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How will GB do in Tokyo?
The performance of the GB team in Rio has been exceptional but not hugely surprising. I had projected they would be third in the medal table with 22 gold medals and 56 medals overall with good chances in over 100 events. For those of us who obsessively follow Olympic sports between games it was clear that GB would be extremely competitive in a wide range of events.
2nd place in the medal table was a bonus caused largely by China's decline since topping the table in Beijing - they've finished nine golds and around 15 medals below projections. And, over the longer term, the collapse of sports administration (and state doping programmes) in former USSR and Warsaw Pact countries.
The decline of China is something of a warning to GB. Both China and Australia followed up home games with strong performances in the following Olympics - though GB is the first to get a higher medal total - but both then declined as politicians lost interest and funding reduced.
So can GB buck the trend and continue to improve at Tokyo? A quick overview of the key sports suggests it's possible:
The athletics team will see the greatest transition as it's unlikely that Mo Farah, Jess Ennis, Greg Rutherford and Christine Ohuruogu will appear in Tokyo. As they're responsible for nine out of GB's thirteen athletics medals in London and Rio their retirements will leave a big hole to fill. There have, though, been enough strong performances from young athletes to make it possible. On the men's side Adam Gemili (22) missed out on a 200m medal by thousands of a second. And Matt Hudson-Smith (21) made one of the most competitive 400m finals in history. Andrew Butchart (24) came fourth in the 5k behind Mo Farah becoming the third fastest Brit in history after Mo and David Moorcroft.
On the women's side Dina Asher-Smith (21) came fifth in the 200m and her PB would have won a bronze. She also won a 4x100 bronze alongside two excellent 100m prospects - Desiree Henry (20) and Daryl Neita (19). Cindy Ofili (22) has had a breakthrough season this year and missed out on a 100m hurdles bronze by 0.02 hundredths of a second. Sophie Hitchon (25) won a hammer bronze with the two in front of her too old to make the next Olympics. Katarina Johnson-Thompson (23) clearly has the talent to get a heptathlon gold in Tokyo if she can conquer her nerves and look out for Morgan Lake (19) who reached the high jump final in Rio.
The track cycling team should be more or less the same in Toyko as in Rio bar Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish. And there are a whole load of young cyclists behind them waiting to step up in the case of injuries and early retirements. Look out for Lewis Oliva (24) in the men's sprint; Jon Dibben (22) and Mark Stewart (21) in the pursuit/omnium and on the women's side Emily Nelson (20) and Emily Kay (21). Whether GB is as dominant in Tokyo as in Rio/London/Beijing will depend on the rest of the world's ability to catch up.
The swimming team probably has the greatest potential for improvement. There are 34 golds available in swimming - 2nd only to athletics - and GB have only won three this century (Becky Addlington x2 and now Adam Peaty). GB's performance in Rio was much better that London - increasing from 3 to 6 medals and another 7 fourth places - nearly all achieved by young swimmers who should be in Tokyo. Peaty is just 21 and I'd love to see him try and develop his 200m breaststroke to give him the chance of two golds in 2020. Siobhan Marie O'Connor (20) came agonisingly close to gold in the 200m individual medley and has the potential to be challenging for 3 or 4 golds in four years time.
James Guy (20) came fourth in the 200m freestyle after winning the world championships last year and could be in the mix for 2 or 3 golds in four years time. Max Litchfield (21) came fourth in the 400 individual medley and has improved his PB a lot this year. As did Ben Proud (21) in the 50m freestyle. Duncan Scott (19) smashed the British record in the 100m freestyle and came fifth in the final. And Chloe Tutton (20) came fourth in the 200m breaststroke having broken the British Record earlier in the year (she'd have won a medal if the Russian Efimova's ban had been upheld days before the games). And look out for a few excellent prospects who were a bit young for Rio - Emily Large (just 15) in butterfly and Tazmin Pugh (16) in butterfly and backstroke.
Collectively this is the most talented group of young swimmers outside of the US and they should peak in Tokyo - potentially winning five or six golds.
The gymnastics squad probably had the most impressive Olympics of any GB team in Rio with almost as many medals as GB has won in all previous games. On the men's side the core of the team Max Whitlock (23), Nile Wilson (20) and Brinn Bevan (19) will be peaking in Tokyo. If they can find one more world class gymnast by then they could challenge for the all-around title (look out for Jay Thompson - 20 - to come through into the senior ranks). On the women's side it doesn't seem the US dominance will be challenged anytime soon but Amy Tinkler (16) - who won floor bronze in Rio - is a huge prospect. Look out as well for junior champions Catherine Lyons (15) and Tyesha Mattis (17) to turn the team into a real all-around medal contender.
The rowing team were one of the few in Rio to miss their medal target even though they topped the medal table for the regatta - so certainly room for improvement. Most of the rowers in the winning men's four and men's eight crews are young enough to keep going and should be able to maintain dominance. Helen Glover (32) and Heather Stanning (33) could just about make Tokyo if they want to mount another defence of their title. The main areas for improvement are on the lightweight side where GB won no medals this time having won three in London and sculling where Katherine Grainger and Vicky Thornley were our only medalists.
Elsewhere most of our Rio champions should be back to defend their titles. Nick Skelton has said he'll retire at 58; Charlotte Dujardin is certainly young enough to compete again but her horse Valegro isn't; Liam Heath is 32 so probably won't make another games; Nicola Adams will be 38 in Tokyo but hasn't ruled out staying on. Everyone else is definitely young enough to come back. Joe Clarke in kayak slalom is just 23. Double diving medalist Jack Laugher is 21 and synchro partner Chris Mears is 23. Giles Scott and Hannah Mills (though not her partner Saskia Clark) will back in the sailing. And Jade Jones (23) / Alistair Brownlee (28) will be able to defend their titles for a third time.
The overall impression is that, as long as national lottery investment continues as roughly the same levels, GB should be able to perform at least as well if not better in Tokyo. If they can maintain dominance in track cycling and push on to five or six swimming golds then a target of 30+ golds and 75 medals should be achievable.
