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DorobekINSIDER EXCLUSIVE: GSA's Jim Williams to retire from government after 30-plus years
Tuesday - 3/9/2010, 2:00am EST
Jim Williams, the widely respected head of the General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service, has told staff that he will leave government on April 3.
Williams has had a remarkable government career, most recently as the first commission of GSA's Federal Acquisition Service, which was tasked with bringing together the former Federal Supply Service and Federal Technology Service. But he has also served as the director of U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program (US-VISIT) at the Homeland Security Department, and in several senior leadership posts at the Internal Revenue Service.
Williams does not have any current plans for when he leaves government, sources confirmed. He is exploring his options, insiders said.
The note Williams sent to staff today:
Today, I let Administrator Martha Johnson know that I am retiring from government service on April 3, 2010, but I am planning for my last day in the office to be March 31st.
I feel like I have been incredibly blessed and fortunate to have been able to serve our great nation for over thirty years and do so with so many people around the world that I like and respect.
I also believe our country's future is bright because of the dedicated and fantastic people that I have had the opportunity to serve with and to have been part of teams of people, many still serving government, that work hard to deliver positive results for the American people, our military and law enforcement personnel, and all other parts of government.
For people who have recently come into government, I hope they experience and feel how tremendously fulfilling a public service can be. Across several government agencies and most recently GSA, DHS, and IRS, I know the successes that I am proud to have been a part of have all been due to great leaders and teams of people coming together from the public and private sector to best serve our country and make the world a better place.
There is no adequate way to say thank you to my family, friends around the world, and co-workers for all the support provided to me during my career, but I hope they know I am very grateful.
At this point, I do not know where I will be working after I leave government. I will see what options there are after I leave, but, wherever I end up, what does matter to me is that I want to stay in touch with friends. Thank you to you all for your friendship and support that helped make my career such a wonderful and rewarding experience.
Best wishes,
Jim Williams
James A. Williams returned to the position of Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service on January 22, 2009. He was designated Acting Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration on August 30, 2008. As Acting Administrator, Williams presided over the leading acquisition agency for the federal government. He was responsible for the management of nearly 12,000 employees and more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars. As Administrator he influenced the management of $500 billion in assets including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings. He also was steward of more than 425 historic properties and 208,000 vehicles.
During his leadership as Acting Administrator, Williams was responsible for a very successful presidential transition; and for gaining approval of the 4.5 million square foot Master Plan for the St. Elizabeths Hospital campus in Washington, DC to be the new permanent home of the Department of Homeland Security. He also provided leadership in the sustainable design of energy efficient buildings; managed various "green" initiatives that provide environmentally friendly products, services and technology to federal agencies; and continued the implementation of fuel-efficient vehicles within federal and GSA's vehicle fleets.
Before becoming Acting Administrator, Williams served as Commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service. Here he provides strategic direction-setting, performance management and leadership for the efficient and effective program execution necessary to provide best value for the government and for taxpayers, proactive customer assistance and simplified procedures. His organization is responsible for nearly $50 billion annually in acquisition revenues covering the GSA Schedules Program, information technology, vehicles, furniture, supplies to the warfighter, property disposal, travel and transportation contracts and assisting customer agencies with life cycle acquisition support.
Prior to this, Williams served as Director of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program (US-VISIT) at the Department of Homeland Security. Previously, he served in several executive leadership positions at the Internal Revenue Service, including Deputy Associate Commissioner for Program Management, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Procurement and later as Director of Procurement at the IRS.
Earlier in his career, Williams was director of the Local Telecommunications Procurement Division at GSA, where he was responsible for all nationwide local telecommunications purchases for the agency.
A native of Virginia, Williams earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Virginia Commonwealth University and a master's in business administration from The George Washington University.


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It's Idiomatic
Monday, February 25, 2013
Christine Ammer, author of more than three dozen reference books, including The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition, gets to the heart of American English idiomatic phrases, including and/or idiomatic phrases like "hue and cry" and "by hook or crook."
Tomorrow's Assignment: Use as many idiomatic phrases as you can in the space of a 100-word paragraph.
Over the weekend, we posted three obscure idioms to Facebook and asked for guesses at their meaning, creativity encouraged. Here are some of the postings on our mystery idioms:
What do you think the phrase "All Wool and a Yard Wide" means?
- Andres: High quality and plenty of it?
- Joe: never the twain shall meet
- Rebecca: It must mean authentic, and trustworthy - as above, a reference to buying fabric from a bolt - exactly as it's advertised.
- Mareh: I would imagine this would have originally described the quality of a bolt of fabric, and then moved forward as a description of one's character?
- Tom: The real deal?
- Rex: no gimmick
- Alan: I think it means, for example, where a politician promises big things and falls short on them.
- Heather: A person's words being an attempt to pull the wool over your eyes in addition to the person being trustworthy only as far as you can throw them.
- Winter: An accomplishment, as in a really impressive sheep.
- Holly: Sounds itchy and uncomfortable.
- Louise: High quality
- Siobhan: I think it means it's all BS & a far stretch at that, much like this guess, totally uninformed
- Paula: I agree with the previous comment as well as Heather, above. A person who can really spin a yarn!
- Christine: I think it means they look good, but aren't very substantive in mind. Like talking a good game. You know, a broad front but a narrow back?
- Jeff: Probably a full bale of wool, no fillers etc, no BS
- Stoney: Being a Texan, I like "All hat and no cattle".
What do you think the phrase "Beard The Lion" means?!
- Christine: Getting the best of someone. Putting them out of commission.
- Erika: It's from "beard the lion in his den". Sort of like belling the cat. I think.
- Nathaniel: It is an obvious attempt to cover up the Magnolia Oil Party of 50 years ago yesterday, 2-22-63 in which Oswald, an alleged leftist who got the first EZ Pass [back from USSR as a Defector, and with money from the US State Department] is chillin with the farthest right wing volk in a town that is the farthest right wing on the face of the Earth, Dallas in 1963. Duh.
- Yolande: Take on a challenging situation.
- Francyne: take on danger
- Edith: Help a gay lion pretend that he is straight?
Make your best guess - what does the phrase "Box the Compass" mean?
- Joe: I'd say it's along the lines of "flying by the seat of [one's] pants."
- Amy: Like "here we go" or "hold onto your hat"!
- Edith: This one I have never heard of. Hmmm - forget about the usual & think outside the box? Loll. Thrown back on one's own intuition? The equivalent of 'flying without instruments'?
- Lorraine: Be spontaneous and take a chance!
- Debbie: Sounds like "visiting" all four corners of the earth.
- Margaret: You've lost all hope, you're lost, and there's no sense in using the compass any more, so put it back in it's "box" and forget about it - you might as well just wait for the inevitable to happen...
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Facing across-the-board cuts to the tune of $85 billion, Washington's game of chicken has businesses hunkering down and employees waiting with bated breath. Pulling out all the stops like gangbusters to give each other a black eye, both sides are gung-ho to save face. With our backs to the wall, we need a different animal: behind-the-scenes horse trading, or the economy may go haywire and we'll be left in the lurch. Drawing lines in the sand won't cut the mustard. Washington, put your nose to the grindstone and think outside the box. God and the devil are in the details.
This is 100 words and 21 or 22 idiomatic phrases, depending on whether you count the last sentence as one or two idioms.
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The Hundred-Foot Journey: Culinary mash-up
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Into the Storm tears up America
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Land Ho!'s seniors never quite charm
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fails
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Get On Up is an inspired James Brown biopic
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Guardians of the Galaxy misses the mark
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Magic in the Moonlight doesn't cast its spell
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Michel Gondry's Mood Indigo gets richer as it darkens
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And yet, unto the end, William is convinced that his story will not be complete unless Russell shares with him the Secret of Rock. Who'd trust a mere critic to discern the true meaning behind the artist's music? Certainly not this critic-turned-artist behind the camera.
It reminds me of a story that a teacher friend of mine told me about discussing poetry with her ninth grade class. "Why don't we just ask the author what it means?" one student asked. The teacher smiled a little at this naive approach to lit crit. "We can't. He's dead." The kid's face dropped in horror. "Then I guess we'll never know what it means."
