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For a writer, one of the cool things about Twitter is the way it serves as a real-time focus group for thoughts and ideas. It is an unscientific barometer of sorts, a quick way to gauge public opinion on certain topics.
Shortly after Chase Utley met with reporters to answer questions about his ailing knee(s), I offered a quick opinion on Twitter, curious to gauge the reaction of the folks who subscribe to my feed (http://www.twitter.com/highcheese):
"The thing that Utley and the Phillies continually fail to grasp," I wrote, "is that when you make millions of dollars thanks to a publicly-funded stadium w/ no property tax in a city on the ropes, you should feel some civic duty to keep your customers/tax base informed."
Like most arguments that must be distilled to 140 characters or fewer (or, in this case, 280 or fewer), mine was an over-simplification of reality. The reaction was pretty much what I expected: half of the people who responded agreed, and half lambasted the media for the attitude of entitlement that it often displays when pursuing information. The reaction to today's piece in the Daily News is largely the same.
Unfortunately, a newspaper page presents some of the same constraints as Twitter, which often leaves us sacrificing ultimate clarity for the sake of space. As you may have noticed, this blog is not bound by dimensions, which is why you often find yourselves wading through posts that we would have to publish in bound volumes in order to fit them into print.
One of the things that I cut out of today's column was a disclaimer of sorts that I hoped to include in order to eliminate the pre-conceived notions that many readers have about the media. So I'll offer that disclaimer now:
I completely understand the frustration that many people feel about the sense of entitlement the media often displays when it comes to the pursuit of information. Covering sports is not the same thing as covering government, and it is silly for us to demand the same level of transparency from our athletes and front office executives as we do of our school boards and city councils. First and foremost, we have no right to that transparency. Private companies are private for a reason. Second, it would be impossible to run a successful sports organization if said organization operated with complete transparency. We do not need to know intimate medical information about players. All we care about is when they will be back on the field.
We do not need to know the exact details of a team's personnel plans. It does Ruben Amaro Jr. no good to tell the public that he feels a pressing need to add a veteran hitter who can play an adequate second base. Any negotiator who is worth his cell phone bill will look to preserve even the smallest amount of leverage. Broadcasting desperation to potential partners is a good way to end up on the short side of a deal. Besides, what difference does it make? You don't need Amaro to tell you that the Phillies could use second base help. Most people do not care that Amaro spent months denying interest in acquiring Roy Halladay or signing Cliff Lee. The only thing they care about is that Amaro eventually landed both pitchers.
As a reporter, I do not expect to be told the Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the Truth. I would not answer questions in that manner if the roles were reversed, so it is hypocrticial for me to expect others to do so. It does not hurt my feelings when somebody misleads me or lies to me. It is part of the job. I fully understand that much of the information that I seek is none of my damn business. At the end of the day, I am going home to live my life. And as long as the decisions that other people make do not impact the greater good, then those decisions do not have any impact on my state of mind.
I have a lot of respect for what the Phillies and Chase Utley have managed to accomplish in their seven full seasons together. A few emailers have wondered why Utley is still battling knee pain when he had an entire offseason to deal with it. The question is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is that he does have that pain. The stories about Chase Utley's work ethic are not empty myths built by sycophantic sports writers. Every decision that Utley has made with regards to his knee has materialized because of his desire to get back onto the field. To second-guess those decisions is ignorant. This is a guy who cares about his ability to do his job than most of us could ever begin to care about ours. This is also a guy who has access to the best medical advice that our country can offer, as well as a guy who has the means to pay for that advice. Nobody has been provided with a better understanding of Utley's knees than Utley himself. So why even bother questioning it? If you can't accept the fact that Utley's condition exists in spite of the decisions he has made, and not because of the decisions he has made, then you are so far removed from reality that you have probably already stopped reading this blog post.
All of that being said (I told you it was a long disclaimer), I think the baseball side of the operation at One Citizens Bank Park Way, from the players to the front office, sometimes fails to treat the fan base with the same dignity that we detailed above. Or, at the very least, it fails to fully grasp the level of emotional and financial investment that fans have poured into the players and the team.
Chase Utley has every right to his privacy, as does the organization. But when three weeks of assurances about the health of one of the team's stars suddenly turns into an imminent stint on the disabled list and a trip to an unknown specialist in an unknown location for an unknown reason, the fans have every right to wonder what the heck is going on. The player and/or team are under no obligation to provide their paying customers with any clarity. But, at least in this instance, it would seem to make business sense.
You can probably formulate an argument that all of the secrecy surrounding Utley's condition was an attempt to preserve leverage as the Phillies looked to swing a deal for an infielder. If that was the thinking, though, it was incredibly naive. After weeks of insistence that all was well with Utley's knees, the sudden revelation that he would not be ready to play on Opening Day made the team's situation appear far more dire than if it had acknowledged all along that things were taking longer than expected. With the subsequent refusal to answer any direct question about his status -- including the type of medical opinion he was seeking -- fans and media were unable to rule out any possibility.
The following is a conversation that I guarantee did not play out in any front office this March:
GENERAL MANAGER: Hey Clem, the Phillies just called to inquire about one of our infielders. What's the story with Utley?
SCOUT: He hasn't played all spring and I don't see him taking infield practice before games. He clearly wasn't himself after returning late last May. He said in February that he had revamped his conditioning routine and was optimistic, but he also said that he had not completely ruled out the possibility of having surgery at some point down the line.
GENERAL MANAGER: Well, it is three weeks before Opening Day, but the Phillies are telling reporters that everything is fine, so I'm guessing they are just playing it safe. I better not shoot too high when talking to Amaro.
In the end, the only thing that the secrecy managed to do was anger the faction of fans who do feel like their investment in the team entitles them to some degree of clarity about when they might get a chance to see Utley return to action.
In the end, most fans just want to see Utley back on the field, regardless of the steps that are needed to make that happen. I get that. Utley does not owe anybody anything more than he has already offered. Many of you do not care if he does not reveal his innermost thoughts. You don't care if he doesn't solicit public opinion about how to proceed with his knees. You only care that he has always given maximum effort, and that his prolific play at second base and in the middle of the line-up has played a major role in this, the greatest time to be a baseball fan in the history of Philadelphia.
