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By Adam Hoge-
MOBILE, Ala. (CBS) — Senior Bowl veterans will tell you that Day 2 is always cleaner than Day 1.
The reality of college all-star games is that players are working with unfamiliar teammates under the direction of unfamiliar coaches who are using unfamiliar terminology. It's not like the priority is scheming to win Saturday's game, but there's enough of a learning curve that players need a couple days to get comfortable, especially on the offensive side of the ball.
As that happens, the best players tend to separate themselves from the rest and that started to occur Tuesday. Here's a look at who stood out in Day 2 and who struggled:
Five Up
QB Derek Carr, Fresno State – Carr was on this list yesterday and I'm keeping him here because he's one of the guys who showed some separate from the rest of his position group Tuesday. Carr and Eastern Illinois quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo are the two best quarterbacks in Mobile, but Carr's arm is just a little stronger and he's more polished, having faced tougher competition. He showed an obvious edge over San Jose State's David Fales when the two threw out-patterns side-by-side. Carr is a first-rounder in my opinion and an early favorite to win the Senior Bowl MVP award Saturday.
DE Chris Smith, Arkansas – Smith was on this list yesterday too, but he was even more impressive Tuesday. After wowing scouts with a ferocious punch Monday, he caught the attention of the crowd Tuesday with a quick spin move on North Dakota State offensive tackle Billy Turner. At just 6-1 1/8, 266 pounds, Smith looks like an 3-4 outside linebacker, but he's been rushing with his hand on the ground and has stood out doing so. There wasn't a single offensive lineman Tuesday who looked comfortable blocking him.
CB Stanley Jean-Baptiste, Nebraska – The Richard Sherman comparisons have begun because, well, mainly just because Sherman is the hot topic this week and Jean-Baptiste made a similar position switch from wide receiver to cornerback in college. That switch has paid off. At 6-2 3/8, 215, Jean-Baptiste has the size to play press coverage and he's shown the ability to do it here in Mobile. Scouts say he needs to post a good 40-time at the NFL Combine next month to prove that he can run with receivers in man-coverage. Jean-Baptiste has met with the Bears, Rams, 49ers and Saints, among others this week, although that's standard practice so don't read into it too much.
WR Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt – The 6-2 5/8 wide receiver has separated himself as the top wide receiver at the Senior Bowl. He's attacking the football and showing the ability to adjust. A quick, fluid hip turn Tuesday allowed him to catch a back-shoulder throw while falling out of bounds.
LB Kyle Van Noy, BYU – I wasn't overly impressed with Van Noy Monday, but he looked better Tuesday. At 6-3 1/4, 244, Van Noy is a big linebacker who got the chance to rush offensive tackles from a two-point stance Tuesday. He beat Nevada offensive tackle Joel Bitonio on one of those rushes, but I tend to think Van Noy will be best suited as an inside backer in a 3-4. He's strong against the run, but also looks like he'll be productive blitzing.
Five Down
DE Trent Murphy, Stanford – Yes, Murphy was on my "Five Up" list Monday, but scouts are worried that he showed up at 252 pounds. He appears to be committing himself to being an outside rush backer instead of trying to add weight and show what he can do as a 4-3 defensive end. That doesn't mean Murphy won't impress a team enough to go in the first-round, but it does limit his options.
CB Pierre Desir, Lindenwood – I'm always intrigued by good athletes who come from lesser known schools and I had Desir targeted before I arrived in Mobile. So far, I've been underwhelmed. Despite weighing in at 6-1 1/8, 195, Desir hasn't been physical in press coverage and has been beat down the sideline too much. He may just be adjusting to the tougher competition, but he doesn't look comfortable.
DT Will Sutton, Arizona State – Sutton probably hears about his weight all the time, but it's a real issue. He looks out of shape and his 315 pound weigh-in backed that up. Sutton was playing about 30 pounds lighter during his dominant junior season and getting heavier as a senior didn't help. He was inconsistent this season and looked stiff Tuesday. At one point, he was flattened by North Dakota State offensive tackle Billy Turner right off the snap.
QB David Fales, San Jose State – I'd love to see Fales next to the North quarterbacks, but next to Carr and Garoppolo on the South squad, there's a pretty significant drop-off. His passes flutter more and his arm isn't as strong. I'm not giving up on him yet, but he doesn't look like anything more than a mid-round pick at this point.
OT Seantrel Henderson, Miami – At 6-6 7/8, 331, Henderson is a physical beast, but for the most part, he's been more hype and less production since he was a five-star recruit in high school. He lost some weight coming into Mobile, which should help his footwork, but technique is still an issue. Falcons offensive line coach Mike Tice has been all over Henderson for his technique the last two days.
Extra Points
– Texas wide receiver Mike Davis looks the part and has made some big catches, but he needs to show an ability to attack the ball its highest point. He dropped a long touchdown Tuesday when he waited for the ball to come to him instead of going up and getting it.
– The hit of the day went to Northern Illinois safety Jimmy Ward who leveled Northwestern wide receiver Kain Colter near the sideline during special teams drills. Colter was the gunner and Ward came from the middle to whack him out of bounds.
– Two small running backs have stood out. Georgia Southern running back Jerick McKinnon is only 5-9, 209, but he showed an explosive burst Tuesday, accelerating through gaps. Wisconsin running back James White, who is 5-9, 206, has also looked good. He has great balance and has always shown break away speed. Both players could provide value as pass-catching third-down backs, but they need to show they can be reliable special teamers too.
– There was a tough moment in Tuesday's South practice when Oklahoma cornerback Aaron Colvin tore his ACL. Colvin could have been a second-round draft pick and might go undrafted now. Meanwhile, Tennessee offensive tackle Ja'Wuan James (knee), Fresno State tight end Marcel Jensen (groin) and Alabama defensive end Ed Stinson (groin) all bowed out for the week with injuries.
Adam Hoge covers the Bears for CBSChicago.com and is a frequent contributor to 670 The Score. Follow him on Twitter at @AdamHoge.


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Infrastructure bank losing advocates
With Kay Bailey Hutchison gone from the Senate and John Kerry probably soon to follow, supporters of creating a national infrastructure bank are searching for a new champion.
Hutchison and Kerry co-sponsored legislation that would have created an infrastructure bank aimed at leveraging public- and private-sector dollars to help seed large projects, particularly those that span regions. The idea has never quite gained traction, despite years of floating around the Capitol, but infrastructure advocates continue to press for it.
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Kerry's likely departure for the State Department will be a particular blow, considering the tenacity with which he operates and his fervent desire to see an infrastructure bank realized.
"For too long now, we have lacked adequate investments in our infrastructure, and what building we have done has been without a long-term strategic plan," the Massachusetts Democrat said during a 2011 hearing on transportation financing. "A national infrastructure bank will change that. A national infrastructure bank will make Americans builders again."
Marcia Hale, president of Building America's Future, one of the main groups pressing for a national infrastructure bank, said losing Kerry will be bad, but losing Hutchison may be even worse. The Texas Republican left Thursday with the end of the 112th Congress.
"Hutchison was really important in this process," Hale said, adding that whatever Democrat might take up Kerry's mantle in the Senate will need a GOP partner to have any hope of success. "A partnership with a Republican is key."
But Hale said that even if Kerry joins the administration, he probably won't give up on the idea — especially since his former aide who worked on the infrastructure bank legislation, Heidi Crebo-Rediker, now works at the State Department. Much of Kerry's bill was based on a long examination of how other countries do their infrastructure banks.
The most likely person to lead the charge now is Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), a co-sponsor of the Kerry-Hutchison bill who was heavily involved in the infrastructure bank legislation. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) was also involved with the bill, but he might resign or face a primary challenge from Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker.
Kevin Hall, Warner's spokesman, said his office has yet to figure out his priorities for the 113th Congress. But advocates for an infrastructure bank are already looking to him for leadership.
Hale said she hadn't spoken directly with Warner or his staff. But she said that "he really believes in it" and has "many strong relationships with Republicans."
What Republican might come to dance on the infrastructure bank idea remains to be seen, but it probably won't be Sen. John Thune, the South Dakota Republican set to replace Hutchison as the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.
During a Commerce hearing last summer, Thune said he's concerned about the impact of an infrastructure bank on rural areas, such as his state, saying it would "primarily benefit larger, metropolitan areas while ignoring the needs of rural states."
