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Are blogs losing their infuence?
By DaveLevy on Aug 29, 2009
Richard Morgan sent me this article, "Are Blogs Losing Their Authority To The Statusphere?" dated March 10th 2009, which argues that while blog authority ranking according to Technorati remains fairly static, the scores of the various blogs are declining. Technorati uses an inlist scoring algorithm which may be part of the problem, but it would seem to me that micro-blogging is impacting the strength of the voice of blogs as a communications tool, which is what the article argued. In some way's not just micro-blogging, but the various places where people can and do record what they do and think. When I started this blog 5 years ago, I chose to restrain what I put here but other media have grown in popularity, and so people's ability to express themselves have grown. There is a diversification of publication sites which makes following people harder, although technorati only set out to capture blogs, not people, blogs seem no longer to be at the centre of how the internet records what people think. I know that I have been writing less frequently.
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Different sites and technologies seek to perform and excel in different parts of the chain. The aggregation stage permits people to view people, if they permit it, or subject matter and most importantly control their own entry points to the mess that is today's content, by which I mean choose to follow people of look for specific expertise. I think that authors should seek to co-operate with this consumer control of the reading process. It should be noted that the behaviour of individuals and corporations will differ. In particular most media companies want to capture the reader/viewer but individuals have no need to copy this behaviour. I try to post content and let people find it; I hope I have developed a reputation for expertise in some subjects over my career.
By keeping the architecture in mind, one can try and avoid annoying your readers, who, if one has any, are likely to be your friends. Bad habits I see are people who syndicate their tweets into facebook, so I, and others, get to know about their breakfast twice, and I am not a fan of syndicating one's del.icio.us feed into blogs using the APIs. This latter habit annoys me because I don't see the blog as an aggregation tool, but a publishing tool, and so I expect original work, of some description in people's blogs. This can be even worse when people then publicise the blog, containing bookmarks using a micro blog. That's three clicks to read something written by someone other than the person who's views you've subscribed to, and if using a wireless device that's a real pain. NB This is also true if you subscribe to Digg feeds, you get to 'interesting' content via the Digg page, so three clicks, three tabs or windows to read content you want. Another offence which I wish I could deal with more easily is the microblogging incontinent. The only way I have discovered how to deal with those, is to unsubscribe.
One can, and I do aggregate my feeds into one place. I originally created a personal planet, which aggregates some of the feeds I create. I have tried to create an everything feed at http://friendfeed.com/davelevy, which also has a nice key of the feeds I contribute to. This means that my readers can construct a feed that interests them. I know that some friends are interested in the technology, but not the politics. I commit the offence of subscribing my friend feed to face book, but I consider Facebook to be mainly a consumer. I need to think about this. Its not great, but I don't syndicate my tweets directly to my face book statuses (sic), nor do I copy them back into friend feed. Manging my facebook feed is not easy and is compounded by Facebook's desire to perform all roles in the architecture while being 'open'. Its this open-ness which has enable site specialisation around, for instance, travel, books, restaurants and even at living social, iphone apps.
I suppose I am appealing for people to consider what tools they use to perform a specific role in the the personal content architecture. Don't over aggregate, if people are interested in your thoughts they'll find them. Don't shove it down their throats.
When I first considered writing this little essay, it seemed interesting to consider, "Is the status-sphere replacing blogs?", others including Tim Bray have written about this since and argue Not. I hope that the evolution of easy micro-blogging, will free blogs to become deeper and more interesting. I know that I have produced less frequent blog article since I took up with Twitter, but I also considered my del.icio.us feed, to be a microblog of sorts. Another key development is that the use of sites like del.icio.us has turned in-list search ranking from a vote of web authors, where you needed the technology skills and resource to have a web page in order to influence the sort order, into a vote of web readers and authors. The ease of micro blog adoption means that an even large crowd should now be participating in the construction of in list search orders. I am unsure how url shortner's impact the search engines in-list calculations. They make it harder, I 'm sure, as does the fact there's more than one. Many argue that Twitter's best value is as a search engine and that it, and other micro-blogging systems won't replace blogs because there are too many subjects that can't be accurately discussed in 140, characters. Techcrunch published further thoughts on twitter, and it chances of supplanting the blogs, however it takes less time to tweet, rubbish gets lost easier, and twitter in particular is designed to be used by handheld devices. (I don't think I'd like to have written this on my new Nokia 5800, or even my ipodtouch.) It should be noted, that while its very easy to create a 140 character message, it should be easy to create a podcast or even a video, but its not. They are both difficult to create, especially if you don't just record a chat amongst friends but try and 'deliver/perform' a report. This is a skills issue. They wouldn't pay Steven Fry all that money to make audio books if it was easy.
One final thought is that communitarian aggregation is not well done at the moment. One of the strength's of Peter Reiser's approach, 'Community Equity', to knowledge management systems that at its heart is a personal rating engine. (See also http://socialadoption.com/ They don't yet have this as truly n-dimensional, which I think is needed, so you can rate your own content, rate other author's expertise, rate & describe their interest to you. I may play with a Google App or Zembly, to experiment with some of how to make some of this work. A very rich inter-personal network with sophisitcated popular and machine calculated relevance scoring is something that can add value. Content could flow through your colleagues votes moving closer and further away from your viewing window and your friends and colleagues advice and hints would influence or determine what you find. Google reader's share facility is quite close, but there's only one dimension, you can have friends, and they can recommend stuff for you to read. (I think more can be done.)
I hint that one of Technorati's problems is its reliance on in-list. Searching the Workplace Web, written by Fagin, Kumar and McCurley, which I commented on, on this blog in an article called, The Shape of Internet, write about a number of relevance and ordering tests that could be used and specifically argue that within the corporate intranet other sorts and relevance tests may be more appropriate to help solve a number of questions such as authority. They also argue that intranet URL naming is less search friendly and it is clear that the dissipation of people's voice and advice over multiple sites with different naming conventions, often using surrogates or numbers and URL shortners means that the internet is catching up on the early intranet in the chaos of name space. It may be time to review in-list and begin to weight votes for relevance and sort-order.
Are blogs losing their relevance, maybe, maybe not. Well written opinions by disinterested experts will always be valued. As the dross moves to the microblogs, this may liberate the blogs to re-establish themselves as clear voices of expertise. Some of what was observed Richard's post to me may be failures in Technorati, its initial insights are aged and its being out innovated.
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I would like to know how fast can I sample a waveform (1ms? 1us?)
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The fastest you can sample is limited by the ADC clock, which can be as fast as the main clock frequency divided by 2, or 8 MHz. Now, at that sampling frequency your results will not be accurate! In addition, the datasheet says the ADC clock should not exceed 1 MHz (I'm guessing results will just be ridiculously wrong beyond that point). The "recommended" ADC clock frequency to meet datasheet parameters is 200 kHz or less (many of the ADC parameters are specified at 200 kHz). Another parameter of note is the "input bandwidth", which has a typical specification of 38.5 kHz so (according to Nyquist's theorem) there's no information beyond 77 kHz of sampling (though it is beneficial to sample faster than that if your signal truly does have spectral content up to 38.5 kHz).OK, so with that out of the way, let's say you settle on 200 kHz, that means you are sampling data every 5 microseconds.
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Meridian, Miss. The Meridian City Council has decided on a balanced budget, but steering away from Mayor Bland's proposal, the council voted 4 to 1 in favor of keeping their current healthcare provider, Fox/Everett. A main reason for that decision is timeliness.
"They said we really would like to have this information by the first part of September to make sure that there's no interruption in services because the effective date has to be October 1," said Ward 4 Councilwoman Kim Houston. "When you're dealing with health insurance, we need that policy to be apples to apples."