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Sam, thank you for all your Olympic tweets. At times it reminded me of what someone once said to John Peel. He listened to the show because he would hear the Liverpool score. When I really needed to know what was happening at Rio I went to your twitter account as the fastest results service. While I've enjoyed Britain being kind of good at a load of sports I'd be okay if we sunk back a bit. The Olympics is beautiful festival that nearly always lifts my spirits (wasn't too keen on Atlanta).So they'll always be fun and I wouldn't want us Brits to get too hung up on performance if things don't pan out in Tokyo. Rio was great because of Max Whitlock. It was also great because of Simone Biles as well. As long as we remember that we'll still have fun. Four years from now. Same time, same place?ReplyDelete
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While driving home the other day my car alert sounded. I looked at the dashboard, and to my surprise the gas gauge was blinking. Yikes! My mind was on a million other things, in input from the day. I had started out that morning with a partial tank of gas, enough to fulfill my duties of the day, but was I going to get home? I had preached at Allegan that morning, then drove to Jackson for an area gathering for our strategic visioning. I immediately slowed down to squeeze as many miles as I could out of the remaining drops of gas in my tank, because I knew I had a few miles to go before the next service station. A prayer of gratitude was on my heart as I pulled into the station! I pumped more gas into my tank than it is supposed to hold. Whew! I was running on fumes. I suspect you've been there and done that as well.
I also was pretty well spent. That night, I was achy tired. Fortunately, my calendar was open the next morning, so I slept in, lost myself in a good book the Kalamazoo area clergy group was reading. The weekend accumulation of emails waited until that afternoon. I filled my tank first. Last fall, I didn't do that so well and ended up in the ER. After multiple tests which showed only that I was healthy, my conclusion was fatigue and dehydration after a stressful fall and a strenuous day of fall yard work.
Our calendars fill to overflowing with meetings, events, activities. The fall start up can be exhausting! Church calendars are not immune! Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter are marathons for pastors. January is always a bear with annual reports, congregational meetings, training of new officers. Add to this the emotional stressors when members are anxious. It is a recipe for burnout, depression, and worse. Other professions have their own rhythms and challenges as well. But we Americans tend to go and go and go, until our bodies say, "No, you don't!" And we must rest, refuel, replenish the store of joy, enthusiasm, and energy. I was introduced to chronic fatigue syndrome years back when a church member, who was a beloved medical doctor, was forced by her body to take a medical leave for a season.
Self care and work life balance national issues. They are a crisis identified by the Board of Pensions confronting many pastors. We pastors are lolled into over functioning because we are called to ministry and service. It feeds our egos. "Look at how hard I am serving the Lord! I worked 85 hours this week! See how wonderful I am?" At the expense of our families! Congregations love it, but at their expense, too. Over functioning pastors lead to underfunctioning lay leaders. And bless the poor minister who follows them. Rather, dynamic leaders don't work harder. They work smarter! They regularly step out of the emotional system in which they work, to gain perspective. They live interesting lives, which gives them more of themselves to share, instead of losing themselves in ministry. They are dynamic because when they are present, they're attention is with us, and not elsewhere. They have gas, dynamo, power, in their tank.
How do you fill your tank? That will be different for each of us. Church members hopefully are refreshed at corporate worship. When we are feeling poorly, and life has squeezed the faith out of us, we need to stand with the community of faith and have them profess the faith when we can't. Pastors, as worship leaders, get some of this while leading worship, but also need to find such communities which feed their souls when they are not responsible for leading. Presbyteries were created to fill this need. Who pastors the pastor? Where do pastors go to refresh their spirits?
October is Pastor Appreciation Month! Some suggestions: write your pastor a letter expressing what you appreciate about his or her ministry. Support a healthy work life balance for yourself and your church staff. If it's not that way for you in the corporate world...well, the church is a hospital for sinners...we can live a more healthy way. Frankly, the most successful corporations recognize the benefits of a healthy work life balance and that their people are their greatest asset. Make sure your church provides your pastor opportunities to regularly step outside your congregation's emotional field for prospective.
If we want dynamic leaders and healthy congregations, pastors and members alike must fill their tanks and witness to a healthy work life balance. We can do so, because in Jesus Christ we are given "space for grace!"
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GlaxoSmithKline Chairman discusses why closing the gender gap fosters innovation and matters to anyone interested in the bottom line.
The review was initiated in February 2016 and co-led by UBM chair Dame Helen Alexander.
Today, over half of the UK's top graduates are female and the glass ceiling may be showing signs of cracking, but an attitude shift needs to take place at leadership level for this to happen.
In September, GlaxoSmithKline, chaired by Sir Philip, announced the appointment of Emma Walmsley as its new chief executive. While he confirmed the board's decision was based on Emma's excellent leadership credentials and strong track record of delivering growth and driving performance, Sir Philip believes that mixed-gender executive teams are vital to delivering better results for businesses. At the time of her appointment Emma was the seventh female CEO in the FTSE 100.
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From My Bookshelf: Faint Praise: The Plight of Book Reviewing in America
I may be a tad late to this party (over at Book/Daddy, Jerome Weeks published an essay about this book and the issues it raises nearly two months ago), but on the other hand, it's never too late to tell others about a book you've read and think others should read, too. And if you're a book reviewer (aspiring or established), or simply want to understand book reviewing better, there's no doubt: You must read Gail Pool's Faint Praise: The Plight of Book Reviewing in America. Period. It's the closest thing we have to a textbook on the subject (and eminently more readable than most textbooks prove to be).
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ST. CLOUD -- CentraCare Health patients are encouraged to get their flu vaccine during one of several planned clinics starting tomorrow (Tuesday).
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Dodd signs on Jim Jordan to serve as a senior adviser to his nascent presidential bid
Jordan has a long history in campaign politics. He is best known as the campaign manager for the early stages of Sen. John Kerry's (D-Mass.) 2004 presidential bid (he was replaced in late 2003) He served as the executive director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in the 2002 cycle and as political director for the DSCC in the 2000 cycle. "He's easily and obviously the potential candidate who's most qualified for the job," said Jordan of Dodd. "He's the most interesting, charming, bright and decent person I've met in this business, and his political skills are absolutely first rate." Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic in the 1960's.
Dodd signs on Jim Jordan to serve as a senior adviser to his nascent presidential bid
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Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) has been relatively quiet of late about his 2008 ambitions. But no more, as today Dodd signed on Jim Jordan to serve as a senior adviser to his nascent presidential bid.
Jordan is best known as the campaign manager for the early stages of Sen. John Kerry's (D-Mass.) 2004 presidential bid (he was replaced in late 2003). But he has a long history in campaign politics. He served as the executive director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in the 2002 cycle and as political director for the DSCC in the 2000 cycle. Jordan was serving as an adviser to ex-Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (D) as he contemplated a presidential run but became a free agent when Warner decided against the race earlier this fall.
"He's easily and obviously the potential candidate who's most qualified for the job," said Jordan of Dodd. "He's the most interesting, charming, bright and decent person I've met in this business, and his political skills are absolutely first rate."