He added that rural drivers, who drive disproportionately longer distances than urban drivers, "would be looking at paying a significantly large amount in toll fees or other dedicated revenue sources so as to help repay the national infrastructure bank loan." That echoes the criticism rural advocates often level against the idea of switching to a vehicle miles traveled fee to pay for highway projects.

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What Jim Carrey movie did you enjoy least?
Discuss older Jim Carrey movies.
I'd have to say......hmmm......uhhh.....Rubberface, I know it's an early one and shtuff but it's just not the kind of movie I would really want to see ever again, I'd just forward it to the parts Jim's in anyway! lqtm
"No time outs. Only DEATH!"
"I don't like to brag and I won't cuz I don't have to!"
I liked them all so much. But I have to say Batman - but I liked Jim very much in the film
I'm the Icelander - yes I am from Iceland
Batman Forever without a shred of doubt. In fact, it's the only one I don't (and won't) have on DVD. Jim plays his part very well (as always), but I find everything else so awful I don't feel like watching it again.
Old movies that I enjoyed the least?
- Copper Mountain - What the hell wast thát? One of the worst things I saw in my life.
- Earth Girls are Easy - I realy disliked it.
More famous movies that I enjoyed the least, but still enjoyed :
- Batman Forever - But that's Schumachers fault, no doubt.
- the Number 23 - Guess what ... or better, who.
Wow and it only took you*counts fingers*18 years to figure that out!lol
I Can't talk tho cause it took me 20 years to realised he was the cute boy in S and V.lol
My least fave movie not including his early stuff is Batman Forever
I'd have to say - being the huge Andy Kaufman fan that I am - that Man on the Moon could have gone to so many places that it just didn't reach. But Jim was amazing!
And - I really enjoyed this movie - but I was kinda disappointed in The Number 23. I don't like the ending. A movie like that should have a bad ending, you know what I mean? I agree with you guys and point my finger in Joel Schumacher's general direction.
I've got to say though, the only recent Jim movie I've seen and not liked completely is The Grinch. It really didn't do it for me cuz I grew up with the cartoon and - what can I say - I'm kind of a purist in that respect. They couldn't have picked a man better suited to the job, but I just don't like The Grinch.
On a different note, I LOVED! Earth Girls are Easy. It is so cheesy and totally 80s fantastic, but I adore it! It's such pure fun. And Rubberface...well...it could have been worse. It could have been Copper Mountain.
lol hilarious
Which I liked the least...I am not really sure the only one that reallycomes to mind is The Cable Guy
I for one actually thought the ending (though disappointing) to 23 was rather neat ---it leaves you thinking he's going to go off the deep end again.
Earth Girls, Rubber Face, I saw those movies when I was younger---like waaaaaaaaay younger, I must have been like 12 or so and I actually have a soft spot for them. I agree with Fluffs that its like his training years so you can't really hold it agaisn't him.
However, Copper Mountain---TERRIBLE didn't dig that one at all ...the guy singing on the mountain or whatever takes up like HALF the film and you really don't know who he is! lol
Oh well
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I haven't been blogging for the past few weeks because I was busy moving house. After nearly seven years in Canada, my husband and son and I packed up our things, and came home to the US. The decision was almost an accidental one — it's a long and not very interesting story; suffice to say that there were family commitments involved — but the upshot is that we're now at home in Bellingham, WA, a small college and farming town of 80,000 souls located 70 miles north of Seattle and just 20 miles south of the US/Canada border.
The move has given my son access to the high school of his dreams, and allowed my husband to accept a good job in Seattle. I'm exploring my new surroundings, getting back into the flow of American life.
I spent the first week back in low-grade culture shock. I couldn't figure out whether seven years immersed in the gentle waves of Canadian Nice had softened my hide, or Americans really had gotten that much rougher and meaner to each other while I was gone. Every time I went into town, I heard people grousing at each other — and sometimes, at me. Female bloggers don't last long in the business unless they have a pretty thick hide to start with; but it was becoming clear that mine was going to need to get even thicker, or else I was going to have to stop going out altogether.
Other friends who've lived abroad for a while and then returned to the US reassured me that this is a common reaction to coming home. America really is a socially much rougher, more competitive, and less forgiving place than Europe, Latin America, or much of the rest of the world. But we don't really realize it until we step outside of that for a while and then step back into it. It's like being doused with a bucket of ice water.
Happily, living in Canada taught me some new strategies for dealing with this. I'd never seen niceness used as an offensive weapon until I moved north of the border. Whenever I'd get my prickly American red-headed let-me-talk-to-your-supervisor sass on, they'd just outnice me until I felt like a pluperfect idiot. The more obstreperous you get, the nicer Canadians get (and they're just soooo sorry you're having such a bad day), until it's obvious even to you who the problem person in this conversation is. I was caught by this a couple of times before I made it my business to learn the trick rather than be trapped by it.
Turns out that this is a great way to deal with grouchy people here, too — this tactic just confuses the hell out of Americans.
Another area of adjustment is the sheer quantity of stuff that's available to Americans. Canada, at just 34 million souls, is a smaller marketplace than California, so it doesn't have the same intensively-cultivated consumer culture the US does. Shopping isn't as big a focus there, largely because there simply isn't anything like the huge selection of stuff that's available here, even in a middling-sized town like Bellingham. As we settle in, I find I'm spending a couple hours a day just shopping for things. Some of this is normal when you're trying to outfit a new home, but I'd forgotten just how cheap and easy to get things are, and how seductively overwhelming American-style consumerism can be.
On the upside, I appear to have landed in a locavore's paradise. The greenies in town have provided a thriving market for the family farmers, who have obliged them by going organic and/or converting to CSAs by the dozen. This has been going on for over 20 years, creating a foodshed that's so robust that you can eat a rich and varied 50-mile diet here eight months out of the year. I can get fruits and vegetables, every kind of meat and dairy product, fresh fish from Puget Sound, and even household cleaners and wooly winter socks entirely made by local hands. (One of the goat cheese makers produces a sweet, light chevre that's literally entered my dreams.) There's a huge food co-op, a nearly year-round farmer's market that's a weekly all-city event, two local grocery chains that pride themselves on selling local food, and the aforementioned CSAs. What there isn't is a Whole Foods — who needs them, when you've got all this?
The lively resilience movement here has important political implications, too. It's forged a partnership between the deeply conservative Dutch farmers out in the countryside (where the Tea Party is huge), and the big in-town progressive community that's anchored by the university. The townfolk support the family farms; in return, the farmers manage the land in sustainable ways, and get to keep farming like their grandfathers did. Food is the place where everybody's interests align, regardless of their politics. At the end of the day — despite the grousing at each other downtown — we're all eating from the same dinner table, teaching each other long-lost homely skills, and forming community almost in spite of ourselves.
If America ever comes back together as a nation, this is one way it might happen: one town, one farmer's market, one table at a time. Right or left, the interconnections between us become undeniably obvious when we're working together to make our shared local environment sustainable and resilient for the long haul. And those connections may, in time, help us learn to trust each other enough to begin to govern together again.
Living in Canada was an adventure — and there's a real possibility we'll be going back in a couple of years — but for now, my life is here. America has its troubles, and the future looks hard and rocky; but (as my Canadian neighbors will be the first to tell you), you can take the girl out of America, but you can't ever take America out of the girl.
It's good to be home.


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No Croutons Required - The Winner for June and the Theme for July
It's my turn to host No Croutons Required this month. The theme for July is grains because grains are an essential part of a healthy vegetarian diet. Rice, quinoa, millet, spelt, barley, oats ... choose your favorite grain(s) and make a soup or salad for a chance to win the July challenge. A recap of the submission guidelines can be found here.
Serve it up in No Croutons Required
11 comments:
- Pooja said...
That is a fabulous choice Lisa! Soup/salad with grains sounds great!
And kudos to Yasmeen :)
- July 1, 2009 at 3:11 PM
- A2Z Vegetarian Cuisine said...
Count us in for this months entry. Congrats for yasmeen.
- July 1, 2009 at 3:21 PM
- Parita said...
Congratulations to Yasmeen! Grt theme will try to send my entry!
- July 1, 2009 at 3:47 PM
- Priya said...
Congrats to yas..she deserves it...Thats a nice theme for july!