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TELL CITY – A man who allegedly stole $500 last month from a bill changer at ThyssenKrupp Waupaca was jailed Monday on a felony charge of theft.
TELL CITY – A public hearing and a special meeting at mid-day Friday will finalize an application for a third housing-repair grant.
CANNELTON – Cannelton residents will have an opportunity to hear about and comment on a proposed long-term control plan for the city's waste-water collection system at a public hearing scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday in the City Hall council room.
Discussion will include proposed infrastructure improvements to eliminate or minimize impacts of combined sewer overflows on water quality.
The hearing will follow a regularly scheduled 6 p.m. meeting of the city's board of public works and safety and precede a 7 p.m. regular common-council meeting.
One of Perry County's most historic sites, Freeman's Corner, may not appear to have that much going for it. It's never been home to a famous person, boasted a building of any type or witnessed war, a battle or even a skirmish. In fact, Freeman's Corner is missing the bronze plaque dedicated more than 70 years ago on a stone monument nearby.
CANNELTON—Cannelton used strong defense and rebounding to build a 22-point halftime lead and held on to beat New Harmony 50-37 to win the Bulldog Invitational boys basketball tourney Saturday.
The Bulldogs held New Harmony to 13.0 percent (3 for 23) field-goal shooting in the first half, including 0 for 10 from three-point range.
The Rappites also missed their first two three-point attempts of the second half.
But they made five of their next nine as they pulled within six points, 38-32, with 61⁄2 minutes left in the game.
LEOPOLD—Perry Central scored the last seven points to pull away from Springs Valley 54-43 in PLAC girls basketball Saturday.
Both teams had hot shooting spurts in the game. Perry Central jumped to a 15-4 lead in the opening minutes only to trail 26-23 at halftime.
"They (the Blackhawks) shot almost 70 percent in the first half," said Perry Central Coach Bill Dickerson.
The Commodores had some hot shooting of their own as they hit 50.0 percent from the field, including 5 of 8 from three-point range.
LEOPOLD—Paoli scored 16 field goals from within 8 feet of the basket and beat Perry Central 51-40 in PLAC girls basketball Tuesday.
The Rams made four rebound baskets.
They also got some fast-break layups by releasing a guard early and making an outlet pass to her after a defensive rebound. They outrebounded Perry Central 33-23 overall.
And Paoli center Dara Thorlton was taller than any Perry Central starter and posted up strong. She hit 6 of 9 shots from the field—only one from outside 7 feet—and scored 12 points.
TELL CITY—Mater Dei outplayed Tell City in most facets of the game to beat the Marksmen 69-38 in girls basketball Saturday.
"We didn't shoot real well and we just had way too many turnovers," said Tell City Coach John Lyons. "And we gave up way too many layups."
Mater Dei got some of the layups breaking Tell City's press but also got some off defensive rebounds and outlet passes.
"They were definitely faster than we were, and they shot the ball real well," said Lyons.
CANNELTON—Molly Johnson scored 17 points as West Washington beat Cannelton 50-46 in overtime in girls basketball Saturday.
Johnson hit five three-point shots.
"We tried a box-and-one, a 3-2 high and a 3-2 low--we threw everything we had at her," said Cannelton Coach Jeff Miller. "We worked so hard on her and then we'd lose her in spurts."
Still the Bulldogs led 35-24 entering the fourth quarter.
JASPER—Jasper dominated the lower weight classes to beat Tell City 43-29 in wrestling Tuesday.
Tell City won four matches in a row in the 160- to 215-pound weight classes.
But Jasper won seven of the nine lower weight classes, including two by forfeit, and the heavyweight class.
The Wildcats won four matches by pins, giving them the maximum six points in six weight classes.
Matt Sabelhaus (125-pound class), Matt Leistner (171) and Dustin Gould (189) earned the only pins for Tell City.
Justin Kleemann (160) won by technical fall.
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Okay. Rooted the A500 this afternoon... got ready to flash the first step from blackthund3r's APX Flash Utility... I have the drivers, up to date, and clicked "No" to go back and get them (accidentally) and now it is sitting still saying "Acer Iconia APX Mode" in the upper left screen in white text with a nice green ACER logo in the middle, but it isn't doing anything and the APX tool says "Waiting for 4 seconds for the tablet to enter the bootloader", but the tablet is not entering such a bootloader... What now?
Oh dear, not that! No, I'm just kidding. As far as I know, it means the bootloader is not being written to the device either because it cannot be detected or a partition is screwed or more seriously, the partition table itself is messed up. If you dare, turn off everything, get into the APX Flash Utility and select a bundle package instead. You might get lucky the second or third or f...time around. There are several ways to work around this provided that the NAND is still functioning.
You can get this package and try to install the V8 Bootloader following the instructions contained therein. Read this thread for general explanation;
You can try downgrading to HC with this tool, and reflash upwardly from there once you get everything going again;
Or if you suspect the device has bad sectors, download this to repair. It does not actually repair, but seems to sidestep bad sectors and write to good ones.
Failing all the above, it is perhaps time you located a new board. I had one that froze during an update because I accidentally kicked off the AC Charger and it bit the dust. No amount of CPR did any good. Hopefully, it's not your case. Good luck.
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Senior BJP leader L K Advani Monday held that Atal Bihari Vajpayee's six years as prime minister were better for India's development than the long rule of Congress' prime ministers Jawaharal Nehru and Indira Gandhi
"Vajpayee's tenure as PM was best ever," Advani said addressing election meetings in Bihar's Banka and Katihar parliamentary constituencies.
Visiting Bihar for the first time to campaign for BJP candidates during ongoing Lok Sabha polls, he did not directly target Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
Advani claimed that Nehru and Indira Gandhi developed the country at a cost. During Nehru's rule, his biggest failing was defeat at the hands of China in the 1962 war and the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi was a historic blunder.
Current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's rule will be known for only scams, he added.
After Modi and party president Rajnath Singh, Advani is the third star campaigner of BJP to campaign in Bihar for the polls.


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FederalNewsRadio's Jason Miller snagged the first interview with new federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra since Mr. Chopra was confirmed to his position.
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August 31, 2010
Kevin Ladd
Looks like there's a new facebook in town. Sort of. Apparently trying to recapture what the aforementioned site once offered, namely exclusivity to college students, is the new site CollegeOnly.com. It's really not a bad idea, either, if you think about it. Sure, facebook really took off and their numbers skyrocketed as a result of their opening-up their site and services to the general public, but at what price? Or, at what price to students, I should say. It worked out pretty well for facebook. I mean, does it really make sense to jettison users of your site once they reach a particular age or social status? With regard to site traffic, less is never more.
Several years ago, students could go online and post photos from frat parties and, basically, be college students without fear of their parents, employers, etc. seeing them, for example. Sure, facebook allows you to adjust your privacy settings and sure, you don't have to accept every friend request you get, but it could be a bit awkward to get an invite from an employer, parent, aunt, etc. with whom you really don't want to be facebook "friends" for the above-mentioned reasons.
Having only glanced at the site (don't currently have a ".edu" email address), I can't go into much more detail, other than to say the clipart on the home page is certainly an interesting choice. Regardless of your gender or preference there's a plunging neckline there for you. Enjoy.
September 2, 2010
Between the realization that virtually every college student roaming their campuses has a cell phone and the rather considerable expense of "blue phone" maintenance, the Contra Costa Community College District has decided to do away with the recently upgraded telephones intended to ensure safety for those wandering the campus after dark.
Just a couple of years ago, the district spent around $100,000 upgrading the phones from analog to digital and are probably now wishing they had a little more foresight, given the rapid proliferation of cell phones on their campuses. Since that expense, they have been throwing good money after bad, with maintenance costs of about $50,000 each year and even with that, the call boxes are frequently down, sometimes with an actual "Out of Order" sign hanging from them.
