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What I came up with was...the parabola. So by using the properties of parabolas, we're going to cook a hot dog. Essentially, we're using math to cook hot dogs :D
I believe I've just proven that I'm a nerd? Oh well, I'm in good company here.
Step 1: How it works
The way it applies to us, is that the light that hits the parabola, will reflect back to one intersection point. That intersection point is called the point of focus. By placing the hot dog in the point of focus, all of the sun's rays that hit anywhere in the cooker, will reflect onto the hot dog...thus cooking it.
Click here to see how the light reflects
By the way...the shape of the entire cooker is a parabolic trough.
Step 2: What you'll need
- Poster board
- Foam board
- Tin foil
- Plastic wrap (optional)
- two blocks (can be anything..shoes, wood..rolls of tape)
- Skewer
- Various cutting supplies
- Packing tape, and scotch tape.
- The attached stencil
- A nice sunny day.
Step 3: Cut some Shapes!
Now you need to cut a rectangle from the poster board. The short side of a standard piece of poster board is just the right length to wrap around the parabola. It should be about a foot wide.
Next, wrap one side of each cut out piece with the shiny side of tin foil. Make sure not to wrinkle the tin foil. Some other suggestions for what to wrap with (provided by other members) are:
Plastic mirror
The material that chip bags are made of (use the inside, reflective side)
Draw a dot onto the foam board through the stencil where the point of focus is...then poke a hole through that dot.
Step 4: A bit of assembly
Step 5: Alignment
Tape two squares of scrap foam board onto the cooker. Using something sharp, poke a hole through the first one, and about halfway into the other. (while they're stacked on top of each other) Tape the one with a hole all the way through it to the top, middle of the cooker, and the other to the bottom middle...they should be right above one another. Now, when you put the cooker out in the sun, there will be a shadow, with a dot on the ground. You just need to align the dot with the hole on the other square, and you will know that it's all good to cook!
Note: It's helpful to tape a small piece of board over the whole on this side. You need the hole for the skewer to rest on, but you don't want it to stick out and obstruct your alignment dot. Not necessary, but helpful.
Step 6: Cooking
Yes, it does work, and no, it doesn't take an hour to cook. Sure, it takes a bit longer than a grill, but I would suggest that when you try it, after a few minutes, touch the hot dog. You'll see just how hot it gets...
WARNING: Wear sun glasses when you go to realign it, or you won't be able to see well for a minute or so once you go back inside. This thing gets bright
Side note - If you wanted to, you could make a parabolic trough frame out of knex, and then line the inside with something reflective.
Let me know if there are any problems.
Awesome project. Thanks for sharing. :)
I made this, and cooked a wiener, i also took a old meat thermometer and put it at the focus point of the oven, which i accidentally made sideways, so its like a big, curvy rectangle, and i got to 175 degrees Fahrenheit, when i cooked the wiener, it only got to 135 about unfortunately
Parabola's are usually deeper than plain concave reflectors, like satelite dishes are just concave parabola's, with longer focal lengths. There is a difference. I call satelite dishes, old search lights, concave shapes, and parabola's have two different shapes, deeper than concave dish reflectors with very long focal lengths, where the parablola has a short focal length.
I'm not disputing it is concave or not, I hope you can see the point I am trying to convey in my question. My satelite dish search light and older search lights that used dish reflectors, were concaves with very long focal lengths compared to true parabola's that have very short focal lengths like flashlights, headlights, modern search lights... I'm writing you right now using a parabola dish with a short focal length concentrating my wifi signal to my antenna just an inch from the center of the reflector, I made from a link on here at Instructables. Thus keeping my focal point very short. See what I am trying to say? Pretty soon I will add a satelite dish reflecting my signal to the parabola to gain even more signal strength to continue running the wifi at full potential at 48 Mbps speeds. Right now I am only getting enough signal to hit 18 Mbps speeds. I don't dispute parabola's are concave, simply asking what kind of parabola are you using in your search light?
Also, in Step 1, you link to this image. I attached a modified version that better illustrates the reflection. If you want to use it, feel free.
- Mark the focal point
- Draw a baseline some distance from the focal point
- Set a square so one leg goes through the focal point and the 90 degree angle lies on the baseline. Draw the other leg. This line will be tangent to the curve.
- Repeat for many positions, drawing enough tangents that the curve is defined.
- See http://www.usajohnsons.com/cool_energy_stuff/experiments/akidheater.html
I don't know if the resulting shape is really a parabola or some other curve.


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The exemplars in this book should be considered in conjunction with the discussion in Book 16. A definition of mathematics and statistics in The New Zealand Curriculum includes the statement:
Mathematics is the exploration and use of patterns and relationships in quantities, space, and time. Statistics is the exploration and use of patterns and relationships in data. These two disciplines are related but different ways of thinking and of solving problems. Both equip students with effective means for investigating, interpreting, explaining, and making sense of the world in which they live.1
Mathematics is the exploration and use of patterns and relationships in quantities, space, and time. Statistics is the exploration and use of patterns and relationships in data. These two disciplines are related but different ways of thinking and of solving problems. Both equip students with effective means for investigating, interpreting, explaining, and making sense of the world in which they live.1
The National Numeracy Strategy uses this definition:
To be numerate is to have the ability and inclination to use mathematics effectively in our lives – at home, at work, and in the community.2
To be numerate is to have the ability and inclination to use mathematics effectively in our lives – at home, at work, and in the community.2
The exemplars in this book record children participating in mathematical practices – exploring relationships and using patterns in quantities, space, and time – for a range of purposes.
