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Surgery Facilities
The Department of Surgery operates within Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a 896-bed tertiary care facility including 31 operating rooms in the main building. In the past few years we have completed the renovation of six state-of-the-art surgical facilities and the opening of the Saperstein Critical Care Tower (SCCCT) that hosts 180 licensed beds. These advanced healthcare facilities support the training and surgical acumen at Cedars-Sinai.
The Operating Room of the Future
Clinicians, scientists and other medical experts at Cedars-Sinai are working closely with the United States military to design the operating room of the future, a place where surgical teams will soon integrate cutting-edge technology with new collaborative practices. This means rethinking virtually all aspects of the surgical enterprise, including such things as lighting, ergonomics and the positioning of advanced surgical equipment.
The human factor—how medical personnel communicate as they incorporate new technology—will remain the most important aspect of this work, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense and has far-reaching implications for the treatment of patients on the battlefield and in civilian operating rooms. "Teamwork is always the most essential thing," said Bruce Gewertz, MD, Cedars-Sinai's surgeon-in-chief and chair of the Department of Surgery. There is no technological solution without a human solution."
Pioneers in Minimally-Invasive Surgery
Cedars-Sinai has long been a pioneer in the use of minimally-invasive surgery. Physician scientists have literally invented the techniques and the equipment to perform complex surgeries on the lungs, the colon and other organs, allowing patients to recover more quickly and with less pain.
Innovations in laparoscopic and endoscopic techniques have provided the basis for all minimally-invasive surgeries performed today. Cedars-Sinai has become a leading education and training hub for surgeons of tomorrow, and this area of expertise will continue to be a major focus of research within the medical center.


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CHIPLEY � The numbers are in, and they�re lower than expected.
That is what the Washington County School Board was told Monday by Superintendent Sandra Cook.
�We�re down by 13 students, overall,� Cook said. �There are a lot of contributing factors, including a growing private school here in Washington County.�
Some programs at Washington-Holmes Technical Center have also seen a decrease in attendance, but they are expected to pick back up soon, Director Martha Compton said. However, the heavy machinery maintenance program and the public safety programs have both seen decreases in enrollment.
�We�re doing a little better than we were at the end of the school year, but we had hoped we�d be up a little more,� Cook said.
Chipley High School added four students over last year�s numbers, increasing to 580, while Vernon High School added two students for a total of 392. Roulhac Middle School dropped five students, down to 623 enrolled, while Vernon Middle School added 12 to bring their enrollment up to 456.
The biggest loss of children enrolled was at Kate M. Smith Elementary, where the numbers dropped by 47, down from 2011�s enrollment of 837 to 790 this year.
Principal Lesa Burdeshaw noted that the school had lost a large group of fourth graders and the incoming kindergarten classes were smaller than usual.
Six students who had left to attend a private school returned to Kate M. Smith, she added.
Vernon Elementary School was down by 2 students with 551 enrolled, and the WISE program showed an increase of 23 students, bringing the program�s student body up to 66, over the 43 enrolled in 2011.
Okeechobee enrollment was down 12, for a total of 106 students, and WHTC was down a total of 95 students for an enrollment of 320, as compared to 415 enrolled in 2011.
The Washington County School Board adopted the year�s millage rate and the 2012-13 budget Monday in a public hearing which preceded the September board meeting.
The millage rate is less than the 2011-12 rate at 7.975 mills, District Finance Director Lucy Carmichael told the board.
The board approved Resolution 12-03, adopting the millage rate and breaking it down into components. The board also approved the final budget of more than $92 million.
Cook also announced that the schools would be celebrating Patriot�s Day on Sept. 17 and Celebrate Freedom Week will be from Sept. 17 to Sept. 22.
On the consent agenda, the board approved all items except the Universal Free Breakfast program. The board unanimously voted �no� for that program.
According to Food Research and Action Center information, The School Breakfast Program (SBP), authorized by the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, started as a pilot program to provide funding for school breakfasts in poor areas and areas where children had to travel great distances to school. The intent was to provide a nutritious breakfast to children who might otherwise not receive one.
According to the internet, the following Florida districts participate in the Universal Free Breakfast Program: Franklin, Brevard, Collier, Dade, Gadsden, Glades, Hendry,
Hillsborough, Jackson, Jefferson, Putnam, Highlands, and Lee.
Board Member Vann Brock called the item out for discussion, and Superintendent Cook forwarded the program to the board �as presented.�
Brock said the board had discussed the program before. �The cost compared to the rewards just makes the program not feasible,� he said.

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Carl Jung said we have five instincts: nurturance, activity, sex, reflection, and creativity. Sometimes our dreams contain images and activities suggesting how we feel about them or how well-developed they are in us.
In dreams, instincts are often symbolized by animals. The instinct for creativity might appear as a spider, which creates its own fibers for weaving marvelous webs, or some other animal noted for the marvelous things it creates, like a beaver or a silkworm. It might also appear as a special animal that has important significance to the dreamer, or as a fabulous or unique animal with a creative combination of characteristics that give it unusual power.
Dreams of real or mythical people known for their creativity, like artists, writers, or musicians, can also be about this instinct. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was the God of fire, the forge, craftsmen, sculptors and artisans. One of Apollo's symbols was the lyre, and Athena, noted for her wisdom, was also known for her inventions and skill at weaving.
When a certain instinct is not well-developed in us we can remain so unconscious of its potential, or so afraid of it, that we find it extremely difficult to recognize dream references to it. Here's a dream I had about my instinct for creativity 22 years ago, shortly after beginning dreamwork. It was a complete mystery to me.
Dream #42: "The Horse and the Desk" I'm terrified of a powerful, dark, beautiful horse that's chasing me. I slam a door on him, leaving him in a room with my beloved dusty desk which I don't need any more. I'm worried he'll hurt the desk. Carefully I open the top of the dutch door to see what he's doing. Then he sadly says to me, "Why are you trembling? Are you afraid of me? Did you think I would hurt you?" Suddenly I feel foolish because I know he's always been my friend and would never hurt me; nevertheless I was afraid and had to get away from him.
When I had this dream I had just written a book that was a dry and scholarly outgrowth of my doctoral dissertation and was so tired of the subject that only a fierce determination to finish what I had started had kept me going. Moreover, I was ambitious, and I knew the chances of finding success as a writer were slim to none. Added to this was my fear of writing about my true interests: my spiritual nature, my quest for psychological awareness and wholeness, and feminine issues. Writing about things for which I had no formal training could derail my progress in the academic world where I had achieved a certain amount of success. So despite the fact that I had always loved to write, I was considering giving it up to focus on teaching.
