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"Revelatory . . . With every chapter, you get a history lesson, a hunting lesson, a nature lesson and a cooking lesson. . . . Meat Eater offers an overabundance to savor."—The New York Times Book Review
Steven Rinella grew up in Twin Lake, Michigan, the son of a hunter who taught his three sons to love the natural world the way he did. As a child, Rinella devoured stories of the American wilderness, especially the exploits of his hero, Daniel Boone. He began fishing at the age of three and shot his first squirrel at eight and his first deer at thirteen. He chose the colleges he went to by their proximity to good hunting ground, and he experimented with living solely off wild meat. As an adult, he feeds his family from the food he hunts.
Meat Eater chronicles Rinella's lifelong relationship with nature and hunting through the lens of ten hunts, beginning when he was an aspiring mountain man at age ten and ending as a thirty-seven-year-old Brooklyn father who hunts in the remotest corners of North America. He tells of having a struggling career as a fur trapper just as fur prices were falling; of a dalliance with catch-and-release steelhead fishing; of canoeing in the Missouri Breaks in search of mule deer just as the Missouri River was freezing up one November; and of hunting the elusive Dall sheep in the glaciated mountains of Alaska.
Through each story, Rinella grapples with themes such as the role of the hunter in shaping America, the vanishing frontier, the ethics of killing, the allure of hunting trophies, the responsibilities that human predators have to their prey, and the disappearance of the hunter himself as Americans lose their connection with the way their food finds its way to their tables. Hunting, he argues, is intimately connected with our humanity; assuming responsibility for acquiring the meat that we eat, rather than entrusting it to proxy executioners, processors, packagers, and distributors, is one of the most respectful and exhilarating things a meat eater can do.
A thrilling storyteller with boundless interesting facts and historical information about the land, the natural world, and the history of hunting, Rinella also includes after each chapter a section of "Tasting Notes" that draws from his thirty-plus years of eating and cooking wild game, both at home and over a campfire. In Meat Eater he paints a loving portrait of a way of life that is part of who we are as humans and as Americans.
Praise for Meat Eater
"Full of empathy and intelligence . . . In some sections of the book, the author's prose is so engrossing, so riveting, that it matches, punch for punch, the best sports writing."— The Wall Street Journal
"Steven Rinella is one of the best nature writers of the last decade. . . . This book was a page-turner."—Tim Ferris
"Rinella's writing is unerringly smart, direct, and sharply detailed."— The Boston Globe
"A unique and valuable alternate view of where our food comes from."—Anthony Bourdain
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Steven Rinella is the author of American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon, which was the winner of the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, and The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine. He is the host of the television show MeatEater on the Sportsman Channel, and was the host of the Travel Channel's The Wild Within, which was nominated for a James Beard Award. His writing has appeared in such publications as Outside, Field and Stream, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vogue, Men's Journal, and Salon. Born and raised in Michigan, he currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Book Description Spiegel & Grau, 2012. Book Condition: New. Brand New, Unread Copy in Perfect Condition. A+ Customer Service! Summary: "Truth be told, I have lived a life plenty comfortable with my disdain toward hunters and hunting. And then along comes Steven Rinella and his revelatory memoir Meat Eater to ruin everything. Unless you count the eternal pursuit of the unmetered parking space, I am not a hunter. I am, however, on a constant quest for good writing. Meat Eater begins with a promise-''This book has a hell of a lot going for it, simply because it's a hunting story''-and then delivers ceaselessly, like a Domino's guy with O.C.D. This is survival of the most literate. Graphic, sure, but less so than an episode of 'CSI,' and with more believable emotingthis- genuine passion, humbly conveyed-is when nonfiction slaughters fiction and hangs it over its mantle. The text is relentlessly vivid and clear the commitment, effort and ardor are unflinching. What Rinella does to prepare a muskrat trap when he's in fifth grade takes five more steps and is infinitely more loving than whatever I did as a fifth grader to break in my baseball glove. With every chapter, you get a history lesson, a hunting lesson, a nature lesson and a cooking lesson, and most of the chapters end with ''tasting notes'' on various game. Readers will never ask themselves, ''What is he talking about?'' The only question they might have is, ''Why isn't this guy the head of the N.R.A.''' [A]gain and again, his descriptive powers trump gruesomeness. Meat Eater offers an overabundance to savor." - New York Times Book Review "As Steven Rinella is quick to point out, the hunting story is the oldest sort of story there is. Humans developed language, it is commonly held, to tell them. When told properly, as they are in Meat Eater, such stories are not simple gloats by the successful hunter around the table, proudly chewing on the biggest portion of meat and relishing the respect he has earned from his tribe by bringing back the protein. Rather, they are stories of man''s relationships with his fellow hunters, his family, the land and the animals. The stories in Meat Eater are full of empathy and intelligence . In some sections of the book, the author''s prose is so engrossing, so riveting, that it matches, punch for punch, the best sports writing. When Mr. Rinella wades into the surging Grand River, to throw a fly for steelheads, the story moves as well as Tom Callahan writing about Johnny Unitas in the 1958 championship or Bill Nack writing about Secretariat. " - Wall Street Journal " Relentlessly descriptive and endlessly evocative 'tasting guides' at the close of each chapter help armchair hunters get a sense of what it might be like digging into their own heaping plate of camp meat, deer hearts or sun-dried jerkythe writing is steadfastly satisfying and clear. The author wisely allows philosophical questions pertaining to the validity of hunting and the efficacy of state-enforced regulations to simmer in the background, and he effectively shows nature in all its glory An insider's look at hunting that devotees and nonparticipants alike should find fascinating ." - Kirkus "On one level, [Rinella has] penned an entertaining collection of the sort of anecdotes that, if you had the good luck to meet him at a Brooklyn hipster's cocktail party, would be conversational gold. Though animals figure almost as prominently in his narrative as people, Rinella is an astute observer, with an eye for delightfully telling details But in Meat Eater , Rinella does more than tell stories well and share exotic cooking tips. He writes from the standpoint of a married writer and father living in one of the world's more densely populated metropolises. His book sets up an implicit contrast between city and wilderness, semi-settled midlife and a more footloose young manhood ." - Paste "For the typical urbanite, feeling disdain for gun owners is about as easy as broiling a boneless, shrink-wrapped chicken breast: They're hicks. Red State rubes. Bookseller Inventory # ABE_book_new_0385529813
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Tips for Managing Stress
As joyful and fulfilling as grandparenting can be, it can also make you feel stressed and overwhelmed, especially if you are the full-time caregiver. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 2.4 million grandparents in the United States take full responsibility for raising their grandchildren.