James Greeno has called this "situated knowing in a conceptual domain", and he used the workshop or the kitchen as a metaphor (see Book 16). Alan Bishop, a leading writer and researcher in mathematics education, has emphasised a cultural perspective on mathematics education that is consistent with the approach to education taken in Te Whāriki. He sets out six activities: counting, measuring, locating, designing, playing, and explaining.3 He adds:
All these activities are motivated by, and in their turn help to motivate, some environmental need. All of them stimulate, and are stimulated by, various cognitive processes, and I shall argue that all of them are significant, both separately and in interaction, for the development of mathematical ideas in any culture. Moreover all of them involve special kinds of language and representation. They all help to develop the symbolic technology which we call "mathematics".4
Discussing the importance of play to cultural life, Bishop comments, quoting Vygotsky, that "the influence of play on a child's development is enormous"5 because it provides opportunities for abstract thinking. Barbara Rogoff also suggests that children supporting each other and learning together, a key feature of play, makes a powerful contribution to mathematical learning.6 Bishop emphasises the playing of games. He notes that playing is "indeed a most serious business"7 as well as a significant adult activity. Games model reality, and "it is not too difficult to imagine how the rule-governed criteria of mathematics have developed from the pleasures and satisfactions of rule-governed behaviour in games".8 Bishop also elaborates on the activity he calls "explaining", the purpose of which is to expose relationships between phenomena. He emphasises the explanatory relationships of meaning making: finding similarity, and connections and classifications, to explain events or experiences. He notes that the diversity of languages brings culturally diverse explanatory classifications and ways of explaining.
Similarly, within the context of Aotearoa New Zealand, an early childhood mathematics working group set up in 2003 by the Ministry of Education developed "te kākano", a metaphor for describing the range of purposeful activities for developing mathematical tools and symbol systems in a bicultural environment.9 The metaphor represents the child as te kākano (the seed), embedded in a context. The range of mathematical purposes and tools that develop is influenced by the "fertiliser" or "soil" that surrounds te kākano. These influences include teacher pedagogy, teacher content knowledge, family/whānau knowledge, and resources, all of which interact with the child's interests to privilege particular mathematical domains. The metaphor highlights the value of identifying the range of cultural purposes for mathematics within a setting.
The strands in the Te Kākano diagram [GIF; 63kb] cross and interweave in different activities. For example, in one exemplar, calculating and counting, measuring, and designing might all overlap. In another, estimating and predicting might overlap with "pattern sniffing". Therefore, the names on the seed strands indicate the sorts of strategies and dispositions a teacher might notice. Each of these strands includes possibilities for increasing mathematical complexity.
A lens can be placed at any point in the diagram to look in more depth at what is happening for a particular child or group of children. Within the lens, we can see the authentic context in which an activity takes place and the specific detail of the strategies, the dispositions happening there, and the mathematical complexity involved.
Effective Pedagogy in Mathematics/Pāngarau: Best Evidence Synthesis Iteration [BES] includes a chapter on mathematics in the early years, which is consistent with the approach taken here. It draws attention to the value of play and of everyday activities as meaningful contexts for mathematics learning, and it highlights aspects of the factors that nurture te kākano (teacher content and pedagogical knowledge, appropriate resources, and family/whānau mathematics).10
The mathematics exemplars in this book are viewed through one or more of the three lenses outlined in Book 16: a lens that focuses on assessment practices, referring to the definition of assessment as "noticing, recognising, and responding", from Book 1 of Kei Tua o te Pae;
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How to block specific IP address(es) access to my webserver?
I run a small personal website on a Mac Mini at home. Using 2010 Mac Mini Server w/ OS X 10.9.2 and latest OS X Server, Apache Web Server 2.2x.
Would like to be able to block some specific IP addresses that are using a lot of bandwidth (spiders, hackers, etc.) from accessing the site and possibly the IP address on the public side.
Is there a way to redirect specific addresses into some sort of a black hole, with no error message - just ... nothing?
Looks like you want Apache's access control functionality (see here).
Thanks, but that's not very helpful. Not even sure where those settings would go.
Is there a way to block at the firewall? I'm using Airport Extreme (5th Gen)
Those settings go in your httpd.conf file (so, /etc/apache2/httpd.conf...I think, I'm away from my Mac right now).
I'm not sure how the sever app works but evidently there's a hardware section in the server app that lets you tweak with the Airport device on the Mac itself. From what I've seen, there's a bit of control there for blocking things.
That was simpler than I thought. I was able to add a directive (if that's the right term) like "DENY xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa" for the address. directly to the httpd.conf file in etc/apache2. For some reason, all the other references I had seen were saying to refer to files inside other files and defined elsewhere, yadda yadda. Hopefully this will work. Seems a lot more direct that other methods at least.