What did the dusty desk mean? Although I always wrote at a desk, I ignored that fact and associated it with teaching. In essence, I was trying to talk myself out of writing—to shut the beautiful horse out of my life—because I was afraid my creative instincts might damage my career aspirations. The dream's lysis (last image) said I should trust my creative instinct, that it wouldn't hurt me. But I didn't understand this then. Even if I had, I doubt I would have acted on it. I simply didn't know, trust, or like myself enough to take the risk, and it took another year of dreamwork before I did. Next time I'll share a later dream that confirmed the meaning of this one and brought closure to the whole issue.
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Jul 7th Switches Upgrade Notice 14/07/2018
Dear Valued Subscribers, ValtonetGroup kindly notifies you a planned main network upgrade. We will be replacing old switches with high capacity new ones so we can improve your user experience and uninterrupted high speed internet. Scheduled date & time 14 July 2018 10:00am to 1:00pm. Your internet will be interrupted during the process and we ... Read More »
Aug 1st New Tower Erected in Mankweng
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We are proud to announce the launch of our new Telecommunication tower erected in Turfloop (Mankweng).
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The overriding objective of HarvestChoice is to improve smallholder livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa through more productive, profitable and sustainable farming. We strive to represent specific production systems that have evolved within each biophysical domain in response to food demand, market access, and technological opportunities, amongst other factors. Central to the HarvestChoice spatial characterization and evaluation platform, therefore, is the characterization of farming systems: the geography and extent of crop and livestock production, the identification of and severity of production constraints, and the impact of a wide variety of drivers of change on productivity and sustainability. This body of information underpins HarvestChoice's ability to evaluate the potential economic and welfare impacts of greater investment and improved policy.
For the purpose of characterizing production systems, HarvestChoice has led an extensive effort to compile harmonized, cross-country data from nationally representative household production surveys and censuses. At present, we are extracting and compiling details of farm household enterprise mixes, input and technology use, market participation and other relevant factors for: Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Mali, Malawi and Ghana, and this work should be extended to Kenya, Rwanda, Mozambique, Zambia, and Burkina Faso in the coming months.
With this growing body of data, HarvestChoice can generate spatially explicit data on major food staple crops and livestock under different inputs and managerial tactics. We have data on over 20 different major food staple crops and livestock using a structured fusion of satellite imagery, sub-national crop statistics, population, prices, climate, terrain and soil.
Access and query over 300 layers of spatially-explicit, agricultural-related data at 10km x 10km grid resolution.


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Mitica® Rhododendron Honey 4.23 oz
We've come to love single varietal honeys: honeys from bees collecting the nectar of a single kind of flower, which results in hugely various flavors, textures and colors. This is our first line of single varietal honeys from abroad. Made around Italian region of Emilia Romagna, the honeys are not filtered or pasteurized in any way. Fabrizio's family has been tending bees and making honey for over twenty years. This expertise has fuelled his search for the clearest expressions of northern Italian terrior.
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Is Apple planning to launch an ad exchange, the way Facebook and Twitter have done?
That's the rumor.
We heard it from an executive who is one of the biggest players in online advertising.
We can't confirm it. And, of course, the ad business is awash with rumors. (And, to give the full context, a couple of other sources we talked to said they'd heard nothing of the kind.)
But ... it's interesting that a bunch of people in the mobile ad business expect, even want, Apple to launch one, perhaps inside iAd, its existing mobile ad network.
In theory, an ad exchange would work by allowing advertisers to target users as they enter the Apple eco-system on their iPads, MacBooks, various web sites and apps. The system would alert advertisers that an Apple user arrived. Any advertiser tracking that user with a cookie (a piece of software that records previous web sites you've looked at) could then bid to serve an ad targeting that user.
Apple CEO Tim Cook was even asked about it at the AllThingsD conference recently. He said that advertising was not a core business to Apple, but Apple wanted developers who makes Apps for Apple products to get revenue from them that would incentivize them to make more products:
"We got into mobile advertising because we want developers to make money…It wasn't about Apple making money." Cook also noted Apple's mobile advertising business isn't "large enough to be core" to the company.
However, Apple did make a big move in mobile ad sales last year: It hired Todd Teresi, formerly vice president of Media Solutions at Adobe, to run iAd. Teresi is also a veteran of Yahoo, where he ran its third-party publisher ad network. He also did a spell at Quantcast, the audience measurement company.
If Apple wanted to start an ad exchange, they hired one of the best qualified guys to manage it, in other words.
And then there's Apple alumnus Dan Grigorovici, who is now CEO at AdMobius, a mobile advertising measurement company. He used to be at Quattro Wireless before it was acquired by Apple and turned into iAd. He thinks Apple would have a "tremendous" ad exchange on its hands, if only the company mustered the desire to actually build it. Here's what he told AdExchanger:
"Apple owns the device, the app ecosystem, the ad SDK, the transactional system (iTunes, etc.), multiple media channels (online, TV - albeit that's small today, smartphones, tablets), multiple content categories (music, movies, etc.)," Grigorovici commented. "From that standpoint, I had always believed that if Apple plans to evolve the ad business to be more important, they have probably the best opportunity for cross-channel advertising, and one of the best data assets out there."
What is holding Apple back, Grigorovici noted, is "the [low] fill rate and the advertiser demand for cross-OS scalable solutions…[unless Apple becomes] more interested in collaborating with and mediating competing ad businesses in the ecosystem, in order to fulfill advertiser's needs. So there is a dilemma here: Apple's closed ad ecosystem offers tremendous benefits and differentiation, but it fundamentally does not solve the scale problem."
Lastly, Mark Grether, COO at Xaxis (an online ad buying firm), made this remarkable prediction for 2013:
In particular, both Twitter and Apple (tablet/mobile) could conceivably launch their own RTB exchanges to take advantage of the benefits they see occurring to Facebook – and advertisers – through the launch of FBX.
Twitter is on the cusp of launching an ad exchange, we noted yesterday. So the first half of his prediction has already come true.
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- Mobile Trends for 2020
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Also looks great when mounted on your car, truck or trailer; or proudly displayed in your workplace/office.Base and frame crafted of chrome-plated metal. Laminated with a 1/8" thick PVC. Made to withstand any outdoor conditions. Guaranteed not to fade or bleed like cheap imitations. Attaches via paint-safe 3M adhesive foam tape. Made in the USA by genuine US Citizens; just like everything else from RidePride™!


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Dear Wesleyan Students:
It is my pleasure to welcome you to Wesleyan. For those of you new to campus, you will soon realize why Wesleyan is such a special place. For some of you, the most notable aspect of life here will be the academic rigor and the opportunity to be among so many bright people. For others, it will be the vibrant campus life and co-curricular activities such as a capella, ultimate frisbee, directing a play, or leading a group of students who tutor at a nearby elementary school. For some, it will be the opportunity to develop and test your leadership skills with an organization that is 100 years old or a new group that you help form this year.
Whatever it is that ignites your passion, you will see that we are all part of a community that is Wesleyan, in which students play an important role in dreaming big, informing important decisions, and setting and upholding community standards. While a small number of students play a central role in the peer adjudication of the Student Judicial Board and the Honor Board, we all play a role in ensuring that our community is built upon trust and mutual respect.