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The region's central bankers may continue to warn markets Wednesday and later this week of possible market intervention to stem unusual volatility and to potentially weaken currencies to stimulate exports.
Hungary's forint will remain in the spotlight after it strengthened versus the euro late Monday and Tuesday. It had weakened after a column written by the Economy Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy appeared Thursday and was viewed by markets as an attempt to talk down the forint to favor exporters.
Both Hungary and the Czech Republic are gripped by recession.
The Czech central bank has repeated warned that is ready to sell the koruna if it sees an unwarranted appreciation of the currency.
But in Hungary, the picture isn't so clear. Another senior government official, state minister Gyula Pleschinger, told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that a strong forint is more favorable and a stable currency rate is very important.
"Right now, a stronger forint is more useful for Hungary than a weak forint as there's a very high foreign currency exposure—not only households but also the state is heavily indebted in foreign currency. A sudden forint weakening puts very heavy burdens on them," Mr. Pleschinger said.
Analyst Lars Christensen of Danske Bankid: "We actually expect some recovery in the forint in the medium term, but, short term, the uncertainties regarding the outlook for monetary policy are likely to weigh on the forint despite a fairly benign global financial environment."
Separately, Slovenia may sell additional dollar bonds and possibly tap euro bond markets in 2013 to repay the country's maturing sovereign debt as yields fall and raise funds to shore up state-owned banks, finance ministry spokesman Peter Bajec said Tuesday.
POLAND: Poland's zloty volatility and levels aren't worrying, the Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday, a day after the leader of the junior coalition partner said he preferred a weaker level for the currency.
"We all know that a weak currency has its benefits and shortfalls," the prime minister said during a press conference. "I think that current levels and volatility are well within the safe range."
POLAND: Poland's annual inflation rate eased to 2.4% in December from 2.8% in November, unexpectedly moving below the central bank's target of 2.5% for the first time since August 2010, the country's statistics office said Tuesday.
Prices rose 0.1% in December from the previous month, the same rate as in November.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Czech 70% state-owned power company CEZ (BAACEZ.PR) said Tuesday that it is considering selling its stake in a project to build replacement nuclear reactors in Slovakia to a Russian company so it can focus on its own Czech nuclear expansion project.
"For CEZ our main priority now is preparing for the construction of two new reactors at the Temelin nuclear power plant," said Barbora Pulpanova, CEZ spokeswoman.
SLOVAKIA: German utility E.ON SE and France's GDF Suez said Tuesday they have agreed to sell their combined 49% stake in Slovak gas group Slovensky Plynarensky Priemysel AS for 2.6 billion euros ($3.5 billion) to Czech investment fund Energeticky a Prumyslovy Holding.
The sale comes as both E.ON and GDF Suez have been selling assets to strengthen their financial positions to better withstand difficult trading conditions in their home markets.
HUNGARY: The impending appointment of a new central bank chief in Hungary shouldn't lead to an excessive loosening of monetary policy, a senior Hungarian finance official said Tuesday, and could help heal strained relations between the bank and the administration of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
"The trust between the government and the central bank, which today unfortunately is far from ideal, could be reestablished" when a new governor is selected to succeed outgoing incumbent Andras Simor, said Gyula Pleschinger, a state secretary at the Economy Ministry.
CEE: Raiffeisen Bank International chief executive said Tuesday he doesn't see significant deleveraging occurring in Central and Eastern Europe.
"I don't see a reason why should we expect a fear of deleveraging in the fastest-growing growth market of Europe," Herbert Stepic told reporters on the sidelines of a monetary conference on the region
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CORPUS CHRISTI – Terence Jones scored a career-high 26 points and Chris Hawkins-Mast matched his career mark with 16, but Texas Tech was able to hold on for a 61-54 victory over the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi basketball team on Thursday night on Stripes Court at the American Bank Center. The Islanders played in front of a season-high 2,719 fans.
Jaye Crockett led the Red Raiders (4-3) with 12 points and nine boards, while four other Tech players finished with eight points or more. Hawkins-Mast topped the Islanders with nine rebounds, while Johnathan Jordan had a career-best six assists. Texas A&M – Corpus Christi (1-4) had a season-low five turnovers in the loss.
The two teams traded threes early on, but the Red Raiders upped their inside play and went on a 6-0 run for a 9-3 lead. The Islanders trimmed it to a 12-7 deficit, but Tech rallied for six straight points, two on a fast-break layup by Ty Nurse to push the lead to 18-7 in favor of the visitors.
Jones' second triple of the night stopped the rally, and that sparked a 12-2 run to trim the deficit to a single point at 20-19. Jones had three shots from long range in the run and Jason Smith added a three-point play. From there, the teams went back-and-forth toward the end of the half, with the Islanders running off a 4-0 rally to finish the half.
Jones was on fire from the floor in the opening stanza, scoring 17 of the Islanders' 27 points on 5-of-11 shooting, including four threes in eight tries. Smith had six points as well for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Islanders won the battle of the boards, 20-12, and held the Red Raiders without an offensive rebound in the half.
Out of the break, the Islanders struck first with a Chris Hawkins-Mast three, but Tech countered with a triple of its own. After a Red Raiders putback put them back in the lead, Chris Hawkins-Mast converted a three-point play to put the Islanders back in the lead. But Tech rallied with a 9-2 run for a 40-35 edge.
The two teams battled back-and-forth over the next several possessions, with Texas Tech holding a 48-42 lead at the 6:14 mark. The Islanders chipped away to pull to 48-45, but Toddrick Gotcher's layup pushed it to a five-point edge at 50-45. The Red Raiders pushed the lead back to eight, but the home squad trimmed it to a five-point deficit with the ball. Unfortunately for the Islanders, they were unable to convert and Texas Tech hit its free throws down the stretch to finish off the victory.
The Islanders will have a quick turnaround, as they play Houston in a road contest on Saturday night. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. at Hofheinz Pavilion. Live audio and statistics will be available on GoIslanders.com.