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Austrians Horst Schalk and Johann Kopf argued that the failure to recognise their marriage violated their human rights under article 12 (right to marry), article 14 (prohibition of discrimination), and article 8 (right to private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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At West Virginia: Transferred to West Virginia in 2003 from St. Bonaventure ... spent two years with the Bonnies ... sat out the 2003-04 season due to NCAA transfer rules ... known for his scrappy play ... a real hustler on the floor ... can play inside despite his size ... led WVU in scoring during the team's 2004 European tour with a 15.6 points per game average ... scored double figures in every game, including 22 points against the Dutch National team, his first game in a Mountaineer uniform ... accepted an invitation to participate in the 2005 World University Games ... (2004-05): started all 35 contests ... averaged 12.0 points per game ... scored the most points on the team (421) ... led the Mountaineers in field goals (160), rebounds (180), rebounding average (5.1) and steals (57) ... reached double figures in 25 games ... started his first game as a Mountaineer and finished with 16 points against Saint Peter's ... 12 points and four assists at LSU ... team-high 15 points with eight rebounds and six assists against Radford ... first Mountaineer double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds against St. Bonaventure ... had 10 points against Coppin State ... second WVU double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds against New Hampshire ... 19 points and seven rebounds against GW ... third double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds at NC State ... named BIG EAST player of the week for his performances against GW and NC State ... grabbed nine rebounds at Villanova ... scored 12 points and pulled down seven rebounds against St. John's ... team-high 14 points against Boston College ... 11 points and eight rebounds at Syracuse ... 19 points to go with six steals at Providence ... 10 points at Boston College ... 11 points against Pitt ... scored 18 points at St. John's ... 19 points vs. Seton Hall ... scored 10 points at Seton Hall ... scored 11 points against Providence in BIG EAST tournament ... 21 points in BIG EAST tournament against BC ... 22 points to go with 10 rebounds in BIG EAST tournament vs. Villanova ... hit the game-winning free throws with 0.2 seconds left ... scored 11 points against Syracuse in BIG EAST championship ... named to the BIG EAST all-tournament team for his outstanding play ... (NCAA Tournament): 13 points against Creighton ... career-high 29 points against Wake Forest, with 19 in OT ... 11 points against Texas Tech and Louisville.
At St. Bonaventure: Ranked 13th in the Atlantic 10 in scoring as a sophomore (13.9), 20th in rebounding (5.0), eighth in three-point percentage (40.2) and ninth in three-pointers per game (2.4) ... scored in double figures 21 times and had five games of 20 or more points ... had 14 points and five rebounds against George Washington ... scored a team-high 21 points at Rhode Island ... recorded 20 points at Duquesne ... scored 23 points on 8-for-11 shooting at Fordham ... had 16 points against Boston College which included the game-tying three-pointer as the buzzer sounded to end regulation ... scored a career-high 27 points in win over Michigan, going 5-for-5 from three-point range ... named to the Atlantic 10 all-rookie team as a freshman ... averaged 24 minutes per game ... played in all 30 games ... finished fifth on the team in scoring (8.3 ppg) and tied for second in rebounding (4.7) ... shot 39 percent from three-point range, 46 percent from the field and 76 percent at the line ... scored in double figures 12 times ... ranked 14th in the A-10 in steals (1.4 per game) ... over two Atlantic 10 tournament games, averaged 8.0 points and 10.5 rebounds ... scored a season-high 20 points at home against Rhode Island ... recorded his first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in A-10 tournament win over Duquesne ... came back with five points and a career high 11 rebounds in loss to Richmond the next night ... totaled 17 points and seven rebounds in loss to Massachusetts ... scored 11 points, including the eventual game-winner, in victory over Xavier. ... had 12 points and eight rebounds against St. Joseph's ... had six points and five boards in NIT loss at Syracuse ... was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week for the period of Feb. 3-10 ... opened his college career with a bang, scoring 17 points in front of a hometown crowd in win at Cleveland State ... had 14 points and six boards in win at Toledo ... had 15 points, six rebounds and three steals in win over Davidson.
In High School: All-state honoree three times including first team berths both his junior and senior seasons ... was runner-up for the 2000-01 Ohio "Mr. Basketball" award ... named 2000-01 Ohio Division II Player of the Year by the AP and the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association ... as a senior, averaged 27.2 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 3.3 steals and 1.6 blocked shots per game, leading the Bulldogs to the Ohio Division II Sweet 16 and a 19-5 record ... was named the Cuyahoga County 2000-01 Player of the Year by the Cleveland Plain Dealer ... named Player of the Year by the Sun-News ... won three straight Southwest Conference MVP awards ... ended his 91-game high school career with 1,909 points (20.9 avg.), 725 rebounds (7.9 avg.), 239 assists, 267 steals and 138 blocked shots ... accurate shooter connected on 57 percent of his career field goal attempts ... as a senior, shot 38 percent from three-point range and 74 percent from the free-throw line ... Olmsted Falls compiled a record of 77-16 over Gansey's four seasons ... averaged 22 ppg and 10 rpg as a junior ... coached by Pat Donahue ... was a McDonald's All-America nominee ... in the spring of 2001, played in the Ohio-Pennsylvania Rising Star game and the Ohio North-South All-Star game.
Personal: Son of Gale Mazella and Steve Gansey ... born December 21 ... has five brothers ... majoring in criminology.


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Roane Medical Center's first portable chapel came with the help of a family with a rich history in divinity.
The Mason family dedicated the chapel in the memory of the Rev. Anthony Harvey Mason, a longtime Methodist pastor, and his son, Anthony P. "Tony" Mason, who taught Sunday school and was a lay-person in his home church and the United Methodist Church Holston Conference.
"It is just really an honor for our family," said Scott Mason, one of Tony Mason's sons.
Roane Countians could be asked to contribute more to schools in 2012 due to an anticipated $1.3 million reduction in state funding.
"There will be some substantial potential cuts in education or a substantial request for a property tax increase next year," Roane County Executive Ron Woody said.
