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Hi John. I did a little research in veganism and found the definition from a quick Google search. A vegan (pronounced VEE-gun) is someone who, for various reasons, chooses to avoid using or consuming animal products. While vegetarians choose not to use flesh foods, vegans also avoid dairy and eggs in their diet.
If this definition is spot on, dairy (cheese) couldn't be on the pizza. Analog cheese doesn't melt. I wouldn't eat it, so I wouldn't sell it.
This is not pizza. Yet, the vegan movement is on the upswing. If you can sell enough of them a week, then maybe it is worth considering. It boils down to your particular market. For me, if an entrée (specialty pizza) doesn't meet a minimum monthly menu mix percentage, it is a loser. It's not popular enough to be on the menu and must go away. Read up on menu engineering and you'll understand why it's better not to have too many menu options.
I once offered a seafood pizza on my menu for about three years. I loved it. It had fresh garlic, shrimp, crab, Alfredo sauce and a few complimentary veggies. I finished it with a sprinkle of lemon pepper. It was delicious, but I only sold three or four a week, mostly to my doctor and my mechanic. I threw out as much of its ingredient inventory as I sold, so I finally had to discontinue it.
When my doc came in to order his weekly Seafood De Lite, I regretfully explained that we had to drop it from our menu. He pressed me on what led to that decision. I turned the questioning back to him. I asked him if he had studied the clinical treatment of Leprosy in medical school, and if so could he treat it? He said yes, but he would have to refresh and review the treatment options. Then I asked him if he could make a living treating the disease in our town. When he told me that there was zero demand for specialists in the USA, I let him in on the why of my decision: no demand, no profit, no hard feelings.
Then I made him feel special. I told him if he would go to the grocery store and buy a bag of frozen shrimp and a couple of cans of crab I would store the ingredients with his name on them. He would be the only one in Oscoda who could order a Seafood Pie. When he was about to run out, I would remind him to restock. He was very happy. After a couple of months it went away on its own. I gave a similar explanation to my mechanic. He brought in his private stash once and then never restocked.
The takeaway from this story? I saved the customer and made him feel special. Customers don't want to hear the word no. Figure out how you can say yes to the vegan and he might just tell everyone.
Big Dave Ostrander owned a highly successful independent pizzeria before becoming a consultant, speaker and internationally sought-after trainer. monthly contributor to Pizza Today.


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Any day now, the ice that covers the Arctic Ocean will shrink to its smallest area of the year. It happens every year at about this time from the cumulative seasonal effects of higher temperatures and 24-hour-a-day sunshine in the polar regions. But the loss of ice has been getting more severe, thanks to global warming.
Last year, Arctic ice covered less area than at any time since satellites began monitoring the region back in the late 1970s. This year's ice loss won't be quite as dramatic, but it's still pretty significant. The graphic above shows that compared with the median ice cover from 1981-2010, this year's loss comes out to approximately 9 times the land area of North Carolina. And while each year isn't necessarily less icy than the year before, the downward trend is clear — and the plunge is happening faster than the majority of computer models predicted.
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There is a natural cycle of melting and freezing that happens every year. However, the effects of global warming are starting to alter the natural melting for the worse – creating a vicious cycle. When the ice shrinks, its bright, white, reflective surface is replaced by darker ocean. The darker ocean absorbs heat and makes it more difficult for the ice to refreeze in winter. In recent years, the winter ice has also gotten thinner which makes it more prone to melting the next season. Finally, more open water means winds and ocean currents can push more ice out into the North Atlantic where storms can break it up, further reducing the amount of sea ice.
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What greater adventure is there than exploring the enigmas of your unique destiny, Aries? For more hints about the week ahead, listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
"When one door closes, another door opens." That old saying is only a half-truth, and what it leaves out is crucial. Here's a more complete version: When one door closes, another door opens, but where the new door opens might not be immediately obvious; you may have to be energetic, persistent, and even ingenious to find it. Keep this uppermost in your mind during the next three weeks, Taurus.
How much do you want to know about your destiny in the coming week, Taurus? How far do you dare to go? For more insight into your shimmering, undulating fate, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
As the most powerful nation prepares to choose the world's most powerful leader, we all have a stake in the proceedings. Whether or not you're an American, the candidate who wins the presidential election will deeply affect your personal future. In my estimation, John Kerry is far more likely to have a benevolent impact, George W. Bush a negative one. I've arrived at this conclusion by carefully paring away my emotional biases and taking an objective look at long-term planetary omens. In my capacity as your astrological advisor, then, I urge you to visualize Kerry being inaugurated as president next January. Now here's your homework: Meditate on Pericles' assertion that "Just because you don't take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you."
No one knows you better than you do, Gemini. But maybe you'll be inspired to dig up even more self-knowledge in the coming week if you tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Astrology divides human personalities into twelve basic types named after the zodiacal signs. In her books, Agapi Stassinopoulos proposes an alternative system based on 15 Greek gods and goddesses. Using her approach, I've determined that you are currently a blend of Aphrodite and Artemis. Aphrodite embodies love, beauty, and passion, and her essence is summed up by the statement, "It is what I am, not what I do, that is valuable about me." Artemis, on the other hand, is independent and strong; her message is "Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid." How is it possible to be a synthesis of these two? You tell me, Cancerian. It'll be your specialty in the coming weeks.
Hungry for more inspiration, Cancerian? Curious about the unfolding mysteries? For more juicy details about your destiny in the coming week, check out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Here's good news for Leo actor Billy Bob Thornton: The coming weeks will be a perfect time to conquer his phobias of antique furniture, Komodo dragons, intestinal parasites, old silver forks, and photos of Benjamin Disraeli's hair. For that matter, all of you Leos will experience a dramatic increase in your power to conquer irrational anxieties and superstitious fantasies. Stand up to your inner bully! Don't let that intimidating fear-monger push you around any more.
Your destiny is a gorgeous mystery, Leo. Your soul is awakening more every day. The secrets of life are ripening right in front of your eyes. For more clues, consider checking out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
"The greatest menace to civilization," wrote historian Herbert Butterfield, "is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness--each system only too delighted to find that the other is wicked--each only too glad that the sins give it the pretext for still deeper hatred and animosity." Are you a part of one of those giant organized systems of self-righteousness, Virgo? Do you subscribe even a little to their simplistic, toxic philosophies? If so, I beg you to banish their influence from your life. Dropping out of the great "us versus them" racket is one of the single most important acts you can take to heal your own psyche and guarantee your future success.
What greater adventure is there than exploring the enigmas of your unique destiny, Virgo? For more hints about the week ahead, listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
What seemingly unconnected elements of your life are actually ripe to be combined? Your past and your future? Romance and education? Your drive for fairness and your love of beauty? I'm telling you, Libra, there are fragments of your world that have more in common than you've previously imagined, and should therefore be woven together. Your sensuality and spirituality? Your relationship with money and the power of your imagination? Your listening skills and your longing to be more appreciated?
Where do you want to go in the coming week, Libra? Who do you want to be? For more clues, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas," said composer John Cage. "I'm frightened of the old ones." That thought should be your guiding principle in the coming weeks, Scorpio. No matter how useful your elegant theories have always been, they're now becoming barriers to your progress. No matter how attached you are to the insights and opinions that have made you what you are today, you should be willing to outgrow them. "In a time of drastic change," wrote Eric Hoffer, "it's the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists."