- July 1, 2009 at 6:27 PM
- Yasmeen said...
Thank you everyone.Thanks Lisa.
Grains,yes! sure is going to be exciting:)
- July 1, 2009 at 11:02 PM
- rekhas kitchen said...
great choice of grains will try to post some for your event.
- July 2, 2009 at 12:12 AM
- Priti said...
Congrats to Yasmine
- July 2, 2009 at 6:08 AM
- Curry Leaf said...
Congrats to dear Yasmeen.Love your choice Lisa.It seems you have read my mind.I was just thinking yesterday abt the theme and my first choice was grains.
- July 2, 2009 at 6:19 AM
- Ivy said...
Congrats to Yasmeen, she deserved it, always cooking delicious healthy recipes.
- July 2, 2009 at 2:08 PM
- eatme_delicious said...
Ooo great choice of grains for this month, Lisa! I love salads with grains. Right now I'm staying away from soups..
- July 3, 2009 at 5:45 PM
- Red Chillies said...
Congratulations to Yasmeen the winner. Intersting theme for the next month Lisa.
- July 5, 2009 at 12:48 AM


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- Use of the Xpressnap® napkin program that utilizes 100% post-consumer recycled products versus virgin fiber paper.
- Practiced recycling campus wide
What you can do to contribute to a more sustainable conference:
- Bring your own coffee mug and water bottle
- Walk, bike or use public transit systems in the Juneau area
- Make use of recycling bins through town and at the campus
- Make use of the ASLE tote-bags provided for attendees
Links for sustainability on UAS campus and Juneau
- Juneau Commission on Sustainability http://juneau.org/sustainability/
- Southeast Alaska Conservation Councilhttp://seacc.org/
- Juneau Recycle Centerhttp://www.juneau.org/pubworks/recycling.php
- Juneau Capital Transithttp://www.juneau.org/capitaltransit/


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2002 News Releases > May 2002 > Chancellor and wife leaving WBU with fond memories
Chancellor and wife leaving WBU with fond memories
Relaxing in a blue floral loveseat and chair set, Dr. Wallace E. Davis, Jr. and his wife Patsy are noticeably comfortable in the house he's called home since taking the helm at Wayland Baptist University in 1991.
Noting how easily the couple was able to blend each other's furnishings with the few pieces already in the home, the Davises are proud of the atmosphere of comfort they enjoy in the stately home on 6th Street.
"She's made this house a home. A lot of president's homes are like museums," Davis said. "I think when guests and students come they are first awed by the size but are comforted by the warmth of the house."
Not ironically, that warmth and comfort is also reflective of Davis' tenure as president and chancellor of the university. It's been a good fit for everyone involved. Now, with retirement a mere few weeks away, the couple speaks with a mixture of nostalgia toward the past decade and excitement toward the decades to come. But they have no regrets.
"My mother always said, 'Leave while they still like you,'" Davis quips with his mischievous smile. "I hope there are at least one or two out there who wish I wasn't leaving."
Davis downplays his role in rebuilding the West Texas university once plagued by monetary woes and image problems. He sees himself more as a catalyst for the often-painful refining process Wayland inevitably faced, something he calls "a collective effort of a lot of people - administrators, faculty, students and staff."
"I think if I did anything, I helped them believe in themselves again," he said. "And by being able to tell the Wayland story, (the community) was able to believe again in the university."
To those who were around when Davis first took office as president 11 years ago, the changes he has helped bring about are both visible and unseen to the human eye. From new curtains in Harral Auditorium - his first "beautification" project as president - to new facades on several campus buildings, the look and feel of the Wayland campus has seen a dramatic makeover. The unseen things - moving Wayland into financial security and debt-free status and reconnecting her with the community and region - are perhaps more essential.
Of all the projects he's had a hand in, Davis marks completion of the Mabee Learning Resources Center - part of the Spanning the Centuries campaign - as a major achievement personally and a most memorable moment.
"The night we dedicated the new Mabee LRC was the most memorable for me," he said. "It was really dark and we turned on the flame for the first time. It got brighter and brighter and it was as if in that flame, everything that was Wayland was being announced. The library had been such an albatross, and this put all that behind us and we were reborn. It brought a tear to my eye."
Davis' spring announcement of retirement might have been unexpected to many, but he admitted it wasn't the first time he was ready to call it quits. When his first wife, Janis, died late in 1996, Davis said two things had him contemplating retirement then.
"I really feel the university deserves two people working together as a team, and there were too many memories here of her," he recalled. But before he could compose a resignation letter for the Board of Trustees, he met Patsy Mayfield, a retired Lubbock schoolteacher and Wayland alum.
"We had so much in common," he recalls. "It was as if we had always known one another when we first met. We truly believe God intended for us to be together." The two married in July of 1998 and Davis' leadership team was again complete. He lauds Patsy's role in the administration of Wayland, though she is not a paid employee.
"She is involved in the university and the community in a quiet, dignified way," he said. "We attend school events often and she is so encouraging to the students. She knows their names and cares about them. In many ways, her presence is more important to this university than I am."
Mrs. Davis is quick to correct that perception.
"I'm very much background to him. But I kept him here; that's my big accomplishment," she says, sending a sweet smile in his direction. "He told me before I came here that this will be like a job, and it has been. But it's been one I've relished. I see my job as supporting him and encouraging him and being available."
When she joined the Wayland family again, Patsy said the faculty and staff made her transition easy and welcomed her.
"The alumni association held a reception for me in the LRC and the faculty and staff and welcomed me to the family," she recalled. "At the time I thought, 'What a nice thing to say,' but I realized later I was being welcomed into a family and I have appreciated and enjoyed that."
Patsy said her only request of her new husband was that he not leave Wayland until the class she came in with graduated. Four years later, she is almost graduating herself, for the second time, as she moves on with him.
The Davises say his decision to make the retirement move came not from unhappiness or a lack of passion for the workplace, but rather just a "knowing it was time." Grandchildren and other interests mark their future and they are excited to know Wayland is left in capable hands and in good shape.
Davis said he hopes to spend time with woodworking and painting, two hobbies he much enjoys but has had little time to do the last few years. He also hopes to try his hand at writing and has an interest in penning more devotional books to follow his first book "Breakfast with Matthew." He also wants to teach Sunday School again, something his recent years of traveling has prevented.
As for Patsy, she wants to continue writing family stories she started years before and to volunteer more as well as teach Sunday School. But the grandchildren - who will number 15 by summer's end - are a main priority for both of them, as is service.
"Our collective desire is to continue in God's service. We want to use our gifts in a way that's more exciting than what we've already done," Davis said, adding that they do plan to revisit Plainview and Wayland occasionally.
"I would hope we'd always be welcome at Wayland, just to visit and enjoy a place where we've lost our hearts."


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BlackBerry CEO on Apple: What We Have Here Is a Failure to Innovate
Mar 18, 2013 12:08 PM PT
BlackBerry's new Z10 handset will be available in the United States later this week, and CEO Thorstein Heins believes it to be a quite the game changer.
BlackBerry has seen its share of the smartphone market plummet in recent years as Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating systems have taken the top two spots with touchscreen devices.
Heins, who spoke exclusively to The Australian Financial Review in advance of the Z10's release Down Under, said that he didn't believe it was a make-it-or-break-it moment for BlackBerry, however, and he emphasized that the pressure to innovate has shifted to Apple.
Although Heins noted that the new BlackBerry Z10 will have tens of thousands of apps available and that BlackBerry's strategy in other areas was beginning to gel, it's his comments about Apple that have been getting the lion's share of media attention.
BlackBerry did not respond to our request for further details.
Sour Grapes?
Heins gave Apple credit for its innovation with the original iPhone, noting that it helped usher in the era of touchscreen devices, but charged that the company has failed to follow through with subsequent innovations. Was he stating the obvious or does that reflect a lingering case of sour grapes?
"What else is he supposed to say? Apple is a very big target, and this isn't actually criticism -- it is a matter of fact," said Roger Entner, principal analyst at Recon Analytics.
"It also shows that if you want your story printed and reprinted and picked up in the media, then you should attack Apple," Entner told the E-Commerce Times.
For Apple, it comes with the territory, he suggested. "That is what you get when you are the biggest dog in the yard."
