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WGUC-FM Begins 5.1 Broadcasting with Neural Surround
Cincinnati - Aug 29, 2006 - WGUC-FM 90.9, Cincinnati, has chosen to broadcast in surround sound on main HD Radio channel and on main analog channel using Neural Audio's 5.1 technology. WGUC will be the first radio station in the country to commence 5.1 programming on its main channel with commercially available 5.1 music. This began on Aug 10, 2006, with the broadcast of Debussy's La Mer, performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, available on Telarc International's SACD #60617.
The surround broadcasts will feature performances of the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestras, London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic and many more, from record labels such as BIS, Deutsch Grammophone, Telarc International and others, most commercially available to the public on SACD or DVD.
WGUC prides itself on premier accomplishments, which include being the first station to produce a digital west-to-east transatlantic broadcast and being the first public radio station in Ohio to transmit with HD Radio technology. WGUC began broadcasting an HD Radio signal in July 2003.
According to Don Danko, vice president of engineering for Cincinnati Public Radio, the Neural system allows the station to deliver quality surround sound with minimal changes to the station's existing infrastructure. Danko notes that Neural Surround receivers are readily available in retail stores.
Under the expertise of the Corbett Studio's Audio Recording and Mastering Engineer Alex Kosiorek, WGUC has been thoroughly and uniformly testing all available surround sound technologies for HD Radio for several years, likely being the only station that has done so.
Neural Surround embeds the rich envelopment and discrete image detail of surround sound in a format compatible with stereo and legacy surround sound format.
WGUC is Cincinnati's oldest and largest public radio station and was one of the first in the nation to meet the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's qualification standards, one of the first NPR uplinks, and the first Ohio public radio station to transmit an HD Radio signal. WGUC was a charter member of National Public Radio and a founding member of American Public Radio (now Public Radio International).
MXL Microphones, Tascam Announce Strategic Alliance
El Segundo, CA, and Montebello, CA - Sep 1, 2006 - MXL Microphones, the professional audio division of Marshall Electronics, and Tascam, the professional audio division of Teac America, have formed a strategic alliance for MXL to supply microphones to Tascam to be sold under the Tascam brand name. The Tascam-branded microphone will be sold as an individual product as well as a part of a system package.
Dielectric Hosts First FM Engineering Conference
Raymond, ME - Aug 23, 2006 - As the HD Radio transition continues, radio broadcasters are faced with several decisions that affect how each station will implement the digital transmission technology in their facilities. Over a three-day period, Dielectric hosted several radio engineering executives at a coast-side facility in Maine to discuss the aspects of transmission, monitoring and maintenance of HD Radio.
Attendees were first provided with a tour of Dielectric's manufacturing facility in Raymond, ME, which the company has occupied since 1959. After a few additions in the 1990's, the facility now covers 125,000 square feet. Dielectric also own facilities in Bridgton, ME; Newburgh, IN; and Fremont, CA. Dielectric was founded in 1942.
The conference agenda included an overview of the Dielectric product line, including antennas, transmission line, filters and combiners, tower lighting and facility monitoring equipment. Attendees gained insight into antenna and combiner design, and the challenges and importance of analog/digital isolation in various hybrid HD Radio applications.
Mississippi Completes Test of Digital Emergency Alert Messaging
Jackson, MS - Aug 30, 2006 - Global Security Systems (GSS) has completed the test of its Mississippi statewide emergency alert network, designed and delivered under contract to the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security. During a test of the FEMA DEAS (Digital Emergency Alert System), originating in Virginia, the GSS system demonstrated live interoperability by delivering EAS text messages via FM radio signals through Mississippi Public Broadcasting and private FM networks to the cell phones of test participants in Jackson.
GSS developed a single-point to multipoint messaging system to provide redundant distribution of emergency alert messages in the event that responders' radios and cell phones become clogged with traffic or ineffective due to heavy network use. The company uses a standard commercial FM receiver chip that can be inserted into pagers, smoke detectors, cell phones, PDAs, and other devices to alert responders and provide vital information as a situation develops. Mississippi Public Broadcasting has partnered with the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security to allow the use of its tower network as the backbone of the statewide alert system.
The system was profiled in the June 2006 issue of Radio magazine.
Directed Electronics to Acquire Polk Audio
Vista, CA - Aug 21, 2006 - Directed Electronics has entered into an agreement to acquire Polk Audio, the manufacturer who recently released a tabletop HD Radio receiver. Directed is paying $136 million for Polk. The current Polk management team will join the Directed team after the acquisition, which is scheduled to close during the third quarter of 2006.
Founded in 1972, Polk specializes in home and mobile audio. Polk co-founders Matthew Polk and George Klopfer will remain actively engaged after the transaction.
Directed Electronics manufactures a variety of products under the Viper, Clifford, Python, Definitive Technology, A D S, Orion, Precision Power and Directed Audio brand names.
Avlex Relocates to Larger Facility
Overland Park, KS - Aug 25, 2006 - Avlex is relocating to a larger facility in Kansas City, MO, on Aug. 28, 2006. The company, now in its eighth year, has outgrown its current location in Overland Park, KS, a suburb of Kansas City. This new move will increase Avlex's facility to more than three times its previous size.
The company's toll-free telephone numbers remain unchanged. The new contact info is:
6655 Troost Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64131-1244
Logitek Names Grundstein Director of Sales
Houston - Aug 25, 2006 - Logitek Electronic Systems has appointed Frank Grundstein as the company's director of sales. Grundstein replaces Cam Eicher, who has left the company to pursue other opportunities.
Grundstein has been with Logitek for three years as the North American sales manager. His prior experience includes sales for Lightner Electronics, Radio Systems and Harris Broadcast. He has also worked in broadcasting and production, including positions at Malrite as the chief engineer of Eagle 106 in Philadelphia, director of A/V facilities for DDB Needham WW in New York and for Bonneville at WRFM in New York. Grundstein is an SBE Certified Broadcast Radio Engineer and holds an FCC General Radiotelephone License. He has a Master's Degree in Communications Systems from NYU.
Grundstein will be based in Philadelphia and can be reached at 800-231-5870, 610-642-2487 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Eicher Joins SAS
Burbank, CA - Sep 31, 2006 - Cam Eicher has joined Sierra Automated Systems and Engineering (SAS) as the director of sales. SAS is based in California, but Eicher will continue to work from his office in the Cincinnati area.
Eicher brings 19 years of experience in radio, the last 15 in equipment sales. Most recently, he spent five years as the director of sales for Logitek Electronic Systems.
Prior to Logitek, Eicher worked for Harris for 10 years in a variety of positions. He is most often associated with the four years he spent overseeing the Harris distribution business. He also sold and serviced satellite equipment in the early '90s, and began with the company buying and selling used equipment from what was then the largest equipment exchange business in the country. When he left Harris he was then the broadcast center manager.
Eicher's broadcast career began with a four-year stint working for WECI-FM in Richmond, IN. His responsibilities there included air shifts, chief engineer (including two studio rebuilds and a tower relocation) and general manager.
Sacks Promoted to VP of Axia
Cleveland, OH - Aug 31, 2006 - Martin Sacks has been appointed vice president of Axia Audio. Sacks' appointment is part of a corporate restructuring designed to better accommodate the company's growth while facilitating closer communication with its customer base. Sacks will oversee business development for the top 50 U.S. radio broadcasters.
Sacks brings upper level management to his new position at Axia Audio. He served as national sales director for Telos Systems, and director of sales for Electronics Research, a manufacturer of antennas and towers.
Ibiquity Digital Hires Business Manager
Columbia, MD - Aug 28, 2006 - Ibiquity Digital has hired Kitsa Lee as broadcast business manager, based in the company's Columbia, MD, headquarters. Most recently, Lee was operations director at Research Director, a media consulting firm in Annapolis, MD. Previously, she was programming research manager at National Public Radio.
