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Cut all the way to the bone all the way around. Then you can cut the head free with only a knife by pushing the point of the knife blade into the joint at the base of the skull. It will take a litte practice to find the right spot but practice makes perfect. Just shove and twist the knife until you find the right spot.
Or you can take a saw and make two cuts to remove the antlers. One cut behind the antlers angling forward towards the eye socket and another in front of the antlers angling down towards the eye socket. When they meet you will have the antlers and the top part of the skull to hold them together.
With the deer hanging, cut through the skin around all four legs as shown below.
I marked one leg with green where the front legs skin should be cut, the other side is partially cut but might be hard to see.
Take the hook bladed razor knife if you have it and cut the inside of the hind legs downward. Do this on each hind leg and the cuts should meet on the belly of the deer. Then make a cut on inside of each front leg towards the chest.
Now the skinning work begins. Starting at the top (hind legs) cut and pull the skin downward towards the ground. Some areas will be able to be pulled without cutting. Other areas will require some touching of the knife blade at the point where the skin is still connected to the deer. Grabbing the fur side of the hide gives you a stronger less slippery hold.
When your skinning reaches the tail don't pull the hide off of the tail. Simply skin on both sides of the tail and then cut through the base of tail bone with a strong knife.
Once you have the hide down just past the hips you can poke holes in the hide and use the holes as a hand hold. This allows you to push downward instead of pulling. Much easier on the hands and allows you to put all your weight into it. Some hand holds are circled in green in the picture below.
Remove the backstrap. Make a cut down each side of the spine. Then cut the muscle away by making a cut to sever it from the hips and work it off of the back by keeping the knife blade firmly against the bone at all times. Once the very top portion of the backstrap is free it can sometimes be pulled off of the deer with little effort or cutting. Put it in the icechest.
Make a cut across the belly just below the genitalia on a buck but do not cut so deeply that you puncture any of the guts. This will give you access to the interior of the deers gut cavity. The tenderloin lies along the spine sandwiched between the spine and the guts. It isn't a lot of meat but it is the best meat on the deer. Cut away fat and cut through the intestine that holds the deer pellets. Gravity should pull the guts down, away from the tenderlion and minimual cutting is required. Only the initial cut of the stomach muscle and some small cuts to detach guts and fat from the deers gut cavity wall are needed so that the guts can move downward with gravity.
Pretty simply really just cut the neck off. Hack away!!! After the neck is off, or before, cut the esophogus out and place the neck in the icechest.
As shown above reach between the lungs and the chest cavity to cut esophagus and anything else holding the lungs and heart in. Drop everything into the gut bucket.
This can be done easily with just a knife. Cut one tendon on one leg and allow the two hindquarters to hang by one leg. Cut between the two legs until you hit the pelvic bone.
Cut deep into the deer along the lines that you can see in the picture below. You will have to cut it wavy as shown to cut around bone.
Pulling the bottom leg downward will spread the legs apart. From the underside (belly side) you will need to cut to ligaments that hold the femur to the hip. Just cut in to find the joint and put the knife blade in the socket and cut the ligamants. The leg will fall away so have a good grip on the lower leg and place it on a table. Now seperate the other hind quarter form the pelvis in the same fashion.
Now place the hindquarter in the icechest and you are done! Except for disposing of the contents in the gut bucket.
Ice the meat down and keep it in the ice chest for 3-7 days before butchering and packing the meat for the freezer. Drain and add ice as needed. The meat sitting in the water helps age the meat, draw out the blood and gives you time to butcher it at your leisure. It doesn't have to be done all in one day which allows you too go slower, be more thorough and do a better job.


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Posted on: March 7, 2012 2:53 pm
Edited on: March 7, 2012 3:18 pm
Kris Letang: the missing piece for the Penguins
By: Adam Gretz
Pucks and Numbers: a weekly statistical look at what's happening around the NHL. This week: A look at the importance of Kris Letang to the Penguins' postseason chances.
When it was announced on Tuesday afternoon that Sidney Crosby has been cleared for contact, the next major step in his latest attempt return to the lineup, it sent a wave of excitement and optimism through the Penguins fan base.
It's not hard to see why. He is, after all, their captain, their best player, and the best player in the league when he's healthy. With him in the lineup the Penguins should go from being a Stanley Cup contender to, perhaps, one of the top two or three favorites -- if not the favorite -- in the NHL ... if their lineup remains intact.
His return, whenever it happens (it apparently won't be before Sunday's game against Boston) will certainly have a significant impact on their chances. But, and as crazy as this may sound, there is still another player they are currently without that may be even more important for any sort of Stanley Cup run in Pittsburgh -- defenseman Kris Letang, who is currently out of the lineup after being hit by Eric Nystrom of the Dallas Stars at the end of February.
It's the second time this year he's missed time with a head injury, missing over 20 games with a concussion earlier this season after he was hit by Montreal's Max Pacioretty.
The Penguins have been without Crosby, minus the eight games he played earlier this season, since the beginning of last January, which is over a full calendar year and nearly a season-and-a-half worth of games, and they have still managed to be one of the top teams in the NHL.
In 65 games this season they are the third-highest scoring team in the league (in terms of goals per game) and have the second most points in the Eastern Conference, trailing only the Atlantic Division-leading New York Rangers. It's a testament to the depth they've acquired over the years and the 1-2 punch they still have down the middle at center with Evgeni Malkin (arguably the best player in hockey right now) and Jordan Staal, a duo that few teams in the NHL can match up with.
Even without Crosby they still have another No. 1 center, a darn good No. 2 center, and a pretty potent offense overall. One of the best in the league.
What they don't have without Letang is another No. 1 defenseman, and that's a pretty glaring weakness to have on a potential Stanley Cup team. Their blue line takes on an entirely different look without him, and it simply isn't anywhere near as effective. Just looking at the raw numbers this season: with Letang in the lineup the Penguins are 25-10-5, average over 3.2 goals per game, only allow 2.4 and have a total goal-differential of plus-31.
Without him those numbers drop down to a 14-11-0 record, 2.68 goals for per game, 2.56 against and a total goal differential of just plus-3.
Is Letang by himself worth that entire difference? Well, not exactly, because the Penguins have had other players out of the lineup at various times, but his absence is still huge given the number of roles he's asked to play, and the way he's able to perform within them.
He plays over 25 minutes a night, he is their power play quarterback, a regular on the penalty kill, and during even-strength situations he takes on some of toughest assignments on the Penguins defense, as the scatterplot below, which uses Corsi Relative Quality of Competition and Offensive Zone starts, helps to illustrate. The closer to the top left (meaning tougher opponents and fewer offensive zone starts) the more difficult the assignments, and the closer to the bottom right the "softer" the assignments.
As you can see, the Penguins have a pretty set group of top-four defensemen that stand out from the pack when it comes to their 5-on-5 assignments with Letang, Paul Martin, Brooks Orpik and Zbynek Michalek. Everybody else that's played on their blue line this season has been relatively protected. And when Letang is out of the lineup, as he's been for 25 games and counting this season, one of those other players has to step into a top-four role, and the results aren't always pretty.
Letang not only draws some of the toughest assignments on their blue line, he also outperforms everybody else. He has a positive Relative Corsi rating (a sign that when he's on the ice the Penguins are controlling the puck far more than they are when he's not on the ice) and he is by far their leading scorer on the blue line despite appearing in just 40 games. Orpik is a great physical presence on the blue line, and Martin hasn't been anywhere near as bad as his many critics in Pittsburgh want you to believe that he's been, but none of them are as valuable to the Penguins blue line as Letang.