Everyone is affected by stress in different ways. In other words, what is stressful to one person may not be stressful to someone else. Regardless of the cause, stress tends to result in feelings of pressure and anxiety. No matter how much you love your grandchildren, taking on the responsibility of raising them - regardless of how willing or eager you are to do it - changes your life. And with change often comes stress. While some stress is a normal part of life for many people, it can easily become unhealthy when not managed properly, and as you grow older, the last thing you want to worry about is poor health due to unmanaged stress.
Just as there are differences in the causes of stress, there are also differences in possible solutions. While there is no single answer for relieving stress, the one word you need to remember is balance. When taking on the responsibility of raising children (again), it's easy to let your life fall out of balance. In addition to providing food and shelter, there are also emotional concerns, as well as financial and educational responsibilities to consider. While meeting the needs of your grandchildren, you must also take the time to care of yourself. After all, if you neglect your own needs, you won't be in any kind of position to take care of someone else.
It is important that you are able to recognize the signs of stress and learn appropriate ways to respond to them, especially when the wellbeing of children is at stake. Some of the physiological signs of stress include high blood pressure, continuous rapid heartbeat, difficulty sleeping, increased nervousness, increased lack of patience, physical pain (back, neck or headaches), weight loss or gain, and mood swings.
If you notice any of these symptoms and believe they are a due to some imbalance in your life, it's time to think about how to alleviate them. Your grandchildren will benefit most from having a caregiver who is healthy and happy. Below are a few tips to help you stay that way.
While raising grandchildren can be a stressful and exhausting job, it can also be an incredibly joyful and fulfilling experience, so don't give up! Successfully caring for your grandchildren starts by taking good care of yourself.

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The Bulldogs put up a good fight in the first quarter with 6-8 but were unable to overcome the Lions in the second quarter which ended 22-12.
The Bulldogs returned to the field ready to go after halftime, bringing their score up to 20, but were still nine points down.
The Bulldogs were unable to score in the final quarter.
For the full story on Friday night's game, see Wednesday's edition of The Progress.


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Home List of Titles Red sequence modal colour gradients across intermediate X-ray luminosity galaxy clusters
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/222876
- Title
- Red sequence modal colour gradients across intermediate X-ray luminosity galaxy clusters
- Author(s)
- Jensen, Peter C.; Pimbblet, Kevin A.
- Abstract
- We assemble a sample of 45 intermediate X-ray luminosity galaxy clusters ( erg s−1) at low redshifts (0.03 < z < 0.16) using Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the photometric variation of red sequence modal galaxy colours with environment. The clusters span a range of Bautz–Morgan types and evolutionary stages and are shown to be representative of the global underlying intermediate LX cluster sample. We define cluster membership using SDSS spectroscopic data and characterize the clusters by deriving new recession velocities, velocity dispersions and other parameters for each. We construct colour–magnitude diagrams for each of these clusters and obtain the position of the red sequence using a robust line fitting algorithm with a Lorentzian merit function. In doing so, we describe a population of discordant points on the colour–magnitude plane which are the result of photometric blending, dust and other causes. By fitting the clusters with Schechter functions to derive M★ values in each SDSS passband, we combine the red sequence of the galaxy clusters together to form a composite sample. We detail how the modal colour value of the red sequence varies with radius from the centre of this composite cluster and local galaxy density for all SDSS colours. In agreement with previous studies, these colours are shown to systematically move blueward with increasing distance from the cluster centres, or equivalently lower local galaxy density, whilst the width of the red sequence increases. This supports the idea that the galaxies at the outskirts of these clusters have younger luminosity-weighted ages than those at the core indicating that their star formation has been quenched more recently than in the core. A comparison of our derived gradients in (g−r) (explicitly, d(g-r)/d log (rp) = -0.031 ± 0.003 and d(g−r)/dlog (Σ) = 0.012 ± 0.002) with earlier works tentatively suggests that these gradients vary redshift which would reflect the hierarchical build-up of the red sequence over time.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
- Source
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 422, no. 4 (Jun 2012), pp. 2841-2853
- Publication year
- 2012
- FOR Code(s)
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Clusters galaxies; Elliptical galaxies; Galaxy evolution; Lenticular galaxies; Luminosity function; Mass function; Stellar content
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- 0035-8711
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2012 The Authors. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society copyright © 2012 RAS.
- Peer reviewed


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New government figures show that hospitals within the same city sometimes charge thousands of dollars more for the same treatment.
The national and Wisconsin data released Wednesday show for example, that someone being treated for heart failure and shock with complications could be charged about $14,000 at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare in Franklin.
But for that same treatment at Columbia St. Mary Hospital in Milwaukee, about 15 miles away, the average charge is more than $22,000.
For major joint replacement in southern Wisconsin, patients could be charged $25,000 at Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital in Prairie du Sac, or $64,000 at Beloit Memorial Hospital.
Jonathan Blum is with the government's Center for Medicare. He said he hopes the cost information will help clarify the riddles of hospital pricing, and put pressure on more expensive hospitals.


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You have a Cisco PIX/ASA firewall with Mailguard enabled and are experiencing problems with incoming email.
Known problems include:
- No email is delivered to your ESMTP server
- May cause duplicated incoming messages
To check for the presence of Mailguard, follow these steps:
Note If you have an ESMTP server behind the PIX firewall, you may have to turn off the Mailguard feature to allow mail to flow correctly. Also, you may be unable to establish a Telnet session to port 25 with the fixup protocol smtp command. This is especially true with a Telnet client that uses character mode.
Note On Cisco PIX firewalls with firmware version 5.1 and with later versions, the fixup protocol smtp command changes most characters in the SMTP banner to asterisks. The exceptions to this are the "2" character, the "0" character, and the "0 " character. The carriage return (CR) character and the linefeed (LF) character are ignored. In version 4.4, all characters in the SMTP banner are converted to asterisks.