Life will bring you entertaining revelations in the coming week, Scorpio. To explore even deeper, dive into your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Yellow jacket wasps have never been known to journey north of the Arctic Circle. They prefer warmer climates. But recently they began buzzing around a village in the northern part of Baffin Island, surprising the local residents, who have no word for the insects in their native Inuktitut language. I predict there'll soon be a comparable event in your life, Sagittarius. You will need new terms as well as fresh concepts to understand the appearance of an unprecedented phenomenon.
Want more clues, Sagittarius? Need further insight? I discuss your coming week in greater depth in your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
The coming week will be filled with opportunities to improve your skills at diplomacy. You'll get a lot of practice playing verbal games, talking in code, and being artfully ambiguous. For best results, don't take yourself too seriously. Let your imagination run half-wild-and maybe even risk crossing that fine line between creative storytelling and BS. To put yourself in the right mood, consult the Euphemism Generator at http://walkingdead.net/perl/euphemism/.
Need a few more whacks applied to your mental blocks in the coming week, Capricorn? A few more caresses administered to your growing edge? Cruise on over to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
One of the tabloids revealed that Ronald Reagan's ghost has been doing scores of good deeds since he died. For example, when a surgeon in a hospital accidentally dropped his ring in his patient's abdominal incision, the ex-president's spirit fished it out. On another occasion, the friendly ghost saved an old woman from a rabid raccoon during her walk in the woods. What the tabloid didn't report is that Reagan also visited me. As I was working on your horoscope, he materialized as a misty grey blob. "Need any assistance?" he croaked. "Sure," I said. "But I've got to be honest-I always opposed your politics and I never voted for you." "Want to know a secret?" he chuckled in reply. "In the afterlife, I've turned into a bleeding heart liberal. All I do is help people." "OK," I said, "then how about giving me some tips for the horoscope I'm writing for Aquarians?" "Sure," Reagan beamed. "Tell 'em to go hunting for a new power spot. Build up their clout. Act more authoritative. Spread their influence with more confidence. But do it all with love, not ego."
Got enough clues to chew on for a while, Aquarius? If you need more, give yourself the luxury of your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
For the long-term well-being of planet Earth, nothing is more important than electing a new American president. I'd prefer to vote for the Green Party candidate, David Cobb, because his principles are more aligned with mine than John Kerry's. And when I go to cast my ballot near closing time on November 2, I will opt for Cobb if exit polls show Kerry is comfortably ahead of Bush in my home state of California. But if the race is still too close to call, I'll definitely choose Kerry. I suggest you regard my plan as a model for how to approach your entire life in the coming weeks, Pisces: Find a way to serve the greatest good for everyone in your life while at the same time following your heart. But if you can't do both, serve the greatest good.
Want to explore the coming week even further, Pisces? Dig deeper? Feel stronger? Consider tuning in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
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New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has a recurring daydream. In Friedman's daydream the United States adopts the highly efficient Chinese Communist mode of government under the leadership of "a reasonably enlightened group of people" — such as Friedman finds the Chinese Communists to be. Friedman finds enlightenment among the Chinese Communists in their collective pursuit of "electric cars, solar power, energy efficiency, batteries, nuclear power and wind power."
GE chairman and chief executive officer Jeffrey Immelt sounds like an acolyte of Friedman, but Immelt at least has the cash nexus to excuse his deep thoughts. In a recent interview with Charlie Rose, Immelt lauded the Chinese government along Friedmanite lines. Hey, it works:
The one thing that actually works, you know, state run Communism may not be your cup of tea — but their government works.
Immelt invoked China's five-year plans to support his assessment. Have the five-year plans been part of the Friedmanite package? I'm not sure. Here Immelt may be on his own:
They have five-year plans. I always tell our team: read the twelfth five-year plan, which is the segment we're in. Typically what they're doing makes sense in the Chinese context.
By contrast with Friedman and Immelt, Jonathan Mirsky is a fellow who knows what he is talking about and who has refused to check his devotion to freedom at the door when he talks about China. A while back I noted Mirsky's essay on Liu Xiabo, the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner, in the New York Times Book Review and proposed a fitting headline for it: "Thomas Friedman, you pitiful fool." On Sunday Mirsky had another excellent piece in the Times Book Review, this one on the Great Famine:
In the summer of 1962, China's president, Liu Shaoqi, warned Mao Zedong that "history will record the role you and I played in the starvation of so many people, and the cannibalism will also be memorialized!" Liu had visited Hunan, his home province as well as Mao's, where almost a million people died of hunger. Some of the survivors had eaten dead bodies or had killed and eaten their comrades. In "Tombstone," an eye-opening study of the worst famine in history, Yang Jisheng concludes that 36 million Chinese starved to death in the years between 1958 and 1962, while 40 million others failed to be born, which means that "China's total population loss during the Great Famine then comes to 76 million."
The Great Famine occurred during (and I believe had a direct relationship to) China's second five-year plan and the Great Leap Forward. Mr. Immelt might want to study up just a little bit before he further disgraces himself and his company in going the extra mile to deepen his friendship with the ruling elite in that important GE market. Mirsky's review might even be a good place to start.
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Imagine being grilled by a panel of prominent educators in a foreign language.
Now suppose that you've only been learning their language for two semesters, or that you're trying to remember vocabulary and grammar while coping with a collapsed lung.
This is the trial by fire Suffolk students Audra White and Carl Anderson faced during interviews for the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program – a hurdle they both overcame to earn a fully-funded eight month journey through China. The experience will include:
- Mandarin and Chinese culture studies at Shaanxi Normal University
- An Internship in the Xi'an High Tech Development Zone
- A home-stay with Chinese host families to celebrate the Chinese New Year
- Field-trips while studying in Shaanxi Province
- A tour of Beijing
The program will help White and Anderson hone their Chinese language skills and develop a deep understanding of Chinese society, including business culture.
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Interest in China was sparked by cuisine
As an accounting major, Carl Anderson is aware of the critical part China plays in the global marketplace. He's excited about the opportunity to work with a Chinese corporation during his upcoming trip and knows that experience will give him an edge on the job market when he graduates next year. But he admits his interest in Chinese culture originally had nothing to do with business.
When Anderson moved from Canada to Brookline, MA, during high school he noticed something special about the large contingent of Chinese students there:
"They had the best food," he recalls with a laugh. "I was intrigued enough by the cuisine to try a class, and have been a student of Chinese language and culture ever since."
His interest led him to Professor Christopher Dakin's Chinese courses at Suffolk, and also to a 6-week study abroad trip to Shanghai last summer. In China, Anderson learned invaluable lessons about everyday communication in unexpected places like basketball courts and taxis. He was struck by how polite, helpful and welcoming he found Chinese society. After such an eye-opening experience he longed to return.
Unfortunately, when his chance came to interview for the Fulbright-Hays Program, Anderson was in the hospital recovering from a collapsed lung and preparing for finals. He credits Professor Dakin and Suffolk's language tutoring staff for helping him practice for the rigorous interview in Chinese.
"When the day came, I must have looked calm but I wanted jump out of my own skin!" says Anderson. "I'm so excited to have this opportunity to not only learn more about Chinese culture, but also about myself as an individual."
And, of course, to sample more delicious Chinese dishes. Follow Anderson's culinary and cultural forays on his blog, "What am I about to eat?"
