to instill civic sense in people and to cooperate with local officials in promoting safety and hygiene in the area. The 9,100-acre Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is also close enough to lend a natural resort and relaxed ambiance to the neighborhood. It is often considered as one of the most important urban wildlife refuges in the United States. The commercial pressures and its frenzied pace seem far away in the heart of Belle Harbor. People enjoy a laid-back and intimate style of life, which is rare in many other parts of Queens. The neighborhood has numerous access points to the beach and residents enjoy the happiness of being able to stroll on the sand and wet their feet in the surf at any time and within a few minutes of their homes. Belle Harbor has been also a religious community despite the tragedies and crises through which the neighborhood has traversed.
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By Andrew Gans
13 Oct 2009
|Photo by Jerry Dalia
The engagement at the Ordway will continue through Oct. 25. Following St. Paul, Little House will be seen in Nashville, Denver, Omaha, Raleigh, Sacramento and Toronto, among other cities.
Melissa Gilbert, who, as a child actress, famously starred as Laura in the TV series based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, plays Ma in the new musical, which also features Beauty and the Beast veteran Steve Blanchard (Charles "Pa" Ingalls); Kara Lindsay (Laura Ingalls); Kevin Massey of Broadway's Tarzan and Big River (Almanzo Wilder); Paper Mill Happy Days veteran Kate Loprest of Broadway's Xanadu (Nellie Oleson); Alessa Neeck of Lincoln Center's Happiness (Mary); Carly Rose Sonenclar, a Young Cosette in Broadway's Les Miz (Carrie Ingalls); plus Taylor Bera, Michael Boxleitner, Megan Campanile, Kurt Engh, Shawn Hamilton, Jessica Hershberg, Meredith Inglesby, Caroline Innerbichler, Lizzie Klemperer, Garen McRoberts, Brian Muller, Will Ray, Gayle Samuels, Dustin Sullivan, Todd Thurston, Tony Vierling and Christian Whelan.
Little House on the Prairie – The Musical had its world premiere at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis in summer 2008; principals Gilbert, Blanchard and Lindsay were featured there. It was initiated for the stage by Adrianne Lobel and Francesca Zambello. The project has libretto by Tony Award winner Rachel Sheinkin (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), music by Rachel Portman (Oscar-winning composer for "Emma"), lyrics by Donna di Novelli and direction by Zambello (director of Disney's The Little Mermaid on Broadway and The Old Globe's The First Wives Club).
According to press notes, "Little House on the Prairie has remained one of the most beloved celebrations of early Americana since the appearance of Laura Ingalls Wilder's popular classic book series 70 years ago. Now the inspirational stories take on a brand new frontier in an uplifting new musical. Melissa Gilbert, who played 'Laura' for ten years in the much-loved television series, continues her legacy by playing 'Ma.' Families will continue to fall in love with these life-affirming stories about the Ingalls' struggles and triumphs through the celebration of the pioneering spirit and the core values on which this country was founded — a spirit that resonates within each of us today."
The current tour itinerary follows:
10/13/09-10/25/09 in St. Paul at the Ordway Theater
10/27/09-11/1/09 in Nashville at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center
11/3/09-11/5/09 in Little Rock at the Robinson Auditorium
11/6/09-11/8/09 in Springfield, MO at the Hammons Auditorium
11/10/09-11/15/09 in Tulsa at the Tulsa PAC
11/17/09-11/22/09 in Oklahoma City at the Music Hall
11/24/2009-11/29/2009 in St. Louis at the Fox Theatre
12/1/2009 - 12/5/2009 in Detroit at the Fox Theatre
12/8/09-12/13/09 in Tempe at the Gammage Auditorium
12/15/09-12/27/09 in Denver at the Buell Auditorium
1/5/10-1/10/10 in Fayetteville at the Walton Arts Center
1/12/10-1/17/10 in Omaha at the Orpheum Theatre
1/26/10-2/28/10 in Toronto at the The Canon
3/2/10-3/7/10 in Tampa at the Tampa Bay PAC
3/9/10-3/14/10 in Naples at the The Philharmonic
3/16/10-3/21/10 in Raleigh at the BTI Center
3/23/10-3/28/10 in Appleton at the Fox Cities PAC
4/6/10-4/11/10 in Spokane at the Spokane Opera House
4/14/10-4/25/10 in Sacramento at the Community Center Theater
4/27/10-5/9/10 in Houston at the Hobby Center for the Perf. Arts
6/1/10-6/6/10 in Sioux Falls at the Washington Pavilion
6/15/10-6/20/10 in Atlanta (TOTS) at the The Fox Theatre
For more information visit www.LittleHouseTheMusical.com.