His ability to get the puck out of danger, lead the rush and control the game is unmatched by any other player on their defense.
Crosby's return will be huge news, and it will give the Penguins pretty obscene depth down the middle. But the return of Letang is what would potentially put the the Penguins over the top, on paper anyway.
I'm still convinced they could win without Crosby due to the presence of Malkin and Staal at center. I'm not convinced they can win without Letang (even with Crosby) because they have nobody else that can fill his skates on defense.
(Corsi, Quality of Competition and Zone Start Data all via BehindtheNet.ca)
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Posted on: February 29, 2012 11:07 pm
Edited on: March 1, 2012 12:48 am
Winners & Losers: Penguins, Blackhawks, Leafs
By: Adam Gretz
There's always a winner and a loser in the NHL, and this is a new nightly look at some of the winners and losers in the biggest games and biggest situations across the league.
Pittsburgh Penguins: The Pittsburgh-Dallas Stars matchup is your typical, run-of-the-mill East vs. West game that takes place once, maybe twice per year.
There really isn't much of a history between the two teams, and it's not really a game that would (or probably should) get any extra attention on your schedule.
But man, something flipped the switch on Wednesday night as the two teams played one of the most physical -- and entertaining -- games of the season, with what appeared to be plenty of bad blood. The Penguins lost Kris Letang and Steve Sullivan during the game, and didn't necessarily play their best, but still ended up coming away with the 4-3 win in a shootout. That gives them another two points in the Eastern Conference standings and moves them three points ahead of the Senators (with two games in hand) and four points ahead of the Philadlephia Flyers.
The real concern for the Penguins now is the status of Letang, easily their best defenseman. With all of the talk about Sidney Crosby's absence this season (and back to last season) the Penguins still have plenty of scoring and depth down the middle, especially with the way Evgeni Malkin and Jodan Staal are playing. They can still be a Stanley Cup contender, if not one of the favorites, without Crosby, and have played like it.
They may not be without Letang. During his earlier absence the Penguins were 10-11 witout him.
[Related: Penguins 4, Stars 3 -- Kris Letang injured (Video)]
Chicago Blackhawks: February hasn't been the best month for the Chicago Blackhawks, and entering Wedneday's game against the Maple Leafs, another team that's been sleepwalking through the month, the Blackhawks were riding a three-game losing streak and falling dangerously close to the Western Conference playoff bubble.
After falling down early in the first period, the Blackhawks roared back and earned a 5-4 win thanks to a big performance from Marian Hossa, scoring two goals, including the game-winner ... which turned out to be an empty net goal late in the third period.
[Related: Blackhawks 5, Maple Leafs 4]
Ryan Miller: The Sabres goalie spoke out earlier in the week about his team trading Paul Gaustad to the Nashville Predators for a draft pick (he didn't like it), and in his first appearance since the trade deadline he played perhaps his best game of the season, stopping all 43 shots he faced, including 20 in the third period alone, as Buffalo picked up a 2-0 win over the Ducks to keep a small glimmer of hope alive when it comes to its playoff chances.
[Related Sabres 2, Ducks 0 -- Sabres trade Gaustad to Nashville]
Toronto Maple Leafs: After slow start after slow start, the Toronto Maple Leafs finally had a fast start on Wednesday night in Chicago, in a game they absolutely needed to win, not only for their playoff hopes, but to keep some sort of sanity within the city of limits of Toronto. They actually jumped out to a 3-1 lead first period lead.
Things looked promising. And then they watched as the bottom completely fell out, resulting in a 5-4 loss to the Blackhawks. And just like that, things went from bad to total meltdown.
Toronto has now lost 10 of its past 11 games, with the only win during that stretch coming in overtime against the Edmonton Oilers, and remain four points behind the Washington Capitals for the eighth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference -- a playoff spot that no team seems to want.
Anaheim Ducks: The Ducks already slim playoff hopes took a big hit on Wednesday night, and thanks to the Stars gaining a point in a shootout loss, and Anaheim's 2-0 loss to the Buffalo Sabres, Bruce Boudreau's bunch now finds itself seven points out of the No. 8 seed in the West, and still in 13th place.
They put together a heck of an effort in the third period, firing 20 shots at Ryan Miller (and 43 for the game) but could never break through on the scoreboard.
[Related: Playoff Race]
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Category: NHL
Posted on: February 27, 2012 5:53 pm
Edited on: February 27, 2012 6:07 pm
NHL Trade deadline winners and losers
By: Adam Gretz
It shouldn't be a surprise that Monday turned out to be, for the most part, a quiet day as the 3 ET trade deadline passed.
Increased parity around the league and the fact nearly every team in the NHL still thinks it has a chance to make the playoffs this season reduced the number of true sellers to no more than four or five (If that). That, of course, made it nearly impossible to strike many impact deals, not to mention the sky-high prices teams were apparently putting on their players.
In the end, Rick Nash is still a Columbus Blue Jacket. Steve Ott is still a Dallas Star. Roman Hamrlik and Mike Knuble are still Washington Capitals. Ryan Suter is still a Nashville Predator.
And speaking of the Predators, if they wanted to send a message to Suter and his partner in crime on the blue line, Shea Weber, not to mention the rest of the organization, the fan base and the NHL as a whole that they're ready to start going for it, they certainly did so on Monday.
Or attempted to, anyway.
The Predators were one of the busiest teams in the NHL over the past week, and after acquiring Hal Gill from the Montreal Canadiens last week for a couple of draft picks, they made two of the biggest moves on Monday by acquiring Andrei Kostitsyn from the Canadiens for two more draft picks, and then grabbed Paul Gaustad and a draft pick from the Buffalo Sabres for a first-round pick.
The Gaustad trade is a bold one. Perhaps even a little crazy given the price they paid for a role player that also happens to be an unrestricted free agent after the season. But he's a valuable player that is going to help, and now that everything has settled the Predators are a deeper, better team than they were at this time last week.
As general manager David Poile said "These trades have certainly given us a chance to play with the big boys this year."
Los Angeles Kings: The Kings big trade came earlier in the week when they landed Jeff Carter from the Columbus Jackets, giving the team the goal-scoring help it desperately needed, and reuniting him with his long-time teammate, Mike Richards. As I pointed out the night of the deal, the Kings were able to acquire Richards and Carter over the past year in two separate trades that did not require them to give up any of their own franchise, core players, which is pretty big score.
Buffalo Sabres: When word surfaced early on Monday that the asking price for Gaustad would be a first-round draft pick, there was some disbelief, as well as the assumption that as the day progressed that price would drop. The Sabres didn't back down from their demands and ended up getting the first-round pick they wanted for a player that had chance to lose for nothing over the summer.
They also addressed their need for young talent down the middle by striking what was perhaps the biggest deal of the day, sending Zach Kassian to the Vancouver Canucks for Cody Hodgson.
Minnesota Wild: In what was simply a hockey trade that saw two teams swap different types of defensemen the Oilers shipped Tom Gilbert to Minnesota in exchange for Nick Schultz. The Oilers traded an offensive-minded player for a defensive one, the Wild did the exact opposite, but ended up picking up the better player. Gilbert is going to help Minnesota a lot more than Schultz will help Edmonton.