Jordan joins a small inner circle of Dodd political advisers that includes Sheryl Cohen, his Senate chief of staff, and pollster Al Quinlan, among others. Jordan will be tasked with growing Dodd's political organization in the coming months.
With the departures of Warner and Sen. Evan Bayh (Ind.) from the Democratic field, Dodd is one of the potential beneficiaries. The biggest question facing him is whether he can raise the tens of millions necessary to run a national campaign.
Dodd is the incoming chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, which should give him a nice fundraising foothold among the banking world. And he hails from the affluent state of Connecticut. Dodd also had $1.9 million in his Senate account at the end of September -- all of which could be transferred to a presidential committee.
For Dodd, how much money he can raise in the first three months of 2007 will be a key early test of his viability. He must show an ability to compete not necessarily with the Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.), who undoubtedly will be in a financial class of their own, but rather with former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, Sen. Joe Biden (Del.) and Gov. Bill Richardson (N.M.).
Dodd, who is currently in his fifth Senate term, is next up for reelection in 2010.
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December 8, 2006: This Month's Top Stories
Ryan Morris disputes Borat image of Kazakhstan 20 Nov
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Michael O'Hanlon writes: Civil War in Iraq? 4 Dec
Dayton Daily News Editor Jeff Bruce retires 3 Dec
John Sherman writes libretto for opera "Biafra" 30 Nov
Carol Bellamy writes: The Hidden Cost of AIDS 30 Nov
Gaddi Vasquez in Egypt with World Food Programme 29 Nov
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Alejandro Toledo appointed Stanford Fellow 29 Nov
PC to start five new Master's International Programs 27 Nov
Garamendi hopes to reshape role as lieutenant governor 26 Nov
Parents plant seeds of caring for Carrie Jane Dulin 25 Nov
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Chris Matthews interviews Seymour Hersh on Iran 20 Nov
Joe Acaba speaks to Tech students 20 Nov
Jeffrey Stanaway teaches life skills to at-risk teens 19 Nov
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Ron Tschetter in Morocco and Jordan
On his first official trip since being confirmed as Peace Corps Director, Ron Tschetter (shown at left with PCV Tia Tucker) is on a ten day trip to Morocco and Jordan. Traveling with his wife (Both are RPCVs.), Tschetter met with volunteers in Morocco working in environment, youth development, health, and small business development. He began his trip to Jordan by meeting with His Majesty King Abdullah II and Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah and discussed expanding the program there in the near future.
November 12, 2006: This Month's Top Stories
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Shays will reach across the aisle for answers in Iraq 8 Nov
Petri loses chance to become committee chairman 8 Nov
Doyle gets a mandate to improve education 8 Nov
Eunice Shriver spends election night with Schwarzenegger 8 Nov
Donna Shalala writes: Eliminating gender bias in universities 7 Nov
Robert Paul upheld peace amid Afghan war 6 Nov
Carol Bellamy receives humanitarian award 6 Nov
Joseph Opala studies Black Seminoles 6 Nov
David C. Liner named PC Chief of Staff 3 Nov
PCV Matthew Costa remembered 2 Nov
Ethiopian-American community rallied for Garamendi 2 Nov
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Peace Corps Writers and the Lost Generation 1 Nov
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Leigh Emery travels world for science 27 Oct
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Chris Shays claims victory in closely watched race
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Chris Dodd's Vision for the Peace Corps
Senator Chris Dodd (RPCV Dominican Republic) spoke at the ceremony for this year's Shriver Award and elaborated on issues he raised at Ron Tschetter's hearings. Dodd plans to introduce legislation that may include: setting aside a portion of Peace Corps' budget as seed money for demonstration projects and third goal activities (after adjusting the annual budget upward to accommodate the added expense), more volunteer input into Peace Corps operations, removing medical, healthcare and tax impediments that discourage older volunteers, providing more transparency in the medical screening and appeals process, a more comprehensive health safety net for recently-returned volunteers, and authorizing volunteers to accept, under certain circumstances, private donations to support their development projects. He plans to circulate draft legislation for review to members of the Peace Corps community and welcomes RPCV comments.
He served with honor
One year ago, Staff Sgt. Robert J. Paul (RPCV Kenya) carried on an ongoing dialog on this website on the military and the peace corps and his role as a member of a Civil Affairs Team in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have just received a report that Sargeant Paul has been killed by a car bomb in Kabul. Words cannot express our feeling of loss for this tremendous injury to the entire RPCV community. Most of us didn't know him personally but we knew him from his words. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. He was one of ours and he served with honor.
Meet Ron Tschetter - Our Next Director
Read our story about Ron Tschetter's confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that was carried on C-Span. It was very different from the Vasquez hearings in 2001, very cut and dried with low attendance by the public. Among the highlights, Tschetter intends to make recruitment of baby boomers a priority, there are 20 countries under consideration for future programs, Senator Dodd intends to re-introduce his third goal Peace Corps legislation this session, Tschetter is a great admirer of Senator Coleman's quest for accountability, Dodd thinks management at PC may not put volunteers first, Dodd wants Tschetter to look into problems in medical selection, and Tschetter is not a blogger and knows little about the internet or guidelines for volunteer blogs. Read our recap of the hearings as well as Senator Coleman's statement and Tschetter's statement.
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The Peace Corps is "fashionable" again
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Fun and excitement at Saint John's Exhibition Park
Saint John Exhibition Park is a multi-purpose venue in Saint John's east side. We have the perfect mix of entertainment and fun. Whether you're enjoying the Saint John Ex in late August, shopping with our retail partners, or stopping in to play Bingo with friends, we've got it all.
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Flightless Floyd the Strolling Ostrich
We finally got him! We've waited for 2 years to have Floyd join us at the Saint John Ex. He's one popular bird, a definite favorite of Heath Tarlin Entertainment, their strollers have appeared at the NHL Outdoor Game, the 100th Anniversary of the Grey Cup Game, Pan Am Games and regularly at the Canadian National Exhibition. We're excited to have you join us in introducing him to Saint John! So....when you meet him, get close and snuggly, he just might whisper sweet nothings in your ear.Read More
Miss T the Bubble Queen and her World of Bubbleology
We met Miss T in Montreal and we were immediately captivated by her bubbly (haha) personality and her magic works with bubbles. Her love of entertaining and performing is evident in the magic she works with the science of bubble. She has performed on YTV's Beach Bash, the Wiggles, Breakfast Television, CTV, TVO Kids and Rogers TV. We are thrilled to have her perform her first show "Out East" at the Saint John Exhibition. We love Miss T and we're sure you will too!