Innovate or Die
What Heins was homing in on is that in the ever-changing smartphone market, it takes more than just releasing a shiny new version of existing technology to stay on top. You not only have to excite current customers enough to upgrade, but also to entice new customers away from rivals.
That is, after all, how Apple toppled BlackBerry, formerly Research In Motion, from its position as the dominant device maker to where it is now -- fighting for third place.
"The iPhone has a much larger presence in the marketplace for every customer segment," said telecommunications analyst Jeff Kagan. "Is it perfect? No. However, neither is BlackBerry 10."
"BlackBerry 10 is an improvement in several important areas," Kagan told the E-Commerce Times, "but the question is, are they improvements in the areas where their key customers are? In other words, will these BlackBerry changes matter? Bottom line, the marketplace will be better with more, not fewer operating systems."
The question remains whether BlackBerry has done enough to innovate. It certainly takes a lot more than just claiming the competition isn't innovating to recapture the market. It also takes real improvements and advancement.
"Heins has seen firsthand what happens when a company stops innovating, but his proclamations about Apple are a little big premature, and the fact is that it is continuing to innovate," added Entner. "It is just at a slower point in the innovation cycle."
BlackBerry's Multitasking
One feature that could help the new BlackBerry reclaim some of its lost market share could be the multitasking functionality offered by the Z10 -- provided it's something consumers really want.
"If you look at true multitasking, it is something that few of us do," said Entner. "The only time is when we are downloading a file and need to do something else. The rest of the time, suspended animation is enough."
BlackBerry will need a smooth launch with the Z10 if it hopes to recover from its past mistakes.
"They have to execute really well. Any hiccup when you are doing poorly is magnified by a factor of 10," Entner added. "They have to differentiate themselves -- and calling out Apple is one way of them doing it."
It's still unknown whether everything can actually come together for the handset maker to garner enough consumer interest to start building on it.
"BlackBerry is just not there yet. I just am not bowled over yet by this new Blackberry 10 operating system," Kagan said. "I expect them to make improvements in coming months with updates. That's good."
It also helps that the company has a customer base that has been starving for a new operating system, he added. "The big question will be how many they will be selling over the next year or two. If they can keep up the numbers, then their recovery could be real. If not, well -- let's hope they recover."


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General Information
Time Zone
There are three time zones in Indonesia. Bali is on Central Indonesian Standard Time (Waktu Indonesia Tengah or WITA) which is 8 hours ahead of GMT. Jakarta is on Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB) which is one hour behind Bali. Indonesia uses the 24-hour system to denote time and schedules.
Business hours
Government offices are officially open Monday to Thursday, 08.00 to 16.00, Friday until 11.00 and Saturdays until 13.00. Private businesses are open from 08.00 to 17.00. Shops from 10.00 to 22.00.
Most hotels use 220 volts, 50 cycles and a round, two-pronged slim plug. Bathroom shaver plugs usually have a transformer switch. We suggest bringing an adaptor for your computer and other appliances.
The Indonesian unit of currency is the Rupiah (Rp). Bank notes come in denominations of Rp 100.000, Rp 50.000, Rp 20.000, Rp 10.000, Rp 5.000 and Rp 1.000. There are coins worth Rp 500, Rp 100, Rp 50, and Rp 25 (although the last two have very little value).
Please note that the usual practice of writing the currency is similar to the European custom by using dots for thousands and commas as decimal points. However, since the sen (cent) is no longer of value, a dash will follow the decimal point. For example, an item priced ten thousand rupiahs will be written Rp 10.000,-
Please also note that in colloquial language most Indonesians omit the 'thousand' when mentioning prices. Thus an item of Rp 45.000,- will often just be mentioned as 'forty-five'.
Exchange Rate
The exchange rate (as of November 2008) is approximately as follows: US$ 1 = Rp 11,000,- Foreign currency, whether in banknotes or traveller's checks, should be exchanged at major banks or authorised money changers. Exchange rates offered by money changers are generally better than the banks; they also stay open longer and transactions are quicker. Look around for variable exchange rates advertised on boards along the footpaths or windows outside shops. Always ask about any commission imposed before the exchange as many money changers with better rates often charge a small commission.
Automated Teller Machines (ATMs)
There are ATMs all over Bali which mostly accept international ATM cards and major credit cards. Most ATMs will give you banknotes in denominations of Rp 100.000,- or Rp 50.000,- Depending on the bank, an ATM will allow a maximum withdrawal of Rp 5.000.000,- to Rp 10.000.000,- per day.
Credit Cards
Visa, MasterCard and American Express are accepted by most of the larger businesses. You sign the amount in rupiah and the bill is converted into your domestic currency by your bank according to US dollar exchange rate.
It is advisable to keep lots of small change for paying public transport, food, and other smaller businesses. Many smaller businesses may even ask you to pay using small change.
Most restaurants, bars and hotels add a 21% to your bill for tax and service. Tipping a set percentage is not expected in Indonesia, but an extra tip for the workers would be highly appreciated since many are poorly paid. A rough guide for tipping would be to add a Rp 5.000,- or Rp 10.000,- in restaurants and bars. For taxi rides, round up the fare to the next Rp 5.000,- or Rp 10.000,-
Getting Around
You will find a range of chauffeur-driven limousines, self-drive cars, taxis and hotel courtesy cars with reasonable fares. Some taxis are not metered, so it is wise to negotiate the fare before you climb aboard. Motorcycles can also be hired in many places, but special care should be exercised at all times as road and traffic conditions can be somewhat hazardous in certain locations. Traveling around Bali is made all the easier because everywhere you go you'll find friendly people only to happy to give you advice and directions on how to get where you want to go.
Driver's License
If you wish to hire a car you must be over 18 years of age and possess an International Driver's License or license from ASEAN countries.
Light, airy, casual clothes are the most practical and you'll find natural fibers like cotton or linen are the most comfortable in Bali's often humid conditions. Waist sashes should be worn when visiting temples.
Telephone and Faxes
The country code for Indonesia is 62. The area code for Bali is 361, when calling from overseas, or 0361, when making domestic calls from within Indonesia. Long distance phone calls, both within Indonesia and international, are handled by satellite. To dial your own international calls, find an IDD (International Direct Dial) phone and dial "001" or "008, " otherwise you must go via the operator, which is far more expensive.
If your hotel has no IDD link you may go to the nearest wartel (warung telekommunikasi or telecommunications kiosks) which is a very convenient and cheaper way to make international calls.
Faxes can be sent and received at wartel offices and most main post offices.
E-mail and internet services are available at an increasingly number of cyber cafes (locally known as warnet) in Bali. There will be internet facilities at the conference venue during the 9th ICAAP.
Airport taxis are very convenient with fixed fares to various destinations. Visit our website in June 2009 for further information.
- A trip to Ubud
- Bali Bomb Memorial at Kuta
- Clubbing at Seminyak
- Listening to gamelan music
- Watch the Kecak Dance (monkey dance)
- Lazing at Kuta Beach
- Lake Bratan (Bedugul)
- Mount Batur + Kintamani
- Homage to Pura Besakih, the Mother Temple
- Seafood dinner at Jimbaran
- Shopping at Legian
- Sunset at Tanah Lot
- Watching a ceremony procession on the road
- Uluwatu Temple
- Sangeh Monkey Forest
Bali Convention Centre
Bali, Indonesia
News Archives
- Vacancy: ASAP Executive Director
- Goodbye Bali, hello Busan!
- Plenary rejects double standards
- Universal Access still tough challenge
- Indonesia sees progress: President
- 9th ICAAP gets underway in Bali
- A Call for Stronger Commitment to Universal Access
- 9th ICAAP Security & Safety Statement
- Community Roles as a Key in AIDS Response
- 9th ICAAP Expresses Condolence


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Sound Tigers Steal Second Point 04.03.09
The fight for first place in the AHL's Eastern Division is not likely to be decided until the last minute, and the battle between the Hershey Bears and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Friday night was evidence to that fact. The Sound Tigers emerged victorious in the seesaw battle at the Arena at Harbor Yard, prevailing 4-3 in overtime.
Jamie Fraser gave the Sound Tigers a 1-0 lead at 3:36 of the first period, corralling a long rebound from Hershey goaltender, Daren Machesney, and wristing the disc into the net from the top of the right faceoff circle.