Ottawa Senators: Saturday's addition of goaltender Ben Bishop is one of those deals that could sneak under the radar but provide a big return. Bishop is a highly regarded prospect and with Brian Elliott and Jaroslav Halak filling the position for the foreseeable future in St. Louis, Bishop wasn't going to get much of an opportunity. He might get it in Ottawa, especially in the short-term now that Craig Anderson is sidelined, and the Senators were able to get him without giving up much in return. Solid addition at a fair price at the right time.
Rick Nash and the Columbus Blue Jackets: The most shocking development to come out of the Rick Nash drama on Monday wasn't that he didn't get traded. For all of the rumors and speculation that followed his name over the past week, it's not a huge surprise that he's still a member of the Blue Jackets on Monday evening. The insanity really started to kick in when.general manager Scott Howson admitted in his Monday afternoon press conference that Nash initially approached the team and asked for a trade, putting the entire process in motion.
Why Howson would admit this is a mystery, but it's becoming pretty obvious that even though Nash will finish this season in Columbus, he's probably not going to be there at the start of next season. Especially now that his (current) general manager pretty much tossed him in front of the bus.
The only question that remains is whether or not Howson will be the man to make the inevitable trade over the summer. And given the return Columbus received on its two trades this past week, selling off Antoine Vermette and Jeff Carter for what amounts to Jack Johnson and some magic beans, not to mention the way he fumbled the Nash situation helping to put a nice bow on a season that only seems to get worse, it's worth asking who will be making that call from the general manager's office.
Of course, Nash isn't completely without blame in this mess either. His agent commented over the weekend that it would be best for a trade to be done sooner rather than later, and if Nash himself were really that desperate to get out of Columbus he wouldn't have limited the Jackets' potential trade partners by only offering to waive his no-trade clause for a short-list of teams, and one that his agent claims will not grow over the summer.
This appears to be a no-win situation for Columbus and its fans.
Chicago Blackhawks: The Blackhawks goaltending and defense has been a sore spot this season, and their only major move was to add Johnny Oduya from the Winnipeg Jets. Not sure if that's going to be enough.
Carolina Hurricanes: After re-signing Tuomo Ruutu and Tim Gleason, two popular names in trade speculation over the past month, the Hurricanes did not deal Bryan Allen or Jaroslav Spacek, two players that are eligible for unrestricted free agency after the season, which means they could possibly walk out the door for no return. It's still possible that one (or both) can be re-signed, which could be exciting ... if you're interested in keeping together a team that's currently 14th in the Eastern Conference.
Teams that stayed quiet
Pittsburgh Penguins: For the first time under general manager Ray Shero the Penguins did not make a move on, or near, the NHL's trade deadline. With the way the team is playing right now and the makeup of its roster, with Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal leading the way, a move wasn't really needed. This team is playing well enough as it is, doesn't appear to have many holes and looks like a team that can be a favorite and top contender for the Stanley Cup.
But the mindset around Pittsburgh seems to be that the lack of a move is a positive sign that Sidney Crosby could be on the verge of a return, or that he will eventually be "the big addition" for the roster. That's all well and good, and if it works out that way, fantastic. But assuming anything right now regarding Crosby is a major stretch. Nobody knows for sure when he'll be back, and it's worth pointing out that his last return lasted all of 10 games. Still a lot of uncertainty around that entire situation.
Washington Capitals: The Capitals were expected to be one of the busiest teams on Monday, especially after their decision to move center Nicklas Backstrom to the long-term injured list, opening up a pretty significant amount of salary cap space ahead of the deadline.
In the end the Capitals did nothing, which seems to be a pretty big shock around the NHL. But is it?
The Capitals could have certainly used a center, but with the way this team has looked for much of the season it's hard to imagine there being a move out there that was going to help this team get over the hump this year. Why give up significant long-term assets to chase after the No. 7 or 8 playoff spot when a deep postseason run doesn't look like it's a legitimate possibility?
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Category: NHL
Tags: 2012 Trade Deadline, Adam Gretz, Andrei Kostitsyn, Antoine Vermette, Ben Bishop, Brian Elliott, Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Edmonton Oilers, Evgeni Malkin, Hal Gill, Hal Gill, Jack Johnson, Jaroslav Halak, Jeff Carter, Johnny Oduya, Jordan Staal, Los Angeles Kings, Mike Knuble, Mike Richards, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, Nick Schultz, Ottawa Senators, Paul Gaustad, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ray Shero, Rick Nash, Roman Hamrlik, Ryan Suter, Scott Howson, Sidney Crosby, St. Louis Blues, Steve Ott, Tom Gilbert, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals, Winnipeg Jets
Posted on: February 18, 2012 3:55 pm
Edited on: February 18, 2012 6:27 pm
Watch: Matt Cooke's rare 3-on-5 goal
By: Adam Gretz
When the Penguins and Flyers get together you can be sure that it's going to be a ridiculous game. Saturday's 6-4 Pittsburgh win in Philadelphia was no exception. There were penalties, a questionable hit from behind by Jordan Staal, and Matt Cooke scoring a rare 3-on-5 shorthanded goal, the Penguins' second shorthanded goal of the game, with both coming on the same penalty kill.
Check out Cooke's goal, which gave the Penguins a 3-2 lead late in the second period.
How rare is a 3-on-5 goal? Consider that it was the first one in the NHL this season, and that since the start of the 2005-06 season there were only 10 such goals scored across the entire league before Cooke found the back of the net. If you go back as far as the 1997-98 season, there were only 20 shorthanded goals scored in those situations before Saturday.
Former Flyers forward Mike Richards has actually scored three of them, and is the NHL's all-time leader for 3-on-5 goals.
Cooke's goal, which resulted in Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov being removed from the game for Sergei Bobrovsky, came just minutes after Staal scored a shorthanded goal of his own to tie the game at two. Staal was involved in another big player earlier in the game when he hit Flyers defenseman Braydon Coburn from behind into the boards, resulting in a two-minute minor for boarding. It could have (and probably should have) been more.
It's a play that resulted in a $2,500 fine from the NHL. He has a clean resume in the NHL and doesn't have a reputation as being a dirty player, which probably worked in his favor. Staal was penalized on the play, but the Flyers didn't get a power play as Kimmo Timonen was given an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. It was simply that kind of day, and not one of the better officiated games you will see in the NHL this season.
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Posted on: February 10, 2012 1:30 pm
Edited on: February 10, 2012 3:43 pm
Weekend Preview: Jets look to carry 'mo' to Pitt
Weekend Schedules: Friday | Saturday | Sunday
WASHINGTON -- Here we are in mid-February and the Winnipeg Jets are still lingering right there in the playoff picture, just outside the East's top eight (even closer to the Southeast Division lead). That's how crucial Thursday night's Houdini act was in Washington, to take two points from a game that was seemingly lost.
The next question becomes how they can follow that up?
Winnipeg finishes off a travel-heavy stretch this Saturday in Pittsburgh against the Penguins. It will be their eight road game in their last nine overall, a crucial stretch in their season that many thought would bury their playoff hopes. I admit, myself included.
Instead, they were given a golden opportunity with a lucky bounce to pick up some serious steam for a playoff push.
"We have a big game in Pittsburgh," forward Bryan Little said on Thursday after the 3-2 win in D.C. "If we get a couple points there it would be a great road trip for us."