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The Thrifty Mama is reporting that ground beef is on sale for $1.99/lb at Trader Joe's through May 31. Apparently their beef is hormone & antibiotic free. This is a fantastic price for this type of meat (read: stockpile price)!
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The American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) is a multidisciplinary organization of engineering societies dedicated to advancing the knowledge, understanding, and practice of engineering. AAES member societies represent the mainstream of U.S. engineering — engineers in industry, government, and academia.
Advancing the engineering profession's impact on the public good.
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Recognizes an engineer who has been effective in promoting unity among the engineering societies.
Norm Augustine Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Communications
Presented to an engineer who has demonstrated the capacity for communicating the excitement and wonder of engineering.
John Fritz Medal
Presented for scientific or industrial achievement in any field of pure or applied science.
AAES Engineering Journalism Award
Recognizes outstanding reporting of an event or issue that furthers public understanding of engineering.
Joan Hodges Queaneau Palladium Medal
Recognizes an individual who encourages cooperation between engineering professionals and environmentalists to create innovative solutions to environmental problems.
AAES Chair's Award
Presented by the AAES Chair to recognize an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the welfare of our nation.
Member Society Spotlight
AIChE, which was founded in 1908, fosters the development and dissemination of chemical engineering knowledge. Through its varied programs, AIChE continues to be a focal point for information exchange on the frontiers of chemical engineering research in such areas as energy, sustainability, biological engineering, nanotechnology, and chemical plant safety and security.
View the April 2018 NAE-AAES Convocation of the Professional Engineering Societies archived webcast and presentations.
AAES has earned a 2016 ASAE Power of A Gold Award for the Engineering Competency Model. The award recognizes this intiative's efforts to create a competitive workforce.
Program Committees
Diversity Coalition Group
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Engineering Education Working Group
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Engineers Forum on Sustainability
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International Activities Committee
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K-12 Working Group (STEM)
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Lifelong Learning Working Group
Purpose: to emphasize the urgency of a need to change the culture of lifelong learning among engineers in the U.S., read more
Professional Licensure Working Group
Purpose: a forum to discuss, as appropriate, issues related to licensure as a Professional Engineer, read more
AAES' Engineering Workforce Commission monitors engineering job statistics that help universities, corporations, and government set salary, hiring, enrollment, and degree trends in the marketplace.
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The 2015 Engineering & Technology Degrees publication is available for purchase.
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Dr. Eric Geller expands a demonstration model of the experimental device that just won FDA approval.
(Kathleen O'Brien/The Star-Ledger)
It was a good friend's brave phone call that first alerted Helen and Terence Pires that something was amiss with their toddler, Marshall.
He had behaved oddly when in the friend's care that afternoon, appearing to have temporarily lost his vision. That night, the friend called to convey her alarm: "That wasn't normal, what happened today," she said.
It turned out to be the first pronounced symptom of epilepsy.
For the next two decades, seizures large and small dogged Marshall Pires despite medication and brain surgery.
Eventually, he became one of five New Jersey patients in a clinical trial for an experimental implant in his skull that regulates brain waves via tiny electrical shocks. His neurologist, Eric Geller, likens it to "a defibrillator for the brain."
Marshall Pires, now 28, says he hasn't had a single seizure in three years.
The device, called the NeuroPace System, won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval last month for broad commercial use.
Its success has been liberating not only for Marshall Pires, but for his parents as well. Before the implant, the West Orange couple said that if their son had a seizure while a passenger in their car, he'd try to get out. It was terrifying, said his father.
"Now all that is gone," he said, still amazed at his son's dramatic improvement. "We don't even think about seizures now."
Not all of the patients approached by Geller were willing to try the unproven technology. Marshall Pires said his only concern was how effective the device might be.
"The answer I got told me, 'Go for it,'" he said. "I'll try anything."
When the matchbook-size device, implanted by surgeon Werner Doyle, was first turned on, it was firing anywhere from 250 to 2,500 times a day. (While that sounds like a lot, Geller said, it amounted to only four to five minutes in total.)
Those daily shocks are now in the single digits — all delivered to ward off a seizure before it even starts, said Geller, director of the Adult Comprehensive Epilepsy Centers at Barnabas Health in Livingston.
What used to be called "the falling sickness," epilepsy carried a stigma for centuries, attributed to everything from retardation to demonic possession. It can still be a career-ending diagnosis: One of Geller's young patients lost an ROTC scholarship because of it.
For that reason, it remains a hidden disease. Roughly one-half to 1 percent of people have epilepsy, Geller said, which in New Jersey would mean almost 90,000 people. Many of them keep it secret.
"Nobody talks about their seizures at a cocktail party," he said.
Epilepsy causes electrical "short circuits" in part of the brain. Those can bring on the classic seizures most people think of — with the patient flailing on the floor. But it can also bring on shorter episodes of "zoning out," as if, said Geller, "nobody's home."
A life of limitations
In Marshall's case, the condition affected his ability to converse normally. The abnormal firing of his circuits would cause him to miss hearing every third of fourth word. ("I thought I was just a bad listener," he said.) Brain scans revealed he also stored language in an outlying portion usually used for a second language.
The result was whenever his mother would call upstairs for him, she'd count slowly to 15 before expecting an answer.
He managed to graduate high school and attended county college a bit, with only mixed success. One day, he felt a seizure coming on just as he entered the wrong classroom. He ended up repeatedly pounding on a desk as the other students stared, he said.
Although there has been an explosion of new medicines to treat epilepsy, Geller said they fail to work for more than a third of patients. Surgery is an option for some, if the area of the brain triggering the misfires can be excised without causing damage to memory or cognition.
The newly approved implant reads the person's brain waves and is programmed to give a tiny shock to the portion of the brain to which its electrodes are attached. The current is set at a level that cannot be felt by the patient.
The patient uses something that looks like a TV remote to read the device's memory chip every day, then upload the information to the hospital. There, Geller can read the results to see how his patients are doing.
In Marshall's case, the device not only stops seizures in their tracks, but is somehow preventing them from starting. Says Marshall's father, it's almost as if it is "retraining" the brain.
New lease on life
Freedom from the effects of epilepsy has liberated Marshall in any number of ways, he says. He wants to try rock climbing — something that wouldn't have even been considered before. He still volunteers as a guide at the Turtle Back Zoo, and now that he has been seizure-free for so long, he's contemplating getting his driver's license. (New Jersey law requires a six-month history of being without seizures.)
The man who could never articulate what was happening to him during a seizure can now put those memories into words.
Just the other day, in an interview for this article, he described the loss of vision that, years ago, had so worried the family friend: "It was like there was smoke in front of me."
His parents stared at him, amazed: It was the first time they'd ever heard about that.