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Army Vet -- and veteran traveler -- savors new life experiences
Audra White, a senior double-majoring in Politics and Philosophy while minoring in Asian Studies, also believes sharing food helps build cultural understanding. When she served in Iraq from 2009-2010 as a soldier in the US Army she bonded with soldiers from around the world in the mess hall.
"Whether it was griping about the food, or enjoying delicacies like the excellent Turkish coffee, eating brought us together," says White. "I hope to have similar experiences in China, especially during my stay with a host family."
White's path to China – and to Suffolk – had many twists and turns. A self-described "recovering perfectionist," she thrives on challenges, detouring from the traditional path of an undergraduate student with stints in non-profit work and the military. Following her tour in Iraq, White chose Suffolk for its large international student population and wide range of academic options.
"I wanted to study somewhere that reflected the diversity of people and opinions I've enjoyed throughout my life," explains White. "My involvement in the Asian Studies Program was a natural next step given my desire to learn as much about other cultures as possible."
Although White had only taken two Chinese courses, Professor Dakin encouraged her to apply for the Fulbright-Hays program.
"Audra is an incredible student who is outgoing and extremely dedicated to learning about other cultures," says Dakin. "I knew that if the panel looked past her relative inexperience in Chinese language they'd realize how great an asset she would be to the program."
Is White concerned about adapting to full Chinese immersion after only two semesters of preparation?
"The interview was one of the scariest moments of my life," White admits. "I have accomplished a lot in my life, but this achievement is what I'm most proud of. I can't wait to jump in with both feet!"


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Your #NECpride can earn you a ticket to NEC Basketball "Social" Media Day.
The Northeast Conference is bringing its season tip-off festivities back to Brooklyn, and you can win a VIP pass that will put you in the middle of the action on October 22 at Barclays Center.
The only other requirements for a chance to win your way to Brooklyn are an Instagram account and a little bit of creativity.
Those interested in winning must make an Instagram video (15 seconds or less) in which they show their #NECpride and give a reason why they should receive a VIP invitation to "Social" Media Day.
Beginning Friday September 27, fans may enter the contest by posting their Instagram videos using the hashtag #NECinNYC. You MUST include the hashtag to be eligible and it's also probably a good idea to wear some school apparel in the video.
All submissions must be posted on Instagram by Sunday, October 6. From that pool, the NEC staff will hand pick up to 10 finalists who will advance to the voting round. Voting will commence on October 7 and run through October 10. The entry with the most votes will win the NEC Basketball "Social"Media Day Grand Prize Pack.
Complete details are listed below. Now get to work, and maybe we'll see you in Brooklyn.
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- Complimentary admission for two to attend NEC Basketball Social Media Day at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
- NEC apparel prize pack.
- $200 Visa gift card.
- Four tickets to any NEC regular season game.
- Brooklyn's own Junior's Cheesecake Gift Certificate.
- Meet and greet/pic with favorite coach/player.
- Winner interviewed on NEC Front Row broadcast.
- Fans submit an Instagram video (15 seconds or shorter) that captures their #NECPride/pride in their school and why they deserve to attend Media Day.
- To be eligible video sumbissions MUST use the #NECinNYC hashtag.
- Instagram photos are not eligible to win.
- Instagram users with "private" profiles will not be able to submit.
- All entries must be submitted by Sunday, October 6.
- Fan voting will begin on October 7 and end at midnight on October 10.
- The best entries (up to ten) as determined by the NEC staff will be displayed on the NEC website. A direct link to the contest page will be provided once the voting period begins.
- Fans who wish to vote MUST be logged in to Instagram.
- After watching the videos, mouse over the Instagram logo above the video you wish to vote for. Click on the "View on Instagram" button, which will take you to the native Instagram link for the video. There click on the red heart to like the video.
- The video that receives the most likes will be declared the winner.
- The NEC will notify the grand prize winner by commenting on the winning video and providing a contact number to begin making arrangements.


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The state Department of Environmental Protection has assessed an $18,110 penalty on Eugene W. and Sarah L. Damon, officers of Hyland Orchard & Brewery, 199 Arnold Road, for violating industrial wastewater regulations.
The company must pay $4,527 of the assessed penalty, provided that the owners do not have any additional violations for a one-year period, DEP said.
During an inspection by DEP personnel in July, it was determined that the owners allowed an on-site commercial beer-brewing operation and a small commercial bakery to discharge industrial wastewater to both ground and surface waters near the site, DEP said in a statement.
In a recent settlement, the owners agreed to put in and maintain collection systems to properly manage their wastewater discharges.
�Hyland Orchard knowingly allowed the unpermitted discharge of industrial wastewater to its property, which created several environmental and public health issues,� said Lee Dillard Adams, director of DEP�s Central Regional Office in Worcester. �MassDEP�s coordination with the Sturbridge Board of Health has resulted in a comprehensive review of this company�s operation and establishment of enforceable schedules to correct a wide range of environmental issues.�


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I am happy to report a safe return trip from Poland. The last day was spent exploring Warsaw, including the Miele 18 memorial to the ghetto fighters and the Jewish cemetery, where all the original markers had been dessimated. There was a very touching memorial to the children lost in the Holocaust.
Warsaw was 90% destroyed in WWII — within weeks of the war ending in 1945. So the whole city has been built since 1945 — using photos of the original city. We in America cannot truly imagine that kind of loss and destruction. Let's use the New Year to remember how lucky we are and make sure we use our resources to make the whole world a safer place.


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After reading Gatto, I make a distinction between education and schooling. Schooling is, at least in its current form, a way to govern education, but more often than not, education can happen without it — as millions of home-schoolers in US and many other countries and numerous important people through history that didn't go to school can attest to!
What I came to realize lately is that despite the fact that we mostly think of education and learning to be similar, they're different in two important aspects. Education and learning are usually described as the acts of acquiring knowledge, behaviors or skills — when defining education, Wikipedia refers to these as formative effects on the mind, character and physical abilities, but those are just different technical definitions of the same things.
Though learning and education sound like synonyms, learning goes beyond and includes the act of acquiring (or changing) values and preferences. On top of that, learning may involve synthesizing different types of information. I think these two aspects of learning are greatly important to anyone looking at reforming the current schooling system. Moreover, they should be considered by all parents and teachers when thinking about education choices and methods.
I'll try to explain this with three stories, but before that, let me give you some thoughts to keep in mind when reading the stories.
The power of learning to modify ones values and preferences is (probably forever) outside the reach of schooling. While schooling can force students to comply to certain behaviors, it can't quite change their personal values. Of course, attempts to do so abound through history, often with the help of chemicals and psychological conditioning or even torture. Social engineering is a term that was fashionable in the last century and was used to describe some of those attempts. Unfortunately, remnants of it still exist today when we see people as mere Human Resources that should somehow be categorized, trained, controlled. (I recently watched an important film on this topic — Human Resources: Social Engineering in the 20th Century — I highly recommend it, but be warned, it is not for the faint of heart!)
Yet, learning can easily transform those values! I think the reason for this is that learning enables new insights to form by synthesizing new information with existing knowledge. This gives the individual power to reflect on their personal views over the issues upon which those insights shed new light. Learning is empowering the individual to take those insights and apply them to new situations!
Diversity of context breeds new opportunities for learning
The first story about the transformational power of learning is a lesson I learned from my six year old daughter!