As it has reportedly been several years since a single, verified "real" emergency call has come in from one of these rather expensive fixtures and there is no indication the blue phones act as any sort of deterrent against campus assaults, the prudent thing to do seems to be to just do away with them.
With the blue phones gone, more emphasis would be put on the college's neighborhood-watch style program, encouraging students to be vigilant and to look-out for one another, reporting any assaults or conflicts warranting professional intervention to campus security and/or the police.
This may or may not become a national trend, with some campuses installing new blue phones to this day, but for Contra Costa, the return on their investment in the fixtures just isn't there. There is a strong belief that, between cell phones so commonly being carried by students and increased awareness and vigilance, their campuses can remain safe while reducing some of their operating expenses. What about you? Does your campus still have blue phones? Do you think it is a waste of resources? Please feel free to comment and let us know what you think!
September 3, 2010
Daytona State is going to do it beginning in January 2011; they will actually purchase a license from publishers to allow their students access to electronic versions of the texts they would otherwise go out and try to locate in print form at the best price they can find. For this service, the student s will be charged a "digital materials" fee. For it's part the college will require publishers to make the e-books readable in multiple types of e-reader, regular computers included. After all, not everybody has a Kindle or an iPad.
Since they can pretty much guarantee one e-book sale per student per class per semester, Dayton State will be able to get a pretty sizeable discount from the publishers. When you consider there are no printing costs, etc. for the publishers, you would think it would be even less, but the estimated fee as it stands is about $30 per e-book. That said, this is still a huge savings off regular e-book pricing and only about a quarter of what they would be paying for standard, new, print textbooks.
Funnily enough, this practice actually originated with one of the oft-maligned "for-profit" institutions, University of Phoenix, where e-books have been in use for some time. At many schools the cost of books, while considerable, is not much in comparison to tuition, room and board at around $1,100 per student at a four year school. However, at Daytona State, a former community college that now offers some four-year degrees, textbooks can make up nearly a third of a student's total cost of attendance. With that in mind, it's easy to understand why such a school might give this approach a try. And it's not like the students won't still have a choice, either. If a student prefers a printed book they can either print the book themselves or purchase a regular print textbook and apply the digital materials fee to the purchase. Would you rather save up to $1,100 or have traditional, print textbooks? Do you think/hope your school will try a similar program? Let us know what you think about Daytona's upcoming e-book program.
August 30, 2010
There will be another Cappex scholarship next month, but if you want to get in under the wire for this month's offering, you still have time! The Cappex "I Don't Want To Pay For College" Scholarship will be available through the end of tomorrow, August 31st. Read on for details on how to enter before it's too late. Check it out:
Want to go to college but can't pay for all of it? Let Cappex.com help with our $1,000 "I Don't Want to Pay for College" Scholarship. No essays or tedious forms required. Just fill out a profile about yourself and you'll be eligible for this and many more scholarships from Cappex. Plus, your free Cappex profile will match you with billions more in scholarships from colleges and other organizations.
For more information, visit http://www.scholarships.com/scc.aspx?pid=745
May 21, 2009
by CampusCompare 5/21/2009
Every year, high school students across the country rip open the fat admissions envelope from their first-choice only to be thrown a curve ball. Their dream school may have let them in, but they got bubkiss, zero, and zilch in financial aid. Then, just when they thought they were out of luck, they get a hefty scholarship from one of their safeties. Now they are forced to decide between the school of their dreams, and the scholarship of their dreams.
Unfortunately, this is an all-too common scenario. Students often receive more aid from their safety schools than from their first choices. This is because they are generally overqualified, and thus more desirable, to the admissions committee at the less prestigious school. Admissions counselors aren't foolish. Stats like class rank and SATs are reported by the school, and help make up their reputation. They want to boost their school's stats by having students at the top of their high school class attend. To lure those top students, they often offer large merit scholarships and grants. And the first-choice schools? They are often much more competitive, so it can be hard to stand out from the crowd and win an award.
So what can you do if you're stuck between your dream-school and being debt-free? Is it better to attend your 2nd (or 3rd) choice school and not have to take out loans, or to hold out for your no. 1? There's really no one answer. In general, it's wise to not borrow more money than you will be making your first-year out of college—this means (for most people) no more than 30-40 thousand dollars for all four years of college. This can easily be done in low interest federal loans. If going to your dream school means taking out $100,000 in private loans, you'll probably be better off going to a less prestigious school and staying out of debt. Try to compare costs of both colleges side-by-side to see if the difference in aid really tips the scales. Maybe after seeing what both schools have to offer, you'll decide second-best is actually pretty good. Most colleges offer a good education, and even if it's not their first choice, most students grow to love their school once they've moved in and made friends.
Don't give up just yet. If you really believe that you'll be better off at your dream-school, you can make it happen. Try and make up for the lack of financial aid with some private scholarships. Search for corporations, non-profits, and local scholarships designed for students like you. Even if it's just $500 here and there, in the end it will all add up to the difference between going to your 1st choice and settling for second-best.
CampusCompare is a free website that helps college-bound students find the right school for them by offering free college search tools, like the Financial Aid Calculator, information on 15 categories of college life for over 3,000 colleges, and expert, hype-free college admissions advice. Check us out at http://www.campuscompare.com
March 24, 2010
Today, at 7PM EST, Scholarships.com's own Kevin Ladd will be giving a presentation on the scholarship search, focused primarily on high school juniors. The webcast will be hosted and produced by CollegeWeekLive.com, a site that offers virtual college fairs featuring all sorts of presentations from colleges, financial aid professionals, and much more. There is a College Chat, Student Chat, information on federal aid such as the FAFSA and even video chats.
Today, Kevin's presentation will address scholarships and the importance of beginning your search early, citing scholarships offered throughout a student's high school years as well as the benefit of having familiarized yourself with the financial aid and scholarship search process long before your senior year. In fact, there are some scholarships specifically targeting high school juniors for which you won't qualify if you put off searching for financial aid until your senior year in high school.
The earlier you begin searching for scholarships, the better chance you have of finding the best ones and being awarded free money for college. For more on this and to "virtually" visit some college halls while you are at it, check out CollegeWeekLive.com and don't forget to be there at 7PM Eastern Time to see Kevin's presentation on finding scholarships. If you do miss it today, you can search for it in the College Week Live archives tomorrow and thereafter, but if you catch his live presentation today, you will be able to text any questions you might have.
May 27, 2008
As a means of promoting diversity and developing talent, Scholarships.com has created a new set of scholarships for high school students and undergraduate students. The Scholarships.com "Fund Your Future" Area of Study Scholarships consist of the Scholarships.com Resolve to Evolve Scholarship and thirteen $1,000 awards to be granted to students who pursue a postsecondary education in one of thirteen designated fields and 185 related majors.
Included is the Scholarships.com College Education Scholarship, an award for students who plan to or are already majoring in the Education and related majors. Finding money for college is not easy. By providing financial aid to education majors, we hope to produce another class of individuals who can use their knowledge to help future scholars.If you're interested in applying for this essay scholarship, respond to the following question in 250 to 350 words (entries that fall outside of this word range will be disqualified): "What has influenced your decision to pursue a career in education?"
Deadline: August 30, 2008
Further details about the application process can be found by conducting a free college scholarship search. Once the search is completed, students eligible for the award will find it in their scholarship list.
June 25, 2009
Guest posting by CampusCompare.com
Duhn duhn duhn... Today is the day that SAT scores will be released. Whether you're jumping up and down or getting ready to jump off a bridge, there are some things you can do to get the most out of your SAT scores.
Good news: Congrats! You aced the SAT's and now the world is your oyster. Or so you thought. Taking the SATs is just one tiny step in the long college application process:
Bad News: Don't worry. If your scores are not as high as you like, there are a couple things you can do to mitigate the disaster.
June 23, 2011
Aaron Lin
Eating in college brings a slew of questions. Are you going to have enough meals? Will you gain the Freshman 15 from dining hall food? Even with all the dining opportunities on campus, there are some foods that are easy to keep in your dorm room or apartment for quick snacks or healthy meals.