And it would bring them some strong momentum into a home-heavy stretch they are about to hit.
"We've been playing well at home all season, so we'd be really pumped with that," Little said.
That's why the game against the Pens is so big. It would more or less signify that the win in Washington was a springboard to launch them into their homestand. But any sort of momentum gained from it is for the most part lost with a flat showing in the 'Burgh.
"We've won two in a row now," said Evander Kane, who has played two games since returning from a concussion. "We have to be able to put together strings together and long winning streaks because that's how you're going to make the playoffs."
That's the goal, obviously, bring the playoffs back to the 'Peg. Maybe the White out too. So what better way to head into a stretch where nine of their next 10 are at the friendly confines of MTS Centre than a win in Pittsburgh?
They'll be taking on a Penguins team that will get a lift courtesy of a returning player. No, not Sidney Crosby, but instead Jordan Staal. Coach Dan Bylsma announced on Friday that Staal will be back in the lineup after dealing with a nagging knee issue.
So it's up to you Jets, make that win in Washington really count.
What the Devil has gotten into them?
The New Jersey Devils aren't just hanging around in the playoff race like the Jets, they are climbing into the conversation for home-ice advantage in the first round.
In a rarity, the Devils actually lost in a shootout on Thursday night to the St. Louis Blues. It brought an end to New Jersey's five-game winning streak but extended their points streak to eight games.
The catalyst in the run has been not only the stellar play of Ilya Kovalchuk, but Zach Parise's outburst. With his name being talked about as a possibility in trade discussions, Parise has only shown why teams would love to have him -- including the Devils, of course. In the last six games he has six goals and two assists. Not too shabby.
In case you haven't checked the standings in a while -- here's our nifty Playoff Race -- the Devils have jumped over the Penguins for the time being in the Atlantic Division race and are just three points behind the Flyers.
You have to like the odds of their points streak being extended to nine on Saturday. That's when they'll play the Florida Panthers at the Rock, the fourth and final meeting between coach Peter DeBoer and his former team from Florida. Seeing how the Devils have looked strong in winning two of the three from the Cats and would have taken the other if not for a complete meltdown in the third period, it doesn't seem like this is the time they will be stopped in their tracks.
Add in Florida being 1-6-4 in its last 11 road games and, well, you can see where this is going.
Chicago blues
It's high time the Blackhawks find themselves again. They are mired in a stretch that could be too difficult to overcome when it comes time for seeding in the Western Conference, especially if it continues.
In the midst of a nine-game road trip that still has five more stops to go, the Blackhawks are reeling. They've lost six in a row, picking up a point in only one of those losses. You wouldn't figure the next four games being in San Jose, at Phoenix, in Nashville then at the Rangers will make it much easier, particularly with the Sharks and Coyotes coming back-to-back this weekend.
It seems preposterous, but a couple more games and all of a sudden the Blackhawks are going to find themselves in a serious fight for a playoff spot period, let alone the seeding.
As big as the one Friday night in San Jose is, that game in Phoenix will be particularly big as the Coyotes have made a little surge in recent days and have climbed into the eighth spot in the West. It could pull Phoenix to within three points of Chicago if their skid continues.
Fifth time's the charm?
The New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers will have their fifth of six meetings this season on Saturday in Philly, a little matinee.
Despite it being their fifth game of the series, it's actually the first that will be played at Wells Fargo Center. So maybe that will be what the Flyers need to get off the Rangers schneid. They have been on the losing end of all four games so far.
There likely won't be any Ilya Bryzgalov in net again, though. And that's not because he's being benched, enjoying some nice tea in his thermos. Instead, he's enjoying some tea in his thermos because he's ill and, you know, people suggest you drink tea.
Obviously it hasn't mattered who has been in net for the Flyers this season, they haven't been able to figure out the Rangers yet. A game like Saturday's is huge for confidence, if not the standings.
Oh, and if you like fights, this might be your game. Last weekend's matchup broke out into an MMA show.
Mr. 1,000
It feels like we've had a lot of players hitting the 1,000 game milestone this season, doesn't it? On Thursday night Chris Neil of Ottawa celebrated entering four-digit territory. On Friday night it will be Tomas Holmstrom's turn.
The longtime Swedish Red Wings forward has obviously seen some good times in Detroit throughout his career. That tends to happen if you stay in a Wings uniform long enough. He'll be honored for that when the Ducks visit the Joe.
On the ice, this is actually quite the matchup. The Wings are still riding this ridiculous home winning streak, up to 18 games now. The Ducks, meanwhile, have come flying up from the basement and are now within eight points of a playoff spot in the West, still a long way to go but better than before. They are 11-2-2 in the last 15.
So don't be surprised if this is the team that's finally able to upset Detroit in Detroit and spoil the fun of Holmstrom's night.
We're going streaking!
Here is a look at the streaks -- both good and bad -- heading into the weekend.
Montreal Canadiens: Yes, that's right, the Habs are on a winning streak. They take a three-game run to their rivals in Toronto.
Vancouver Canucks: Remember when they were behind Minnesota in the Northwest? Me neither. They have a 15-point lead and carry a three-game win streak into Calgary on Saturday.
Coyotes: I said they've been on a run lately and that means they have a league-high four straight wins. Only Chicago awaits this weekend.
Blackhawks: See entry above: Six straight losses. Will they keep counting? Trips to San Jose and Phoenix on the docket.
Minnesota Wild: They have slipped out of the top eight in the West now having lost three consecutive games. A visit from Columbus is next on Saturday.
Ryan Miller: OK, I never put players on here, but Miller deserves a spot. The Sabres goalie has been much-maligned but he has turned a corner of late. He's on the run of his career. No, really. From Mike Harrington at the Buffalo News.
"Ryan Miller's 0.95 GAA and .969 save percentage over the last five games are the best in his career for any five-game stretch."
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Category: NHL
Tags: Anaheim Ducks, Brian Stubits, Bryan Little, Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, Dan Bylsma, Detroit Red Wings, Evander Kane, Florida Panthers, Ilya Bryzgalov, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jordan Staal, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, Peter DeBoer, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ryan Miller, San Jose Sharks, Sergei Bobrovsky, Tomas Holmstrom, Vancouver Canucks, Weekend Preview, Winnipeg Jets, Zach Parise
Posted on: February 6, 2012 1:57 pm
Edited on: February 6, 2012 9:43 pm
Still no timetable for Crosby return
By: Adam Gretz
There was some buzz coming out of Montreal on Monday morning as Penguins captain Sidney Crosby joined his teammates for practice at the Bell Centre ahead of Tuesday's game with the Canadiens. And while it appears that he's inching closer to returning to the lineup, he's still not quite there yet and there remains no timetable for his return.
Crosby said after the session, via Sam Kasan of the Penguins, that he will continue to skate by himself when the team returns to Pittsburgh this week and that he is still not yet symptom free, and that once he is, he will return.
So in other words: there's not much new regarding his status, other than that he practiced with the team as opposed to skating on his own.
In other injury news for the Penguins, head coach Dan Bylsma said that center Jordan Staal could return to the lineup within the next five to 10 days, which would be a huge addition to their lineup. He plays some of the toughest minutes on the team on a nightly basis, and was also having one of the best goal-scoring seasons of his career prior to his knee injury against the New York Rangers last month.