Lee began her radio career at Arbitron, where she worked directly with radio stations in a number of positions. As part of her responsibilities, she helped explain Arbitron's methodology and procedures, analyze survey results, and evaluate and make recommendations on procedure changes. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from University of Maryland, University College, in business management.
Audemat-Aztec Releases Goldeneagle Firmware Update
Miami - Aug 31, 2006 - Audemat-Aztec will release firmware version 1.4 for the Goldeneagle HD at the end of September. The Goldeneagle HD is used for confidence and modulation monitoring. The update includes the addition of time and level alignment monitoring and RF mask monitoring to the the monitoring cycle. This will allow the Goldeneagle HD to send an alarm when it detects out-of-tolerance conditions. Also, the digital demodulator for FM analog modulation monitoring can now measure 67kHz and 92kHz SCA signals.
OMT Releases Imediatouch 2.6
Winnepeg, MB - Aug 31, 2006 - OMT is distributing the full release of Imediatouch version 2.6 for live assist and automated digital delivery. The new release will be shown at the NAB Radio Show in booth 512.
The Imediatouch V2.6 suite offers 48 new operational features, many of which were developed from user requests, focus groups and online customer surveys.
Netia Introduces Podcasting Module for Radio-Assist
Claret, France - Aug 31, 2006 - Netia has released a new podcasting module for the company's Radio-Assist digital audio content management software. An extension for Radio-Assist's Dispatcher automatic converter software, the new podcasting module permits broadcasters to publish podcasts from media assets within the Radio-Assist content database.
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Radio Shack in New York Preps for HD Radio
New York - Aug 31, 2006 - Radio Shack is expanding its rollout of HD Radio receivers to include approximately 250 of the nearly 350 Radio Shack stores open in the greater New York metropolitan area. In May 2006, Radio Shack announced that it was becoming the first major national retail chain to support the HD Radio rollout with a staggered launch of HD Radio receivers across the country. The first phase included all Radio Shack stores in Dallas/Fort Worth and less than 20 pilot stores in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston and Washington, DC.
According to a press release from the HD Digital Radio Alliance, the Radio Shack expansion coincides with what the company says is growing customer demand for HD Radio receivers that mirrors the growth of HD Radio content on local New York radio stations.
Nearly 20 radio station in the New York market are transmitting HD Radio signals.
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"Paramita," a Sanskrit word, literally means "arrived at the other shore." It means to completely finish whatever you do. If you decide to become a Buddha, then the realization of Buddhahood is paramita. If you want to go to a university and get a Ph.D., obtaining the degree is paramita. If you're hungry and want to eat, then to get full is paramita. If you're sleepy, then to lie down and go to sleep is paramita. The Sanskrit word "paramita" is transliterated into Chinese as bo luo mi. Bo luo is Chinese for pineapple, and mi means honey. So the fruit of paramita is said to be sweeter than the pineapple.
Bodhisattvas cultivate the six paramitas. They are:
There are three kinds of giving: the giving of wealth, the giving of dharma, and the giving of fearlessness.
As to wealth: although money is one of the things people love most, it is also the dirtiest thing in the world. Just consider how many hands it passes through and how many germs it gathers. In Buddhism, money is considered unclean. First of all, its source is often unclean. It may have been stolen or embezzled.
"I've earned every penny of my money," someone may complain. "It's clean!"
Even if your money comes from legitimate sources, you still can't deny that the money itself is filthy and covered with germs. Even so, everyone still likes it. A lot of people spit on their fingers when they count money. Then they pass it back and forth, making it highly suspect as a carrier of infectious diseases. But in spite of its filth, no one is afraid of getting too much money. If you gave someone all the money in America, he would not think it was too much. But when you have a lot of money, you also have a lot of problems. You can't get to sleep at night. You are kept busy figuring out where to put it. Since money keeps you so preoccupied, it is basically not a good thing. But even though it is not a good thing, most people love it and cannot give it up. One who can give away money practices the paramita of giving and is cultivating the Bodhisattva Way.
It is not easy for people to give. Their hearts are the junction of yin and yang, the battleground of reason and desire. For instance, someone sees someone else in bitter straits without a bit of food and, being a principled person, he decides to give the poor person a dollar. He reaches into his pocket, but suddenly his desire seizes him and he starts to have second thoughts. "Wait a minute. I can't give him that dollar. It's the last bit of change I've got. If I give it away, I won't have any money for the bus and I'll have to walk. I can't do it." His first impulse was to be generous to someone else, but it was followed immediately by a second thought: his own welfare. So he puts the money back in his pocket and doesn't give it away. That's the way it goes. It happens the same way on a large scale as it does on a small scale, all the way from a penny to a million dollars. The first thought is to give, the second thought concerns oneself. The giving of wealth is not easy. Some people even go so far as to think, "I'd be stupid to give my money to you. Why don't you give yours to me?" It is easy to talk about giving, but when the time comes to do it, it is difficult.
Ever since I was young, I haven't known how to count. Whenever I got some money, I gave it away. If I had one dollar, I gave that, and if I had two dollars, I gave them both away. I didn't want money. Most people would consider my behavior very stupid, because I didn't know how to help myself out. I only knew how to help others.
By benefiting others one brings forth the heart of a Bodhisattva, and those who bring forth the heart of a Bodhisattva benefit others rather than themselves. They say, "It's all right if I have to suffer and endure distress, but I don't want others to suffer." Bodhisattvas always benefit others by practicing good conduct without bothering to figure out if they take a loss.
Some people spend all their time making sure they get a bargain. When they set out to buy something, they do a lot of comparison shopping until they come up with the best buy. But what they end up buying turns out to be cheap in more ways than one - things made of the "latest material" wrought from scientific experiments, things which look handsome enough but which break as soon as they are used. Although such people think they're getting a good deal, in the end they take a loss. Instead of indulging in such calculated selfish behavior, you should work for the good of others.
The lecturing of sutras and explaining of dharma are the giving of dharma. It is said:
Of all the kinds of offerings
The gift of dharma is the highest.
The money you give can be counted, but the gift of dharma can't be reckoned. If someone comes to a sutra lecture and hears something that causes him to become enlightened - to genuinely understand - can you imagine how great the merit derived from such a gift would be? Because the gift of a sentence of dharma can cause people to realize Buddhahood, it is the highest kind of giving.
The giving of fearlessness takes place, for example, when you bring calm to the victims of robbery or fire or any other catastrophe that causes them to be terrified or panic-stricken. You can calm them and comfort them by saying something like, "Don.t be afraid. No matter what the problem is, it can eventually be resolved."
The second paramita practiced by Bodhisattvas is keeping moral precepts. This refers to the precepts and rules, which are one of the most important aspects of the Buddha's teachings.
What are precepts?
Precepts are the rules of moral conduct that Buddhist disciples follow. The precepts stop evil and guard against mistakes. When you maintain precepts, you don't indulge in any bad actions, but instead you conduct yourself properly and you offer up your good conduct to the Buddha.
How many kinds of precepts are there?
Laypeople who have taken refuge with the Triple Jewel - the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha - and who wish to make progress should take the five precepts. The five are not to kill, not to steal, not to commit sexual misconduct, not to lie, and not to take intoxicants. One vows to follow these rules for the rest of one's life. After receiving the five precepts, laypeople can make further progress by taking the eight precepts. Beyond the eight precepts are the ten precepts of a shramanera (novice). After receiving the shramanera precepts, to become fully-ordained - to become one who has left the home-life - one can take the two hundred fifty precepts of a bhikshu (monk) or the three hundred forty-eight precepts of a bhikshuni (nun). There are also the ten major and forty-eight minor Bodhisattva precepts. The first ten are called "major" because one cannot repent and reform for violation of any of these ten. If one violates the minor precepts, it is still possible to change one's faults and begin anew.
When the Buddha was about to enter nirvana, his disciple Ananda asked him four questions, one of which was this: "When the Buddha was in the world, he was our master; after the Buddha enters nirvana, who will be our master?"