To work around these issues, turn off the Mailguard feature of the PIX firewall. To do this, follow these steps:
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This print started out as a baseball card more than twenty years ago. Every aspect of it is designed to preserve the original look and feel of the card, from the printing pattern to the slightly worn edges. In fact, this print started by finding the actual card in our vault and then painstakingly re-mastering it with a team of designers. The authenticity extends to manufacturing; each print is made on high-quality, cotton fine art paper that measures 1/64 inches in thickness. Framed prints feature 2-inch flat wood or metallic frames with high-end, glare-resistant glass. And all prints are officially licensed by MLB and the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Dan Petry set a career-high with 19 wins along with 38 starts in 1983 for the Tigers. The right-hander also lost 11 times, with a 3.92 ERA, and allowed an American League-high 37 home runs, 13 more than Petry allowed in another season in his career.
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than half of juniors meet standards
September 6, 2001
Springfield - More than half of all students met or exceeded the Illinois Learning Standards for each of the five subjects tested by the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) this past spring.
The results are especially
significant because they include the achievement of virtually all high
school juniors, including students with disabilities and limited English
proficient (LEP) students, said State Superintendent of Education Glenn
W. McGee.
"While we wish the scores were higher, I am pleased insofar as this was the first year of a very tough test. I am especially pleased that the Prairie State has opened the door to higher education and to employment and training opportunities that many students may never have considered otherwise," McGee said.
The first-year Prairie State results set the baseline for improvement for 11th graders and complete the picture of the progress Illinois students are making in meeting the Learning Standards, McGee said.
The test data should serve as a wake-up call to high schools - and the elementary and middle schools that send students to them - to more aggressively implement the rigorous Learning Standards, McGee said.
The PSAE, given for the first time this year, measures students' cumulative mastery of the Learning Standards.
It is a groundbreaking combination of state-developed assessments; the ACT, a nationally recognized college entrance exam; and two nationally recognized ACT WorkKeys tests of workplace-related math and reading skills that some have called the most rigorous state assessment in the country.
Some people questioned the state for requiring all students to take a test that includes the ACT, regardless of their future plans.
Whether they go to college or not, the bottom line is that all of our students need the skills and knowledge the Learning Standards encompass," McGee said. "These results begin to show what we have been saying all along: that every student, given the appropriate support and resources, can and will learn," he said.
That means all students should be expected and given the chance to take "core curriculum" courses, which better prepare them for life after high school, McGee said.
"The world has changed too much to expect yesterday's tools - or even today's - to still work tomorrow. What used to be called 'college prep' courses are now essential for basic 'life prep,'" he said.
The PSAE is specifically
designed to yield information that will help students make important
decisions about life after high school. The PSAE measures:
All 11th graders must take the Prairie State except those who are exempted by their Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) or limited English proficiency. About 113,000 students took the test.
Students can retake the test this fall to improve their results. Students' best scores are noted on their transcripts. The State Board is sending letters to all students who took the Prairie State congratulating them for their achievement and encouraging those who did not meet standards to retake the test.
"We care very much about our students' futures, and since these results will be a part of their permanent record, we want them to have every opportunity to do their very best," McGee said.
Students will receive a Prairie State Achievement Award in each subject for which their score exceeds state standards. So students doing well on the PSAE can say - and show - that they have mastered the knowledge and skills vital for success in life after school.
So far, more than 27,000 students exceeded standards in at least one subject area, and 2,806 got awards in all five subject areas. These numbers may increase after students retake the test this fall.
The Prairie State also gives schools information they need to improve teaching and learning, and helps local and state leaders target resources most effectively to support and improve student achievement.
"As I said on Tuesday, the State Board will continue to give local schools the resources, support and guidance they need to help all of our students achieve to their highest potential," McGee said.
"Now local schools, educators and community leaders must work together, take those tools and use them to their best advantage, particularly with poor students," he said.
"It is intolerable
to continue to let a huge segment of our population suffer the handicap
of a mediocre education just because they weren't born to wealthier
parents or better circumstances," he said.
PSAE scores will be included on the school report card that all local school districts must publicly release and distribute to parents by October 31.
Overall, 57 percent of students met or exceeded state reading standards; 54 percent met or exceeded state mathematics standards; 59 percent met or exceeded state writing standards; 50 percent met or exceeded state science standards; and 58 percent met or exceeded state social science standards.
But low-income students did not fare as well as their classmates. For example, 60 percent of "not low income" students met or exceeded state math learning standards. But only 24 percent of "low income" students achieved at the same level. (The high school low-income count is based on the number of students who report receiving free and reduced-price lunch.)
Research has shown a strong correlation between low family income and race and ethnicity, particularly among African American and Hispanic students.
Using the same example, 19 percent of African American students met or exceeded the state mathematics Standards compared to 28 percent of Hispanic students, 63 percent of white students, 45 percent of American Indian students and 75 percent of Asian students.
Fourteen percent of students with IEPs met or exceeded learning standards, versus 59 percent of non-IEP students. Twenty percent of LEP students met or exceeded the state standards, compared to 55 percent of English proficient students.
For additional information about the PSAE, visit the State Board of Education web site at www.isbe.net/assessment/psae.htm.


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Magic Cake Balls
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 35 min
- Ready Time: 180 min
- Yield: 4 dozen
- Pillsbury™ Baking Spray with Flour
- 1 package Pillsbury™ Moist Supreme® Devil's Food Premium Cake Mix
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup Pillsbury™ Creamy Supreme® Chocolate Fudge Flavored Frosting
- 1 (7.25 oz.) bottle Smucker's® Magic Shell® Chocolate Fudge Flavored Topping
- Decorator sprinkles
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 350°F. Coat 13 x 9-inch baking pan with baking spray. Prepare cake mix according to package directions using the water, oil and eggs. Spread evenly in prepared pan. Bake according to package directions. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
- CRUMBLE cooled cake into extra-large bowl. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed until fine crumbs, about 2 minutes. Spoon frosting over cake crumbs. Beat until evenly blended. Cover and freeze 30 minutes.
- LINE a 15 x 10 x 1-inch baking pan with wax paper. Roll cake mixture into 1 1/2-inch balls or bites. Place on wax paper. Cover and freeze at least 1 hour.
- REMOVE a few cake bites from freezer, keeping the rest frozen. Drop bites into Magic Shell in a small bowl or drizzle tops to coat. Immediately sprinkle with decorator sprinkles and insert stick, if desired. Repeat to coat remaining cake bites. Allow coating to harden. Store in freezer, allowing cake to thaw 5 minutes before serving.
- TIP To prepare 1 dozen cake bites, prepare cake according to above directions, but use only one-fourth of prepared cake. Reserve remaining cake for another use. Use only 3 tablespoons frosting when making cake bites.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 ball of 48), Calories 110 (Calories from Fat 50), Total Fat 6g (Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 10mg, Sodium 105mg, Total Carbohydrate 14g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 9g), Protein 1g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 2%, Iron 4%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
* Ensure all recipe ingredients are gluten free by referencing the ingredient labels, as products may vary. If uncertain, contact the ingredient manufacturer.


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I'm in love with farmers' markets. When I travel, that is one of the first things I would add to my itinerary. I just love walking from one stand to the next and discovering new foods to try. Raising my hand in guilt, I also sampled too but with each bite my environmentally friendly grocery bag gets heavier too.
This year I bought a bevy of healthy items such as vegan pates, root chips, lots of mixed greens, and cheeses. Also, I didn't deny myself trying the many street food trucks that were at the market.
Of course I had to grab a bite from the famous pink La Boheme Creperie truck, the popular farmers' market mainstay. It continuously gets the longest lineups and there's a reason why. Their crepes are no regular crepes you get when you have hunger pangs while walking through downtown. Their buckwheat style crepes menu is innovative, fun, and experimental. The nuttiness from the buckwheat went well with the savoury crepe of greens, bechamel, cheese, tomato and vinaigrette.
I've been meaning to try Yolk's Breakfast Truck…especially since it's regular spot is only a block and a half away from work. It's an excellent breakfast sandwich of poached free range egg with your choice of toppings and bread. I went for the somewhat classic of english muffin, poached egg, portobello mushroom and hollandaise sauce. It's a deliciously messy sandwich as within one careful bite the yolk oozes all over your sandwich (and your hand). Of course I felt major fomo when I saw the plates of chicken waffles being handed out.
Another popular truck that was at the farmers' market this year was Le Tigre which is run by the tag team of Chef Clement Chan & Chef Steve Kuan. You might recognize Chef Clement as he made a run for Top Chef Canada. They serve Modern Asian cuisine made with high quality sustainable seafood and organic meats. I'd say they are serving fusion food right….finally.
Their beet fries were addictive and they remained hot for awhile
The beet wedges were crispy and had a nice blend of umami with plum powder in the batter and the accompanying 7 spice mayo.
The finger licken popcorn chicken was pretty finger licking good.
The marinated chicken bites was tender, moist, and oh so very crunchy. It reminded me of pieces of karaage.
The very tongue in cheek named kick ass rice with pork belly was my favourite from what we ordered. It's a bowl of complex and savoury.
Each bite was full of flavour as the rice is cooked in sake, butter, dashi and topped with a perfect poached egg,fresh herbs and thai chillies. I think we tried half of their menu that day.
As much as I like to indulge and get excited about trying the food trucks, it's looking at the different produce that is inspiring. The type of inspiration where recipes whirl in your imagination, and you can't wait to concoct a dish in your very own kitchen.
I look forward to rest of the summer and the many farmers' markets that will liven up our city


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Office of Aboriginal Initiatives
Laurier writer-in-residence Joseph Boyden working on third novel
Communications, Public Affairs & Marketing
Nov 18/11
Lauriers writer-in-residence Joseph Boyden likes to tell a good story. But he also wants to start a discussion about the cultural divide in Canada and the concern he has about the alarming number of teen suicides in the Aboriginal community.
Boyden is the author of Three Day Road and Through Black Spruce, the winner of the 2008 Giller Prize. While in Brantford Nov. 17 for public readings and a lecture, he announced he is working on the third novel in the trilogy, which will likely be out in spring 2013. He is also writing his first young adult novel.
When I set out to write, my number one priority is to write a good story that people want to keep turning the pages on, said Boyden. The teen novel is helping to cleanse my pallet from the big novel Im working on.
Fans of his work attended a public reading at the Brantford Public Library Thursday afternoon. Boyden, who has a mixed heritage of Irish, Scottish and Métis, gave a public lecture in the evening at Lauriers Brantford campus about the issue of teen suicide.
Ive become a bit of an advocate for taking away the stigma of suicide, Boyden said earlier in the day. I made a serious attempt at 16, and rather than be a shameful thing and a stigma I think we need to talk about it. Even if one youth hears about it and changes his or her mind, Ive done something important.
Boyden was inspired to start a not-for-profit organization in 2008 after hearing about dozens of attempted suicides in James Bay that occurred over a six-week period. Through his organization, he aims to help Aboriginal teens by taking them on hunting and fishing excursions.
A lot of these kids haven't been out in the bush. Kids want to get out and do this now. I think it's helping. We need to get kids back on the land, Aboriginal or otherwise."
During his visit to the Brantford area, Boyden also gave a public reading Nov. 18 at Six Nations Polytechnic, located in the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory.
Boyden, 45, currently splits his time between Northern Ontario and New Orleans, where he lives with his wife Amanda Boyden, who is also a writer. When asked what took Boyden to New Orleans in his mid-20s, he answers, My motorcycle.
This is around the same time that he decided he wanted to be a writer and had dreams of writing the great Canadian novel. He started writing a novel, but it wasn't working. His wife suggested he cut his teeth first on some short stories. He took her advice and the voices that kept calling to him were from his Ojibwe and Métis background. After writing a collection of short stories, he decided he was ready to try something bigger.
It took him almost five years to finish Three Day Road. When it was released it won numerous awards, including the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
I felt very blessed as a young writer to have such success right off the bat. It was stunning to me, Boyden said.
He says his second novel, Through Black Spruce, was fun to write. Much of the research had already been done with his first book. His third novel the last in the trilogy will feature three protagonists.
It will tie the other two together and complete the circle, he said.
Boyden will visit Lauriers Waterloo campus in early 2012.
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They lied
10 minutes after a front office employee walked into our booth and said the game wouldn't start until noon, the GM just announced that we'll begin as scheduled at 11:05.
So much for breakfast.
FYI — Chris Duncan will join the team on Friday at McCoy Stadium.
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Kelly, hoping to listen at work
You can have brunch! LOL I'm also curious to see what move the Red Sox will make on Friday when LaRoche arrives.


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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/230119
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- Title
- Dynamical (e,2e) studies of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol
- Author(s)
- Bellm, S. M.; Builth-Williams, J. D.; Jones, D. B.; Chaluvadi, Hari; Madison, D. H.; Ning, C. G.; Wang, Feng; Ma, X. G.; Lohmann, B.; Brunger, M. J.
- Abstract
- Cross section data for electron scattering from DNA are important for modelling radiation damage in biological systems. Triply differential cross sections for the electron impact ionization of the highest occupied outer valence orbital of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, which can be considered as an analogue to the deoxyribose backbone molecule in DNA, have been measured using the (e,2e) technique. The measurements have been performed with coplanar asymmetric kinematics at an incident electron energy of 250 eV, an ejected electron energy of 20 eV, and at scattered electron angles of −5°, −10°, and −15°. Experimental results are compared with corresponding theoretical calculations performed using the molecular 3-body distorted wave model. Some important differences are observed between the experiment and calculations.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
- Source
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 136, no. 24 (Jun 2012), article no. 244301
- Publication year
- 2012
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Awwww SNAP! The Phillies went postal on Sunday night and in their brutal wake left the Rays looking as stunned as they are youthful.
By the time Game Four was over, I personally felt as abused as the Rays pitching staff — embarrassed, downtrodden and mentally defeated. To see me, you would've thought that I was the one who gave up a homerun to Phat Joe.
Yet my troubles on this October afternoon have less to do with who wins the World Series and more to do with simply being wrong in my prediction of a Rays victory. Admittedly, I've been wrong once or thrice in my lifetime. And that's okay, folks. I am perfectly comfortable with my fallibility (as minuscule as it may be); however, nothing is more aggravating, more disturbing, more gut-wrenchingly abominable than being wrong while my colleague, the infamously reprehensible Mr. Krause, is proven correct.
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Because Mr. Krause picked the Phillies to win at the beginning of post-season play and I laughed in his German engineered face, I foresee my impending doom: public defamation and blogospheric torture by way of one misanthropic pedant: Mr. Allen Krause himself.
It ain't over yet, and until it is, I'm standing my ground.
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Being wrong is just….wrong. And I don't think we should give up on the Rays, Jeff. Not with the weather gods RAINING down on us, giving TB new life. They'll go into the suspended Game 5 with the score tied and Hamels out of the picture, and you never know. So don't cave in to Mr. Krause just yet. As for that picture? BRRRR.


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Getting playlists to work on a NWZ-B142 (& general mess)
that's my first post so hi to all of you.
back on "business", I have a B142 player, to use it I set it up as a mass storage device and was happy with it.
one day I decided to start using playlists, since my car stereo can't read the files from inside the folders, as I used to organize them until then.
I made my playlists with Winamp and found out the player can't read them, it seems I have to use WMP11. I never used any media management software before, then I installed it and passed a whole day cursing it.
I dont' want to use WMP11 anymore to make playlists for my B142, do I have any other possible option?
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Sorry you are having issues. I do not have the B142 player so am unfamiliar with it. However, I do have a newer Sony E Series device. For me, it reads playlists created via Winamp perfectly.
There are lots of other options out there for you to try which may help you out. WMP, as you have discovered is not so great.
Look here for a recent ABi review of music management software:
I personally use MediaMonkey, which I find to be excellent, small and deep.
Most of the apps are free or have fully functioning free versions for you.
Give them a shot - hopefully they will work with your device. And also, all will IMO manage your music collection on your PC far better than WMP can.
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thank you Lestatar, I read the page on the link, but it sems I can't get it right...
I installed MediaJukebox (cause its free form seemed more "complete" from the review) I made a playlist with the files on my player then tried to tranfer it to the player by:
1. "sending" it from the scroll menu of the playlist
2. by checking the playlist box inside the options of the player
3. exporting the playlist with any possible extension then copypasting it
the result is always that in the player menus selecting Playlists yields a "NO ITEM" result.
my player is not a MSD by default, I forced it like that from its properties menus to be more comfortable with dragging files.
maybe I should use it as MTP? the problem is... I can't: I forced the MSD drivers on my player and now I can't find the original drivers or some general MTP drivers. maybe I should bring the problem to a more general board.....
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Hi maja_ldm: Apologies, I should have been a bit more specific re: my own experiences with my Sony E Series.
I do use MediaMonkey but for some reason, it does not "see" my Sony perfectly. Others here have had success with MediaMonkey working correctly with their Sony players as I recall. I meant to say that I use MediaMonkey as my main software mp3 player/library manager.
In fact, I use Winamp [also free version] to manage my Sony device. Winamp works perfectly for me, operating under MTP mode. I can easily create playlists, manage the device, sync, delete, etc....Winamp also monitors my music library and I occasionally use it for playing music, but I simply prefer the look and feel of MediaMonkey right now [and I have been a Winamp fan from the start].
So, suggest you download and install Winamp and see if it will correctly manage your Sony device as well. Be sure to opt out of all extra Winamp stuff you get prompted for during the install [unless you want them].
Post back and let us know how you make out...
Just re-read your post, re: you having forced MSD mode...not sure how to help on this...However, look into the WMP MTP porting kit...I believe that some folks have resolved their MTP issues after installing this...
Hopefully, the combination of the WMP MTP kit and Winamp will work for you...
Also suggest you wait for much more expert Sony folks here to chime in to confirm/correct my suggestions to you.
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Last edited by lestatar; 04-06-2010 at 02:14 AM.
well I tried to figure out how to use the MTP porting kit but failed miserably at it, I really don't understand what I'm supposed to do after it extracts itself.
btw, I installed the last Winamp build and had no luck with it. I'll wait a few days then make a thread in a general board on recovering the "MTP status" for a player.
There is much to do with the MTP Porting Kit from what I recall. Just install it Did you reboot your PC - sometimes this is required...
Hoping some real experts will chime in...
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E.M-R. was subjected to severe, persistent and objectively racial harassment and discrimination that prevented him from accessing the educational opportunities that were available to other students at Riverside, the complaint alleges. Riversides response to said harassment and discrimination was clearly unreasonable and failed to remedy the harm E.M-R. suffered as a result of the same.
According to the complaint, in May 2010, E.M-R. was a sixth-grade student at Riverside. During homeroom in Nathan McNaughtons classroom, McNaughton left the room, leaving E.M-R. under the supervision of paraprofessional Michael Laplante. Both McNaughton and Laplante are named as defendants in the lawsuit.
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Skip to comments.Why Herman Cain (and Almost Everyone Else) Missed the Housing Bubble
Posted on 10/17/2011 9:59:53 PM PDT by neverdem
Now that Herman Cain has become a top-tier presidential candidate for the Republican nomination, he is receiving a greater degree of scrutiny than ever before. And that includes efforts by the mainstream media to do what they do best to conservative candidates: prove somehow that said candidates are unfit to serve.
First it was MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell playing the role of the white liberal lecturing Herman Cain on what it means to be black. Now it's Chuck Todd wondering what did Cain know and when did he know it...about housing bubbles.
During an October 11 interview (minute 4:58) on MSNBC, Chuck Todd said to Cain:
This is something you wrote in 2005, saying, arguing that there was no housing bubble. You wrote this in 2005, in Business and Media Institute, you said, "Coverage of the Bush economy reads like a collection of Democratic Party press releases, calling a strong economy everything from struggling to volatile or dicey. That kind of ignorance makes homeowners fear that their most expensive possession could turn worthless overnight. That won't happen."
Cain said he didn't know "just how bad Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had distorted the housing market."
The implication is that Herman Cain is not fit to lead America into economic recovery because he didn't see the bubble before it burst. But if failing to recognize the housing bubble and its causes is a disqualifier, then virtually all presidential candidates would be ineligible, including President Obama.
The housing bubble was real, as the figure below of select housing markets illustrates...
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Real estate was not his area of education. Hell 95% of the so called real estate professionals, plus, developers and bankers thought the supply of people that could buy a 300000 house was unlimited and that a year later they would have an unlimited supple of buyers for a 350,000 homes. Pure ignorance of the market.
Virtually? How about all of them except Ron Paul?
I'd prefer Paul for president, but I believe I could settle for Cain.
The writer is RACIST
You can't afford $32.00/hour workers on a $65,000.00 house. Bubble solved.
were profiting from the bubble, and not about to blow the whistle...
Even Keynesians like Krugman knew what was up, he just didn't appreciate the damage that would be wrought, "economic policy should encourage other spending to offset the temporary slump in business investment. Low interest rates, which promote spending on housing and other durable goods, are the main answer."
Now his 'main answer' is the threat of alien invasion to spur government expenditure. I wish I was kidding.
No one did except for Chris Dodd and Barneys Frank.
Herman Cain didn't put the arm on lenders to fork over forty and fifty year no-money-down loans of a half a million dollars for McMansions in the DC suburbs to government clerks and secretaries, who augmented their "found" money with a flat screen TV and BMW and a Hummer in the driveway.
No, that was the Democrats.
Real estate is not my area of education either but I predicted the future Real Estate Bubble disaster on Free Republic back in 2005.
"Three million home owners with ARM loans just got a BIG surprise in the mail." ...... That's nothing compared to the orchietomies that those who have stretched their budgets to buy over-priced real estate with Interest Only loans will get when the "interest only" grace period expires. ..... 34 posted on Sunday, November 20, 2005 2:49:56 PM by Polybius
All it took to see the obvious Bubble was common sense. Common sense, however, appears to be in very short supply nowadays.
The Fed Charimain, Bernanke MISSED IT (he has 1000 economists working for him)
The Treasury Secretary Paulson MISSED IT
Ex Fed Chair Greenspan MISSED IT
Hundreds of so called expert economists MISSED IT...
The statements about Cain make no sense...unless one is a PTard..
According to that graph, the worst of the bubble hadn't yet happened in 2005.
"We didn't truly know the dangers of the market, because it was a dark market," says Brooksley Born, the head of an obscure federal regulatory agency -- the Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC] -- who not only warned of the potential for economic meltdown in the late 1990s, but also tried to convince the country's key economic powerbrokers to take actions that could have helped avert the crisis. "They were totally opposed to it," Born says. "That puzzled me. What was it that was in this market that had to be hidden?"
Go back and ask Barney Frank what HE knew about the bubble. Dodd? Reid? Pelosi? Paulsen? Geithner? Bernanke? Obama? Ferris Bueller? Anyone?
One common thread among all bubbles is...not a single major bubble burst could be predicted precisely. The reason for this is that bubbles can grow to extremes, beyond logical and rational valuations.
Housing bubble did not deviate the rule!
Indeed. Even here on FR it was debated with pro and con arguments for the housing bubble. Even the derivatives and the alphabet soup of financial products created were not known even to people.
Hindsight is 20/20 and it is good to see all stripes of conservative realize what monsters Freddie and Fannie are and how things like the Community Investment Act and a tootless SEC can add up to a disaster. The question is once we take the Senate (and hopefully) the White House will we do anything about it.
These debates are pointless. They should have one on ones or allow them all to give policy speeches alone. Having a nine person debate with time for youtube/twitter questions and silly questions (who on the stage would be your running mate?) don't do anyone favors.
I digress. All I'm saying is I want hearings and one guy I credit for living up to the hype is Issa. I want him to go after Dodd, Reid, Pelosi (also for wasting money on her own airforce one with booze included), Paulsen, Geithner, Bernanke, Obama, etc. etc.
The housing bubble in those cities used in this article was not caused by "land use regulations" Those cities are the same ones where a huge influx of illegal aliens with huge instantaneous housing needs were issued the no docs, no down payment, no income required subprime mortgages that were certain to go into default.
Those mortgages and their attendant bundling into derivatives created a mortgage Ponzi scheme that was guaranteed to fail. And when it did, it brought down the financial house of cards, causing banks to fail and otherwise good mortgages to go under water as housing values collapsed.
Here is a more detailed article that appeared in Human Events in 2009.
Missing hyper link - it's here http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33821
Wow... we (the commercial insurance agency I worked for) were stressing about the upcoming 'housing bubble' back in 2005-2006 as it would surely affect our interest in the thousands (hundreds of?) dollars in commission lost if and when our mega-builders that were our clients hit the bubble pop.
Why did no one else see it?
In 2001 my husband and I were looking to buy a house. Our real estate agent took our financial information and told us that we could afford an amount twice as much as we knew we could afford. She kept trying to sell us the pricier houses while we finally fell in love with a townhouse that fit perfectly into our budget. We bought the townhouse. What saved us from the bubble was refusing to be seduced into buying a house we knew we couldn't afford. We did get the house with no money down, though.
In 2001 my husband and I were looking to buy a house. Our real estate agent took our financial information and told us that we could afford an amount twice as much as we knew we could afford. She kept trying to sell us the pricier houses while we finally fell in love with a townhouse that fit perfectly into our budget. We bought the townhouse. What saved us from the bubble was refusing to be seduced into buying a house we knew we couldn't afford. We did get the house with no money down, though.
A friend of mine was looking to buy around 2005, and held off because he realized that many of the units being sold in the development were not "owner occupied" (though they were one-family units); they were being bought and rented out by speculators, and this was driving the prices. Within two years the prices had fallen 30% (and the prices were high).
Yep, owner occupied was my standard as well. I wound up buying a modest 2000 sf house built in 1940 in a safe, well established neighborhood. I am kneed underwater, but not nearly as bad as if I bought one of the McMansions or ghost town condos the realtor was pedaling. Plus, I am happy to live and grow my family here until it turns around.
I started collecting articles on the subprime crisis in mid-2007. People were aware, but Dodd-Frank refused to allow any changes to prevent the collapse.
And I am NO financial genius (my portfolio is sad testimony to that fact).....but I have at least a few brain cells functioning and could see that when my neighbors making $75-$100K a year were refinancing their houses at half a mill (lots of new Bimmers, boats and Harleys in the driveways in 2004-6!), we were cruising for a bruising.
Of course, since I was not making money from originating liar loans or building crapbox McMansions, that gain on my house was all I made from the bubble.
I got flak like you wouldn't believe when I advised a couple of my neighbors to sell. I was a wet blanket, a gloom and doomer, a turd in the punchbowl. These days, we mostly talk about sports and the weather, not the economy.....
I can recall no Republicans prior to 2008 warning that banks were overleveraged in housing assets and that they should not be bailed out.
And I STILL see Freepers boasting about the "booming Bush economy" who fail to realize how much of that boom was a Monopoly-money bubble.
Bush (2001)(2003)
I knew it was a bubble long before 2005. Just because the worst hadn't hit doesn't mean it didn't already exist.
"You are responsible for your own due diligence on the securities you acquire. If the underlying property values fall below your booked values, your bondholders will have to assume the loss. Do not even dream that the US Treasury or the Fed will take action to support insolvent investors."
I would have said that. By the end of 2005 I WAS saying that. But since I'm not the president, I don't have much of an impact.....
I had bought before the bubble, in an area that was affordable; rates fell soon afterwards, so I was able to refinance a low price at a low rate. I know I was just lucky with timing, but before we bought the house we were about to move into an apartment because prices were a bit high. We got lucky in finding this one, and haven't missed a payment in over 10 years.
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Coach K > Calipari.
I'd like to see MDA get a full season first though as crazy as that sounds.
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Peter Vecsey
James Dolan's reluctance to pick up Knicks president Donnie Walsh's $5 million option for next season the moment the team qualified for the playoffs says it all about where this shadowy situation is headed.
Instead of earning as little as that requisite reward from his boss (though a multi-year extension offer certainly wouldn't have been unreasonable), the person most responsible for reviving the franchise's relevance got the silent treatment and the cold shoulder, at least for public consumption.
I'm sure (well, maybe) Dolan thanked Walsh for reversing the depressing talk of the town within three years of becoming Knicks president. But not doing something definitive cheapened the accomplishment.
BOUND FOR GARDEN? Current Kentucky coach (and former Nets head man) John Calipari may be a target of Knicks owner James Dolan to replace Donnie Walsh and Mike D'Antoni.
Instead of showering Walsh with love, Dolan has doused him with disrespect . . . regardless of how things turn out in the end. Should the Knicks make a second-round indentation or beyond it'd be next to impossible, even for someone as arrogant and obdurate as Dolan, not to allow Walsh to finish what he started three seasons ago.
Yet, at this point in time, the smart money is betting parting gifts already have been picked out that will compensate Walsh suitably for having his authority usurped on a regular basis, enduring the indignity of almost being force-fed[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]as general manager, and theoretically keeping his lips sealed for x-amount of years.
It's time to go to your pocket or purse and start fingering your rosary beads to help Walsh pray a valuable package is looming. Because, really, if not for the millions, who needs to have Thomas lurking in every Garden cubbyhole, nook and cranny?
Then again, when the obvious becomes obvious to one and all, it's often wise to go the other way to see if there's someone significantly obscure (or not) hiding in the suns' glare.
Thomas might want to down a Lunesta before reading further. Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni, too.
According to a team executive, who knows a thing or two about a thing or two regarding goings-on behind the screens, Dolan may have eyes for[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. . . to run the front office and coach.
Do I have confirmation on this? No. I unsuccessfully reached out to Calipari and left a message.
Does it make sense? Yes, especially in view of Dolan's disinclination to do right by Walsh.
We're talking about a marquee college coach fresh from another Final Four, who owns pro experience (some of it good with the Nets), is an outstanding recruiter (though the NBA's salary cap may limit that impact), and relates remarkably well with young black players.
What's more, Calipari is represented by William (World Wide) Wesley, who works for Creative Artists Agency, Hollywood's most powerful entertainment agency. One of its many patrons is Chris Paul, who figures to be on the market within a matter of months. Wesley also reps Mark Warkentien, current part-time Knicks scout and former Nuggets' vice president; it's felt he'd caddy for Cal in the office.
Last year at this time, fictitious reports surfaced that Wesley was shopping Calipari and LeBron James, another CAA client, as a package to the Bulls. Reporters assume Wesley has the juice to pull something like that off. He doesn't and he didn't.
While on the subject of prospective goings and comings, the coaching carousel is in danger of developing some airliner type cracks from overuse over the next 16 weeks.
Fifteen almost assuredly will be back with their current teams -- Gregg Popovich, George Karl, Nate McMillan, Tom Thibodeau, Scott Skiles, Lionel Hollins, Avery Johnson, Scott Brooks, Paul Silas, Monty Williams, Bryon Scott, Alvin Gentry, Vinny Del Negro and Ty Corbin.
The remaining half have given notice (Phil Jackson), are on unspoken notice should their teams fail to meet expectations, or are in jeopardy to be served evictions notices.
Virtually guaranteed to go are the Pistons' John Kuester, the Timberwolves' Kurt Rambis, the Hawks' Larry Drew (unless his team pulls a first-round upset, and even then I see it heppening), the Pacers' Frank Vogel (same-same), the Warriors' Keith Smart, the Wizards' Flip Saunders and the Raptors' Jay Triano, particularly if Bryan Colangelo doesn't get a new deal -- and maybe even if he does despite adhering to an agreed-upon plan by those in charge to play almost exclusively young.
Paul Westphal, not that he deserves to be fired, might have saved his Kings job by winning some games the last couple of weeks. The fact is, he ought to get a raise for having to put up every day with DeMarcus Cousins' antics, said to be much worse than advertised.