The USDA's MyPlate (the replacement for the food pyramid many are used to) shows a few important ideas about proper diet. It's in the shape of a plate and is divided into rough fourths, with each fourth representing one food group – fruits, grains, protein and vegetables plus a cup for the dairy group. The new diagram is all about good knowledge, good decisions and portion control. Keeping this in mind, here are a few foods that I've personally found last a while in the dorms and are generally healthy, too.
Fruits: Dried fruits are the way to go here. Coveted by hikers and endurance runners, raisins pack a natural sugar punch and don't go bad in a matter of days. Try dried cranberries or banana chips, too.
Grains: I love the taste of whole wheat tortillas and bread. Go with whole grain or wheat because multi-grain is not the same thing.
Protein: Protein is either animal- or plant-based. Some research shows that the plant-based kind is more easily absorbed so spread some peanut and cashew butter on bread or crackers!
Vegetables: Celery and baby carrots are both long lasting in the refrigerator. Celery tastes great with peanut butter and baby carrots are good with pretty much any dipping sauce. Steam carrots up in the microwave with a bowl and a bit of water or keep some folic acid-rich leafy greens like baby spinach handy, too.
Dairy: It's tough if you don't have a fridge but plain yogurt is packed with digestive-aiding probiotics.
Aaron Lin is a chemistry major at Louisiana State University but has plans to transfer to LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans to pursue a clinical laboratory science degree and further feed his interest in the application of scientific and medical knowledge. In his free time, Aaron likes to eat food, read and write about food, exercise to work off that food and play the occasional computer game. He also enjoys footbiking, running and Frisbee.
August 11, 2011
The goal of a personal statement or cover letter is to display personality the way a resume and transcript cannot. You want to show the person receiving your materials that you're a good candidate, right? Then don't overlook the importance of this piece of your application.
There are several ways to tackle a personal statement or cover letter. For me, it was the rule of thirds of past, present and future that took my personal statement from good to great.
Past: Set up your statement with a captivating hook, then move into a narrative that informs the audience of something unique that happened to you. Reel the reader in with a story that will incite laughter, emotion or invigorating feelings.
Present: Discuss a few academic or extracurricular achievements that define you today. This may reflect your resume since it's about your achievements right now but it's important to note that your personal statement shouldn't be a repeat of your resume in story form.
Future: Talk about where you want to go and how you can get there as a member of this particular company or graduate school. If you've researched the organization – and you should have! – let them know about it and mention any complementary classes, professors or special opportunities you've had. Enforce your skills, background, what kind of asset you will be and mention what the company or school has in particular that will benefit you in your career goals or academic pursuits. Lastly, thank the reader for his or her time.
Spellcheck won't catch everything so read your work aloud, let others read it and edit accordingly. Don't try to include EVERYTHING you've ever done in your personal statement or cover letter – that's what your resume is for! – and don't sell out with gimmicky quotes, overused metaphors, cuteness or a thesaurus addiction. The most important thing to do is to let yourself shine through!
Aaron Lin is a chemistry major at Louisiana State University but has plans to transfer to LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans to pursue a medical laboratory science degree and further feed his interest in the application of scientific and medical knowledge. In his free time, Aaron likes to eat food, read and write about food, exercise to work off that food and play the occasional computer game. He also enjoys footbiking, running and Frisbee.
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On Friday, February 13, students at Sci-Tech joined Woodland's Noon Rotary Club members Erika Verdi, Aniek Ramsay, Alan Flory, and project leader Gary Wegener in celebrating the completion of a new chicken coop constructed at the school by their club. Not only serving as pets, the academy incorporates chickens into the classroom experience to provide students with first-hand knowledge of their lifecycle. Students decorated the new coop before moving the chickens from a dilapidated coop to their new home later in the day.
This amazing life-size adult Pteranodon and baby now hang in the Sci-Tech library - thanks to our awesome PTO!! Pteranodon was a flying reptile that lived 75 million to 85 million years ago during the Upper Cretaceuos period. Pteranodon means "winged and toothless." The wingspan of the model in our library is 22 feet! Pteranodons were carnivors and fed on fish, mollusks, crabs, insects, and carcasses of dinosaurs and other animals.
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If you recall this time last summer, the Nashville Predators had missed the playoffs for a second-straight season, and Nashville General Manager David Poile entered the offseason with a clear mandate to add offense in order to bolster Nashville's prospects for busting out of the non-playoff funk. But the revamped 2014-15 offering did more than merely earn a postseason spot; it far exceeded expectations. For two thirds of the season, the Preds proved there is far more here than a team content to simply qualify for a Top Eight berth.
Below, I set out three lessons learned this past season that would indicate Nashville might be ready to compete with the best of the Western Conference.
The Defense Improved Measurably:
Heading into 2014-15, the D corps was widely regarded as one of the best and brightest in the business. With an average age in the mid-20s, the Predators put three pairings on the ice that provided a terrific mix of dynamic offense and sound defense. You won't want to change much here.
In terms of the first pairing, Shea Weber was Shea Weber – but Roman Josi had the sort of year that really turned heads. A League leader in shot blocks, he also set new career highs in all offensive categories. He may have been the most valuable defender to the group on a season-wide basis.
Ryan Ellis and Mattias Ekholm both took significant steps forward while making up a very solid second pairing. Ellis showed he was one of the smartest players in camp; he operates like a quarterback on the second power-play unit. Ekholm demonstrated, where he had not before, that he has a great feel for when and how to activate up into the attack from the opposition's blue line. He made a number of game-breaking plays from the backend this year at crucial times.
A Healthy Rinne Still Ranks Among the League's Best:
Up until the time of the injury to his knee, Pekka Rinne was enjoying the best season of his career. He also appeared to be the lead dog in the Vezina Trophy race. However, it took him (and his team) some time to get on track once Rinne was ready to take the net back following his lower-body injury. To be completely candid, after his return, Rinne's game never saw the same consistency that he had shown through the first two thirds of the season. Having said that, this team does not want for strong goaltending if No. 35 is able to return to camp in the same shape as he was to start 2014-15.
The Forward Corps Could Still Do With an Upgrade:
One area requiring the organization's attention this summer remains the forwards. Yes, Filip Forsberg, Mike Ribeiro, James Neal, Colin Wilson, Craig Smith and others added punch to what was a sputtering offense in years past, but that's not to say that more isn't needed. The Preds saw long stretches of hockey where they struggled to find the back of the net and it hurt them; especially during a late-season slump. A survey of key Western Conference competition shows it takes three or four lines that can add scoring. Another key signing or two might be just what the doctor ordered for the Predators.
Also, I've long believed that this group could stand to be bigger on the front line. To point out Bryan Bickell, David Backes, Ryan Reaves and Ryan Getzlaf is to name just a few of the Western Conference big bodies the Preds will need to neutralize if they hope to withstand the heavy going and put together a deep run next season. There was a lot to like in someone like Chris Stewart – acquired by the Minnesota Wild at the deadline this year; a physical force who shows up on the scoring sheet consistently.
But in summary, the Predators are in a much stronger position than they were last year at this time. A couple of key adds in the offseason, strong seasons from the majority of the group and a healthy Rinne from October to April would no doubt put the club in a great spot.
Another big goal by Ryan Ellis on Tuesday night tied the Nashville Predators with the Montreal Canadiens in the third period, a game that Filip Forsberg eventually won for the Preds in overtime.
The return of the young defenseman has been noticeable, not just offensively (the goal was also Ellis' seventh of the season, a career high), but in his own end as well. Now with six points in his nine games back in the lineup, just how important has it been having the 24-year-old a part of the defensive corps again? I'd venture to say a lot.
Let's review, Ellis misses 24 games due to a lower-body injury. Sure the team holds its own in his absence; the Predators go 14-7-3 during that span. However, wouldn't you much rather have Ellis in the mix? Rhetoric, folks. Of course you would. He's been one of the bright surprises to contribute – meaningfully – to Nashville's terrific success this season.