Mitch Fritz, who did not play in the last matchup between the teams at Giant Center, was inserted into the lineup by Bridgeport coach, Jack Capuano, to add some toughness to their lineup. Just 2:14 after the first goal of the game, Fritz took on Hershey's Grant McNeill in a fistic encounter. McNeill suffered no lasting damage from the fight, and offered his strategy on surviving against the 6'8" forward.
"You have to fight him smart. You've got to make him stretch as far as he can," said McNeill, who dropped his gloves for the 20th time in 22 games. "He's a big boy and tough, and he's been around for a long time. It was a fun fight, and a good one. I was happy to get it done with and get the boys going."
True to his word, McNeill "got the boys going", not so much with his fight, but in goal-scoring fashion when he found the back of the net for the 3rd time this season.
Tyler Sloan started the play by making a crisp pass right on the tape of Andrew Joudrey at center ice. Joudrey proceeded to forward the puck to Kip Brennan, who had his backhand attempt from the doorstep denied by Bridgeport goaltender, Peter Mannino. When Mannino failed to control the rebound, McNeill was quick to pounce on it, and backhanded his own shot past Mannino.
"I saw Brennan driving, and Joudrey got it to him," said McNeill. "We're a pretty simple-minded line and we're not going to score pretty goals, but we got one this time."
The Bears, scoreless in ten opportunities in their last two outing without power play catalyst Mink in the lineup, finally broke the string when Matthieu Perreault cashed in at 18:23 to give the visitors a 2-1 lead to take into the first intermission.
As was the case in the first period, the Sound Tigers were again on the prowl early in the second period, and only a nifty save by Machesney on Tyler Haskins kept the home team from tying the contest.
"It was an opportunity for him to step up, and I thought he did a good job tonight," said Hershey head coach, Bob Woods of Machesney. "He made some key saves, and gave us a chance to win."
Haskins, after being denied in his bid, turned the puck over to Andrew Gordon in the Hershey defensive zone. Gordon, realizing that the Sound Tigers were a tired bunch, departed the zone with Darren Reid on a 2-on-1. Gordon saucered a pass to Reid, who fought off a Bridgeport defender and slid the puck under a sprawling Mannino, to give the Bears a 3-1 lead.
Jesse Joensuu, an offensive stalwart earlier in the season, but finding himself in a recent slump, clawed the Sound Tigers back into the game with a power play goal at 11:14 with Tyler Sloan in the penalty box, to cut the Hershey lead to 3-2.
Bridgeport's Haskins finally found the way to solve the Machesney puzzle at 5:43 of the third period, after converting a Hershey turnover. Haskins' goal was the only one of the third period, and sent the game into overtime.
It took only one shot for the Sound Tigers to steal the second point that was up for grabs when Sean Bentivoglio, who was in the penalty box for the Bears' second goal, ended the contest 25 seconds into the overtime session.
Woods, while not satisfied with the outcome of the game, was satisfied with his team's spirited effort.
"It was a great battle, and a good atmosphere. It was physical by both teams. We made a couple little mental mistakes, and it cost us a tight game. This time of year, you can't make those."
Alexandre Giroux picked up his 92nd point of the season, assisting on Perreault's goal.
Hershey played without two of the AHL's Top 20 scorers, Chris Bourque and Keith Aucoin.
Recent addition, Braden Holtby, dressed as Hershey's back up goaltender.
More By John Sparenberg
- Caps Can Thrashers - April 16th, 2010
- BEARS BLITZ RATS - March 20th, 2010
- BEARS WORK OVERTIME TO REACH MILESTONE - March 13th, 2010
- BEARS FOIL PHANTOMS - March 11th, 2010
- BEARS WEEK IN REVIEW NOV. 22, 2009 - November 23rd, 2009
Tags: Andrew Gordon, Bob Woods, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Chris Bourque, Daren Machesney, Grant McNeill, Jamie Fraser, Matthieu Perreault


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Monday, 31 December 2012
I'm continuing to plough on with the work of building back up to climbing fitness. Before Christmas, I had some weird sessions. On the boulder wall I could do certain moves that would have been hard for me before my accident, especially if they were close to the ground and didn't need much work from the foot. As soon as I got above head height, my standard inevitably crashed since I'm not yet safe to jump down from the boulder wall. Over Christmas I spend a few sessions climbing halfway up most things and just downclimbing again as if I was on a trad route! That was quite demoralising. It's just totally against the grain not to be able to try hard.
However, on the circuits and routes I have been back up to doing a few 7c+s and I can feel my movement and confidence improving with every session. I'm also beginning to increase the load. I'm currently back up to 2 on/1 off, 2 on/2 off. It would be so easy to keep adding more, but I'm so anxious not to overdo it. Running is still painful and out of the question at present, which is disappointing. So it's a long road and I'm only part way down it. Despite more ups and downs it definitely feels like I'm going somewhere.
I've been trying to think of every way I can to improve how far I can go with my gradual return to climbing. Some of that is dealing with small but important details like completing physiotherapy exercises. It's also the wider approach. I think the best way I can view what I'm doing is serving a new apprenticeship in climbing. It's a change to re-learn the whole game of climbing from the ground up. I've got a strong feeling that this mindset will work pretty well.
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Christmas orders from our shop
We are dispatching every day via Royal Mail first class. Last posting day for Christmas delivery is Thursday 20th. So get your order in. If you don't make it in time for Thursday, will be dispatching orders right through the Christmas period.
I have just added two new climbing DVDs from Hot Aches Productions to the shop.
Wideboyz tells the story of Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall's crack climbing adventure from training in their ridiculous but effective home climbing wall to making the first ascent of the world's hardest offwidth under the noses of the Americans. Good story! It's also available for download.
Odyssey follows a hardcore team of James Pearson, Caroline Ciavaldini, Hazel Findlay and Hansjorg Auer on a trad road trip around England and Wales onsighting and redpointing many hard and famous trad routes. Also available for download.
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Fort William Mountain Film Festival masterclasses
Since I've been working on a book, I've not been able to do personal coaching. I still get asked a lot, so I run a few days a year of group masterclasses, which are always very popular. I'm doing a day of classes during the Fort William Mountain Festival in February, at the Ice Factor.
The classes are on Saturday Feb 23rd, 10-12noon, and 3pm-5pm. (the lunchtime session lasted one night on my events page before filling up). Places are £40 plus your normal wall entry. Give Claire a phone on 07813 060376 to get a place.
See you there!
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Monday, 17 December 2012
Post surgery week 5
Every day is feeling like a little milestone right now. On Saturday, before my lecture at TCA, I tried a little bouldering. It was inspiring and demoralising in equal measure. It was great to complete some easy problems and feel like I was really climbing again. However, I couldn't do any remotely difficult moves and was using mainly upper body strength to try to control my way through moves and take pressure off my feet. Even the things I could carefully climb, I had to jump off from head height, or climb up as if I was soloing and reverse back down.
After a post lecture drink, I walked back from the pub, a total of 5 miles, which was fantastic. So today (Monday) I decided to make a small venture into the hills, walking up to the Iron Age fort of Dun Deardail above Glen Nevis which is a few miles and 350m of ascent. Although my foot was quite achey, it was more that both feet and legs felt equally stiff and out of shape. Plus, there was no pain from the joint itself, only the plantar fascia was complaining.
A good day or progress and I'm looking forward to the next little step forward. In the meantime, back to roof climbing on my board and then the wobble board.
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Bongo Bar film from Norway is up
The full film of our first free ascent of Bongo Bar on Blamman in arctic Norway is now online. A lovely reminder of a great route and trip and somewhere I'm definitely going back to! In the last week I've just been talking with Gore-Tex about the next Gore-Tex experience tour I'm planning.
By the way, not all the tours are rock climbing based - there are opportunities to win places on trips in all sorts of mountain sports. Right now there are two comps with closing dates in the next month.
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Labels: Gore-Tex Experience Tour
1 month post surgery
My house this evening.
It's now a month since my surgery. My ankle is getting ever closer to a normal size. However, it's still stiff as hell and I feel a good way off getting into the mountains. There should hopefully now be some fibrocartilage cells growing over the defect that was drilled in my surgery. I experimented with a 5 mile cycle the other day, and it felt a little raw after that. The following day I walked the best part of a Km on the flat and it was fine with that. Early days? Hopefully. In another couple of weeks the fibrocartilage should be a little more mature and I should get a better idea how I'll be fixed for proceeding to longer walks and climbs into mountains.