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Roane County Schools are facing a $1.3 million cut in state funding next year, according to school officials.
"It's in effect this year, but we're in the hold-harmless, so it actually takes effect 2012-13 budget," Director of Schools Toni McGriff said.
School system business manager Eric Harbin said the cut stems from a decrease in students and a reduction in the capital component of the state's Basic Education Program.
The Rockwood Fire Department is mourning the death of assistant fire chief Rondal McNeal.
He died from cancer on Tuesday.
Rockwood Fire Chief Mike Wertz said the loss has been difficult for the station.
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Wertz said McNeal had been employed with the city of Rockwood since 1972.
He started out in the street department before moving to the fire department.
The current occupant of the Harriman National Guard Armory building will need to begin searching for a new home.
"They (the Harriman Industrial Development Board) have done their first transaction by selling the armory," announced Councilman Lonnie Wright at a recent Harriman City Council workshop.
The board was originally set to sign a contract with J.R. Global, the company that has been leasing the armory building, for $150,000.
A convicted drug dealer will be serving 100 percent of his eight year sentence because of his proximity of his crimes to a school zone.
Harriman Police Chief Randy Heidle said Byron Travelle Bazel, 30, was sentenced July 13 for violation of the drug free school zone law by selling crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school.
"It mandates people serve 100 percent of their sentence, and they are not eligible for parole or probation," Heidle said.
Heidle said it was encouraging to see that they are getting strong convictions on drug related crimes.
CASA of the Ninth Judicial District (www.casaninth.org) is now taking applications from prospective volunteers to become court-appointed special advocates.
Every week, in America, in Tennessee, in our communities, judges face the challenge of making decisions that will affect the lives of abused and neglected children.
Increasingly, judges turn to CASA for additional information on which to base their decisions.
Across the country, families are preparing their college-bound students for what will be an exciting time in their lives.
As you pack for dorm life, make sure scholarship and financial aid paperwork is in order and pick out the perfect laptop—don't forget to talk with your freshman about money and financial responsibility.
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We try to keep a pretty even keel here at Pass it to Bulis. The Canucks' fanbase tends to swing wildly from one extreme to the other, from hope, faith, and happiness to outright despair, despondency, and hopelessness. We aim for somewhere in the middle. If we seem overly positive at times, it's generally because there's a lot to be positive about: the Canucks have finished in first place during the regular season twice in a row, have won the Northwest Division four times in a row, and we have seen the Sedin twins win back-to-back Art Ross trophies.
On the other hand, there's plenty of things to be gloomy about: the Canucks haven't won a single Stanley Cup in their existence, for instance, which is the kind of thing that leads to perpetual cynicism. The Canucks are also going to be trading away the best goaltender in franchise history in the near-future, which has led to a few tears.
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12-13 season, there are both reasons for optimism and causes for concern. It is time for PITB to eschew rationality and embrace both extremes in this bipolar season preview.
The pessimist in me says:
The Canucks are in massive trouble and will be hard-pressed to score any goals at all this season. Ryan Kesler is the linchpin in the Canucks system, taking on an equal balance of offensive and defensive duties, while the checking line gets buried in the defensive zone and the Sedin line gets almost exclusively offensive zone starts. With Kesler out of the lineup, that's going to get skewed.
The Sedins will have to pick up some defensive zone starts and the checking line will either have to pick up some offensive zone starts or the second line will need to get sheltered like crazy. That means the Sedins offensive dominance will wane and it's unlikely that the checking line is going to pick up the slack. It also means that the Canucks will be weaker in the defensive zone. At this point, with David Booth also out of the lineup, the Canucks will be relying on a completely unproven second line to provide secondary scoring, led by…Mason Raymond.
Yeah, that's not good.
It gets worse. Without a dangerous second line, teams will be able to key in exclusively on the Sedins to shut them down. And the Canucks aren't likely to get scoring from elsewhere in the lineup. The third line will be defensively responsible, but will have Maxim Lapierre in the middle, who has a career-high of 28 points and that was the only time he scored more than 20 in a season.
The optimist in me says:
Have you seen the Canucks goal totals the last few seasons? They have been top-five in NHL goalscoring for three straight seasons and they're a safe bet to do it again. Missing Kesler and Booth? Great! That will give Zack Kassian the opportunity to start with the second line instead of getting buried on the fourth line. It will also give Andrew Ebbett the chance to prove once again that he can score in the NHL. He has put up major points in the AHL, but has only been given the opportunity to play in the top six in the NHL once before, when he put up 32 points in just 48 games with the Anaheim Ducks in 2008-09.
As for Mason Raymond, he won't be coming off a devastating injury like he was last year and will have something to prove after the Canucks took him to salary arbitration to cut back his salary. The second line is going to be different, but it's also going to be quick and will give defences all they can handle to keep them contained off the rush.
Teams have been trying to shut down the Sedins for years now. Even when Kesler was at his best, teams still put out their top defensive pairings and checking lines out against the Sedins, and they continued to score. Daniel Sedin scored 30 goals last season despite missing 10 games. Henrik led the league in assists for the third straight season. They may not score 100 points in a season again, but they'll still score a point-per-game and lead the Canucks on the powerplay.
Meanwhile, Lapierre on the third line will take some of the defensive burden from Malhotra, allowing Vigneault to give both the first and the second line plenty of offensive zone starts.
By the time Kesler and Booth get back from their injuries, they'll be joining a team that's already in an offensive groove and will only improve with their addition.