The power play is perhaps the aspect of the game where Ellis' absence was felt most. He acts as a quarterback on the point when the Predators occupy the opposition zone. First, he has terrific vision; he sees the ice exceptionally well. Second, the blueliner possesses great anticipation. He knows his teammates and has a great sense of their tendencies - as smart players do.
Third, the above-mentioned attributes and his physical tools allow him to make some awfully dynamic plays. For instance, consider the fake shot that ends up being a hard, diagonal pass to Craig Smith, James Neal or Colin Wilson when they pop out at the far side of the net. Hard to defend against that when it's executed properly.
In 5-on-5 play, Ellis is every bit as effective as he is with the man advantage. For the most part, he keeps it simple. He holds the middle of the ice, keeps the attack to the outside and uses the confines of the rink to shut his opponent down.
And this isn't said often enough. It's not that common for a smaller athlete to play defense in the NHL. Your "ideal defender" should look more like Shea Weber than Ellis, but Ellis compensates for his lack of size very well. It's all about body position and striking at the right time in the right way. It takes a smart player to be a good defender.
Lastly, Ellis and his defensive partner Mattias Ekholm are a great fit for one another; their games seem to complement each other very well. Ekholm is more apt to jump into the attack through neutral ice while Ellis will get involved in the offense mostly by pushing down the walls in the offensive zone. For this reason, they end up being in a sound defensive posture while giving the other side a lot to deal with in their own end.
The boy's back, thankfully, and the club is better for it.
Big win in the desert on Monday. Yes, I agree, the Nashville Predators "have" to beat the Arizona Coyotes, but sometimes you're going to run into a hot goaltender who puts the outcome in question, even if you're playing a bottom-dwelling team.
The thing that lingers with me after that game is the determination shown by the Preds. They scored first and outplayed the Coyotes for much of the game, but the host team refused to roll over. Arizona hung in there; got one in the third to tie it, and they pushed it to extra time.
The way things have gone over the last handful of games, it's not difficult to envision a scenario where that one gets away from the Predators. But at the same time, you expect a player like James Neal to come through and make a difference at a key moment like he did.
The fairly straightforward point I want to make is how critical scoring from the deeper part of the roster becomes, especially at this time of year. Remember, it's shut-down center, face-off specialist, first-wave penalty killer, part-time tough guy, Paul Gaustad that opened the scoring and registered the Preds only regulation goal of the night. That was the first time in 12 contests Nashville had potted the first goal of a game - don't tell me that's not a huge tally.
This time of year, you're facing three types of teams, generally speaking: those that are fighting for their playoff lives, those that are battling to draw a more favorable first-round opponent and those that are battling for home ice. And with that, everyone you play tends to have their game in order.
For that reason, lines one and two cannot always be counted on to contribute everything offensively, because they're often playing through heavier coverage. Therefore, you often need the bottom six forwards to have a greater impact. It's a winning recipe when lines three and four can outplay their counterparts on the other side. This is what makes for the most entertaining hockey of the season now that we've reached this time of year.
Watch for Filip Forsberg, Mike Ribeiro, James Neal and the rest of the top two lines to do what they do. But also look for the Gabriel Bourque, Taylor Beck and Eric Nystrom types to play hero from time to time through March and beyond.
The Nashville Predators drop four in a row! I know. Roughest stretch all year.
Whether you're a player, a fan or the coach; you can't turn a blind eye on a patch like this. Before this run of losses to the Wild, Red Wings, Rangers and Devils, the club had only ever lost two in a row, at most.
Oh yeah, how's that?
The 2014-15 season has been a blissful run to this point. Not that things have come easy, but this group has earned its way to top spot. The fact that the Predators sit atop the NHL standings three quarters of the way through the 2014-15 season - that grew out of a perfect storm. For the club to be ranked where it was at the 60-game mark, everything needed to go right. And it has.
Rinne has been remarkable – even for Rinne. The brightest young defense corps in the League has grown its game by 20 percent on both sides of the puck. And Mike Ribeiro, James Neal and Filip Forsberg have combined to form one of the most dynamic lines in the entire NHL.
That being said, the one thing that may be lacking as you look to the postseason is experience. With the exception of Matt Cullen (with Carolina in 2006 and 2009) and Neal (with Pittsburgh in 2013), the current Preds lack the collective experience of what it takes to go on a deep run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. A common thread amongst the teams that typically go deep is that there's an solid inner core of players that have learned how to navigate that path. These players help point the way.
What's the point, Stuart?
Where the current Predators are concerned, there's certainly no way to inject any meaningful experience into the room now. But, imagine if, at this late date, that the Preds are able to pull themselves up by the bootstraps and revisit the sort of hockey they were playing earlier in the year. A lesson like that may just provide the sort of steely reserve this group requires to make some noise in the postseason.
Trust me, as a player, nothing brings you together like being able to rally back when the rest of the (hockey) world was counting you out. For this version of the Nashville Predators, it might be just the thing.
Having said all that, feel free to rip off a little five-game run anytime, fellas!
You may recall a day early in the 2014-15 season when the Predators power play was anemic; I mean nearly last in the League anemic. Which is not to say that the current 17th ranking should be characterized as lethal by any means.
However, if you look a little deeper, you'll see a very bright line marks the improvement.
Since Dec. 27, 2014, the Predators are 20-for-72, or 27.8 percent, with the man advantage. That ranks third in the NHL during that stretch. Compared to the first 33 games of the season where Nashville's power play was an ineffective at 11.3 percent and 29th League wide, that's a seismic turnaround. You weren't so worried early in the year because the wins were coming consistently, and that was due to the way the group was playing five-on-five. Best in the business in fact, and still is.
The truth is, you can get away with ineffective power play, especially early on in the regular season.
There are countless examples of teams with poor power plays who rank in the top of their division and conference. Conversely, there are numerous teams with Top 10 power plays who are on the outside of the playoff picture: see Philadelphia, Columbus and Arizona. However, come the postseason, when games are tight and goals harder to come by, special teams are often the difference-maker.
And that's why the special teams extravaganza versus the Jets on Feb. 12 was so inspiring. Shea Weber in the first, Filip Forsberg in the second and James Neal's goal in the third, which will go down as even strength but, in truth, it was scored just six seconds after Dustin Byfuglien returned to the ice following his minor penalty. For all intents and purposes, it was Pekka Rinne and three "PPGs" that skinned Winnipeg for two points on that night.
So the takeaway is…well, it's taken some time for the new pieces to mesh together. Remember, you subtracted David Legwand and Patric Hornqvist from, what was then a very effective power-play unit, and added the likes of Forsberg, Mike Ribeiro and Neal. Great additions all, no question. But it takes time to create precision where precision is critical. However, now that they have, the man advantage is rounding in to form at a time when its importance is greatest.
April, and the playoffs, will be here before you can say "Roman Josi back to Forsberg, Forsberg off the half-wall through the Fisher screen … scores!"
The Nashville Predators go 4-2-2 while they're without the best goaltender in the free world. After being out just two days past the three-week mark, Pekka Rinne is ready to return. Crisis avoided, right? You bet, you'd take that outcome every time.
So the focus shifts to Thursday night back at Bridgestone Arena as Nashville hosts the Anaheim Ducks – the very club with whom they share the League lead. Preds Head Coach Peter Laviolette declares Rinne his starter. High drama; this is going to be great. Players, fans and broadcasters can't wait to see the goaltender return to hold Ryan Getzlaf and "Scorey" [Corey] Perry off the board.
But just three minutes into the game, Rinne mishandles a puck he had just stopped and Anaheim's shorthanded chance ends up in the back of the net. Hang on a minute - that wasn't in the script. More than that, just four and a half minutes into the second period, the Preds trail 4-0. Wait a second, this game wasn't supposed to look like this.
You're asking a fair question if you're wondering how does a game that was supposed to be so good end up so bad? A few things to consider:
First, focus on Rinne. There are two aspects to a player's return from a long layoff. The mental and the physical. In my view, Rinne was physically ready to go. The knee was 100 percent by all accounts. He'd had ample practice reps leading up to the Anaheim game. However, on the cerebral side, there is no substitute for actual game reps to sharpen the mental aspect – the decision-making side of a player's game. That's the part that got the better of Rinne on the first legitimate play at the Nashville net. Under normal conditions, he either smothers Jakob Silfverberg's initial shot or he pushes it out to the other corner, away from the Anaheim forechecker.