The Buddha told him, "After I enter nirvana, you should take the precepts as master." He was indicating that people who leave the home-life - all bhikshus and bhikshunis - should take the precepts as master.
Laypeople who seek to receive precepts should certainly seek them from one who has left the home-life. When the precepts are transmitted, the precept-substance must be bestowed upon the recipient by a bhikshu. According to the Buddha's precepts, bhikshunis cannot transmit precepts.
It is absolutely essential for people who want to cultivate the Way to receive precepts. If you can guard the pure precept-substance, then you are as beautiful as a gleaming pearl. Vinaya Master Dao Xuan ("Proclaimer of the Way"), who lived on Zhong Nan mountain during the Tang dynasty, held the precepts so well that gods made offerings of food to him. The virtue of the precepts is very great. If you study the Buddhadharma without receiving the precepts, you will be a leaky bottle. To keep the precepts is to patch the leaks. The human body has outflows. It leaks. If you maintain the precepts for a long time, eventually there will be no outflows.
This Shurangama dharma assembly, in which the sutra is now being explained, offers a combination of study and practice. The schedule is strenuous, from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily, much more rigorous than regular school - but this is a school for ending birth and death. It is a school of complementary practice and understanding. From the study of the Shurangama Sutra we derive understanding, and we practice by investigating dhyana. Through the combination of practice and understanding we can stride forward over solid ground and get the job done without carelessness or negligence. Through your efforts, you may solve the problem of birth and death and obtain extremely great benefit.
An example will help to illustrate the value of combining understanding with practice. A blind man and a cripple lived together in a family compound. There were several other people living with them and helping them out. One day, however, everyone else went out - fishing, shopping, doing the sorts of things people like to do. The blind man and the cripple were the only ones left at home. On that particular day a fire broke out in the house. The blind man couldn't see and had no way to get out. The cripple could see, but he didn't have any legs. What a predicament they were in! Both of them were certainly going to burn to death.
At that time a good and wise advisor gave them some advice. "You two can avoid dying. You can get out of this burning house. How? Cripple, let the blind man use your eyes. Blind man, let the cripple use your legs." They followed his advice. Did the cripple gouge out his eyes and stick them in the sockets of the blind man? Without a surgeon such a method would surely fail. To put the blind man's legs on the cripple without a physician would also be difficult. What did they do?
They made the best of the situation. The cripple climbed on the blind man's back and told the blind man where to walk. "Go left, go right, go straight ahead." The blind man had legs and, although he couldn't see, he could hear the cripple's instructions. Thanks to the timely advice, the two managed to save themselves.
When you hear this, don't mistakenly think that I am calling you blind or crippled. It is not you who are blind or you who are crippled. I am blind and crippled. But having understood the principle involved, I have spoken the analogy, which is not speaking of you or me and yet is speaking of you and me.
No one should be arrogant. Don't reflect on your singular understanding or the greatness of your wisdom. Why haven't you realized Buddhahood? It is because you are too arrogant. "I have so much knowledge," you think, but whatever you learn obstructs you. If you have a lot of knowledge, you are burdened with the obstruction of knowledge. If you have a lot of ability, your ability obstructs you so that you are unable to realize the Way. We should get rid of our thoughts of you, me, and him. Let the thoughts settle. Relax. Purify them. Empty your belly.
"What for?"
Then you can fill your belly with the wonderful flavor of clarified butter, the unsurpassed wonderful dharma. Once there was a young woman, a Ph.D. candidate, who admitted that her mind was full of garbage. Now we'll use her words and say, throw out the "garbage" from your mind, and then you can listen to sutras. Then each thing you hear will unfold into a thousand understandings.
The third paramita of the Bodhisattva is patience. There are three kinds: patience with production; patience with dharmas; and patience with the non-production of dharmas.
The fourth paramita is vigor. To be vigorous is to continually advance and never retreat. An example of extreme vigor is given in the Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra in the Chapter on the Past Deeds of Medicine King Bodhisattva. This Bodhisattva wrapped his body in cotton, saturated it with fragrant oils, went before the Buddhas, and burned his body as an offering.
"Why did he do that?" you ask.
Because he felt the Buddhas' kindness was so sublime, so profound, and so great that there was just no way to repay it.
Therefore, he used his own body, heart, nature, and life as an offering to the Buddhas.
"How long did his body burn?" you wonder.
For an extremely long time. There is no way to calculate for how long it burned.
When the Great Master Zhi Yi ("Wise One"), third patriarch of the Tian Tai school, read the Chapter on the Past Deeds of Medicine King Bodhisattva, he entered samadhi when he came to the passage that reads: "This is true vigor. This is a true offering of dharma." Within samadhi he saw that the assembly at Vulture Peak, where the Dharma Flower Sutra was spoken by the Buddha, was still there and had not yet adjourned.
Master Zhi Yi saw that Shakyamuni Buddha was still there speaking dharma, turning the great dharma wheel, teaching and transforming living beings. Thereupon Great Master Zhi Yi entered the Dharma Flower samadhi and obtained the once-revolving dharani. After experiencing this he withdrew from samadhi. By means of the great wisdom he had gained, he established and systematized the Tian Tai school. This response was evoked by the inconceivable merit and virtue of Medicine King Bodhisattva's vigor when he burned his body as an offering to the Buddhas.
Most people will react by saying, "If plucking out a single hair of my head would benefit the entire world, I still wouldn't do it." That's because they only know how to benefit themselves and not how to benefit others. They can't be called vigorous.
The fifth paramita is dhyana concentration, also called dhyana samadhi. There are four dhyanas and eight samadhis. The nine successive stages of samadhi are discussed in the text of the Shurangama Sutra, so they will not be dealt with in detail now. I will explain the four dhyanas briefly.
The first dhyana is called the "state of joy apart from production." In the first dhyana, one's pulse stops.
The second dhyana is called the "state of joy from achieving samadhi." Here one's samadhi is more solid than in the first dhyana. In the second dhyana one's breath stops, but this does not mean death; it is instead another realm of consciousness. The outer breath ceases and an inner breath comes to life. Ordinary people can use only their external breath. If a person can breathe internally, he can avoid death. He can live as many years as he wants. However, one can live so long as to turn into a useless corpse-guarding ghost obsessed with the need to protect his "stinking skin-bag" of a body.
The third dhyana is called the "state of wonderful bliss detached from joy." Most people who cultivate like to experience joy. However, the bliss experienced in the third dhyana, which is detached from joy, is extremely wonderful. In this dhyana, conscious thought ceases.
The fourth dhyana is called the "state of pure renunciation of thought." Here all thoughts are abandoned. One can know what is happening in the heavens and among people. But one should not become attached to the experience. Entering the samadhi of the fourth dhyana represents only a first step in cultivating the Way. One should not think that accomplishing the fourth dhyana is a special attainment. It is just the first step toward realizing Buddhahood. It is not even the accomplishment of the first stage of arhatship.
The sixth paramita is prajna. Prajna is a Sanskrit word that may be translated as wisdom. Most people consider mundane intelligence to be wisdom. It is not. Intelligence is worldly knowledge such as that derived from the study of science, philosophy, and the like. "Wisdom" refers to the world-transcending wisdom that realizes Buddhahood. This is prajna. The word prajna is not translated because it contains many meanings and thus falls within the five kinds of terms not translated, which are:
This list was first drawn up by Tripitaka Master Xuan Zang in the Tang dynasty.