In the meantime, I've progressed from easier moves on near vertical terrain to a proper session of bouldering on my own board. The first session was shaky but OK and I managed one medium and one quite hard problem, although the hard one had a foot-off crux so it doesn't really count. On the second session I could make some quite difficult moves, but some moves that I normally find easy were not possible just yet. Strength, stability and confidence will need many sessions over the coming weeks to build up. Great to be doing the whole routine of climbing though.
It's quite a nice reminder of how much power you apply through your lower body on hard moves, even when the footholds are very poor. Being able to test this on board problems I've done before is an eye opener. Where my foot normally maintains body tension and pulls really hard to stay on, right now it just lifts off without me being able to do anything about it. The priority is to get mileage on problems and routes I can onsight or do in two tries for the time being to reeducate the motor patterns as well as gain the strength right through the chain to my toes.
On Thursday I'm travelling to Glasgow for a coaching session with the youth squad at TCA and then my lecture there on Saturday at 6.30pm. Do come along to that. For a slightly cheaper advance ticket, give TCA a ring on 0141 429 6331.
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Friday, 7 December 2012
Davemacleod.com shop new stuff
Over the past few weeks we have added quite a few new titles to the shop. Of course as usual we are dispatching right up to and over the Christmas period. Early winter is of course the season for thinking about (and hopefully doing) training. As well as the full complement of the best climbing training titles on the market, our Beastmaker fingerboards are ever popular and we've just got another large pile of them in.
First up we have Ines Papert's rather lovely new book. It's really an inspiration book full of great photography of her globetrotting adventures on steep ice, rock, mixed and big mountains, together with stories of her experiences.
Nick Bullock is a somewhat controversial chap who has a habit of provoking and polarising opinion on all things climbing and mountaineering. He caused a bit of a storm recently for making some pretty strong assumptions about the folk he passes in the street; "their lives are grey". So you can imagine his new book is not short of colourful thoughts and stories of mountaineering experiences all over the planet. He'll be the first to tell you that he's not elitist in his climbing philosophy, certainly not trying to be anyway… Essential reading really.
Next up we have Karen Darke's second book 'Boundless'. It's one thing to decide to take on a life of adventure following a life changing accident that leaves you paralysed. But what is the reality of living that life like? She shows us that fear and uncertainty do not go away, even if you decide to take life by the horns…
Finally we have Autana, Leo Houlding's latest climbing adventure film to climb the great sandstone big wall on Cerro Autana in the Amazon jungle. It really is a fine adventure, full of some quite unexpected challenges that are both funny and renew your respect for Leo's attitude to erm, trying new things (you'll see what I mean). The cave systems high on the wall they visit are quite extraordinary and the whole thing is very well filmed as you would expect from an Alastair Lee DVD.
We still have a bit to go before last posting days before Christmas, so get them in. Te shop is here.
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3 weeks post surgery: climbing begins!
Just over three weeks post surgery, I had a much more convincing start to climbing activity. Thanks goodness for that. The pain in my midfoot got quite worrying over the course of a few days, but then the process reversed and I was able to walk progressively better. I'm not as worried about this now. I had been trying on my right rockshoe every few days and it just felt 'wrong'. But then it crossed a line and felt ok, so I went climbing.
I just went to the bouldering wall and did some very controlled circuits and carefully executed boulder problems. As you can imagine that felt pretty damn good! So now I do feel like I'm on a route back into climbing. Of course I'll have to build up slowly. There's no way I could walk up a mountain just yet. Even on the wall, my movement is quite limited and I can't go high, jump off my foot or rock over aggressively onto it. But at least I can do something.
In the coming week or two I'll just work back up through the progression of problems on my own board, go for a few short walks if I can, and do some bike sessions to remind my body it needs to start getting fit again soon. Work has increased to a fever pitch as I'm trying to complete lots of work tasks ahead of being able to get climbing outdoors again. When that happens I'll inevitably go mental and want to do quite a lot.
I've been back for a second session after a day's rest and will have another tonight. Here's to that.
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Saturday, 1 December 2012
Lecture at TCA Glasgow soon
In a couple of weeks time (Sat 15th) I'm heading to TCA in Glasgow to speak. I've just been putting together some stories and ideas for my talk. I guess because the talk is in Glasgow, my home city and in a climbing wall it got me going over thoughts of the path my climbing has taken since I discovered climbing. I viewed my participation in climbing really quite differently in every stage of my life as a climber. In the talk I want to share some of the important moments both of climbing and in thought that opened the next chapter of climbing adventures and challenges, which are of course still unfolding to this day.
Come along, it starts at 6.30pm. It's a bit cheaper if you get a ticket in advance - details in the poster above.
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Post surgery day 21
A few days ago I tried a little gentle climbing at Glasgow Climbing Centre. As I kind of expected, I wasn't really ready just yet. Well, I'm not really too sure to be honest. The climbing felt really quite gentle. It might have been trying to walk from the car that was the bigger problem.
The swelling around my ankle has decreased maybe 50% now and my drilled up medial talus feels a little less raw. However, now I've started to attempt progressive weightbearing, yet another new pain has emerged. I'm getting a severe shot of pain in my midfoot while trying to heel raise out of a dorsiflexed position. It's painless with even slight support from my crutches, so I'll need to keep using them yet. Who knows what's going on there. Perhaps it's just all part of the recovering process, or perhaps there's some other damage in there that has not yet been seen. I'm a bit terrified there's something going on with my navicular or even a lisfranc injury. Next week it's back to looking at MRIs and visits to hospitals all over again.
Such are the ups and downs I'm going to have to keep working through. In the meantime, It's back to writing and exercises.
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The journey from sun bleached deserts to dress forms is a smooth one for this London duo.
You're never going to expect Peter Pilotto and Christopher de Vos to say that they've been inspired by a certain muse or a historical epoch as every season, they are always dreaming of natural phenomena that they may not necessarily have experienced in reality but perhaps that far-removed quality is what makes them able to interpret each reference without it ever overtaking the clothes. The focus has shifted this time from the stable dresses and tunics to an expansion on tailored pieces with prints of that are abstracted visions of anything from sea anemones, rippling ocean and fireworks. In this way, Pilotto and de Vos have used unexpected references from the idea of summer, which were then subtly transferred onto print.
Dazed Digital:You've looked at natural phenomena - how do you find these far-flung destinations
Peter Pilotto: We just take a very classic approach. Much like other people like to look at things like flower prints in every collection and we just like to look at other natural phenomena. Like the reflection of water or light. This collection is about daydreams and obviously there's a lot of grey because we're in London.
DD: What did you want to achieve with this collection
Peter Pilotto: We wanted to go further with this collection and expand from one category and go one step further with more tailoring.
DD: In terms of shapes, how did you develop them this season?
Christopher de Vos: It's always the mix with the shape and print. The shapes are a little bit harder this season.
DD: Is that how the chain mail came into it?
Peter Pilotto: We looked at the texture of the fabric and wanted to play around with different effects.


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I've just watched this 14y/o film for only the second time tonight; it reveals more subtle themes and ideas with each viewing. I think it's one of the best American films of the last 20 years, apart from Eastwood's "Gran Torino", "American Sniper" and "Million Dollar Baby") - I've yet to see the film "Sully". What a director!! (Comparatively recently I also saw one of his earlier 'revisionist' westerns, "Hang 'Em High", which was impressive.)
Jack Nicholson is just a phenomenon. In "About Schmidt" he plays the title role with great subtlety, understated tenderness and sympathy. I loved the droll humour and irony of much of the plot and it reminded me of Australian and British humour in its representation of ordinariness which is simultaneously depressing yet strangely reassuring. Certainly funny and ripe for laughs. Not belly laughs; subtle humour. There are painful hints that we may - some of us - suffer the same fate as Schmidt; to wonder if anybody will ever remember our existences after we're gone and the sense of loneliness and futility that can dominate those last years. The film asks the age-old existential questions.