But some of you do care. I get that too. And when Utley expressed displeasure with the rampant speculation surrounding his absence, telling reporters that he had asked Amaro not to reveal details of his status because he "did not think it was necessary for people to know," it left the impression that he does not care that fans feel invested in his situation. Again, this isn't about his right to privacy. It is about his inability to comprehend the ramifications of his decision to exercise that right to its fullest extent. He is a superstar who has benefited greatly from his position in the public spotlight: he can't expect people not to ask questions and not to ponder every potential scenario when he disappears from that spotlight without explanation. That's just the way it works. Some might argue that it is not fair for Utley to have to live under such a microscope while the rest of us can worry about our health in private. But others would argue that it is not fair that a baseball player makes $15 million a year and has access to the nation's best health care while a social worker or non-profit employee struggles through life without pay or recognition that is commensurate with the vital impact that he or she makes. Baseball players make the money they do because of their visibility: salaries were a fraction of what they are now in the days before television contracts broadcast every game and fantasy sports increased the breadth of fans' focus on the sport. You can not reap the benefits of visibility and then expect the public to allow you to become invisible on demand. The upside of visiblity only exists because of the downside.
And let's not forget that the Phillies' payroll was a fraction of what it is now before millions of taxpayer dollars helped fund a gleaming new stadium that has turned into the organization's personal mint. Many economists argue that stadium financing is an inefficient way to use public dollars. Owners argue that the value of a team's relationship with a community can not be quantified with impact studies. But it is disingenuous to use that argument to acquire capital and then act surprised when some members of the fan base ask to be treated like they are partners in a relationship. Who invests money in a project without being granted a stake? The Phillies are not the only private business that has ever received public dollars or property tax breaks. But they are among the more visible business to have done so. And while they have every right to act without explanation, their visibility sometimes makes it impossible for them to do so.


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The line up, trimmed from nine members, also includes Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli.
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JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Unidentified gunmen stormed a remote police station in Indonesia's Papua province Tuesday, killing three policemen, police said.
About 50 assailants — armed with modern weapons and traditional ones such as arrows — attacked the Pirime police station in mountainous district of Lanny Jaya early Tuesday, said Papua police spokesman Gede Sumerta Jaya.
"Four officers stationed there were overwhelmed with so many brutal attackers," Jaya said. He added more than two dozen members of the police force's elite mobile brigade were searching for the attackers and for the fourth officer who may have escaped into the jungle.
Jaya said the gunmen grabbed two rifles and a pistol before torching the station and fleeing into the jungle.
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Oil prices fell amid jitters about the ability of European governments to keep their finances stable.
The regional heavyweight, Japan's Nikkei 225, dropped 1.3 percent to 11,116.44. China's Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.6 percent to 2,413.16 while Hong Kong's Hang Seng tumbled 1.6 percent to 23,311.01. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.4 percent at 4,890.40.
"Caution will prevail in the near term," said Credit Agricole CIB in a report.
Benchmarks in Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia and Thailand also fell.
In China, the economy is limping out of its deepest slump since the 2008 global crisis but optimism has been tempered by warnings the recovery could be threatened if trade or investment weakens.
A business group, the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, said its index of service industry activity rose marginally to 56.2 in January from 56.1 in December. The measure of new orders declined, which "casts doubt on the strength of the recovery in the service sector," said Nomura economist Zhiwei Zhang in a report.
In Hong Kong, Sinopec Corp. plummeted 3.9 percent after the Chinese state-owned oil company, Asia's biggest refiner, said it was raising $3.1 billion through a share placement.
Concern over Europe's debt has eased but an upcoming election in Italy this month and a corruption scandal in Spain have rekindled concerns about their finances.
The major European indices — Britain's FTSE 100, Germany's DAX and the CAC-40 in France — all fell Monday. Milan's main index suffered its biggest one-day decline since August.
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In other business, the NCIDA board of directors approved the agency's 2013 budget.
"We are very pleased to be able to assist JSK International Corp. in its plans to bring new life to the once-famed Hotel Niagara and to help bring new jobs to Niagara Falls and the county," said Henry M. Sloma, NCIDA chairman. "This is a vitally important project, because of the building's high visibility in the heart of the city."
JSK International Corp. plans to fully restore and reopen the Hotel Niagara located at 201 Rainbow Blvd., Niagara Falls, in the prime tourism district of the city. The historic 200-room hotel was constructed in 1924, but has been closed and has sat vacant for several years. Plans call for restoring the entire hotel, including nearly 30,000 square feet of event space and food and beverage areas.
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That would be worth it alone, jk.Tciso wrote:Hmm. but, going with Trotz would be kinda funny. Cherry would get the 2 names mixed up all the time.
rats19 wrote:I don't want to play predators hockey thank you very much in advance of your anticipated cooperation.
Part of the preds style though is due to the fact they don't have any real scorers up front, especially with their slim budget, so Trotz has them play a certain way to win.
I think Trotz would be a calm influence again like AV but more involved, and a bit more supportive/assertive/humble, the key thing to me is that he's ADAPTABLE in his coaching ways in terms of he works with what he's got.
Here is some good info on Trotz coaching style...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/h ... 99/?page=1
Torts is a coach of the old school barking orders and cracking a whip on everyone who doesn't play up to par, Trotz was like this, but quickly changed his ways as learned that got old quick and players tuned out fast, I think Trotz would be great coach here, respectable but demanding, good for our vets and great for bringing along the young guns.Trotz had an epiphany in his first year, the expansion year, when the Predators inherited a handful of castoffs from their NHL brethren and were badly overmatched virtually every night.
"At first, I'd be barking at guys and losing my mind when things weren't going real well, and I noticed, when I did that, they got worse and worse," Trotz said. "I hadn't figured out, these were all fringe players from all the other teams. What I've learned is if you're like that, it gets old in a hurry.
"I really think that coaching now is like being a business leader; you've got to create an environment where people feel they have a voice. It's not the old days, where it was 'my way or the highway.' Players are owners in the clubs now ... and my job is to get these 23 or 24 individual businesses to work together."
Hard work has been a trademark of the Predators' organization ever since. Trotz usually gets the most out of the players at his disposal, but he will dispute the widely held notion that his team perennially overachieves. His view is that there is no such thing as overachieving ("other than me marrying my wife," he quips, sheepishly) because if you ultimately succeed at something, then the goal was always within your grasp.
"I just ask players to play to their potential, and that's all," Trotz said. "You want to put people in positions to succeed. What we've been able to do is look at a player and say, 'what is your talent? What is your real talent?'