The pessimist in me says:
The loss of Sami Salo and Aaron Rome is going to wreak havoc on the Canucks defence this season. It may not seem like much, but Salo was one of the Canucks' few right-side defencemen and Rome was versatile enough to play on the right as well. To replace Salo, the Canucks went out and signed Jason Garrison, who supposedly played on the right-side in Florida. Unfortunately, when he got to Vancouver, he informed everyone that he doesn't like playing on the right-side and prefers the left.
Cue Alex Edler playing on the right-side. Cue disaster. You've immediately crippled the most offensively talented blueliner in the linup.
Meanwhile, to replace the steady Rome, the Canucks acquired Cam Barker and Jim Vandermeer. The best thing you can say about Vandermeer is that he's better than Barker. The worst thing you can say about Vandermeer is that he cost Jordan Schroeder a spot on the roster because he can also play on the wing. He's simultaneously the Canucks' 9th defenceman and their 13th forward.
The best that Canucks fans can hope for is that Barker never has to actually suit up for the Canucks, which would require one of two things: no injuries on the blueline or Vigneault to keep Keith Ballard in the lineup. Neither of those two things is going to happen.
The optimist in me says:
Remember when Dan Hamhuis joined the Canucks and immediately settled down the erratic Kevin Bieksa? Now imagine Jason Garrison doing the same for Alex Edler. Garrison is highly touted for his shot and will be a massive weapon on the powerplay, but his real calling card is his steady defence. That steadiness will help Edler immensely.
That gives the Canucks a solid top-four on defence, with both pairings able to contribute at both ends of the ice. Keith Ballard will be on the bottom pairing, but he'll be matched with Chris Tanev, with whom he has had the most success with the Canucks. Like Hamhuis and Garrison, Tanev is steady and reliable in his own zone and will help steady Ballard and help him get back to his old form.
Meanwhile, the Canucks have the physically imposing Andrew Alberts in reserve and the offensively capable Kevin Connauton on the farm. If Barker is as bad as advertised, Vigneault will exile him to Chicago in a hurry. If he isn't, then the Canucks got a capable defenceman on the cheap.
Under Vigneault, the Canucks have been one of the stingiest teams in the league; that's not going to change any time soon.
The pessimist in me says:
What a mess. It seemed like Roberto Luongo would get traded months ago. Instead, he's still with the team and has to be considered a distraction. There are so many ways this can go wrong: Luongo outplays Cory Schneider, destroying both the team's confidence in Schneider and his own confidence that he's a number one guy. Schneider outplays Luongo, destroying Luongo's trade value and making him bitter on the bench, poisoning the locker room.
Heck, what if Luongo gets traded and Schneider gets hurt? With Eddie Lack still out with an injury, who else will the Canucks have in reserve? Joe Cannata? Will they have to move Dan Cloutier from coaching duties to playing duties? Will they have to resort to signing Marty Turco?
Even if Schneider doesn't get hurt, he has yet to prove that he's a legitimate starter in the NHL. He may have put up good stats last season as a backup, but being a number one goaltender is a completely different situation. For all that Luongo gets flack for his performance in the playoffs, Schneider has a grand total of one NHL playoff win. The Canucks are relying on an unproven goaltender right as their window is closing.
The Canucks goaltending situation is just a disaster waiting to happen.
The optimist in me says:
The Canucks have the best goaltending situation in the league. In a condensed 48-game season, it is ideal to have a tandem of two of the best goaltenders in the NHL. The risk for fatigue is high, so being able to rotate both goaltenders will keep them fresh and at their best all season long.
Both have shown their professionalism in handling the situation, with Luongo indicating that he has no problem staying with the Canucks this season. Far from a distraction, the two goaltenders will be able to push each other to succeed.
There is always the concern of injuries, but that's the same for every team in the league. If Luongo gets traded this season, the Canucks will either get another goaltender back in the trade or will find a backup elsewhere.
If he does get traded, the Canucks will get the benefit of whatever players come back as well as the capspace to make more moves. Meanwhile, Schneider has given every indication that he's ready to take over the Canucks' net. He was third in the NHL last season in goals against average and second in save percentage. He wasn't just good, he was incredible.
The pessimist in me says:
With the injuries on offence, the uncertainties on defence, and the complete chaos in net, the Canucks are going to be a mess. In a 48-game season, any losing streak could cost the Canucks big-time. Before the Canucks won four straight Northwest Division titles, they finished last in the Northwest, missing the playoffs and getting a top-10 pick in the draft. It's going to happen again.
The optimist in me says:
While some of the other teams in the Northwest Division have improved, none of them have improved enough to actually be a threat to the Canucks. The bulk of the Canucks schedule will be against their own division, which they'll be winning, and will be on their way to a third straight Presidents' Trophy.Tags: Preview, Season Preview
Teams focusing on our first line usually take penalties. The power play rates to be better allowing a more defense first approach until Kesler and Booth return . Our goalkeeping and defense combo is the best in the NHL In the meantime Kassian will get more consistent minutes to develop his " power forward" skill set. He needs to be aggressive going to goal and hard on the forecheck . This requires he be given some slack when he will invariably be late getting back . I don't recall Howe or Neely being benched after just missing a crease goal chance or taking a little extra time destroying a defenseman . It is crucial AV facilitate Kassians confidence in the next couple of months.
