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Thursday, February 19, 2015
Storytime & Craft at Queens Botanical Garden
at Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Bring your little gardeners and nature lovers to QBG for a relaxing afternoon featuring nature-inspired stories, followed by a botanically-themed craft activity (while supplies last).
Category: Arts & Crafts, Kids, School Break
Kids' Week in Manhattan: Inwood Hill Park
at Payson Center (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
School is out! Get outside and get excited. Take the kids to the park to enjoy a variety of nature-related programs and activities with the Urban Park Rangers.
Category: Nature, Kids, School Break, Kids' Week
Celebrating Black History Month through Famous Words
at Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center (in Williamsbridge Oval), Bronx
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
In this free event, kids from the community are welcome to reflect on Black History Month with us.
Category: History, Kids, Black History Month
GreenThumb Garden Registration & License Renewal
at United Community Centers, Brooklyn
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Gardens must update their registration in order to remain in good standing (with no violations) to be eligible to receive supplies, assistance, and services.
Mount Sinai Women's Heart NY presents Heart Smart: A 6-Session Heart Health Education Series!
at Chelsea Recreation Center, Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
The 6-session course includes choleserol screenings, two nutrition planning sessions, stress identification and management, and two exercise planning sessions.
Category: Education, Fitness
Wheelchair Basketball
at McCarren Play Center (in McCarren Park), Brooklyn
8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Compete in wheelchair basketball at McCarren, whether you're experienced or new at the sport. Both disabled and able-bodied athletes are welcome.
Category: Accessible, Sports
Friday, February 20, 2015
2014 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition at Socrates Sculpture Park
at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
The annual Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition is a cornerstone of the park's visual arts program and is widely acclaimed for the ambition, breadth & innovation of the works on view.
Category: Art, Waterfront
Dickens: A Celebration In Pictures
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Celebrating the author's birthday with illustrations of his most important literary works, exhibiting at the Poe Park Visitor Center's gallery. The exhibit offers a selection…
Category: Art, Kids
Art In the Garden: Paul Lin & Botanical Therapeutic Art
at Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Art In the Garden: Paul Lin- Botanical Therapeutic Art Tuesdays through Saturdays, January 20 to April 12 in the Visitor & Administration Building Gallery. (Note: The…
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Authorities identified two men Thursday who were run over and died while fighting in a roadway Wednesday night.
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The men were passengers in a car in Lafayette County when they started arguing and the car's driver pulled over on Wisconsin Highway 78, according to a news release from the county sheriff's office. They were lying in the northbound lane of the road when a 33-year-old Monroe woman hit them with her Oldsmobile. The woman had two children in the car. She also was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
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I recently presented "Data Mining Wikipedia" for the San Francisco Machine Learning Meetup group at Twitter.
Here are my slides with links to helpful Wikipedia information. Hope you find them helpful!
I recently presented "Data Mining Wikipedia" for the San Francisco Machine Learning Meetup group at Twitter.
Here are my slides with links to helpful Wikipedia information. Hope you find them helpful!
Scala is one of my primary languages which I have found useful for creating web services, large data-modeling and data processing. Below are some of my notes from my experience learning Scala.
Scala runs on the Java Virtual Machine. You'll need to install Java first. Install Oracle Java 7, not OpenJDK or Java 6 unless you have to. I encountered a few bugs on OpenJDK but not on Oracle Java.
To install Scala, you can install it system-wide, but your build system will download the specific version of Scala for your project.
The official tutorial lists a lot of topics: (Implicit Parameters, Variances, Upper Type Bounds, etc) but I recommend not diving head deep first.
I recommend just starting with these four topics first. These topics showcase the benefits of Scala while being approachable for most programmers.
Functions as first class citizens – You can use closures unlike Java.
Collections and Collection operations – The ease of performing operations on collections makes Scala a very productive language. Learn the class hierarchy and methods
Class system – classes, objects(singleton), traits and case classes.
Pattern matching – Another great language feature in making code Scala-idiomatic.
With just these four topics, you can get started writing effective programs with Scala. Once you master these, then go onto the advanced material(type system, actors, etc)
These free books from Typesafe are a good start for the language.
The ecosystem of Scala is equally as important to learn as the language itself.
You can decide if you want to use an IDE or just plain text editors but I highly recommend using a standard build system.
Here's an example pom.xml from a sample project. The main commands are to compile continuously (
mvn scala:cc), run tests (
mvn test) and package (
mvn package).
I typically use a plain text editor(VIM) with
mvn scala:cc running in the background. Sometimes I use an IDE(Intellij) if I need to use a debugger or working with a larger project. You'll find both build systems(Maven and SBT) to work well with Eclipse and Intellij
[VIM] I use Janus to bootstrap a VIM setup with basic Scala syntax highlighting. vim-scala is another good VIM plugin.
Sublime Text – A great general text editor with scala plugins.
Eclipse – Officially supported IDE.
Intellij – I prefer Intellij's interface.
Play – A full featured web framework similar to Ruby on Rails. Good for any general purpose web application.
Scalatra – Modeled on Ruby's Sinatra. A very easy micro-web framework to start with. Mostly good for web services type of applications.
Lift – Used by Foursquare. I have never tried it but it is stable and well supported by a community.
Json4S – This is Scala's primary JSON parsing package.
logback – logback is a widely used logging package.
junit – Junit is the most popular Java testing package. I like the simple syntax over other testing packages which feature a DSL including Specs2.
Specifically if you try to read the Scala source code, you will be perplexed initially. I would start learning by writing Scala in a traditional Ruby/Python or Java programming style first.
If you wrote production Java code in the past, this will come in handy as the tuning/debugging/profiling process will be nearly the same.