"Sometimes, there are certain guys that can't do some things, so you accept them for what they can do and you try to push them closer to what you want them to do and then you try to put them with people that will help them do it."
Gill – the former Montreal Canadiens' player – has already formed a positive first impression of Trotz.
"In the time I've known him, he's kind, he's fair, he's open, but he demands a lot," Gill said. "He has systems that he wants you to be a part of – and he demands that from his players. He's a guy you can go and talk to – not just about hockey, but about anything. He's open. It's been enjoyable so far."
Weber, the team captain, says one of Trotz's strengths in that he handles the preparation and then permits the leadership group to be "responsible for the work ethic and the chemistry.
"He's a players' coach too. He's got an open door. You can go in there and talk to him; and he'll come out and talk to you."
Trotz says the strategy to empower the players is deliberate: "We give the players ownership. We don't micromanage them. We ask them for their input and listen to their input and make it work. That's part of the culture.
"Coaching is not about equality, it's about inequality, but the one thing that should be equal is respect. Coaching, at this level, is not about X's and O's. The people at this level all know the X's and O's of the game.
"It's about getting people to buy in to what you're doing as a group. I have one simple rule. 'I want you to get better because that makes us better. I want you to have a good career. I want you to have an understanding of what your potential is.'"


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If Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries keep going the way they're going, this is going to be the divorce trial to end all divorce trials. Of course, I think that is the mantra of the Kardashian Klan…go big or go home, right? Or is it go to your big home? Either way. It's shaping up to be quite the legal battle. I don't know about y'all but I am crossing my fingers for a televised trial.
The latest news is pretty hilarious if you ask me. Apparently, according to RadarOnline.com, Kris' legal team never had any plans to bring up the fact that Kim moved on so quickly with Kanye West. Now I don't know the laws in California (so someone please help me out in the comments section), but I find that hard to believe. If it were the state where I live, Kim would be flat out cheating on him as their divorce isn't final yet. How could you not bring that up in your legal argument?


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AUBURN, AL (WSFA) - Auburn University Athletics Director Jay Jacobs broke the University's 24-hour old promise not to comment on a report alleging numerous NCAA violations by the Auburn Tigers football team.
"Anytime accusations are made against Auburn, we take them seriously. We have no reason to believe these allegations are either accurate or credible. However, as a matter of procedure, we are reviewing them carefully.
It is important to note that several of the sources in this story have since indicated they were either misquoted, quoted out of context or denied the allegations.
Unfortunately, the reporter who published this story did not fully represent to us what the story was about when requesting an interview. We were only told that the reporter was working on a story about the alleged armed robbery involving four former football players, which occurred over two years ago.
We were never told the story would include allegations about academic fraud or improper benefits. Had we known that, we would have responded immediately with the statement above."
Jacobs' statement comes several hours after former Auburn head football coach Gene Chizik released a statement calling the report "long on accusation and inference, but short on facts and logic."
Chizik, who was fired following a dismal 2012 season, said he remains part of the Auburn family and is taking Roberts' "attacks" seriously.
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AIDS prevention advocates are hailing a pill newly shown to protect against HIV as a great tool for disease prevention.
SAN FRANCISCO — AIDS prevention advocates are hailing a pill newly shown to protect against HIV as a great tool for disease prevention.
But they caution that no drug alone can address social factors blamed for the persistence of the epidemic. And they say concerns remain about who will pay for the costly treatment.
A study released Tuesday showed that daily doses of a drug called Truvada, already used to treat HIV infection, cut the risk of new infections among healthy gay men.
Kyriell Noon of the San Francisco-based Stop AIDS Project said any addition to the HIV prevention safety net is good news. But he said factors, such as lack of access to education and health care that contribute to higher infection rates, do not evaporate when a promising drug comes along.
Truvada, which costs $5,000 to $14,000 a year in the United States, will do little to halt HIV's spread if the only way to get it is to pay out of pocket, Noon said.
"The history of the HIV epidemic in this country has been a story of disparities," he said. "I would hate to see this new exciting breakthrough enhance those disparities."
Noon's group was among those that helped recruit participants for the study in San Francisco, which has more than one new HIV infection every day, according to the city's Department of Public Health.
The overall study involved about 2,500 men at high risk of HIV infection in Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, South Africa, Thailand and the United States (San Francisco and Boston).
Dr. Susan Buchbinder, director of the San Francisco health department's HIV research section, called the findings on the drug a "tremendous step forward." But she took pains to point out that among the several HIV prevention studies she has overseen, this latest had especially strict requirements for making sure participants stayed on track.
Men taking Truvada had to commit to monthly medical visits and received extensive counseling, including reminders about the importance of condoms. Such reminders seemed to have worked: During the study, risky sex among men taking Truvada declined.
But concern exists that in the real world, some men will see Truvada as a license to be promiscuous and shed precautions such as condoms. A follow-up study will track participants who remain on the drug to see if that happens.
Advocates say that regardless, such worries are why just handing out the drug will not be enough.
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Public health officials say they are working on defining who falls into the highest risk groups who would benefit most from the drug.
But Jason Meier, 32, has already made up his mind. The self-described single, sexually active gay man from Birmingham, Ala., said he would ask his doctor for the drug.
Meier, a student affairs staffer at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, said that taking one pill a day before contracting HIV is better than taking multiple pills after becoming infected.
"Condoms aren't 100 percent safe," Meier said. "In this day and age, you can't trust a partner to be honest about their sexual activity or history. At some point, you have to take responsibility for safer sexual practices."
Meier said paying for the drug now makes financial sense compared to the expense of post-infection treatment. But broad government or insurance company funding for the drug for prevention rather than treatment would not come before U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approval.
Even then, funding for the drug as a prevention measure could be divisive in the U.S. if such use is seen as encouraging sexual activity.
For now, the drug's maker, Gilead Sciences Inc., is still deciding whether to seek federal approval to market Truvada as a way to prevent HIV infection. In the meantime, doctors can prescribe the drug off-label for that use.
But advocates are holding off on recommending that gay men seek out their doctors for prescriptions.
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The foundation's message to those who ask about the drug will be not to experiment with the drug on your own, Auerbach said. She called the drug "promising" but said all the traditional ways of preventing infection should still be emphasized.
"If you really want to pursue this go talk to your medical provider, and they'll make an assessment. I think that's all we can say at this point."


