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Violist Danny Lai was appointed to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2014 by Music Director Riccardo Muti. He began his musical studies on the piano at age six and picked up the viola in public school when he was ten. After performing the first movement of Mahler's Second Symphony at age sixteen, he decided to make music his life. He studied at Northwestern University with Dr. Roland Vamos while taking orchestral repertoire classes with Principal Violist of the CSO Charles Pikler. After graduating with degrees in both economics and music, he joined the viola section of the Colorado Symphony.
He has made recital appearances at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C featuring rising stars from the top music schools in America. He has been appointed in multiple leadership positions including principal viola in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and assistant principal in the Aspen Chamber Symphony. He has performed around the world with such orchestras as the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra in Japan, the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland, and the Youtube Symphony Orchestra in Sydney, Australia. He is also the winner of several competitions including the Jefferson Symphony International Young Artists Competition, the Thaviu String Competition and the Luminarts Union League Strings Competition.
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He plays on a modern viola made in Chicago by Stanley Kiernoziak. His life also includes cars, papercraft, skiing, the Chicago Cubs, and his fiancée Lauren.
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Hathee Singh Jain Temple is amongst the famous Jain temples of Ahmedabad. It was built in 1805 AD by a wealthy Jain merchant known as Hathee Singh and hence the name of the temple.
The temple is dedicated to the fifteenth Jain Tirthanka called Dharmanath. The design of the temple consists of intricate and detailed carvings.
The temple is built using beautiful white-marbles and is considered an architectural wonder. It is a 2-storied construction having a dome on the front side. The other two sides carry delicately carved galleries, which makes them a sight to behold.
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The law school held its graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 21, 2006, at the university's Memorial Auditorium. Among those who participated in the ceremony were 176 candidates for Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD), with 10 concentrating in the area of corporate governance and practice and 10 in law, science and technology; 13 for the degree of Master of the Science of Law (JSM); and 11 for the degree of Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD).
This year's John Bingham Hurlbut Award for Excellence in Teaching was presented to Barbara H. Fried, William W. and Gertrude H. Saunders Professor of Law. Paul Lomio, director of the Robert Crown Law Library, was awarded the 2006 Staff Appreciation Award and accepted on behalf of himself and Erika Wayne, assistant director for information services at the library. Class co-treasurers Thomas M. Noone and Sonya U. Sanchez presented the Class of 2006's gift, a pledge of $52,000 in five-years to renovate the second-floor reading room in the library.
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Every Wednesday at 8 p.m. (or 8:15, or 8:30, or, you know, however long it takes the teams of eight to settle in with those thick-crust pizzas), the first of five rounds (at ten questions apiece) begins. The creators: Lemmons booker Jamie Foehner and trivia maven Sandy Olive, whose weekly knowledge deathmatch turned one year old on September 8. The capture: The team that wins each round receives a free pitcher of beer, and overall third-place winners receive a free small pizza, second gets a free large and winners get a free large and a case of beer. And the categories: My Little Ponies, Sitcom Couples, "Somewhat" Current Events and ever so much more. "I think what sets our trivia night apart from others is the DVD," says Olive. "It gives us a huge advantage over other places that do these, because instead of just asking questions, we can do the audio and visual categories." That, and the people. "Not to get all cheeseball, but my favorite part of trivia night is all the people," Olive says. "I try to go around and talk to everyone after the game is over, and I've met some really cool people."


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An engineer at Stanford University has created a DIY microscope, called the Foldscope, that is fashioned out of a single piece of printed-and-folded A4 paper, origami-style. This paper-based microscope is incredibly cheap to produce (less than a dollar), and yet still offers a very high magnification level (2,100x) that can be used to diagnose various strains of malaria and other diseases. Given that diagnosis currently requires a cumbersome optical microscope that costs hundreds or thousands of dollars, the Foldscope will revolutionize medicine — primarily in poorer countries, but also here in the west.
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Jennie Geisler wrote about this recipe in her Loaves & Dishes column published Feb. 27, 2013
2 1/4 teaspoons yeast 1 teaspoon sugar 1 1/2 cups warm water, divided 3 cups flour, plus 1 cup for kneading 1 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon olive oil Cooking spray
1. In a small bowl, mix yeast, sugar and 1/2 cup warm water and let sit for 10 to 15 minutes. 2. In a large bowl mix 3 cups flour with salt and make a well or hole in the middle. Slowly stir in yeast mix and remaining 1 cup warm water until well combined. 3. In a large bowl, add 1 tablespoon olive oil and spread all over to keep dough from sticking, place dough in oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap coated with cooking spray, and let rise for up to 3 hours in a warm place, until doubled in size. If you touch the dough lightly with a finger, the indentation will stay. 4. Cover work surface lightly with flour and knead dough for 10 minutes, adding small amounts of flour to surface to keep it from sticking. 5. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. 6. Form dough into 8 small balls and cover for 10 minutes. 7. Roll balls to 1/8 inch thick and place on flat baking sheet, bake for 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until lightly brown and dough puffs up.
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I realize its a bit early in the year to begin speculating on this, but I am thinking of getting an Itouch. It will be particularily handy in the coming months as I am doing some travelling. I know usually the end of summer/early fall Apple releases some new produces. Just curious if you see any major updates to the Touch that would perhaps hold me off on buying. They would have to be pretty significant as I can already see the value of the touch as is and would use it quite a bit while travelling. BUT I don't wanna be kicking myself if something much better is coming later in the year.
Typically the iPod Touch will have a software update for the new generation,
The hardware will likely be a minor improvement.
Also your "old" touch will still work when a new one comes out. I should know I've got a gen 1 touch. So I don't have dedicated volume buttons. Oh well. However, I bet you'll be kicking yourself for not getting one sooner if they don't update for a while.