Second, consider the team in front of Rinne. Going into the Anaheim game, two things may have undermined the Predators' preparation. The first was Rinne's return to the roster. Sounds strange, I know, but I believe the group let the netminder's return take away from the urgency required to be their best versus a team like the Ducks. The moment you allow yourself to say "Pekka's back, problem solved, we'll be fine …" that's the moment that distracts you from preparing to put your "A-game" on the ice.
Along that same line, if you recall the moments just before this game started, top-line center Getzlaf was announced as a scratch from the Anaheim lineup. He was injured in pregame warm-up – a total surprise to everyone on either side of the matchup. Yet another distraction in terms of the Predators' collective mindset. "Hey, if they don't have Getzlaf, they can't possibly be as good as we thought they would tonight."
Uh, not so.
So Rinne's return ends up a clunker for the entire group rather than a glory-filled win to claim sole possession of first place in the NHL. Is that cause to sound the alarm? Not at all, but there is a teaching moment in it for the group. We're familiar with Laviolette enough to know that class is in session all day Friday as the team prepares to host a handful from the Eastern Conference. League-leading, goal-scorer Rick Nash brings his 30-15-4 New York Rangers to town for a matinee matchup on Saturday.
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The play looked harmless enough right?
Pekka Rinne's collision with Chris Higgins of the Vancouver Canucks was accidental and far from violent. Moreover, it appeared that Rinne felt good enough to plead with Andy Hosler, Predators head athletic trainer, to allow him to remain and close out the lead over the visiting Canucks.
No such luck. The Predators announced today that Rinne will be out of action through the All-Star Weekend with a sprained knee. The goaltender will be re-evaluated after the Jan. 24-25 festivities and is expected to miss the next three to five weeks.
Saying Rinne has played a key role in the team's turnaround is a point too blatant for even Captain Obvious to make. There is no doubt, taking the hottest goaltender in the free world out of the mix should be a blow to any team's fortunes. Having said that, there are a few points to be made to give the fan base reason to be a little more optimistic.
Carter Hutton:
First, Carter Hutton, who is sure to shoulder most of the load, is a better goaltender than when he first signed with the Predators in the summer of 2013. During Rinne's 51-game absence last year, Hutton pulled himself up by the bootstraps and got to a point where he was turning in reliable minutes on a nightly basis. Don't forget Hutton won 20 games last year.
Better Personnel:
Second, this year's Predators are sharply distinct from last year's version in that they simply defend better. With the emergence of Ekholm and Ellis (currently injured) as a solid second pairing and a significant upgrade at forward (see: James Neal, Filip Forsberg, Mike Ribeiro, Olli Jokinen, Calle Jarnkrok, etc.), this group is stingier than perhaps any team the Predators have iced in the past.
Stingier Defense:
Last year, the Preds allowed 2.84 goals against per game, good for 23rd overall. This year, they lead the League with a miserly 2.17 goals per game. That's an improvement of more than half a goal per game. Yes, Rinne is a big part of why this club gives the opposition very little. However, even Rinne is quick to say that the team in front of him is an important part of why he's on pace to post the best season of his career.
Improved Offense:
Lastly, the above-mentioned upgrade at forward is starting to really to bear fruit. The Predators were winning early in the year but this new high-powered offense we'd heard so much about was hard to spot. Through October and November, the club was still scoring at a fairly modest rate; the first 20-25 games are peppered with 3-2 and 2-1 games. However, over the last 15 or so games, the new parts are fully integrated and the new identity seems to be taking root; fans are seeing more three and four goal spreads in the Predators favor.
So, Hutton's a better keeper, the team defends better and it scores more. Does that mean Rinne's absence will go unnoticed? Uh, not a chance. But the elements I just mentioned, plus the fact that a portion of his time off falls over All-Star Break, should take some of the sting off of this setback.
You were promised an exciting ride…not one without an occasional dip in the road.
Roughly a third of the way through the 2014-15 regular season and the Nashville Predators push their record to 19-7-2 with a convincing win over the Arizona Coyotes. Yes, this team is going well and it's keeping pace with the best teams in the Western Conference. That much is obvious. Here's a few things that may have been overlooked along the way.
The Resiliency Factor:
Last season, if scored on first, the Predators record was 11-29-6. This was a very fragile club. A goal against in the early going usually meant defeat. This year's edition of the club is unaffected if it's trailing early. In fact, their record if scored on first is a startling 9-6-1 (through just 28 games).
Case in point, the Preds spotted Arizona a 1-0 lead to start the opening period and then proceeded – just two and a half minutes later – to go on a three goal run to send Arizona back to the room down two goals. It was never very close after that point. Fun to watch, no?
James Neal is an iCorsi Beast:
Head Coach Peter Laviolette swears by the total attempts his team takes at the opposition's net. Strong numbers in this regard, according to many, is a recipe for success over the course of an entire season. Why? Because attempts lead to chances even if the initial attempt does not result in a direct shot on net.
After Thursday's action, James Neal was second in the NHL in total attempts at the net or iCorsi (the total number of shots, misses or blocked shots a single player attempts at his opponent's net). Neal has 160 attempts and the attempts leader, Brent Burns of San Jose, has 161. However, dig a little deeper and it begins to get interesting. Burns has played three more games than Neal and Burns has over 100 minutes more total time on ice (TOI) than Neal this season. Burns' TOI is 532:17 while Neal sits at 412:03. So you begin to appreciate that Neal generates total attempts at a rate similar to the current attempts leader Burns but while using far less TOI.
Conference Standings:
What does a 19-7-2 record get you in the West? Would you believe just a five-point cushion over the ninth placed team who just happens to be the defending Stanley Cup Champs? Don't get me wrong … this is a good problem to have but how about a little separation when you go 7-3-0 over your last 10 games? I suppose you can chalk that up to "well, that's just life in the West." And the one benefit this Predators team does seem to draw from the tight rankings is the motivation to refine its game. It's a tough conference, and you have to keep your game sharp to stay in the mix.
Stay tuned, lots of hockey left to play!
Every year in the National Hockey League, there are at least a handful of teams that surprise, either by plunging in the standings against high expectations or by rising to a place in the rankings that not even the pundits predicted. Here's a sampling of three from the Western Conference.
Uh, Nashville. The Predators finished out of the playoffs the last two seasons, largely because they were without their large, netminding Finn and goals were awfully hard to come by. A significant retooling was in order, at the forward position specifically.
By adding James Neal, Mike Ribeiro, Olli Jokinen and Derek Roy to the corps, you knew the team was better on paper, but there was no way anyone saw this coming. At the first quarter mark, Nashville led the West and was tied (in points) for the League lead.
Credit General Manager David Poile for acquiring the pieces; credit Head Coach Peter Laviolette for slotting everyone in the proper spot; and credit the players for embracing a new structure and for playing more consistently than any Predators team in recent memory. These guys just might have something here.
Is the Big D for disappointment? The Dallas Stars turned an ankle out of the gate. And I, for one, projected that this team would add 10 or so points to last year's total. With Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin coming off such strong seasons last year, I was expecting even more results. They essentially added another first line as they acquired Jason Spezza and Ales Hemsky. Spezza has been fine; Hemsky has been nearly invisible and a significant organizational shortcoming has been exposed in a graphic way. The Stars blue line lacks skilled puck-movers and solid defenders. Not sure where it turns for Head Coach Lindy Ruff and the Stars at this point; they're currently mired in the 11th spot in the West. Not out of it by any means, but they've got a tall hill to climb.
What in the Wild West is going on in Calgary? This is a team that was supposed to be in a full-blown rebuild. But this group isn't paying the experts any mind. As December begins, Calgary sits fifth in the West, trailing Pacific Division rival Vancouver by a single point.