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A reader writes in response to John's post "Don't criticize the Taliban!" What is to be said about that mind-boggling Army manual that John discusses in the post? The reader comments:
I am an active duty Army officer and a military history major with two deployments under my belt. I read this article in the Wall Street Journal when it was first published a day or two ago and have to tell you that this more than anything else is a huge sign that the war in Afghanistan is over and we have lost.
Th[e manual] was produced and sanctioned by mainstream elements in the institutional Army, otherwise it never would have even seen daylight. This is an indicator that the Army is looking for a politically acceptable way to explain why we have lost the war and why after a decade we have failed to turn the Afghan national security forces into anything approaching a reliable security partner. Call it a trial balloon.
Make no mistake, this is a turning point. This is the opening shot in a war of recrimination and it's about to get ugly. To paraphrase T.S Eliot, the way the world ends is not with a bang but a whimper. From this point forward, it's all over except the whimpering and recrimination that a strategic defeat in Afghanistan will entail.
I implore you and your readers to hold the current leadership in the DoD accountable across both administrations and to do an honest assessment of why our efforts in Afghanistan have fallen short. We owe that much to our dead….Obviously, this email is not representative of anyone's view but my own.
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I used birthday money from my parents and somewhat reluctantly bought a new VCR/DVD-R unit recently. Our old one quit powering on a few months ago, and I debated whether to replace it. But we still have a few videotapes, including our wedding, that I would not have a way to watch without a VCR.
I used birthday money from my parents and somewhat reluctantly bought a new VCR/DVD-R unit recently. Our old one quit powering on a few months ago, and I debated whether to replace it. But we still have a few videotapes, including our wedding, that I would not have a way to watch without a VCR.
Like eight-track tapes and cassettes, videotapes are on the wane. I really just wanted to buy an inexpensive VCR, since my sons' PlayStation 3 and our computer will play DVDs. But it's almost impossible to find those for sale anymore, and I didn't really want to buy one used.
My goal is to make digital copies of our wedding video and a couple of other videotapes. That technology seems like it will be around for several more years, but who's to say something won't replace it some day, and once again I'll find myself attempting to save a keepsake from an older format to a newer one.
That's one reason I still make prints from the best of our digital photos. A photo might fade or curl at the ends, but at least it retains a permanence that digital versions may not.
The ever-changing world of technology can be frustrating at times, like when formats become obsolete, but it also offers numerous advantages, too. I utilized one of those benefits — the ability to work remotely — Thursday morning while waiting as my car was serviced.
When The Dispatch replaced our computer equipment about two and a half years ago, we ordered laptop computers for most newsroom employees. Almost all of us who have laptops use them outside the office. Reporters will often write their stories at various locations in the community with WiFi, such as a restaurant or business, government or school, or even in a car if they have the ability to use their phone for WiFi. We can also work from home when caring for a sick child, or even if we're under the weather but still feel like doing a bit of work.
The reporters will email their stories, and I or another editor will put them into our database. But a couple of us have the ability to use a Virtual Private Network on our laptops to actually gain secure access to our network even when away from the office. All it takes is an Internet connection. I used this VPN ability Thursday at the car dealership.
I can make adjustments to our website, check email and use a chat program on my laptop without a secure connection. But to edit stories in our database or access photos on the server, I must be connected to our network. And that's where the VPN comes in.
While waiting for a technician to complete the service work, not only did I check email and make some changes to our website, I edited several stories in our database. This way coworkers weren't waiting for me to return to the office so they could then lay out a page for the print edition. It was somewhat inconvenient not to arrive in the office until almost 10:30, but at least I was productive while away.
One potential drawback to using a laptop almost bit me. I was keeping an eye on my battery usage, but I thought I would have enough power during my time at the dealership. But after almost an hour and a half my computer alerted me the battery was at 7 percent and would soon shut down.
I quickly began looking for a power outlet to plug up (fortunately, I remembered to put my power cord in my laptop bag). I found this low-battery warning somewhat ironic, since a coworker and I had joked Wednesday afternoon about his phone charge dropping to a potentially risky level. Sure enough, he shared Thursday that it powered off as he tried to use it when he stopped for gas on his way home.
The use of technology has made us better journalists over the years, I believe. We can send information from a remote location and quickly post updates to our website. We can now use video and audio online in addition to still photographs and the written word. While we all get along well, sometimes it's better to be able to write outside the office.
Apple Computer is supposedly working on an iWatch device, which would function like a computer and be worn like a watch. Google recently unveiled Google Glass, which allows the wearer to see images, record video, take pictures and more. So perhaps the journalist of the future won't even need a laptop.
I just hope the engineers figure out an effective way to power these devices without frequent battery charges. Now that would be a technological leap everyone would applaud.
Chad Killebrew is executive editor of The Dispatch. He can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 215, or at email@example.com.


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Registration is now open for IRONMAN Louisville with a new fall date.
The 2015 IRONMAN Louisville Triathlon presented by Norton Sports Health will move from August to October 11th in 2015—providing athletes a premiere fall race with cooler temperatures than the race typically experiences with the August date.
"The date shift of IRONMAN Louisville will provide athletes with more comfortable air and water temperatures – improving race conditions and the overall athlete experience. We look forward to continuing to work with the incredible people of Louisville to deliver this first-class event," said Andrew Messick, Chief Executive Officer of IRONMAN.
Since it was first held in Louisville, Kentucky in 2007, IRONMAN Louisville quickly became a signature event for the charm-filled city. With its downtown finish line, considered amongst the most exciting in the sport, Louisville is one of the most vibrant IRONMAN venues on the circuit. The unique, mostly down-river swim course was the first rolling start swim in IRONMAN racing, while the scenic bike course goes through La Grange, where thousands of spectators cheer on the athletes in a Tour de France-like atmosphere. The run course passes Churchill Downs, home of the famous Kentucky Derby, and the University of Louisville, so there's no shortage of attraction for athletes.
"IRONMAN is a great event for the city, both from an economic and social perspective. IRONMAN athletes come to Louisville many days before the competition and often stay afterward," said Mayor Greg Fischer. "We get to showcase all that's great about Louisville while meeting these hard-charging athletes, who are often business executives, entrepreneurs and leaders in their respective fields."
"Since 2007, more than 16,000 IRONMAN participants from across the United States and around the world have visited our community and spent approximately $30 million in the local area," added Karl Schmitt, Executive Director, Louisville Sports Commission. "We've had tremendous support from government agencies, facility operators and the Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau as well as from our amazing residents who have helped create great experiences for our visitors as they swim, bike and run through neighborhoods, towns and rural areas in Louisville and Oldham and Henry Counties. We look forward to hosting IRONMAN through 2019."