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To ensure that both the duration of heat exposure and the amount of work done in the heat were adequate to elicit effects of the low-salt diet, subjects remained in the hot environment for approximately 8.5 hours per day. They entered a large environmental chamber (41°C dry bulb, 21 percent relative humidity, 1.1 to 1.2 meters per second wind speed) at approximately 7:30 a.m. on each of the 10 heat acclimation days and remained standing for at least 20 minutes to stabilize body fluid compartments prior to blood sampling (Hagan et al., 1978). At approximately 8:00 a.m. on each day of acclimation (days 8 to 17), subjects began exercise (treadmill, 5 percent grade, 5.6 km per hour) in this hot environment. They then walked for 30 minutes and rested for 30 minutes each hour for the next 8 hours with water available (temperature of water, 10° to 15°C). Fluid consumption and body weight were monitored at 30-minute intervals, and subjects were instructed to maintain euhydration levels by consuming the full complement (based on body weight measures) that was allowed during each 30-minute interval. Lunch was presented at approximately 12:30 p.m. (fifth rest period), and subjects were allowed to exit the chamber shortly after the eighth walk upon completing other physiological and behavioral measures (approximately 4:00 p.m.). If a person was unable to complete all of the work cycles on a particular day, he remained in the chamber and participated in all other aspects of the protocol (for example, diet, drinking, other tests). Thus, the continuity of the heat exposure component of the acclimation process was uninterrupted. After completing the daily chamber exposure, subjects returned to their dormitory setting until the regimen was repeated the next morning.
During the dietary stabilization period, on days 1, 4, and 7 a 6-ml sample of blood was removed by venipuncture from a superficial arm vein by a trained phlebotomist using aseptic techniques. This sample was removed at approximately 7:45 a.m. after subjects had been standing for 20 minutes; room temperature was 21° ± 1°C during the entire stabilization period. During the heat-work period (days 8 to 17) three samples were taken on each of experimental days 8, 11, 15, and 17, which corresponded to days 1, 4, 8, and 10 of heat acclimation. Because of the requirement for repeated blood sampling on these days, a catheter was aseptically inserted into each subject's superficial arm vein. The first blood sample of the day (T1) was taken after subjects had stood in the heat for 20 minutes, prior to exercise, at approximately 7:45 a.m. to correspond with the time of blood sampling during the dietary stabilization period. The second blood sample


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Java virtual machine
A Java virtual machine (JVM) is an abstract computing machine. There are three notions of the JVM: specification, implementation, and instance. An instance of the JVM can execute any executable computer program compiled into Java bytecode. It is the code execution component of the Java platform. The Java virtual machine is called "virtual" because it is an abstract computer defined by a specification. JVM specification omits implementation details that are not essential to insure interoperability. For example, the memory layout of run-time data areas, the garbage-collection algorithm used, and any internal optimization of the Java virtual machine instructions (their translation into machine code). The main reason for this omission is to not unnecessarily constrain the creativity of implementors. Any Java application can be run only inside a run-time instance of some concrete implementation of the abstract specification of the Java virtual machine.[1]
JVM languages[edit]
A JVM language is any language with functionality that can be expressed in terms of a valid class file which can be hosted by the Java Virtual Machine. A class file contains Java Virtual Machine instructions (or bytecode) and a symbol table, as well as other ancillary information. The class file format, the hardware- and operating system- independent binary format used to represent compiled classes and interfaces.[3] Java 7 JVM implements JSR 292: Supporting Dynamically Typed Languages on the Java Platform, a new feature which supports dynamically typed languages in the JVM. This feature is developed within the Da Vinci Machine Project whose mission is to extend the JVM so that it supports languages other than Java.[4]
Class loader[edit]
A class loader implementation must be able to recognize and load classes and interfaces stored in binary files that conform to the Java class file format. Any implementation is free to recognize other binary forms besides class files, but it must recognize class files.
The class loader performs three basic activities in this strict order:
- Loading: finds and imports the binary data for a type
- Linking: performs verification, preparation, and (optionally) resolution
- Verification: ensures the correctness of the imported type
- Preparation: allocates memory for class variables and initializing the memory to default values
- Resolution: transforms symbolic references from the type into direct references.
- Initialization: invokes Java code that initializes class variables to their proper starting values.
In general, there are two types of class loader: bootstrap class loader and user defined class loader.
Every Java virtual machine implementation must have a bootstrap class loader, capable of loading trusted classes. The Java virtual machine specification doesn't specify how a class loader should locate classes.
Bytecode instructions[edit]
The JVM has instructions for the following groups of tasks:
- Load and store
- Arithmetic
- Type conversion
- Object creation and manipulation
- Operand stack management (push / pop)
- Control transfer (branching)
- Method invocation and return
- Throwing exceptions
- Monitor-based concurrency
The aim is binary compatibility. Each particular host operating system needs its own implementation of the JVM and runtime. These JVMs interpret the bytecode semantically the same way, but the actual implementation may be different. More complex than just emulating bytecode is compatibly and efficiently implementing the Java core API that must be mapped to each host operating system.
The Java virtual machine heap is the area of memory used by the JVM, specifically HotSpot, for dynamic memory allocation.[5] The heap is divided into generations:
- The young generation stores short-lived objects that are created and immediately garbage collected.
- Objects that persist longer are moved to the old generation (also called the tenured generation).
The permanent generation (or permgen) was used for class definitions and associated metadata prior to Java 8. Permanent generation was not part of the heap.[6][7] The permanent generation was removed from Java 8.[8]
Originally there was no permanent generation, and objects and classes were stored together in the same area. But as class unloading occurs much more rarely than objects are collected, moving class structures to a specific area allowed significant performance improvements.[6]
Secure execution of remote code[edit]
A virtual machine architecture allows very fine-grained control over the actions that code within the machine is permitted to take. This is designed to allow safe execution of untrusted code from remote sources, a model used by Java applets. Applets run within a VM incorporated into a user's browser, executing code downloaded from a remote HTTP server. The remote code runs in a restricted sandbox, which is designed to protect the user from misbehaving or malicious code. Publishers can purchase a certificate with which to digitally sign applets as safe, giving them permission to ask the user to break out of the sandbox and access the local file system, clipboard, execute external pieces of software, or network.
Bytecode interpreter and just-in-time compiler[edit]
For each hardware architecture a different Java bytecode interpreter is needed. When a computer has a Java bytecode interpreter, it can run any Java bytecode program, and the same program can be run on any computer that has such an interpreter.
When Java bytecode is executed by an interpreter, the execution will be always slower than the execution of the same program compiled into native machine language. This problem is mitigated by just-in-time (JIT) compilers for executing Java bytecode. A just-in-time compiler may translate Java bytecode into native machine language while executing the program. The translated parts of the program can then be executed much more quickly than they could be interpreted. This technique gets applied to those parts of a program frequently executed. This way a just-in-time compiler can significantly speed up the overall execution time.
There is no necessary connection between Java and Java bytecode. A program written in Java can be compiled directly into the machine language of a real computer and programs written in other languages than Java can be compiled into Java bytecode.
Java bytecode is intended to be platform-independent and secure.[9] Some JVM implementations do not include an interpreter, but consist only of a just-in-time compiler.[10]
Starting with Java Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0, changes to the JVM specification have been developed under the Java Community Process as JSR 924.[11] As of 2006[update], changes to specification to support changes proposed to the class file format (JSR 202)[12] are being done as a maintenance release of JSR 924. The specification for the JVM is published in book form,[13] known as blue book. The preface states:
We intend that this specification should sufficiently document the Java Virtual Machine to make possible compatible clean-room implementations. Oracle provides tests that verify the proper operation of implementations of the Java Virtual Machine.
One of Oracle's JVMs is named HotSpot, the other, inherited from BEA Systems is JRockit. Clean-room Java implementations include Kaffe and IBM J9. Oracle owns the Java trademark, and may allow its use to certify implementation suites as fully compatible with Oracle's specification.
See also[edit]
- List of Java virtual machines
- Comparison of Java virtual machines
- Comparison of application virtual machines
- Automated exception handling
- Java performance
- List of JVM languages
- Java processor
- Common Language Runtime
- ^ Inside the Java Virtual Machine by Bill Venners, Chapter 5 http://www.artima.com/insidejvm/ed2/index.html
- ^ 1996, possibly the first new language specifically designed to run on the JVM)
- ^ The Java® Virtual Machine Specification Java SE 7 Edition http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se7/jvms7.pdf
- ^ New JDK 7 Feature: Support for Dynamically Typed Languages in the Java Virtual Machine http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/javase/dyntypelang-142348.html
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions about Garbage Collection in the Hotspot Java Virtual Machine". Sun Microsystems. 6 February 2003. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
- ^ a b Masamitsu, Jon (28 November 2006). "Presenting the Permanent Generation". Retrieved 7 February 2009.