Being seizure-free has also allowed him to undo some of the impact the disease had on his social life. Before, the prospect of an embarrassing or even dangerous seizure kept him from trying new things. Now, that residual hesitancy battles with his newfound confidence.
"I think, 'It's not worth it,'" he said. "Then I think, 'No, do it!'"
The result, say his parents, is a son who is happier and more outgoing.
"As I think about it," said Marshall, "it's kind of like an upgrade."


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The Obama administration announced Wednesday that the Medicare Advantage program, which allows seniors to receive health coverage through a private insurer, is enjoying lower costs and more customers as a result of the health care reform law.
Medicare Advantage enrollment has risen 10 percent over the last year while average premiums have fallen by 7 percent, said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. She also pointed out that similar improvements were seen the previous year.
The figures bolster President Obama's defense of his signature achievement, and for Democrats it has the added bonus of refuting earlier Republican warnings that "Obamacare" would gravely undermine the choice provisions in Medicare."At the time the Affordable Care Act was passed, Republicans in Congress said the bill would virtually end the Medicare Advantage program," declared senior White House staffer Nancy-Ann DeParle. "Those predictions turned out to be wrong. Medicare Advantage is stronger than ever — offering more seniors better benefits, higher quality care and lower costs."
The basis for this GOP claim during the health care reform debate was that the ACA's $500 billion in Medicare provider cuts included $136 billion in pay reductions under Medicare Advantage. But, at least for now, those cuts — along with other payment reforms — appear to have made the program more competitive and efficient.
"The new law's massive Medicare cuts will fall squarely on the backs of seniors, millions of whom will be forced off their current Medicare coverage," House GOP leaders wrote in their 2010 "Pledge To America" manifesto. Screeds against the payment reductions were a regular feature of Republican speeches in Congress during the debate over the law.
The Medicare Advantage program, created in 1997, allows beneficiaries to opt out of the single-payer plan and instead receive government-subsidized private insurance at an extra cost to them. About one in four seniors are currently on it. The basis of the steep ACA cuts was research that showed Medicare was over-paying the private plans.
Congressional Republicans didn't ultimately seem too troubled by health reform's Medicare cuts: they overwhelmingly voted to retain them last year as part of the Paul Ryan budget.


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Choosing a Career in the Computer Industry
November 16, 2015 by admin · Leave a Comment
Finding a role in the ever-growing world of technology isn't as hard as you think.
A vital role in the competitive business environment, a technology professional is in high demand due to companies always wanting to maintain an edge over their rivals. With that in mind, becoming a technology specialist has become a rewarding career path. Choosing the proper education is the first key to success.
California has experienced an influx of technology professionals looking to showcase their talents and be hired by one of the many large-scaled companies. You can find classes that specialize in Linux training in Los Angeles by visiting the many competent colleges. Linux professionals are one of the many specialists in the industry that have an increased future job outlook.
Also you'll find various colleges offer Microsoft training in Los Angeles. Whether you are an established professional already in the field or an eager opportunistic individual seeking the necessary education to get started, these classes are recommended to stay up-to-date and learn the accurate fundamentals of technology.
For the beginner that is looking to get their feet wet, it's important that you start understanding basic computer skills before jumping into the deep end of network infrastructures and database developing. One of the great things about the technology industry is that you have the freedom to pursue a specific specialty field that you feel is the right fit for yourself. If you feel comfortable creating websites and working with XML, there are an abundance of jobs that allow you to thrive in that role. If your specialty focuses on transmission mediums and satellite signals, you can find a job in telecommunications. The opportunities are out there, you just have to seek them out.
Brand College is an accredited computer school in Los Angeles. They've established a team of highly qualified instructors and faculty members who can deliver quality, hands-on, and industry-relevant training in a variety of Information Technology disciplines.
Employee Development Through IT Education
April 10, 2015 by admin · Leave a Comment
Written by Brand College
More and more businesses are starting to shift their focus on providing continuous education to their people, especially in terms of IT. This is primarily due to the fact that a well-trained workforce is able to increase its productivity. People also tend to highly value the benefits obtained from such an education. They would be aware of the fact that these learning initiatives would allow them to market themselves better. Moreover, the fact that the employer is providing education shows that the company truly cares about its employees and their future.
As per studies carried out by the CIPD and other manpower surveys, over 50% of employees who have received training or coaching are likely to remain with their current employer during the next five years following the training. Therefore, training and education and any investment in human resource development tends to yield considerable returns in terms of lowering the rate of employee turnover. Generally, a satisfied employee is able to give a better performance and is likely to act proactively in each task performed.
Information technology classes Los Angeles are among the most popular ones sought by employers in the region. However, employees are also provided with linux training Los Angeles classes which would help them in using the operating system. These types of trainings allow companies to gain a competitive edge on the market as their employees are able to effectively leverage technology to improve processes.
Brand College provides various computer training Los Angeles area ideal for training employees. They are physically located at Brand College 529 Hahn Ave. Suite 101 Glendale, CA 91203-1052
Increasing Your Employability By Acquiring New Skills
January 13, 2015 by admin · Leave a Comment
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If you are having troubles shifting jobs or finding a new employment, you might consider increasing your employability by acquiring new sets of skills. The acquisition of new skills might represent a gateway to a new set of professional opportunities and options. Another benefit of acquiring further skills by enrolling in additional courses is that you might be able to meet people and expand your professional network.
Learning a new language
Becoming proficient in a new language might open up opportunities in your own field. This is because you might be able to communicate with new clients from other countries that you might not have been able to access before due to language barriers. You might also be able to completely change your job by going for translation, transcription, interpretation or copywriting assignments.
IT Skills
For beginners in IT, acquiring new sets of IT skills might provide a boost to your employability. Almost any job revolves around the use of IT infrastructure and equipment. For instance, if you live in the Los Angeles area, you might opt for IT Training in Los Angeles where you would be able to meet professionals. These courses would provide you with knowledge on software, hard and networking concepts. If you are seeking to start a career in IT, you might go for a more in-depth course in order to have all the prerequisites to qualify for an IT job.
Brand College provides a selection of courses relevant to the workplace such as computer courses in Los Angeles area. They also deliver Linux Certification Los Angeles and their physical location is Brand College 529 Hahn Ave. Suite 101 Glendale, CA 91203-1052
Consider a Career in IT
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Do you sit around all day and imagine what it would be like to have a better job? Of course you do. Some studies have said that well over 90% of Americans do not like their jobs. That means the vast majority of Americans spend 40 hours a week basically doing something they hate. Plus, if you look at the economy, it's also probably fair to say that this thing isn't exactly paying real well either. Is it any wonder so many people are depressed and just want to give up?