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POSITION: Goaltender
CATCHES: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Are, SWE
DRAFTED: NYR: 2000-205 overall
Vezina Trophy (1)
2014-15: Tied for seventh in the NHL in goals against average (2.25), tied for eighth in the NHL in shutouts (five), and tied for 10th in the NHL in save percentage (.922) ... Became the second goalie in NHL history to post a 2.50 GAA or better in each of his first 10 seasons ... Posted a .920 SV% or better for the sixth consecutive season and for the seventh time in 10 NHL seasons ... Made 23 saves and recorded the win in the Rangers' season opener on Oct. 9 at STL; became the fifth Rangers goalie to appear in parts of 10 seasons with the team (along with Mike Richter, Ed Giacomin, John Vanbiesbrouck, and Gump Worsley) and became the third goal- ie in franchise history to start nine consecutive regular season openers ... Stopped all 33 shots he faced to record a win/shutout on Oct. 19 vs. SJS ... Stopped all 25 shots he faced through regulation and overtime while appearing in his 583rd career NHL game on Nov. 1 vs. WPG; passed Worsley for second on the Rangers' all- time appearances list ... Registered a 16-4-0 record, along with a 1.82 GAA, a .938 SV%, and 1 SO in 20 appearances from Dec. 8 vs. PIT to Feb. 2 vs. FLA; allowed two goals or fewer in 15 of those 20 con- tests ... Posted a personal seven-game winning streak from Dec. 8 vs. PIT to Dec. 27 vs. NJD (1.54 GAA, .940 SV%, and 1 SO over the span); tied his career-high ... Stopped all 16 shots he faced to record his 55th career NHL shutout on Dec. 14 at EDM; passed Ed Giacomin and Bernie Parent for 20th on the NHL's all-time shut- outs list ... Named NHL Third Star of the Week for the week ending on Dec. 14, as he posted a 3-0-0 record, along with a 1.30 GAA, a .951 SV%, and 1 SO in three appearances ... Made 19 saves and recorded a win while appearing in his 600th career NHL game on Dec. 27 vs. NJD; became the ninth goalie to appear in at least 600 games with one franchise in NHL history and became one of four goalies in NHL history who posted at least 325 wins through his first 600 career games (Jacques Plante, Martin Brodeur, Chris Osgood) ... Made 30 saves and posted his 20th win of the season on Jan. 10 at SJS; became the first goalie in NHL history who has won at least 20 games in each of his first 10 NHL seasons and tied Richter for the most 20-win seasons in franchise history ... Made at least 30 saves in six of seven appearances from Jan. 16 at CBJ to Feb. 2 vs. FLA, including in four straight games from Jan. 16 at CBJ to Jan. 27 at NYI; made 30 or more saves in four consecutive appearances for the first time since Dec. 17 – Dec. 23, 2009 ... Posted his 30th win of the season on Apr. 11 at WSH; became the first goalie in NHL history to earn at least 30 wins in nine of his first 10 NHL seasons and became the fourth goalie in NHL history to earn at least 30 wins in nine different seasons, joining Martin Brodeur, Patrick Roy, and Ed Belfour ... Tied for third in the NHL in wins (11) and GAA (2.11), and ranked fourth in the NHL in SV% (.928) in the playoffs ... Allowed two goals or fewer in 14 of 19 playoff appearances, and allowed one goal in nine appearances ... Posted a 1.53 GAA and a .939 SV% (124 saves on 132 shots) in the First Round against PIT; recorded the second-lowest GAA in a playoff series in his career, and the lowest since the ECQF against ATL in 2007 (1.50) ... Appeared in his 94th career playoff game with the Rangers in Game 2 vs. PIT on Apr. 18; became the Rangers' all-time leader in playoff appearances (among skaters and goaltenders) ... Posted a 1.65 GAA and a .946 SV% in the Second Round against WSH ... Appeared in his 100th career NHL playoff contest in Game 3 at WSH on May 4; became the first Ranger (skater or goaltender) to appear in 100 playoff games with the franchise ... Made 28 saves while making his 100th consecutive playoff appearance with the Rangers in Game 4 at WSH on May 6; became the third goaltender in NHL history to appear in 100 consecutive playoff games with one franchise (Brodeur – NJD; Roy – COL) ... Stopped 28 of 29 shots and earned a win in Game 5 vs. WSH on May 8; allowed two goals or fewer for the eighth consecutive playoff game, establishing a franchise record ... Made 42 saves and earned his 50th career NHL playoff win in Game 6 at WSH on May 10; the 42 saves were the most he made in one playoff game which ended in regulation in his career ... Made 35 saves and earned a win in Game 7 vs. WSH on May 13; earned his sixth career win in Game 7 of a playoff series, tying Brodeur and Roy for the most Game 7 wins in NHL history, and earned his 10th consecutive win when facing elimination at MSG (0.96 GAA, .968 SV%, 2 SO in the 10 games).
2013-14: Tied for fourth in the NHL in shutouts (five), tied for seventh in wins (33), and tied for first among goalies in assists (four) ... Registered a 2.36 GAA and a .920 SV%; posted a save percentage of .920 or better for the fifth consecutive sea- son and the sixth time in nine NHL seasons ... Became the Rangers' all-time wins leader by recording his 302nd career victory in an 8-4 win on Mar. 18 at OTT ... Became the Rangers' all-time leader in shutouts by re- cording his 50th career shutout on Mar. 22 at NJD; became the 27th goalie in NHL history to record 50 career shutouts ... Made 30 or more saves on 19 occasions, posting a 13-4-2 record, along with a 2.14 GAA, a .940 SV%, and two shutouts in those contests ... Made 22 saves to post his first shutout of the season on Oct. 16 at WSH ... Made a season-high, 41 saves and tallied a power play assist on Nov. 21 at DAL; established a single-period career-high with 21 saves in the first period ... Posted a 2-0-0 record with a 2.00 GAA and a .925 SV% in two contests at Yankee Stadium as part of the 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series; became the first goalie to win two outdoor games in one season and three outdoor games in his career ... Has a 3-0-0 re- cord with a 2.00 GAA and a .933 SV% in three career outdoor games ... Posted a personal five-game winning streak on two occasions – from Jan. 26 at NJD to Feb. 7 at PIT (1.77 GAA, .940 SV%) and from Mar. 18 at OTT to Mar. 26 vs. PHI (1.79 GAA, .935 SV%,1 SO); tied for the third longest winning streak of his career ... Recorded his 300th career NHL win with a 30-save shutout on Mar. 9 vs. DET; became the 29th goalie in NHL history to win 300 games and the 11th to win 300 games with one team; tied Ed Giacomin's franchise record for career shutouts with 49 ... Made 30 saves in a 4-2 win on Mar. 14 at WPG; tied Mike Richter for the franchise record in career wins (301) ... Established playoff career-highs in appearances (25) and wins (13) ... Established a franchise re- cord for playoff appearances is one year ... Ranked second in the NHL in wins, GAA (2.14), and SV% (.927) ... Stopped 26 of 27 shots in Game 7 of the Metropolitan Division Semifinals vs. PHI on Apr. 30; became one of four goalies in NHL history to win four consecutive Game 7s (Patrick Roy, Ed Belfour, Cam Ward) ... Posted a 1.87 GAA and a .940 SV% in the Metropolitan Division Finals against PIT ... Appeared in his 77th career play- off game in Game 3 vs. PIT on May 5; passed Richter for first on the team's all-time playoff appearances list ... Stopped 36 of 37 shots while making his 80th career playoff appearance in Game 6 vs. PIT on May 11; be- came the 23rd goalie in NHL history to appear in 80 playoff games, and the 18th to do so with one franchise ... Made 35 saves in Game 7 at PIT on May 13; became the first goalie in NHL history to win five consecutive Game 7s, posting a 0.80 GAA and a .973 SV% in the five games ... Registered a playoff career-high, five- game winning streak from Game 5 at PIT on May 9 to Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals at MTL on May 19 (1.20 GAA, .964 SV% over the span) ... Made 40 saves to record his 40th career playoff victory in Game 2 at MTL on May 19; became the ninth goalie in NHL history to win 300 career regular season games and 40 career playoff games with one franchise ... Stopped all 18 shots he faced in Game 6 vs. MTL on May 29; passed Richter for first on the Rangers' all-time playoff wins list with his 42nd career playoff victory, and tied Richter for first on the team's all-time playoff shutouts list with his ninth career playoff shutout ... Made at least 40 saves in three of five Stanley Cup Final games against LAK ... Made 40 saves while making his 90th consecutive playoff start in Game 4 vs. LAK on June 11; improved to 8-0 with a 0.99 GAA, a .968 SV%, and 2 SO in his last eight games when facing elimination at MSG ... Became the third goalie in NHL history to start at least 90 consecutive playoff games with one team (Brodeur – NJD; Roy – COL) ... Stopped 48 of 51 shots he faced in Game 5 at LAK on June 13; became the first Rangers goalie to make at least 40 saves in consecutive playoff games and at least 40 saves in four playoff games in one year.