The 2015 race will offer 50 age group slots to the 2016 IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, HI.


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MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday defended the enactment of new laws that rolled back his own liberal agenda as Russia's previous president, a tacit acknowledgement of how little influence he has now that Vladimir Putin is back in the Kremlin.
In an interview with journalists from five Russian television stations, Medvedev said he was "basically happy with how my life has gone" over the last year, despite seeing the Kremlin abandon his conciliatory, modernization-focused platform in favor of cracking down on dissent.
As soon as Putin returned for a third presidential term in May, parliament began passing a series of draconian laws introducing Internet censorship, hiking fines for unauthorized protests by 150 times, and recriminalizing slander, which had been made an administrative offense on Medvedev's initiative only months before.
Other laws branded non-governmental organizations that got foreign funding "foreign agents" and expanded the definition of treason to encompass potentially any exchange of information with foreign organizations.
The language used in the laws recalls Soviet-era spy mania, when the vast majority of foreigners were treated with suspicion. Putin has repeatedly blamed foreign governments, particularly the U.S. State Department, of meddling in Russian domestic affairs and organizing protests.
On Friday, Medvedev insisted the terms used were innocuous. "What's so bad about the word 'agent'?" Medvedev said. "An agent is a representative, that's it."
Medvedev went on to deny that the laws were repressive and said the issue was simply one of expectations. "These expectations very often have nothing whatsoever to do with what's really happening in the country," he added.
Russian Internet users mocked Medvedev's interview by sending a Twitter hashtag of the word "pathetic" into the Top 10 global trends on Friday.
Few believed Medvedev was really in charge as president from 2008 to 2012, when Putin had to step aside because of a constitutional limit of two consecutive terms.
Nonetheless, Medvedev raised hopes the Kremlin would take a new course when he pledged to fight corruption, increase transparency and move toward political and economic liberalization. In reality, Medvedev delivered on few of the promises and left Putin's system largely intact. He then stepped aside to allow Putin to run for president again.
Since leaving the Kremlin, Medvedev has looked increasingly powerless as officials make decisions that run against his stated preferences.
Parliament is considering introducing jail time for offending religious believers and fines for "homosexual propaganda," both of which Medvedev said were unnecessary.
The only major Medvedev initiative still in place is his decision to leave Russia on summer time year round — a decision widely despised because it plunges much of the country into darkness until late morning throughout the winter.


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By Jenny Clover
KIGALI (Reuters) - The United States is seeking the swift transfer of a Congolese warlord from its embassy in Rwanda to a war crimes tribunal for a trial that could help eastern Democratic Republic of Congo inch towards peace.
Bosco Ntaganda gave himself up to the U.S. Embassy in Kigali on Monday after a 15-year career that spanned a series of Rwandan-backed rebellions in eastern Congo.
He asked to be sent to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague where he faces war crimes charges.
Ntaganda's departure from the conflict zone, where he was a leading commander in the M23 group fighting Congolese forces, could improve prospects for stability in a region where vast mineral resources have fuelled two decades of conflict.
But the trial of Rwandan-born Ntaganda could also prove an embarrassment to the Rwandan government which has denied charges by a U.N. panel that accused it of backing the M23 rebels. The trial could take months or even longer to start.
"This is an opportunity to advance a little bit of peace and stability in the eastern Congo," Johnnie Carson, U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs, told a conference call on Ntaganda's situation.
He also said Rwanda could use the opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to a February deal signed in Addis Ababa that called for regional states to help end conflict in Congo.
He said the Rwandan government had offered "appropriate assurances" that it would not interfere in the process of transferring Ntaganda, who needs to be transported through the capital to the airport in coordination ICC authorities.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a visit to the United Nations on Wednesday that Rwanda "will work to make what the U.S. Embassy needs in relation to Bosco Ntaganda's case happen as fast as possible."
Speaking from Washington, Carson said he wanted Ntaganda moved "as quickly as possible" but did not give a precise timeline. Practical arrangements were still being worked out and ICC officials were heading to Rwanda to help with those logistics.
"The next 48 hours or so will be critical," he said.
ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, speaking to reporters in Paris, said the court was working closely with those on the ground to ensure Ntaganda was transferred as quickly as possible.
"It's logistics now ... A couple of days," she said, adding that court procedures meant the start of the trial would take time. "I can't speak for the judges, but in my experience three months minimum."
Ntaganda faces charges of recruiting child soldiers, murder, ethnic persecution, sexual slavery and rape during the 2002-3 conflict in northeastern Congo's gold-mining Ituri district.
Ntaganda's whereabouts had been unknown after hundreds of his fighters fled into Rwanda or surrendered to U.N. peacekeepers at the weekend following their defeat by a rival faction of M23 rebels in the mineral-rich eastern Congo.
With an arrest warrant hanging over him, Ntaganda and his faction were seen as an obstacle to a peace deal between the M23 and the Congolese government. Jason Stearns of the Rift Valley Institute, a research body working in the region, said he might have feared being sold out.
But his decision to give himself up may improve the prospects for a deal that the M23 faction he opposed has shown signs of warming to.
Born in Rwanda, Ntaganda grew up in Congo before fighting alongside Rwandan Tutsi rebels who seized control of the small central Africa country, ending the 1994 genocide in which over 800,000 people died.
For Rwanda, the worries of being implicated by Ntaganda in any testimony when on trial may be outweighed by the desire to avoid being seen as a nation seeking to protect an ICC indictee.
"It's possible the Rwandans will be nervous about what he might say if he got on the stand in the Hague," said Ben Shepherd, an analyst at Chatham House, a London-based international affairs institute.
But Shepherd said the relationship between Ntaganda and Rwanda was ambiguous so Kigali might be confident it could avoid being implicated or might simply be hoping it would take years before he stood trial.
(Additional reporting by John Irish in Paris and Michelle Nichols at the United Nations; Writing by Edmund Blair and Richard Lough in Nairobi; Editing by Michael Roddy and Eric Walsh)


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As Android users, we're passionate about this operating system. We love games and apps and all the neat things we can do with our phones, and we know what makes Android great. Why, then, does it seem like the best games keep popping up on iOS devices? To get to the bottom of this question, I contacted a few different developers and studios to ask them, "What's wrong with the Android?"