Forward Tyler Kennedy, who was injured in the closing minutes of Sunday's 5-2 loss in New Jersey, is also returning to Pittsburgh to have his lower body injury re-evaluated.
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Posted on: January 30, 2012 3:50 pm
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Crosby skates prior to Penguins practice (video)
By: Adam Gretz
Sidney Crosby was back in Pittsburgh on Monday and he hit the ice for a 45-minute skating session, along with injured teammates Jordan Staal and Simon Despres, before the Penguins team practice at the Consol Energy Center.
He had been in California visiting Dr. Robert Bray, a neurological spine specialist, for a neck injury that was reported to be to his C1 and C2 vertebrae. The Penguins issued a statement on Saturday evening that the injury had already healed and that the findings will be evaluated by independent specialists over the next couple of days.
It's been yet another bizarre chapter in what has surely been a frustrating year for the Penguins and their captain, while it also seemed to provide more questions than answers.
As for his appearance on Monday, well, this is what some of it looked like, and it seems that his hands still work quite well.
The Penguins return to action this week with back-to-back games against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday (home) and Wednesday (away).
Crosby has appeared in just eight games this season and he has been out of the lineup since December 5.
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The Penguins rediscovered their winning ways
By: Adam Gretz
A little over a week ago the sky appeared to be falling when it came to the Pittsburgh Penguins and their season.
The team was riding a six-game losing streak, they were on the outside of the Eastern Conference playoff picture for the time being and there was even a discussion as to whether or not some players on the team held a meeting regarding a potential temporary captain in the absence of Sidney Crosby. That, of course, was followed by the entire team hitting the ice for practice by all wearing C's on their jerseys on the same day they started a five-game winning streak, which was extended to six games with a 4-3 overtime win against Washington on Sunday afternoon.
It would certainly be a nice narrative to suggest that show of solidarity and team-bonding (if you want to call it that) was the springboard for their return to the win-column, but it's actually a lot more reasonable than that: the team simply wasn't as bad as it looked during that stretch, and they got back to doing a lot of the things that originally made them successful.
That six-game losing streak was the perfect storm where slumps, uncharacteristically sloppy play and bad luck all met at the same point in the season. Every mistake they made ended up in the back of their net, and no matter how many chances they generated or shots they fired on goal at the other end, they weren't getting the same fortune and couldn't seem to buy a goal.
Even though offense was difficult to come by, with the team scoring just six goals over the six games, they were still out-shooting their opponents by a significant margin in every game, indicating that they were still controlling puck possession, an area that has been one of the team's strengths ever since Dan Bylsma took over behind the bench during the 2008-09 season. It was also perhaps a sign that, eventually, they would be able to break through.
During that streak the Penguins, as a team, were shooting around 3 percent, while their opponents were pumping in goals at a 14 percent rate, two percentages that were in no way going to continue for an extended period of time (keep in mind, the league average is typically around 9 percent in a given season, as it is once again this year, and the best and worst teams usually shoot in the neighborhood of 10 and 7 percent respectively). While they may have been lacking a large number of true "scoring chances," and a lot of the shots may have been coming from the perimeter, the more time you spend in the offensive zone the more chances there are for a defensive breakdown by the other team, the more opportunities you're going to get for a second or third chance shot, and, really, the more bad things that can happen for the team trying to defend as they get worn down trying to defend, especially against an aggressive forechecking team.
The whole thing was actually pretty reminiscent of the losing streak the Detroit Red Wings had earlier in the season (also a six-game drought, driven largely by a lack of goal-scoring), and one that was followed by them winning 14 of the following 18 games.
Before the Penguins' 5-4 come-from-behind win against Montreal on Friday night, I asked Bylsma if he felt that his team was on the verge of putting together a run of games like this given the way they had previously been playing, and some of the things they were able to do, even in defeat, and he seemed to think it all started to turn around with their 1-0 loss in Washington back on Jan. 11.
"When two losses turns into four and six, you start to feel a little bit like when the next one is going to come," said Bylsma. "We liked a lot of the things we did. We maybe didn't react well to situations in the games, like other teams scoring, making a mistake, maybe a referee call -- we weren't reacting well, and it was causing us to find ways to lose, or find a way to let teams back into games.
"I think it started with the Washington game. Our attitude changed, our mindset changed, and in addition to playing well and having possession of the puck, we were playing a little bit more with an edge, a little bit more of an attitude and the way we need to play the game."
It also probably wasn't a coincidence that their worst stretch of the season also took place during the exact same time that Evgeni Malkin and James Neal, their two best players this season, hit their first extended slumps of the season. Both have since gone on new scoring streaks, especially Malkin as he continues to shine in the absence of Crosby, and has been one of the best offensive players in the league this season. But Bylsma was also quick to point out that it's not just about his point production, and that he might be playing the best even-strength hockey of his career.
"It's easy to look at the highlights and say he's playing amazing," said Bylsma. "But it's much harder to look at his whole game. How he's playing without the puck, how he's playing defensively, the number of minutes he's playing, who he's playing against, how he and his line with Chris Kunitz and James Neal have been able to play a real dominating game, and not just the fact they're scoring points and getting goals, but maybe his best hockey at 5-on-5 that he's played in his career. And he's been doing it for a long stretch of hockey right now and leading our team."
Among the numerous injuries the Penguins have dealt with at various times this season, one of the most recent was to center Jordan Staal, the player that almost always plays some of the toughest minutes on the team and handles the toughest assignments. In his absence Malkin, one of the few natural centers remaining in the lineup, has taken on more of those responsibilites in recent weeks, playing more minutes and getting more shifts against other teams top lines.
They still have a franchise center, and now that Kris Letang, their best all-around defenseman, is back in the lineup, that six-game losing streak might be starting to become a thing of the past.
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MagicJack Vocaltec Ltd. says in a statement that Dan Borislow died Monday. Borislow's friend says he died after suffering a heart attack after playing in a soccer game in West Palm Beach.
MagicJack pioneered phone calls over the Internet, advertised as a means of "eliminating your monthly phone bill forever." The device became available in thousands of stores.
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The rand was trading softer at noon on Friday due to local mining riot contagion fears and also on the back of a stronger greenback.
"We are seeing rand selling and the rand will continue to weaken for the rest of the day. Locally there is negative follow through from the Lonmin riots and its potential contagion effect. This is weighing on the rand. We see the rand trading between R8.35 to R8.48 to the dollar today'" said Duncan Howes' currency trader at Absa Capital.
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I recently visited Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to present at the International Visual Sociology Association's annual meeting and explore the region. I particularly enjoy working in Pittsburgh, but my time photographing the end of an era in Johnstown instilled an interest in the region's smaller towns. When I visited Pittsburgh in 2011, I made sure to spend a little time in neighboring borough of Braddock, but I wanted to go farther afield this time. In part motivated to see the borough of Donora, whose 1948 environmental catastrophe raised awareness of the need for clean air regulations, I visited more than a dozen towns in the Monongahela River valley, and then several more along the Ohio River.
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Live in NE Cobb, reserved the Model S while living in CA.
Am looking forward to being able to drive one hopefully sometime soon.
I live in Decatur and just made my reservation last week. I expect I won't be driving one until sometime in 2013. Any one else reserve a Model B in metro Atlanta?
I've got a Model S reserved. I'm #1,698 in line on the general production list. I should get mine late next year.