All your favorite JVM tools like jstack and jvisualvm will still work.
Learn the configuration flags of the java command line. The garage collector, heap memory, logging are among the configurable options. This blog post and the Resin JVM Tuning page are helpful.
I find this to be biggest problem with the Scala environment. Packages built with an older major version(2.8.X) probably won't work with newer versions(2.10.X).
If you find a relatively new Scala package and a well supported Java package which do the nearly same thing, I would recommend to pick the Java one for your project because the Scala package might be outdated in a few months and you won't be able to upgrade.
Java web apps can be efficient because they are multithreaded and you only need to run one copy of the process to serve multiple conconcurrent requests.
This is in constrast to Ruby apps where you often need multiple processes to serve multiple requests. Using one process instead of ~8 will save you a lot of memory on the system.
The downside of one process is dealing with rolling restarts. In the case of Ruby app servers like Unicorn, multiple processes are ran and thus can be setup to provide rolling restarts.
If you are using a web container such as Tomcat 7, it can support hot reload in place.
But let's assume your Java JVM web app is ran with a single command(e.g.
java -jar backend-1.0.jar &). The idea of this setup is that it can be abstract to any single process web service.
To get rolling restarts out of this setup, we can use capistrano with haproxy.
We want to:
* start two difference servers with one process each(or use two processes on one server, this won't provide failover though)
* use an haproxy as a load balancer to these servers
In your Java web service apps, add a health check endpoint(
/haproxy-bdh3t.txt) and have it serve an empty text file.
[It's important to use a random string as your endpoint if you are running in the public cloud since the load balancer could be referencing an old server address and haproxy could think a server is up but isn't. ]
In your haproxy.cfg, add
option httpchk HEAD /haproxy-bdh3t.txt HTTP/1.0
as your check condition to the backend services.
In your capistrano script, let's add two servers set as the app role
server "XXX1", :app
server "XXX2", :app
and alter the restart task to:
* remove the check file for one server. This will remove the server from the load balancer
* restart server.
* ping the server.
* add the check file back to the started server which haproxy will add back into the load balancer.
* repeat as a loop for each server.
desc "Restart"
task :restart, :roles => :web do
haproxy_health_file = "#{current_path}/path-static-files-dir/haproxy-bdh3t.txt"
# Restart each host serially
self.roles[:app].each do |host|
# take out the app from the load balancer
run "rm #{haproxy_health_file}", :hosts => host
# let existing connections finish
# restart the app using upstart
run "sudo restart backend_server", :hosts => host
# give it sometime to startup
# add the check file back to readd the server to the load balancer
run "touch #{haproxy_health_file}", :hosts => host
I tend to use apache httpclient as my preferred java http client. I hit an error with invalid symbols such as the space character in this url:
val urlString = "http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Merrick, NY"
val cm = new ThreadSafeClientConnManager()
val client = new DefaultHttpClient(cm)
val httpRequest = new HttpGet(urlString)
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character in query at index 38: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Merrick, NY
at java.net.URI.create(URI.java:859)
at org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet.(HttpGet.java:69)
My first attempt would be to use java.net.URLEncoder.encode
java.net.URLEncoder.encode(urlString, "UTF-8")
res4: java.lang.String = http%3A%2F%2Fmaps.google.com%2Fmaps%3Fq%3DMerrick%2C+NY
But this doesn't work, it's only for forms and it tries to encode the entire url string.
Our goal is to convert just the param part of the url from "http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Merrick, NY" to "http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Merrick%2C%20NY"
The trick is to construct a URL object so we can get the separate components and then create a URI object from these components:
val urlString = "http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Merrick, NY"
val url = new java.net.URL(urlString)
val uri = new java.net.URI(url.getProtocol, url.getAuthority, url.getPath, url.getQuery, null)
val httpRequest = new HttpGet(uri)
httpRequest: org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet = org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet@15ec2337


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Canine Vaccinations In dogs, the primary diseases that are routinely vaccinated against are:Parvovirus: causes potentially fatal diarrhoea, especially in pups and dogs under 2 years.Distemper: causes coughing, diarrhoea and sometimes twitching, seizures, loss of balance, blindnessHepatitis: causes vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain and possibly even liver failure. The vaccination against these three diseases is called a C3. Further protection against the components of Canine Cough is also available:Parainfluenza: the viral component of Canine Cough (C3 and parainfluenza is a C4)Bordatella bronchiseptica: bacterial component of the cough (C4 and B. bronchiseptica is C5)A C5 vaccination is the minimum requirement for most boarding kennels and is recommended for dogs mixing frequently with large numbers of dogs (eg Obedience training).Feline Vaccinations In cats, the primary diseases that are routinely vaccinated against are:
Enteritis: Feline Panleukopaenia: can cause severe disease in unvaccinated kittens between 3 and 5 months of age. Causes fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, liver failure and even sudden death.Feline Calici Virus: part of the cat flu complex. Causes sneezing, conjunctivitis, and ulcers on the gums and tongue.Feline Rhinotracheitis: part of the cat flu complex. Causes sneezing, depression, conjunctivitis, inappetence, and in the worst cases can lead to permanent nasaland sinus infection.The vaccine against these 3 diseases is called and F3 vaccination. Vaccination against another component of the cat flu complex is also available:Chlamydia: a bacterial disease causing conjunctivitis, respiratory disease, infectious arthritis and even abortion in pregnant queens. (F3 plus Chlamydia is an F4)Do vaccinations guarantee that my pet will not sick? Vaccinations cannot stop an animal from becoming infected by a virus, but they do reduce the chance and severity of infections and make recovery quicker. This is the reason that dogs may still pick up Canine Cough, even when vaccinated with a C5, or why cats can get the flu even when fully vaccinated. The benefits are that they are generally less unwell than an unvaccinated animal, and more resistant to the development of disease.