Yes, the power play is key and should not be overlooked. Shut-down hockey + a killer power play is going to be the key to another cup run. I think Kassian and Ray-Ray will step up, although that's mere intuition. There are always the dark horses of Jannik "Hands" Hansen and Huggy Higgins too.
Um, and karma. You know how the Canucks are the most hated team in the league right now? Well, wouldn't this just be the perfect "fake" season to win a "fake" cup? Can you imagine how angry that would make all the detractors? It pretty much has to happen…it is a tailor-made, fairy-tale troll.
i don't think the regular season will be a problem. there might be a slow start but the rested vets have had a chance to heal and rested experience combined with very solid goaltending and defense should win the day, in the north west anyway. 5 games against the flames remember. if they can't win the NW then they have a very poor team indeed and there's no point in getting worked up about things in the first place.
it's the playoffs that pose the difficulty. so many good, rock-solid teams in the west like the kings and blues. those teams are physical and relentless. hitchcock likes to load up his whole team behind the puck for support. there will be zero space and the physical battles will be exhausting(see the LA kings feeding frenzy gif.)
kassian is an welcome addition of muscle but for the canucks to have playoff success it will definitely require the re-emergence of 10/11 kesler(which is a lot to ask for a guy coming off multiple major surgeries). or schneider will just have to stop them all… which he just might do.


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Elliott Museum's 'Ais Indians Experience Box' travels to Hobe Sound Elementary
STUART - Even though the new Elliott Museum will not be open to the public until March, the organization is continuing with its outreach program this fall.
Sandy Newville, a Martin County educational consultant, will install Elliott Museum's "Ais Indians Experience Box" at Hobe Sound Elementary where it will be utilized by students and teachers throughout the month of October.
Included in the exhibit is a history of the Ais Indians, who resided from below Titusville down to the top of Martin County along the coast. Their rich history is told through interdisciplinary participation featuring archeological artifacts, area geography, and history.
As part of the traveling exhibit, Newville will provide a curriculum and suggested activities to Hobe Sound Elementary teachers who will then incorporate the materials into their lesson plans.
The experiential learning project was developed by Newville under a grant from the State of Florida, and was most recently presented at the Hope Rural School as part of a grant from Women Support the Arts last spring.
"This program is entirely unique in that it gives teachers the tools they need to make history really come alive for students," said Newville.
The traveling exhibit demonstrates the Elliott Museum's on-going commitment to highlight the history of our region and give students and teachers the opportunity to experience the Elliott Museum's collection.
Newville is donating her time but additional funding is currently being sought to continue touring this exhibit to other area schools. For information on funding this traveling exhibit or other educational programs, contact Diane Kimes, at 772 225-1961, ext 113.
"This program, developed initially with funding from the state, is a great example of civic and cultural institutions working together to deepen students understanding of our region," said Jennifer Esler, CEO of the new Elliott Museum.
The new Elliott Museum will open its doors to the public in March 2013. After undergoing a $20 million dollar re-building, the new Elliott Museum, located on Hutchinson Island in Stuart, will feature a 3,000 square foot Changing Exhibition Gallery that will allow the museum to host international traveling exhibits; seven dedicated permanent collection gallery spaces; an expanded art and teaching Studio; a Community History Lab; Thurlow Library and Archives, and the Frances Langford Outrigger Café.
The first exhibit in the Changing Exhibition Gallery will be Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion – a dramatic hands-on display of 40 full-size machine replicas made directly from Leonardo's innovative designs and drawings.
The museum, a 53-year-old Martin County institution, has undergone a major re-visioning as well. Focusing on art, history and technology, the new Elliott Museum aims to tell the rich story of our region, capture the spirit of innovation that has left an indelible mark on the American psyche, and celebrate the power of originality.
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Looking for lovely way to spend your lunch break? Look no further! The UVa McIntire Department of Music presents Jazz in the Amphitheatre tomorrow at 12:00pm in the UVa Amphitheatre.
This concert is FREE and open to the public. Bring a blanket and a picnic and enjoy an end-of-the year jazz extravaganza as members of the UVa Jazz Chamber groups, under the direction of Peter Spaar, Mike Rosensky and Jeff Decker perform.
Repertoire is chosen from a diverse range of jazz styles by such greats as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, among many others, as well as original compositions by both faculty and students. For more information, please call (434) 924-3052.


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Using Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech's ViVOnfc infrastructure software for Near Field Communication mobile phone payments, the NFC phones, which will be given away at the MasterCard Masters Golf Tournament launch, can be used throughout the country for payment at any contactless-enabled store."We're really excited to be the first Australian bank to trial contactless payment technology using Near Field Communication," said Lynda McMillan, executive manager, Credit Cards Issuing at the Commonwealth Bank. "ViVOtech's NFC payment solution was selected because of its easy to use wallet interface for users and the company's proven and highly secure OTA provisioning infrastructure to easily manage credit and debit card downloads." For this trial program, ViVOtech is supplying Commonwealth Bank with its full line of NFC-enabled payment products including: a Commonwealth Bank-branded ViVOwallet mobile phone user interface; a ViVOnfc Issuer Server that provides over-the-air loading and personalisation of card details into the mobile phones; and a ViVOnfc Control Server to provide over-the-air management of wallet loading and personalisation. Michael Mullagh, ViVOtech CEO said the launch of this program will allow Australian consumers to use their mobile phones for credit and debit payments at contactless merchant locations across the country.This trial marks ViVOtech's entry into the Australian market.