One of the first studios I contacted was PopCap Games who are responsible for such brilliant titles as Bejeweled, Peggle, Plants vs. Zombies and more. Many of these games began as PC games and then slowly made their way to mobile phones. They also have a spin-off division called 4th & Battery that creates edgier, more experimental games such as Unpleasant Horse and Candy Train, both currently exclusive to iOS.
I asked Jeff Green, Director of Editorial and Social Media at PopCap Games, why many of PopCap's games start off on iOS and then come to Android. Is it a matter of hype, that the iPhone just seems to get all the attention? Or is it something simpler we aren't seeing — for example, the developers all just happen to have iPhones? His response, via email, was both insightful and troubling.
"It's really kind of neither. I mean, plenty of PopCap developers have Android phones, too. It's more that — in this goes for PopCap as a whole, too, not just 4th and Battery — that it's far easier to do quality control on the iOS's closed system. The openness of the Android is great, but it also means that it's a huge hassle to ensure compatibility across multiple phones. This has been made even worse by the wild west nature of the Android marketplaces themselves, which don't make it easy for consumers to tell which games might actually be compatible on their phones.
"PopCap never wants to give anyone a substandard experience, whether it's with the game itself or even just buying the game. The Amazon marketplace has been a huge step in the right direction, and that's why we were finally able to get a couple of our games (Chuzzle and PvZ) out there on it. But the [Android] OS itself is the biggest hassle. If we had said to ourselves, 'Okay, Unpleasant Horse is going to be an Android game first,' we'd still be testing it now."
His answer is very similar to Pascal Bestebroer of Orange Pixel, who are a bit of an anomaly. Orange Pixel like to design games first for Android and then port them to iOS. As Pascal points out, "… indeed, we like doing things backwards, and are porting some of our Android games to iPhone right now ;) This has only one reason: a more interesting market place."
Orange Pixel make many fine games for the Android platform, including Meganoid, Mini Plane, Super Drill Panic and more.
Pascal's response to the question of Android's strengths and weaknesses were that, "Openness is a strength: from the OS to the hardware to the Android market and development tools. You can develop for Android on Windows, Linux or Mac; the tools are free. You can then easily test on the devices (side loading) or distribute to various testers for them to give it a spin. This requires a lot of extra steps to get working on iOS. Also, the rapid developments of Android could be seen as a strength. Although, you could argue against it obviously."
As for weaknesses, Pascal cited some of the unique challenges that face Android developers, noting that the variety of devices is especially daunting. Even the simple question of screen size, for example, proves challenging. In his own words, "Making sure it looks good on all the various screen sizes."
"I don't like to call this fragmentation, however," he continues. "because it is just part of this ecosystem. As with PC's, Java-based mobile phones, and now also iOS: there are variation in devices, so you have to either calculate that in or ignore a large portion of devices. Android takes care of a lot of the screen-variation, but it is still something that requires extra attention and adds a challenge. All other stuff that people keep mentioning in their 'fragmentation' rants is just not a real issue. Most devices come with the same type of feature set: tilt, touch, processor speeds."
From what I've gathered, you can see how the iOS offers a simpler environment to develop for, which seems to be very attractive even if more costly. Android, on the other hand, offers cheaper development tools, but the variety of devices and openness of the platform, while great strengths, can also be great weaknesses. As new features and functions continue to roll out, it's easy to see how this "problem" will grow. As long as PopCap, Orange Pixel and many others continue to bring their work to Android, however, we'll still have plenty of reason to love it.


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A protracted debate over a school administrator's transfer led to one member of the Capital School Board angrily leaving the Wednesday's board meeting.
Late into Wednesday's Capital School Board meeting, board members got into a protracted and at times disharmonious discussion involving the transfer of a district administrator into a vacant position, a debate that resulted in one board member angrily leaving the meeting before adjournment.
Because personnel matters are discussed in closed executive session before the public meeting, the name or the qualifications of the individual under consideration could not be revealed during the debate.
The rules for executive sessions only permit board members to talk about personnel matters; approval or disapproval occurs in open session. The name of the individual still is withheld during the public meeting and only revealed after he or she is notified of the personnel action.
In this instance, saying the person's job title should include the word "interim" as a means of ensuring the job position would match the term of that individual's contract, board member Matthew Lindell made a motion to table a vote until the board's next meeting.
Fellow board member Brian Lewis agreed, arguing he did not think the board had had sufficient time to review the personnel move.
Because they only could talk in generalities, neither Lewis nor Lindell could clarify their objections. For the same reason, the three remaining board members could not state why they felt the personnel change should be approved as it stood.
With the situation apparently going nowhere after 15 to 20 minutes of discussion, Lindell withdrew his motion, and the board voted 3 to 2 in favor, with Lindell and Lewis opposing.
Clearly unhappy at this turn of events, Lewis packed up his materials and left the meeting, declaring, "It's disgraceful what my colleagues on the board have done to the public."
Afterward, board President Kay Dietz-Sass said she had told Lewis during the executive session that, if during the public session of the meeting he wanted more discussion on the personnel move, she would take the meeting back into closed-door, executive session.
Lewis, she said, had declined.
In a telephone conversation after the meeting, Lewis said he objected to the personnel move because he felt the individual in question did not have the credentials for the job. He would have preferred the district advertise the job and conduct interviews instead of filling it from within, he said.
"I told her basically what my position was earlier, and I told her that I can't stay," he said. "They wanted to go back into executive session. There was an issue a couple of months ago, if you recall, where a FOIA act was filed against the district because it wasn't announced that they were going to come back during this public session.
"I was concerned that may happen again," he said.
Records of that event show the FOIA complaint was lodged because board members had gone into executive session without specifically stating they would return for a public vote.
In a January 2013 Dover Post story about the FOIA settlement with the state Department of Justice, both Dietz-Sass and District Superintendent Dr. Michael Thomas said that incident had been unintentional.
Further, both school officials stated in the article they would consider the incident another lesson learned and applicable to future board votes.


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Picture this: You're sitting on a white sand beach, warm sun on your skin. Coconut-scented sunscreen wafts through the air. A splashing noise comes from the blue Gulf of Mexico. It's your dog, happily retrieving his favorite ball from the water.