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I've used 2302 print film from Kodak that I got from an APUG member, developped in paper developer. Contact exposure in darkroom using the enlarger light is sufficient. I wrote an article about it here:
What you need to know about slide printing is that the final contrast needs to be pretty high (gamma around 1.5) to have a good looking slide. Film that is developed for printing on paper has a low contrast (gamma around 0.6 say).
To create a slide with 1.5 gamma out of a 0.6 gamma negative, you need a positive that can be developped to about gamma=2.5, and that's a lot of contrast. Normal in-camera emulsions (tri-x, plus-x, hp5, delta 100, etc) cannot give enough contrast to be used as print films, plus they don't have a transparent base.
A print film like 2302 or 5302 has a transparent base, and can be developped to a gamma of 2.5 by using a high-energy developer like D-97 (formula available on Kodak website). Stock Dektol could be in the good ballpark as well. The other neat thing is that print film are blue-sensitive only, so that you can either develop them by inspection under safelight, or use them in-camera as an old-fashioned negative. See my gallery for a photo made with 2302: http://www.apug.org/gallery/showphot...29&ppuser=6132


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Washington State Senior
40: 5.27
A nice position blocker that usually takes good angles. Can get leverage as a run blocker. Flashes some ability to drive block smaller defenders. Can block on the second level. Shows enough athleticism to pull and block on the move. Has decent pop off the snap. Does a nice job initiating contact in pass protection. Can get extension and deliver a nice punch at times. Can wall off the linebacker as run blocker and redirect the interior pass rusher. Shows ability to lock on in a short area. Flashes some cut blocking potential. Plays with a good mean streak and plays to the whistle.
Struggles with his hand use and doesn't get good placement consistently. Whiffs on his punch too much, and will miss blocks because of it. Doesn't have great pop off the snap and doesn't get hardly any push in short yardage. Can come out too high, but also come off the snap with his hands too low. Is a bit of a waist bender, and too often gets overextended trying to deliver his punch. Struggles when he's blocking out in front of screens because he gets overextended, loses his balance trying to locate moving targets. Gives up too much ground in pass protection. Gets too easily beat by the swim move because of his questionable hands, and can get bull rushed and pancaked back into the quarterback. Is low on his snaps out of the shotgun.
Williams flashes tools that with long-term development might make him a decent stopgap defender. He moved to center this past year, starting 12 games and had his struggles. Played in an offense that was almost exclusively a shotgun-based one, and regularly had poor and low snaps in most games. Started 7 games at left guard as a junior. A JUCO transfer at Glendale College after his sophomore year where he was an all-conference center.
The snapping is concerning about his long-term future as a center at the next level. The fact that he played guard as a junior does help him in terms of being able to fill a depth role on a team. But he's not as big or physical enough to really like him there. He is an effective run blocker because he takes good angles, but as a straight-ahead run blocker he'll struggle at the next level. In pass protection, he regularly struggled when asked to block on an island, so you definitely don't like him there. Williams best chance is to go to a team that will keep him as a reserve center for two or three years, letting him develop there and then hoping that he can improve enough to where he can be a decent stopgap starter. The main things he needs to work are his hands and snapping. The good thing is those are areas that can improve with coaching and development. But he's a guy that may have to bounce around the league for a couple of summers before he can stick because he doesn't have the sort of polish to think he'll be great sticking early on a roster and offers limited upside. The best you hope is that his ability to play guard and center means he can add some depth and then four or five years down the road you have a player like Jon Goodwin who is a nice stopgap option as a starter for a year or so. But nobody is going to build around him or really want Williams to anchor their line.
Williams can compete in Atlanta, but doesn't really offer anything to think he could be a major challenger to Hawley's role as the future guy at center. And while his immediate skills probably translate a bit better at guard, he doesn't have the upside to really be a good fit there in Atlanta. The best he could hope for is landing a practice squad because the team likes his mean streak and work ethic under the pretenses of developing him as depth behind Hawley down the road.
The low probability that WIlliams sticks initially and the fact that he's probably three years away from sticking means that he's not really worth a draft pick. But a team should definitely give him a look in training camp.
1-poor, 2-weak, 3-above average, 4-very good, 5-elite
Strength: 2.5
Pass Blocking: 2.0
Run Blocking: 2.5
Footwork: 3.0
Technique: 2.0
Mobility: 2.5
Mean Streak: 3.5
Zack Williams, OC, Washington State
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I could listen to Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau talk football for hours, but a close second to him is linebackers coach Keith Butler. I was going back through some post draft interviews tonight of Butler after the draft selections of Jason Worilds, Stevenson Sylvester and Chris Carter to refresh my memory on what he said on each and if I could pick up any clues as it might relate to the draft this year. Yes, I have way too much time on my hands, but it keeps my mind occupied and helps with my OCD battles.
Below are the three videos I want you to watch and I want your thoughts on anything that you pick up from them. Tell me what you hear in addition that may play into the 2012 draft. It is always fun to go back in time and hear what was said about draft picks a few years down the line.
So get busy with your homework and let me know what is running through your head after listening to all of these again. There is no wrong answer here.
Butler on Jason Worilds
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I didn't realize Sylvester started game against Patriots last year. Wow Steelers won't be taking a middle linebacker with first pick!! They are ready for Foote and Sylvester to take over!
This is why the let Farrior go before draft. If they didn't feel comfortable with there young guys
Farrrior probably would have been resigned.