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Set in the heart of South Wharf, an area set to become Melbourne's newest business and dining precinct, the stylish Hilton Melbourne South Wharf hotel is located conveniently close to the airport and the cosmopolitan city center. Each of our contemporary Guest Rooms and Suites have been innovatively designed and are inspired by the iconic Yarra River. Offering panoramic views of either the bay or the bustling city, every accommodation features a flat screen LCD TV. For a longer stay in the city, choose a luxurious two bedroom suite for additional comfort and space and a separate kitchen area.As the only hotel with direct access to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, guests attending a meeting or conference will be able to walk directly to MCEC's modern conference and event facilities from within the hotel. Relax with business associates after a conference in the light and airy Executive Lounge, which seems to 'float' over the Yarra.Energise with a workout in the complimentary Fitness Room, before visiting the colourful city center for an afternoon of sightseeing and shopping. Treat yourself to a fine dining experience in the sophisticated Nuevo 37 before indulging in an expertly mixed cocktail in the river facing lounge, Sotano Wine and Tapas, featuring 7m high ceilings, inviting seating and unique 'Spanish cellar' design.
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"Coach stresses defense every practice," Kylee Cassavaugh said. "Defense will be the key when we play Indian Lake/Long Lake."
The Lions will host the Orange Friday, Dec. 14, with a 5 p.m. tip time. Last season, ELCS dropped both games against them, one in Indian Lake and the other in the sectional finals.
"Defensively, we could have played better games against them last year," Ashline said. "I think that frustration also was a problem for us in the finals."
"They adjusted well in the second half and we were caught off guard," Brooks said.
"We have been working on the mental end of the game, making sure that we do not get too high or too low," Ashline said.
"We need to up-tempo the game against them," Ratliff said. "Their half-court offense is precise. We have to keep the game fast and use our depth as an advantage."
"They were able to stop our break last year," Brooks said. "We need to not let them have time to set up their defense and make sure that we take the open shots that we have. When we played down there, we hit a lot of our shots, we just didn't take enough when they were open."
The team also said they were looking forward to having a home game in what has become the latest Mountain and Valley rivalry.
"We need to go in confident and play strong from start to finish with the home crowd behind us," Ashline said.
"It is a lot better to get the chance to play them here and have the home court," Brooks said.
"These fans have been getting excited and getting behind this team, so having the crowd and support of the community will be big," Ratliff said. "This group always gets energized by our fans, and that is why it means something to us."
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As the director of the Brookings Institution's metropolitan policy program, Bruce Katz hesitates to specify the cities that he expects to thrive as the economy recovers. But he is happy to describe them. They are the ones that can satisfy a rising demand for exports or supply the industries of the future. For the past generation, government erred in promoting real estate, finance, and consumption as the engines of economic growth, he says, and "we're not going back" to that kind of economy.
Katz: There is an emerging macro vision of where the economy needs to go. The United States is going to export more. We're going to move to a low-carbon, clean-tech economy as a market proposition. We're not just going to do this for sustainability reasons. We are going to do this because there are jobs and markets to serve. We are going to innovate in what matters, and we are going to produce and deploy more of what we invent. So manufacturing actually is going to become more of the American narrative again.
If the U.S. pursued the right policies, manufacturing would stop its long decline?
Katz: We are going through a disruptive period where demand is coming from abroad -- and will be for the foreseeable future. China, India, and Brazil are urbanizing at the same time, and they are building a middle class that is going to consume more. As they do, they need to buy products and services, some of which we actually have a competitive advantage in. We've so down-talked ourselves that we don't realize that aircraft, spacecraft, advanced machinery, precision surgical instruments, high-quality pharmaceuticals -- there are a whole bunch of things on which the United States stands out as being a very substantial producer, both domestically and globally.
You are saying that clean technology itself will be a major source of economic growth?
Katz: Absolutely, and it is going to extend from renewables -- solar, wind, and nuclear. It is going to involve sustainable infrastructure, high-speed rail, transit, rapid bus, the smart grid, energy-efficient appliances. For a long time, the only thing anyone heard about the green economy was energy retrofits, which is only one element of this. We think that the effect of the low-carbon transformation will be as dramatic as the information revolution. And like info-tech, it will cluster in certain metros.
Give an example of a cluster, and the role that government might play in promoting it.
Katz: Take Wichita [Kansas], for example, which is the most export-intensive metropolis in the country. Twenty-eight percent of its gross metropolitan product comes from aviation, and 65 percent of that comes from aircraft parts. You've got all the firms, Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft, you've got all the suppliers, Cox Machine and Perfekta, and then you've got the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State [University]. You've also got the Wichita Technology Corp., which gives low-cost capital to either the main firms or some of the suppliers, as they have to redo facilities, as they constantly innovate.
Which cities are better positioned for exports than others?
Katz: I would say the places that are the most export-oriented, and they are intensely innovative, are places like Seattle, San Jose [California], and even some of these smaller metro areas, such as Wichita, which understand their position in the global market.
The starting point for any metro area is, where do you fit in the global market? What do you trade with whom? If you know the answer to that question, you are probably pretty well positioned to leverage off of it. If your answer is, "We don't really know," then you're probably not as focused on the productive and sustainable economy as you need to be.
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Christ Temple Church in Portsmouth held a Back to School Gospel Concert Saturday focused on reaching out to the local college student population.
Brandon Smith, one of the coordinators of the event, said he is pleased with the turnout.