- ^ Nutter, Charles (11 September 2008). "A First Taste of InvokeDynamic". Retrieved 7 February 2009.
- ^ "JEP 122: Remove the Permanent Generation". Oracle Corporation. 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
- ^ http://math.hws.edu/javanotes/c1/s3.html Introduction to Programming Using Java, Seventh Edition, Version 7.0, August 2014 by David J. Eck Section 1.3 The Java Virtual Machine
- ^ http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E15289_01/doc.40/e15058/underst_jit.htm Oracle® JRockit Introduction Release R28 2. Understanding Just-In-Time Compilation and Optimization
- ^ JSR 924, specifies changes to the JVM specification starting with J2SE 5.0
- ^ JSR 202, specifies a number of changes to the class file format
- ^ The Java Virtual Machine Specification (the first and second editions are also available online)
- Clarifications and Amendments to the Java Virtual Machine Specification, Second Edition includes list of changes to be made to support J2SE 5.0 and JSR 45
- JSR 45, specifies changes to the class file format to support source-level debugging of languages such as JavaServer Pages (JSP) and SQLJ that are translated to Java
External links[edit]
- The Java Virtual Machine Specification
- Java implementations at DMOZ
- Java Virtual Machine Download Link
- JVM implementation in pure Java


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Foreign Postdoctoral Fellows are required to obtain a temporary work permit in order to be employed or hold a trainee position at UBC. The steps outlined below provide details on obtaining a temporary work permit and Social Insurance Number (SIN). The steps are broken down into the following sections:
Before Arrival
1. Once the postdoctoral fellow has been offered a position at UBC, their Department or School will start the process to obtain the necessary authorization to work in Canada.
2. UBC sends a letter of invitation to the Postdoctoral Fellow. Note Postdoctoral Fellows do not require a Labour Market Impact Assessment and that a letter of invitation is used instead to obtain the necessary permit/visas. The employer will also provide a completed Employer Declaration Form which the postdoc will in turn provide it to CIC as requested.
3. As soon as the letter of invitation is received, the postdoctoral fellow must apply for a temporary work permit from the nearest Canadian Immigration Office. Refer to CIC's website on Working Temporarily in Canada for further details on how to apply. The application form and important information regarding applying for a temporary work permit can be found on the Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC) website. The temporary work permit currently costs $150 CDN and depending on the immigration office. It may take several days or several weeks to process the application. Individuals are advised to review the website of their local Canadian Immigration Office to ascertain processing times and required documentation.
It is important to note that if a postdoctoral fellow will hold an unpaid appointment at UBC, or will be receiving their own fellowship funding, an application for a work permit must still be made. A work permit of at least one year in duration is required in order to be eligible for medical coverage under the BC Medical Services Plan and for coverage of school fees of school aged children. Please refer to our Things to Know Before You Arrive page for further information on this and other related matters.
When the temporary work permit is approved, the Canadian Immigration Office will issue a letter approving the issuance of a work permit. The work permit will actually be issues at the border. Travel and moving arrangements can now be finalized.
In addition to a work permit, the CIC may also require the following items:
Temporary Resident Visa
In addition to the temporary work permit, citizens of some countries & territories will also require a temporary resident visa (TRV). If a TRV is required, it is not necessary to make a separate application; the immigration officer will issue the TRV at the same time as the approval for a work permit. A list of countries and territories whose citizens need a TRV can be found on the CIC website. If you are planning to travel outside of Canada while at UBC, please ensure that you notify CIC at the time of application to ensure that, if eligible, a multiple entry visa is obtained.
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CIC also requires citizens of certain countries to supply biometric data in order to enter Canada. Please refer to the CIC website for a list of countries whose citizens will be required to provide this data. Note that there is a $85 CAD per person fee associated with this. Families applying together for a visitor visa will pay a maximum biometric fee of up to $170 CAD.
4. Upon entry into Canada the new postdoctoral fellow should have the following documents ready for the immigration official to assist the immigration officer in issuing a temporary work permit:
- The letter of approval from the Canadian Immigration Office (if applicable), and if required a Temporary Resident Visa and Biometric Data requirements
- The letter of invitation/offer from the University
- Completed Employer Declaration Form
- Proof of PhD
- Passport(s)
- Temporary resident visa(s) (if applicable)
- Travel documents (i.e. airline tickets)
- Marriage certificate or Statutory Declaration of Common Law Union (for accompanying spouse/partner)
- Children's birth certificates (if applicable)
5. A temporary work permit will normally be issued for the dates outlined in the letter of invitation. However, there are other factors, such as passport expiry date, which the immigration officer will take into consideration when issuing a work permit.
Spouses and accompanying children: If applicable, a spousal work permit and/or visitor records and/or study permits for accompanying dependent children will be issued at the same time. It is important for accompanying family to have the necessary documentation from CIC as this has an impact on benefits coverage.
After Arrival
6. After arrival, the new postdoctoral fellow must apply in person for a Social Insurance Number (SIN) at a Service Canada office. Upon receipt of the SIN card, a copy of this and the temporary work permit must be supplied to Faculty Relations. In the event that the SIN card is not issued prior to the employment start date, a copy of the SIN application receipt will suffice in the interim. Please note that SINs are valid for the duration of the temporary work permit.
Please note that you are not allowed to begin working until the effective date of your work permit; for example, if you were hired effective July 1 but your work permit is not effective until August 15, your start date will now be August 15th.
7. Upon receipt of the SIN card, the postdoctoral fellow must provide a copy of the SIN card to Faculty Relations.
Renewal of a Temporary Work Permit
8. Postdoctoral Fellows employed at UBC on a work permit must renew their work permit if their appointment is to continue beyond the expiry of their current work permit. It is important to renewing a work permit well in advance of the current work permit expiry date. Please refer to the Work Permit Renewal page for important details on timing, and how the renewal may affect pay and benefits.
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I am angry right now. Very, very angry... at WikiLeaks.
I have never had any praise for them anyway. They are the enemies of civilization. They have no regards for the families they have ruined with their supposed championing of free speech. They have published videos of so-called atrocities with no context. They have leaked the names of the Afghans and Iraqis co-operating with the Coalition, to whom the glory-seeking Assange apparently shows no empathy.
But what makes me furious, what causes my blood to boil at obscene levels, is their reaction to the growing support for Malala Yousafzai to be named as the Guardian's Person of the Year. Bradley Manning won. Of course, I don't think much of that. But what is truly disgusting about this sordid affair is how Wikileaks took to Malala's competition in this very low-stakes game.
Malala Yousafzai, for those of you who have been living under a rock, is the 15-year-old girl who was shot by Taliban gunman for daring to speak out against their rule. The attack rightfully sparked domestic and international outrage.
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War! Huh! What is it good for? Apart from ending slavery, stopping Nazism and Japanese militarism and defending civilized people from the ever-present onslaught of Islamofascism, right?
I can't help but wonder if there is such a thing as a truly anti-war person, and if they exist, how lonely they must be. When the language of anti-war is invoked today, it is specifically meant as a protest, for the most part, against Israeli military operations in Gaza, the West Bank or Southern Lebanon, or US military operations in the War on Terror. We saw this with the thousands of demonstrations, both before and during the Iraqi War.
The problem with these antiwar movements is that they are, to be blunt, selective. You would hear nothing from them about the numerous conflicts in Africa. During the Cold War, they would not march outside the Soviet embassies against operations in Vietnam or Afghanistan. And now, they do not picket the Iranian embassy, which outsources terror to Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, just to start with.