2012-13: Tied for the NHL lead in wins (24) to become the first Rangers goaltender to lead the league in wins since Mike Richter in 1993-94 (42 wins) ... Ranked seventh in the league in goals against average (2.05) and tied for fifth in save percent- age (.926) ... Captured Rangers' MVP honors for a franchise record, seventh time ... Lundqvist allowed two or fewer goals in 16 of his final 20 games of the season, posting a record of 13-5-2 with a 1.78 goals against aver- age, .930 save percentage, and two shutouts over the span, and held opponents to two or fewer goals in 29 games this season ... Posted 30+ saves in nine games, posting a record of 4-4-1 with a 2.09 goals against aver- age and .942 save percentage in those contests ... Henrik Lundqvist turned aside all 20 shots faced to post his second shutout of the season, 45th of his career, on Apr. 27 vs. NJD to pass Ed Giacomin as the franchise leader in career total shutouts (regular season + playoffs) with 51 total shutouts in his career ... Made 34 saves in a 6-1 win on Apr. 18 vs. FLA for his 20th win of the season; Is one of five active goalies to reach the 20-win mark in eight straight seasons, and the only goalie in the league with an active streak of eight straight, 20-win seasons ... Turned aside 29 shots to post his first shutout of the season, 44th of his career, in a 1-0 OT win on Apr. 13 at NYI ... Named the NHL's Third Star for the week ending Apr. 7, posting a 3-0-1 mark with a 1.22 goals against average and .962 save percentage over the span ... Made a season-high, 48 saves in a 4-1 win on Apr. 6 at CAR; Has recorded 40+ saves 13 times in his career, posting a record of 8-0-5 with a 1.34 goals against average, .969 save percentage, and four shutouts in those contests ... Made 26 saves in a 2-1 shootout loss on Apr. 5 at PIT, while making his 500th career NHL appearance; became the fourth Rangers goalie to appear in 500 contests (Mike Richter, Lorne Worsley, Ed Giacomin) ... Stopped 26 shots in a 6-1 win on Apr. 3 vs. PIT to record his 268th career win, passing Ed Giacomin for second on the Rangers' all-time goalie wins list ... Posted two, four-game winning streaks – from Feb. 7 vs. NYI to Feb. 17 vs. WSH, and Feb. 28 vs. TBL to Mar.7 at NYI ... Tied for second in the league in playoff save percentage and ranked sixth in playoff goals against average (2.14) ... Posted back-to- back shutouts in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals on May 12 vs. WSH and Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals on May 13 at WSH, becoming the first goaltender since Dominik Hasek to record consecutive shutouts in Games 6 and 7 of a play- off series (2002 Western Conference Finals) ...
2011-12: Established career-highs in wins (39) and save percentage (.930), and posted a career-best in goals against average (1.97). ... Tied for fourth in the NHL in goals against average, third in shutouts (eight), and ranked third in wins and save percentage. ... Captured Rangers' MVP honors for the sixth consecutive year, which marks a franchise record, and ties him with Brian Leetch for the most in franchise history. ... Held opponents to two or fewer goals in 41 games. ... Made 30 or more saves in 18 games this season, posting a record of 12-5-1 with a 2.08 goals against average, .941 save percentage and two shutouts in those contests. ... Made 37 saves to record his career-high, 39th win of the season, in a 5-3 win on Apr. 3 at PHI; His 39 wins rank second all-time on the Rangers' single season wins list. ... Became the 45th goaltender in NHL history to record 250 career wins with a 22-save effort in a 4-2 victory on Mar. 28 at WPG. ... Posted a career-high shutout streak of 182:33 from 19:11 of the 2nd on Jan. 21 at BOS to 12:02 of the 2nd on Feb. 5 vs. PHI. ... Made 26 saves and tallied a PP assist in a 2-1 OT win on Mar. 21 vs. DET. ... Made 13 saves to post his 30th win and eighth shutout on Feb. 27 vs. NJD; Became the fourth goalie in NHL history to post 30+ wins in seven or more straight seasons, joining T. Esposito (7 from 1969-76), P. Roy (8 from 1995-2003) and M. Brodeur (12 from 1995-2008), and increased his own NHL record of most 30+ win seasons to begin his career. ... Made 42 saves to post his seventh shutout of the season in a 3-0 win on Feb. 14 at BOS. ... Posted his sixth shutout of the season, and second in as many starts, stopping 34 shots through regulation/overtime and four of five shootout attempts on Feb. 1 at BUF to pass Dave Kerr for second on the Rangers' all-time shutouts list with 41 career shutouts; Marks the first time in his career he posted shutouts in two consecutive appearances. ... Stopped nine of 12 in the first period while making his third career All- Star appearance on Jan. 29; Also helped Team Alfredsson win the All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday by stopping an event-best, six of seven shootout attempts in the Elimination Shootout. ... Made 22 saves to post his fifth shutout of the season and 40th of his career on Jan. 24 vs. WPG; Moved into a tie with Dave Kerr for second place on the Rangers' all-time shutouts list. ... Made 27 saves to post his fourth shutout and 20th win on Jan. 17 vs. NSH; Is the third Rangers' goalie to post 20+ wins in seven straight seasons (Richter: 1995-02; Giacomin: 1966-74), and one of four NHL goalies with an active streak of 20+ wins in seven straight seasons. ... Posted a career-high, seven-game winning streak from Dec. 20-Jan. 10 (1.13 GAA, .962 Sv% and one shutout over the span). ... Made 34 saves, including the first penalty shot attempt in an NHL Winter Classic game with 0:20 remaining, in a 3-2 win on Jan. 2 at PHI. ... Made a career-high 32 consecutive starts from Feb. 11 at ATL (last season) to Oct. 22 at EDM (37 straight including playoffs). ... Stopped 40 shots for his first win and shutout of the season on Oct. 18 at VAN. ... Stopped 27 of 30 shots in a 3-2 overtime loss on Oct. 7 at LAK, and is now 4-1-1 with a 2.31 GAA and .920 Sv% in six career season-opening games. ... Established playoff career-highs in games played (20), wins (10), shutouts (three), save percentage (.931), and posted a career-best in goals against average (1.82). ... Ranked third in the NHL in playoff wins, tied for first in shutouts, ranked second in goals against average, and fifth in save percentage. ... Registered his sixth career playoff shutout with a 36-save performance in a 3-0 win on May 19 at New Jersey; Passed John Ross Roach for third on the Rangers' all-time playoff shutouts list. ... Posted his fifth career playoff shutout with 21 saves while appearing in his 50th career postseason contest on May 14 vs. New Jersey; Passed Dave Kerr for second on the Rangers all-time in total shutouts (48; 43 regular season, five playoff). ... Made 46 saves in a 2-1 triple overtime victory on May 2 at Washington. ... Recorded his 20th career playoff victory with 17 saves in a 3-1 win on Apr. 28 vs. Washington. ... Registered a three-game winning streak from Apr. 23 at Ottawa to Apr. 28 vs. Washington, posting a 1.33 goals against average and .944 save percentage over the span. ... Passed Dave Kerr for third on the Rangers' all-time playoff wins list (18) with a 25-save effort in a 3-2 win on Apr. 23 at Ottawa. ... Posted a 39-save effort in a 1-0 win on Apr. 16 at Ottawa, to become the third goaltender in NHL history, and second in as many days (Jonathan Quick, LAK), to post 39 or more saves in a 1-0 shutout victory in a non-overtime game.