"I think that everything went extremely well. We just want to make the students aware of Jesus, and that starting the school year with out him would be really hard," Smith said.
Smith also said many of the Shawnee State University students are not familiar with churches in the local area.
"A lot of the students don't even know about the churches, so we just wanted to bring awareness and provide support for their spiritual needs, " Smith said.
Elder J.D. Crockrel, 22 of Christ Temple in Ashland, Ky. said he was please to be a part of the event.
"The service was great. I believe that it made a great impact for God. Young people need to know that if we live for God, that heaven will be our home," Crockrel said.
Minister Johnathan Tye, 26, of Christ Temple of Cincinnati was the second speaker for the event.
"It was very powerful. My ministry is geared toward deliverance. I am inspired to talk about the issues that we deal with on daily basis. Youth need to know the power of God, and what he is able to do in their lives," Tye said.
Deacon Ricardo Nelson, one of the concert coordinators, said events such as this one is important for young people.
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Elder Marcus Bendolph, pastor of Christ Temple of Portsmouth said he is pleased with the outcome of the concert and service.
"It was a wonderful service, high energy, and I am proud of the young people and the great work that they did in putting this service together," Bendolph said.
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This is part 5 of 5 in this series, and I just want to thank everyone for the feedback and emails! The support and feedback, whether negative or positive, is always appreciated!
So without further ado....
Carey Price
When Carey Price was drafted, 5th overall, in the 2005 NHL entry draft, a lot of people were unsure as to why the Habs grabbed this kid. As good as he was supposed to be, Montreal had Hart and Vezina trophy winning Jose Theodore in nets, and there didn't seem to be any good or convincing reason to draft a goalie. That year, however, Jose showed everyone his true colours, and that was those of a one hit wonder. In that light, the Price pick started to look better and better.
Theodore or not, Price started to show that he was a thorough bred, almost immediately. While cut from the Canadian World Junior team in 2006 - with whispers of him having a bad work ethic - he adjusted his play and attitude and came back to steal the show in 2007 by being named tournament MVP and backstopping Canada to their third straight gold medal. From that point on, Price's rise was meteoric.
From the World Junior Championships, Carey returned to his junior team, the Tri-City Americans. After their season was over, Price immediately joined Montreal's AHL affiliate - the Hamiltion Bulldogs - where he led them to a Calder Cup victory, in the playoffs, and earned himself another MVP award.
There was no question, that Carey Price, the prospect, had arrived.
During the Habs 2007-2008 training camp, Price seemed like a bit of an outside shot at making the team. He seemed good during camp and, more importantly, Gainey seemed intent on seeing him in NHL action. As such, he stayed with the big club as Cristobal Huet's backup. However, by the mid-point of the season, it was clear that he was in the process of pushing Huet out of his job.
When Huet was traded at the deadline, none were too sure if it was the right time or if they should have waited until the summer, before crowning Carey as the starter, in Montreal. But, sure or not, he got the job. After an up and down 1st round series, against Boston, Price, and the Habs, ultimately fell to the Flyers and sailed into the off-season with high hopes for the 2008-2009 season.
Well, without rehashing it all, we all know how disasterous the 2008-2009 NHL season turned out to be for Montreal and for Carey Price. After a great first half of the season, Carey managed only 7 wins through the back nine. His, and the teams collapse, can be summed up when the crowd mocking Price's routine save with applause - during their 1st round sweep by the Bruins - where Price responded with a Patrick Royesque salute to the crowd. Ouch. What a bad, sad, depressing ending to a season that crashed and burned more dramatically than the Hindenburg!
Fast forward to now, September 2009, and the 2009-2010 NHL training camp. Price is saying all the right things and seems to have a much better more grounded attitude. He knows that last year was a disaster, but he also knows that, at 22, he has likely learned some very hard lessons very early. This experience should only help him that much more in the future.
Why he should succeed
Price has shown, to this point in his career, a tremendous ability to bounce back from adversity. When he was cut from the 2006 World Junior Team, people were saying that he had the skills but lacked the work ethic. Well, he came back, in 2007, with an adjusted attitude and work ethic, and stole the show.
During the 2008-2009 NHL season, I believe that Price fell victim to the same mistakes, from his past. Not only was he enjoying life off of the ice a little too much, but he wasn't putting in the time and effort he needed, on it. That, in my opinion, is a recipe for disaster.
While there are a ton of things that have to go right, this year, for Monteal to have successful season, Carey Price is right at the center of it all. He is the key cog in the Habs wheel and as such, this team will only go as far as, or do as well as Carey Price does.
In order for Montreal to have a successful season, Carey has to put up at least 30 wins and play a minimum of 60 games, this season. With Jacques Martin at the helm of a defense first team, and a bulked up, more stable blue line corp in front of him, I believe that Price should have no problem hitting those numbers. The ancillary effect of Prices success will be the redundancy of Jaroslav Halak, who, I believe, will not finish the year in Montreal.
If, however, Price cannot get into a groove this year, and he continues to skid all season long, I believe that will spend the end of the Bob Gainey era in Montreal.
Let's hope that Price thrives and Gainey lives to fight another day. If they do, this is gonna be a fun year to be a Habs fan!
Oh, one last note, on Carey. He has a tell, in the poker sense if the word. The more you see him playing the puck, the better it is for the Habs because he tends to do so when he is on his game and feeling confident. When he is off his game, he tends to retreat to the saftey of his net.
Enjoy the season all!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
5 Keys to Habs' Season - Part 5 - Carey Price
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