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For the politically-minded who love war movies, or just movies in general, Hollywood's output has been disappointing ever since September 11, 2001. The attacks hammered home the threat of radical Islamism, but the film industry responded in typical politically-correct fashion. That's been a source of annoyance to those who want gritty action scenes ala Saving Private Ryan or Black Hawk Down without the heavy-handed condemnations of the military, the Bush government, the CIA or those dastardly neo-conservatives; movies where soldiers are dedicated, professional men who try to help the Afghan or Iraqi people and fight off the jihadis who want to enslave them. For every Fahrenheit 9/11, Redacted and Lions for Lambs, there is the overwhelming desire to see just one good WoT movie where everything is (yes) black and white. (Mark Humphrys has a good section on Cinema and the War). Even more annoying is Hollywood's stubborn refusal to look reality in the face, and to keep turning out anti-war flicks knowing they will bomb when a good pro-war flick can make millions of dollars.
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Claude Julien: Patrice Bergeron and Gregory Campbell 'cleared' for practice, not games yet | 09.11.13 at 1:02 pm ET |
On the first day of training camp, Bruins coach Claude Julien announced what would likely be considered good news by all Bruins followers.
Patrice Bergeron and Gregory Campbell both passed their conditioning drills and have been cleared for full practice with the team. Bergeron suffered a punctured lung, a broken rib, a separated shoulder and damaged cartilage at the end of the Stanley Cup finals in late June. Campbell suffered a broken right leg blocking a slap shot from Evgeni Malkin in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.
"They're going to practice with us, they're going to be on the ice," Julien announced Wednesday afternoon during his first full press conference of camp. "When it comes time to play those exhibition games, it'll be obviously a conversation again with our trainers, making sure that if they're going to play, there's not a risk factor."
The Bruins open their seven-game preseason next Monday night in Montreal against the Canadiens, and it's unlikely either player would be ready to play, though Julien did leave some wiggle room on Wednesday.
"Right now, I would tell you that they would not be cleared to play a game if we started today but that might chance in the upcoming day or in a week from now," Julien said. "They can practice with the team. It's just about playing in an exhibition game."
Julien also confirmed that everyone who took the conditioning test on Wednesday passed. Julien said he took the excellent conditioning of his team as a sign of where they're at as a group.
"I don't think I'm going to need time in camp to assess [conditioning or mentality]," Julien said. "I feel it right now. I think our group is in the right place. I like the feeling of our hockey club right now. These tests today just kind of solidified what I thought. Guys are in great shape. It would've been easy guys, after finishing so late, to just kind of shut 'er down for the summer. But they've kept themselves in great and they look excited to get off to a new start here."
Offense comes back to life in 6-5 shootout loss | 03.28.13 at 12:03 am ET |
Because six Bruins failed to beat Peter Budaj in a shootout, the clearest takeaway from the Bruins' 6-5 loss to Montreal on Wednesday was another blown third-period lead. However, the reason the Bruins had a lead to blow was that the offense came alive for the first time in a week and half, with five different players scoring.
In their last five games before Wednesday, the Bruins had 10 goals (and one of those came in a shootout). Against Montreal, they knocked Carey Price out of the net with four goals in the second period and finished the game with 41 shots.
'It was nice to see us score some goals tonight,' Bruins coach Claude Julien said. 'We've been a little dry lately, and we managed to score five, so that was nice to see.'
Perhaps it was a bad omen when Dougie Hamilton was the first Bruin on the board, as they're now 0-4 when he scores. Still, Hamilton cut Montreal's lead in half just 39 seconds after P.K. Subban had made it 2-0, and his goal sparked a momentum shift in the Bruins' direction.
Patrice Bergeron's line reappeared with a vengeance, recording a total of nine points between Bergeron, Brad Marchand and Tyler Seguin. Each scored a goal, and Bergeron added three assists. Seguin had two and Marchand one.
That was especially encouraging for Marchand, as the second-chance goal he scored to tie the game at two was only his second in the last 12 games. After a shaky start to the game, Nathan Horton also broke a drought, scoring for the first time in six games and only the second time in the last 15.
The Bruins' last two goals came on rushes, with perfectly timed passes through the slot, but their first three came from persistence on second and third chances. Despite being pulled after allowing four goals on 26 shots, Price made the Bruins work for their first three. They were equal to the challenge, winning races to rebounds and maintaining possession in the zone until they found clear shooting lanes.
Although Bergeron's line, the Bruins' most productive this year, ended up playing together by the middle of the game, they didn't start the night that way. Julien started Daniel Paille with Bergeron and Seguin instead, and Marchand said the change, however brief, helped him.
'Maybe just to let me know I've got to simplify a little bit,' Marchand said. 'At times, when you play with each other for a while, you start only looking for each other, and try to make pretty plays instead of doing things that work, which is keeping it simple and taking pucks to the net. And that's what worked for us tonight.'
Trade loss: With Jarome Iginla rumors swirling, B's blow lead, lose shootout to Habs | 03.27.13 at 10:37 pm ET |
Brendan Gallagher scored the decisive goal in the sixth round of the shootout as the Canadiens beat the Bruins, 6-5, in overtime Wednesday night at TD Garden. Gallagher also scored once in the third period before the Canadiens tied it with 8.2 seconds left in regulation. The Bruins had a pair of two-goal leads but couldn't hold on, as they fell a point behind the Canadiens in the Northeast Division. The Bruins went 0-for-6 in the shootout while Gallagher was the only Canadien to score in six tries.
Patrice Bergeron scored a goal and added three assists while Tyler Seguin added a goal and two assists
With his team battling for the top spot in the Northeast Division six floors below, Bruins president Cam Neely went back and forth on the ninth floor, shadowed by security. This led to speculation about whether the Bruins might be ready to pull the trigger on a major trade for Calgary Flames star Jarome Iginla, who was scratched from his game Wednesday night, the first game the 35-year-old has missed since Feb. 2007.
For a second straight game, Claude Julien juggled his lines at the start before reverting midway through the game. And, for the second straight game against a division rival, the Bruins came out flat in the first period. They were held without a shot for the first eight minutes of the game.
With the exception of Seguin, the Canadiens generated most of the energy on the ice in the opening 20 minutes. It paid off for the visitors when former Bruin Michael Ryder got enough on a snap shot from the low slot and beat Tuukka Rask just 4:15 into the game for a 1-0 lead.
The Canadiens appeared to be in the driver's seat when arch-nemesis P.K. Subban blasted a slap shot from the right point through a screen and past Rask 2:53 into the second period for a 2-0 lead.
Despite falling behind for the fourth straight game, the Bruins did not panic. And as they did on Monday, when they also fell behind by two goals at the start to the Maple Leafs, the Bruins woke up just in time.
It was a rush from Seguin that got things going 30 seconds after the Subban goal. Seguin came flying down the right wing and fired a shot off the crossbar. The puck came down in front of Bergeron. He couldn't put it in the open net but Dougie Hamilton was in the right place at the right time and drilled a one-timer from between the circles past Price and the comeback was on.
Less than four minutes later, with Julien again rejoining his regular lines, Marchand netted the game-tying goal by battling for position in front of Price and knocking the puck past the Montreal goalie. Marchand, who started the game on the third line with Rich Peverley and Jordan Caron, was reunited with Bergeron and Seguin. It was Seguin who won the battle in the corner and fired the puck in front of the net for Marchand.
After Lars Eller hauled down Shawn Thornton on a rush down the left wing, the Bruins went on the power play. With 14 seconds left on the man advantage, Bergeron potted his 10th of the season to put the Bruins up, 3-2. The play was set up when Zdeno Chara fed Torey Krug, called up earlier in the day. Krug fired a shot from the right point. The shot deflected off Rich Peverley in front and onto the stick of Bergeron who finished it off.