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Adam with his new bike…
Younger brothers nowadays, pfft
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Time Inconsistency and Free-Riding in a Monetary Union
AbstractWe analyze the setting of monetary and nonmonetary policies in monetary unions. We show that in these unions a time inconsistency problem in monetary policy leads to a novel type of free- rider problem in the setting of nonmonetary policies, such as labor market policy, fiscal policy, and bank regulation. The free-rider problem leads the union's members to pursue lax nonmonetary policies that induce the monetary authority to generate high inflation. The free-rider problem can be mitigated by imposing constraints on the nonmonetary policies, like unionwide rules on labor market policy, debt constraints on members' fiscal policy, and unionwide regulation of banks. When there is no time inconsistency problem, there is no free-rider problem, and constraints on nonmonetary policies are unnecessary and possibly harmful.
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- Varadarajan V. Chari & Patrick J. Kehoe, 2008. "Time Inconsistency and Free-Riding in a Monetary Union," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 40(7), pages 1329-1356, October.
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Draft scenario #1---Rnd 1-Gabe Carimi (OLT)
Rnd 2-Titus Young (WR/KR)
Rnd 3-Kendrick Ellis (DT)
Draft scenario # 2--Rnd 1-Jonathan Baldwin (WR)
Rnd 2-Marvin Austin
Rnd 3-Marcus Gilbert
I like scenario #1 better because it fills multiple holes for the Colts. I really don't need to talk about the need for an OLT but Carimi would help in the run game......Scenario 1 also gives them a much needed KR guy that can also line up in the slot and adds insurance in case Collie doesn't come back. Ellis would be a beast on the inside that wouldn't see a lot of double teams because of the hunters on the outside.
In scenario two, Manning gets a big, fast, WR that will take the pressure off of Wayne. Also, In another Jets showdown. Colts would be guaranteed single coverage on the big 3 (Wayne, Clark, Baldwin) and I like the Colts chances of one of them winning that matchup every time. Marvin Austin would be a steal in the 2nd round and would be the equivalent to having a Haynesworth type in the middle creating havoc.
With either scenario, I would like to see the Colts go after Jared Gaither and possibly Brandon Mebane to sure up both sides of the line!!!!!!


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Today I'm busy in preparation for my May/June trip to Africa. To the right of my desk, I have this photo from Uganda mounted on my wall. It's in my top 5 photos I've ever taken and a strong challenger for #1. I shot this photo on my first trip to Uganda. We were in Gulu, the epicenter of a long and bloody civil war where countless children were used as child soldiers.
On this first trip to Gulu, the war had only recently subsided and the air was still tense. When I took this photo, we sat on a public bus for the long, bumpy, uncomfortable ride back to Kampala. Buses don't leave until they are full, so you could wait a VERY long time. And we did.
Out my window was this bright red wall with the words "God Given" painted on them. We had spent some time around various orphanages in Gulu. Many of the children we met had been taken as child soldiers so the words on the wall reminded of God's interest and care for each child.
I waited and waited for someone to walk in front of the wall to compose a great photo. As I waited, the shadow slosely crept down the wall. The, just as the shadow started overtaking the words, this boy in blue sat down. I got this shot. I'm reminded how I can't predict what will happen on these trips: the people I'll meet, the experiences I'll have, or the photos I'll take. Sometimes you return with nothing, but other times you come back with a moment worth hanging on your wall. Like this boy, these important, unpredictable moments can also be "God Given."


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Morning all! Trust your holidys have been productive and that your schools this morning are not too full of crying teenage girls (or boys).
I've been entertaining myself the last couple of days by trying to hook the new fibre up to the switches, and giving myself a headache by staring down cables working out with cable is transmitting etc., and rather frustratingly, after using 11 transceivers, I'm one short. This wouldn't normally be a problem - 'cept for how bloody expensive they are - except that in their infinite wisdom 3COM appear to have EOLed the transceiver I've always used, as it is the compatible part listed on their website. For reference: this transceiver is what I've used, and in this instance I need to plug one into this switch.
Seeing as I can't source one anywhere - and nor can my suppliers - I come begging to you all, cap in hand, to shine light on the shadows of my ignorance. Will any 1000BASE-SX SFP Transceiver do the job, such as this Cisco model?
All my network equipment is otherwise 3COM, the fibre is 50/125 OM3 multi-mode running no more than around 130m, as far as I can tell that Cisco module should work - but I've learnt the hard way about making assumptions on this stuff before.
Thanks in advance for any advice, you are eternally my saviours and heroes, one and all.


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Jerry Sandusky Found Guilty On 45 Of 48 Counts
God, I wish this would close the chapter on this whole incredibly tragic ordeal, but there are too many kids -- most now adults -- that can only get so much comfort from the justice system throwing the book at Sandusky. Even serving 442 years in jail wouldn't be enough. That number couldn't be big enough. Let's remember there are no winners in this. Just victims. At least with Sandusky behind bars he won't be able to make any more victims.