She was only 2 when we brought her to Canada, from our home country, Macedonia. If you're an immigrant with young kids, you can appreciate the struggle to maintain a decent level of knowledge of the mother tongue in an environment in which almost no one outside the family speaks that language. I would say we're lucky that our daughter is still willing to make an effort from time to time to improve her command of the language.
One big problem in the Macedonian language is the command of the hard "R" — to imagine the sound, try to say BRRRR or VRRRROOOM. 😉 This sound sends many kids back in Macedonia to see a speech specialist by the age of 7 or 8, so you can imagine how hard it is for a 6 year old in Canada to master it. My daughter was trying on many occasions to practice by saying words like RIBA (fish), RABOTA (work), ZDRAVO (hello), PRST (finger). With many failed attempts, this has been going almost all of the time we're in Canada. To say she was becoming frustrated doesn't do justice to how she felt few months ago!
And then she nailed it in less than a week — using English! She came up with an ingenious idea by watching a children's television series — on Youtube. 😉 In the show, one of the actors speaks with a tick Eastern European accent and my daughter found that amusing enough to want to try it herself. She intentionally converted words like teacher into teachRR, are into aRR, computer into computRR, etc. and asked me and my wife to talk the same way too. In no time, she visibly started improving her ability to say the hard "R" sound and after 5-6 days she totally had it under her belt — or rather tongue. 😉
Watching others learning is a powerful form of learning too
I heard the next story recently from one of my dear friends and I'll try to use his words as far as my memory serves me:
"I grew up in a small village near Danube. There were only about 200 people in the village, with us kids numbering 30 something. As you can imagine, we did lots of things together. I can still remember some of the days up on the river or the woods, with endless games, fights, friendship…"
"I remember the day when one of the kids brought a skateboard — first in the village! None of us have seen one before, nor did anyone in the village knew how to ride it, including the owner, but we were all eager to try and learn. For some reason, the owner was willing to share it with all of us, so we took turns and had lots of fun, as well as bruises."
"I remember vividly how quickly we separated into two groups. There were the risk takers, those eager to jump on the skateboard with no second thought about the chance to hurt themselves. And there were the rest of us, the watchers, who eagerly followed every action by the other group and only later shyly tried to do it themselves."
"At the end, we all learned! We were so engrossed in the skateboarding that we got so far as finding someone with a motorcycle willing to let us hold on the side as he was revving his little engine through the streets."
Learning liberates and empowers
The third story is about my father and his approach in teaching me how to drive a car!
I was only 14 when my dad let me drive his car for the first time. It was one of the most terrifying and at the same time most exciting experiences in my life until then. I've spend countless hours before that, sitting in the car as it was parked in our front yard and pretending to drive my little brother to distant places — shifting gears like a pro. 😉
The first lesson that my dad gave me was how to change tires. I haven't yet moved the car by an inch, but I was able to change a tire no matter if the car was at home, on a dirt or rocky road, on a slope… As I started driving, all through the driving lessons, he kept adding lessons how to check the oil level and add more if needed, how to add water for the windshield vipers, how to change a burnt fuse, even how to change a faulty spark plug.
When I was little over 15, I had my first "going out to town" trip with my friends, without my dad sitting on the seat next to me! I was mortified — I was driving probably no more than 30km/h down the road from our village to enter the town. Not because what I was doing was illegal — there were perks a son of a policeman in a small town could enjoy back then 😉 — but because I had no one next to me to help me if I messed things up. None of my friends in the car with me have come even close to driving yet.
Since I was too scared to park in any of the parking lots, I parked in some dirt off of the road where almost no other cars could be seen. Can you guess what happened on my second or third outing with the car? Correct, a flat tire! At least that was something that couldn't scare me. 😉
By now you'll probably guess what was my first lesson when the winter and the snow came? Right, I learned how to put chains on the tires so I can drive up the hill to reach our home if stuck in the middle of the road!
The transformational power of learning
The first story with my daughter and the hard "R" sound teaches that learning increases its power when taken across contexts. She was able to switch the language she used to practice the sound for the benefit of the original language in which that sound is used. It is as if she decided she needed a new screwdriver to tighten the screw as the one she used initially didn't do the job!
This makes me worried about environments in which virtual limits are imposed on the kids, because of the fear of disruption. Her classroom has a "no other language but French allowed in class" policy (she attends French Immersion), which is really a misguided attempt to create an immersive environment where everyone has to speak French so they can learn it faster.
The trouble is, this deprives the kids from efficiently communicating their needs, ideas, stories with the teacher and one another. Just imagine a joyful kid who just got a baby brother the night before entering the classroom in the morning and not being able to tell the news to her teacher — it would be an opportunity lost to make a connection between the student and the teacher!
The second story with my friend and the skateboard teaches that learning is not a privilege only for those running with the experience, but it is equally available to those watching others learning. It is important to emphasize that those others are learning, not merely showing or even teaching.
As we all know by now from research, we are equipped with mirror neurons that allow us to feel what others are feeling. It is the next best thing to experiencing it ourselves. It is the cornerstone to our capacity for empathy. And me and my friend believe it enables us to learn from each other — not in the traditional teacher-student way, but a learner-learner peer-like way. It makes me wonder if teaching without learning yourself is really a successful strategy for helping students learn!
Finally, the third story with my father and the driving lessons teaches that the best learning is not the one that focuses on the end-goal, but the one that enables the learner to independently continue learning towards that goal. By teaching for essential skills that promote independent learning, one empowers the student to take their learning in their hands.
The best coaches in sports often do this with their teams. It can be frustrating to spend hours of training basketball without actually using a ball, but the independence one can gain when the ball is in their hands allows them to continue learning even as they have long stopped with the formal lessons and are frantically trying to score to bring their team a victory in the final moments of an important game.
I got reminded how transforming learning can be the other day, when I decided to let my daughter get the razor in her hands and shave my beard. She hesitated and was scared to try at first. The first few attempts barely touched my skin. But as she gained confidence through the experience, I could visibly see her fear transforming into excitement. So much so that I soon had to ask her to slow down before making a cut on my throat. 😉
If you're a teacher reading this post, I'd like you to think about this question: Is my teaching transformational, or merely educational? If no, please take a look at the gap between the goal and the method and think of ways to empower, promote independence, allow other subjects and inputs to disrupt the flow. And if none of that works, start learning yourself in front of your students' eyes and minds!


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It really doesn't matter what happens. Whether it is this year, next year, ten years from now or ten years ago. The SEC basketball game of the year is always going to be the season-ending clash between the Gators and Wildcats. The game of the midseason is always going to be the first Florida-Kentucky matchup. It doesn't matter how things change – they will always stay the same.
When it Began
The SEC game of the year was not always Florida-Kentucky, of course. This is because over most of the history of SEC basketball, Florida was a non-entity. Frankly, before UF-UK became the premier rivalry in the conference, there really wasn't one. In the 81 seasons that the Southeastern Conference has played the sport, Kentucky has won 46 titles. That's a 57% clip. Some of them were shared, so the entire rest of the conference combined was won 51 titles. Two of them were won by Georgia Tech. One was claimed by Tulane. The only team outside of the 'Cats that have won more than ten titles is LSU, with eleven. One reason LSU-Kentucky never became the SEC game of the year is that the Tigers averaged six years between titles. No consistency. It was close in the 1980s, when LSU won three titles from 1979 to 1985 while Kentucky won four. LSU lacked the star power that puts a stamp on a top conference rivalry. The teams of Shaquille O'Niel and the erstwhile Mark Jackson (known to the younger generation as Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf), did not occur until the 1989 and 1990 seasons. And the two of them combined to win only a single SEC title, and it was shared with the mighty Mississippi State Bulldogs. Additionally, from 1985 to 2006, they went 20 years between outright SEC crowns.