With the Garden crowd still buzzing, David Krejci fed Nathan Horton on a mini-break and Horton beat Price 35 seconds later for a 4-2 lead. After spotting the Canadiens the game's first three shots in the opening seven minutes, the Bruins outshot Montreal 26-8 and finished with a 26-11 advantage after 40 minutes.
Price was pulled in favor of Peter Budaj to start the third. Andrew Ference drew a hooking penalty and the Bruins had a power play but could generate little momentum. Then moments later, Ryder added his second of the night, drawing the Canadiens within one, 4-3, with just over 16 minutes still left in regulation.
With Hamilton in the penalty box for holding, Budaj kept the Canadiens in the game with a huge save on Gregory Campbell on a shorthanded breakaway with 10 minutes left. Seguin then gave the Bruins huge insurance with a backhander to beat Budaj with just over eight minutes left, putting Boston up, 5-3. The Canadiens made it a one goal game again as the Seguin goal was being announced as Brendan Gallagher got a lucky bounce off the mouth Dennis Sidenberg and beat Rask with 7:42 left. The Bruins killed off their first five shorthanded situations, including an elbowing call on Chara with 4:40 left in regulation.
But a delay of game on Aaron Johnson with 1:27 left, led to a 6-on-4 with Montreal's empty net. A shot from Subban deflected off the stick of Chara past Rask with 8.2 seconds left to tie the game. Andrei Markov was credited with the goal The Bruins got a power play with 1:20 left in overtime when Alexei Emelin was called for a hooking penalty. Krejci had one final chance to win it but Budaj smothered the shot from the right circle two seconds before the end of overtime.
The Bruins are off Thursday and Friday before visiting Philadelphia for a matinee with the Flyers on Saturday. For more, visit the Bruins team page at weei.com/bruins.
P.J. Stock on D&C: 'Everyone's guilty' of embellishing | 03.06.13 at 10:08 am ET |
Former Bruin P.J. Stock of Hockey Night in Canada joined Dennis & Callahan on Wednesday to talk about how changes in hockey have led to more embellishment, and how he thinks an openly gay player would be received in the league.
There have been rumors around the web that Canadiens defenseman Josh Gorges would be coming out this week, but according to You Can Play president Patrick Burke, who spoke with the Canadiens, they are untrue. Stock said that in general he thinks the league is ready for a gay player, but that he would have to worry more about taunts from opposing players and fans than about issues in his own locker room.
"I think there would be those jokes, to the opposition, which there are all the time," Stock said. "In the locker room would be completely different. I think he would be respected and they would be positive jokes. You're the same 20, 22, 23 guys for a year and you all learn about everybody's flaws, your pros and cons, and you're a big family. Yeah, it would be addressed, something that would be talked about, and yeah, you're 20 guys that shower together all the time, so there'd be a couple jokes here and there, but that wouldn't be the problem. I would love to see how it would work out, but the opposition is where you get into some situations where it would be interesting to see where other players react. … I hope there's someone that steps out, I really do."
On the topic of embellishment, Stock said he understands why Claude Julien was frustrated with the way penalties were called in the Bruins' loss to Montreal on Sunday, but that the Canadiens don't dive any more than any other team.
"Everyone does it," Stock said of diving. "I don't think any one team does it more than others. Now, there's certain types of players that might do it more than others, so if you have more of those players on your team, therefore it might happen more often. But the Canadiens in general? I know P.K. Subban adds some flair to when he gets hit, but — I'm a huge Brad Marchand fan. You look at Team Canada, you look at players that can skate, players that have played big in big games — Brad Marchand's an easy person not to pick, but I think if you're really going to sit there and look at things, he does so much so well. But does Brad Marchand embellish? Yeah. You're trying to sell something. '¦ And Claude Julien knows that, and he's frustrated about what happened the other night, losing [Zdeno] Chara out for 17 minutes, and they're losing the game to his arch-rival, to the team that let him go years earlier. But '¦ everyone's guilty."
Stock also pointed out that the value of a big hit or a big fight has changed within the game, and that instead of being momentum-changers, those moments are now cause for suspensions. He said he believes that's why players embellish more now — getting their team a power play is more effective than getting into a fight.
"Goals are what change the game," Stock said. "Every time there's a big hit now, you've got to re-look at it 15 times to see, did he leave his feet, did he hit his head? And then there's always some kind of altercation after it, it's never just a big hit. The way you would change the momentum was you would increase the physical side of play, which would lead to checking, fights, get the crowd into it. Now, unfortunately, you can't do that as much. Teams don't have those kind of players and the game just doesn't allow for it anymore. So the way you change the momentum is by trying to get a power play, which leads to those players embellishing, because how else do you get a power play?"
Tuukka Rask takes the blame in the loss | 03.04.13 at 9:55 am ET |
The shot that tied Sunday's game at 3-3 appeared to be one of those helpless feelings for a goaltender. A long shot from the top of the slot, through a screen and the goalie couldn't do much about until it was past him.
But when Tuukka Rask allowed Max Pacioretty's cannon of a shot to get past him five minutes into the third, he felt like that was on him.
"Obviously, you don't want that to happen," Rask said. "I take that third goal'that was a bad goal by me'but then a tough bounce on the fourth, and we couldn't get back.
"I saw him kind of release it, and that's all I need to know. I think I was just a little too sloppy. I wasn't really ready for that shot, I guess, and it just went through me. Those are always the tough ones you want to get back."
The fourth goal was a mad scramble that started out to the right of Rask and behind the net. The puck was poked out in front where David Desharnais easily pushed it into the open net.
"It didn't hit me," Rask said. "I think it hit Pacioretty when he screened me, and then I thought it would bounce in the corner, but then it just trickled on the side of the net. I dove in there, [Andrew Ference] dove in there, everybody dove in there, and then they found a guy on net and he just buried it."
Both goals occurred with Chara looking on from the penalty box after taking his 17-minute penalty for sticking up for Tyler Seguin.
"You know what, I didn't even realize he was in the box until I saw him coming out," Rask said. "I was just focused on the game, I guess, but he makes a big difference, everybody knows it. He's got that long reach and takes care of the bodies in front of the net. So, obviously, a big difference, yeah.
"We're known as a team that, we stick for each other, and that was a pretty bad crosscheck there on Segs. Obviously, Z saw that and jumped in. We killed a penalty when it happened, but it sucks to lose him for 20 minutes or so."
The lesson?
"I don't think we played that bad in the third," Rask said. "We got stuck out there for that third goal a bit, but that just happens sometimes. But then they get that tying goal, and the fourth one was just a tough bounce. I think after that fourth goal we were kind of wondering what the heck happened there. On a couple of shifts they got a two-on-one there and stuff like that. I think there's been a couple of games in the past, too, where we've gotten the lead in the third and we don't play the way we want to, but we just haven't got caught with goals against us. But, today was different."
As big a loss as it appeared losing captain Zdeno Chara for 17 minutes was, Claude Julien opened his press conference after Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Canadiens saying it wasn't the key factor.
"Well, it doesn't help," Julien said. "Again, we're a good enough team that that shouldn't be the factor and it wasn't. We only gave them four shots in the third period, but two of them ended up in goals. I thought we could have done a better job in the D-zone. The way that they scored their goals was exactly the way they normally score them. I think we could've been a little bit more alert."
Several times during the games, the Bruins appeared to be fighting the puck in their own end, especially Andrew Ference. He had a couple of turnovers and the normally sure-handed Dennis Seidenberg had another. Tuukka Rask picked up Ference and Seidenberg on all of them but couldn't stop the Canadiens in the third.
"I didn't feel like we were moving the pucks as well as we can," Julien said. "Sure, they forecheck well, but for some reason passes weren't as crisp coming out of our own end on a lot of occasions and it kind of got us in trouble a little bit. When we got the puck out and went and did the same thing in their end, we had our chances too. They were giving us those opportunities as well. I just felt that defensively when there were some breakdowns we weren't really there to cover their mistakes and pucks ended up in our net."
Then there was the lack of production from any line besides the top one of Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and Tyler Seguin.