Each of you will experience some newfound freedoms, but those freedoms must be balanced with responsibility to each other and to the surrounding community. As you discover your favorite part of life at Wesleyan, I encourage you to set lofty goals, find ways to connect to the community and enjoy yourselves along the way.
Best of luck for the year ahead!
Rick Culliton
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Escaped inmate planned on overdosing on dope and letting bears eat him, but was stopped by voice of reason. Average weekend at Casa de Juan Oso.
Cops get take home cars back.
Bicyclist gets hit by car in northeast Albuquerque.
CYFD workers placed on leave following boy's death.
Woman claims yogurt sample tainted with bodily fluids. Another day at Casa de Juan Oso.
Student loans blamed for downturn in freshman mental health.
Taco Bell launches ad campaign to defend beef.
Woman who says she is gay faces deportation from Britain to Uganda, where, of course, they shoot gay people. Britain says she is not gay.
Hawaii bill would grant access to Obama's birth records. Effort to stop dumb ass birthers.


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Tighten up value for money appraisals of new drugs in England, urges DTB
The body that appraises the clinical and cost effectiveness of new drugs in England would do well to take a leaf out of its sister organisations' books in Wales and Scotland, says an editorial in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB).
Between 30% and 40% of all new drug appraisals in the three countries have to be jettisoned, because the manufacturer in question has failed to supply the evidence needed to make the case for the drug, says DTB.
But unlike Scotland and Wales, where this situation usually prompts a recommendation for the drug to be rejected for use in the NHS, this is not the case in England, where such decisions are usually left up to the discretion of the local decision-making bodies.
This leads to "the inevitable duplication of effort and the potential for postcode availability," it says.
"We believe that England should follow the example of Scotland and Wales and not support use of a medicine when the company does not comply with the submission process," it contends.
While the appraisal processes in Scotland and Wales cover most new drugs and licensed indications for treatment, this responsibility largely falls to local commissioning groups in England.
DTB therefore also suggests that it might be more efficient and economical if just one UK body was responsible for evaluating the clinical and cost effectiveness of new drugs, given that all three bodies will be reviewing the same data.
"It could be argued that in a time of financial austerity, it might be more economical to run a single UK appraisal service to supply the same information to each appraisal committee (national or local)," it says.
Twenty years ago the NHS general practice drug bill came to £2.6 billion a year. Now those same costs have quadrupled to more than £10 billion a year.
During this time, the systems for evaluating the financial and clinical benefits of drugs has vastly improved across the UK, with the creation of three authoritative bodies in England, Wales, and Scotland, says DTB.
But these organisations shouldn't be resting on their laurels, just yet, it says.
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Ubuntu 12.10, which is scheduled for release in October, will be called Quantal Quetzal. Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth announced the codename in a blog post this week that also shed some light on the feature roadmap for the next major version of the popular Linux distribution.
New versions of Ubuntu are issued every six months on a time-based release cycle. Each major update has an alliterative animal codename and a version number that signifies the month and year of its release. The codenames have followed alphabetical order since the launch of Dapper Drake in 2006. Ubuntu 12.04, which is due for release later this month, is called Precise Pangolin.
A quetzal is a colorful bird that is common to Central America. The most well-known variety, the resplendent quetzal, is known for its beauty. The name is a good fit for Ubuntu, which aims to soar in the cloud, offer visual appeal without compromising function, and avoid smacking into closed windows.
According to Shuttleworth's blog post, one of the goals for the release is to refresh Ubuntu's desktop theme. The last major visual refresh took place in 2010 when Canonical's designers overhauled the company's visual identity. Ubuntu's much-reviled brown theme was discarded in favor of a new design with an aubergine and salmon palette.
Design changes since the 2010 overhaul have largely been incremental in nature. Shuttleworth's blog post indicates that updated icons are likely to be a key part of the design effort. The ongoing effort to improve typography on the Ubuntu desktop will also take some new steps forward, with plans for light and medium versions of the distribution's standard font. Tessellated art will also make an appearance in some capacity, possibly in the form of a new desktop image.
"In our artistic explorations we want to embrace tessellation as an expression of the part-digital, part-organic nature of Ubuntu. We love the way tessellated art expresses both the precision and reliability of our foundations, and the freedom and collaboration of a project driven by people making stuff for people," Shuttleworth wrote in his blog post. "There's nothing quixotic in our desire to make Ubuntu the easiest, steadiest, and most beautiful way to live digitally."
The cloud will continue to be a major focus of Ubuntu server development during the 12.10 cycle. Shuttleworth identified the Quantum project as an area of particular interest. The aim of Quantum is to provide richer networking capabilities in OpenStack. Although they aren't mentioned by name in Shuttleworth's statement, we also expect to see the Metal as a Service provisioning system and Juju deployment framework given much attention during the 12.10 cycle.
One area of Ubuntu that won't undergo major changes in 12.10 is the distribution's init system. In the 12.10 codename announcement, Shuttleworth took the opportunity to dismiss rumors regarding the possibility of a transition from Upstart to systemd.
Init systems are responsible for launching the scripts and services that are needed during the boot process. Upstart was created by Ubuntu developer Scott James Remnant in 2006 to replace the aging System V init. Upstart uses an event-based architecture that helped to simplify the parallelization of startup tasks and improve boot performance.
Upstart was subsequently adopted by several other distributions and mobile device vendors, but has since fallen out of favor in the broader Linux community. Previous adopters have largely gravitated toward systemd, an increasingly popular rival init system developed by Lennart Poettering, the Red Hat engineer who is best known for creating Pulse Audio.
According to Shuttleworth, the Ubuntu Foundations team conducted a review and determined that Upstart is still better-suited for Ubuntu's needs. He says that Upstart has benefited from more rigorous testing and a more focused design. The decision reflects Ubuntu's growing technical autonomy and continuing divergence from the rest of the Linux desktop ecosystem.
The Quantal roadmap will be defined in greater detail next month at the Ubuntu Developer Summit, which is set to take place in Oakland, California. The Ubuntu Cloud Summit, which is a new one-day event, will take place at the same time. For the record, I was rooting for Queasy Quoll. What name would you have picked?
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Please note, this is a co-release with Highline Records (USA) and Lil' Chief (NZ) support your local label, please kiddies!
My World Was Made For You is the debut album from The Icypoles, four gals who call Melbourne home but might just as easily shimmy into a Godard dance scene or serve up a slice of pie at the Double R Diner *.
Produced by Haima Marriott (Architecture in Helsinki), My World Was Made For You is a collection of thirteen taut tunes to take you through a lover's landscape of playful celebrations, pensive reflections and dreamy feelings.