2010-11: Captured the Rangers' MVP Award for a franchise record, fifth consecutive year. ... Established a career-high in shutouts (11). ... Led the NHL in shutouts (11) and road wins (20), tied for sixth in wins (36), seventh in save percentage (.923), ranked seventh in goals against average (2.28), fifth in saves (1,813), and sixth in total ice time (4,006:40). ... Is one of two active NHL goalies with more than one season of 10 or more shutouts (Martin Brodeur - 4). ... Posted a record of 17-8-2 with a 1.95 goals against average, a .945 save percentage and six shutouts when facing 30 or more shots, and 3-1-0 with a 1.51 goals against average, a .964 save percentage and one shutout when facing 40 or more shots. ... Named NHL's Third Star of the Week for the period ending Mar. 27 after posting a 2-0-1 record, 0.32 goals against average, a .987 save percentage and two shutouts in three games… Posted his career-high, 11th shutout of the season, while appearing in his 400th game with 26 saves in a 1-0 win at Boston on Mar. 26; Moved into a tie for second place in team history for most shutouts in a season, and are the most by a Ranger since John Ross Roach in 1928-29 (13). ... Registered his 30th win of the season on Mar. 18 vs. Montreal, extending his NHL record with six consecutive 30-win seasons to begin his career, and his franchise record with six consecutive 30-win seasons; He owns the longest active streak of 30+ win seasons (six), tied with Roberto Luongo, Miikka Kiprusoff and Ryan Miller. ... Turned aside 24 shots, posting his ninth shutout of the season, 33rd of his career, vs. Philadelphia on Mar. 6, moving past John Ross Roach into third on the Rangers' all-time shutouts list with 36 career shutouts (including playoffs). ... Made 25 saves and stopped two of three shootout attempts in a 4-3 win vs. Los Angeles on Feb. 17 to record his 200th career win, tying for fourth on the team's all-time wins list. ... Turned aside the first penalty shot attempt in NHL All-Star Game history at 6:13 of the third period, and stopped 11 of 14 shots in the third while making his second career All-Star Game appearance on Jan. 30. ... Stopped 22 shots on Jan. 19 vs. Toronto, posting his seventh shutout, passing J. Roach for third on the Rangers' all-time career regular season shutouts list (31) and moving ahead of Mike Richter for fourth on the Rangers' all-time career shutouts list (34); Also recorded his 20th win of the season, becoming the third goalie in NHL history to record 20 or more wins in their first six seasons (B. Durnan, 1943-1949; G. Hainsworth, 1926-1931), and now owns the second longest active streak of 20-plus win seasons (six), behind R. Luongo (eight). ... Turned aside 31 shots, posting his sixth shutout of the season and 30th of his career in a 1-0 win vs. Vancouver on Jan. 13, moving into a tie with John Ross Roach for third on the team's all-time regular season shutouts list, and fourth (Richter) on the team's all-time shutouts list (including playoffs) with 33. ... Tied the NHL record for longest assist streak by a goaltender (Tom Barrasso - 1984-85, 1988-89; Ed Belfour - 2001-02) becoming the first Rangers goalie to record an assist in three consecutive games (goalie games played) on Jan. 5 vs. Carolina, Jan. 7 at Dallas and Jan. 11 vs. Montreal … Turned aside a season-high, 43 shots, including all 20 shots he faced in the second period, in a 3-1 win at New Jersey on Dec. 29. ... Stopped 40 shots in a 3-0 win on Nov. 26 at Florida, marking his ninth career 40-save effort and first of the season, and his second career 40-save shutout (Jan. 12, 2010 vs. NJD, 45-saves in a 1-0 shootout loss). ... Posted his 25th career shutout, and first of the season, stopping 36 shots in a 2-0 win on Oct. 30 at Toronto, passing Mike Richter, Chuck Rayner and Lorne Worsley and moving into fourth place on the Rangers' all-time regular season shutouts list. ... Made 33 saves in the season opener on Oct. 9 at Buffalo improving his record to 4-1-0 with a 2.21 goals against average and a .924 save percentage in five career season-opening games.
2009-10: Established a career-high in games played (73) and saves (1,942) ... Tied for second in the NHL in games played, ranked fourth in saves, fifth in icetime, eighth in goals against average (2.38), and tied for seventh in save percentage (.921) and 10th in wins. ... Captured the Rangers' MVP Award for the fourth consecutive year. ... His 73 games established a new franchise record for games played by a goalie in a single season. ... Stopped 30 shots to register his fourth shutout of the season and 24th of his career on Apr. 2 at Tampa Bay, moving into a tie for fourth on the Rangers all-time shutouts list ... Made 35 saves through regulation/overtime, and stopped all three shots faced in the shootout, to post his 30th win of the season on Mar. 25 at New Jersey, becoming the only goalie in NHL history to post 30-or-more wins in each of his first five NHL seasons, and the first Rangers goaltender in team history to post five straight 30-win seasons ... Established career-highs in saves and shots faced in a contest, stopping 50 of 55 shots on Mar. 4 vs. Pittsburgh. ... Posted a career-high, 127:06 shutout streak from Jan. 9 at Boston to Jan. 14 vs. Ottawa (81 saves). ... Made his 300th career NHL appearance on Dec. 30 vs. Philadelphia. ... Recorded his 150th career regular season win with a 29-save shutout on Nov. 1 vs. Boston, becoming the fastest goalie to 150 wins (279 games) in team history, reaching the mark 16 games ahead of Mike Richter (295 games).
2008-09: Ranked third in the NHL in saves (1,839), and fourth in wins and games played. ... Held opponents to two or fewer goals in 44 games. ... Stopped 38 shots on Mar. 30 vs. the Devils to record his 20th career shutout. ... Became the first goaltender in NHL history to reach the 30-win mark in each of his first four seasons on Mar. 12 at Nashville. ... Appeared in his first career NHL All-Star game on Jan. 25 at Montreal.
2007-08: Led the NHL in shutouts (10), tied for fourth in wins (37) and ranked sixth in goals against average (2.23). ... Marked the first time since 1970-71 that a Rangers goaltender led the league in shutouts (Ed Giacomin – eight). ... Nominated as a finalist for the Vezina Trophy, as the NHL's top goaltender, for the third consecutive season ... Turned aside 25 shots on Apr. 3 at Long Island to record his 10th shutout of the season, the most by a Rangers' goaltender since John Ross Roach posted 13 shutouts in 1928-29. ... Recorded his 100th career win on Mar. 18 vs. Pittsburgh, becoming the fastest Rangers goalie to reach the mark (187 games; 2nd - Richter, 198 games). ... Stopped 26 shots on Mar. 6 at Long Island for his 30th win of the season, becoming only the second goalie in NHL history to record three straight 30-win seasons to begin their career (Ron Hextall, 1986-87 to 1988-89); Marked the second time a Rangers goalie posted three consecutive 30-win seasons (Ed Giacomin, 1966-67 to 1969-70).
2006-07: Tied for sixth in shutouts (5), tied for eighth in wins (37), eighth in goals against average (2.34), and tied for ninth in save percentage (.917). ... Tied for fourth in the NHL with eight shootout wins. ... Named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy, as the league's top goaltender, for the second consecutive season ... Made 25 saves in a 3-1 win on Apr. 5 vs. Montreal, tying Ed Giocomin (1968-69) for second most wins in a single season (37) by a Ranger goalie (Mike Richter - 42, 1993-94). ... Became the second Ranger goaltender to win 30 or more games in back-to-back seasons on Mar. 17 vs. Boston (Ed Giacomin - 1966-67 to 1969-70); Also joined Ed Giacomin and Mike Richter as the only Ranger goaltenders to win 30 or more games in a season more than once ... Started his 19th consecutive contest on Mar. 1 vs. Pittsburgh, the most by a Rangers' goalie since John Davidson started 24 straight games from Feb. 7 to Mar. 27, 1976. ... On Jan. 27 at Philadelphia, became the first Rangers' goalie since Mike Richter (2000-01 - 2001-02) to have consecutive 20-win seasons. ... Ranked third in the NHL during the playoffs in save percentage and fifth in goals against average.