But before you consider anything too crazy, think about a career change. That might be all it takes to really turn things around. Take some information technology classes in Los Angeles and you'd be surprised how much sunnier your prospects look (maybe it's just that famous California weather though).
Something as simple as a little Microsoft training in Los Angeles could be all you need to start cashing in serious paychecks and love what you do. Plus, IT professionals are always needed so you have just about the best job security anyone could ever ask for!
Computers don't just rule the day, they're the wave of the future too, meaning if you know how they work, you can parlay that into quite the position. It should be no surprise that a plus training in Los Angeles is key to ruling this industry, which is why Brand College makes so much sense.


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RTC Live: Michigan @ NorthwesternPosted by rtmsf on February 2nd, 2010
Yes, it's Groundhog Day, but you've probably never seen this before, Northwestern is on the NCAA bubble. Tonight's game starts a stretch of "must wins" for the Wildcats that will take them through this week and quite possibly the rest of the Big Ten regular season. Don't be tricked into thinking Northwestern isn't a contender by their 3-6 conference record as this game against Michigan is NU's 10th straight Big Ten game this season against a team that made the 2009 NCAA Tournament field. (Yup, that's all of them.) The Wildcats pulled off the upset at Michigan on Sunday, January 10, after trailing by as many as 17 points. The Wolverines have since recovered and are 4-5 in conference and trying to sneak back into the postseason picture if they can pull off some big upsets down the stretch. It should be a good one. John Templon will have all the action from Welsh-Ryan Arena starting 15 minutes before the ridiculously early (made for TV on Big Ten Network) 6 p.m. tip. Join us!


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As we predicted back in May 2015, Nissan has cut the GU Patrol (Y61) from its line-up before tighter emission regulations come into play at the end of 2016.
At the launch of the NP300 Navara in 2015, Nissan Australia CEO Richard Emery told us: "To continue with it [Y61] beyond 2016 would mean meeting EU5 emissions, and that would require considerable investment," he said. "It would really be for us [Australia] only, so it's a very limited market."
At a press gathering held in Melbourne (April, 2016) Emery confirmed the action, saying: "We'll be withdrawing the Y61 Patrol from the marketplace, both in wagon and cab-chassis version, at the end of this year. We probably will be selling the last of our Y61 Patrols late in the calendar year.
"It's probably not a surprise because it [the Y61] has been hanging on by its fingernails for quite a few years, and we just made the decision now to make that call. Don't get me wrong, I would love to keep selling Y61 because it is such an iconic product for us and it has such a loyal base of owners, but you've got to know when to retire, and I think that time has come for that car specifically."
Speaking of the possibility of re-engineering the GU Patrol for future production, Emery said: "There are a number of things that we would need to consider with that car continuing on in terms of regulatory and other market acceptable specifications. They're just not available to us, or if they are available to us, the cost impediment versus the volume opportunity and the profit opportunity is such that probably its time has come."
The GU Patrol has been on sale in Australia for 19 years, during which time it has gone through several 'Series' updates and six different powertrains. Its demise leaves us with no live-axle 4x4 Nissan offering and leaves Nissan with no seven-seat, diesel 4x4 wagon, and no heavy duty cab-chassis offering. The Patrol cab-chassis was still popular with fleet buyers, but its numbers were dwindling.
The Patrol nameplate lives on in the larger, petrol-fuelled, wagon-only Y62 Patrol, which gained a new lease of life following a re-alignment in the product range and a price cut late last year. As of March, 2016, the Y62 Patrol, which starts at $69,990, is outselling the old Y61 model but is being limited by supply issues.
There are currently no plans for a diesel engine to go into the Y62 or Y62 cab-chassis.


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"With a gaming PC's worth of graphical horsepower housed inside a deceivingly small package, the Xbox One X does what no console has done before: Native 4K HDR gaming" - TECHRADER
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Games play better on Xbox One X. With 40% more power than any other console, experience immersive true 4K gaming. Blockbuster titles look great, run smoothly, and load quickly even on a 1080p screen. Xbox One X also works with all your Xbox One games and accessories as well as Xbox Live, the most advanced multiplayer network, giving you more ways to play.2
- Games play better on Xbox One X. Experience 40% more power than any other console.
- 6 teraflops of graphical processing power and a 4K Blu-ray player provide more immersive gaming and entertainment1
- Play with the greatest community of gamers on the most advanced multiplayer network4
- Works with all your Xbox One games and accessories
- Great for 1080p screens—games run smoothly, look great, and load quickly
Experience the enhanced comfort and feel of the new Xbox Wireless Controller, featuring a sleek, streamlined design and textured grip. Enjoy custom button mapping and up to twice the wireless range. Plug in any compatible headset with the 3.5mm stereo headset jack. And with Bluetooth® technology, play your favorite games on Windows 10 PCs and tablets.
What's in the box: Xbox One X 1TB console, Xbox Wireless Controller, HDMI cable (4K capable), AC Power cable, 1 month game pass subscription trial, 14-day Xbox Live Gold trial and includes an extra Wireless Controller
The world's most powerful console.
Games play better on Xbox One X. With 40% more power than any other console, experience immersive true 4K gaming. Blockbuster titles look great, run smoothly, and load quickly, and you can bring all your Xbox One games and accessories with you.2
Games play better on Xbox One X. Experience 40% more power than any other console.
Unleash 6 teraflops of graphical processing power. Games play better on Xbox One X than they ever have before. Maximise game performance with the speed of 12GB GDDR5 graphic memory. And see every frame with 326 GB/sec memory bandwidth.
Gaming is truly immersive.
6 teraflops of graphical processing power provides a more immersive gaming experience. Lose yourself in worlds built for true 4K gaming, where action is brought to life with 2160p frame buffers. Enjoy brilliant graphic details in light, shadow, and reflections with High Dynamic Range7 and Wide Colour Gamut. Experience premiere sound that puts you in the centre of Spatial Audio. Stream and record game clips in 4K at screaming-fast 60FPS.
Play 4K exclusives.
You can only play 4K games like Forza Motorsport 7, Super Lucky's Tale, Crackdown 3 and Sea of Thieves, the way they're meant to be played on Xbox One X.6
Compatible with everything Xbox One.
Your Games: Blockbuster titles, console exclusives, and over 300 Xbox 360 games--they'll all perform even better on Xbox One X.3
- Your Accessories All the Xbox One accessories you've got now work with Xbox One X.