With heart bedazzled on sleeve, The Icypoles revel in the fun and fertile relationship zone bookended by flirting and commitment: 'Staying Home' ponders a love-drunk inability to leave the house, whereas 'Settle Down provides the sobering antidote, "Our lives together will have to wait for the right time". 'Babies' goes one step further, meditating on the cycle of life, and may well be the most startlingly earnest thing to happen in pop music since The Shaggs hatched their Philosophy of the World.
Having become a familiar fixture on Melbourne's inner-north stages, and with two previous releases (2009's Getting Ready cassette and 2011's Promise to Stay 7" EP), The Icypoles' musical adventures can be traced back to the early 00s, with half the band finding their formative footing playing horns and trinkets in an early incarnation of Architecture in Helsinki.
Eschewing that band's off-the-wall maximal approach, however, The Icypoles set raw sentiment to the most bare-boned of arrangements: clear, wistful female vocal harmonies give way to playfully crafted bass, guitar and percussion interplay, like if Phil Spector were stripped of his Wall of Sound and started producing Marine Girls 45s.
* Hell, they even conjure up a cover of the saucy Twin Peaks ballad 'Just You'!
1) You Make Me 2) Babies 3) Gotta Stop It 4) Round n Round 5) Just You 6) Stayin Home 7) Tararara 8) Happy Birthday 9) Popular Boy 10) Dont Fall in Love With Me 11) Settle Down 12) Love Thy Will Be Done 13 ) Hearts


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SKF to show latest turbo-machinery solutions at the Hannover Fair
2015 April 13, 16:03 CEST
SKF will be launching its magnetic bearing E300V2 control cabinet for turbo-machinery and highlighting the advantages of its S2M active magnetic bearing technology at the Hannover Fair 2015
Gothenburg, 13 April 2015: SKF, the knowledge engineering company, will be launching its latest magnetic bearing E300V2 control cabinet for use with a wide range of turbo-machinery at this year's Hannover Fair. There will be a virtual display of the new system, showing the advantages of SKF active magnetic bearing technology for use in large turbomachinery.
The new E300V2 is a digital electronic control cabinet that replaces an earlier version; 650 units of which have been installed at different sites around the world.
The E300V2 is a modular system for improved reliability and maintenance and incorporates a number of important new features. These include remote monitoring and diagnostics, redundancy of key components, backup UPS and a high-resolution data acquisition system. The latter monitors operating conditions, such as rotation speed, vibration and temperature in real time, allowing engineers to visualise rotation orbits, with 3D waterfalls and graphs showing spectral analyses, time snapshots and other critical parameters. It has embedded tools, qualified on sub-sea projects, for remote access that allows performing analysis and adjustment of operating parameters.
Askar Gubaidullin, Business Development Manager for SKF Magnetic Mechatronics, explains, "SKF has worked closely for many years with the world's leading manufacturers and operators of onshore, offshore and subsea turbo-machinery. The new E300V2 is the culmination of this knowledge and experience, offering the opportunity to minimise costs while improving reliability. Its optimized control system reduces commissioning time of the rotation equipment. Moreover, the new system provides plant operators with high degree of autonomy".
These advantages are extended still further through the use of SKF S2M Magnetic Bearings. These can increase the operating range of turbo-machines, allowing rotation at higher-speeds with much greater operating flexibility. When used in integrated motor-compressors they eliminate the need for lubrication, thereby reducing the footprint and maintenance, and also eliminate gear boxes, seals and auxiliary cooling systems, to cut capital and operating costs.
SKF S2M active magnetic bearings have more than 1,000 references in large turbo-machinery around the world, in centrifugal compressors, turbo-expanders, gas turbines and motors.
Further information can be found at a specially constructed exhibit at the Hannover Fair, on stand B12 in Hall 22 and also at www.skfpowerthefuture.com
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For further information, please contact :
Press Relations: Monique Turner +1 2674366836; +1 215 801 8722; firstname.lastname@example.com
SKF is a leading global supplier of bearings, seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems, and services which include technical support, maintenance and reliability services, engineering consulting and training. SKF is represented in more than 130 countries and has around 15,000 distributor locations worldwide.
Annual sales in 2014 were SEK 70,975 million and the number of employees was 48,593. www.skf.com
® SKF is a registered trademark of the SKF Group.


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Fire Extinguishers In Helford Village
Our ethos is to provide exceptional customer service by offering a quality professional and reasonably priced fire extinguisher supply, commissioning and annual maintenance service in Helford Village.
All of Fire & PAT Testing Services Cornwall engineers are BAFE trained (British Approvals for Fire Equipment) and all servicing and maintenance work is carried out strictly in accordance with British Standards BS 5306 PART 3:2017 and BS 5306 PART 8:2012 . Further, all are DBS checked. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to respond to customer needs.
We have been providing our services in Helford Village for many years now and have an impressive client list in both domestic & commercial sectors including: Retail shops and Holiday Lets.
We provide further services that include: Fire training, PAT Testing, Carbon Monoxide detector supply & installation as well as a range of HSE training/qualification courses.
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Parks, Playgrounds & Sports Fields
Albert Van Zanten Park
1495 Greenfield Drive
This 15 acre offers three baseball/softball fields (one lighted), that are available for community use from 3:30pm-9:30pm Monday through Friday and all day weekends.
The complex also has playing fields for soccer or football practice and games, a 440-yard track, as well as a concession stand, restrooms and score booths. Outdoor basketball courts are also available after school hours. The park is beautifully landscaped, and is ideally suited for walkers and joggers due to its extensive sidewalks and track.
For reservations or information call Bostonia Recreation Center at (619) 441-1670.
Bill Beck Park
543 N. Pierce St
Hidden amongst the residential streets off Marshall Avenue, you can enjoy a game of basketball or spend some quality time with your child on the playground. Give your child's imagination a special treat.
Contact the Hillside Recreation Center for more information at (619) 441-5528.
Bostonia Park
1049 Bostonia Street
Bostonia Park, adjacent to the Bostonia Recreation Center and Bostonia Elementary School, is a small two acre park with rolling grassy knolls and colorful playground equipment with three slides and climbing areas.
Recreation programs are offered at the Recreation Center weekdays, 2pm- 9:30pm.
(619) 441-1670.
Fire Station Park
Westwind and Tyrone
After that challenging jog or bike ride up Fletcher Parkway catch your breath and reward yourself with a view of the valley. This very small grassy pad with a picnic table is a nice rest stop adjacent to the Fletcher Hills Fire Station and has trail access down to Hillside Center and Park.
For other information, call the Parks Department at (619) 441-1744.
Fletcher Hills Center & Pool
2345 Center Place
The Fletcher Hills Pool is centrally located in the Fletcher Hills area, across the street from Fletcher Hills Elementary School. The pool is perfect for the "Learn to Swim Program", being shallow the entire length, 3-41/2 feet. The colorful playground and adjoining picnic area is a popular attraction for youth and families.
For information call (619) 441-1672.