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New Orleans Saints: An Offense in Perspective
Feb 09 2014 12:00 AM | Views: 1211 | Brian Gagnon in New Orleans Saints
In light of the Seattle Seahawks dominance over the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl, New Orleans Saints fans should be a bit more optimistic about their team's offense in 2014. As Dave Cariello of Canal Street Chronicles points out, the Saints fared much better against the Seahawks defense than the record-setting Bronco's offense did.
What makes it even more impressive is that while the Saints played in the windy, cold, hostile environment of CenturyLink Field, the Broncos had clear weather in a neutral stadium. Yes, the Saints were handed an embarrassing loss by Seattle when they first met earlier in the season, but in the game that really counted they showed up and put in a much more respectable effort. They ran the ball very effectively against a physical Seattle defense that completely shut down the Bronco's offense.
While the Broncos managed just 27 yards on 13 carries (excluding Peyton Manning's one run) for a meager 2.1 YPC, the Saints put up 108 yards on 26 carries, good for 4.2 YPC. Through the air, the Broncos netted 280 yards on 49 attempts (5.7 YPA), but the Saints recorded 309 yards on 43 attempts (7.2 YPA).
I'm not trying to say that the Saints will have a better offense than the Broncos in 2014, but that is definitely within the realm of possibility. The Saints run game showed significant improvement in their two playoff games, and Saints' fans should be very excited about the development of Mark Ingram and Khiry Robinson. If they can continue to run the ball effectively it will make them a much more formidable opponent, especially on the road in outdoor stadiums where they have struggled in the past.
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With Payton - Brees, the Saints will always have a headliner offense. Maybe not away from the dome...but overall, it's a very good one.
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Khiry is a promising youngster. But keep in mind, the Broncos had their RB go out injured during the game as well as their best run blocker.
True, but they still just got dominated in every way possible, they looked totally unprepared for the game.
I too am really excited about Khiry, but the Saints really need to retain De la Puente or Strief, preferably the latter if you ask me.
I think this is a good point. New Orleans was no slouch this year. Their offense remained potent, as you noted they ran the ball well for a Sean Payton offense, and their defense improved substantially. The Saints played some tough teams toughly this season.
I did see Brees look human for the first time in a few years. He played awesome for the most part, but got to wonder if we are seeing some signals that he is aging.
Yeah, I'd like to think that most of it was due to the offensive line and we were seeing Brees playing with more concern for his safety than usual. There were problems at LT for most of the season, and even Jahri Evans was struggling for a while as he was getting over an injury.
Might have been a bit foolish to think the Saints were going to be a mediocre team this year like they were in 2012. (I had them 3rd in the division during preseason.)


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Good move keeping Patten. He was solid and not part of the problem at all last year. Colston 1, Patten 2, and let everybody compete for the rest of the positions. I hate to say it, but give Lance "Sean Payton's best gd friend" Moore compete too. But for god sakes, please don't let him return another punt or kick. He is terrible at it. Reggie on punts & Pierre Thomas on kicks. That or pick up somebody explosive. The only things explosive coming from Lance Moore are after red beans Mondays.
Figure out a *FASTER* and *MORE EFFICIENT* way to patch holes in your shoddy levees, when disasters strike. Build better walls, and HOW ABOUT ACTUALLY COMPLETING THE MOTHERF-KING LEVEE SYSTEM!?!
If all that gets completed, and it likely never in a million years will, then you can move on to recreation.
*THAT* is Donald Powell? That guy looks like death in a $500 suit. No wonder things are moving slow. We have a senior citizen driving the rebuilding effort.
Nutria are evil little bastards that don't belong in North America, except as house pets. Exterminating those varmints are another piece to the puzzle of saving Southeast Louisiana. (I feel like Carl Spackler saying that).
Why don't they feed the homeless & the prisoners with the nutria?
Take up a collection among residents and hire a guard or a cop to drive every street in the neighborhood a few times a day. It's well worth the cost of a few bucks per household a week. Just seeing an authority figure regularly will curb that crap in a hurry.
I as much as anybody else wanted Jason David to drop dead after the 1st few games last year. But I don't believe it was his fault. He is not good in a man-to-man defense. He was used in a zone package in Indy and kicked major butt doing it.
I'm not going to defend Fred Thomas; he should be out of the league.
We have some other talent back there - Kaesviharn, Bullocks, Chris Reis is young and will be good, McKenzie, & Usama Young. They just need some coaches in there to light fires under their butts and get them excited about playing and playing smart.
Thank god they got rid of the moron in charge of coaching our defensive backs. There's some talent back there, but for the life of them, they couldn't shut down a high school wide receiver if their life depended on it.
I wouldn't have put any storm debris from Katrina anywhere but the fire pit. Anything that was in those waters, houses included, needed a bucket of bleach to be decontaminated, and bleach is not good for the ecosystem.
For all that claim the Christmas Tree Project is not cost effective, might I ask you all how much each year this project requires in funding? The trees are donated as is the volunteer time & boats. The only costs I see are the trucks to haul the trees to the site and the tall timber piers that are used to construct the cribs, both of which I'm almost positive are donated by some of the oil companies and Home Depot (I could be wrong).
Point is, the Breaux Act which gives Louisiana 50 million annually is doing a great job of saving acres of wetlands. But if you boil down the numbers, the Breaux Act projects cost about $20,000 to save 1 acre of wetlands. This grassroots project, built on the backs of volunteers and more importantly OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, restores & protects 20 acres a year at a very little cost. I seriously doubt $400,000 is spent on this project (prove me wrong).