I just reserved mine. P-5836 so maybe in 2013...
I have my Model S reserved too! p3056
I am in for a Signature vehicle in West Cobb.
I'm on the reservation list too... Don't have my number but it was a while back :)
I am 5292. I live in Brookhaven. I guess that means sometime early 2013.
Anyone here thinking of getting the performance version?
I am in Decatur and reserved a sig#118
Hey kperl1, where in Decatur are you? I'm in Oakhurst. Also my reservation # is P5653. Jealous of your low# signature. You will be driving your car this summer. I will probaly get mine this time next year.
I'm P3327 in Mableton. Leaning toward Performance S
I live down in Statesboroa and have a reservation for a Signature S #1012. I'm thinking about the performance Signature instead of the general Signature.
Doing the paperwork for my final configuration today.
Sweet! What have you decided on?
Signature Red Performance with white leather, carbon fiber accent, rear spoiler, areo wheels and high power charger. I am just getting the body colored roof, because I don't like the glass roof and would never open it anyways.
I am assuming that kperl1 (above) will probably get his car on the same truck as mine since I'm 105 and he is 118.
I'm 4513 in Roswell.
Upgraded to Sig Performance, now S1227
Congrats! What options are you getting? Let us know when you are expecting delivery.
I live in Tifton, GA and regularly drive to Dunwoody. General production reservation 5040. Looking to get 85KW option with a hope that it will give an average of 250 miles range to cover my one-way drive with some buffer.
I got some good news this week! I received my "It's time to build your Model S" email. I am p3056 and I received the email on 8/14. Looks like 60-90 days approximate delivery.
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Congrats George! I'm 5836 so have at least a month to go before I get that email. What did you opt for?
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Just signed all my paperwork today!
I'm P2414 and in Atlanta / Midtown. Signed my paperwork last week. Expecting delivery in Nov. Spoke to a Tesla rep last week and they expect to be producing 500 cars a week by November!
I live in Athens. General production # 10,306.
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I'm in NE Cobb Co, & have reservation # P2693. I got the "It's time to build your Model S" email on 8/14/12, & asked for a delay, since I have not yet had a chance to drive the Model S. I feel a little nervous about finalizing my order (& making my deposit non-refundable) without having a test drive. How many people have taken a test drive, or are you comfortable ordering literally sight unseen?
The Tesla folks said there may be test drives in Ft Lauderdale in late Sept. Nothing slated for ATL area yet.
I did test drive the Tesla Roadster at the Loews Hotel in Dec 2010. That car smoked the road, & reminded me in terms of pure acceleration, of the Ferrari 458 that I test drove in Italy.
Hi hpatelmd,
I was able to visit the design center in San Jose - Santana Row where I sat in the Model S for probably an hour or so. It gave me a really good feel for the interior \ exterior of the car. I was impressed even though I was constantly being told that finish will be refined by production. The Tesla representative there was very helpful in answering all of my questions. They had leather \ paint samples that helped me decide on color & trim. Also, sample wheels to which I decided on the 19" to get a little more tire then wheel. The representative actually recommended it. 19" wheels are pretty big.
Against my better judgement I put in my order without test driving. I have been watching youtube videos of test drives and soaking up the feedback and driver reaction. They are mostly WOW-like - some of them roadster owners. From the onset I knew this would be a leap of faith so I feel pretty good that I will be getting my S (hopefully) before the end of 2012.
I own a Leaf and sat in a Model S Beta 2 weeks ago at the Denver Tesla Store. It's obviously an individual choice and preference but I was blown away by everything but the handling and drive feel since that's what I couldn't test. Otherwise I kicked the tires, played with the 17" display, operated the sunroof, sat in the back, checked out the pano roof, trunk, frunk and everything else you can do without actually driving one. It was enough for me to sign the paperwork. Personally I think it looks better in person than any videos or photos I have seen. helped me decide to choose the pano roof on my config.
I too like the look of having a little more tire with the 19" wheels, but I have to say that the 21" wheels didn't look as bad as I thought they would when I first saw them in person. Since I am getting a Signature S, it really felt bad downgrading to the 19" wheels when I already paid for the 21s.
I certainly did not get a chance to drive the car before ordering, but I wasn't worried at all about the way the car drives. The S will feel super. The decisions about the interior and exterior seemed harder to me without seeing them. I did sit in the Beta model in Florida about a month after placing my order.
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Now that BYOD has finally gone mainstream in the enterprise, isn't it time we actually use those devices?
Often, industry research questions the ROI on BYOD. While reasonable within a limited perspective, this analysis ignores cultural benefits that arise when companies offer their employees greater freedom of choice. Although pure ROI analysis is useful, creating a productive environment for employees is also essential. For this reason, any examination of BYOD that ignores employee expectations is incomplete at best.
To understand the real weakness of BYOD, we must look beyond financial analysis and examine how these devices are actually used. In today's world, we mostly use our new shiny iPhones, Android and iPad devices to manage email, contacts and calendars, none of which breaks any new ground over things we have been able to do for the past decade. Remember the wheel on your first BlackBerry pager? It handled email, contacts and calendar efficiently but we did get much more business functionality since then.
Stagnant Enterprise Value
Despite the unprecedented pace of innovation in consumer mobility over the past five years, the business value of mobile in the enterprise is stagnant. Features such as touch screens, app stores, and activity streams are great but most workers still default to basic email and calendar functions for their mobile work. Overcoming this productivity challenge demands a new wave of tools that add value over and above basic functions we have taken granted for the last 10 years.
Fortunately, everything changes when cloud services meet social and mobile computing. This big shift means that soon you will not only bring BYOD to work but actually use your own device (UYOD) to get work done.
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UYOD is the real driver and requirement of mobile ROI. If employees do not use their mobile devices, then it is obvious that real ROI is impossible. Conversely, ROI happens when employees collaborate to share contracts, presentations and spreadsheets in remote locations, whether an airport, waiting room or at home. For this reason, we must empower employees to find value in taking advantage of the capabilities their device offers.
Mobile empowerment means giving employees the ability to review a contract, edit a presentation or complete a spreadsheet without remaining tethered to a desk or laptop. The recipe for mobile success involves giving workers flexible tools with the ability to collaborate and share documents.
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Although many software vendors have brought powerful productivity apps to market, they have failed to deliver a compelling user experience or the right features. Lacking full compatibility with Microsoft Office forces workers to abandon their mobile devices and rush back to laptops to do "real work." Bottom line — our smartphones and tablets are not smart enough to help us do real work. This situation is the anti-UYOD; productivity suffers because the software just isn't ready for real work.
The recent Office Web Apps and Office 365 release empowers mobile users to access documents from the cloud, edit them using and store them back to the cloud for sharing with co-workers from pretty much any HTML5-compliant browsers: on iOS, Android, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry 10 devices.
Paradoxically, Office Web Apps and Office 365 empower Apple and Google mobile devices and reduce our dependency on the PC, however we remain dependent on PCs for "heavy" document editing. Accepting and rejecting redlines or making advanced spreadsheet calculations remain possible only using the "real" Microsoft Office. Until a realistic enterprise alternative to Microsoft Office emerges, Office 365 might be the most pragmatic path to enterprise mobile productivity and to UYOD.
This cloud approach where both documents and applications reside on the cloud delivers an additional advantage: mobile enterprise security. Our enterprise documents remain in the secured cloud and our devices remain document-less.