Hillside Park
840 Buena Terrace
This distinctive park on the western hillside along Fletcher Parkway features 19+ acres of multi-level terrain left largely in its natural landscape and vegetation. The upper park offers picnicking, walking trails and a peaceful atmosphere, even a glimpse of a cottontail rabbit or squirrel running through the eucalyptus grove. The lower park has a large grassy playing field and restrooms.
The adjacent community center offers recreation programs weekdays, 3:00 to 6:00 pm. For information call (619) 441-1674.
Judson Park
Magnolia and Park Avenue
This park is well-known for its beautiful white gazebo surrounded by roses. Although small, this grassy, shady park is an ideal place to rest while shopping the four corners of El Cajon.
Gazebo reservations are available through the Ronald Reagan Community Center at (619) 441-1673.
Karl Tuttle Park
379 Chase Avenue
Tuttle Park is a beautifully landscaped 9-acre complex complete with ballfields, a concession stand, score booth and restrooms. A nice path encircles the ball fields and is enjoyed by all, especially walkers and joggers.
The welcomed addition of four ballfields has enriched many lives. The one lighted ballfield is named after Arthur Armstrong.
Field availability and reservations are administered through Renette Center at (619) 441-1678. The ballfield is open to the community after school hours between 4:00-9:30pm, Monday through Friday and all day weekends.
Kennedy Park
1675 E. Madison Ave.
This beautiful neighborhood park at the corner of Madison Avenue at Fourth Street offers something for everyone. The ten acre parkland provides a sports field, lighted ball diamond, a colorful playground, meandering walkways and lovely picnicking areas under mature trees. The park is ideal for walking, jogging or tricycling, and is home to the annual Fourth of July picnic and fireworks display.
Recreation activities, classes, meeting rooms and park and sports field schedules are provided through Kennedy Recreation Center. (619) 441-1676.
Kennedy Skate Park
1675 E. Madison Avenue
The artistic sculpture encompassing approximately 11,000 square feet of concrete bowls, ramps, grinds, jumps and "street" features caters to skateboards, in-line skates, scooters and BMX bikes. The supervised skate park is for users 7 years of age and older. A signed waiver must be approved and on file prior to skating. (Parents must sign for all skaters under 18 years old). A $5 fee is charged for all new & replacement ID cards. Helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads are required at all times (wrist guards are recommended).
Hours: Monday-Friday 4:00pm-9:00pm; Saturday, 12:00-9:00pm; Sunday 1:00-7:00pm. For information contact Kennedy Recreation Center - (619) 441-1676.
Centennial Plaza
200 Civic Center Way
This beautiful outdoor plaza is next to the El Cajon Civic Center and the East County Performing Arts Center. Its grassy areas and walkways surround a pond and stream, where the ducks swim happily.
The amphitheater is also part of the plaza and can be reserved for special events or performances through the Ronald Reagan Community Center at (619) 441-1673.
Prescott Promenade
201 Main Street
Centrally located, the Prescott Promenade is a park venue available for special events, art shows, and community activities. Just off Main Street in the heart of downtown El Cajon, the Promenade's high visibility enhances events, attracts passerbys, and offers access to shops and restaurants. The Promenade features a small stage area surrounded by trees, bench seating, and grassy knolls. A stroll through this park will take you to the beautiful Ronald Reagan Community Center, a perfect place to have a reception following a Promenade wedding.
Renette Park
935 South Emerald Avenue
Come enjoy the park that has everything: a lighted outdoor basketball court, large grassy playing field, mature shade trees and picnic areas, a multi-purpose play court known as the "Plaza" which features skateable surfaces (for skateboards and roller blades only) and small stage. Also featured in the park is a brightly colored playground with modern equipment sections for preschool and school aged youth and is accessible to the physically challenged.
The recreation center offers meeting rooms, game room, gymnasium, and supervised recreation activities weekdays, 2:00pm to 9:30pm and Saturday, 12:00 to 4:00pm. (619) 441-1678.
Stoney's Neighborhood Park
195 East Douglas Avenue
Stoney's Neighborhood Park was named in honor of the late Buell "Stoney" Stone who was well-known for his philanthropy and community involvement in El Cajon. Stoney frequently stated that his efforts were "all about the kids."
Enjoy a day of play under a shaded canopy. Stoney's Park is located at 195 East Douglas Avenue, in front of the downtown El Cajon library..
Wells Park
1153 E. Madison Avenue
This beautiful 18 acre park features one lighted ball field, one lighted soccer field, large trees, lots of shade, picnic tables and two "tot lot" play areas, newly remodeled, handicap accessible, complete with swings, slides and jungle gym. Wells Park is a favorite with walkers and joggers who take advantage of the walkway that encircles the park and the fitness court that offers a self-guided program of exercises from stretching to resistance training.
Ball field reservations and park information
can be obtained at the Wells Center office,
(619) 441-1680.
Wells "Off Leash Dog Area"
1153 East Madison Avenue
This 1.4 acre facility provides an area for local residents to exercise their dogs in a safe controlled environment. This handicapped accessible area has many special features including two separate areas: one for larger dogs and one for smaller/shyer breeds. There are plenty of beautiful shade trees and a shelter area with picnic tables. Your pooch will enjoy a specially designed water fountain for dogs to cool off after their romp. The park has lighting so you will be able to utilize the park at night.
Hours: Sunday-Saturday, 7am-9pm. There are guidelines that individuals need to follow in order to utilize the park. For more information about the guidelines and the off leash area itself, call Wells Center at (619) 441-1680.
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El Cajon Valley High School
1035 East Madison Ave.
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1570 Melody Lane
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As some of you already know, I've been on a mission this year to simplify my family's life and rid ourselves of excess. Over the course of the past nine months I have probably given away about 75 percent of my girls' toys, keeping only the items that I felt encouraged their imagination and that they actually played with. I thought I was doing pretty good.
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Even so, there were warning signs that my kids still had too much stuff. In June, we took a field trip to Reptile World in Orlando. Afterwards we decided it would be fun to take the girls to dinner at a dinosaur-themed restaurant called T-Rex in Downtown Disney. While we were waiting to be seated my oldest daughter Maggie spotted the Build-a-Dino Workshop in the gift shop and although we immediately said "no way," from that moment on she could think of nothing else.
All through our delicious dinner, surrounded by dramatic (fake) meteor showers and animatronic dinosaurs, she fixated on the one thing she couldn't have rather than the cool sights we were actually experiencing.
On the three hour drive home, Husband and I–seriously concerned by our daughter's inability to enjoy the moment–made a point to talk about all the neat stuff we had seen, what our favorite reptiles were, and how funny Trouble had been holding the snake. By the time we made it home the Build-a-Dino had been forgotten. At least by her. But we were worried.
The Breaking Point
In the weeks that followed, Chuck and I talked a lot about how we were going to handle this lack of contentment we were noticing. Then one morning near the end of July, after telling my kids to clean their room for the umpteenth time, I made the somewhat impulsive–albeit pre-warned–decision to take away ALL their stuff.