Projects like this should get a much bigger push, locally, at the state level, regionally, and then nationally. People's hearts will always be in the right spot; how many people volunteered to gut & rebuild after Katrina. I don't see a reason why we can't recruit volunteers to hop on barges full of Christmas Trees, vacation in much warmer weather in New Orleans, dump a few thousand trees in the marsh, and enjoy all of what Southeast Louisiana has to offer.
Don't knock our projects that are actually successful and cheap. Support them!
Strictly an awareness campaign? ShawnL, you obviously haven't been out to the marshes where the program takes place. The trees act as a speedbump to the changing tides and allows the natural coast to regrow.
And I'm not sure if you can read either, because the article says 250 acres of wetlands have been saved/restored due to this project. It's hardly a drop in the bucket compared with the 16,000 acres that are lost annually, but it is a piece to the puzzle.
Imagine if every town along or near the Mississippi got on board. Jackson, Memphis, Little Rock, St. Louis...all these big cities could give us each another 100,000 trees. Instead of preserving 15-20 acres of land a year, imagine if we could cover 100 acres per year or more. And keep getting more & more trees & volunteers until we can protect 1000 acres annually.
It's nice to dream. But it's even better to see the small-scale success this project is having in such a short amount of time.
Hey Obama,
How about some accountability at the local level? I'm a renter and moved into a new house where the gas lines *STILL HAVEN'T BEEN REPLACED SINCE KATRINA*!!! And you know who gets to pay the inflated rates that Entergy is charging for replacing those lines? ME! RENTERS! MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICA! Bark up Entergy's tree and see where all that FEMA money they collected and "spent" went off to.
It's not FEMA's fault that our local officials are morons and crooks. Investigate them first then FEMA. It ain't all the Federal Gubbament's fault.
Yes, Katrina was a small test. KATRINA MISSED THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS!!!! Katrina hit the Mississippi Coast, directly. On top of that, it was a weak 3, maybe a strong 2 on landfall when it passed New Orleans to the east. Our storm protection was guaranteed for up to a 3.
I call a miss to the east, at that level a small test. Call it what you want to.
And by your posts, I gather you don't live here?? If that's the case, then why the hell are you even wasting your time here pal?
Then why have stupid flood control projects in the 1st place?!! If the group hired to do the job hasn't finished in 50+ years, and if their work is so shoddy that when a small test comes by and the system fails, why in the hell are we still funding this group? Cut off the money and hire somebody competent. These idiots couldn't build a sandcastle, let alone floodwalls.
Yet another government program that eats up billions of tax dollars and is an utter failure. Remember that when you vote next time. No more stupid government programs. Less programs.
Is anyone else pissed off at this? If I'm out driving around after midnight in any of these locations, I'm sure as hell not going to be stopping for more than a few seconds at these intersections. Carrolton & Canal isn't too bad, but people get shot all the time around earhart & palmetto.
Throw him under the bus. He made 1 mistake, so we should disregard his impeccable resume and career. In fact, impeach him. He's obviously a crook. And the fact that he's paying up after being called out, means he's probably covering something up.
My oh my. Since when did the entire state of Louisiana suddenly become Mother Theresa? We elected a guy who has a great record, and the first mistake/error he makes AND ACTUALLY OWNS UP TO, we put him on the front page of the paper and are ought to get him.
Double standards, my foot. Look before you leap humanoids. Guys like Classy Ray Nagin and Pampy Barnabee have been sucking from the government teet for years. Jindal has a great record and is genuinely concerned for the state.
I see this as a win-win-win situation all around. 1. Our town gets rid of a few run-down buildings in the ghetto. 2. We have a few less places for people to deal drugs & for vagrants to break into and soil. 3. The ridiculously high cost of insurance will be returned to the owner in the form of a new building.
Win all around for the city. Burn baby burn. If you can't afford your building, burn it down & collect insurance. Better than letting it sit there and rot and house criminal trash.
Just my warped perspective on this confusing city.
I've been twice to see the Hornets this year. They're a good basketball team and are exciting to watch. They play good team basketball, share the ball a lot, and don't play a lot of this 1-on-1 crap that's killing the pro game.
I wish I could afford to go every night. Tickets are cheap and if you're ambitious, you can make your way down to watch from real close. I have no problem going to 10-15 games a year. It's an enjoyable experience.
The concessions are overpriced, but that's what I expect. Enticing drunks to come to the games is impossible when beers are $7. Guess I'll just start bringing in a flask. Their loss, not mine.
A family of 4 can come for under $100: 4 tickets ($40), 4 hot dogs ($20), 4 cokes ($20), and you're at $80. Hope you don't want a souvenir. ;-) $30 for a freakin hat.
Management seems to be offering more programs and deals to get fans in to the arena. I went once and am hooked. Give away tickets, get fans hooked, and we'll have no problem selling enough tickets. Who needs the big corporations? Build our fanbase around families and local groups.
Stay in school! DUH! Get an education. Nobody hires high school dropouts, only McDonalds.
Pathetic effort from an awful bunch of losers. The Saints stink!
Great game Pierre Thomas. I'm sorry it took 15 games for hardheaded Sean Payton to give you a chance. I'm sure he'll put you back on the bench next year too, the dumba$$ that he is.
Playcalling on offense must change. Brees threw 60 times, as opposed to only 20 rushes. You have to have balance to win in the NFL. Worse yet, we averaged more yards per rushing attempt than passing attempt. That's terrible!
Our defense is lousy. Jason David may have a bullseye on his back, but our coaching staff should never EVER put him in 1 on 1 situations. The man plays good in a zone defense. WAKE UP FANS...IT'S THE GOD DA-N COACH WHO IS THE PROBLEM!