The devices are not compromised as they only enable users to activate the applications, view and edit the documents and store them back in the cloud without having ever downloaded anything to the devices. If you leave your tablet in an airplane, your business documents and enterprise data remain safe, although you may have lost the pictures of your last family vacation.
It is time for the enterprise to catch up and to upgrade to UYOD, so not only will businesses get more freedom, but ROI as well.


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1.1 Business Continuity Planning in the Federal Government
Business continuity planning in a federal government setting is a component of baseline security requirements and forms a process that aims to ensure that critical government services can be continually delivered in the event of a potential disaster, a security incident, a disruption or an emergency. These requirements are contained in the Emergency Management Act (2007) and the Treasury Board Policy on Government Security. Business continuity planning is important in order to provide the "development and timely execution of plans, measures, procedures and arrangements to ensure minimal or no interruption to the availability of critical services and assets"See Footnote 5 should such an eventuality occur. The Treasury Board's Operational Security Standard – Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Program requires departments to implement a Business Continuity Planning Program (BCPP) and to plan for emergencies or disruptions that could affect the delivery of critical government services.
Events such as the 1998 ice storm, the 2003 power blackout, the 2009 H1N1 pandemic and the 2010 Ottawa earthquake have highlighted the importance of business continuity plans across the organization.
The BCPP is composed of four elements:
- The establishment of BCPP governance;
- The conduct of a Business Impact Analysis (BIA);
- The development of business continuity plans and arrangements; and
- The maintenance of BCPP readiness.
1.2 Business Continuity Planning in the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
The Treasury Board of Canada (Secretariat's) departmental Business Continuity Plan (BCP) supports the Secretariat in fulfilling its mandate, including its responsibilities relating to the Federal Emergency Response Plan, the Public Service Readiness Plan and internal operations.
In the fall of 2009, the Secretariat developed its Departmental Policy on Business Continuity Planning. One year later, the Secretariat developed its departmental BCP, which is a high-level overview of the Secretariat's response to an incident. Sector BCPs, once they are validated and tested, become components of the departmental BCP and provide the detail on how a sector will respond to an incident, should the support of a sector's critical operation be required.
Public Safety Canada uses the Policy on Government Security definition of a critical service, "A service whose compromise in terms of availability or integrity would result in a high degree of injury to the health, safety, security or economic well-being of Canadians or the effective functioning of the Government of Canada."6 For a service to be identified as critical, it must be evident that interruption of the service will begin to cause injury within a specific period of time, up to 30 days.
During a tabletop exercise of the Secretariat's senior executives in December 2010, it was determined that the Secretariat has no critical services, as defined above. However, they identified a number of critical support functionsSee Footnote 7 and one critical dependency.See Footnote 8 In order to ensure that there is no confusion between the Treasury Board Policy on Government Security definition of a critical service and the terminology used in the Secretariat's BCPP documentation, the Secretariat uses the term "critical operation" to identify its critical support functions and dependencies.
As noted previously, the BCPP comprises four key elements, including the conduct of a BIA and the development of a BCP.
The purpose of a BIA is to identify the organization's mandate and critical services or products; rank the order of priority of services or products for continuous delivery or rapid recovery; and identify internal and external impacts of disruptions.See Footnote 9
The departmental BCP is intended to manage temporary business disruptions lasting up to 30 days. Business continuity planning is based on two scenarios:
- Workforce outage, where sufficient staff may be unable to report for duty, such as in a pandemic.
- Infrastructure outage, where premises occupied by the Secretariat may be uninhabitable due to damage or lack of utilities.
The BCP provides for the continued availability of services that are critical to the security of employees and the effective functioning of the department in times of an emergency incident or disruption.
The BCP explains what an organization has developed in terms of governance, processes (including approval processes) and tools to make sure it can respond in an emergency incident or disruption—whether the emergency incident or disruption lasts a few hours, days or much longer. The BCP clearly defines the roles and responsibilities of key people and groups, with a view to ensuring that operations that are critical to the effective functioning of the Secretariat will be maintained. The BCP will be activated when a critical operation is at risk of not being delivered and will provide for additional support from employees in non-critical operations.
Operating Environment
At the Secretariat, responsibility for the BCPP is distributed between the corporate BCP unit in the Administration and Security Directorate, Corporate Services Sector, and the 17 Secretariat sectors and branches.See Footnote 10
The Director of Security, Administration and Security Directorate, has been designated as the Departmental Security Officer (DSO), who has the responsibility for developing and maintaining the BCPP.
A BCP coordinator, who reports to the DSO, is responsible for coordinating and supporting the development, management, delivery, and ongoing monitoring and maintenance of the Secretariat's BCPs. In turn, the BCP coordinator is supported by the BCP working group.
Sector heads and their management teams are accountable for assessing an incident, determining the most appropriate response within their respective areas, and developing a sector BIA and BCP to identify and document their responses. Each sector appoints a sector BCP coordinator and an alternate to represent them on the BCP working group and to support the sector head during an incident.
The Secretariat BCP working group, made up of sector BCP coordinators and their alternates, coordinates the development and implementation of the BCPP. This working group is chaired by the DSO.
The Secretariat Incident Management Team (IMT), made up of key stakeholders in communications, information technology, human resources and security services, supports the DSO and the BCP coordinator in the activation and coordination of the Secretariat's departmental BCP and sector BCPs during an incident, in accordance with the following:
- Emergency Management Act;
- Policy on Government Security;
- Operational Security Standard – Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Program; and
- Secretariat's Departmental Policy on Business Continuity Planning.
The Assistant Secretary, Corporate Services Sector, is the chair of the IMT.
Activation of the Secretariat's BCP will occur upon instruction from the Secretary, or the Secretary's alternate, in response to an incident that jeopardizes the Secretariat's ability to deliver its critical operations. In the event that both the Secretary and the alternate are not available, the decision will be taken by the IMT chair. Sector BCPs, as well as components of the Secretariat's departmental BCP, will be activated during an incident, as required.
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Walters State Community College will offer a new selfdefense class for students age 10 to 14.
"Self-Defense and Violence Prevention for Youth" is offered by Walters State's Division of Community Education and will meet on the school's Morristown campus on May 23 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Space is limited for the class, and the cost is $25.
The class combines physical training with body language exercises and includes boundarysetting games, the goal of which is to help build assertiveness.
School officials said participants will leave with keener instincts and new ideas about how to lead a safer life.
Discussions in the class will cover violence in relationships, bullying, online harassment, sexual abuse and defending against an attacker that has a weapon.
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Timing for this next system looks to move into southeast Arizona Friday, and continue through Monday.
Friday will be partly cloudy and warm, but strong winds will be the big weather story for the day, with areas of blowing dust east of Tucson. Those winds will blow in much colder temps and a chance for rain and mountain snow.
Rain could start by late Friday night, with snow expected Saturday night into early Sunday. Snow levels will lower below 5000 feet by late Saturday, and potentially to valley floors in some locations. Snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches are expected above 7000 feet.
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I may have to start a weekly feature on applications of OLED technology -- organic light-emitting diodes. Since the advent of this ground-breaking technology (back in 2006) industrial designers have been flocking to a material with almost limitless design applications.
Last week I wrote about the OLED video passport. This week, Inhabitat (via Ubergizmo) spotted a young designer's prototype for the super-cool 'Black & White' OLED clock, which I am nominating for the "has to hit IKEA by 2010" award.