There is no doubt however about which SEC matchup claims the game of the year title now, and for a long time. When did it begin? One might think it began when the Florida program rose to prominence, but that was certainly not the case. Florida basketball really hit the scene in 1987 in the last year of the Andrew Moten-Vernon Maxwell combo in Gainesville, with a Dwayne Shintzius kicker, when they led the team to its first-ever Sweet Sixteen, in fact its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance. But in the four years of the M&M boys, the Gators finished second, third, fourth and fifth in the league. Still not even a factor. Two years later, the Gators finally broke through with their first SEC title. But Kentucky wasn't even in the picture that year. The 'Cats were 13-game winners after cheating their way to a retroactively vacated title the year before. The biggest game of the year that season was the famous/infamous tennis ball game between Vanderbilt and Florida which gave the title to the Gators over the Commodores.
In the offseason, madness hit Gainesville, in the form of that Brit ska band's hit song "Shame and Scandal in the Family." Out with Stromin' Norman Sloan, in with probation and even worse: Don DeVoe. "Oh….misery!"
The next time Florida hit the SEC and national radar was in 1994, when journeyman Lon Kruger led the Gators to their first-ever Final Four appearance. This is when the first hints of the future rivalry with Kentucky were dropped. The Gators served notice in a midseason tilt with Kentucky that they wanted to be part of the SEC in-crowd. On a then-rare ESPN appearance for the Gators, the Florida band urged the network to play their highlights that night by playing the Sports Center theme song early and often. Florida earned their spot on the air with Dan Cross, Craig Brown, Andrew DeClercq, Dametri Hill and company slugging out a 1-bucket win over the Wildcats. Although they dropped the rematch in Lexington at the end of the season to fall to a shared Eastern division title (and then again in the SEC tournament title game), the game of the year that season was whatever game featured the Arkansas Razorbacks. They not only won the SEC title by two games over UF and UK, they out-shined the Gators' Final Four appearance by winning the national title. Nolan Richardson's Forty Minutes of Hell was the new big thing in the conference, winning the second title in three years for the Hogs. But just as the "Arkentucky" Tangle appeared primed to be the premier rivalry in the league, the Razorbacks faded into the SEC mist.
Enter Billy Donovan. 1996-97. Billy the Kid made the Florida-Kentucky rivalry happen. After a modest rookie year featuring two typically bad losses to the 'Cats, the phenom that Donovan brought with him from Marshall, White Chocolate, the Vanilla Gorilla, J-Will, J-Dub, and probably fifty other nicknames, Jason Williams went off on the Wildcats, leading the Gators to a big 86-78 upset of UK. It did not seem to be a statement game in this respect, but in time it would stand as the true origin of the rivalry. The fact that Donovan once coached at Kentucky as an assistant and played and coached under then-Wildcat coach Rick Pitino certainly helped to build the mystique of the rivalry. So did the fact that Billy's name was mentioned as the next Kentucky coach more often than Dick Vitale shouting "Baby!" Even more so was the fact that over the next 15 years, Kentucky would win six SEC titles and Florida would win five. Twice they shared the crown. Over the same time, Florida advanced to three national title games, five Elite Eights, and won a pair of national titles, while Kentucky – the fabled and storied program of the league – went twelve years without a Final Four appearance before finally making the last two, winning it all last season.
What used to be a potential big game that was prevented by Florida's inability to reach Kentucky's level has become a rivalry forged by Florida supplanting Kentucky and taking their spot as the league's premier program. Even so, the games have swung in streaks to either side over that time, and the rivalry has only been boosted by Kentucky's return to the elite ranks on the court.
This Year Was (Supposed to be) Different
This year, though Florida-Kentucky remained the league's biggest rivalry, it would not be the biggest game. Kentucky's team of one-and-dones has been drained like a Mike Frazier three-pointer by the NBA and they were not expected to be a big factor in the SEC race, let alone challenge Florida this year. Missouri was the new kid on the block, ranked in the top ten and poised to set a new tone in the conference. The preseason projections had the Tigers and Gators circled as the probable games of the year. A 31-point beat down by Florida knocked that mythology on its ear. By the time Missouri got Florida in their own gym and a couple men down to injury, they were already out of the national and SEC picture. Early on, Ole Miss was on a hot streak and their game with Florida was thought to possibly be an early conference-deciding clash. The Gators toyed with the Bears before sending them home double-digit losers and that theory was crushed as well. Then Alabama came to town with a chance to draw even with the Gators for the conference lead and ownership of the tie-breaker by virtue of a head-to-head win. The Gators laid down another double-digit dismissal and the Tide's season, and any hint of a game-of-the-season, was doused.
And so the season that was supposed to be something different – Florida against some other challenger from the pack – has come down to this once again. A week ago, it appeared to be a life-and-death struggle looming, with the Gators looking to some to be dead in the water and Kentucky primed to take the title again. Now Florida has clinched the outright league crown and Kentucky has lost not one, but two more games and taken itself out of the NCAA field.
But the SEC game of the year still comes down to these two teams. Florida is looking to win out and make one last bid for a Number 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. Kentucky is looking for a signature win – any signature win – to give it the momentum it would need to win the SEC tournament and punch its ticket to March Madness with an automatic bid. And just like that, the game that was not supposed to be that important, the game that is now irrelevant to the SEC race or the Kentucky NCAA bubble, is still going to be the SEC regular season game of the year.
Because no matter what the circumstances, no matter what other programs submit their bid, the dye has been cast and the foundation built over the last sixteen years that makes this game special. More times than not, it will define the SEC season, even when it does not decide the SEC title. It is the kind of game and rivalry that gives a conference predominance and gravitas, even when it has a down year. It is what enriches the seasons of both programs and holds the interest of fans of other schools across the nation. It is what makes college basketball great. And it is just one more thing that makes it great to be a Florida Gator.


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15 Frozen Treats to Beat the Heat
Has it been scorching where you live? As much as we revel in the long days of high summer, the temperatures that come with them can be brutal. Only one solution: frozen treats and lots of them! Whether it's a cool and creamy yogurt pop, a scoop of fruit sorbet, or an ice cream sandwich, we have plenty of ideas for how you can cool down right now with a frozen treat.
3-Ingredient Healthy Ice Cream with Coconut Milk
Heat-wave cravings can be strange things. Sometimes we want bright and zesty, like Tangy Lemon Ice Cream or a Campari Citrus Pop. Sometimes we want straight-up creamy, like a bowl of luscious coffee ice cream or magical frozen banana One-Ingredient Ice Cream. Want something you can nibble? You can't go wrong with a Coconut Mango Rice Pudding Pop or a Lucky Charms Ice Cream Sandwich — all yours, no sharing.
If you're looking for something to take to a party that doesn't require turning on the oven, check out our two freezer desserts: Frozen Chocolate Oreo Ice Cream Cake and Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream Pie. Both are guaranteed crowd-pleasers.
Any favorite frozen treats to recommend? How are you staying cool right now?