Special teams was a bright spot Sunday, aside from Weatherford kicking that one to Hester. Lance Moore sucks and can't do anything on special teams. Give somebody else a chance WHO'S HUNGRY FOR THE JOB! Moore is less than adequate. And you morons, WE HAVE A KICKER THAT IS MAKING FIELD GOALS.....CAN WE PLEASE JUST KEEP HIM AND NOT EXPERIMENT LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR?!
What an awful season, by a bunch of slouches. More times, our section was YELLING at the team HURRY UP! They play with no sense of urgency or pride. And I'm glad as hell I don't have any more games to torture myself with this year.
Sean Payton, Tom Benson, and the rest of the organization: if you're going to put that product on the field next year, by all means, move the "team" (and I use that term lightly, because Da Aints didn't play like a team) to La La Land.


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A guest lecture by a coroner's office consultant and forensic anthropologist will be featured at an open house 6-9:30 p.m. Friday (Oct. 19) hosted by Antelope Valley College's anthropology department in the Health and Sciences Building, room HS 223, 3041 W. Ave. K, Lancaster.
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NASHVILLE, TN – (May 30, 2012) – Music City's most WANTED, Hunter Hayes, will hit Nashville next week for a series of CMA Music Festival appearances and live performances. Nominated for "Breakthrough Video of the Year", Hayes will kick off the week on Wednesday, June 6th at the 2012 CMT Music Awards. On Thursday, June 7th at 11 am, Hunter will sign for fans at The Warner Sound booth inside the Nashville Convention Center. Following the signing, Hayes and his band will perform a nearly two hour set, billed "Music City's Most Wanted LIVE" at 6PM at Downtown Nashville's aVenue.
On Saturday June 9th, Hunter will share the stage with superstars Eric Church, Luke Bryan, and Faith Hill, making his career debut at LP Field on Country Music's Biggest Stage. Wrapping his week in Nashville, Sunday, June 10, as newly announced Martin Guitar Brand Ambassador, Hunter will make a stop at the Martin Guitar tent on Broadway at 1:30PM before making his way to his SOLD OUT "Coffee Break Experience" with fans later that afternoon.
CMT announced yesterday that Hayes will be featured in the upcoming new episode of CMT CROSSROADS: JOE WALSH & FRIENDS, starring the Rock great/guitarist Joe Wash from The Eagles, accompanied by Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Sara Evans, Luke Bryan and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. The artists will pay homage to Walsh, performing his hits and Eagle's classics, including "Life's Been Good to Me," "In The City" and more. The show premieres on Saturday, June 23rd at 11 PM ET.
Hunter Hayes, the multi-talented writer, musician, producer, and performer, is the only country artist to play every instrument, write/co-write every song, and co-produce his critically acclaimed self-titled debut album. As the 2012 ACM New Artist of the Year nominee, Hunter has been touring and performing live for decades, currently selling out venues across the US and Canada on his MOST WANTED headline tour. The Louisiana native has also shared the stage with Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Trace Adkins, Brad Paisley, and Hank Williams, Jr. He recently announced plans to tour with Carrie Underwood this fall on her 2012 "Blown Away" tour. This multi-instrumentalist continues to garner praise from fans and critics alike as he made his world-premiere national television debut on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman and also performed with The Roots on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and on Good Morning America. His current hit "Wanted" is quickly climbing the radio charts and holds the unprecedented #1 slot for three weeks in a row on GAC's Top 20 Countdown.
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Corpus Christi police officers who stopped a white Mercedes-Benz sedan for running a stop sign early Tuesday found the 21-year-old driver had a fresh gunshot wound to the shoulder, police said.
Police made the traffic stop in the 4600 block of Valdez Drive at 12:55 a.m. after the driver ran a stop sign at Westpoint Road and Columbia Street, police Capt. John Houston said. After looking over the sedan, an officer noticed four bullet holes from a pistol, he said. The 21-year-old was taken to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial with non-life threatening injuries, Houston said.
The driver may have been shot about 15 minutes before the traffic stop in the 6000 block of Carroll Lane, where a resident reported shots fired, Houston said. A resident said they heard gunfire and saw several cars in the mud where Carroll Lane ends, he said.
No arrests had been made as of Tuesday night in the shooting, Houston said.
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Snowfall and freezing temperatures caused the corporation to cancel its Feb. 21 meeting — a session that promised to be heavily attended as staff and faculty corporation-wide await recommendations and decisions regarding the upcoming budget.
"I would expect there will be several people attending," said Anthony Zickgraf, the corporation's business manager.
At its regular meeting Feb. 7, Superintendent Dr. Patricia O'Connor supplied the board with a large number of potential "budget-saving" measures in order to combat a steady decline in the school system's general fund.
Since that meeting, O'Connor has adjusted the recommendations, which will be presented to the board Monday.
"It's a painful process right now," Zickgraf said.
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Ha! I can't tell you how often I've played my music for dad, or given him my cartoons, art or writing. He has not said a good thing about a creative thing I've done in the last half century and has frequently said it was terrible. The best he's given me is "If it makes you happy ..."
Fathers! You can choose your friends but ...
The only sane response is to switch off and find more compatible people. Given that he needs me around most of the time this place is like an oasis for me!
I know exactly what you feel Polly. I live with my parents and in these 10+ years I've playing drums, my dad never cared one single day. He just doesn't like drums, he thinks they all sound the same (noise) and that they're a waste of time and money.
The only comments I get from him are when I come home with some new piece of gear, he looks at me and asks "what's that?", and when I say "a cymbal/snare/etc", he sighs like "God, I thought he was getting tired of it"..
And my mother all she says are sarcastic comments about how annoying drums are, and when am I moving out and stuff like that.
So yeah, what they've accomplished is that I don't play when they're home. And yeah, it really sucks.
But hey, some people have it a lot worse than I.
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School officials do agree that combating childhood obesity is a very worthy cause, however they believe the law's approach is questionable.