The clock is made up of four individual wireless units, each of which contains a light sensor. When the room is dark, the small battery causes the surface of each number to glow. When the sun strikes it, the sensor dims the number back to its default black color.
Designer Vadim Kibardin has completed the prototype and is currently looking for a manufacturer.
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Man Facing Murder Charges in Girlfriend's Beating Death
Romney in Jacksonville: Obama Focused on 'Character Assassination'
Donna Summer Dead at 63
Over 3,000 Dead Jacksonville Voters Removed from Rolls
Verizon Wireless to End Unlimited Data for Upgraders
DCPS Workers Raking in Thousands in Overtime
FBI Serves Search Warrant at Fast Train College
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Woman's Death at Caroline Arms Under Investigation
Nifty Navy Wife Creatively Keeps Deployed Husband Included
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation has executed a search warrant at Fast Train College on Jacksonville's Southside.
Jeff Westcott, Public Information Officer for the Jacksonville FBI field office, said the FBI is there serving a search warrant as part of a joint investigation between the United States Department of Education and the FBI.
Westcott said agents arrived shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. They were expected to be there the majority of the day.
No arrests are planned today, Westcott said. Agents are there to gather evidence.
At this time, the college will not be shut down.
WTSP, a sister station of First Coast News, confirmed that the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General is also conducting a search warrant at Fast Train campuses in Tampa and Clearwater as well.
The DOE OIG is working in conjunction with the FBI, the office confirmed.
The owner of Fast Train College informed the Commission for Independent Education that the FBI was on the premises, according to Susan Hood of the Florida Department of Education.
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WALLA WALLA -- The stage has been set for a full-blown legal battle between the city of Walla Walla and the owner of a downtown toy store who wants to save his giant octopus mural.
Superior Court Judge Donald W. Schacht on Thursday afternoon denied a preliminary injunction request by Bob Catsiff, who filed a lawsuit against the city earlier this month. But the lawsuit will continue and the city meanwhile will not require removal of the octopus. The lawsuit could take weeks or months to conclude.
The dispute will take a brief detour to City Hall on Thursday night for a session with Hearing Examiner Leland B. Kerr. At the session, both sides are expected to agree that the octopus painted above the entrance to Inland Octopus at 7 E. Main St. is a sign and violates city code, as the city has maintained since last month when it ordered Catsiff to remove it.
Catsiff can then add a direct appeal of that finding to his lawsuit, which claims the sign code infringes on his constitutional protections of free speech.
City Attorney Tim Donaldson said in an interview he'll ask Thursday night that enforcement against the mural be stayed until the court process is concluded. That means the octopus can remain for the time-being and -- although daily fines of $100 against Catsiff will continue to accrue -- they won't be collected unless the city ultimately wins the case.
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Masters: 20-year-old Jordan Spieth shares lead
Augusta, Ga. • Even without golf's biggest star, this suddenly is shaping up as a Masters for the ages.
Jordan Spieth, playing a brand of big-time golf that belies his 20 years, kept his cool amid the chaos of Saturday at Augusta National. He was too busy trying to handle a lightning-fast golf course to even look at a leaderboard until he couldn't avoid them over the closing holes of a wild round.
His name at the top with Bubba Watson was compelling enough.
It's been 83 years since a player this young won a major, and 35 years since anyone won the Masters on his first try.
Two shots behind was 50-year-old Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain, rattling off seven birdies for a tournament-best 66 that gave him a shot at becoming the oldest winner in 154 years of championship golf. And still very much in the picture is Fred Couples, the 54-year-old who won his green jacket a year before Spieth was born.
The only mention of Tiger Woods, absent from Augusta National for the first time in 20 years, was whether Spieth could replace him as the youngest Masters champion.
"For a 20-year-old, he's pretty savvy. Not much bothers him," said Couples, who picked Spieth for the Presidents Cup. "Tomorrow obviously is going to be a really, really hard day to try to win this. But he's well qualified to do it."
Spieth managed one last par from the deep fairway bunker on the 18th hole for a 2-under 70. In his first Masters, he has broken par all three rounds.
That gave him a share of the lead with Watson, whose five bogeys in a round of 74 brought so many players back into the mix. Watson had a three-shot lead at the start of the third round. When he walked off the 18th green with a par, nine players were separated by three shots.
Spieth and Watson were at 5-under 211.
"Today was moving day," Spieth said. "And tomorrow is about seeing how I can control my game and emotions out on the golf course against guys that have even won here recently. So they have been in the position I haven't. Doesn't necessarily mean I don't think that they have an advantage in any way. I think that I'm very confident in the way things are going. And really looking forward to tomorrow."
Woods was 21 when he won his first Masters in 1997. Spieth would be the youngest major champion since Tom Creavy, who was a few months younger than Spieth when he won the 1931 PGA Championship.
But there's a lot of traffic on the road to a green jacket, mostly because of Watson.
He stretched his lead to five shots with a 7-iron to 6 feet for eagle on the second hold. He made only one birdie the rest of the way, a round sprinkled with putts that he either rammed too hard or left woefully short. Even so, the former Masters champion was right where he wanted to be.
"If somebody told me I would have shot 2 over and still be tied for the lead, I would have taken it in a heartbeat," Watson said. "So I got a shot on Sunday."
So do so many others.
Matt Kuchar, who squandered chances to win in each of the last two weeks, hit a pitch from well behind the 15th green that had to be perfect and was, setting up the best of his six birdies in a round of 68. Kuchar, a favorite in these parts from his days at Georgia Tech, was one shot behind along with Masters rookie Jonas Blixt, who fell out of the lead with a bogey on the 17th and shot 71.
Sunday's tee times
8:10 a.m. • Larry Mize
8:20 a.m. • Stephen Gallacher, Joost Luiten
8:30 a.m. • Mike Weir, Brandt Snedeker
8:40 a.m. • K.J. Choi, Sandy Lyle
8:50 a.m. • Francesco Molinari, Nick Watney
9:00 a.m. • Brendon de Jonge, a•Oliver Goss
9:10 a.m. • Thongchai Jaidee, Thorbjorn Olesen
9:20 a.m. • Lucas Glover, Billy Horschel
9:30 a.m. • Darren Clarke, Stewart Cink
9:50 a.m. • Vijay Singh, Jose Maria Olazabal
10 a.m. • Steven Bowditch, Hunter Mahan
10:10 a.m. • Martin Kaymer, Bill Haas
10:20 a.m. • Louis Oosthuizen, Jamie Donaldson
10:30 a.m. • Bernhard Langer, Henrik Stenson
10:40 a.m. • Jimmy Walker, Rory McIlroy
10:50 a.m. • Gonzalo Fernandez•Castano, Russell Henley
11:00 a.m. • Chris Kirk, Steve Stricker
11:10 a.m. • Adam Scott, Jason Day
11:30 a.m. • Ian Poulter, Kevin Streelman
11:40 a.m. • John Senden, Gary Woodland
11:50 a.m. • Kevin Stadler, Fred Couples
Noon • Thomas Bjorn, Justin Rose
12:10 p.m. • Lee Westwood, Jim Furyk
12:20 p.m. • Miguel Angel Jimenez, Rickie Fowler
12:30 p.m. • Matt Kuchar, Jonas Blixt
12:40 p.m. • Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson