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NBA Combine 2013: Dates, TV Info, Live Stream and Drills PreviewMay 14, 2013
The 2013 NBA combine is a perfect opportunity for both the casual observers and hardcore fans of the Association to get a closer look at the top prospects in the upcoming draft.
Anyone remotely interested in the June 27 event should be watching approximately 60 stars from the college ranks, D-League and international game compete against one another and themselves over the course of two days.
While the NBA's combine may not have the luster of the NFL's, it's still an extremely important affair that showcases everyone from consensus top five picks to fringe second-rounders.
This is the best way to get one last up close and personal look—and a first peek at, for some of these more under-the-radar talents—at the players your favorite organization will be intensely scrutinizing and deliberate endlessly about drafting.
Let's take a look at what kind of drills and measurements these young men will be subjected to over the course of the two-day occasion, highlight some of the most impressive performances of all time and more in our comprehensive 2013 NBA combine preview.
General Combine Information
When: Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17
Where: Attack Athletics, Chicago, Ill.
Complete Television Info
Thursday, May 16: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. ET on ESPNU and 2-3 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Friday, May 17: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. ET on ESPNU and 2-3 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Saturday, May 18: 12-3 p.m. ET on NBATV (Day 1 Re-air), 3-5 p.m. ET (One hour recaps for both days)
Sunday, May 19: 12-3 p.m. ET on NBATV (Day 2 Re-air), 3-5 p.m. ET (One hour recaps for both days)
Live Streaming Guide
Thursday, May 16: 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. ET on ESPN3
Friday, May 17: 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. ET on ESPN3
Participant List (via ESPN's Chad Ford)
*Note: Not all invited players will appear at combine.
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Here's the NBA's Participant List for the 2013 NBA Draft Combine http://t.co/LPClOWq6Sx2013-5-9 22:43:38
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NBA just added 3 players to the Draft Combine. Vander Blue (Marquette), Will Clyburn (Iowa State) & Robert Covington (Tennessee State)2013-5-10 16:31:11
Don't expect all of these players to work out in Chicago, as some prospects—such as Maryland's Alex Len—have already and may continue to withdraw over the next few days due to injury concerns.
There are also plenty of prospects that will show up at Attack Athletics but make themselves scarce—participating in a select few drills and only agreeing to measurements that their representation feels they have little chance to embarrass themselves in.
However, many of the less heralded players will be giving it their all in every event, which is why the draft combine is consistently worth tuning in to.
Athletic Testing
The lack of fanfare around the combine may be attributed to the lack of a measureable drill that most players participate in and analysts and observers love to talk about—such as the 40-yard-dash in the NFL.
However, there is still the bench press—which drew attention when Kevin Durant failed to put up one rep of 185 pounds—and a three-quarter-court sprint, which is a good indication of how fast players will be on the break.
Here's a look at the complete list of drills that each prospect will have the option of proving their worth in:
*Note: Past performances courtesy of DraftExpress.com
Top Past Performance
Bench Press (185 pounds)
27 Reps, Jason Keep, 2003
No Step Vertical Jump
39.5", Kenny Gregory, 2001 and Nick Young, 2007
No Step Vertical Reach
12', Greg Oden, 2007
Max Vertical Jump
45'5", Kenny Gregory, 2001
Max Vertical Reach
12'5", Shaquille O'Neal, 1992
Sprint (3/4 Court)
2.91 sec, Cookie Belcher, 2001
Lane Agility Drill
8.18 sec, Mustapha Farrakhan, 2011
Physical Testing
This is where the scouts find out if the prospects they are evaluating can do more than just pass the eye test.
Mild fortunes will be made and lost with the tape measure, as players that perform better than expected and possess more size and athleticism than the field will see their stock get anywhere from a slight to enormous boost heading into draft day.
Don't be surprised to hear about at least one prospect vaulting up the big boards due to the tale of the tape.
*Note: Measurements courtesy of DraftExpress.com
Top Past Showings
Height w/o Shoes
7' 5.5", Shawn Bradley, 1993
Height w/ Shoes
7'5", Pavel Podkolzine, 2003
340 lbs., Giogos Bogris, 2009
8'1", Mamadou Ndiaye, 2012
9'8", Pavel Podkolzine, 2003
Body Fat
2.6 percent, Dahntay Jones, 2003
Hand Length
11.25", Greg Smith, 2011
Hand Width
12", Greg Smith, 2011
Shooting Drills
While shooting uncontested jumpers isn't the best indication of how a prospect will perform in an NBA game, it certainly can be telling.
Should a player knock down a significant chunk of their long-range shots, attempts off the dribble and against the clock from the mid-range, GMs can feel comfortable that these kids will be able to comfortably perform when the pressure is on and it counts for real.
There are plenty of teams that should be in the market for guys that can simply knock down corner treys and play defense this summer, and at least one half of that equation can be solved during the combine.
Point Guard, Shooting Guard and Small Forward Shooting Drills
Spot-Up College Three-Pointers
Spot-Up NBA Three-Pointers
Shooting off Dribble
Timed 15'-18' Moving Jump Shots
As many as possible
Power Forward and Center Shooting Drills
Spot-Up High School Three-Pointers
Spot-Up College Three-Pointers
Shooting off Dribble
Timed 15'-18' Moving Jump Shots
As many as possible
There will be plenty more going on at the combine, so we'll update you right here with more information and drills as the event draws nearer and more information becomes available.


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As I work from home today, watching the snow floating down, I am in awe of nature's beauty. The phone is not ringing since all personal and work appointments are cancelled, and my dog is fast asleep at my feet. Sometimes it's nice to have a quiet moment to reflect on things that have inspired me.
I am a student and always will be. I have taken classes in acting, voice, dance, meditation, guitar, yoga, kick-boxing, knitting, quilting, and cooking to name a few. In my own work teaching clients, as both an acting and life coach, I find myself quoting words of wisdom from some of my favorite inspirational teachers that I have worked with over the years. In this time of quiet reflection, I thought it would be nice to share some of them with you...
"It's haaaaard. Acting is very hard."
"If you say you're going to go, GO!"
"You must be willing to make a mess to have your dreams."
"In order to explode, you must have the stuff to explode with."
"The voices in our head will sabotage us."
"Take the effort, struggle, and examining of it out of acting."
"Theater is life distilled."
"We must forget the language and go with the humanity."
"Make it specific. You won't react from generalizations."
"Acting is the most important moment of your life."
"The title is very important to what is happening in the scene."
"You understand a play better when you understand what is going on in the world at that time. "
"There are only two emotions in life - love and fear."
"Let things surprise you. The reward about acting is you discover all the different me's."
"Don't take it personally. It's never about us. "
"Stay curious."
"Anyone can make the moment real, but what you do with it is where the talent lies."
"With good writing your first obligation is to the playwright."
"Pay attention!"
I encourage you to find a quiet moment in your own busy day so you can reflect on what inspires you to do what you do. This can bring a smile to your face, give you a deeper sense of certainty and satisfaction with your life, and can even trigger fresh ideas and get the creative juices flowing. Stay safe and warm and enjoy the snow.
Master your craft, empower yourself and enjoy the journey.
Denise Simon is a New York-based acting coach and career consultant who has been involved in the entertainment industry for more than 25 years as an actor, teacher, director, and personal talent manager. For 10 years, she was an associate with Fox Albert Management, one of the leading talent management companies in New York, where she managed such clients as Scarlett Johansson, Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino, Lacey Chabert ("Party of Five"), and Judy Reyes (NBC's "Scrubs"). Denise has coached hundreds of children and young adults appearing regularly on Broadway and in television and film, as well as educating parents on the business of show business.
You can visit Denise on the web at www.simoncoachinggroup.com and like her on Facebook and follow her on Twitter.


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Hepatic Arterial Infusion of Melphalan With Hepatic Perfusion in Treating Patients With Unresectable Liver Cancer
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RATIONALE: Hepatic arterial infusion uses a catheter to deliver anticancer substances directly into the liver. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as melphalan, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving drugs in different ways may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving an hepatic arterial infusion of melphalan together with hepatic perfusion works in treating patients with unresectable liver cancer.
|Drug: isolated perfusion Drug: melphalan
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Study Of Hepatic Arterial Infusion Of Melphalan With Venous Filtration Via Peripheral Hepatic Perfusion (PHP) For Unresectable Primary And Metastatic Cancers Of The Liver
- To determine the response rate and duration of response to intra-hepatic infusion of melphalan with subsequent venous hemofiltration in patients with primary and metastatic hepatic malignancies [ Time Frame: Survivial ]
- To determine the patterns of recurrence following percutaneous hepatic perfusions (PHP) with melphalan [ Time Frame: Survival ]
- To determine the progression free and overall survival in patients with hepatic malignancies following this therapy [ Time Frame: Survivial ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Active Comparator: Melphalan Administration PHP
|Drug: isolated perfusion Drug: melphalan
Detailed Description:
- Determine the response rate and duration of response in patients with unresectable primary or metastatic liver cancer treated with intrahepatic arterial infusion of melphalan with venous filtration via peripheral hepatic perfusion.
- Determine the patterns of recurrence in patients treated with this regimen.
- Determine progression-free and overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.
- Evaluate the safety and tolerability of this regimen in these patients.
- Assess the filter characteristics including melphalan pharmacokinetics and filtration of cytokines and clotting factors during and after treatment.
OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to primary tumor histology (neuroendocrine tumor vs primary hepatic malignancy vs adenocarcinoma of gastrointestinal or other origin).
Patients undergo peripheral isolated hepatic perfusion in which a catheter is placed via the groin into the hepatic artery and another into the hepatic vein. Patients then receive melphalan as an intrahepatic arterial infusion over 15-30 minutes. Treatment repeats approximately every 3-8 weeks for up to 6 total infusions in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years, every 4 months for 1 year, and then periodically thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 105 patients will be accrued for this study within 4-5 years.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Histologically or cytologically confirmed hepatic malignancy
- Unresectable disease
- Disease predominantly in the parenchyma of the liver
One of the following primary tumor histologies:
- Adenocarcinoma of gastrointestinal or other origin
- Neuroendocrine tumor (except gastrinoma)
- Primary hepatic malignancy (e.g., hepatocellular cancer or intra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma)
- Cutaneous or ocular melanoma (patients must have received prior regional melphalan therapy)
- Hepatic metastases from colorectal tumors allowed provided patient has undergone prior first-line chemotherapy, including irinotecan or oxaliplatin
Limited unresectable extrahepatic disease on preoperative radiological studies allowed if life-limiting component of progressive disease is in the liver
Limited extrahepatic disease includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Up to 4 pulmonary nodules each < 1 cm in diameter
- Retroperitoneal lymph nodes each < 3 cm in diameter
- Less than 10 skin or subcutaneous metastases each < 1 cm in diameter
- Asymptomatic bone metastases that have been or could be palliatively treated with external beam radiotherapy
- Resectable solitary metastasis to any site
Hormone receptor status:
- Not specified
- 16 and over
- Male or Female
Menopausal status
- Not specified
Performance status
Life expectancy
- Not specified
- Platelet count ≥ 75,000/mm^3
- Hematocrit > 27%
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,300/mm^3
- Bilirubin ≤ 2.0 mg/dL
- PT ≤ 2 seconds of upper limit of normal (ULN)
- AST and ALT ≤ 10 times ULN
- No Childs class B or C cirrhosis
- No portal hypertension by history, endoscopy, or radiologic studies
- Creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL OR
- Creatinine clearance > 60 mL/min
- No congestive heart failure
- No chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- FEV_1 ≥ 30% of predicted
- DLCO ≥ 40% of predicted
- No active infection
- No severe allergic reaction to iodine contrast agent that is not controlled by premedication with antihistamines or steroids
- No known hypersensitivity reaction to melphalan or heparin in the presence of a heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) antibody
- Weight > 35 kg
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No documented latex allergy
- No evidence of intracranial abnormalities which would lead to risk for bleeding with anticoagulation (e.g., stroke or active metastasis)
- No evidence of active ulcer disease
Biologic therapy
- More than 1 month since prior biologic therapy and recovered
- See Disease Characteristics
- More than 1 month since prior chemotherapy and recovered
Endocrine therapy
- Premenopausal women (i.e., have had a period within the past 12 months) must be willing to undergo hormonal suppression during study treatment
- See Disease Characteristics
- More than 1 month since prior radiotherapy and recovered
- No prior Whipple resection
- Prior intrahepatic perfusion (with or without arterial infusion with floxuridine) or peripheral hepatic perfusion allowed provided the patient had a radiographic partial response of 3 months' duration after therapy
- No concurrent immunosuppressive drugs
- No concurrent chronic anticoagulation therapy
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00096083
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00096083
|United States, Maryland
|Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Trials Referral Office
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892-1182
|Principal Investigator:
|Marybeth Hughes, MD
|NCI - Surgery Branch
|Responsible Party:
|Delcath Systems Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00096083 History of Changes
|Obsolete Identifiers:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|November 9, 2004
|First Posted:
|November 9, 2004
|Last Update Posted:
|October 23, 2013
|Last Verified:
|October 2013
Keywords provided by Delcath Systems Inc.:
advanced adult primary liver cancer
localized unresectable adult primary liver cancer
recurrent adult primary liver cancer
liver metastases
adenocarcinoma of the colon
adenocarcinoma of the esophagus
adenocarcinoma of the extrahepatic bile duct
adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder
adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
adenocarcinoma of the rectum
adenocarcinoma of the stomach
carcinoma of the appendix
recurrent gallbladder cancer
unresectable gallbladder cancer
recurrent colon cancer
stage IV colon cancer
recurrent esophageal cancer
stage IV esophageal cancer
recurrent extrahepatic bile duct cancer
unresectable extrahepatic bile duct cancer
recurrent gastric cancer
stage IV gastric cancer
recurrent rectal cancer
stage IV rectal cancer
small intestine adenocarcinoma
recurrent small intestine cancer
recurrent islet cell carcinoma
recurrent pheochromocytoma
metastatic pheochromocytoma
pulmonary carcinoid tumor
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Myeloablative Agonists
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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Originally published Monday, June 17, 2013 at 3:24 PM
Kahne produces hats to sell for Leffler Trust
The racing community rallies around its own, and Kasey Kahne has stepped up to help raise funds for Jason Leffler's young son.
The Associated Press
The racing community rallies around its own, and Kasey Kahne has stepped up to help raise funds for Jason Leffler's young son.
Kahne is selling a black hat with Leffler's "LEFturn" nickname on it for $20 on his website with all proceeds going to the Charlie Dean Leffler Discretionary Trust. Leffler was killed last Wednesday in an accident at a dirt track in New Jersey. He was 37 and a divorced father of 5-year-old Charlie.
Kahne and Leffler were close friends dating to their early careers in sprint cars, and the two had flown together to Pocono Raceway where Leffler made his only Sprint Cup start of the season June 9.
Kahne wore the black "LEFturn" hat all weekend at Michigan International Speedway, where interest was so high he promised to find a way to mass produce the hats so fans could purchase them as a way to support Leffler's son. He tweeted the information Monday, and the traffic was so high the site crashed within minutes.
"You guys are awesome! You already crashed the site! Thanks for being patient," he tweeted.
The hats will start shipping on Friday, Kahne said, and can be ordered at https://www.kaseykahnestore.com.
It's not uncommon for the racing community to step up to help the families of fallen racers - IndyCar and NASCAR drivers contributed when two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died in 2011. Graham Rahal collected items to be auctioned off from racers from all series, and the same racers bid on many of the items. In all, almost $650,000 was raised for Wheldon's widow and two sons.
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Officer Richard Bremer was killed in an automobile collision while pursuing a suspected drunk driver who refused to stop. He was pursuing the suspect down West South Street, shortly before midnight, when dispatchers lost radio contact with him.
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We were a group of three families with 5 adults and 3 teenaged girls in search of fun and respite from our awful Canadian winter. And Las Vegas turned out to be exactly what we needed...None of us are what we would consider Vegas types - we don't gamble for starters - but we decided that it would be fun to go as a group. And we went with the philosophy that we would do it all since we would probably only go there once in our lives.
We arrived on a Saturday mid-day and rented a car. We found Vegas very easy to get around in and we were happy to have a car as we were staying off the strip. Free and plentiful parking at all of the hotels on the strip made the decision to rent a car a no-brainer.
We spent three days on the strip, exploring the hotels in sections. We started late on Day 1 so parked at Bellagio and caught the free fountain show out front (some snickered as it was set to the Celine Dion Titanic tune, but we all agreed it was impressive). We then walked up to the Fashion Show mall to get discount tickets to shows and then back to Treasure Island in time to catch the Sirens show. In summary, free but very cheesy (although we did enjoy the frat boys in front arguing over which siren was the "hottest"). We explored the inside of the Bellagio on our way back to get the car and were amazed at the glass sculpture ceiling in the lobby, the display behind the registration counter and the conservatory.
We were staying at a great timeshare resort, the Grandview, so BBQ'd steaks that night, had plenty of laughs and hung out in the glorious hot tub, enjoying being with friends, the balmy weather, and the absence of snow and slush.
Day 2, we were up bright and early to spend a full day on the strip. This time we parked at MGM, explored the lion habitat in the lobby (both adults and cubs on display that day) and then headed across the street to New York New York. Six of our group are rollercoaster afficionados so were delighted with the ride at this hotel. We then headed to Nine Fine Irishmen, the pub in the lobby with a great patio and live entertainment right on Las Vegas Blvd, for a wonderful pub lunch. I had a great potato leek soup, while the others had a very rich mac and cheese (the side portion is perfect), fabulous fish and chips, a wonderful smoked salmon appetizer that was a perfect size for lunch, etc.
We then continued our trek south to the Excalibur Hotel and then the Luxor. By this point, we were feeling the effects of all of the walking so were happy to take the light rail between the two hotels. At the Luxor, we all went to the Bodies Exhibit. I had seen it once before in New York, but wanted my kids to see it and it was just as fascinating the second time around.
We went back to our timeshare to have a swim in the pool, BBQ some burgers and get cleaned up for the Penn & Teller show that night. This show was at the Rio - again, very easy to get to with plentiful free parking. This is a great show and we were most impressed when both men came out into the lobby after the show to sign autographs and have photos taken with their fans.
Day 3 was shopping day (I did say we had 3 teenaged girls with us, didn't I?) We spent most of the day at Las Vegas Premium Outlets, including grabbing lunch at the small food court, and got some good deals, but by mid-afternoon we headed over to the Fashion Show mall to hit Forever 21.
After all that shopping, we were happy to have a soak in the hot tub and another communal dinner at our unit before heading off to see Rita Rudner. This was a very funny show as well, and we enjoyed exploring the Venetian before and after the show.
We decided that we needed a break from the action on Day 4 so we packed a picnic lunch (with champagne for the adults!) and headed out to Valley of Fire State Park. This was one of our favourite activities and it was just a short hour out of Vegas. We stopped first at the Visitor Centre which had washrooms, potable water and displays showing the various animals, birds and other things we'd be seeing. Then we found a great covered picnic spot at the Cabins. After eating, we clambered a bit up the rocks before heading off to the Hoover Dam on our way back to Vegas. The desert-scape was very different for us, and we loved the red rock formations. We decided to pass on the various Hoover Dam tours and just drove over the dam and parked in a couple of locations to wonder at the immensity of it. We particularly liked the "no spies" sign...too funny!
We headed back to our unit for a dip in the pool and to get freshened up for dinner at the Lotus of Siam. This place doesn't look like much and the area is a little sketchy, but the food was delicious and very reasonably priced ($65 for my group of 3, including 2 beer for me). With a party of 8, we were able to order and sample many dishes, and we really liked the special shrimp rolls, the yellow curry, the duck curry, and red chicken curry, and the mussel omelet (really, it was delish!). My vegetarian daughter said the pad thai was a life-altering experience - I don't know about that, but it was yummy for sure.
We then headed down to Fremont Street to take a peek at old Las Vegas and I must say we were not too impressed. The teenagers were a bit traumatized by all the male attention (ranging from harmless staring to openly admiring comments to the creepy Homer character that took a liking to our 14 year old and snuck up behind her on several occasions), but we enjoyed the people watching, in particular the people dressed up as various personalities (we saw Kid Rock, Brett Michaels, Ozzie and Paul Stanley that night along with many, many Homer Simpsons). I must admit that I liked the Queen and Kiss tributes that lit up the Fremont Street Experience ceiling from time to time. We had to leave before George Thoroughgood took to the heavens, but I expect that would have been fun as well. While we found the area to be pretty seedy and tired, I spoke to someone I met back at the hot tub who told me he had stayed at the Golden Nugget last year and thought the rooms were super-luxurious. And all of the old neon lights were fantastic.
On Day 5, we got up early to go to the Jubilee backstage tour at the Bally's hotel ($17 each). Jubilee is one of the last big showgirl productions in Vegas and, although our kids were too young to go to the show (it's topless so limited to 18 and over), we all thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Patsy, one of the current showgirls, was our guide and she was elegant and funny and perfect! After, wandered around the Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace and discovered the magnificent pool area. No one seemed to care that we weren't hotel guests so we pulled up some loungers and took in the beauty and tranquility of this area for a while. We drove up to the Sahara so the rollercoaster lovers amongst us could get there fill, but the ride was closed on Wednesdays - drat! So we headed off to Circus Circus and took in a circus act over the casino floor and the rollercoaster in the Adventuredome.
We did a quick change in the car back at the parking lot at Bally's and met in Paris at Le Village, our one and only buffet experience in Vegas. I must say I was cynical about the buffet thing, but this one was very good, reasonably priced ($25 for dinner although the 18% mandatory gratuity for a group of 8 seemed a bit steep for a buffet!) and the foods all seemed to go together better than at other buffets. We enjoyed the cassoulet, the glazed pearl onions, the grilled lamb, the choucroute garni, the onion soup and so much more. The highlights, though, were the $10 bottles of red wine (seriously!) and the made to order crepes for dessert.
We rolled out of there 2.5 hours later, stuffed to the gills, and made our way across the street to the Bellagio to see Cirque de Soleil's "O". I have seen Cirque shows three times before, but this was the most spectacular of all and, in the end, worth the hefty price tag of $165 each. There was so much happening at once that was so interesting and quirky that it was hard to keep up and I imagine you would see different things if you went back again.
After "O", we wandered around the strip a bit to see the sights at night. The fountain show outside the Bellagio was better for me this time with a Frank Sinatra tune replacing Celine. We wanted to go up the Eiffel Tower, but balked at the hefty night-time price and the 1 hour wait. The girls even squeezed in a little more shopping in the Miracle Mile shops.
Day 6 was catch up day - we ran around to see a few last things on people's lists - the Town Square shopping centre which is a lovely outdoor shopping mall, the M & Ms store (we even caught the 4D movie there - cheesy but free), etc. We had lunch at the nasty looking Mexican restaurant beside the M & Ms store and I'm pleased to report that it was much better than we expected - decent nachos with real guacamole and chicken wings for reasonable prices. This was St. Patrick's Day and I have to say I was happy we were not returning to or staying on the strip that night - throngs of drunken people wearing green on the strip at 2 in the afternoon - I can't imagine how it must've deteriorated later that night... We had dinner back at our unit and then went bowling at the South Point Casino for something completely different. Very fun!
We decided to splurge and take a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon on our last day. Heli USA seemed to be the only company that would agree to carry our group of 8 in 2 helicopters at the same time so that we could have lunch together while there. John, their very affable salesman outside the Fashion Show mall, recommended that we take the Ranch combination where we would land near the Canyon at a working ranch, be transported by horse-drawn wagon to the ranch for a BBQ lunch and then go for a short horseback ride before getting back on the helicopter and returning to Vegas. Sounded a little cheesy, but it was actually a lot of fun. And nothing really beats rising over the lip for your first view of the Grand Canyon. The helicopter pilots were great, pointing out sights along the way and chatting throughout the flight. Lunch was yummy ribs with a little corn on the cob and a quick beer. This trip only takes 4 or 5 hours so we had the afternoon to ourselves, to lounge by the pool and soak up some sun before it was time to get ready for the evening's activities.
We had extensive discussions about where to go for dinner on our last night since many of us had had bad last night experiences when travelling and we were determined to break that curse. In the end, we relied on recommendations here and in other sources and went to Rosemary's. Sounds a little boring, I know, and it is located in a strip mall in suburban Las Vegas which didn't help alleviate our concern. But once we entered the restaurant, we knew we were in for a treat! Once in, you would never know that you're in a strip mall (thank goodness). The wait staff was wonderful - exceptionally well-trained, knowledgeable about the menu and very accommodating of food allergies, food preferences and our time constraints. We each ordered the $55 prix fixe menu - an appetizer, a main and a dessert - and each person was delighted with their meal as well as with all of the samples we had of other people's meals. We found a delicious bottle of wine for a reasonable $50 although most of the wine list contained much more expensive wines. The meal was very well paced, with all plates presented at the same time with a flourish. Lovely. Our bill for 3 with tax and tip, including a drink and a glass of wine, was $265 - by far our most expensive meal of the week, but well worth it for the total dining experience.
Then it was off to the Jay Leno show - great opening act by a comedic do wop group from California, but what really impressed me the most was the man himself and his 1.5 hour stand-up routine - perfect timing, perfect delivery, hilarious!
Well after all that fun, it was finally time to catch our breath and return to reality (to say nothing of returning to work, to pay for the fun!). In the end, I think that we all enjoyed Vegas much more than we were expecting and were amazed at the range of things to do while there. A week was definitely not too long - had we had two weeks, we would have been able to have a few more down days to lounge by the pool and to explore the other local parks like Red Rock. We were impressed with the overall consistently high quality of food, as well as with the reasonable prices. We had perfect weather - warm and sunny most days while cooling off at night. In the end, while I'm not sure that I would return (been there, done that), the girls are already plotting their return when they are over 21.
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Wow!! What a trip!! Thanks for reporting back.
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Sounds like the way to do Vegas without losing money at the tables. Glad you had a great trip and next time try using it as a place to fly in/out and explore some of the National Parks in the area.
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lizcdn2, thanks for the trip report. I am going to save your report for everyone who wants to know what to do in vegas besides gamble. Sounds like you had a wonderful time. After looking at snow for so long isn't the conservatory in Bellagio a pretty looking and sweet smelling treat? I thought your impression of downtown was spot on, it really is for the more serious gambler that want to casino hop easily. I also enjoy staying at the Golden Nuggett like your friend does. Great trip report.
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What a great trip report---thanks for sharing! Wow. My sister, DD and I are headed to Vegas in July and after reading your report, I think we are going to be sorry we didn't allow more time there! Oh well, we are just going to have to go again sometime.
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Just finished a 40 mile shakedown hike this weekend and came down with some gnarly shin splints. I've got plans to start a thru on March 24th, am I screwed?
Just finished a 40 mile shakedown hike this weekend and came down with some gnarly shin splints. I've got plans to start a thru on March 24th, am I screwed?
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No, but rest up. Then when you go back out there take shorter strides and build up your mileage slowly.
You are not screwed. Your stride pace is probably too fast. I had shin splints a few weeks into my thru and had to rest up a few days. The best thing to heal up in my experience was to get extra sleep. The thing that helped the most in terms of avoiding a relapse was actually slowing the pace down, not taking long lurching strides and just generally taking it easier. I had to get over my tendency to push myself. It was a good thing for much more than just avoiding shin splints.
You'll be fine by then but this is a really good red flag that you'll be prone to getting shin splints on the trail. Take it slow on the flat and downhills. If you do get shinsplints while on the trail you can do like I did and take 800mg of Ibuprofen twice per day (it worked for me and I had nasty shinsplints, twice) or take about a week off trail.
Three things that will help (I've had shin splints several times):
1) Keep your calf muscle well stretched when your hiking.
2) Strengthen your calf muscles (this exercise is great: http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/Gast...CalfRaise.html)
3) Strengthen the muscles on the front of your shins: http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/Tibi...CalfRaise.html (If you can't do it with your full body weight, do the exercise while leaning with your back against a wall and your feet about 1 foot out from the wall)
Thanks, I'll rest for a few days then start stretching and these exercises.
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I use to get shin splints a lot when I ran, but they eventually went away one the muscle built up properly.
In the meantime, I found a stretch that helped immensely (it focuses on the shin muscle):
1) stand with you feet parallel at shoulder width.
2) with you feet remaining flat on the ground, start squatting down and use your arms as a counter weight so you don't fall over backwards.
3) once you get all the way to ground, hold it there for a while (don't bounce).
Do that every so often and it should help keep you shins loose.
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Ace Bandage...wrap for support for when it flares up while hiking and you've miles to go.
If chronic, have it X-grayed. It has been known that hair-line fractures have/could occur.
Build your shin muscles before you hike. Take a 5 lb plate weight and loop a small 2 foot rope thru the hole. Sit with feet about two feet off floor. Place rope over toes with weight hanging below shoe. Raise weight up and down. You will feel muscles working at your shins. Do this on a few times each week and the splints will disappear. You may need to add extra weight later
I don't know if will help get rid of them but to prevent them, I stretch as much as possible. In particular, I stand next to a curb or rock. point my toe down and push the top of my foot back. This stretches the muscles on front of my calf (or shin). Even while hiking, every stop I take I do the same stretch. I don't get them any more...
There's really 2 basic types of "shin splints": one where it's related to those muscles that cross the front of your shin (Anterior Tibialis), and one where it's a problem with the actual bone of your shin (Tibia). They're both overuse injuries that mean you're pushing your body too hard, too fast.
If it came on over the course of a weekend, it's probably your muscles, like most of the posts above suggest. Back off your exercise regiment a bit, rest, ice if you can, and ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory as well as a pain-reliever, so that should help too. Once you're feeling better, start working on strengthening those muscles gradually so your body can adjust. (40 miles with a weighted pack in a weekend would be a shock to almost anyone's system, even if you're fit)
The type of shin-splints related to your bone is a bit more serious and usually takes longer to develop, but it's actually putting a lot of micro-fractures in the bone, weakening it and putting you at more risk for a serious fracture.
I don't think you're screwed at all, just give your body a chance to recover and then try to find a balance in your training where you're still pushing yourself, but not wearing your body out. Best of luck!
Not sure if this was mentioned, but make sure the hiking shoe you wear is providing you with good support--a poor shoe can also contribute.
you should be fine just slow your roll..
Part of a shake down is more then gear related. It is BEST that you got them out of the way it will help with good milage right from the start. Just don't. Over due the rehab in the next few weeks.
Rest up and take it easy on the start of the AT. You will probably average 10 miles in Georgia. I have seen a lot of people start out saying they will do monster miles and end up getting off the trail to injury or get sick of the 'pushing' of miles. The miles will come...as well as your fitness and strength as you body adjusts to the requirements of the trail. Pushing it may hurt yourself again. Also, go through your pack again and see what items you really need..you may be carrying too much weight. With the NOBO starting soon many lists are here with advice to shave pack weight. (If you have not already) Also it is a good idea to have a pack shakedown at Mountain Crossings in GA after a few miles on the trail to help hikers further...they ship tons of stuff back from hikers that had too much or unneeded stuff back home.
My experience, if you are in good shape, chill from now until 2 weeks from your hike, dial it up slowly, don't push it too hard, good advice above. I am leaving next weekend for my spring section hike...........have been dealing with some pretty serious pain, just started doing some hikes with a 25lb pack..........in the end this is all mental, if in good shape going into a hike you will be fine.
The discipline is doing NOTHING but stretching, sit ups, push ups, etc..............unti you heal
The only reason that I even reply here is that depending on WHY you have shin splints, may necessitate specific treatments beyond what most would suggest here. Chin splints can actually lead to bone fractures as well.
Rest well and best of luck.


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Johnny Cueto hasn't pitched very well lately, at least by the lofty bar he's set all season. The offense isn't chugging on all cylinders, either. And as the team with baseball's second-best record, the 84-57 Reds lost a 5-1 game on Sunday and two of three in a series to the team with baseball's worst record in the 44-96 Astros.
It marked back-to-back series losses for Cincinnati, which also dropped two of three to Philadelphia. The club has lost only four series since the All-Star break. As for Houston, it hadn't won a road series since beating the White Sox in early June.
"You have these spells in a season. You just hope you time it right and continue to build momentum," Reds first baseman Joey Votto said. "We have one goal in mind. As a unit, we will continue to push towards it. I am confident that we'll continue to work behind the scenes to be a better ballclub when the season ends."
The Reds still hold an 8 1/2 game lead over the second-place Cardinals in the National League Central with 21 games remaining. Their magic number to clinch remained 14, after St. Louis outlasted Milwaukee in extra innings on Sunday.
When the homestand began, Cueto hadn't lost a day game all season. Now, he's lost two in a row after he tied his season's shortest outing with four innings pitched. But a lot was done to him in that limited time. He allowed four runs on nine hits with one walk and six strikeouts.
Foiled in his bid for 18 wins again, Cueto is now 17-8 and with a 2.71 ERA, lost his NL ERA lead to 18-game winner R.A. Dickey (2.64) and possibly some momentum for the NL Cy Young Award.
Cueto came in with a 2.79 ERA over his previous six starts, so it's not exactly a slump that the right-hander is experiencing. He allowed four runs and eight hits over seven innings in Monday's 4-2 loss to the Phillies.
And physically, Cueto is fine, says manager Dusty Baker.
"We talked about that with him before the start," Baker said. "He was throwing the ball well. It was a matter of getting the ball with not very good location. Whenever a guy gets hit hard that's not used to getting hit hard, everybody wants to [see] if something is wrong with him. Sometimes you just have a couple of bad outings. That's what it looks like to me.
"Hopefully, he's not worried about things other than pitching and winning. He's never been this close to 20 [wins] and the Cy Young. There are probably things running through his head. We'll have to have a little sit down conference with him, and get him back to being Johnny Cueto pitching."
Houston notched three straight singles and began the game with the bases loaded and no outs. Cueto escaped with only one run allowed on Fernando Martinez's sacrifice fly before Matt Dominguez grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Cueto gave up a leadoff single in the second inning before retiring the bottom third of the lineup in order. The big trouble came with two outs in the third inning, when Brett Wallace hit a single and Martinez walked. On a 1-0 pitch, Dominguez took Cueto deep to left field for a three-run homer and 4-0 lead.
"It was a high changeup. That's the same guy that hit the three-run home run off of [Aroldis] Chapman [on Friday]," Baker said. "The two games we lost, [Dominguez] was very responsible."
Astros journeyman pitcher Edgar Gonzalez, who was making his second big league start since 2009, held the Reds to only one run and two hits over five innings. Gonzalez retired 10 of his first 11 batters until a Votto walk with one out in the fourth. The next batter, Jay Bruce, laced a triple past diving center fielder Jordan Schafer for the Reds' lone run.
Gonzalez departed before the bottom of the sixth because of a blister on his right foot. The Reds only had three more hits, including two in the ninth.
Cincinnati is 3-5 in September, and has averaged only 2.6 runs per game over those eight games.
"Part of that is we've seen some good young pitching this series -- one pitcher we've never seen before," Baker said. "That's September baseball. A lot of times, the guys that give you trouble are new hitters and new pitchers. We'll be more familiar with the guys we're playing [on Monday]."
The Pirates, after getting swept by the Cubs, head to town for a three-game series.
One positive from the day for the Reds was that lefty prospect Tony Cingrani impressed during his Major League debut in relief of Cueto. Cingrani, a starter and September callup himself from Double-A Pensacola, retired nine of 10 batters over his three innings.
"The one shining light was Cingrani had an excellent outing," Baker said. "It was good to get him in there and get him multiple innings."
Cingrani's lone blemish was Tyler Greene's homer to right-center field with one out in the sixth.
"I was pretty relaxed when I went out there," Cingrani said. "Obviously, I was amped up, but it felt really good to get that out of the way. I just did what I usually do."
Now, the rest of the Reds need to do likewise.
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You don't sound very happy.
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Corrupting the human mind... one session at a time.
So if I don't like something I'll still have to buy it because I'll be a self entitled brat?
And you guys don't like when I call you Sheep.
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lokithefool 4 years ago#173
LOL I thought we where done with topics like this with the "victory" of the anti's, but oh well I will throw in my two cents. This game failed because it was a mediocre title with meh gameplay, and virtually no replay value. Also it was a new IP despite Capcom thinking that super gluing the Devil May Cry name to it would change that.
With no fans going in, bad word of mouth which despite what you may think is more affective then news outlets, and overall a level of mediocrity from a company no could care less about these sales where predictable to say the least.
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Your argument doesn't sit right with me, let me clarify.
1: They DID spit in our face. They have insulted us, insulted the franchise and at EVERY turn tried cheap tactics to make it appear like the game was liked, like being forced to "like" it before being allowed to comment, or saying that "it's the most discussed DMC game ever".
2: No, they never even said about wanting to reboot it. The trailer came and we saw a very unlikable sadistic drug addict torturing a demon with a cigarette and them proclaiming it's Dante. It came later, and they called the people who didn't like the direction sheep.
3: It didn't evolve. It was changed, but not all change is evolution. This has been leaps back in just about every single way in the most important aspects of an action game, namely the gameplay.
4: We gave him the benefit of the doubt many times. The main issue is that he kept saying terrible things nobody should say when your game is already under fire.
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RD_21 posted...darkdragon_9600 posted...English isn't my first language, thus I might be wrong here, but being entitled to something would mean that I expect something to be given/please me because I ''deserve'' it? Correct me if I'm mistaken.
The only point this topic is proving is that there are immature people in the world, and you are sinking to their level while trying to act as if you're better, rather than attempting to have a civil discussion.
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The hate will die down, like it did with SFXT and RE6.
ME3... Deus E- *chokes*
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Publishers are not entitled to our money.
We don't HAVE to open our wallets at all. We aren't street-walkers for video games.
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TC is a well known troll. Please do not feed him >.>
This here folks, is a prime example of someone refusing to recognize what someone is actually saying, merely so they can continue to argue an imaginary point. Strawman fallacy I believe.
After all, if you're calling me a troll you clearly aren't acknowledging the point. Not to mention that the vast majority of people are upset at my posts - the only reason for being so would be because people are oversensitive or simply hypocrites in that I'm.essentially being told to be quiet due to MY view....Yet the antis cannot handle being told that the way they express themselves is overly childish, obsessive and just plain...pathetic.
You'd think if people see me as a troll, pathetic etc then they would simply ignore the topic. Instead they feel compelled to reply because they feel their obsessive methods of expression are being threatened
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Only posting because your incorrect use of fallacies irritates me. That's an ad hominem, dismissing an argument via an attack on your character. Use your logic terms correctly or not at all.
Edit: Also after reading your post again, you are blatantly antagonistic and attempting to goad a negative response out of your opposition. Nowhere do you argue in an objective fashion and so the amount of respect you seem to feel you deserve is not equivalent to the amount of consideration your opinion actually merits. All this without even needing to address your opinion itself.
... Nope, it's still the same.
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DelayPack is a Package with very usefull DelayPlugins for Mac OS X. DelayPack is a tool created with Pluggo-MAX/MSP from cycling74. You need to install the Pluggo-Runtime to use DelayPack. PlugIns included: - COSimpleDelay - a delay up to 5s, with. ...
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This Max/MSP patch and HTML page provides JavaScript subroutines to conversion between different audio and musical units in the pitch and the loudness This Max/MSP patch and HTML page provides JavaScript subroutines to conversion between different audio and musical units in the pitch and the loudness domains..
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- asdconverter
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Ntccrt is an interpreter for the Non-deterministic Timed Concurrent Constraint (ntcc) calculus and its probabilistic extension (pntcc). It allows to execute models either as a stand-alone program, as a patch in OpenMusic or as an plugin in Max/MSP or. ...
- a generic NTCC interpreter capable of RT
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MMS is a multimedia sequencer developed in Max-MSP/Jitter. It synchronizes video, sound (6 outputs) and light via DMX or MIDI or binary (0/1 : on/off).The documentation is in French or English. ...
- MMS - (MultiMedia_Sequencer)
- 1xn.org
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Jamoma is a flexible framework for the creation of modules in Max, MSP, and Jitter.
- Jamoma
- jamoma.org
- Freeware (Free)
- Windows
This is a program made in max/msp that converts osc messages from reacTIVision into midi messages..
- OSC-MIDI converter
- Loren Rogers
- Freeware (Free)
- Windows
PICnomeSerial is the communication auxiliary software. The main functions are the open/close processing of virtual com port assigned PICnome and the mediation of osc protocol between PICnome and Max/MSP(and Processing, PureDate, etc).
- PICnomeSerial
- Yamamo2
- Freeware (Free)
- Windows
a Max/MSP external object that retrieves input from the P5 Glove.
- p5in
- thezer0ist
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Illinois girl killed by tree at Wisconsin state park
UPDATE: The names of members of an Illinois family involved in a June 1 fatality at Devil's Lake State Park have been released. The father, Kevin R. Spahr, age 51, and son Kyle A. Spahr, age 13, were injured. The daughter, Allison Spahr, age 11, was killed.
BARABOO - A tree fell on a tent at a Wisconsin campground, killing a 10-year-old girl from Illinois.
The girl, her brother, and father were at Devil's Lake State Park in Baraboo this weekend.
All three were in their tent early Sunday morning when the tree fell. The girl and her father were trapped. The 13-year-old boy was able to climb out and get help.
"Some other campers from throughout the area tried to pull them from underneath the tree," said park superintendent Steve Schmelzer. "But they were unsuccessful in doing that and had to wait until the fire department came and had to cut the section of tree out."
The girl was pronounced dead at the scene.
The boy had minor scrapes and bruises. The father was treated at St. Claire's Hospital in Baraboo and released.


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Interview Topics
What matters most to you in your teaching?
How are you using technology as a tool to achieve your teaching goals?
How have your students responded to your use of technology?
What new goals do you have for using technology in teaching?
Address individual needs
Immediate feedback
Student creativity
Chat sessions
Electronic submission of work
Instant messaging
Remote Desktop
Personalizing Instruction: Lifting the barriers between student and professor
All of this extra effort of trying new teaching tools translates to students that this teacher cares about us. I'm a very dedicated educator. The content of a course is a very minute aspect of teaching compared to a methodology. You start with the student. I may have the content but what does the student need? So if we figure out a way so that each student feels like they are important--it doesn't matter how big the class is--then each students feels that the professor is paying attention to them or to their assignment.
I had developed my first interactive web site and had decided to create all syllabi and other school documents as HTML. My reasons then had less to do with web access by students, since most Internet usage at that time was confined to email, but because HTML documents are basically unformatted text files that could be pasted into email messages. Hypertext links were attractive, but they were seen mostly in CD ROMS created on a single topic. By 1996, I had set up a multi-layered system of materials that could be used by anyone around the world, and the web site won many major awards mainly for its use of Java and Javascript for information access.
It has always been my policy that the use of technology in any endeavor would be a nearly transparent means to a more expedient end. My mission in the use of technology in innovative teaching is that it is merely a better pencil, per se. It is also a magical pencil that can minimize nagging problems of the physical rapport between teacher and student, course content, and presentation. It is this mechanism that puts the student on a more even footing with the instructor.
Barriers of confrontation (the "office hour") are lifted if students have a 24/7 access to the professor through fax machines, email, Instant Messenger, and IRC chat. The student will ask questions and often take initiative in these kinds of exchanges. I have offered this kind of service to all students in my classes since the early 1990's, providing an "electronic "open door." I could even create private, web-enabled directories for each student to address specific needs for an individual project.
One of the biggest problems in teaching music composition is how to get students to understand how to change things in their writings. Over 15 years ago, I instituted the idea that a student could turn in an essay or composition in advance of the due date and have it reviewed rather than graded. With the advent of Internet communication, students submit papers, music, etc. in some electronic form and get an immediate response with corrections. A fortunate byproduct is that the stultifying portcullis of the ten week quarter is tamed through a more efficient use of time. Next year, I plan to institute the use of the "remote desktop", which allows me to dynamically correct the student's music or essay on his/her own computer. I would gain control of the desktop pointer and other devices on the student machine, and the corrections could be observed in real time as they are made. The precision of understanding and the elimination of delay should prove invaluable to the process of correcting papers, not to mention the individual attention each student would be getting.
By 1998, the students who were using this electronic submission process realized how important it was. I got incredible results. All I can say is that the harmony writing assignments that I received from my 1st year, third quarter theory class are equivalent to those I received from my 2nd year, second quarter theory class. That's how much of an advantage it has been. In the area of graduate teaching this feature had even more far reaching effects (e.g. the Seminar in the Avant Garde from 1997) when the summaries of the class discussions could be dynamically updated from worldwide input.
One incident that made me do things differently was a misunderstanding I had with a student during office hours. Usually I have great rapport with my students, so I felt bad for this student. After I sent an email to this student, he student sent this big, long email response regarding his grade about a whole lot of stuff that never came out before. So, I said this is the way to go because the means provided the student to speak in an authoritative voice. Each generation of students is less threatened about technology and that's a good thing. These simple ways can break down barriers such as cultural and gender lines that often show up in face-to-face interactions.
There are two ways of teaching creativity: one is the process of producing things that already exist, the other is the process of bringing new things out of a student. And that means producing a kind of selfless atmosphere where the student is not nervous about presenting the work.
One of the problems students face is their notion that learning in not entertaining. And, of course, technology can make learning a lot more fun. I think the biggest mistake that teachers can make with using technology is not making it transparent; it has to be embedded in the course.
I have found no dehumanizing aspect of using the digital aspect of technology. My students have different personalities. It's interesting to see how some of my students have communicated with me differently when we are online--they are like two different people. I suspect the digital person is more like the real person. A lot of the game playing gets stripped away. When I first started teaching I wasn't much older than the students. Any young person can teach a young person. The older you get it, the more it creates a distance. Students tend to become more distrustful. It's this whole generation thing. But because I was always ahead of them on the technology, students tended to perceive that I must not be that old--I must know something. So it works in that way too: It closes the generation gap that can affect teaching and learning.
Oral Interview, April 30, 2003


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" Brand: Splash About / Gender: Unisex / Clothing Type: Swimwear "
* Prices may differ from that shown
I love swimming, and when my boy came along I was determined that I was going to take him on a regular basis. So much so that I booked him into baby swimming lessons with Waterbabies from when he was 16 weeks old.
- Why did I get the Splash About Baby Wrap?
Well, I actually didn't get a choice in the matter, my mum came round one day very excited as she'd bought her grandson his first wetsuit.
I wasn't overly keen on her choice of colour, she had opted for lime green with blue trimming, but other than that it looked pretty good to me.
She'd bought the small size, which said it would fit a baby from 0-6 months. They also sell it in a medium (6-18 months) and large (18 - 30 months).
The retail price is around £20.
- How does it work?
The suit is made from neoprene and the baby wears it around their body and over their shoulders, leaving their legs free.
The baby wrap is secured around the baby using velcro and it's easy to put on. You lay it out flat, lie your child on it and then literally wrap it round them. The shoulder straps then go over their shoulders from front to back, also securing with velcro.
It's suitable for such a wide age range as the velcro covers a large part of the shoulder straps, making it easily height adjustable for your baby.
Like all wetsuits the neoprene keeps the wearer warm, making it a very useful garment for babies as they get cold very quickly.
When you have been swimming, you just rinse out the baby wrap with cold water and leave to dry. I always found that this was adequate and the baby wrap dried quickly without it smelling of chlorine.
- What I love about the Baby Wrap
The main benefit to me was making it easier to hold my son in the swimming pool. Until I had a baby I had no idea how slippery they are when wet, so it was good that the baby wrap gave me a firm grip on him.
It kept my baby nice and warm and was easy to put on and take off again.
- What I would change about the Baby Wrap
Nothing other than the sizing. My son has always been a fairly average size and I found that this only fit him until he was about 5 months old.
- Would I recommend it to others?
Yes. Especially if you're going to be swimming in a cool pool.
As it turned out, we didn't get all that much use out of it as the Waterbabies lessons in our area are in a hydrotherapy pool, and so it's very warm. We only used it for the first lesson, and I think the poor thing actually got a bit too warm!
We did however use it a few times in cooler pools when we took him swimming outside of lessons, although this was only a handful of times, so had I bought the garment I probably wouldn't feel like I had value for money from it.
If you are going to be doing baby swimming lessons then it's worth trying to find out if they provide these suits for times when the pool is cooler. Our teacher provides them for the lesson if necessary, making it unnecessary to buy one unless we were planning on swimming outside of the lessons on a regular basis.
I started taking my son swimming when he was 5 months old, and the Splash About Babywrap is an absolute essential for us. We go every week to a swimming class in our local pool. Sometimes the water is nice and warm, but more often than not it isn't. The Babywrap is essentially a mini wetsuit, which keeps my little one warm and happily splashing.
The wrap is made from 3mm double lined neoprene. This provides a sun protection factor of 50+ if you are lucky enough to be swimming outside in the sun. The babywrap opens out flat, so it's fairly easy to fit on and take off a wriggly baby. It secures with velcro, so you can adjust the fitting, particularly over the shoulders, as your baby grows.
The Babywrap is available in 3 sizes: Small (0 - 6 months), Medium (6 - 18 months) and Large (18 to 30 months). Prices range between £20 and £25 depending on the size and design. You can buy them directly from Splash About (www.splashabout.com) or find them slightly cheaper elsewhere on line. My son has just grown out of the medium size and I spent £22 on the large. This seems like a lot of money for a mini wetsuit, but I wouldn't take him swimming without it. We will also get a years worth of wear out of it, which makes it reasonably good value.
You can handwash the Babywrap in clean, cold water. I usually leave it to soak after we have been swimming and then spin it in the washing machine. Splash About advise that you should hang it to dry in the shade.
I think this product is fantastic, but there are a few things about it which niggle with me (pay attention if you are reading this Splash About!). It is very easy to catch the velcro fastenings on the wrap (or on my swimming costume) and it pulls the fabric. The Babywrap has a Splash About logo on the chest. My son has only worn his new wrap twice, and the logo is already starting to come off. This also happened to his other wrap. I think this is particularly poor on what is otherwise a well made product.
Despite my niggles, I am giving the Babywrap 5 stars because it is excellent at keeping my son warm whilst we are swimming. I have no doubt that this product has made swimming a much happier experience. It's just a shame they don't make one in my size!
My grandson has this item, my daughter took him to waterbabies, which is a kind of swimming lessons for babies and toddlers and she used this bodysuit to keep him warm as at the time he was only about 4 months old, he is now just over a year old.
It was bought from Mothercare at the time and with it being the winter time when she booked the swimming lessons and was looking for something warm for him she came across it at a bargain price of £10 but the original price was £19.99.
It was on offer with the weather being cold and not many people buying.
It is made of soft and supple neoprene and it has a tough layer of nylon inside, it is very durable and it is not hard on the babies skin.
I went to watch him a couple of times in the swimming lesson and he was fine in this suit, it is like a wetsuit for a baby, it is very easy to put on and it lays flat and you can place the baby onto it and just fold the sides inwards and they are on like a velcro fastening, and they are very light, the baby is not having to push their legs into it and make them uncomfortable and also they do not get frightened while putting it on them when they are in a pool area for the first time as it can be daunting enough without the hassle of putting on a swim suit.
It is worn with a swim nappy underneath, and it can easily be removed when they get out of the pool, and it is not soaking wet when taken off, it can easily be rinsed and it is drip dry in no time, once you get home.
My grandson goes regular to swimming and he wears this suit as it keeps him warm too and keeps off the chills because for a baby it can be very cold in a pool as they do not splash around as much as we do to keep them warm.
It comes in a range of different sizes and I think it is ranged to aged 2 years old, but I am not sure as he is not that old yet and he is still in his up to year old, because he is only small and my daughter likes to get the most out of clothing etc and it is quite stretchy and still fits him.
They come in a range of colours to suit.
A trip to the swimming pool with your baby would be a lot easier with this item if your baby is frightened and it is well worth the money to entice a child into the pool for fun and family days.
They are exellent for the beach too as they protect most of the body from the sun and they also are warm near the sea if a child is paddling as it can be so very cold near the water edge, especially for a young child.
Wished they had these when my children were small, they probably did but I never saw them.
After looking into the Aquababies swimming classes for my son I was advised to purchase the Splash About Happy Nappy and whilst looking for these online I spotted this. It was the greatest purchase I have made for him! I have reviewed the HappyNappy separately and no longer use that preferring to use the babywrap on it's own over a standard swim nappy.
The wrap is made of 3mm neoprene, like wetsuit fabric, and can be chosen in a varying selection of colours and patterns. I chose the plain blue/green one for my son. It is really easy to put on your baby as it fastens with velcro over the shoulders, at the front and between the legs. It really is a case of lying them flat and wrapping them into it. I was a bit dubious at first as it seemed to be very stiff, although after being in the pool for a few minutes this did not bother me at all. I found the suit gave my son extra support holding his body straight in the pool as it did slightly restrict his mad wriggling! However, it was also a lot easier for me to keep hold of him. This was of extra benefit when he developed eczema and i had to smother him in cream everyday as it stopped him slipping while in the pool.
The first time I took him swimming I couldn't work out how to get us both dried and dressed but quickly realised that this kept him lovely and warm even out of the pool. So... I have more than enough time to get dried and dressed myself then concentrate on him. One week I forgot to take it with me and it was then that I really noticed the benefits of this little suit. While not as much as a float suit or armbands, this really does give a little extra floatation for your baby. My little boy happily floats on his back with armbands on when wearing his. The week that i forgot it he kept sinking!
This is a great suit that assists me holding my son in the water, keeps him warm and also adds a little bit of bouyancy giving us both extra confidence while swimming
I found the Splash About service excellent. As my son is 7 months and wearing 12 months clothes, I feel that i'm not really able to comment fairly on the sizing. However, splashabout were fantastic when I needed to return this for a larger size!
The only negative I have found is that I sometimes click my own swimsuit on the velcro if I don't do this up properly, but I would rather have a few clicks on my own bather in the knowledge that my son is cosy and enjoying his swimming.
Keep baby warm in the water and prevent the shock factor of water to changing room chills. Neoprene material.


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Press Release: East AFRITAC Holds a Foreign Exchange Market Operations Workshop
January 24, 2014Press Release No.14/24
January 24, 2014
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s East African Regional Technical Assistance Center (East AFRITAC) held a workshop on central bank foreign exchange market operations, January 21-24, 2014, Nairobi, Kenya. Twenty five officials from central banks' financial market operations and research departments, representing seven countries (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) participated.
In his opening remarks, East AFRITAC's Monetary and Operations Advisor, Elias Kasozi, highlighted the importance of an appropriate exchange rate policy framework, professionalism and skills on the part of staff that interface with the market, internal organizational arrangements for strategic and tactical decision making and the role of information and telecommunications technology in foreign exchange market operations. He emphasized that central bank operations ought to be conducted in a manner which is consistent with and supportive of the broader monetary and exchange rate policy objectives as well as foreign exchange market development.
The workshop provided participants with a forum to share experience on a wide range of issues including timing of intervention, market communication the choice of market intervention instruments. The finite resources available for intervention (foreign exchange reserves) and incorporation of central bank foreign exchange intervention in the overall conduct of monetary policy were singled out as major challenges. Experts delivered presentations on a number of topics, including the evolution of foreign exchange regimes, the foreign exchange market and its regulation and decision making arrangements. Participants showed particular interest in the subjects of foreign exchange market intervention techniques and transmission channels.
Officials from Thompson Reuters made presentations and demonstrations of how technology can be leveraged to support price discovery and how market participants forecast exchange rate movements using technical and fundamental analysis.
Participants expressed the view that regular workshops on this topic would play an important role in strengthening foreign exchange market operations in their respective institutions through peer-to-peer learning and interaction with experts in the subject. They observed that the exchange of experiences would be highly valuable during the ongoing move to monetary union and the transition from targeting reserve money to use of interest rates as a monetary policy tool.
In his closing remarks, Mr. Stephen Mulema, Director Financial Markets, Bank of Uganda thanked East AFRITAC for the opportunity to focus and reflect on this important aspect of foreign exchange market operations and implications for monetary policy implementation.
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Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari wants to help former Bayern Munich defender Breno, who is currently serving a prison sentence, make a new beginning, ESPN reports.
The 23-year-old was sentenced to three years and nine months for arson in July 2012 after setting fire to his own house while under the influence of alcohol.
Last month, reports surfaced claiming that Breno, who is in prison in Germany, could soon be released on day parole, provided he has a job to go to during the day. Bayern is reportedly considering offering him a youth coaching position.
"I would like to ask those responsible, those who render judgments in Germany to consider if this boy has not deserved a second chance. Not only in Germany, but moreover in his native Brazil," the Selecao coach said. "If he is allowed to return to Brazil and soccer becomes his center of life again, it would be a new beginning for him." Sao Paulo bought Breno from Bayern in December 2012.
"Sometimes we make mistakes and when we have served our sentence it is sometimes too late. We would be grateful if those responsible in Germany listen to our plea even more so since it is a plea from all of Brazil," he added. "We would be ready to do our share and help Breno in his integration into a normal life. Right now, I don't know how, but he should get the chance to return to his home in order to be allowed a new start."


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The German automotive supplier announced it has developed a technology that allows drivers to park their cars remotely via a smartphone app and presented it during a presentation at the 2014 International CES in Las Vegas.
Driverless cars will eventually become a reality, but technology that assists drivers with specific tasks, like parking, will roll out first, Bosch Chairman Werner Struth said. Like many automotive and technological firms worldwide, Bosch is working on autonomous vehicle safety features like parking assistance, in addition to collision avoidance and emergency braking.
With the proper Bosch hardware installed on a vehicle, the app will allow users to park a car simply by swiping a virtual version of their car on the smartphone. Bosch says the combination of sensors, hardware and software is capable of parking a car as well as starting it up to pull out of a spot.
As far as car tech is concerned, Bosch's Struth also discussed natural language voice processing to input destinations for driving directions and make phone calls hands-free. Bosch posted a video in September that mentioned self-parking cars, noting the average person spends one day of his/her life doing the task.