- 1 Strawberry-Yogurt Popsicles
- 2 3-Ingredient Healthy Ice Cream with Coconut Milk
- 3 Frozen Chocolate Oreo Ice Cream Cake
- 4 Creamy, Tangy Lemon Ice Cream
- 5 How to Make Creamy Ice Cream with Just One Ingredient (Plus 5 More Ways to Make It)
Lucky Charms Ice Cream Sandwiches
- 6 Coffee Ice Cream with Hot Fudge Sauce
- 7 Peanut Butter Ice Cream with Trader Joe's Chocolate Covered Mini Peanut Butter Crackers
- 8 Lucky Charms Ice Cream Sandwiches
- 9 Strawberry and Honey Sorbet
- 10 Boozy Campari Citrus Pops
Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream Pie
- 11 Blackberry Cabernet Granita
- 12 Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream Pie
- 13 Coconut Mango Rice Pudding Pops
- 14 Mexican Chocolate and Almond Ice Cream
- 15 Peach Pie Ice Cream
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Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP) is a Master Limited Partnership (MLP) that is the largest independent owner and operator of petroleum product pipelines in the U.S., transporting more than two million barrels per day of gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel, and natural gas liquids. The partnership also has a capacity to transport 9 billion cubic feet/day of natural gas. It owns or runs about 29,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals. The partnership's terminals handle over 80 million tons of coal and other bulk materials annually and have a liquids storage capacity of about 70 million barrels for petroleum products and chemicals. The partnership is also the largest carbon dioxide marketer and transporter in the country.
The partnership divides its operations in four business segments: Product Pipelines (projected to contribute approximately 27% of the partnership's 2007 distributable cash flows), Natural Gas Pipelines (25%), Carbon Dioxide Pipelines (28% - CO2), and Terminals (20%). Knight Inc. (formerly Kinder Morgan, Inc.), one of the largest mid-stream energy companies in the U.S., owns the partnership's general partner interest and also maintains a roughly 10% limited partnership interest.
As an MLP, KMP must distrubute at least 90% of its income from qualifying sources such as natural resource activities, interest, dividends, real estate rents, income from sale of real property, gain on sale of assets, and income and gain from commodities or commodity futures. Much of the distrubution is typically treated as 'return of capital', which causes a downward adjustment to U.S. taxable investor's cost basis. It is not taxable in the year it is recieved, but increases capital gains taxes in the year the MLP units are sold.
Kinder Morgan does business (e.g. owns/manages pipelines) in many states; owners may be required to file income tax returns in each state in which the MLP conducts business, even when no taxes are owed.
MLPs aren't suitable for U.S. investor's IRA accounts because earnings above $1,000 will be considered unrelated business taxable income by the IRS. Tax consequences for foreign owners are generally onerous.
Investors wanting exposure to KMP, but without the tax filing complications, can purchase shares in Kinder Morgan Management LLC (KMR), a NYSE listed company that owns KMP units. The three Kinder Morgan companies, Kinder Morgan Partners (KMP), Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI), and the Kinder Morgan management company (KMR), own the same assets: 38,000 miles of natural gas and product pipelines, and 180 terminals. [1]
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI), is buying El Paso pipeline partners (EP), which owns and operates natural gas transportation pipelines and storage assets. The El Paso transaction is expected to be nicely accretive to dividends of all three companies. [2]
Current plans are to divest El Paso's exploration and production operations and drop down (sell) the midstream assets to Kinder partners (KMP) and El Paso Pipeline Partners (EPB). [3]
The corporation's (KMI) growth, is driven by Kinder partners (KMP), which currently accounts for approximately 98 percent of the distributions that the corporation (KMI) receives. The corporation (KMI) can then drop down some of the El Paso assets to Kinder partners (KMP). The cash from sales to the Kinder partners (KMP) will be used to reduce the leverage used to buy El Paso in the first place. Some of El Paso's assets will also be sold as cash, or spun off into a separate company and sold. But the assets are so widely spread out geographically that a spin-off is less likely.
The Partners (KMP) has to pay out all of there earnings. So the only way any MLP can get cash is to borrow it, or sell something. Kinder partners (KMP) have to get the cash up to pay dividends anyway. Some they pay to the corporation (KMI) who pays the funds out to shareholders. Rather than receiving and distributing cash, the management company KMR, receives and passes through a dividend in shares known as paid-in-kind distributions. Kinder partners (KMP) the cash that would have been paid out as dividends, to buy assets from the corporation (KMI) and finance acquisitions internally. Over $490 million of the equity required for this investment program is expected to be funded by the management company's (KMR) dividends. [4]
One of the reasons the management company (KMR) sells at a discount to the partnership is because the management company (KMR) pays dividends in shares based on the management company's (KMR) average closing price for the 10 trading days prior to the management company's (KMR) ex-dividend date. [5] But when you reinvest a cash dividend you buy at the payment date price. This can be in the Investors favor or against. But because it creates uncertainty it contributes to KMR trading at a discount to KMP which pays cash.
"KMP's stable and diversified assets continue to grow and produce incremental cash flow in virtually all types of market conditions. We see exceptional growth opportunities in the midstream energy sector, particularly in the natural gas shale plays and in the coal export business." ~ Chairman and CEO Richard D. Kinder [6]
"Kinder has made a low-return, humdrum business into a river of money." ~ Robin West, consulting firm PFC Energy. [7]
The majority of cash generated by KMP is fee based and is not sensitive to commodity prices. However, in its CO2 segment, the company hedges the majority of its oil production but does have exposure to unhedged volumes, most of which are natural gas liquids.
"The 2009 budget assumes an average West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil price of $68 per barrel for the year ... every $1 change in the average WTI crude oil price per barrel is expected to impact the CO2 segment by approximately $6 million (or about 0.2 percent of our combined business segments' anticipated distributable cash flow). If the average WTI crude oil price per barrel in 2009 were the same as the price experienced in 2008 (about $100 per barrel), then KMP would generate distributable cash flow that could support cash distributions of approximately $4.52 per unit for 2009. This sensitivity to the WTI price is very similar to what the company experienced in 2008." Company press release.
Calculating Net present value (NPV) is one common method for estimating the intrensic value for a time series of cash flows such as MLP distributions. Interest rate assumptions are crucial to the NPV equation.
Because MLPs distribute virtually all available cash to unit holders, they must access the capital markets to finance growth. This dynamic can cause MLPs to be disciplined acquirers, at least compared to traditional corporations, because management teams must demonstrate to unit holders that acquisitions and projects are immediately accretive to earnings. Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is often used in capital budgeting; interest rates figure prominently in this equation as well. Simply: higher interest rates limit growth opportunities.
|Williams Companies (WMB)[8]
|El Paso (EP)[9]
|Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP)[10]
|Spectra Energy (SE)[12]
|Questar (STR)[13]
|Market Cap $Mil
|Revenue $Mil
|Gross Profit $Mil
|Net Profit Margin %
|Operating Margin %
|Miles of Interstate Pipeline
|Yield % [14]
|0.39 / 35.78 = 1.1%
|0.16 / 17.24 = 0.9%
|3.48 / 53.99 = 6.4%


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"One Life To Live's" Matt Walton, who played Llanview villain Eli Clarke, will be taking part in The Pasadena Playhouse production "Under My Skin" as Harrison Badish, along with former "Passions" actress Erin Cardillo (ex-Esme Vanderheusen) as Melody Dent.