The other thing I got from this is they like to take Tweeners for the outside position and let them develop into stand up outside backers. Like Lamar Woodley, he has good size for outside in a 3-4 but not for a DE. doesn't fit well into a 4-3 backer.
Worilds — no indications that Butler considered him at inside upon Worilds being drafted. Wonder how Dave-Te' Thomas can be such a staunch believer that Worilds can be our long-term solution inside.
Sylvester — good to hear Butler thinks he has tools to be "good" in coverage and a bright future (after one season)
As far as the draft, you've touched on this as well, but if we do draft a LB early, it will speak volumes on these young guys and their progressions. If they see Sly as the long term solution next to Timmons, I can't imagine Hightower being the pick. Likewise, if they believe Worilds/Carter can develop into a productive starter to assume Harrison's spot in a year or two, drafting Perry or Upshaw (if either drops) would seem more like a luxury. Lastly, an early pick at LB would be really investing a lot of money into one position. I would assume that could be a factor too.
Good stuff from Butler – One word that I hear/see fans using too much when talking/writing about the upcoming draft is the word "need". Keith said it best in the video on Sly – Best Player Available.. Sly was that player(BPA) on the steelers board and Butler was happy to get him… As we evaluate this prior to this draft and mock it.. More emphasis needs to be on who is going to be the Best Player Available in a round at our pick. After listening to Dave Te'Thomas yesterday and Butler today – I'm more comfortable with the Worilds pick also – I wasn't when we drafted him. The word s still out on Carter – I thought when watching him in College that he was a speed rusher.. Butler backed that up – Will he develop into something other than that? time will tell.. Keith also talks about speed a few times and the ability to cover – flip hips etc.. That's why for me kids like Bobby Wagner, Kendricks, and L.David are players that we need to be looking at second round… and should be high on the board (might be off) when we pick at #56.
On thing I took away, from the clip on Sly, is that the Steelers aren't looking for a 265lb inside linebacker. Sounded like Butler has a lot of confidence in Larry Foote, and even more confidence in the development in Sly. There was also a lot of emphasis on the phrase "movement skills". Butler also stated repeatedly, that the development time for his LB's, is a couple of years.
When talking about Worilds, I heard the words "depth" and "special teams" used a lot.
Dave, after listening to the last clip, it sounded like Butler had more concerns with the depth at OLB, than he was ILB.
You all get an A+ so far. Especially you Greig. More people, more…
I would have to say that now I could say Hightower aint going to be picked at 24….. But we will see…….
Anyone convinced that the 24th pick will be a ILB or OLB right now? What are the chances in your opinion after listening to all three.
Personally not buying the Worilds move. Love Dave-Te, but he is a bit flighty at times. we shall see
The second interview about Sylvester said it all about how they draft…"we had a need at corner, but we took the BPA and it just happened to be a LB"
Not convinced at all – again – we need to use the word "need" less and BPA more. This has been the steelers MO over the years and who can argue with our success?
Now – I'm going to stir the pot a little and throw a name at ya for #24.. A kid that totally dominated the North Offensive Linemen at the senior bowl and may have been the best defensive line player at the Senior bowl.. Also throw in Ziggy Hood and his seeming not to be the 3-4 DE we thought he was going to develop into.. and the fact that your list of 10 players that you had slated at #24 – each one we can find an area that makes us uncomfortable with the pick.. like Poe's motor, Hightower's ACL and coverage skills, Mercilus one year wonder, etc.. and this kid suddenly becomes real attractive to me. Especially with the non-devleopment of Ziggy ( who is a player I think better suited for a 4-3 DT).
Kendall Reyes DE/DT
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We have seen Keisel drop in coverage – with his type of speed , faster than some of the LB's in the draft, and size. something to think about…
I've seen the 3-4 DE ranked Fletcher Cox, Brockers, Reyes.. I like Reyes over Brockers. He's stronger, faster and there is way more really good film on Reyes.
food for thought.
I don't think they will unless the BPA lands to them….. I see them trading down to be honest to late or early second……
Sounds to me that Sylvester could fit in to be the primary ILB next yr…… And that there content with Foote and Sylvester this yr. And they seem to draft BPA period……. But I do believe after listening they will bring in someone either Draft or FA to compete….. They want competion at every position….. And Sylvester and Foote will probably battle it out for the spot… And it sounds to me if Worilds lives up to expectation he will be a good replacement for harrison but if he doesn't have a good yr. this yr. I don't think he will be around next….. Carter I don't think will ever start unless there are major injuries….. But after all I've heard It's a throw up to who they take in round 1 because sounds like they got 2 guys that are unproven and want to see what they can do…… So I don't think they will draft Hightower…… He says he felt good with the players he had so far, But that was with Farrior there as well but I don't think they will be looking for there next 10 yr. starting ILB in this draft by what I heard….. I like how u put these up….. If you get a chance do some more on other positions.. Maybe Corner and Safety….
Yeah weight seems to be a concern for Butler with LBs. Sounded like he would be more content to have a fast, small ILB, who gets occasional help taking down larger RBs than someone like Hightower. Although, I am not sold on anyone's confidence in Larry Foote. I don't see him being the starter past game six.
And the main thing they don't start Rookie LB's period…… So they will move forward with Foote and Sylvester…… I am surpirsed Foote didn't take some what of a pay cut though.. But maybe they want to see if Sylvester can cut it and if not bring Foote back for a couple yrs..
Upshaw from Bama?
I still think either ILB or DE/OLB is a possibility at 24.
Do I think the Steelers want a LB over other positions at 24?
No I don't.
But BPA is the "Key answer" that only the Steelers have.
What available players will be holding that place on their draft board when the time comes to turn in the card?
There is one open position at ILB now. Though it is as a trainee to be Foote's replacement.