This is not the flashiest forward corps in the West, so you'd speculate the Flames 15-8-2 record is built on a stingy system that gives up few chances. Not exactly. They've allowed more goals against than all but two Western playoff teams. The truth is that the Flames are getting terrific production from the blue line. Mark Giordano and T.J. Brodie are first and third in scoring, respectively; they've combined for 46 points over the first 25 games. Their counterparts in Chicago, Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook, who form one of the best tandems in the NHL, trail them by no less than an aggregated 17 points. Please don't say you saw that coming.
So the stretch for the All-Star Break is on. There's bound to be more of the unexpected ahead.
Nearly a quarter of the way into the 2014-15 season, it's no longer necessary to qualify commentary with "it's a small sample size but …" as the Nashville Predators sit atop the Central Division at 12-4-2. At this stage, I find it worth highlighting certain players who benefit the most under Preds Head Coach Peter Laviolette's regime.
Olli Jokinen
But Stu… How is Olli Jokinen benefiting under Laviolette? He's pointless in 18 games this season! Exactly. In spite of the fact that "Joki" has been unable to find the back of the net, Laviolette keeps pushing him minutes - into the mid-teens on most nights. And so he should.
Jokinen is a big-bodied veteran of nearly 1,200 games. He is solid in his own end, he wins more than his share of puck battles; and he's creating as well as getting looks/chances at the other end. I've heard Laviolette say on more than one occasion that he's more concerned about a player's quality of play rather than his actual statistical production. In fact, he's made that very point when talking about Jokinen's contribution specifically.
So what's my point? Jokinen is being afforded an opportunity – one that he's earned – to play his way through a little offensive snakebite. Due to the fact that he plays under a coach that sees the value of his game beyond the numbers. Laviolette has taken this approach with others also and it's paid off. See Calle Jarnkrok, Taylor Beck and Craig Smith.
Mattias Ekholm
Mattias Ekholm came to camp a better player by 20 percent to start the year. He is faster, stronger and looking right at home defending against top-six competition.
A key part of the Laviolette structure involves the defenders activating up into the attack; mindful that you have to recover back and be responsible on the other side of the puck also. I didn't see it before this year, but Ekholm has this feature in his game. The blueliner possesses great offensive instincts and the first step comes quick when he decides to go. Laviolette has referred to Ekholm as one of his "steadiest players at both ends." Laviolette's approach is a tailored fit for No. 14. The proof is in the fact that Ekholm and Ryan Ellis appear to have taken over as the number-two pairing.
Mike Ribeiro
Laviolette covets offense. James Neal was acquired to provide that very thing. The question then became who will get Neal the puck in good spots? Well, Mike Ribeiro was signed for that reason and the fit has been a good one from training camp forward.
Ribeiro is a skilled playmaker. He sees the ice well and he has this wonderful ability to "hide his play." He rarely reveals where he intends to move it until it's too late for the other side to prevent. In my view, the recipe here has been one part Ribeiro making the most of the opportunity and one part that the coach wiped the slate clean and placed his trust in a player with demonstrated assets.
Here's to another set of beneficiaries rising up down the road.


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Blocked streets, noisy construction and unwelcome trash can be just a few of the inconveniences that come along with a neighbor's new home construction or home remodeling. However, a report released in early May by the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) confirms that for the overall good of the nation's economy, some of these inconveniences may be worth the hassle.
Residential home building is back, and it's helping the economy in a big way
The NAHB's report calculated the approximate number of jobs that are created and how much tax revenue is generated relative to the different types of residential construction projects. It found that the construction of an average single-family home creates approximately 2.97 jobs and generates approximately $111,000 in taxes per home. Not having quite as significant of an impact, but still highly beneficial to the economy, are rental apartment construction projects, which create roughly 1.13 jobs per unit and generate approximately $42,000 in taxes per unit. In generating these statistics, the NAHB defined a "job" as work that can keep one worker employed for an entire year based on an average number of hours worked per week in the homebuilding industry.
A robust homebuilding market has wide-reaching benefits. In addition to the workers in a variety of construction and remodeling industries, including lumber, concrete and HVAC, other beneficiaries include workers that transport homebuilding materials and products, as well as those in the service sectors, such as architects, engineers, real estate agents, lawyers and accountants.
This latest report is the first update to the NAHB's National Impact of Home Building estimates since 2008. Interestingly, the statistics related to tax revenue and jobs-per-housing-unit are roughly equal to what they were in the 2008 report, but the NAHB article indicates that that is likely due to inflation, changes in housing preferences and the use of somewhat revised metrics in determining these estimates.
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The last few weeks have taken us to the edge of New Eden. The Goonswarm intelligence director and solar spymaster, The Mittani, has given us blow-by-blow accounts of the war going on in The Delve and what it takes to lose a war. But what happens when a person devotes weeks to a game without even taking the time to sleep? That's the kind of question The Mittani explores in this week's article, "Bad Crazy in Internet Space." Believe me, this article is definitely one to read. Sleep was sacrificed, work was skipped, and as each day passed a greater edge of delirium inserted itself into the normal operations of the alliance. One of our logisticians woke his wife up in the middle of the night shouting that "We've got to pack up everything and move the babies to Delve!" Another Goonswarm director told his wife that she should only use half the detergent in the dishwasher, because the "salad bowls are in reinforced mode." And yours truly (so I am told) once sat bolt-upright in bed and warned his spouse: "Don't touch that! Don't open the refrigerator! The spy is in the refrigerator!" before abruptly passing back out. You can read the rest of the exclusive JGE article by clicking here!
There is a jagged fissure of insanity which runs through the heart of
the EVE playerbase, a kind of feverish bad crazy that you simply don't
find in other online games. Oh, sure, everyone knows a tale or two
about the Starcraft player who stayed awake for 50 hours and died from exhaustion because he
wouldn't stop gaming, or the legions of relatively mundane overweight
basement-dwelling nerds that populate the other MMOs that have a lack
of perspective that comes from playing in virtual worlds too much. Some
people like to point to South Korea's Starcraft tournaments as a sign
of abnormality, but sporting leagues are a 'healthy' expression of
hobby activity by most standards. No, if you want utter madness, you
have to look to EVE.
In World of Warcraft, while there may be an obscene 11.5 million people running about as elves and orcs hitting monsters with swords and spells, those people are broken up into small groups of ten to twenty thousand per server. If you don't like your server, you can leave to another server, start anew, find a different social milieu. The game is also infamously newbie friendly, which is partly why it has gained such mainstream success; almost anyone can pick it up and play. The basic group unit in WoW is a guild between 20 and 100 people; the odd megaguild nonwithstanding, it's a grouping intimate enough that every monkey can get to know every other monkey, and the primary social activity involves groups of between five and 25. Even at this level, though, there's a blurring of perspective in the minds of people; sick days are called in from work to raid, personal hygiene is neglected, obsession with purple loot and intensely personal dramas around said loot occur.
By contrast, EVE takes a much smaller player base - perhaps 450,000 - but jams all these monkeys into one barrel, a barrel from which there is no escape - no 'other server' to flee to and begin anew. The learning curve in EVE might as well be vertical, despite all the efforts to make the game more newbie-friendly over the years; any sort of mistake usually results in you dying horribly and losing substantial assets, which are very limited when first playing the game. Additionally, more than any other MMO, EVE relies heavily on mathematics and spreadsheets in the player-run logistics and production aspects of the game. Given the violence, loss, and (horror of horrors) math, it is only a certain sort of of monkey who not only ascends the nightmarish and Darwinian learning curve, but finds the process entertaining enough to stick around and play for more than a week. So this is EVE, a galaxy filled with socially inept spreadsheet nerds on the one hand and obsessive, ambitious griefers on the other. Resources are limited and must be fought over, and the only way out is to quit entirely.