With miles of sandy beaches, endless winter sunshine and a laid-back vibe, there's no reason to leave your four-legged friend behind when you travel around Florida. From lodging that offers special pet beds, to beaches with off-leash play, to theme parks with nearby kennels, many places around the state accommodate visitors with pets. Many Florida state parks also permit leashed dogs.
Lodging with your dog can be as rustic as a campground or as ritzy as, well, the Ritz-Carlton. In places like Key West or Sanibel Island -- where all beaches are open to leashed dogs -- unique and funky pet-friendly accommodations are easy to find in various price ranges.
Most counties have their own tourism boards and many have specific pages on their websites about pet-friendly activities, restaurants and hotels.
Jeannette Scott, a fashion blogger from Orlando, took her shih tzu-Yorkie mix named Bella on a three-day trip in June. They drove to Fort Myers, boarded a ferry to Key West, stayed at a Sheraton that offered a doggie bed for Bella and posed for photos in front of a frozen yogurt stand that carried Yoghund, a froyo for doggies.
"She thought it was really fun to get away and go on adventure instead of staying at home," said Scott.
If your dog might enjoy the same, here are some dog-friendly destinations around Florida, along with lodging advice and general tips.
Dog Beach and Paw Playground at Fort De Soto State Park. In 2010, Southern Living magazine named this spot in Pinellas County one of the top five dog beaches in the South. You only need to set one paw onto the sugary sand to know why: It's a gorgeous and peaceful place. The Gulf of Mexico is usually warm and calm, and dogs of all sizes love to play in the soft surf. Dogs can run on the beach and swim off-leash, then enjoy a large, adjacent fenced-in grassy dog park area. There are water fountains, waste bags and a place to wash salt out of dog fur. Admission to the park area is $5.
Dinosaur World in Plant City. Who loves dinosaurs? Dogs, that's who. Located halfway between Tampa and Disney, Dinosaur World is a park featuring 150 giant dinosaur statues and trails winding through the lush Florida landscape. Leashed dogs are welcome on the trails and it's a great opportunity to snap a photo of your pooch with a giant Stegosaurus (some intrepid bloggers have gotten shots of their dogs posing inside a dinosaur's mouth). Tickets are $14.95, dogs are free; open daily.
Dog Wood Park, Jacksonville. This 25-acre, privately owned park is heaven for dogs. It's all off-leash and entirely fenced in, from the pond to the grassy knoll to the trails. A separate small area nearby has chairs where owners can sip coffee and chat. There are two ponds, Lake Bow Wow for the big dogs and Lake Fifi for little ones, plus doggie sand piles, shady areas and tires for dogs to climb on. Day visits are $11, including tax. Additional services, like use of the park's indoor dog wash area, are extra.
The Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine. Spanish explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles discovered this spring in 1565 and the Timucua Indians lived here for 4,000 years before that. You and your dog can sniff around and drink from the fountain. Tickets are $12.
Downtown Naples. A great place to stroll with your pet while embracing tropical Florida, downtown Naples has lots of outdoor cafes, bars and restaurants where you can dine al fresco with your dog. Several stores -- Diva Doghouse, For Footed Friends, Pucci & Catana and Fergie's Closet Doggie Boutique -- specialize in upscale pet accessories, clothing and food.
Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Hobe Sound. This sprawling park on Florida's East Coast, north of tony Palm Beach, offers miles of trails that showcase how Florida looked before development. Dogs must be leashed. Admission is $6 per vehicle.
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WHEREAS: Benjamin Franklin counseled this nation: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"; and
WHEREAS: "The American Library Association believes that freedom of expression is an inalienable human right, necessary to self-government, vital to the resistance of oppression, and crucial to the cause of justice, and further, that the principles of freedom of expression should be applied by libraries and librarians throughout the world" (Policy 53.1.12, "Universal Right to Free Expression"); now, THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED: that the American Library Association reaffirms the following principles, and:
Actively promotes dissemination of true and timely information necessary to the people in the exercise of their rights (Policy 53.8, "Libraries: An American Value");
Opposes government censorship of news media and suppression of access to unclassified government information (Policy 53.3, "Freedom to Read;" Policy 53.5, "Shield Laws");
Upholds a professional ethic of facilitating access to information, not monitoring access (Policy 53.1, "Library Bill of Rights;" Policy 53.1.17, "Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries");
Encourages libraries and their staff to protect the privacy and confidentiality of the people's lawful use of the library, its equipment, and its resources (Policy 52.4, "Policy on Confidentiality of Library Records");
Affirms that tolerance of dissent is the hallmark of a free and democratic society (Policy 53.1.12, "Universal Right to Free Expression");
Opposes the misuse of governmental power to intimidate, suppress, coerce, or compel speech (Policy 53.4, "Policy on Governmental Intimidation;" Policy 53.6, "Loyalty Oaths"); and, BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED: that this resolution be forwarded to the President of the United States, to the Attorney General of the United States, and to both Houses of Congress.
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Responsible drivers mean safer roads for everyone.
We've been transforming teens into safer drivers since 1952.
Car crashes are the No. 1 killer of teens in America, causing far more teen deaths each year than homicide, suicide, cancer and drugs.
Allstate identified the need for a teen driving program back in 1952 when the Foundation awarded one of its first grants to a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping keep teens safer on the road.
In 2005, the Foundation set a goal to help reduce teen traffic fatalities by 50% by 2015. And we've almost met that goal. Whether you are a parent, relative or friend of a teen driver, or just hit the road every day with teens in your community, there are lots of ways you can help save young lives and make driving safer for everyone.
Driving Change Resource Center
In honor of our decade helping save teen lives on the road, the Foundation launched Driving Change. Share teen driving statistics turned to life by social media designers. Take a deep dive into articles by the experts. Check out parent resources.
Driving Change Parent Tips Sheet (English and Spanish)
Tips that we've learned from 10 years of helping save teen lives on the road.
Teen Driving Timeline
Infographic that highlights of the Foundation's contributions to teen traffic safety over the years.
Teen Driving Brochure
Here's information from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in a brochure co-sponsored by The Allstate Foundation. Order a printed copy from your Allstate Agency Owner or print a PDF in either English OR Spanish.
Teen Driving Facts
The truth about the issue from such industry experts as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Safety Council. This infographic is available in English AND Spanish.