Foote and Harrison have maybe 2 more years.
If it takes 2 years to get a LB ready They would need to start drafting LBs for 2014.
No one knows what they think of Worilds or Carter at this point .
OK knowing their draft history of taking the BPA regardless of need, who do you have listed as the Steelers board of BPA when the 1:24 selection rolls around? and who IS the BPA of that group?
I'm not buying this as evidence against taking ILB in the first. These comments from Butler were at least a year ago, and they're about potential rather than what these guys have really done on the field. I took a look back at your participation charts from last year. Sly only had two games where he got any significant snaps, despite dressing for 15 games:
Game Snaps Stats Comments
Ratbirds 0 0 All LB healthy
Seasqua 0 0 All LB healthy
Colts 0 0 All LB healthy
Texans 0 0 Harrison injured, Worilds in
Titans 0 0 Harrison out, Timmons at OLB, Foote and Farrior both on field
Jaguars 0 0 Harrison out, Timmons at OLB, Foote and Farrior both on field
Cardinals 0 0 Harrison out, Timmons at OLB, Foote and Farrior both on field
Patsies 10 0 Woodley injured, Farrior out, Harrison out, played mostly nickel
Ratbirds 19 0 Woodley out, Worilds in, Farrior out
Bengals 0 0 Woodley out, Worilds in
Chiefs 0 0 Woodley out, Worilds in, Sylvester did not dress
Bengals 0 0 Woodley limited, Worilds in
Browns 0 0 Woodley out, Worilds in
49ers 2 1TA Woodley out, Worilds in
Rams 0 0 Woodley out, Worilds in
Browns 0 0 Woodley out, Worilds in
Broncos 0 0 Woodley limited, Foote Farrior in
after the Patsies game, he was said to be lost. His snaps all came at the beginning of the game, after which they switched to big nickel and dime. Perhaps that was because he sucked or perhaps not. His other game was against the Ratbirds, where he got 19 snaps and zero tackles. That's kind of hard to do for an ILB, and he was also described as being mentally lost after that game. What surprised me in looking at this was the games against the Titans, Jags, Cards. Remember when Harrison was out and Timmons had to move to OLB (and was terrible)? Even though he dressed for those games, Sly couldn't see the field or be better than Foote. Now Foote is experienced, but he's really not all that good, so not beating him out is not a ringing endorsement.
Bottom line, Sly has shown no evidence of his ability to take over ILB. He may have increased his development to the point at which he can now, but he's unproven. I think it's unlikely that the office will bank on him as a starter, so if Hightower is the BPA at 1.24, I wouldn't be surprised to see him taken. I think he may very well be the BPA at that position, too.
My mock has the BPA at 1.24 including: Hightower, Mercilus, Perry, Fleener, Upshaw or Coples, Stephen Hill. I think it would be a great idea to trade down if there are takers and it allows us to get an extra high round 3; there's a lot of value in high 3, and I'd love to see Chapman there.
I think the Steelers have their sites on Mike Martin.
Foote isn't a long term solution, but could be the answer this season. Sly might be able to take over but that is far from clear at this point. If Kendricks, Wagner, JM Johnson or David are available and deemed BAA, then such a selection could be beneficial down the road. Listing to Mr. Thomas yesterday was interesting and informative, but I took some of his views with a grain of salt. To think that Worilds could move inside seems peculiar to say the least; he hasn't really shown all that much at OLB yet. I also took exception to the comment that "Robert Turbin is the next Jerome Bettis." What? I don't really see Michael Brockers being a first round consideration for the Steelers either.
Things that were said (and not said) that play into the 2012 draft, I believe was the solicitation. I kept hearing about actual game film as the primary consideration, then interviews and personal workouts with the Steelers. If The Combine was mentioned, it was only in passing. GAME FILM !!! Also with respect to the draft, particularly with Butler mentioning several times that they allow a couple of years for development, I think they are high enough on Sylvester that the selection of Hightower will not occur, especially considering the perceived negatives of his coverage skills and injury. One take away for me of which I was aware, but he really drove home the point, was the alignment of the front 7. Farrior's understanding and ability in this area is no doubt what bought him an extra year or two despite his obviously diminished physical abilities. Looks like Foote will start the season because of his knowledge of the defense and they will provide intense study for Sylvester, hoping he can take over as the starter during the season. Sylvester obviously has the better physical talents but Foote currently has better comprehension of how the coaches want the set. Sylvester's opportunity to start will depend on his learning curve, not his physical prowess.
Worilds and Carter may not be panning out the way they had hoped, and thus the interest in some new blood at OLB fairly early in the draft. If the front office has indeed approached Worilds about playing ILB, it could be because they don't see his future at OLB. I don't see it at ILB.
We all easily say the delay in the start of training last year hindered the development of some of the new guys, but words cannot do it justice for those of us not actually involved with the team. What gets exposed in the unfolding of this year's pre-season activities will be as entertaining as any year in the past.
Lastly, why is Butler not a Head Coach somewhere? This is the first opportunity I have had to hear him speak and the man reeks of football presence and gravitas. When Mr. LeBeau decides to move on, I have to believe our beloved defense will be in good hands.
I neglected to mention above how Butler kept reiterating the Steelers mantra of 'Best Player Available' as opposed to need. We can all forget about those things we perceive as needs for the team; the picks will come straight from the FO's big board of talent. Is it possible…..could they………would they…………….might they………………take a TE in the first round?