However, this film doesn't take a one-dimensional view of working class people in the 'burbs or individual fate; it renders a complex image of people trapped in their lives but who seem to think it has more value to it than outside observation suggests; a kind of familial Stockholm Syndrome. The family into which Schmidt's daughter marries seem vulgar and crude yet are often kind and generous, but completely deluded. This is where most of the comic riffs reside, through well-aimed dialogue and cute sight-gags. The film subtly suggests that people can be happy with a parochial world view constructed around the quotidian, and this is contrasted with Schmidt and his sense that his own ambition was never really realized. In a sense, then, the film is also a clash of 'cultures'. Something for our times, then.
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Prince Harry Wears Clothes to Charity Event
Prince Harry made his first public appearance since the Las Vegas nude photo scandal. Much to everyone's disappointment, he was "fully clothed."
Actually, that's for the best, as the appearance was at an awards ceremony for WellChild, a charity benefiting very ill children and the medical professionals who take care of them. Harry gave a speech and hung out with some of the kids in attendance, generally being charming and regal.
Harry's speech went off without a hitch, although it did earn unintentional laughter at one point.
All of you — children, families, nurses, doctors, carers, volunteers — are, quite frankly, too remarkable for me adequately to describe with mere words. But never one to be shy in coming forward, I'll give it a go.
Get it? Never shy, like when he was photographed naked. OK, you get it.
In fact, there were no overt references to Harry's petit prince, which is disappointing but not terribly surprising.
One six-year-old boy had said he'd make a "cheeky" comment to Harry — namely, "I'm glad you've got your clothes on." But he apparently chickened out, leaving us all to imagine how delightful that would have been.
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February 26, 2007
Editor's note: The candidates for mayor and the Vergennes city council spoke in a forum hosted by American Legion Post 14 on Thursday night. This article focuses on the two mayoral candidates. An article in our Thursday edition will focus on the five candidates for three seats on the city council.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
VERGENNES — At a forum at American Legion Post 14 on Thursday night, two Vergennes mayoral candidates with long public service résumés — incumbent April Jin and challenger Michael Daniels — differed on approaches to financial questions, the amount of time each could devote to the job, and the future role of volunteerism in solving some of the city's problems.
February 26, 2007
By MEGAN JAMES
MIDDLEBURY — Voters in 17 Addison County towns on March 6 will vote on the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center's $3,079,821 budget, a 0.16 percent increase that keeps the spending plan technically level-funded. Voters will also be asked to approve an additional $143,261, next year's budget for the Adult Technical Education Program, which has increased by 4.1 percent.
Career Center director Lynn Coale said the major contributing factor to next year's level-funding was the reduction in the center's debt related to last spring's $4.3 million North Campus addition off Mainelli Road.
According to the Career Center's business manager Mark Bouvier, as a result of the construction the center's budget last year included $85,000 in short term borrowing funds as well as the project's annual principal payment of $110,000 plus interest — the Center bonded a total of $2,170,000.
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BRISTOL — The Slow Food movement — as a counter to the "fast food" movement — isn't about slow service in the same way that "fast food" is about the speedy delivery of mass produced foods. But it is about producing foods with local products, celebrating local kitchen culture, and observing the importance of quality foods in our lives.
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According to John Elder of Bristol, Middlebury College professor of environmental studies and maple sugar maker, Slow Food International "celebrates and promotes the value of traditional food in local cultures."
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Everyone has something to say, something to contribute, everyone can make a difference. And I believe the Internet is making it easier for all of us to find that voice, use it, and make that difference.
I am supporting evidence item number one in this case. I was 42 years old when I started blogging. I'd always had a lot to say. Just ask my mom about that. But I never really found the place and the way to get it all out. AVC became that thing and now I've got a platform to make a difference. I hope I'm using it well.
I have watched so many people find their voice on the Internet over the years and it warms my heart when they nail it. It happens all the time in the blog comments here at AVC. I'm not going to name names but you all know the stories and who they are.
It's also happened to the Gotham Gal. When she started blogging she was in the process of moving from being a full time mom back to the working world. And she wasn't sure how to make that transition. It was a struggle. Through her blog she has become a champion of the idea that you can be a mom and an impactful person in the world at the same time. She has also become a champion of women and women entrepreneurs. She has found her voice and her job. This blurb from her blog yesterday was proof postitive for me:
Be strong, be fierce and be tough. Like raising money from someone who starts to hit on them or say how cute they are. Come back with a sharp comeback or tell them to go fuck themselves and leave the room. You wouldn't want their money anyway.
That's how she has always been in person. She gave me a piece of her mind the first time I met her. And she's been doing that to me it ever since. I love her for it. And I am absolutely certain that the women (and men) she works with love her for her "fierce" attitude too.
The Gotham Gal blog had a big part in making all of that come together for her. The back to back posts telling women to be fierce and how to make macaroons for passover represents a fairly unique media property but that's how she rolls and it's her voice.
Finding your voice doesn't mean blogging by the way. I'm watching a good friend get involved at a high level in a big time political campaign and I can see how energizing it is for him. I'm watching my partner Brad finding a way to engage in advocacy that he has cared deeply about for years. I'm watching dozens of entrepreneurs start companies with a goal of changing the way the world works for the better.
But blogging can help achieve all of these voice finding exercises. You have to walk the walk and talk the talk. Blogging/commenting/social media is the talk part. And I encourage everyone out there to leverage the Internet as you find your voice, make an impact, and find your way in this world.
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|Boyd, Nathan - Nova Scotia Agricultural College
|Smith, Richard - University Of California - Cooperative Extension Service
Submitted to: Agronomy Journal
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/26/2012
Publication Date: 1/1/2013
Citation: Brennan, E.B., Boyd, N.S., Smith, R.F. 2013. Winter cover crop seeding rate and variety effects during eight years of organic vegetables: III. Cover crop residue quality and nitrogen mineralization. Agronomy Journal. 105(1):171-182.
Interpretive Summary: Winter cover crops are a best management practice to nutrient-use efficiency in high-input vegetable production systems. Shoot residue quality and soil mineral N following incorporation of rye, legume-rye, and mustard cover crops was determined during 8 winter periods in a long term trial focused on high value organic crop production in Salinas, California. Cover crops were fall-planted at standard and three times higher seeding rates prior to vegetables annually. In general, cover crop carbon concentrations were higher in rye and legume-rye, nitrogen concentrations were higher in mustard and legume-rye, and carbon to nitrogen ratios were higher in rye. Cover crop residue quality tended to decline over the winter, however, this was more apparent for rye and mustard residues than legume-rye residue. Increasing the cover crop seeding rate caused a relatively minor reduction in cover crop residue quality early in the season in some cases. Soil mineral N following cover crop incorporation varied considerably between years mainly due to differences in spring rainfall. This study indicates that nitrogen leaching from cover crop residues may be a problem during rainy spring conditions. Furthermore, the higher carbon to nitrogen ratios of mustard and legume-rye may cause these residues to decompose more rapidly and create fewer challenges with residue management in subsequent vegetables production. The information from this study will help growers select the most appropriate cover crops to rotate with vegetables and make management that allow them to integrate cover crops into rotations more often.
Technical Abstract: Winter cover crops (CC) can improve nutrient-use efficiency in tillage-intensive systems. Shoot residue quality and soil mineral N following incorporation of rye (Secale cereale L.), legume-rye, and mustard CC was determined in December to February or March during the first 8 yr of the Salinas Organic Cropping Systems trial focused on high-value crops in Salinas, CA. Legume-rye included faba bean (Vicia faba L.), pea (Pisum sativum L.), vetches (V. sativa L., V. benghalensis L.) and rye; mustard included Sinapis alba L., and Brassica juncea Czern. Cover crops were fall-planted at standard and three times higher seeding rates (SR) prior to vegetables annually. Significant CC x year interactions occurred for C and N concentrations, and C:N ratios. However, in general, C concentrations were higher in rye and legume-rye, N concentrations were higher in mustard and legume-rye, and C:N ratios were higher in rye. Over the season, C concentrations and C:N ratios tended to increase while N concentrations decreased. Legume-rye residue quality changed least over each season. Seeding rate affected N concentrations and C:N ratios, however, the effect varied over time and by residue and may be practically insignificant. Following CC incorporation, soil mineral N varied between years and CC, and was typically highest following legume-rye or mustard, and lowest without CC. Rainfall after CC incorporation reduced soil N one year, suggesting that leaching occurred. We conclude that mustard and legume-rye will decompose more rapidly and minimize tillage challenges for subsequent vegetables but may be more prone to post-incorporation N leaching.