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DURHAM, N.H.-- Don Doucette , formerly the head men's basketball coach at Newbury College, Central Missouri State, North Carolina-Ashville, UMass-Lowell, Salem State and Chaminade, will join the University of New Hampshire men's basketball program as the associate head coach in July. He replaces Jim Woods, who resigned in May. The announcement was made today by fifth-year head coach Phil Rowe.
Doucette, 51, who has been coaching within the collegiate basketball ranks since 1980, will provide tremendous coaching experience and valuable maturity to Rowe's staff.
"I am very excited about the opportunity to join the UNH basketball family," said Doucette. "Phil Rowe and his staff have worked hard establishing the foundation for a winning program. I look forward to joining them in building a successful basketball program at UNH."
"I am very excited to be announcing today that Don Doucette will join our staff as the associate head coach," said Rowe. "I have had the pleasure of knowing Don for 20 years. His tireless work habits, outstanding recruiting contacts and high energy will be a tremendous boost to our program. Don has had success at every place he has been in his career. Our players are going to enjoy the passion he brings to the court everyday. We both have had the opportunity to build solid programs in our careers and want the challenge together at UNH. I am thrilled to be able to bring Don Doucette into the UNH family and am looking forward to working with him for many years to come."
Most recently, Doucette served as the head coach at Newbury College in Boston where he served as both the head men's basketball coach and athletic director. Following his arrival there in 2002, he led the squad to its best overall record in school history.
Doucette returned to New England after a stint at Central Missouri State from 1996-2002. During his time in Warrensburg, he led his squad to the 1996 Division II national tournament and that team posted an impressive 21-7 mark.
Prior to CMSU, Doucette was the head basketball coach and athletic director at Chaminade University in Hawaii from 1993-96. He was named Pacific West Conference Coach of the Year in his second season and was responsible for overseeing the prestigious Maui Invitational basketball tournament, which featured Duke, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Arizona during that period.
Prior to Chaminade he was at the University of North Carolina-Ashville, where he served as the head coach of the Division I program from 1988-93. Highlights from his stay there included his team earning the Big South Conference title in 1989. That year his squad posted a 16-14 record, which was the most wins by the school at the Division I level. In 1990, UNCA once again set the school record for Division I wins in a season with 18 (18-12) and went on to finish as the Big South runner up.
Many basketball fans from the area remember Doucette for his tremendous accomplishments as the head coach at the UMass Lowell from 1983-1988, including his leading the former Chiefs to the NCAA Division II National Championship in 1988 and the best record in that school's history (27-7). That same squad also won the New England Collegiate Conference title. The 1987 team under Doucette was voted "Most Improved" and "Best Defensive Team" in New England.
From 1981-1983, Doucette served as an assistant men's basketball coach and Director of Intramural Sports at Merrimack College.
He began his men's basketball coaching career in 1980-81 when he served as head men's basketball coach at Salem State College in Massachusetts, where he led his team to the Massachusetts State Conference Championship title and an appearance in the Division III NCAA National Tournament.
Doucette has earned six Coach of the Year honors during his career, including NABC Division II National Coach of the Year in 1988.
Doucette received a bachelor's degree in physical education from Boston State College (now UMass-Boston) in 1976. He is married to his wife, Diane, and has two sons, Quinn and Austin.


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|Yellowstone National Park: great for tourists, tough on hitters.
However, despite my inability to get the larger piece done to this point, I would like to take a quick look at one aspect of this draft class for the Cardinals. Or, at least, the very early portions of this draft class.
There are plenty of things teams consider when scouting players for the draft, from physical tools and skills to more nebulous things like makeup and attitude. Hell, even the player's price tag, in the form of a potential signing bonus, is a consideration -- albeit a rather unglamorous one.
One potential consideration you very rarely hear about, though, is environment. No, not the kid's commitment to green energy policies; I care about many things in a baseball player, but his likelihood of buying a Prius tends to be very low on the list. I'm talking about the environment in which he plays his ball. You don't hear about it very often, but it has a huge effect on what the player is actually able to accomplish.
The Cardinals have shown a strong tendency in recent drafts to make park factors at least an implied part of their decision-making process in a major way; I say implied because, like most teams, the Cards tend to be fairly guarded with the exact process they use in these matters. Still, we can glean from what little information does get out, as well as simple deduction based on the players they take, that the Cardinals put a definite emphasis on the environment a given player has performed in.
It's been a consideration for the club all the way back to 2005, when one of the major factors in the Cards drafting Colby Rasmus was a careful measuring of the distances of all Rasmus's home runs, trying to gauge exactly what kind of raw power the club was looking at. After all, the numbers said Colby broke Bo Jackson's state home run record, but how many of those homers were no-doubt blasts and how many just scraped over the wall said as much or more about his power potential than just the raw, non-contextualized number.
Last year, the Cards took Kolten Wong in the first round out of Hawaii, and I wrote at the time about park factor potentially being a huge consideration with the second baseman. His numbers were impressive enough no matter how you slice them, but when you factor in the fact Les Murakami Stadium, where the Rainbow Warriors play their games, is a cavernous graveyard for fly balls, what he accomplished in college took on an added dimension.
With that in mind, I was curious to see how that trend held in this year's draft. I assume it was still a consideration a the very least, but seeing as how Jeff Luhnow has lit out for the pastures of Houston and the Cards had a new scouting director, Dan Kantrovitz, calling the shots this year, it could be that the philosophy has shifted to a certain extent.
I stuck with the first ten rounds. Unfortunately, there really isn't much in the way of reliable park factor information about high schools or junior colleges; at least not widely available, anyhow. Still, there are plenty of picks we can glean information about to paint a picture.