I imagine your point with this is to prove that the Steelers won't take Hightower. I watched these videos back when they were first released and it was easier to remember then that this was right after the draft. Coach Butler is extremely measured in his responses. He's honest but he's also saying what he's supposed to say about kids they just drafted. For instance, in the Worilds video he says he likes Sean Lee but they didn't take him because they felt good about the depth at ILB but in the Sylvester video from the same draft he says they drafted him as an ILB because he was the best player on the board. The fact that a kid they took in the 5th is rangy and quick does not preclude this team from taking Hightower. At what point in their careers would you define Foote or Farrior as quick?
I think its a little early to say Carter may not be panning out. He was a rookie last year selected in the 5th round. I would imagine they expected a year or two to develop him.
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Braised Veal Shanks Milan Style
|For battuto
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) (1 Stick)
|Olive oil
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Finely chopped onion
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Finely chopped carrot
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|Finely chopped celery
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|Veal shanks
|6 , cut into 2-inch-thick slices
|To Taste
|Freshly ground pepper
|To Taste
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs) (For Dredging)
|Olive oil
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Dry white wine
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Chicken broth
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|Finely chopped tomatoes/Canned crushed tomatoes
|1 Cup (16 tbs) (Fresh)
|Minced fresh thyme
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Bay leaves
|Chopped fresh flat leaf parsley
|1 Tablespoon
|For gremolata
|Grated lemon zest
|1 Teaspoon
|Minced garlic
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
In a large Dutch oven or heavy flameproof casserole over high heat, melt the butter with the olive oil.
Add the onions, carrots, and celery, and cook until tender, about 6 to 8 minutes.
Spread the battuto into an even layer in the bottom of the pan.
Season the shanks with salt and pepper and dredge them in flour.
In a large saute pan or skillet over high heat, heat the oil and brown the veal pieces on all sides.
Transfer the shanks to the pan and put them on top of the battuto.
Add the wine to the browning pan and stir over medium heat to scrape up all the browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
Pour this mixture over the shanks.
Add enough of the broth to cover the shanks by three quarters.
Add the tomatoes, thyme, bay leaves, and parsley.
Bring the broth to a simmer, cover the casserole, and braise in the oven for 2 hours, or until the veal is fork tender.
Combine all the ingredients for the gremolata.
Serve the osso buco with the gremolata sprinkled over it.


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New faces Aug. 13, 2014
Date posted: August 13, 2014
Kasyn Gregory Cox
Kasyn Gregory Cox was born Aug. 4, 2014, at Sheridan Memorial Hospital.
He weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces.
He was welcomed by parents Michael and Paige Cox, both of Big Horn.
His grandparents are Greg and Sharon Kobold of Big Horn and Russell and Patty Cox of Sheridan.
Niya Sharda Gadade
Niya Sharda Gadade was born Aug. 4, 2014, at Sheridan Memorial Hospital.
She weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces.
She was welcomed by parents Monica and Vaibhav Gadade, both of Sheridan.
Her grandparents are Irene Case and Reed Jackson, both of Sheridan.
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Satellites make a load of difference to bridge safety
When extreme weather comes our way, realtime information from space can help us to decide if closing a bridge is the right thing to do.
When extreme weather comes our way, realtime information from space can help us to decide if closing a bridge is the right thing to do.
A pair of solar eruptions over the weekend have unleashed a severe geomagnetic storm that could disrupt power and communications on Earth, US officials said Tuesday.
The sixth Galileo satellite of Europe's navigation system has now entered its corrected target orbit, which will allow detailed testing to assess the performance of its navigation payload.
Europe in March will resume satellite launches for its troubled Galileo navigation system, hoping to boost by at least six the number of orbiters this year, Arianespace and the European Commission said Wednesday.
The European Space Agency says a navigation satellite that ended up in the wrong orbit has completed a corrective maneuver.
Two satellites for Europe's rival to GPS were lifted into space on Friday to boost the Galileo constellation to six orbiters of a final 30, the European Space Agency (ESA) said.
Two satellites for Europe's rival to GPS, the Galileo navigation system, will be lifted into space from French Guiana on Friday a day after bad weather delayed their blast-off, launch firm Arianespace said.
Bad weather delayed the liftoff Thursday of a rocket with two new satellites for Europe's rival to GPS, launch firm Arianespace said as it announced 12 orbiters will join the constellation from next year.
Europe is set to launch two satellites Thursday for its Galileo navigation system, boosting the number in the Earth-orbiting constellation to six and bringing the network a step closer to becoming operational ...
In the depths of night on August 5th 1914 the British Cable Ship Alert took the first significant action of World War I, severing the five German submarine cables that ran through the English Channel. This ...
A new way of measuring sea level using satellite navigation system signals, for instance GPS, has been implemented by scientists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Sea level and its variation ...
A Delta 4 rocket has lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying a GPS satellite.
Galileo, the multi-billion euro global navigation satellite system funded by the EU, will soon provide highly accurate and precise position measurements on Europe's roads. But the primary mode of international ...
A key instrument that will fly on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R (GOES-R) spacecraft, NOAA's next-generation of geostationary satellites, is cleared for installation on the spacecraft.
Navigation devices used by blind people today lack the ability to operate indoors and other areas where GPS is not available, and are unable to help the user deal with items that aren't part of maps, such ...


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San Francisco, California (PRWEB) August 07, 2014
The global market for seed treatment (http://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/seed-treatment-market) is expected to reach USD 5.61 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Seed treatment demand is expected to increase due to growing need for protection of high cost seeds in the market. Additionally, effective control over seed or soil borne diseases and infections due to seed treatments will also boost the overall market. Technological development with regards to seed treatment across the crop life cycle is expected to augment the growth of the market.
Insecticide treatment was the largest segment accounting for USD 1.57 billion of revenue in 2013. Cost effectiveness and ease of use are key factors for increasing popularity of insecticide treatment in the seed treatment market. Non-chemical seed treatment is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.3% from 2014 to 2020 due to consumer awareness regarding non-chemical products benefits to the environment and human health.