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Learning sciences; psychology of education
Research in this area helps to explain how and why learning happens and how to provide better support for learning across the lifespan. It also addresses a range of other factors that have implications for education, including achievement, motivation and engagement - and seeks to understand these phenomena across a range of socio-cultural contexts and perspectives. The multi-disciplinary field of 'the learning sciences' has emerged over the last 20 years with the goal of advancing understanding of learning, broadly construed. The theories and methodologies of the learning sciences reflect the fact that the many influences on learning operate at different levels: from neurons to individuals to neighbourhoods to countries. Theoretically robust yet practically applicable accounts of learning need to integrate these levels, and explain the relations between implicit, informal, and formal learning processes, contexts, and systems. Work in this area also seeks to align lab-based research, field research, and the sustainable implementation of educational innovations.


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About Me
I am a consultant and catalyst for open source biology, synthetic biology, the international Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) program, DIYbio and open innovation models. I am also faculty and co-chair of the biotechnology and bioinformatics track at the Singularity University, located at the NASA Ames campus, near Mountain View, California.
My goal is to help people better understand and use next-generation biotechnologies.
Business and Consulting
Pink Army Cooperative (open source biotech)
I am a co-founder, along with Jayson Tymko and John Carlson, of the world's first cooperative biotechnology company, the Pink Army Cooperative. Open source biotechnology can move faster than big pharma and make personalized medicines affordable. Today you can order a personalized genetic screen for a few hundred dollars. In five years it will be possible to get custom-made personalized cancer treatments. It's not magic. It's just that biotech has gone exponential, like Moore's law.
For more information, check out the Pink Army website.
Q Squared Consulting Inc.
My consulting work (and life) is managed through Q Squared, an Alberta-based consulting company, founded in 2009. Inquire for rates and availability.
Singularity University
I co-chair the Biotechnology and Bioinformatics track at the Singularity University (SU), an interdisciplinary university whose mission is to prepare leaders for accelerating technological change.
Interview at Mobile Monday, March 28, 2010
The End of Cancer, TEDxSV, December 2009
Introduction to Synthetic Biology, Summer 2009
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MoMo (Mobile Monday) Amsterdam, March 28
Alberta SuperDesigner Workshop, Red Deer, March 25-26
TEDx Edmonton, March 13
X Prize Foundation, Life Science Prize Visioning, March 10
Singularity University Executive Program (Winter), February 26 - March 7
Sustainable Communities Working Group, Calgary, January 27-28
OSLI Communications Workshop, Calgary, January 18
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TEDxSV, "The End of Cancer", Standford University, December 12
Alberta Association of Colleges and Technical Institutes, "Driving Innovation", Banff, Alberta December 10 H+ Summit, Irvine, California, December 5-6
Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Speakers Series, Energy & Environmental Engineering, University of Calgary, November 19, 2009
Singularity University Executive Program, November 6-15, 2009
The Drive to Innovate, Conoco-Phillips, Calgary, November 3, 2009
iGEM 2009, MIT, Cambridge, MA October 30 - November 2, 2009 (attending only)
BIL:PIL, Building a Drug Development Pipeline for Personalized, Open Source Therapies for Breast Cancer. San Diego, October 30, 2009
TEDMED, San Diego, Oct 27-30, 2009 (attend)
SENS4, Cambridge, UK, September 3-7, 2009
Swedish-American Life Science Summit, Bionetworking Sessions, Stockholm, Sweden August 19-21, 2009
Singularity University, Introduction to synthetic biology and applications, July 20-21, 2009
iGEM Ontario Regional, University of Waterloo, May 29, 2009
SciBarCamp 2009, Toronto, May 8-9, 2009
Oil Sands Leadership Initiative keynote and meeting, Calgary, April 15-16, 2009
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Convergence 08, Panel Debate, Talk, November 15-16, 2008
iGEM Jamboree, MIT, Cambridge, MA, November 7-9, 2008 (Chairing iGEM Canada session)
Singularity Summit 2008, San Jose, CA, October 25, 2008 (attending)
UofC Engineering, Calgary, Sept 24, 2008 (Engineering Biology)
SciFoo, Mountain View, CA, August 8-10, 2008
BioBarCamp, Palo Alto, CA, August 6-7, 2008
Science Cafe, Telus World of Science and Alberta Ingenuity, Edmonton, May 6, 2008
Sanofi Aventis BioTalent Challenge Keynote, Calgary, April 23, 2008
Sanofi Aventis BioTalent Challenge Keynote, Edmonton, April 16, 2008
Civil Society Synthetic Biology Teach-In, Washington DC, April 14, 2008 PDF
TEC Edmonton, Open Source Therapeutics, round 2, March 31, 2008
TEC Edmonton, Open Source Therapeutics, March 19, 2008
Overview of iGEM program, Edmonton Catholic School Board, March 18, 2008
Open Source Therapeutics. UofA Digital Biology Meeting, March 17, 2008
National Post Article on SciBarCamp by David Sachs.
Synbio Debate w/ Jim Thomas, ETC group; open source therapeutics scibarcamp, Toronto, May 14-16, 2008
Synthetic Biology and Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Implications for Alberta, Green Paper and Talk, Banff, March 5-6, 2008
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Overview of Synthetic Biology, February 2008.
2007 Talks and Posters
iGEM and Synthetic Biology: Opportunities for Canada, University of Ottawa, November 23, 2007 audio by request
SemBioSys Biotechnologies, Calgary, Alberta, October 26, 2007
Synthetic Biology, Risks, Rewards, and Opportunities, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, October 23 audio by request
Synthetic Viruses Targeting Cancer, SENS 3, Cambridge UK, September 7Video
Overview of synthetic biology, University of Lethbridge, July 19
University of Alberta Department Chairs and Divisional Directors Meeting, July 4
SB3.0 Poster -- iGEM: A case study for open source biological engineering
MIT TTT Canada overview May 26 Video
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USAToday.com reports a New York Yankees' minor league affiliate, Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, has agreed to terms with free-agent P Tim Lavigne.
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Josh Duhamel doesn't mind the slime.
The "Transformers" star is hosting Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday and says the ceremony's traditional dumping of the green stuff on celebrities isn't as bad as it looks.
Duhamel described the slime as "warm goo" that's "almost soothing in a way" during a break from rehearsals earlier this week.
Duhamel will be joined on stage at the University of Southern California's Galen Center by such famous attendees as Sandra Bullock, Steve Carell and Chris Pine, with Pitbull, Ke$ha and Christina Aguilera scheduled to perform.
Nickelodeon said a record-breaking 326 million votes have already been cast for the show, which honors kids' favorites in film, music, sports and TV.(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)