- Your Community Easily bring along your Xbox Live friends, clubs, game saves, and achievements to your new console.2
- Your TV See your old TV in a new light—games on Xbox One X look great even on a 1080p screen.
4K streaming with select apps, see Xbox.com. Some apps require app provider-specific subscriptions and/or other requirements. 4K Ultra HD availability subject to your Netflix subscription plan, Internet service, device capabilities, and content availability. www.netflix.com/TermsOfUse
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3 Xbox One Backward Compatibility feature works with select Xbox 360 games, see http://www.xbox.com/backcompat. Xbox Live and broadband internet required for initial download of game to console.
4 Online multiplayer requires Xbox Live Gold (sold separately).
5 Active Gold membership required to play free games. Restrictions apply. In some regions, the games must be messaged as "bonus" games instead of "free" games. Check with your CELA contact for approvals.
6 Games sold separately. Forza Motorsport 7, Crackdown 3 and Sea of Thieves are coming soon.
7 HDR functionality available with supported games and TVs
8 Limited number of games available in 2017 support cross-device play; additional games to follow.
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One Piece: Loguetown Arc (ONE PIECE ローグタウン編 Wan Pīsu Rōgutaun Hen?) is a "novelization" of Eiichiro Oda's intended story elements for the Loguetown Arc, later used in the anime as a filler. It was drawn by Tatsuya Hamazaki and released on July 17, 2000 in Japan. Nami has a bubble bath scene in it, while what is considered to be the version of Daddy Masterson that Oda intended to use is seen featured also.
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OP Place is a great location to acquire antiques in Bangkok. If you wish to find out where to purchase antiques in the city, you simply cannot go wrong by beginning at this place.
Built in 1908, OP Place is really a historic showpiece in itself with added classic style like its Neoclassic architecture and the manually operated lift. The complex has several storeys of art galleries and stores offering superb antiques of all shapes and forms.
Enthusiasts of unique crafts and other collectibles will likely be amazed because of the large collection of Asian handicrafts, antiques, carpets, jewelry, fabrics, artwork, and Thai silk.
Situated next to The Oriental Hotel, OP Place also has a third floor that is a floor dedicated to The Ashwood Gallery which is an attractively arranged gallery of antique arts, crafts as well as furniture. It's very well laid out and is essential for antique enthusiasts or just people who want to own an item of some excellent Asian heritage.
The OP Place Asian Heritage Centre has been very well designed and oozes the feeling that everything must be expensive which is normally the case. There's car parking but there aren't a large number of spaces available. On the other hand, it is possible to park in the Oriental Hotel's car park which costs 40 Baht an hour.
Like with all antique shopping you have to know what you're doing. Having said that, there are many very nice items on display and if you like Oriental furniture and items of art, OP Place will surely not dissapoint you.
If you keep walking around this area you'll find an array of jewelry stores as well as shops dedicated to foreign trade. There are some good deals on offer if you look hard enough. A branch of Chitralada shop, a project initiated by Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, can also be found here.
Opening Hours: 10:30 – 18:30
Location: 30/1 Soi Charoen Krung 38 (behind the Oriental Hotel)
BTS: Saphan Taksin
Tel: +66 (0)2 266 0186


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Be here now! Ram Dass, the psychedelic guru of sixties, gave that advice decades ago, and it's never really gone out of style. So a more recent spiritual guidebook is called The Power of Now. Then there's Simple Zen: A Guide to Living Moment By Moment. Another author preaches The Naked Now: Learning to See As the Mystics See. Enlightenment, judging by the book titles at least, means not living in the past or getting tangled in worries about the future.
With no sense of the past, however, there would be no real reason to experience remorse or feel regret for mistakes made, no real incentive to atone or make restitution for misdeeds. Moral categories of guilt and forgiveness fall by the wayside.
Sometimes we should feel sorry for things we've said and done, in my opinion—and try to behave better in the future than we acted previously.
Wallowing in the past can be unhealthy. But amnesia about our personal and collective history can also be debilitating. Should
forget its history of slavery, or Germans just drop America Auschwitz down the memory hole? As William Faulkner said of the South, where the shadow of the Confederacy and Jim Crow still lingers, "the past isn't over; it's not even the past."
Whatever enlightenment means, it must imply more than living in a perpetually sunny present moment It must entail being able to see the Big Picture—where our lives unfold through good times and bad, where nations err, tragedies occur and crimes are committed, but where failures need not be endlessly repeated, not at least if we remember what needs to be changed and resolve to reform.
"One day at a time" may be a helpful philosophy for some. But I think it takes three days to make us fully human: yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Together they give the present instant—this brief interlude between eons gone by and endless years to come—its fullest savor.


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Friday, September 30, 2011
meetup in denver!
be part of the last fantastic Horseshoe Market of the season. I have had the wonderful opportunity to get to know the founders, Amy and Doug, over the past year and have loved being inspired by what they have created in their neighborhood. The market is always full of such fabulous energy and they add the most special ideas (not to mention great food vendors!) to an already amazing market. We are teaming up with an outstanding organization, the Denver Handmade Alliance, to host our first Denver meetup. So bring a craft to work on, get expert knitting advice by the uber-talented Kate or just come by to say hello. We'd love to meet you there! xo
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If Germany versus Greece or Portugal versus the Czech Republic didn't quite scratch the itch after the end of the group stages of this summers European Championships, then this evenings blast of Saturday night fever from Donetsk surely must. Two heavyweights of international football – both of which have won back to back World Cups and European Championships over the course of the last decade and a half – squaring up to each other for the right to play Cristiano Ronaldo – sorry, Portugal – in the semi-finals of the competition.
Yet neither of the two sides has been firing on all cylinders in this competition so far. Spain were held by Italy in their opening match and required a last minute goal to see off Croatia in their last, while France failed to beat a lack-lustre England side and then lost their final qualifying match against a Swedish side that had already been eliminated from the competition. In addition to this, there has been a degree of improvisation and confusion about the build-up to this match which is wholly out of keeping with for this stage of a tournament. Spain have opted, again, to play without a striker, while France, who have developed a habit for this sort of thing in recent years, have apparently been fighting amongst themselves again.
Still, though, there is a sense of occasion surrounding this match that was missing from the first two quarter-finals. With Cristiano Ronaldo moving into form in the ominous manner in which he has, Portugal will surely be anything but push-overs in the semi-finals, so to presume that the winners of this match will be playing in the final by effective default would seem to be a little previous. For all the excitement, though, those team-sheets make for dispiriting reading. Leaving aside what being left out of the side for effectively no-one – okay, Cesc Fabregas, if we're being picky – must be doing for Fernando Torres' self-confidence, there is a lingering suspicion that with the two teams having opted to play one striker between them this match turn out to be European footballs ultimate triumph of style over substance.