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Merit listThe council of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) proposed a single entrance test for aspiring engineering students, to be started from the 2013. Read more ... » for medical coursesEAMCET on May 12, EAMCET 2012 goes totally online, EAMCET 2012 notification on February 10. Read more ... » released
Joint2nd OJEE counselling in first week of September JOINT ENTRANCE EXAMIKNATIONS, ORISSA 2011. Read more ... » Admission CommitteeIntegral University Entrance Test (IUET - 2013). Read more ... » for MedicalMedical counselling in Tamil Nadu will begin on June 30. Read more ... » and Paramedical CoursesCut-off for Open Category candidates is expected to touch 199.75 for Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions. Read more ... » declared the meritIGNOU announced the Merit list of Qualified Candidates in Entrance Examination of MSC (Life Sciences) held on July 19, 2011. Read more ... » listList of entrance exams for the admission to MD in various Indian medical institutes. Read more ... » for admissionMedical students from Maharashtra allowed only 2 chances for PG superspecialty medical entrance test. Read more ... » to various medical and paramedicalFees of 49 colleges regularized in the state of Gujarat. Read more ... » courses.
The admission process for medical, dentalMedical admission begins at Maharashtra. Read more ... » and paramedical courses for the yearKEAM Option Site for Allotment in Govt. MBBS seats, CENTRALISED ALLOTMENT TO MBBS COURSE IN KERALA GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGES FOR THE YEAR 2011. Read more ... » 2011- 12 was started by declaring the merit list, on late TuesdayMedical counselling in Tamil Nadu will begin on June 30. Read more ... » evening by Admission committeeSingle Entrance Exam option for all engineering institutes. Read more ... » for professionalThe Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Kerala. Read more ... » medical educationCounselling for seats under sports quota begins, Sports quota topper takes engineering over medicine. Read more ... » courses.
Out of 12,611 eligible students, 4,857 students have been listed as eligible for taking admission in medicineAll India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Test (AIPGDET - 2013). Read more ... » and dentistryJ.S.S. Dental College - Academic Programme and Admission details. Read more ... » courses.
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The merit list was topped by a scoreRajasthan accepting the Common Management Aptitude Test (CMAT) 2012 score and will replace the Rajasthan Management Aptitude Test. Read more ... » of 98.98% marks. While 12,795 applicationMahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences PG Admission - 2011. Read more ... » forms for admission were received this year, 184 application formsPatna University colleges extend admission date application forms for admission to PG courses can be submitted by July 1. Read more ... » have been rejected as they failed to meet the basic criteria.
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1852/1 $10 Humbert Ten Dollar AU58 NGC. K-8, R.4....
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Near-Mint 1852/1 Humbert Ten Dollar, K-81852/1 $10 Humbert Ten Dollar AU58 NGC. K-8, R.4. A late reverse die state with a heavy diagonal crack between 12 and 5 o'clock and a prominent break beneath the F in CALIFORNIA. This is a partly lustrous piece that has honey-gold color and moderate wear on the eagle's shield and leg. Field marks are refreshingly minor, and the eye appeal is impressive. The dies were made in 1851 in anticipation that authorization was forthcoming to strike denominations of less than fifty dollars. The authority was finally granted in 1852, thus the reverse die was overdated prior to production. 1852 was a transitional year at the U.S. Assay Office, whose operator re-organized after founder John Little Moffat left the firm. Listed on page 369 of the 2011 Guide Book. Census: 7 in 58, 5 finer (11/10). (PCGS# 10190)
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This publication, part of the CBMS Regional Conference Series, is presented as a companion to a lecture series by Scott Wolpert given at a July 2009 conference taking place at Central Connecticut State University. We learn from the Preface that since "[t]he study of Riemann surfaces continues to be an interface for algebra, analysis, geometry, and topology … [Wolpert intends] to suggest the [according] interaction to the audience and [the] reader." Wolpert's goal is not to be exhaustive in his coverage, but, nonetheless, to present "a generally self-contained course for graduate students and postgraduates … [with topics running] across research areas." Accordingly, he takes pains to present a good deal of guidance as regards the indicated research literature and, indeed, each chapter ends with a useful recommendation of further readings.
Before getting to the structure proper of the book, here is a sample of what kind of mathematics we are dealing with. Already on p. 7 we encounter the uniformization theorem: "A Riemann surface homeomorphic to the [Riemann] sphere [i.e. the complex projective line] is conformally equivalent to the sphere. A Riemann surface, not homeomorphic to the sphere, is equivalent either to a quotient C/Γ or H/Γ for a discrete torsion-free group Γ. The cases are distinguished by the Euler characteristic of the surface. Furthermore, the coverings are universal." Does it get any more beautiful than that? Not being an insider in the area, I did a bit of internet snooping and found out that this uniformization theorem goes back to Paul Koebe and Henri Poincaré, with later proofs given by (presumably Émile) Borel and Lipman Bers: a wonderful genealogy.
The appearance of C/Γ and H/Γ in the game makes, of course, for connections to elliptic modular functions and hyperbolic structure. Indeed, as a number theorist my first exposure to Riemann surfaces in any non-trivial way came about in connection with the action of Γ = (P)SL(2,Z) on the complex upper half plane H, yielding in the form of the accompanying fundamental domain H/PSL(2,Z) a Riemann surface compactifiable by means of adjoining the point at infinity; to boot, the measure of this quotient space is y–2dxdy: we're in hyperbolic space. Indeed, we're also clearly at the aforementioned interface of algebra, analysis, geometry, and topology.