Unique in EVE, the number of people on one server puts the players far beyond the threshold of intimate friendship; your average social unit, the corporation, involves hundreds of people, while alliances made up of these corporations include thousands of people. Thus, instead of micro-level 'guild drama' over who gets what epic item, EVE suffers from 'alliance politics' which in many ways have come to mirror real world politics; the threshold of 'enough monkeys in one place' is crossed, and you find yourself contending with alliances based on ethnic and nationalistic identities, many of which carry their cultural quirks and baggage into the realm of internet spaceships. EVE has French alliances, Russian alliances, Polish alliances, German alliances, you name it.
If the idea of social units comprising of thousands of people allied by nationality or shared culture doesn't add enough monkey madness for you, consider that the game has both legal and illegal channels for real world income to bleed into the game. You can spend your hard-earned money on an in-game item called a 'PLEX' which can be used to add two months of in-game subscription time to a character, and then sell these PLEXes on the in-game market for in-game currency (isk). If you're rich in-game and poor in reality, you can play EVE for free by simply purchasing PLEXes; if you're rich in reality and don't have time to make spaceship money, you can sell some PLEXes and buy as many spaceships as you feel like. Of course, many players go outside of the established CCP-sanctioned system and buy and sell both currency and characters on the black market of eBay; a substantial sum of hard currency can be earned by a diligent eBayer, and it is an accepted belief among many EVE players that some people are making a day-to-day living off selling isk.
One galaxy, limited resources, 450,000 players who are all a little odd to begin with, nationalistic alliances, and a porous system of currency trading. Welcome to the asylum, let's take a tour!
"Listen, calm down. Everyone here understands that ROL didn't sell a single isk on Ebay. Originally, I put in about 50K cash (buying isk, chars and 5 titans + a ton of motherships) from your ratting me out to the GM's (RA's directors = rats, admit it). All of this got banned under the pretext of an exploit that we never used (GM's couldn't prove that I bought isk for RL cash, but I couldn't prove that the isk was legal, either). After that, I bought a ton of timecards from legitimate dealers and, at the moment, have sold more than 1 trillion isk's worth (GM's have confirmed that they know about this and decided that I'm not breaking any rules), bought another five titans, two [more? this is unclear] are still building, and I'm also financing new corps that are coming in. I'll have no problems with [continuing to fund] any of this. So let's not have any dirt thrown around, because if anyone is selling isk here, it's you, and since I know all the gray market dealers I'm going to sell you to CCP at the first opportunity - the next ban is on you."
Perhaps he should consider a career in rap.
The bad crazy goes beyond dropping 100 large on internet spaceships, though. About two years ago, Goonswarm was aiding our allies, Red Alliance (RA, the aforementioned 'rats' with whom SirLordex is cross) in the invasion of the Scalding Pass region against Lotka Volterra and their coalition. Lotka Volterra had unveiled one of the first Titans against us to catastrophic consequences, and at the time these profoundly silly ships were nearly impossible to kill through legitimate in-game means; they were essentially invulnerable, with the only Titans destroyed through catching the ship while the pilot was disconnected from the game. It was determined that 'The Enslaver' and his Avatar-class Titan had to go. I was approached by one of the leaders of Red Alliance to help make this happen, but almost immediately we were down the rabbit hole. Much to my surprise, the RA director didn't want in-game information from me; he wanted us to use the forensic resources of our intelligence agency to trace down The Enslaver's home address. At a coordinated time, armed with this information, a RA member would apparently cut the power to The Enslaver's house in the real world, and in EVE a RA capital fleet would assault the abruptly pilotless Titan. Yikes.
Kugutsumen is a French national living in Jakarta, Indonesia who was convicted as a teenager in the early 1990s of phreaking the FBI's conference call system and running up $250,000 in international calls. He now runs an extremely successful computer security business, when he's not setting up nightclubs in Jakarta or messing about in the EVE universe. He copped a ban from CCP years ago for breaking the T20 scandal after penetrating the Band of Brothers director forums, but it seems the banning completely removed all restraint on his behavior regarding the game; he set up his own forum to cover the hidden news of EVE by publishing snippets from the forums of other alliances. One might suggest that he is also a little off when it comes to the sanity scale, though I personally adore him.
Why didn't I have to deal with RA trying to cut the power to The Enslaver's house to kill his Titan? Because Kugutsumen, out of either idle curiosity or malice aforethought, traced The Enslaver's ip addresses back to Iceland, confronted him on Lotka Volterra's teamspeak while under an assumed name, recorded the conversation, and then outed him as a GM and CCP employee. This resulted in the immediate removal of the Enslaver character, as GMs cannot have their identity known - since this era of gameplay, CCP has radically revised and tightened the restrictions of where and how their employees can play, but this was the Bad Old Days. While the Titan was eventually given to another pilot - and that pilot was much more cautious with it than The Enslaver - by that point Lotka Volterra had already lost the war.
More recently, 'space madness' came to grip a huge section of EVE itself, particularly those involved in the invasion and conquest of Delve. Because of the time-limited nature of that war, a tremendous effort had to be put forth within 28 days, not merely due to the actual conquest of Delve but also the logistical nightmare that comes from moving an established alliance of 6000 people from one end of the galaxy to the other. Sleep was sacrificed, work was skipped, and as each day passed a greater edge of delirium inserted itself into the normal operations of the alliance. One of our logisticians woke his wife up in the middle of the night shouting that "We've got to pack up everything and move the babies to Delve!" Another Goonswarm director told his wife that she should only use half the detergent in the dishwasher, because the "salad bowls are in reinforced mode." And yours truly (so I am told) once sat bolt-upright in bed and warned his spouse: "Don't touch that! Don't open the refrigerator! The spy is in the refrigerator!" before abruptly passing back out.
CCP often touts this sort of thing with the bland marketing lingo of 'player generated content.' What that actually means is that you get to share a galaxy with Russian aluminum magnates, French-Indonesian nightclub-owning hackers, self-aggranziding 'spymasters,' and people who will cut the power lines to your house to destroy your internet spaceship. There's something deliciously addictive about the sweeping, endemic insanity, one of the ever-present yet rarely remarked upon facets of this most unhinged of MMOs.


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Liam Neeson and Sam Worthington star in this fantastical action adventure, a remake of the 1981 film of the same name, about the mortal son of Zeus and the perilous journey he takes in an effort to stop the underworld and its minions from spreading their evil to Earth as well as the heavens.
Mark Strong is set to star in 'Grimbsy'.
The 'Green Lantern' actor is currently in negotiations to star opposite Sacha Baron Cohen in the comedy as a Black-op spy who is forced to go on the run with his long-lost brother, an English football hooligan.
The script was penned by Cohen with the help of Phil Johnston and Peter Baynham, and will be helmed by 'Clash Of The Titans' director, Louis Leterrier.
Cohen is producing the film through Four by Two along with Eric Fellner of Working Title, and Nira Park of Big Talk Productions.
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"One thing is to hear about what happened and another thing entirely is to see it," the president told The Associated Press. "As a Guatemalan I feel sad ... to see mothers crying for their lost children."
Perez said the government would pay for the funerals of all victims in the impoverished region.
Efrain Ramos helped load a tiny casket carrying the body of his 6-year-old niece from San Marcos' morgue to a waiting pickup truck.
"The little girl died when a wall fell over her," a shocked Ramos told a reporter. He said the girl was playing in her room when the quake hit.
Sobbing uncontrollably, the girl's mother hugged the coffin wrapped with white lace and tulle.
Ramos said the family would escort his niece Rosa's body back home for a viewing.
The quake, which was 20 miles deep, was centered 15 miles off the coastal town of Champerico and 100 miles southwest of Guatemala City. It was the strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since a 1976 temblor that killed 23,000.
Officials said most of 100 missing were from San Marcos, where people farm corn and herd cattle, mostly for their own survival.
Hospital officials in San Marcos said they had received 150 injured.
Perez said more than 2,000 soldiers were deployed to help with the disaster. A plane had made at least two trips to carry relief teams to the area.
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Democracy sounds a lot more interesting than it actually is to play.
There are some flash-based games available for free on the net, or even demos of other videogames that are better worth your time than Democracy.
A game developed as a piece of edutainment that fails to be just that because of its fundamentally broken gameplay and many other unexcusable problems.
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