All Park Factor numbers come from Boyd's World, a stunningly, astonishingly useful website that has more data on the college game than you could ever imagine needing. I'll mention schedule-adjusted numbers as well here and there; those numbers come courtesy of collegesplits.com, another website I can't possibly say enough good things about.
Remember: 100 is neutral for a ballpark. Higher numbers favor hitters, lower numbers favor pitchers.
Michael Wacha, RHP, Texas A&M
Park Factor: 108
A fairly moderate park for Wacha, but still one that favors hitters, pushing his numbers in a positive direction when you adjust them. Accounting for park and schedule both, his ERA goes from 2.06 to 1.91 and all his components take a mild step for the better.
James Ramsey, OF, Florida State
Park Factor: 101
Almost exactly neutral, Ramsey gets no real bump from his home park; in fact, he actually takes a slight hit. That's not a bad thing, of course; Ramsey did win an armload of awards this year as one of the best players in all of college baseball thanks to his offensive numbers. The interesting thing to note is that while his home park probably helped his numbers a bit, the tough competition he faced in the ACC probably depressed them slightly. When it's all said and done, the park and schedule adjusted numbers for Ramsey actually improve slightly, from a raw 1.165 OPS to an adjusted 1.233. (!)
Stephen Piscotty, 3B, Stanford
Park Factor: 100
Perfectly neutral park for Piscotty at Stanford. He did face tough competition, getting a very slight bump (his wOBA edges up from .395 to .404), but for the most part Piscotty's numbers are what they are.
Patrick Wisdom, 3B, St. Mary's
Park Factor: 84
Now here's an interesting one. Wisdom was known in college for having plus power; when you consider how tough his home ballpark is on hitters you have to be even more impressed. I wasn't a fan of this pick at the time, but I have to say this makes me look at him in a more positive light. Park and schedule adjusted, Wisdom's numbers take a significant jump, going from a .380 wOBA to a .407.
Tim Cooney, LHP, Wake Forest
Park Factor: 97
A slight pitcher's park hurts Cooney's case, but the strength of competition and some strong hitter's parks in the ACC lead to a decent boost in the schedule adjustment. Park and schedule adjusted, Cooney's ERA for the season goes from 3.82 to 3.45. Not bad.
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This instructable describes a shield, which converts "Arduino" board in a digital multimeter (DMM).
The shield can be inserted on "Arduino" UNO und Duemilanove boards. It can work in three modes:
- standalone - the measurement data can be seen at the character or graphical LCM
- connected - the measurement data can be read on the PC screen using the "Arduino" IDE "Serial monitor"
- combined - the data can be observed on both devices
The second mode does not require the presence of LCM, what makes the shield very cheap.
The "Arduino" based DMM has the following functions:
- voltmeter with 3 ranges : 0-10V; 0-30V; 0-100V
- amperemeter - it has a range 0-500mA
- ohmmeter with 2 ranhes : 0-1KOhm, 0-250KOhm
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Step 1: DMM "Arduino" v/s Standard digital multimeter
The following movie shows how the "Arduino" based DMM works in comparison with non-professional standard DMM
I would like to wish you success in the building of the project.
It should be not a problem to use MAX407 as current generator. To have better results, you should use Arduino Due - its ADC has 12 bit resolution. The bad thing is that it uses 3.3V supply - some resistor values might need to be changed. Good thing of using the Arduino Due - it has 10bit DAC, which you could use for creating of some voltage reference (instead a Zenner diode) or to adjust fine the trimming current - the voltage of the DAC could be applied at the V2C converter input.
In the current time I do not have enough free time to do something additional in this project, but you can try to improve the design by yourself (it is not perfect). The only new thing I did is: I included additional menu item - random number generator - it produces for me a set of random numbers, which I can use to play in lottery (6 of 49) :-) . This feature is not published - it is specific for each country. If you improve the design I would suggest you to describe you modifications in a different instructable.
In all cases as this design is now - it should not be used at places where precise measurements are needed - for example at work. Additional work must be done also in the direction of enlarging the input resistance. As it is in the moment in some cases can be a reason for false measurements (if the output resistance of voltage the source you want to measure is relatively high).
Good luck in the playing....
Hello. Thank you sharing your work. I have a question regarding the transistors. I dont wanna use smd transistor so can you advice me any?
I suppose that you want to replace bss123
I think that this : http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/VN2210%20E082013.pdf
can be used
Hi Milen, im doing this project, and im wondering how i measure the current?, i mean, no how works the amperimeter or the VIC, im saying how i conect to the circuit that i want to measure? the way that connects a regular amperimeter (in series to the circuit) or the way that i connect a voltimeter (in paralel to the device measure)?
I have tried to explain this on step 2.... never mind,
the idea is the following - if you use the DMM device connected to you PC, then you can measure only currents which are sourced by devices having the same ground - in this case you connect only one terminal of the device (the red one), the current loop is closed through the common ground. In the case you want to measure a current flowing in some network, with unknown (different form you PC ground potential), it is better to supply the whole assembling (arduino+the shield) by a battery pack or isolated DC/DC converter.
So you use the whole assembling as standard DMM. You have to be aware, that this device does not measure negative currents - it means - the red input connector shall be always connected to the more positive node of the measured branch (the node, from which the current flows out). The black one (the local ground of the assembling supplied by battery) shall be connected to the node with less voltage potential (the node where current flows in). In this way it is possible to measure currents flowing in branches, which potential could be kilo-volts. In all cases, you have to be aware of the possible high voltages and to work carefully.
Thank you Milen, i understand what you're saying. Sorry, i miss up what you explain in step 2. But now, you clarify my doubt. Thank you, and excellent project.
Hi Milen
Hi can I convert your DMM project to read voltages say from 80v ac and 150v volts ac. I'm wanting to building ac voltage monitor for single or 3 phase that I can read with the w5100 ethernet module was thinking a web page or telnet.