Well, the, what about the book under review? What does Wolpert cover? After a first chapter devoted to "Preliminaries," he hits some very sexy stuff indeed with Ch 2 devoted to Teichmüller space. Ch 3 introduces some symplectic geometry, and Ch 4, 5, and 6 deal with "Geometry of the Augmented Tiechmüller space" in three parts. Then things begin to get geometric in the sense of Thurston, so to speak: Ch 7 is titled, "Deformations of hyperbolic metrics and the curvature tensor, and then the last three chapters deal with, respectively, "Collar expansions and exponential-distance sums, "Train tracks and the Mirzakhani volume recursion", and the "Mirzakhani prime simple geodesic theorem." Pretty heavy stuff.
Being the write-up of a set of lectures pitched to an audience of, at worst, fellow travelers, the material in Families of Riemann Surfaces and Weil-Petersson Geometry is quite sophisticated: Wolpert does not have the option to waste time, and he does not do so. I do find it entertaining that neither André Weil nor Hans Petersson is mentioned in the book. It just goes to show how far the subject has evolved, I suppose. And the reader should take account of that fact. The book under review is manifestly aimed at would-be specialists. And it looks to be very successful in meeting its goals.
Michael Berg is Professor of Mathematics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA.


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- Franco Ricciardi (Tenor)
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- Maria Callas
- Dino Mantovani (Baritone)
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- Edith Martelli (Soprano)
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As Rene Seghers notes in his essay, at her 1955 debut in the role of Amina, Maria Callas "dominated the ensembles and, at certain moments, she showed her vocal power off with hardly concealed pride. By 1957 in Edinburgh, her powers may have diminished a little, but her interpretation had significantly deepened. Her Amina is less girl, less naive, and less imbued with echoes of her immediate predecessors in the role. The Edinburgh Amina is a living young woman who is rapidly learning to deal with the larger-than-life emotions that come with the libretto. The miracle is that she makes one listen to the words, while at the same time making us look beyond the rather unbelievable and silly plot." The high quality tapes used as source material for this release come from a private recording made for EMI's legendary record producer Walter Legge, and were supplied to Testament by Legge's widow, the soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
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- Performers: Nicola Zaccaria (Bass); Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano); Maria Callas; Dino Mantovani (Baritone); Nicola Monti (Tenor); Edith Martelli (Soprano); Franco Ricciardi (Tenor)
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by Des Ryan
It's finally happened, and it's good news for cruising sailors heading for the Red Sea.
Ships assigned to Combined Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150) assemble in a formation for a photo exercise.
Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, the multi-national force that has been patrolling the Gulf of Aden as part 'War on Terror' for years, will now patrol a 'maritime security patrol area' in the waters between the coasts of Somalia and Yemen with the focus on ridding the area of pirates, and are asking cruising convoys to contact them.
The critical difference is that, owing to a decision of the United Nations, foreign ships will be allowed to pursue pirates into Somali waters and perhaps into Somalia itself.
U.S. 5th Fleet in Bahrain announced the establishment of the 'maritime security patrol area' and that it would be patrolled by the allied naval forces.
Cmdr. Jane Campbell, public affairs officer at 5th Fleet, said the patrol area could be described roughly as a rectangular shape over the Gulf of Aden, with a constant allied naval presence.
'The number (of ships) will vary, but we'll have ships on station,' Cmdr Campbell said. 'This is not a long-term solution; it's a short-term, focused operation.'
Along with surface patrols, shore-based aircraft and shipborne helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles also will keep a weather eye on the Gulf of Aden.
CTF 150, set up under Operation Enduring Freedom in October 2001, includes naval forces from France, Germany, Pakistan, the U.S., the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and other allied nations. The task force is responsible for maritime security from the Red Sea down the east coast of Africa and into the Arabian Sea toward Pakistan and India, until the area of responsibility shifts to Pacific Fleet forces.
080221-N-9999A-001 GULF OF ADEN (Feb. 21, 2008) Members of the visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) prepare to inspect a dhow in the Gulf of Aden. While aboard the dhow, the team found 39 packs of drugs. Carney is conducting maritime security operations (MSO) and is assigned to Combined Task Force (CTF) 150. Coalition ships assigned to CTF 150 operate throughout the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. MSO are foc
Operations will now focus on combating piracy and interdicting weapons smuggling, human trafficking and drug-running.
The new campaign will provide a 'concentrated look' at who comes and goes in the area, Campbell said, with forces constantly on watch for hijackers.
The campaign also focuses on what happens ashore in those situations, she said, such as how money is transferred for ransoms.
The International Maritime Bureau, which tracks piracy at sea around the world, issued to mariners an Aug. 26 warning of increased activity in the Gulf of Aden because four ships had been hijacked in the previous two days.
Important Note for Cruisers intending to transit the Gulf of Aden in the coming season:
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At the University of Nike on Saturday in overtime on national TV in primetime, the peak of this multi-billion-dollar college football business was coming down on a freshman quarterback, Marcus Mariota. He turned 19 a few weeks ago. He botched it, and then the field-goal kicker missed, too, allowing Stanford to beat No. 2 Oregon 17-14. On a night when BCS No. 1 Kansas State was exposed, crushed at lowly Baylor, the Oregon loss completely turned college football upside down. "I learned a lot,'' Mariota said. "This was the first overtime I've ever played in.'' His first? In this situation? He just seemed so young, sitting there in a postgame news conference, explaining how he had missed a call on third down in overtime and thrown to the wrong spot in the end zone. "He was running one way,'' Mariota said simply, "and I was throwing the other. Just a miscommunication. That's on me.'' He also had run frantically on the first two downs and gotten nowhere. I came to the game thinking ...
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