We've already mentioned D'Antoni's uncertain circumstances. Rick Adelman, in spite of a superlative showing minus Yao Ming, is giving no indication he wants back with the Rockets. Your guess is as good as mine regarding what happens to Erik Spoelstra (Heat), Stan Van Gundy (Magic), and Rick Carlisle (Mavericks) should their respective teams distribute playoff shares in April, early May or even later in the month.
In that same vein, should the Celtics, showing my age, check into assisted living rather than The Finals, it's a given Doc Rivers will take next season off.
Who are the most eligible replacements? Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy, Mike Brown, Mike Dunleavy, Brian Shaw, Sam Mitchell, Darrell Walker, Mike Woodson, Dwane Casey, Adrian Dantley, Mike Budenholzer, Steve Clifford, Dan Majerle, Patrick Ewing, Chuck Person, Chris Jent, Dean Demopoulos, Alex English, Sam Cassell and Mario Elie. And, of, course, a few fired coaches will be recycled.
Coach K > Calipari.
I'd like to see MDA get a full season first though as crazy as that sounds.
That article was a bunch of crap lol. He talks how Dolan is showing "no respect to Walsh" but fails to mention one time... That Walsh is seriously going down the drain due to health related issues. What a joke of a read. Anything to sell meal tickets.
"Dolan may have eyes for Calipari"
"Do I have confirmation of this? No."
Thats all that needs to be said about that POS article. Close the thread; it's just another reporter spreading false rumors that hold no weight.
And yes; Mike D'Antoni does deserve his first offseason to improve his first playoff team & roster into a serious playoff/championship contending team this summer. No one deserves to coach the Knicks next year more than Mike; especially considering the fact the he came here knowing we had no chance to win for 2-3 years because of rebuilding mode. Next year is MDA's contract year & it wouldn't shock me if we win 60 games under MDA next year with a much improved roster.
Dolan is such a nut that I could see him going Charlie Sheen on us and going with Lindsey Lohan as GM and Paris Hilton as coach rather than Walsh, D'Antoni, Calipari, or any other NBA insider.
The "Dolan Love Goddesses" would be presumably be brought in for recruitment potential and team health services acumen.
They would also add TIGER BLOOD to the Knicks player's dietary regimen.
Hell no. I hate Calipari
Because he pretty much sucked with the Nets lol.
I call b.s. as well this whole article stinks of the kind of logic people use to make up u.f.o. conspiracies. And until I hear something official I am assuming that this coach k talk is at best a negotiation ploy to try to low ball Don and at worst a complete lie.
Vecsey is full of crap, I can't remember anything he's predicted ever coming true. Woj at Yahoo is the man if he writes it, it's money.
Although I went to University of Kentucky, I still think Calipari isn't right for the Knicks. Why? He's a college coach, & ..... (see below)
Of course the Kentucky Wildcats is a damn good team. But I still think it takes a bit of luck to win one NCAA title. I mean, seriously, if one game decides advancement/elimination, then think how many NBA championship history would have been rewritten?


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- Chemical degradation of fluoroelastomer in an alkaline environment
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- We have investigated the time-dependent chemical degradation of a fluoroelastomer, FKM (Viton® A), in an alkaline environment (10% NaOH, 80 °C). Optical microscopy and SEM analysis reveal that degradation starts with surface roughness right from the earliest stage of exposure (e.g., 1 week) and finally results in cracks on the surface after prolonged exposure. Initially the extent of degradation is mainly confined to the surface regions (a few nanometers) but with longer exposure (e.g., 12 weeks) it extends to below the subsurface region of the fluoroelastomer. The extent of this surface degradation is found to be strong enough to affect the bulk mechanical properties. The molecular mechanisms of the surface chemical degradation were determined using surface analysis (XPS and ATR-FTIR) where the initial degradation was found to proceed via dehydrofluorination. This leads to double bond formation on the rubber backbone which accelerates the degradation even further with longer exposure. Furthermore, the cross-link sites of the exposed rubber samples are also found to be vulnerable to hydrolytic attack under the studied chemical environment as evidenced by the decrease in cross-link density and gel fraction (%).
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It's a pastime usually reserved for insomniacs and sheep, but biologists have taken it one step further with 40 plus years of penguin counting at the world-famous penguin colony on Phillip Island, and their results are having important implications for conservation.
With an estimated 32,000 breeding penguins at the Phillip Island colony, counting penguins is far from lulling the researchers to sleep. Just ask Dr Duncan Sutherland, penguin biologist at Phillip Island Nature Parks and lead author on a study about estimating population trends recently published in the journal Biodiversity and Conservation.
"Little penguins aren't the easiest animal to count given they come ashore at night, live in burrows on land and spend most of their time at sea, but accurately knowing the population size and any changes has a critical impact on what we do to protect the species."
Three counting methods have been employed over the last 30 years, with the most regular being the nightly count conducted at the Penguin Parade as the birds cross the beach – nothing more than a ranger with decent arithmetic and a pair of binoculars. An average of 572 penguins crossed the Penguin Parade beach during the Parade each evening from 1984 to 2011.
Other methods of estimating penguin numbers, however, are far more sophisticated and include GPS mapping of burrows and demographic modelling based on survival and recruitment.
"The Penguin Parade only accounts for 10 per cent of the colony and the nightly beach count isn't a reliable estimate of trends in the entire colony," Duncan explains.
"To get a more accurate picture we've conducted 13 colony-wide surveys in eight separate years to estimate burrow density and burrow occupancy rates, and we've done modelling based on survival and recruitment rates measured at three sites each year."
And it has been good news for Phillip Island's most famous residents with trends indicating a doubling of the population from 1984 to 2011, coinciding with the Summerland Housing Estate Buyback Scheme by the Victoria Government and an expansion of habitat. The scheme was initiated in the mid-1980s following concern about penguin mortalities due to pets, foxes, fire and habitat destruction. More than 180 buildings were removed from the penguin colony in a 30 year period.
It hasn't all been smooth swimming for the seabirds though, with a mass pilchard mortality in the mid-1990s resulting in a substantial decline in the penguin population in 1995 and 1997 and poor breeding performance.
"Knowing the population trends is vital to protecting this colony," Duncan says.
"Historically, 10 penguin colonies existed on Phillip Island but in the last 100 years predation by dogs, foxes and cats, and habitat loss from urbanisation and agriculture, wiped out nine of those colonies.
"The Summerland Peninsula colony, including the Penguin Parade, is the last remaining population of penguins on the island. Although it's one of the largest in Australia, things like food availability and predation can still have a dramatic impact."


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