2005-06: Finished fifth in the NHL in goals against average, fourth in save percentage, tied for 11th in wins and 16th in shutouts. ... Finished third in voting for the Vezina Trophy to become the first NHL rookie to be a Vezina Trophy finalist since 1995 (Jim Carey). ... Named to the NHL's All-Rookie Team. ... Tallied his 30th win of the season on Mar. 29 at Long Island, breaking the Rangers rookie goaltending wins record previously held by Jim Henry (1941-42) and Johnny Bower (1953-54). ... Became the first Ranger rookie to post 20 wins in a season since Mike Richter recorded 21 in 1990-91 on Jan. 22 vs. New Jersey. ... Made 38 saves to record his second shutout of the season on Jan. 7 vs. Florida, becoming the first Rangers rookie to record two shutouts in a single season since Gilles Villemure recorded four in 1970. ... Posted his first career shutout on Oct. 17 vs. Florida; Became the first rookie goaltender to record a shutout for the Rangers since John Vanbiesbrouck on Jan. 2, 1985. ... Recorded his first NHL win on Oct. 13 vs. New Jersey. ... Made his Rangers/NHL debut on Oct. 8 at New Jersey, posting 24 saves in a 3-2 overtime loss.
2004-05: Appeared in 44 games with Frolunda, posting a 33-8-3 record, along with a 1.79 goals against average and a .936 save percentage. … Ranked among the Swedish Elite league goaltending leaders in several categories, including: wins (33, first), goals against average (1.79, first), save percentage (.936, first), shutouts (six, first) and minutes played (2,641:51, second). … Recorded an unbeaten streak of 15 games from Dec. 28 to Mar. 1, posting a 13-0-2 record over the span along with a 1.80 goals against average and a .939 save percentage and two shutouts. … Posted a record of 12-2 with a 1.05 goals against average, a .962 save percentage and six shutouts in the 2005 postseason, helping lead Frolunda to the Swedish Elite League championship. …Established multiple national playoff records, including: lowest goals against average (1.05 GAA); highest save percentage (.962); longest consecutive time without conceding a goal (172 minutes, 29 seconds);most shutouts (six). … Following the postseason, he was named the Player of the Month for April, as well as being named to the Swedish Media All-Star team for the third consecutive season, along with Sweden's Best Player award and the league's MVP.
2003-04: Appeared in 48 games with Vastra Frolunda of Elitserien in Sweden, posting a goals against average of 2.17 and seven shutouts. … Voted to the Swedish Media All-Star Team for the second consecutive season.
2002-03: Ranked first in the league with six shutouts and a 1.45 goals against average. ... Recorded a .928 save percentage in 28 games. ... Posted a 2.21 goals against average in 12 playoff contests and recorded a leaguehigh two shutouts, helping Frolunda capture the Swedish Elite League championship. … Voted to the Swedish Media All-Star Team.
2001-02: Appeared in 20 games, posting a goals against average of 2.71. ... Garnered eight postseason victories in eight games and posted a league-leading two shutouts, along with a 2.21 goals against average.
2000-01: Appeared in four games, posting a goals against average of 3.46.
2014: Posted a 5-1-0 re- cord, a 1.50 GAA, a .943 SV%, and 2 SO in six games while helping Sweden capture a silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia ... His 12 wins rank second all-time in Olympic competition (Vladislav Tretiak – 17).
2010: Made his second career Olympic appearance, representing fifth-place Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. … Led all tournament goaltenders in GAA and shutouts, and ranked fourth in save percentage.
2008: Started five games for Team Sweden at the 2008 World Championships at Quebec City, helping Swedes to fourth-place finish.
2006: Captured a gold medal with Team Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. … Appeared in six games, posting a 5-1 record along with a 2.33 goals against average and a .907 save percentage.
2005: Appeared in nine games for Sweden at the 2005 World Championships, posting a 6-3-0 record, along with a 2.35 goals against average and a .894 save percentage.
2004: Competed with Team Sweden at the 2004 IIHF World Championship in the Czech Republic, capturing a silver medal. … In the tournament, he appeared in all eight contests, posting a 5-1-2 record, along with a 1.64 goals against average and a .925 save percentage. … Following the tournament, he was named to the Media All-Star team, as well as one of Sweden's top three players for the Championships. … Also was on Sweden's roster for 2004 World Cup of Hockey.
2003: Dressed for three games with Sweden at the 2003 World Championship in Finland.
2002: Posted a 3-4-0 record in goal for Team Sweden, while ranking second overall in minutes played (4:19:15), fourth in goals against average (2.15) and fifth in save percentage (.906) at the 2002 World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic.
2001: Registered a 1.86 goals against average and a .928 save percentage in seven games with Sweden at the 2001 World Junior Championship.
2000: Appeared in four games for Sweden at the 2000 Under-18 World Junior Championship, posting a 2.25 goals against average and a .939 save percentage.
Became the official spokesperson for the Garden of Dreams Foundation in Jan. 2009 ... He conceived and created the Crown Collection, a collection of apparel he designed with a percentage of proceeds benefitting the Garden of Dreams Foundation ... Recipient of the 2012 Garden of Dreams Hero Award, an award established in 2009 to annually honor a per- son or organization who embodies the spirit and commitment of the Garden of Dreams Foundation, with active, on-going dedication to children facing obstacles ... He teamed up with tennis great John McEnroe to create Rock of Dreams, a fundraiser featuring their band "Noise Upstairs" at the Canal Room in New York City, to raise over $60,000 for charity, including $48,000 for the Garden of Dreams Foundation ... Auctioned off the customized mask he created for the Winter Classic following the Rangers' victory, raising over $37,000 for the Garden of Dreams ... Was the first hockey player to be featured on HBO's award winning series, "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel." ... Named to Vanity Fair's 2013 International Best Dressed List ... Appeared in the "Ice Cold Killers" fashion feature in the Nov. 2012 issue of Esquire Magazine ... Named one of the most stylist New Yorkers by US Weekly Magazine ... Was awarded "Most Stylish Athlete" at the 2012 Style Awards during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week ... Made a guest appearance, along with fellow teammates, on the Sept. 30, 2009 episode of Late Show with David Letterman to present the Top 10 list ... Named to Page Six Magazine's "Best-Dressed of NYC Fashion Week" list (Sept. 2008) ... Inducted into Grey Line New York's "Ride of Fame" on Aug. 31, 2010, joining the ranks of Donald Trump, Rachel Ray and Whoopi Goldberg, as a personalized bus was unveiled featuring his likeness ... Featured in spread of 2010 Vogue magazine's celebrated September issue ... Named to People Magazine's "100 Most Beautiful People" list in 2006 ... Opened Tiny's Restaurant in Tribeca with Sean Avery in April of 2011 ... Twin brother Joel, was drafted by Dallas in the third round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, and they have played against each other three times in the NHL ... Is a fan of Bruce Springsteen, the Foo Fighters and Slash from Guns 'N Roses ... Played guitar with a band in Frolunda ... Also enjoys golf and soccer ... Nickname is Hank ... Married – wife, Therese; daughter, Charlise.