"That's just it," Julien said. "By far, they were our best line tonight. And that's the unfortunate thing; we didn't have enough of those other lines going for us. You can't win big games like that relying on just that one line. We need more out of the other lines and tonight wasn't a night where we got that. It's a credit to them, I think Patrice had a great night. Obviously, Marshy with three assists, and Tyler I thought was skating well and competing well. That was a good line for us. Another line or two like that, with that same work ethic, we would've been fine."
Late hit: Canadiens make Zdeno Chara and Bruins pay | 03.03.13 at 10:14 pm ET |
Max Pacioretty and David Desharnais scored third period goals under four minutes apart to erase a one-goal deficit after 40 minutes and beat the Bruins, 4-3, Sunday night at TD Garden. The Canadiens overcame a career-high three assists from Brad Marchand to avenge a 2-1 loss to the Bruins on Feb. 6 in Montreal. The win also gives the Canadiens 32 points, two more than the second-place Bruins in the Eastern Conference. The Bruins had their six-game winning streak snapped and lost for just the third time this season in regulation, falling to 14-3-2 on the season.
The game was highlighted by several fights, including one involving Zdeno Chara. The Bruins captain was lost for 17 minutes late in the second period and over half of the third period when he fought Alexei Emelin, who moments earlier hit Tyler Seguin.
The Canadiens jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Tomas Plekanec took a centering pass from former Bruin Michael Ryder and partially fanned on the shot. But Plekanec got just enough of the puck to throw off Rask, who had the puck trickle past him just 21 seconds after Andrew Ference went off for an interference penalty.
The Bruins then turned up the intensity, thanks in large part to a big forecheck from Milan Lucic. Tyler Seguin tied the game when he took a pass from Patrice Bergeron and beat Peter Budaj. But the tie game lasted only 16 seconds as on the next rush up the ice, Dasharnais centered a puck for Pacioretty. The puck never reached Pacioretty and instead went off the stick of Johnny Boychuk and past Rask for a 2-1 Canadiens lead after 20 minutes. The Bruins set the tone, however, out-hitting Montreal, 15-8, in the opening period.
The Bruins dominated the second period from nearly every aspect, including the penalty kill. The Canadiens had a 5-on-3 power play for 70 seconds but thanks to zone clears by Lucic and Hamilton, the Bruins were able to kill off the entire two-man advantage, allowing just one shot on goal in the process.
Just prior to the two-man advantage, the Bruins reclaimed the lead on goals by Patrice Bergeron and Dougie Hamilton. Seguin fed Bergeron at the right post. Bergeron tried to stuff the shot past Budaj and finally got some help when Montreal defenseman Andrei Markov, crashing the net to help, kicked the puck past his own goalie with his left skate to tie the game, 2-2.
The Bruins took their only lead of the night just over five minutes later when Hamilton put himself on the low right of Budaj and turned his upper body just in time to take a pass from Marchand. Hamilton one-timed the shot from the bad angle past Budaj for a 3-2 lead.
The turning point of the game would come with 4:25 left in the second. Seguin was skating through the neutral zone with the puck when Emelin checked him to the ice. Seguin went down immediately, holding his left side and skating off slowing to the dressing room. Seconds later, Chara took revenge with a devastating check on Emelin, sparking a one-sided fight between the two. Chara was assessed a two-minute instigating penalty, five-minute fighting major and a 10-minute misconduct, adding up to 17 minutes of lost ice time for the Bruins top defenseman. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 3rd, 2009Do you think the Brewers were the first people to untuck their shirts after a victory? It would seem to be so, but actually if you look throughout history there have been many moments where people have untucked their shirts after a victory. Don't believe me? Check this out.
George Washington untucked.
Historians have argued for years whether the untucking came after the first election or after he led us to victory on the Potomac.
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Some say the revolution was never the same after Che untucked.
John F. Kennedy untucked.
Nothing says "I'm the president and I just banged Marilyn Monroe" better than a nice untuck.
Bud Selig untucked.
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Or at least the two good looking ones do.
Matthew McConaughey would untuck if he owned a shirt.
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Ever wonder what the oldest fiber in your stash is? That idea bit me this past weekend and I went hunting. I found all kinds of things and remembered all kinds of adventures and stories. But as far as old, here's what I found:
Barely old, 6-7 years, and I wish you were still dyeing:
Old, 9-10 years, and has passed the biz to the next generation:
Her daughter-in-law Kate now dyes and runs Woolgatherings.
My oldest that I can find – my best guess is 15-17 years old, from Lambspun in Ft Collins, Colorado. These have moved to at least 3 different states with me.
The cashmere blend on top is a little worse for wear, but still spinnable.
Now it's your turn, what's the oldest fiber in your stash?


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Praise be to Allaah Who has guided him to Islam. We ask Allaah to make him steadfast and to guide him to that which is good for him in this world and in the Hereafter.
By His grace and mercy, Allaah has caused Islam to destroy the sins that came before it. When a kaafir becomes Muslim, Allaah forgives all that he did when he was a kaafir, and he becomes cleansed of sin.
Muslim (121) narrated that âAmr ibn al-âAas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: When Allaah put Islam in my heart, I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said: âGive me your right hand so that I may swear allegiance to you.â He held out his hand and I withdrew my hand. He said, âWhat is the matter, O âAmr?â I said, âI want to stipulate a condition.â He said, âWhat do you want to stipulate?â I said, âThat I will be forgiven.â He said, âDo you not know that Islam destroys that which came before it?â
âIslam destroys that which came before itâ means that it erases it and wipes it out. Stated by al-Nawawi in Sharh Muslim.
Shaykh Ibn âUthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked a similar question, about someone who earned money by dealing in drugs before he became Muslim. He replied:
We say to this brother whom Allaah has blessed with Islam after he had earned haraam wealth: be of good cheer, for this wealth is permissible for him and there is no sin on him in it, whether he keeps it or gives it in charity, or uses it to get married, because Allaah says in His Holy Book (interpretation of the meaning):
âSay to those who have disbelieved, if they cease (from disbelief), their past will be forgiven. But if they return (thereto), then the examples of those (punished) before them have already preceded (as a warning)â
al-Anfaal 8:38
i.e., all that has passed, in general terms, is forgiven. But any money that was taken by force from its owner must be returned to him. But money that was earned by agreements between people, even if it is haraam, like that which is earned through riba or by selling drugs, etc. it is permissible for him when he becomes Muslim because Allaah says, âSay to those who have disbelieved, if they cease (from disbelief), their past will be forgivenâ. And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to âAmr ibn al-âAas when he became Muslim: âDo you not know that Islam destroys that which came before it?â
Many of the kuffaar became Muslim after they had killed Muslims, but they were not punished for what they had done. So tell this brother that his wealth is permissible and there is no sin in it; he may give it in charity and use it to get married. As for what he has been told about it not being permissible for him to give it in charity, there is no basis for that. End quote.
Liqaaâaat al-Baab il-Maftooh, /373-374.
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0Oct 2, '12 by Cris88Quote from danceinstructorWow! Good for you. 1 week after lodgement or after Medicals? Congratulations mate... I also received an eMail from the Admission officer of LTU regarding the AU$600 tuition fee increase. I still have not paid it yet, have you?
I'll try to ask a friend if she can refer you to a cheap accommodation near the school.
keep in touch... Good luck and God Bless!
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Thank you for your interest in IHNA.
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0Oct 3, '12 by rjoi25Quote from vitug.annieHi annie! When did you submit your application to ETEA? Did you pay your tuition first before they gave you the letter of offer? Thanks in advance.i received a call from them a week after i submitted my application then we proceeded to the interview, still over the phone. they will tell you right away if you passed. after few days, i received the letter of offer. regarding the immunizations, you have to finish everything before the class starts.
0Oct 4, '12 by fayeeeQuote from jim1986I just called them. They told me I will receive an email today. Well I do hope I will.hi
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