Just 2 days earlier I had spent half the day cleaning their room & re-organizing their toys and closet, which is something I do fairly regularly. I wasn't asking them to clean some giant out-of-control mess, just to pick up a few items off the floor and put them away in the very clearly labeled baskets. Every time I came back to check on them, they had not only NOT picked up, they had made an even bigger mess.
I finally gave up and took it all away. I wasn't angry, just fed up. I calmly began packing up not just a toy or two, but every single thing. All their dress-up clothes, baby dolls, Polly Pockets, & stuffed animals, all their Barbies, building blocks, and toy trains, right down to the the furniture from their dollhouse and play food from their kitchen. I even took the pretty Pottery Barn Kids comforter from their bed. The girls watched me in stunned silence for a few minutes and then, when the shock wore off, they helped. And just like that, their room was clear.
Paradigm Shift
I had no idea what a dramatic difference this one semi-impulsive decision would make in all our lives. I first started noticing a real change about 4 weeks later when we took a family trip to Key West.
In contrast to our last outing and for the first time ever, neither girl asked us to buy a single thing the entire weekend. Not a toy, not a cheesy souvenir, not a light-up necklace from a passing street vendor. Nothing. We passed hundreds of shops and they loved looking in the window, but they were content just to be. What was most amazing to me was that we didn't talk to them about it ahead of time. Not once did we have to tell them not to ask, or explain that being together was what mattered.
Had I not experienced it with my own eyes, I would've never believed that an addiction to stuff could be broken that quickly. The truth is that when I took all their stuff away, I was terrified at what would happen. I worried that I was scarring them for life, depriving them of some essential developmental need, taking away their ability to self-entertain.
In reality, the opposite has happened. Instead of being bored, they seem to have no shortage of things to do. Their attention span is much longer and they are able to mindfully focus on their task at hand. They color or read for hours at a time and happily spend the entire afternoon playing hide & seek or pretend.
They are far more content, able to appreciate the blessings that they do have, and able to truly enjoy the moment they are in without always having to move on to the next thing. They are more creative and patient, more willing to share, far more empathetic towards the plight of others, and, with little to fight over, they hardly fight at all.
When I do take down a toy for them to play with (no, I didn't throw everything away), such as their Lego blocks or dress-up clothes or or their kitchen food & dishes, that one thing will entertain them for the entire day. (The rest has more or less been forgotten and will soon make it's way from the attic to the Goodwill pile.)
What I love even more is that they are able to recognize excess on their own. Aside from a favorite stuffed animal and the comforter on their bed, (which they both earned back), neither of them actually want their toys back on a permanent basis. They like not being overwhelmed by stuff and not having to spend so much time cleaning their room. In fact, later that very same day, as we drove to gymnastics class, Maggie said it's okay that we don't have any more toys Mommy. We can just read and use our imaginations. And now we won't have to clean up every day. She understood before I did that more stuff doesn't make us happier.
No turning back
When I first became a mom I was so happy to have a chance to start over, to undo through my children all the wrong that was done to me, to give them everything I felt I had missed out on. I wanted our lives to be perfect, and my vision of perfection included a perfectly decorated bedroom filled with beautiful things, a life where they would want for nothing.
I equated giving them stuff with making them happy, a message that our consumer driven culture hammers into our psyches from the time we our born. Oh, what a lie!
I started this blog because I am a shopaholic, and there are so many times where I buy things when I am bored or unhappy, just to fill the void. My husband laughs at me (and sometimes throws up his hand in frustration) because although I talk a good game about wanting to downsize and get rid of stuff, in reality there are still many times where I just can't help myself from buying more.
I justify it, telling myself it was on sale or a really good deal, or something we really needed, or that I deserve it because I work so hard. In reality it is just another thing I am trying to buy to solve a problem that runs much deeper.
Stuff isn't evil in and of itself, but in a world where we are constantly told that what we have isn't quite good enough, the love of things can so very easily consume us. It is the pursuit of it all–more toys, cuter clothes, a prettier house, a nicer car, a bigger computer, a fancier phone–that makes us forget all the things that actually matter.
It wasn't until after observing first hand the real and immediate changes in my children after taking their toys away that I truly began to understand. And now instead of me teaching them, they have taught me the lesson I wish I would've have learned a long time ago.
For our family, there's no turning back.
UPDATE 4/2/13: It has been over six months since I originally published this post and judging by the comments that continue to come in, this topic has struck a nerve with many of you. I also realize that many of you who are reading this post after seeing it shared on Pinterest or Facebook have never been to my blog before and don't "know" me beyond this one semi-extreme parenting moment. Hopefully you'll take the time to get to know me a little better, to read my story, and to see how much I truly love my kids before you judge. I am far from a perfect mother, just as my kids are not robots (nor do I expect them to be.) Ultimately we are all in need of Grace.
That said, as far as the toy situation goes, we have continued to limit the number of toys in our home, with no regrets or second thoughts. At the end of the day, I simply don't believe kids need a gazillion distractions to make them happy. We also limit our screen time to about 2-3 hours a week. Most evenings are spent reading, playing games, or doing puzzles as a family, and we continue to see increased contentment and joy in our kids.
After seeing the changes in our kids, my husband and I have been inspired to minimize our own excesses in stuff as well, and over the past six months we have continued to purge as much as we can. Our goal is to live simply, to enjoy each other, and to be content with what we have. We're not there yet–a lifetime of always needing more is not an easy thing to break–but we're getting there.
UPDATE 9/13/13: Tomorrow it will be a year since a published this post, and I have so appreciated all the feedback, both positive and negative. I wanted to take the time to answer some of the most common questions that have come up in the comment section below. Please read my one-year follow-up post here.


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- 1/3 cup beef broth
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- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
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- In a shallow dish, combine the broth, lime juice, 1 tablespoon oil, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, salt, 1 teaspoon soup mix, mustard, pepper, cayenne and liquid smoke if desired. Add the steaks and turn to coat. Cover; refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
- In a large bowl, combine onions, green pepper, yellow pepper and remaining oil and soup mix. Place half of mixture on each of two double thicknesses of heavy-duty foil (about 12 in. square). Fold foil around vegetables and seal tightly.
- Drain beef and discard marinade. Grill steaks and vegetable packets, covered, over medium heat for 10-13 minutes or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 135°; medium, 140°; medium-well, 145°) and vegetables are tender, turning steaks once.
- Open foil packets carefully to allow steam to escape. Thinly slice steaks; place beef and vegetables on tortillas. Serve with salsa, cheese, guacamole and sour cream if desired.
Nutrition Facts2 fajitas (calculated without optional toppings): 693 calories, 26g fat (7g saturated fat), 89mg cholesterol, 1029mg sodium, 61g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 1g fiber), 51g protein.