You can rectify the AC voltage to DC and read its value. You have to change the voltage divider resistors (make them higher) and to change their ratio - at 150-160 V AC, after rectification, at A0 you must have 5V. You have to be aware that the AC voltage is measured as RMS - the amplitude is higher and the generated DC voltage is different. You have to calibrate the voltmeter with the proper coefficient. May be you have to add some correction because of the voltage drop over the rectifier diodes. And must be very care full - the banana sockets are not insulated and these voltages are dangerous!
A quality project and great presentation ! The design discussion provides great information useful well beyond the scope of this wonderful project !
Have you considered storing additional calibration data in EEPROM to help deal with your non linearity concerns?
Awesome !
To all potential builders: If you are powering this thing from your computer USB port you need to be very very careful what/where you are measuring. The USB port ground is usually earth grounded. This means that you can't go about measuring taking measurements with both leads on other mains-powered devices like you might with a commercial meter. Consider what happens if you try to measure a current in a circuit that is also mains powered, and you connect you ground lead somewhere in the circuit which isn't earth ground (Hint: you have created a short to ground via your PC). Commercial meters are either A) battery powered or B) isolated if they are mains powered. If you want to keep things safe, just power the Arduino from a battery pack.
Excellent , Thanks For Sharing !!!!
Milen, very nice job. Easy to follow good idea. How does one go about having a shield printed?
Hi Murfmv. I have attached the design data. It is in "Eagle" format.
Download the ZIP file and un -zip it in some folder.
You can download the free lite version of the tool from here :
Install the program, start it and in the File menu>open one of the files (Schematic or Board) - the other will open automatically. Work with the board window. Press the "Ratnest" button - like "X" . Yo have to print separate the top and the bottom layers if you want to use the ink transfer method.
The top layer must be mirrored (in the print menu). Scale factor must be 1.
Solid and black checked. For the top layer - in the layer menu, first make all layer invisible, and then activate the following layers Top, Vias, Pads, Dimension.
For the bottom layer (not mirrored) activate the layers Bottom, Vias,Pads,Dimension.
The files are checked with the Iteadsudio checkset. They can be sent there, and you will have 10 boards for ~ 25 USD. If you want, I can attach also the gerber files.
Milen , this is a very impressive Instructable ! We all know that there are professional meters that can be purchased , but the impressive thing is this Instructable explains so much about what goes on inside a meter.
I feel ( and we are nearly the same age :) , that in our lifetime we have seen such an escalation in technology . I am not an expert in any aspect of electronics , but I am a lifetime student of this fascinating field. My father was enrolled in National Technical School correspondence learning and I was able to look through all his course materials in my early teens . Getting a basic understanding of Vacuum Tube theory , and then moving into transistor theory was so fascinating .
Integrated circuits started to simplify design , but we don't always take the time to appreciate what goes on inside and the engineering it took to create the special function chip.
Radio Shack had a great book out that I purchased on how to use your DMM , and that book helped me a lot . I hope that this Instructable gets a lot of attention as it covers in depth how a DMM works , and shows just how much design goes into a multimeter .
I think this would be a great project for College electronics students to build as it ties together electronics measurement theory and uses the Arduino controller which can be used for so many creative things.
I am going to download this Instructable as it is a keeper ! I will read through it more in depth as I am sure there is some interesting areas that will help me further my understanding.
Truly , I thank you for all the time and effort you put into this Instructable.
Thank you for the nice words. I also went similar way. I started to solder some parts when I was 12. My first working detector receiver I did in 1977. Long history from this time... :-).
I want to mention - the design is not the perfect one, and no very universal.. - it has few week points : the low input resistance, the accuracy, the ranges comparing with standard industrial DMM. But his main purpose is to show a way of thinking - how using few devices a lot of functions can be implemented, how to have relatively accurate device, even you use standard and not trimmed building parts...This instructable is still not finished. Remain few additional things to be done - the ohmmeter trimming...and may be the conclusion.
How old is he? Does he understand formulas?
May be the best solution should be to buy him some design kit with possibility to experiment with plenty of circuits and to learn the electronics practicing it... this will keep his interest, instead reading some book with theory.
I did a small research in the internet...it seems that a lot of people recommend more or less the same books:
and a classical example:
There are also some very useful sites like:
I hope that this would give you him a nice start.
That's nice! I am just thinking about designing and building my own universal multimeter-but mine will be benchtop and higher end. I will use dedicated adc chips, voltage references and relays. But... I have to point out that your design has EXTREMELY low input impedance. I understand that you don't wanna go all the way into megaohms because of noise, but maybe you could add a low noise input buffer?
I see. I didn't understand the reasoning behind the low resistance, but now I do-it's to keep the complexity down. I wasn't sure if you are fully aware of this being a flaw, so I wanted to point it out! I would also like to mention that I am not trying to nitpick the flaws of your (I think brilliant) design, but with this in mind... Is the spacing between the rails sufficient? It seems like the 100 volts might easily spark over... Maybe that's just me though.
As I wrote, before - I did compromise also with the ranges. May be 100V is not the suitable range, but here is another problem - I do not have any insulation of the banana socket - if there is really high voltage, it can be dangerous for the users. I did not want to have any dangerous high voltages on the board.The Zener diode is able to pass over 100 mA. This current multiplied by the input resistance of 10 KOhm, gives a voltage drop over 1000V at the input resistor. It is 1W and for some time will survive. But I do not suggest, that anybody tries that ! :-).