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Members of the Fedora ARM project are attending the 2013 FUDCon event in Lawrence, Kansas (Kansas University). We have sessions on Saturday and Sunday, with some informal events besides. Please see below for further details.
We're meeting in room 2112 in Learned Hall.
The following people can help you find the ARM team in Kansas, or help with ARM-related concerns:
- Jon Masters (IRC: jonmasters, cell: +1-617-759-1337).
- Brendan Conoboy (IRC: bconoboy, cell: +1-714-326-9657).
- Chris Tyler (IRC: ctyler, cell: Canadian roaming, are you kidding?)
The following is the schedule as we agreed to on Saturday morning:
Saturday AM:
- F18 Final discussion
- Still working on Highbank support, problems with Secure Mode access
- Let's get 3.7 out the door with specific fixes, and then we'll work on a more general-purpose solution for conflicting kernel config settings
- Problem packages
- Eclipse
- ghc
- js
- Linaro LEG update
- Future
- PHX2 move
- PA planning
- v5/v6/v7 support
- v8 plans
- Smooting th4e on-ramp process + growing contributor base
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- ARM assembler, etc.
NOTE: Dinner is at Tellers at 8pm. We are heading out from the conference hotel (ride sharing) at 7:30pm (please contact Jon Masters by text on 617-759-1337 if you need picking up from somewhere else). If you have not RSVPed please contact Jon to let him know you are planning to attend.
- ARM to Primary (Brendan Conoboy, ARM team)
- ARM Building Exercises (Mark Langsdorf)
- Jared Smith brought an OpenBlocks AX3 ARM server (based on the Armada XP processor) that is currently running Debian, and he'd like some help getting Fedora on it -- both to show the OpenBlocks folks how we got it working, as well as to help Jared learn more about getting ARM running on a new piece of hardware.


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TOKYO (Reuters) - Softbank Corp CEO Masayoshi Son said on Tuesday no decision had been made regarding a possible initial public offering for Alibaba, China's and the world's largest Internet retailer which is 36.7 percent owned by the Japanese mobile carrier.
"There is no firm plan for an Alibaba IPO and I will refrain from commenting," Son told a briefing on SoftBank's quarterly earnings. He had been asked about the impact on SoftBank of a planned Alibaba IPO in Hong Kong.
Alibaba has not given a timetable for an IPO, although an offering is widely anticipated with speculation that it could come as early as this year and value the company at up to $100 billion.
Investors see an Alibaba IPO potentially bolstering the ambitious Son's financial leeway to pursue further overseas acquisitions after SoftBank closed a $21.6 billion deal this month to buy U.S. mobile carrier Sprint Corp.
(This story was fixed to correct in paragraph 3 to say IPO would value the company at $100 billion, not raise $100 billion)
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Manchester is In the hockey spotlightBy JOHN HABIB
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 08. 2013 11:16PM
Hockey finals at a glanceDivision I championship game
No. 1 Memorial vs. No. 2 Central
Memorial (16-4)
Coach: Mark Putney. Leading scorer: Brendan Sullivan, 32 points. Goalie: Joshua Jacob, 11-2, 2.17 GAA, .881 save percentage. Key players: Colin Williamson (Def.), Ethan Pollock (Fwd.), Jacob Boylan (Fwd.), Bryan Syrene (Def). Regular season meetings: Won 4-2 on Jan. 10, lost 4-1 on Feb. 23. Last title: Div. I in 1995
Central (16-4)
Coach: Brian Stone. Leading scorer: Austin Sprague, 43 points. Goalie: Ian Beliveau, 14-3, 2.34 GAA, .893 save percentage. Key players: Trevor Malmgren (Fwd.), Mitchel Fortin (Fwd.), Tim Tetreault (Def.), Cole Anderson (Fwd.). Regular season meetings: Lost 4-2 on Jan. 10, won 4-1 on Feb. 23. Last title: Div. I in 1981
Division II championship game
No. 1 Merrimack vs. No. 3 Bedford
Merrimack (18-2)
Coach: Kurt Mithoefer. Leading scorer: Connor Powell, 55 points. Goalie: Brett Glendye, 16-2, 1.49 GAA, .934 save percentage. Key players: Dom Valluzzi (Fwd.), Jason Fortin (Def.), Josh Roy (Fwd.), Mark Feeney (Def.). Regular season meetings: Lost 2-1 on Feb. 21, lost 3-1 on Feb. 23. Last title: none
Bedford (15-3-2)
Coach: Marty Myers. Leading scorer: Kurt Mitchell, 25 points. Goalie: Stevan Tempesta, 12-3-2, 1.59 GAA, .928 save percentage. Key players: Chris Viola (Fwd.), Chris O'Hara (Fwd.), Michael Dee (Def.), Cullen Willey (Def.). Regular season meetings: Won 2-1 on Feb. 21, won 3-1 on Feb. 23. Last title: Division II in 2012
Division III championship game
No. 1 Berlin vs. No. 2 John Stark/Hopkinton
Berlin (20-0)
Coach: Mike Poulin. Leading scorer: Connor Jewett, 88 points. Goalies: Brenden Williams, 10-0, 1.71 GAA, .908 save percentage; Shane Mailhot, 7-0, 1.36 GAA, .915 save percentage. Key players: Justin Vien (Fwd.), Mike Lemoine (Fwd.), Jeff O'Neil (Def.), Cody Fauteux (Def.). Regular season meeting: Won 8-2 on Jan. 19. Last title: One division in 1976
John Stark/Hopkinton (18-1-1)
Coach: Denis Kolehmainen. Leading scorer: Simon Becka, 30 points. Goalie: Connor McDonald, 10-1-1, 1.88 GAA, .894 save percentage. Key players: Robbie Ferguson (Fwd.), Jake Blanchette (Fwd.), Kyle Kolehmainen (Fwd.), Simon Hunter (Fwd.). Regular season meeting: Lost 8-2 on Jan. 19. Last title: none
There are nine NHIAA ice hockey championship banners hanging inside JFK Coliseum. Four of them belong to Manchester Memorial, three to Trinity, two to Manchester Central.
A 10th banner will be up shortly, and it may become the one Manchester hockey fans remember best.
"That banner is going to be special because it's going to represent a historic game, a historic moment," said Memorial head coach Mark Putney. "It's Memorial and Central for the state championship. It doesn't get any better than that."
The first ice hockey state championship game pitting two Manchester public high schools is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Verizon Wireless Arena, less than two miles from JFK.
The Division I final, in which the two city teams will play, is the last of four championships at the state's biggest arena on New Hampshire high school hockey's biggest day. The puck extravaganza starts with the girls' title game pitting four-time champion Hanover against Oyster River of Durham at 10 a.m.
Next is the Division III boys' final, featuring Berlin and the cooperative team composed of players from Hopkinton High and John Stark Regional of Weare. Berlin, led by high-scoring junior Connor Jewett (60 goals this season) takes a 20-0 record into the 12:15 p.m. title game,
In the Division II final at 2:30 p.m., defending champion Bedford will try to knock off top-ranked Merrimack (48-7-1 over the last three seasons) for the third time this year.
But the most anticipated game of the day is the all-city Division I showdown.
Thirty years ago, when Brian Stone played for Manchester Central, the two teams he never wanted to lose to were rivals Manchester Memorial and Manchester West.