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May 2, 2015
The flavor of the marinade was excellent, but when I make these again, I plan to fry the steaks in an iron skillet along with the marinade. I wasn't a fan of grilling the steaks because all the marinade and juices were lost, and I like fajitas with some sauciness. I did not like the flavor of the vegetables at all. It clashed badly with the meat and we didn't end up eating the veggies.
Jun 2, 2014
Easy way to make fajitas and vegetables. The marinade was very tasty, but my family prefers a little spicier and smokier flavor. Next time will add some fajita seasoning to the marinade. I also prefer my veggies grilled, but cooking them in the foil pouches is definitely a lot easier! Would encourage anyone who likes fajitas to try this recipe!Field Editor since 2013
Jun 25, 2012
I can't eat beef so I used chicken instead and OMG did it come out awesome!
Jan 12, 2012
I substituted chicken broth for the beef broth and substituted 2 Tbsp. dried minced onions for the garlic soup powder. My husband can't stop raving! FYI, crack a window, made the whole house smell of fajitas!1/14/2014 I used this marinade for venison this past weekend and we were blown away at how good this marinade is! This is my staple marinade. I make so many substitutions and it still has yet to fail us!
Jan 6, 2012
Great flavor. We've added to our list of fajita recipes. We used a flat iron steak and it came out very tender.
Jul 12, 2011
The 1st time I used Flank Steak instead, skirt steak was too tough when I tried it the 2nd time.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 71 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
I have been in the technology field for over 7 years now and currently work in a data center. After I turned 30 I decided I could no longer sit behind a desk and only talk to servers. I needed to be face to face with people and interact with them. That is where I am truly happy. I love helping people and interacting with them. I am also very active in the fitness world. At first I wanted to be a personal trainer then realized the salary of that versus working in technology would not compare. So on multiple occasions I have two doctor friends who are ALWAYS complaining they have no time. Being a very organized person I thought that would be a good business idea. My niche would be that I am very technical and could also fix your computer and personal train you also. So I think in three's.... Personal Assistant, Technical Assistance, and Fitness Training.
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All students enrolled in academic programs on the San Francisco campus are required to have a laptop that meets the "Open Laptop Program" minimum requirements by the first day of class. Students must pre-register their private laptop. Instructions on how to pre-register will be emailed one to two months before class starts.
If students do not currently have a personal laptop, we strongly recommend that they purchase through our links under Recommended Laptops and take advantage of onsite support.
The following are the minimum specifications required to be in compliance with this program:
NO Chromebook laptop. Your laptop must have the following:
The recommended laptops for students are Apple and HP, which may be purchased through the following links:
The use of a recommended laptop has a number of benefits. Recommended laptops are pre-configured and pre-tested to insure that they are able to effectively work with network communications, printing resources, and other services supported by the dental school.Recommended laptops will receive the following support, through the dental school's IT Help Desk services:
IT Help Desk support does not include repairs to laptops. For that you must find an off-campus repair facility.
Bring your laptop to the IT Help Desk in room 107. You will be asked to complete a service form describing the type of assistance you are requesting. An IT person will provide basic support, including installing software. If other problems are present, such as viruses or spyware, which may prevent connection to the wireless network, or if you are requesting more advanced troubleshooting assistance, your laptop will be left for an IT technician to diagnose.
The "technology fee" paid by students at the dental school covers the cost of a number of items that comprise the School of Dentistry Open Laptop Computer Program, including, but not limited to the following:
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Former Michigan WR Junior Hemingway rises into middle-round projections of NFL Draft
Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
Junior Hemingway concluded a trying five-year Michigan football career on a Superdome podium, where he accepted his Sugar Bowl MVP trophy before a national TV audience.
With tears welling in his eyes, his two touchdowns the difference in the Wolverines' overtime victory, he exclaimed to the word that "Man, I'm telling you, it feels too good, man. Too good."
And yet, things have gotten even better for the Wolverines' top receiver.
ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr., one of the preeminent voices on the NFL Draft, originally projected Hemingway as, at best, a seventh-round pick for this week's NFL Draft. There even was a chance he'd slip out of it entirely.
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"Junior Hemingway is a very underrated receiver," Kiper said.
And why is that?
"Probably would have gone higher if he had a little bit more productivity," he offered.
Therein lies the biggest reason Hemingway entered the offseason as a castaway on most draft boards.
His first four seasons out of Conway, S.C., were littered with injury and illness, which shredded any chance for him to put up big-time numbers. He also played in three offensive systems.
He says he prefers to look at that as a positive, though.
"I don't think it really hurt me, being that I played in three different offenses," Hemingway said during a recent interview. "I think it's pretty good, because I was able to learn three (systems). ... That might help me out on the learning curve at the next level."
It could help him adapt quickly to an NFL offense -- particularly after Michigan introduced pro-style elements last season -- but it likely hurt his numbers in the college game.
So did playing for three years in former coach Rich Rodriguez's spread-option offense, which focused on the run. When Michigan did pass, it preferred short to intermediary routes.
Quarterback Denard Robinson, who has struggled with his consistency in the passing game, also hurt Hemingway's stock.
"Keep in mind, Denard Robinson is not going to be a quarterback in the NFL -- he's going to be probably a receiver or return man," Kiper said. "That's what hurts Junior Hemingway. ... Denard Robinson is a great college quarterback, but his throwing ability is very questionable."
Hemingway had a lot of forces weighing down his stock. But in the past year, he's turned things around.
First, there was the hiring of coordinator Al Borges for his senior year, and with it an infusion of pro-style elements to the offensive scheme. The system was still run-oriented, but it stretched the passing game vertically.
Hemingway is most effective down field, as the Wolverines soon discovered. He is a big-bodied wideout at 6-foot-1, 222 pounds, and flourished in one-on-one matchups downfield.
He ranked third in the country in yards per catch (20.6) last year, and became Michigan's go-to receiver. He finished with 34 catches for 699 yards and four touchdowns, all career highs.
His teammates nicknamed him "Big Play Hemingway."
"Hemingway, when the ball is in the air, he's so competitive, times his jumps well, and I think he does a really good job in that facet of the game," ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay said during a recent teleconference.
"Obviously, he doesn't have the speed, and getting in and out of breaks and a lot of the little things that you look for in wide receivers, but I do think he's going to catch on."
Speed has always been the biggest knock on Hemingway's game, but he showed at the combine in February he has made tremendous strides. He still is not a blazer -- his 4.53-second 40-yard dash was 19th among receivers at the combine -- but his quickness is far better than most anticipated.
He finished first among receivers in the three-cone drill and 20-yard shuttle, as well as second in the 60-yard shuttle. Those are terrific times, considering his 6-1, 222-pound frame.
And as those times dropped, his stock rose. He's now squarely in the draft, according to the major draft analysts and sites, and has erased many of the doubts that lingered about whether he will make it at the next level.
"I just think that he catches the ball well enough and has instincts as a receiver and a route runner that he's going to wind up, I think, outplaying his draft spot," McShay said.