June 25, 2000 -- Rangers seventh-round choice, No. 205 overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
LONGEST WIN STREAK: 7 (twice) (last -- Dec. 20, 2011, to Jan. 10, 2012)
LONGEST POINT STREAK: 10, (8-0-2) from March 16, 2007, to April 5, 2007
LONGEST SHUTOUT STREAK: 182:37 (from Jan. 21, 2012 to Feb. 5, 2012)
MOST SHOTS FACED, GAME: 55 on March 4, 2010, vs. Pittsburgh
MOST SAVES, GAME: 50 on March 4, 2010, vs. Pittsburgh
FIRST NHL GAME: Oct. 8, 2005 at New Jersey
FIRST NHL WIN: Oct. 13, 2005 vs. New Jersey)
FIRST NHL SHUTOUT: Oct. 17, 2005 vs. Florida


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Member Profiles
- Dr Marion Palmer is Head of the Department of Technology and Psychology at IADT and chair of the Institute's Teaching and Learning Committee. Her research interests are teaching, assessment and technology enhanced learning and she researched teaching in Irish Institutes of Technology for her EdD. Marion was a NAIRTL Award of Teaching Excellence winner for 2011. Prior to joining IADT Marion was a science teacher for twenty years and taught in schools in London and Dublin. She also worked in curriculum development for the NCCA. Marion joined WITS at its inception in 1990 and is now chair. Marion tweets @mpalmeriadt
- Mary Carroll is a Business Strategist and Coach, who started her career in Design Engineering and has held senior management roles in Engineering and Business Development. She has also worked for international aid organisations. Mary now helps individuals and organisations to grow through her business www.growthpotential.ie and has developed "Double X" (www.doublex.ie), supporting organisations in benefiting from all their talent. She enjoys treading the boards, skiing and catching up with old friends.
- Dr Jaine Blayney studied Mathematics at the University of Oxford, then undertook a MSc and PhD in Bioinformatics at the University of Ulster. This was followed by bioinformatics post-doctoral research at University of Ulster and Queen's University of Belfast. She is currently a Lecturer in Computational Biology at the University of Ulster with the Stratified Medicine Centre. She is a part-time film extra and organiser of cultural events.
- Vicky Twomey-Lee is a software engineer, but can be found nowadays organising community tech workshops and events with a focus on advocating diversity in the tech community. She has manages the Python Ireland [1] user group since mid-May 2005, and chaired four annual Irish Python conference, PyCon Ireland [2][3]. She was nominated and became a member of the Python Software Foundation [4] in 2012, and also became a board member of the EuroPython Society [5] that year. She launched PyLadies Dublin [6] in October 2013 and is the main organiser. She co-founded and is also the main organiser of Coding Grace [7], which runs language agnostic, diversity-friendly workshops and events. Games has always been in her interests, so much so, she co-founded GameCraft Foundation [8] to run community game jams so people can "Connect, Create, Collaborate". Her focus to bring like-minded people together, grow, learn and support each other. You can find her on Twitter: @whykay
- Professor Eithne McCabe, M.A.(Oxon), D.Phil.(Oxon), B.E.(NUI), FTCD, F.Inst.P.,C.Phys., is Professor in the School of Physics and Fellow at Trinity College Dublin. She was formerly Fellow and lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford and Postdoctoral Member of Technical Staff and later Consultant, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, New Jersey, USA. She has served the College and wider national and international community on numerous committees including Finance, Personnel and Appointments, Equality, Institute of Physics Juno assessment panel and IOP Women in Physics Group committee.
- A freelance science and health journalist, Maria Delaney is a passionate science communicator. Co-curator of the best-selling book "A Neutron Walks into a Bar" and an award-winning science blogger, she regularly writes for The Sunday Times and The Irish Times. She is hoping to help change the gender inequality that still resides in both STEM and the media. Maria tweets @mhdelaney and her portfolio is online at mhdelaney.com.
- Julie Hogan studied Electronics Engineering in NIHE Limerick, and has been working in R&D for the past 26 years in Ireland and abroad. Currently she runs a small R&D team in Memjet Ireland, Dublin, with a team of 13 scientists and engineers (4 of whom are women) working on digital print engine controller design and MEMS printhead design. Her current role combines technical, project management and management responsibilities, and she has previously worked in all three areas at different times for ARM in Cambridge, ParthusCeva in Dublin, Silicon and Software Systems (S3) in Dublin and AT&T in Bray with secondments to the Netherlands and Australia.
- Laura is a PhD candidate in optical engineering at UCD and a graduate of the TCD-UCD Innovation Academy. She is actively involved in education, outreach and public engagement; including Dublin Maker (co-organiser), the UCD Student Chapter, SPIE Education & Future Leaders Committee and International Year of Light, Ireland. Laura is also the inaugural winner of the UCD CleanWeb Sprint award and I'm an Engineer, Energy Zone winner.
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- Lara Cutlar completed her PhD at UCD in the summer of 2015, and is continuing that work on a non-viral gene therapy for a terrible skin fragility condition, called Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (RDEB) at the Charles Institute of Dermatology. She works with polymers, which also have really long names and bacteria to make a DNA delivery system for the skin of people with RDEB. Her past positions include those at the Health Research Board (HRB) and Quintiles. She is an active member of the Research Staff Association (RSA) in UCD, fundraises for DEBRA Ireland, and actively pursues the dissemination of how awesome science is. She tweets at @cuttyla.
- Kate Reidy is a JS undergraduate and Foundation Scholar of TCD studying Nanoscience, Physics and Chemistry of Advanced Materials (NPCAM). She is heavily involved in science communication and outreach within the college as Editor of the Trinity Student Scientific Review Journal and has also worked with the City of Physics campaign and tutoring students at the Physics Help Room. She loves to travel and has completed research internships both in TCD and internationally, in Aarhus University, Denmark and Kazan, Russia. Her main research interests are in nanotechnology and novel materials and hopes to pursue a PhD after graduating. She is a recipient of the Women in Physics scholarship, TCD and is passionate about promoting WITs among the college and wider community.
- Lisa Cavern is a postgraduate student of Computing and Software Development at DIT, currently working on her final project: an online grammar practice game for primary school students. As an educator Lisa has taught in a range of contexts including primary schools, adult education centres, coding workshops and outdoor schools. Lisa loves learning and sharing the why and how of the world around us and is passionate about promoting equality in the sciences and technology.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The Media Flocks To Sarah
Unorthodox, thy name is Sarah Palin.
The former Alaska governor, who is known for her unconventional approach to politics, outdid even herself with a bus tour over Memorial Day weekend.
The trip, which was announced via her political action committee website Thursday, resembled nothing so much as an episode of "Amazing Race" — a helter-skelter series of stops at historical sites with little (if any) advance notice given of her plans.
The lack of details left reporters confused and scrambling, and the political world wondering just what she was up to. Which is, of course, exactly how Palin likes it.
Asked about a potential 2012 campaign on Sunday night, Palin said "it would definitely be non-conventional and untraditional," a comment that amounts to the political understatement of the year.
Palin added in an interview with Fox News's Greta Van Susteren (one of her go-to members of the mainstream media): "I don't think I owe anything to the mainstream media ... I want them to have to do a little bit of work on a tour like this, and that would include not necessarily telling them beforehand where every stop's going to be."
The bus trip proved what most political observers already knew about Palin.
Firt, she has the ability to draw crowds — and excitement — like no one else currently in the Republican presidential field. Wherever Palin goes, crowds flock. The ability to generate organic excitement is a quality not to be underestimated in the context of a political canpaign.
Second, Palin revels in end-running — or ignoring altogether — the mainstream media. Any other potential presidential candidate planning a week-long bus trip would not only release the specifics of where and when he or she was stopping but would also ensure access to the candidate for reporters following along.