"Memorial and West were the two games we'd always circle first on the schedule," said Stone, now head coach of the Little Green. "Those were always hard-nose intense games, and I never wanted to lose them. Especially (to) Memorial, because we both practiced at the JFK, and you never wanted to see them after a loss."
Three decades later, Stone has a different perspective on the Memorial-Central rivalry.
In fact, after Central beat Londonderry on Wednesday to gain its berth in the final, he stuck around to watch Memorial face St. Thomas Aquinas of Dover in the other semifinal and actually found himself rooting for the Crusaders as they rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Saints in overtime, 4-3.
"I spent my last three years as an assistant coach at Memorial," said Stone. "There's still a little piece of me in that (Memorial) locker room. I kept telling people around me when Memorial was losing 3-0 to not give up. I told them Memorial was going to come back and they did. That's a gritty team."
Putney said he challenged his players before the third period, when they were down by three goals.
"I just told them we basically had two ways to go at that point," the Memorial coach said. "We could come out and quit or show some heart and character and battle to the end."
Like Stone, Putney now leads the team for which he once played, and Stone remains grateful to Putney for giving him his start in high school coaching.
"We're good friends, and I made a point to sneak over and congratulate Mark after they beat St, Thomas," Stone said. "I'm going to do everything I can to help us beat Memorial, but this is a great moment for all our kids and all the city hockey programs. Many of these players played together and against each other in youth hockey, and now they're sharing the biggest stage. It's too bad someone is going to lose, but to have both city teams in the final game is special."
Last year Memorial reached the finals and lost to Pinkerton, 3-2, after falling behind by three goals.
"I'm going to approach this game a little differently than last year's game," said Putney. "We didn't carry last year's loss with us into this year. But there's some lessons learned from that game I think will help prepare us for this game."
Today's game is expected to be close until the final horn. Memorial enters as the No. 1 seed, Central as the No. 2 seed. They both own 16-4 marks. They split their two games during the regular season.
"We may have a little more depth than Central, but the match-up is as even as it gets," said Putney.
Central seniors Austin Sprague, Derek Franco, Mitchel Fortin, Trevor Malmgren, Scott Robidoux, Tyler Stratton and back-up goalie Tyler Cornellier will be playing their last high school game. The same is true of Memorial seniors Adam Tack, Colin Williamson, Ethan Pollock, Brady McNulty, Christopher Burgess, Joren Hayes, Kyle Broussard, Jacob Boylan and goalie Joshua Jacob.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime game for the kids, especially the seniors," said Stone.
No matter the outcome, the next banner hung at JFK Coliseum will remind everyone that the 2013 Division I championship was the first of its kind: an all-city, winner-take-all contest to determine state superiority on ice.


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AbstractClimate change is likely to affect water temperature and snow/ice dynamics that in turn impact light conditions and the food environment for plankton populations in the Arctic Ocean. Copepods are key members of the Arctic planktonic food web, linking primary producers to upper trophic level consumers such as fish and planktivorous whales as well as modulating benthic pelagic coupling in shelf seas. It is anticipated that 1) climate-induced biotic and abiotic changes will affect the acquisition and allocation of energy for individual copepod species that can be translated to changes in copepod population dynamics and consequently the structure and function of the Arctic ecosystem; and 2) the bioenergetics of individual copepod species may provide particularly sensitive indicators of system responses to major environmental disturbance, since the individual energy budgets integrate both biotic and abiotic influences across different time scales. We propose to conduct a bioenergetic model-based analysis that will provide a synthetic view of the energy balance of individual copepod species associated with their life history strategies. This proposed study will not only help identify key knowledge gaps and allow us to suggest and justify future research needs based on quantitative assessments, but will also build a foundation for further advanced modeling applications.
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1. Re: Producer commit blockedYong Hao Gao Apr 18, 2012 12:51 AM (in response to Hugh Bragg)
What version are you using? Also could you attach you test?
2. Re: Producer commit blockedHugh Bragg Apr 18, 2012 7:18 PM (in response to Yong Hao Gao)
Version 2.2.5
Have I been looking at the right things?
Do you have any ideas what else I might look at?
Any other info or points for me to check?
I can't really supply a test at this point.
If I can't sort it out quickly I'll supply a test.
3. Re: Producer commit blockedYong Hao Gao Apr 18, 2012 9:26 PM (in response to Hugh Bragg)1 of 1 people found this helpful
If you can't upload a test shortly, you can still upload the server side thread dump (when blocked). It will give some information about what's happening at the server.
4. Re: Producer commit blockedHugh Bragg May 22, 2012 12:31 AM (in response to Yong Hao Gao)
I'm looking at the server thread dump but I can't tell which thread I should be looking at.
They all look perfectly normal, but the client blocks even when there are only 2 messages.
I uploaded the thread dump. Perhaps you can tell me what I should be looking for?
5. Re: Producer commit blockedClebert Suconic May 22, 2012 5:41 PM (in response to Hugh Bragg)1 of 1 people found this helpful
try using the latest.. we had a few fixes beyond 2.2.5.
If you still see it.. I would appreciate a test-case.
Make sure you are using the session correctly (per thread.. etc)
6. Re: Producer commit blockedHugh Bragg May 22, 2012 9:53 PM (in response to Clebert Suconic)
Got it. Just a bug in my logic.
Sorry for the bother.
HornetQ works perfectly and it's a lot faster now.


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WOFFORD at FURMAN
When: 7 p.m. Monday
Where: Timmons Arena, Greenville
Records: Wofford (7-9, 1-2 Southern Conference); Furman (3-11, 0-3)
Radio: 910 AM, 105.7 FM
Top scorers: Wofford — So. G Karl Cochran (16.3 ppg., 37 steals); So. F Lee Skinner (11.2 ppg., 7.3 rpg.,); Spencer Collins (10.8 ppg.). Furman — Sr. F Colin Reddick (12.2 ppg., 6.3 rpg.); Fr. G Stephen Croone (8.5 ppg., 61 assists); Jr. G/F Charlie Reddick (8.3 ppg., 5.1 rpg.).
Notes: The Terriers are coming of a 71-53 win Saturday at home against Georgia Southern. Cochran scored 25 points, while Skinner had a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds. The Terriers had 14 assists, 10 on 13 field goals in the first half, and committed only two turnovers in the second half. … Furman has lost six straight and nine of 10. The Paladins' only wins this season have come against Limestone, Southern Wesleyan and Brevard. … Furman lost, 81-73, Saturday at home against Davidson, but there were positive signs in that game. The Paladins had a 30-17 lead and shot 59 percent in the first half. … Most of Wofford's scoring comes from the big three of Cochran, Skinner and Collins. The fourth-leading scorer, Jarell Byrd, averages 5.0 points and plays 17 minutes per game. … Wofford point guards Indiana Faithfull and John Swinton combined for seven assists and two turnovers against Georgia Southern. Faithfull has 31 assists and nine turnovers in the past seven games. Swinton, after one assists and seven turnovers in three straight games combined, had four assists and no turnovers against GSU. … Wofford won both meetings with Furman last season and has won seven of the past eight.
Next: Wofford plays at UNC Greensboro on Wednesday and at Elon on Saturday before hosting Furman on Jan. 24 and the College of Charleston on Jan. 26.
Preview capsule: Wofford travels to Furman on Monday night
WOFFORD at FURMAN