Kyle Meinke covers Michigan football for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at 734-623-2588, by email at firstname.lastname@example.com and followed on Twitter @kmeinke.
Sun, Apr 29, 2012 : 5:18 a.m.
The Michigan offense put up 173 yards of total offense in the Splenda Bowl...more than 100 fewer yards than Appalachian State gained against the same defense. Fewer yards gained than by Duke, BC, Arkansas State. Congrats to Junior for leading the way with a Splenda Bowl leading 2 receptions for Michigan. Gallon and Roundtree combined for 2 catches and 10 yards. The long snapper caught one pass for 11 yards. The offense averaged 1.6 yards per carry. And you guys expect this team to contend in the BIG in 2012? Funny.... Where's the threat?
Tue, May 1, 2012 : 6:23 a.m.
Where's the threat, you ask? Take a gander at your highly-rated recruits for this year and next... Oh, my bad, you don't have any. Hope you enjoyed it while it lasted, little guy.
Steve McQueen
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 : 8:49 p.m.
Hey Kyle...can you write at least one article about Michigan football, where you do not mention Denard's "lack of consistency"?
Tue, May 1, 2012 : 6:28 a.m.
"Key point", anybody who thinks we'd be better served to move Denard to WR and insert yet another first-year QB is somewhere right below mouth-breather in terms of football IQ.
Sat, Apr 28, 2012 : 4:08 p.m.
He has, when about defensive players. It would be reckless and shoddy journalism when writing about a Michigan receiver not to relate it to the QBs and systems he's played with. Besides, do you dispute Denard's raging inconsistency and poor form? Highly relevant and will be a key factor in the success or lack of it this coming season. Key point, Denard is the player, not Devon, who should be working in as a receiver in the deuce formations.
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 : 10:45 p.m.
Um, I would say he cannot when the article's focus is on wide receiver production at UM. This comment would be better placed in articles that neither concern Denard's performance nor the performance of UM's WRs.
Steve McQueen
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 : 8:46 p.m.
Junior is big, fast and has great hands. He was hampered very much by having to play in that goofy system for most of his career. He will be a very good NFL receiver. By comparison, he is better at every measurable than Jason Avant was...and Avant is a good player and has had a nice career.
Tue, May 1, 2012 : 6:26 a.m.
"goofy system"? You mean the spread? You mean the system being run by several NFL teams?
Macabre Sunset
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 : 7:54 p.m.
I don't normally rave about players pre-draft, but I think this guy is going to be a solid X in the NFL, and well worth a 3rd-round pick.
Macabre Sunset
Thu, Apr 26, 2012 : 2:47 a.m.
I doubt it. I have never rescued anyone from a burning skyscraper.
Steve McQueen
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 : 8:48 p.m.
"I dont normally rave about NFL prospects...but when I do...I rave about Junior Hemingway." You must be the most interesting man on this website... :)
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 : 6:03 p.m.
Love this guy, one of my favorite Michigan players of all time - not only for his big play ability, his dependability, but also for his passion and emotion: http://youtu.be/6hhut3i1pmw


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Random hints and tips
On Chinese, pinyin and spaced repetition
I've been spending the morning inputting some example sentences into Anki (by far the best flashcard program I've found - freeware, very well supported and, most importantly, built from the ground up on a spaced repetition algorithm). Doing this is always a bit hit and miss but I've found a useful series of steps which may be useful for some people.
For example sentences, you can't go far wrong using Chinesepod. The particular example I've been looking for today are sentences using the word 发生 (fāshēng - to happen). Searching in the glossary on Chinesepod you will find a list of around 20 examples which include this character combination - see here. This is all well and good but the pinyin (pronunciation of the hanzi) can only be found by hovering over the characters which makes it hard to copy the sentences directly into Anki without looking up any tone marks you don't know one by one. Perhaps the action of writing the pinyin may be worthwhile but I find writing tonemarks such a hassle that I'd rather spend the time in other ways (US extended keyboard on Mac: Option key + (a,e,v,`)+o=(ō,ó,ǒ,ò)).
The most efficient way I've discovered for getting pinyin directly is simply by copying the characters from the Chinesepod page and pasting it into the popupchinese adsotrans page and hey presto, instant pinyin. Copy this and paste it along with the hanzi and the meaning into Anki.
Update from the creator of Anki (see comments):
...there should be no need to generate the pinyin in another program. Install basic chinese support or the pinyin toolkit plugin in Anki (file>download), and Anki will insert the pinyin automaticallyAs an additional note I'd always wondered about the placement of tonemarks in pinyin which nobody had managed to quite explain to me. In fact the rules are simple, if not apparently terribly logical, and can be found here, where it says:
* A and e trump all other vowels and always take the tone mark. There are no Mandarin syllables in Hanyu Pinyin that contain both a and e.See the discussion here on Sinosplice with regards to spaced repetition software where several people, including myself mentioned the potential benefits of using SRS on Chinesepod.
* In the combination ou, o takes the mark.
* In all other cases, the final vowel takes the mark.
Random addition: see here for a review of Chineseteachers.com on Laowai Chinese. This looks like a potentially very useful resource.
On video lectures and time saving
It's been a long time since I mentioned the use of video lectures, but right now I'm going through a couple of courses online which I've found from itunes university (Berkeley, along with many other institutions now place many video and audio lectures online, making my gym time doubly useful!)
This is a great resource, but one of the particular lecturers I've been watching speaks and writes far too slowly for my liking. I'm watching the video in VLC and can increase the speed to about twice the normal rate while still being able to follow along quite happily. The only problem with this is the chipmunk effect by which on speeding up the voice, the tone is raised. A quick look around gives a solution to this too. If you go into the preferences of VLC and click on all in the bottom right you will get an advanced menu. In this menu, go to Audio:Filters and click the button marked "Audio tempo scaler synched with rate. This will activate a plugin called Scaletempo which brings the tone of the voice back down to the original while allowing fast playback.
These lectures (guide for the lectures here) by John Conway on the free will theorem are a lot of fun.
On Research
I've spent the last four days simplifying a series of equations by hand from around 200 lines of mathematica code down to around 20. Some day I'm going to set up a supervised neural network which will learn how to simplify equations a whole lot better than the current Mathematica algorithms can! Thankfully although this has been a painful few days of tedium the result is that all the numerical instabilities have vanished from my calculations and as I sit here (unless there has been another powercut) my code is churning out meson masses in a model I've been working on for a good few months.
In the next couple of weeks I have to write a talk on our latest paper which has just been accepted for publication, and get a little further through my To Read pile sitting precariously at home. September holds so far a trip to Milos to a conference which looks to be packed with people and talks (eight hours a day!), including my own.
Enough, lots to be getting on with but a couple of photos to finish both taken from my window zoomed in with a 300mm Canon lens.
The wind turbines in the sunset