Not Palin. She communicated her whereabouts almost exclusively via her PAC website, forcing reporters to rely primarily on rumor to determine what her next stop might be. When reporters tracked her down, she talked to them. But tracking her down wasn't easy.
What the first days of her bus trip proved then was that if Palin does run, she will do it in a manner consistent with the way she has approached political life since she and Arizona Sen. John McCain lost the 2008 presidential race.
Instead of communicating via the media, Palin will use her massive Internet and social media presence to push her message out. Rather than a regimented schedule of travel to early states like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, Palin seems likely to opt for a more fluid schedule that allows for surprise drop-ins on average Americans.
No presidential campaign in the modern era has been run in such a manner and succeeded. Former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson sought to minimize his travel to early states and focus on communicating with voters through cable televison and web videos. He didn't win a single primary or caucus.
But Palin's star shines brighter than Thompson's. And her conviction about the country and the way in which campaigns can work runs deep.
But star power and conviction alone have never been enough to win over voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. What]s clear from her bus tour, though, is that if Palin runs for president, she'll do it one and one way only: hers.
5 comments:
- conservativeBC said...
Sarah Palin, Donald Trump Meet In New York City Tuesday Night
- May 31, 2011 at 5:24 PM
Just for discussion! With all the
scandels in Hollywood and politics,
I wonder how would the media react if
Sarah Palin's husband was having an
affair while she's she so busy; or if
Sarah has a man on the side?
- June 1, 2011 at 1:49 PM
- Save My Marriage said...
Well hopefully Palin gets in & the 1st thing she does to stop Unemployment is to cutties with Israel & to stop giving them aid that will save your country money.
- June 2, 2011 at 5:15 AM
- conservativeBC said...
all i ask for is a hat tip
Piper Palin Blocking Press For Mom!
Little Piper caught giving a hip check to an annoying news reporter.
- June 2, 2011 at 8:07 AM
- conservativeBC said...
Why Is Alaska Selling Sarah Palin's Emails?
I fail to understand how we can give a President -- we know noting about -- a free pass, and then sell 24,000 pages of Sarah Palin's emails.
- June 3, 2011 at 11:52 AM


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Nearly a year after three Filipino workers died in an oil platform explosion off Plaquemines Parish, the federal offshore safety bureau issued a report Monday blaming operator Black Elk Energy and its contractors for not taking proper precautions, not identifying hazards and communicating poorly.
"These failures reflect a disregard for the safety of workers on the platform and are the antithesis of the type of safety culture that should guide decision-making in all offshore oil and gas operations," said Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Brian Salerno in a written statement.
Filipino nationals Ellroy Corporal, Jerome Malagapo and Avelino Tajonera died as a result of the explosion on Black Elk's West Delta 32E platform, which happened on Nov. 16, 2012. Three others suffered serious injuries and nine people were taken to hospitals by helicopter that day.
The BSEE accident investigation concluded that Corporal probably died instantly from the explosion. The panel found that Malagapo likely died soon after from injuries suffered in the explosion, as did Tajonera, who died six days later in the hospital.
The explosion happened because storage tanks weren't properly purged of flammable liquid before the crew was cleared to perform "hot work" with torches on nearby pipes, the BSEE investigators found. The pipes ignited because of gas vapors, and the fire spread to three storage tanks, the report said.
The tanks exploded and launched into the air. Two of the tanks ended up flying in the Gulf of Mexico and polluting the water, the BSEE said.
The investigators said that Black Elk and its subcontractors, Grand Isle Shipyards/DNR, Wood Group PSN, Compass Engineering Consultants didn't follow federal regulations and also failed to follow Black Elk's own hot-work plan, which called for a full inspection of any area before welding work was to begin.
Wood Group never determined it was safe to weld, as the plan called for, the report said. And it said they tried to use a single hot-work permit to cover three different locations, with a single person on fire watch, making it nearly impossible to provide proper safety oversight.
Grand Isle Shipyards, meanwhile, supplied gas detectors but they were never used to check the welding location. Investigators found them still docked in their charging stations after the explosion.
The report notes that no workers invoked their authority to stop work that looked dangerous, but it also said that several workers from Grand Isle Shipyards/DNR feared reprisal if they continued to complain about work conditions. Many of those workers have sued Black Elk and the contractors, and a series of reports by WWL-TV detailed claims that they were victims of human-trafficking.
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Doping for UK's biomedicine
03.08.2012 - The UK government has pledged to invest additional €49m (£39m) in the country's life science research.
The Biomedical Catalyst Fund commited €12,6m (£10m) to 14 universities and 18 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to explore the market potential of early-stage ideas. Each of the universities received up to £750k, while each company received up to £150k to propel their projects. These are the first investments for the three-year, €227m (£180m) fund. It is part of the Strategy for Life Science unveiled by UK's Prime Minister David Cameron December last year to foster the domestic life science industry. The grants will fund about 150 pilot projects, allowing academic researchers to begin the process of turning a bright idea into a viable proposition. Universities have control over allocating the funding internally, allowing them to respond rapidly to new opportunities and have the flexibility to pursue the most promising translational research opportunities.
In an effort to establish four e-health centres of excellence in London, Manchester, Dundee and Swansea, UK's Medical Research Council has teamed up with a consortium of ten public and charity research funders. The centres will focus on conditions including cancer, diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease. The researchers working at these centers will link information in NHS health records with other forms of research and routinely-collected data to improve patient care and public health.
Only days ago, Cameron unveiled plans to converse the Olympic drug testing laboratories located in Harlow into a phenome research centre after the Games are complete. The concept of the phenome encapsulates all of an individual's traits, which are the outcome of a continuous interplay between their genes and the environment. It will be funded by €12,6m (£10m) investments over five years by both the Medical Research Council and the Department of Health's National Institute for Health Research. Two companies who make scientific instruments - Bruker, and Waters Corporation – will invest additional €25,2m (£20m). Imperial College and King's College London will be academic partners in the project.http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com/news/news/2012-03/doping-for-uks-biomedicine.html


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Bill Clinton Weighs In on Hillary's Health
Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday weighed in on recent remarks by Karl Rove about his wife Hillary's health, laughing off suggestions that her health problems should be a major concern.
Mr. Clinton said he was "dumbfounded" by Mr. Rove's comments, adding that his wife is in very good health at this point.
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Mr. Rove, a longtime Republican campaign strategist, said in a private paid speaking engagement in California last week that Mrs. Clinton suffered "traumatic brain injury" as a result of the episode, according to one person in attendance.
In an interview Tuesday with the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Rove said he couldn't recall if he used that exact term. But he said it was evident she had "some kind of traumatic brain episode or incident."
Mr. Rove also said he has no knowledge of Mrs. Clinton's condition beyond what he has read in the newspapers and has no access to her medical records.
Mr. Clinton, speaking at a conference hosted by the Peterson Foundation in Washington, mostly laughed off the recent dustup.
Speaking of Republican critics, the former president said, "First they said she faked her concussion and now they say she is auditioning for a part on the 'Walking Dead,'" he said, referencing a popular television show about people trying to survive during a zombie apocalypse.
Mr. Clinton said the concussion, at the time, was a serious matter and he said it took Mrs. Clinton six months to recover.
A spokesman for Mrs. Clinton said she is "100%."
"From the moment this happened seventeen months ago, the Right has politicized her health," said Nick Merrill, Mrs. Clinton's spokesman. "First they accused her of faking it, now they've resorted to the other extreme – and are flat out lying. "
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