It takes eighteen minutes for something substantive to happen – although Spain have a half-hearted appeal for a penalty kick waved away when Cesc Fabregas is shunted over by Gael Clichy in pursuit of a ball that he was never going to get on the end of – but when it comes, it changes the face of the game completely. Andres Iniesta, who may well have spent the entire previous seventeen minutes standing mid-way inside the French half absent-mindedly chewing on a toothpick, collects the ball and threads it through to full-back Jordi Alba. Albas marker, Debuchy, slips and he swings a cross to the far post for Xabi Alonso to head the ball back across the face of goal and in. It may be a little more than Spain deserve, but it's no less than France do. It feels as if they have lost this game before it even kicked off, with a formation which sent out a message that, even though they have the players to do so much better, they couldn't think of a way of winning this match that didn't read, "Defend, defend, defend."
A goal down and with less than a quarter of the match played, France look beaten already and for a couple of minutes it feels as if Spain could merely run away with this, but France wake up a little bit and a free-kick from Cabaye has to be smartly flicked over the crossbar by Iker Casillas, who may have found cobwebs under his arms as he stretched for the ball. But after that, the match resumes its flat-as-a-pancake pace and Spain hold their lead – and, more or less without interruption, possession – until half-time. Arguably more troubling than what has taken place is what is going on in the stands, which is nothing. It takes merely twenty-five minutes for the first Mexican Wave to get going, and this is only interrupted because of the swathes of empty seats inside the stadium. The match has the feel of a pre-season friendly about it, right down to the odd experimental formations, and this, with a television audience of millions – more likely tens or perhaps even hundreds of millions – watching, could provoke a headache for UEFA. What, after all, might sponsors make of a match in which even the two teams don't even seem to care that much?
The second half brings changes. Laurent Blanc abandons the two right-backs tactic that lasted all of nineteen minutes before being shown up for the house of cards that it was, and twenty minutes later, with nothing else much of note having happened, they Debuchy and Malouda with Nasri and Menez, while Spain exchange Silva for Pedro. A couple of minutes later – and a mere three-quarters of the way through the game – Spain finally deign to introduce a striker and bring on Fernando Torres for Cesc Fabregas. Within a couple of minutes, M'Vila slips the ball between two defenders for Franck Ribery on the left-hand side. Ribery looks as if he has run down a cul-de-sac but manages to pull out a cross-cum-shot which Casillas has to save smartly at his near post. It's not much, but it's something. In the last minute, Pedro is bundled over by Reveillere and Spains win is confirmed. France, in this moment, are put out of their misery, and the first of the semi-finals of this years European Championships will be an Iberian derby between Portugal and Spain.
Yet there was something missing tonight. It's not a matter of living up to the hype. The hype can be easily avoided by going for a walk in the park and feeding the ducks. Tonight, we saw a facsimile of a knock-out football match. Spain had an excuse. They did what they had to do, and they did it effectively. Regardless of what we think of their style of football – and there are plenty that would happily describe it as grindingly boring – it is at least effective. France, meanwhile, had no such excuse. They had seventy minutes to scrap and fight to drag their way back into the game, but it felt as if they settled tonight for keeping the score respectable. The few French supporters that did make the trip north tonight were within their rights to feel short-changed by their team tonight. Spain, meanwhile, rumble on, passing their opposition into submission with frightening regularity. The question now may be one of whether Cristiano Ronaldo will settle for the sort of servitude that France offered this evening. It's difficult to imagine that he will.
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Paul Norris steers his four-wheel drive into the darkened scrub and points a spotlight at a roo which stands up in the grass 100 metres away.
"He's had his time, it's over now," Mr Norris says flatly before pointing a .223 rifle out of the LandCruiser's window and firing a single hollow-point round into the animal's skull.
It drops silently in the distance.
One consequence of the drought gripping much of eastern Australia is that kangaroos are moving across the landscape in greater numbers looking for food and water.
Many are heading into regional towns to graze on lawns leading to a spike in the number of serious car crashes they're involved in.
Highways crisscrossing NSW and Queensland are littered with dead kangaroos but the animals can also be deadly for motorists who swerve to avoid them.
"They're moving down from up north," Mr Norris said this week near Deniliquin in NSW's Riverina region.
"They're moving to the roads and causing a lot of insurance claims and it's not going to get any better until it starts raining."
Mr Norris was a shearer before he took over his brother-in-law's "roo shooting" business two decades ago. He sells the marsupials to an abattoir that turns them into pet food.
After shooting the roo he clears the rifle's chamber and places it back in its holder.
"The gun never leaves the car on a shoot," he says.
The 4WD then crawls across the dusty paddock to the dropped buck.
Mr Norris steps out, opens the animal's chest with a flick of a hunting knife and stabs its heart. That's "the quickest certain death", he says, before reaching for a massive pair of bolt cutters.
Within 60 seconds the roo is butchered and hanging from a hook on his truck ready to be tagged.
He's killed 40,000 roos with this rifle and an unknown number throughout his career.
"It's just a job," he says pointing to his $300 registration sticker on the side of the ute.
Kangaroo numbers are so severe in some parts of NSW farmers are now able to apply for a shooting license over the phone and multiple shooters can operate on the one licence.
They don't have to tag carcasses but can "shoot and let lie", an Office of Environment and Heritage spokesman said.
"Kangaroos move across the landscape in search of food and water," the spokesman said.
"In drier periods, when resources are scarce, they will range more widely. Unfortunately, those unable to find reliable food and water will perish."
Mr Norris says relaxing the legislation means untrained and less-skilled marksmen are now taking aim.
He's found animals with bullet holes in "the big bits" - their chests, stomachs and legs - which means they're more likely to have suffered.
"If we present a roo to the meatworks that's been shot below the neck it gets pulled aside and we get a $300 fine," Mr Norris says.
"But the farmer seems to shoot wherever he wants."
Tony Jarvis of Riverina Panels in Deniliquin says kangaroos are coming further into town to feed as paddocks and roadsides dry out.
Four of the five cars in his panel beating workshop last week were there for kangaroo strikes.
"It seems all we do for a living is roo damage - there's definitely more on the road now," Mr Jarvis said this week.
The kangaroos can weigh up to 60 kilograms and, Mr Jarvis explains, their heavy tails often whip around the car and strike the door after they're hit.
It's not uncommon that a bumper, headlights, radiator and door all need to be replaced.
The NSW government says it "encourages commercial harvesting as the most efficient method of controlling kangaroo numbers".
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