I want also to mention something additional about why I put so small input resistance - I did not want to use a buffer. I do not know how exactly the AD conversion is done in the Atmega chip. There is Sample & Hold circuit, but I do not know is there any buffer inside the chip before the S&H circuit. If no buffer exist, it is possible that the time constant of the S&H circuit capacitor and the big input resistance is enough high comparing with the sample time to introduce huge error. (I had some problems with ADC's without buffers before the S&H circuit, which were sampling false value because of the high output resistance of the previous circuit). OK, here the filtering capacitor of 10 nF helps, but with higher input resistance this capacitor also will create time constant and if the measurement was short in time, it would be also not correct.
ommg/////.........nice......one more possibility......
The described DMM has some limitations - The ranges are not the most appropriate.
The reason for that - the ADC has reference voltage 5v - that defines an input range for Vmeas 5V. This DMM can be done relatively precise inside this region, but comparing with even harborfreight model, it has the following disadvantages:
1) the ranges...
2)the accuracy - for the industry DMM special dedicated chips are used, which are trimmed internally, have the required resolution. For the "Arduino" based DMM, the resolution is limited to 10 bit...
3)the input resistance is relatively low...
In other words - the proposed solution is cheap, relatively precise, but with some limitations
The voltage dividers are used for the voltage measurements...this approach use also the professional voltmeters. For the current measurement using voltage gain amplifies, may be is not the best solution, because the error is also amplifies. There a different set of very precise resistors is used. Their connection is done by mechanical switch, which contacts have practically 0 resistance and do not influence the accuracy. I wanted to use this approach for the current measurements (also for the voltage), I had to use some kind of relays (reed) , what would make the circuit more expensive and heavy. That is the reason I have only one range for the current measurements.


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The Mercury Milan was completely redesigned for 2006, so only a few changes are on the block for 2007. The big news is the addition of all-wheel drive (AWD). Other updates for 2007 include standard front seat side air bags and side curtain air bags, standard ABS, standard traction control on V-6 models, standard Comfort Package on Premier trims, an available rear spoiler, an available Navigation system, and the all-important auxiliary input jack for MP3 players. A fold-down front-passenger seat will be offered later in the model year, as will be Sirius satellite radio. Three new colors are also on tap: Dark Amethyst, Alloy, and Silver Birch.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby is suing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over the new heath care law.
The specific issue is with the morning after and week after pills.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) law requires employers to provide both pills as options in insurance plans under contraceptive care.
Hobby Lobby said it doesn't object to birth control and even offers coverage in its insurance plan.
However the company is against what they call "abortion-causing drugs" like those pills.
The company said the mandate would force them to pay $1.3 million a day in fines if they don't comply.
During a conference call, the CEO and legal counsel said suing is the only option to protect its religious rights.
"It is with a heavy heart that anyone needs to go to court to sue their own government," Kyle Duncan said, with Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
Duncan is representing Hobby Lobby in the suit.
"The government has turned a deaf ear to the rights of business owners," Duncan said. "They have not offered a delay; they have not offered any accommodations and therefore Hobby Lobby has been forced to file this lawsuit."
CEO and Founder David Green said, "Our family is now being forced to choose between following the laws of the land that we love or maintain the religious beliefs that have made our business successful."
Dana Orwig, Vice Chair for the Oklahoma Democratic Party, said she believes the company should follow the law or pay the cost of doing business.
"I certainly respect Hobby Lobby's business and everything they've done for Oklahoma City," Orwig said. "I'm a big fan of civil disobedience. If you disagree with the law and want it changed then you should stand up for that and say I disagree with this law. But part of civil disobedience is accepting any penalties that may come."
Twenty-seven other companies have filed similar lawsuits against HHS.
The law took effect Aug. 1, 2012 but companies can wait to update their coverage when their new plan starts.
As the Jan. 1 deadline looms, Hobby Lobby is hoping to get the same injunction granted to a Colorado-based company, which would buy them more time.
Hobby Lobby officials haven't said what the company will do if the government doesn't grant them an injunction.
They said they certainly don't want to have to choose between their faith and paying millions in fines.


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Last week I visited my daughter's school to attend her Awards Day Program, and I finally remembered to take a snapshot of these vintage pen and notebook paper dispensers located in the main hallway of the school. Each time I seem them it brings back such fond memories for me.
When I was in elementary school, waaayyy back in the day, we had machines just like these. Not like these fancy schmancy, high-priced vending machines you so often see now-a-days, filled with scan trons, highlighters and the like. Nope, we had these simple old-school dispensers, and ours were located in the school cafeteria. Which is a little strange, now that I think about it. But I guess this was the optimal location if you remembered you needed a pen or some paper at breakfast, or your teacher threatened you not to come back to class after lunch with no paper and pencil in hand.
I remember purchasing many pencils- even when I didn't need them, especially the scratch-n-sniff variety. It was just so fun to wait and see what pencil or notebook design designs would come rolling or shooting out. For some reason, I distinctly remember the camouflage and smelly Valentine's Day pencils, although there was usually a nice selection. But God-forbid you should get two pencils that were just alike or one you already had. Those would immediately face a certain death via 'pencil break' ( a two-person game in which you take turns striking each others pencils in an attempt to break them for no good reason, other than sheer boredom and a natural tendency to be destructive as a child!)
Back then, I believe you could get two pencils for 25 cents, and a medium-sized composition folder for 50 cents. I could be mistaken though- elementary school seems light years away now.
Doing this post reminded me of these composition notebooks I picked-up at Target. They're a lot fancier than the kind that I used to get back in elementary school. But at just $1.50 each, I thought the hardback ones (in orange and green) were unique, while the soft back ones were sporty. And I picked up the folders, just because they matched. My sister has called dibs on the folders, while all the notebooks will likely be gifted to my daughter since all except one has wide-ruled paper-which I avoid like the plague!
Have you seen any products, office supplies or other items that brought back childhood memories lately? I'd love to hear about them!