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In the Filmation cartoon, he didn't have the playing card suits for arrowheads and he had many types of different arrows for different tasks. I'm pretty sure he had the playing card arrowheads in comics but I'm really out of touch in that department. So does anyone know what each of the playing card suits arrowheads do? Give me your best guesses.
My assumptions:
Spades: Perhaps extends out into some sort of a grappling hook arrowhead?
Clubs: Smokescreen arrow tips?
Diamonds: Horde Trooper armor piercing arrowheads?
Hearts: Sticky arrows?
These are just my guesses and are mostly based off of the Filmation cartoon because that's what I know best. Anyone got any other insight?
This is why we need some sort of media entertainment, be it mini comics or cartoons to see such MOTUC canon things in action.


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|Photo: Chicken Shawarma Recipe
The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of delicious Lebanese Recipes and Middle Eastern food recipes) invites you to try Chicken Shawarma Recipe. Enjoy the Middle Eastern Cuisine and learn how to make Chicken Shawarma.
To make the traditional Middle Eastern shawarma sandwich, marinated pieces of meat are pressed, stacked on a vertical rotisserie and cooked slowly. The juicy cooked meat is then shaved off and made into a sandwich with yogurt, tomatoes and lettuce. I improvised by stacking my chicken vertically on a skewer and simply placing it directly on the grill. Yield is 6 servings.
1/4 cup lime juice
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tablespoon allspice toasted and ground
1 tablespoon coriander seed toasted and ground
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon fresh chopped summer savory
1 onion, grated
2 pounds chicken thighs, skin removed, bones removed and pounded to even thickness
Coarse salt and freshly cracked black pepper
Yogurt Dressing
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup yogurt
1/2 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley
Coarse salt and freshly cracked black pepper
6 thick pitas
1 large tomato, thinly sliced
6 leaves Boston lettuce
- Combine the lime juice, olive oil, spices, garlic, summer savory and grated onion in a medium bowl.
- Add the chicken thighs and toss to coat.
- Cover with plastic and marinate in the refrigerator for four hours.
- Preheat the barbecue on medium.
- Remove the chicken from the marinade, shaking off any excess.
- Skewer the thighs on a long metal skewer, stacking them flat on top of each other.
- Season the chicken thighs and put them on the grill.
- Cover and cook the chicken, turning the skewer every few minutes for even cooking, 25 to 30 minutes or until charred on the outside and chicken is cooked through and juices run clear.
- In a small bowl, combine the lemon juice, yogurt, parsley and some salt and pepper.
- Refrigerate, covered in plastic until ready to use.
- Slice chicken off the skewer in thin shavings and serve it wrapped in pita bread along with the tomato slices, lettuce and Yogurt Dressing.
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Hand forged, they have a hard steel layer (for the sharpened edge) laminated to a softer iron backing that supports the more brittle hardened layer. They come razor sharp.
Their blade strength and sharpness make them useful in the shop, the garden or the kitchen, or for crafts. Overall lengths are 5-1/2" to 8-1/2".
An excellent buy in traditional tools.


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Ciao bella! Former Hills star Kristin Cavallari shared adorable pictures from her honeymoon in Italy with Jay Cutler, whom she married June 8 in Nashville, Tenn.
In one picture posted on her Instagram page, the 26-year-old smiles next to her Chicago Bears quarterback hubby, wearing heels, a black belted mini skirt and a white tank, while Cutler puts his arm firmly around his new wife's teeny tiny waist. "Honeymoon," Cavallari captioned the photo, adding a heart.
In another picture, the newlyweds are seen kissing in front of a beautiful backdrop of water. Donning a fedora hat, the reality star looks relaxed and happy with Cutler, 30, by her side. Indeed, Cavallari seemed to be in good spirits, tweeting June 28 about their amazing honeymoon. "Just had the most amazing 2 weeks in Italy! My jeans are tight so u know it was a success ha," she wrote.
The two are parents to 10-month-old Camden, who served as ring bearer at their gorgeous Southern-themed wedding.
"It was a fun, laid back wedding with lots of music and dancing," an eyewitness told Us Weekly of the nuptials.
No doubt the couple are enjoying their time as Mr. and Mrs. Back in April, the blonde beauty told Us how excited she was to become Mrs. Jay Cutler. "I like having that extra sense of security that you're with your buddy for the rest of your life," she explained. "You know they're not going anywhere."
They were first engaged in April 2011, but briefly called it off in July 2011 before reconciling.
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18-12-2012, 06:53 #1
[MOH] MoH:Warfighter - R-6 released ... some informations
Actually MoHW R-6 has been released and applied to the servers.
The good point is this patch brings to rcon what we all have long waited for, the admin.say and yell commands.
But where is light there has to be shadow.
And that is that admin.yell uses a changed command syntax then all other Frostbit games.
Therefor Procon has to be tweaked at more then one code line to have it send correctly and
have it reported correctly to plugins etc.
Here is a small and first list of changes I faced on the server:
- chat tab works chowing chat of players
- admin.say on chat tab and via plugin works
- admin.yell has to be changed
- admin.yell will not write across the screen but print the text in red in the chatbox
- R-6 misses player.onChat event for server/admin messages
- R-6 change available maps and those unknown maps in lists let the maplist tab stumble.
- new maps were added (MP_20,MP_21) but gamemodes relations are unknown
I'll change this list if I discover other things.
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i don't see new maps on the maplist
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23-12-2012, 13:41 #4
A small update what bugs me at the moment:
- admin.say
- already usable with Procon 1.4.04
- sends chat in white to addressed target
- lags support for sending chat to individual players
- smallest target group is squad/fireteam
- admin.yell
- command syntax changed to the same as admin.say
- sends chat in red to the addressed target
- lags support for sending chat to individual players
- syntax seems to have glitches as it accepts parameters normally not allowed and spam use of it seems to crash a server
- player.onChat events
- seems to have a changed response syntax
- lags information about the target group a player addressed his chat to
- note that this leads to triplet of replays to InGameCommands if used with Procon 188.8.131.52 and earlier
Oh and did I mentioned all those Christmas time related appointments and obligations?
Greets & Happy Christmas
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no worries Phil, I don't think any of us were expecting R6 to be perfect. Be nice to know if they plan anymore server revisions as mine are still suffering plasma disconnects.
26-12-2012, 09:35 #6
Again a small update.
Thinks are sorted so far. The next Procon version is in the last test state, mostly to
make sure all is working through a layer too.
Procon Chat tab will allow you to send messages via say & yell to all or teams.
I also reactivated and enhanced a hack for BF3 which will rewrite say & yell commands done
by plugins which should reach an individual player to have it send to his fire-team/squad.
In addition it prefixes it with the receivers name like "@Phil_K" and the next line would be
the text.
Happy Christmas
26-12-2012, 16:38 #7
I am reloading this page every view seconds since 11:35. But nothing happens. :P
Thx for your work....I cannot wait...


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Anyone game on both a PC and a PS3? I have been using playstations for a long
time now and have recently dabbled in some light PC gaming....im looking for a
mono headset that will work with both.... I have been eying this NoiseHush N780
but then i compare it to the likes of say turtle beach options and well i feel like maybe i
should just spend a bit more, as you can see i have been given descions that i
simply cannot make on my own! lol. I am however interested in your take on
headsets or which ones you use. Most of the affordable ones out their seem to be
made of rather cheap materials, is their a premium options?
You might want to explain why you want half a headset. I personally couldnt think of anything worse to use for gaming but thats just me.
yeah why the mono? I've got these Turtle Beach DX12, and they are great.
got them from www.ozgameshop.com
what's your price range?
Im calling spam. The way the text is word wrapped (or whatever its called), plus no reply, makes me think this is copy+paste. Plus, 1st post.
Yeah, it's spam. Run the post through Google to find this:
So AG/QGL, when are we setting a 'minimum post limit' before creating a thread?
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Kelly named to CVU Top Performers List
The Collegiate Volleyball Update (CVU.com) named Lipscomb junior middle hitter Alex Kelly to its national "Top Performers" list released this week.
Individually, Kelly is eighth in points per set (5.25) and 14th in kills per set (4.47) nationally in the NCAA.
The Lady Bisons, 22-3 overall, have won 20 straight matches. They are also a perfect 17-0 in conference matches and have already clinched the regular season championship with three games remaining.