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Current fellows at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center.
Emily Cohen
My postdoctoral research is part of the Migratory Connectivity Project, an initiative to conduct comprehensive life cycle analyses for wildlife. It is clear that ascertaining the health of migratory populations across large spatial scales requires an understanding of the geographic linkage of populations between stages of the annual cycle. I am using the 90-year band encounter database at the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory to develop models of migratory connectivity for North American bird species. A bird marked and recaptured at locations in its breeding, wintering, and stopover habitats gives us important information about the migratory connectivity of the population as a whole. Understanding the connectivity of populations becomes increasingly important as rapid changes in resource availability, air space, and climate due to unprecedented human activity may be inflating the risks associated with occupying disparate breeding and wintering areas.
Ray Danner
My current research focuses on birds' needs to acquire, maintain, and release energy, and how the interplay among the requirements influences their ecology and evolution. In particular, I'm investigating the selection pressures that these potentially conflicting requirements exert on bill morphology. I'm using the song sparrow as a study species, including 2 subspecies: the eastern song sparrow (Melospiza melodia melodia), which inhabits much of the eastern USA and has a smaller bill, and the Atlantic song sparrow (Melospiza melodia atlantica), which lives a short distance away, only in sand dunes along the Atlantic coast, and has a larger bill. My approaches are experimental, observational, and comparative, and employ developmental biology, functional morphology, and population genetics.
Jeffrey Hostetler
My research interests include quantitative ecology, ecological modeling, population ecology, survival analysis, dynamic programming, avian migration, and occupancy modeling.
Christopher Tonra
My current research focuses on the impacts of dams on nutrient subsidies to freshwater food webs from marine environments. I am utilizing stable-isotopes to track the ecological impacts of these impediments to salmon migration, and thus marine derived nutrients, on both aquatic and terrestrial food webs. I am focusing this research on an aquatic consumer, the American Dipper, as well as a terrestrial riparian consumer, the Warbling Vireo, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. In addition, I am using tree ring analysis to look at the impacts of dams on riparian ecosystems over a longer time scale. This research is taking place in the context of the largest dam removal project in US history on the Elwha River."
More about the fellowship program
Information for applying to the Smithsonian Institution fellowship program


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Free life lesson: Don't get stoned at boarding school and tell everyone.
drunken arguments
This is what happens when it rains instead of snows and you're cooped up in your Tahoe cabin for days on end. Plus, a drunken video of me because I have no shame!
bring it on: the musical
So thank god "Bring It On: The Musical" just came to town. I've been a bit down and it was exactly what I needed to, ahem, cheer myself up. (Sorry, Jane. I can't help it!)
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Jason Terry and I are both getting our tattoos removed. But, hey, at least I had mine for 15 years, not 15 minutes.

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on 23-05-2012 02:00 PM
on 23-05-2012 04:26 PM
Good luck
It's great if you win.
on 23-05-2012 07:00 PM
I lived in Cheltenham for 14 years, so I'm going to have to support them
on 23-05-2012 07:02 PM
I hate to be a grammar nazi, but when did we ommit "to".
on 23-05-2012 07:12 PM
TheMiitch wrote:I hate to be a grammar nazi, but when did we ommit "to".
I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out.
Also there is no such word as "Ommit"
Sorry for being a spelling Nazi.
23-05-2012 07:18 PM - edited 23-05-2012 07:18 PM
TheMiitch wrote:I hate to be a grammar nazi, but when did we ommit "to".
It be how we talk on da streets innit.
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on 23-05-2012 08:35 PM
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12 day ban and £75k fine for Joey Barton.
It seems that the FA have thrown the book at Joey Barton. How long before he starts quoting from it?
on 24-05-2012 11:38 AM
The mother is a Huddersfield fan and I live here because I'm at uni here but she doesn't wanna make the trip to Wembley incase they lose :/
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Well, we're finally back for another season of hilarious remarks, witty asides and tons of self-complimentary prose. And let me say this up front: if you see a joke in the recap this year that you suspect you've seen once before, well, this is the third season and there are only so many ways to say, "Man, that dude's shirt sucks." On with it!
We're back! Ryan stands among a very, very enthusiastic crowd in the Rose Bowl. And somewhere in that crowd is Flame St. Julian, who bills himself as being from the French part of Compton, which makes more sense when he says it. He adds more panache.
We start things off with a rehash of last season, just in case you'd forgotten who won. (It was Ruben, followed by Clay.) Moving on to this year, judges, what are you looking for? Originality and talent, just like the first two years, only different and better! The audition fun went down in New York, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Hawaii, all of which were loaded with slightly delusional types. And there's a little confession booth again this season where the contestants can tell us how they really feel. Insights like "He said I was musical cheesecake." Which I think is a compliment, but the girl seemed hurt by it, so what do I know? And let me tell you this, a lot of angry people dropped by the confession booth, including a human fly, a breakdancing wrestler and somebody auditioning for Mom Idol.
Getting the season officially underway, Ryan welcomes us to New York City. Be careful on the edge of that building, pretty buddy! I was really hoping this was going to be the year they added a big gong for the auditions round. Can you even fathom the majesty of Randy and special guest judge Jamie Farr wrestling over the baton to be the first to gong a tremendously awful singer? So, no gong, but it is nice to see the Chairman Mao Kelly image back from last year, now complemented by Deng Rubenping on the other side. And next year, that could be you joining them! (The preceding message has been brought to you by the Ministry of Optimism and Hope. Hail!)
People in New York seem to be angry, perhaps because sleeping on the streets of NYC doesn't put you in the best mindset. "What's the frequency, Kenneth?!" Then Martha Krabill comes in, and she is certainly the perkiest Airborne soldier in history. I wonder if she yells "Wheeee!" during each of her jumps. Keeping the military theme going, Staff Sgt. Paul An comes in. So now we've had the perkiest and the rappingest soldiers in the services back to back. I have a lot of respect for the folks in uniform, not so much respect for people who rap in another language for their Idol audition. Then again, Paul could harm me in any number of ways so, for the record, I respect him tremendously.
After a pause, we return with Roland Maxharj, the Kosovar Weird Al Yankovich. He's, uh, he's not good. Roland's dream is to pursue singing or acting. One dream down, one to go. Then we have Bulgarian sensation Karmen Varjabedian. Karmen's voice is deeper than mine, so I'll have to give her that, but that's pretty much where the compliments will end. Then another Bulgarian. Wasn't World Idol on during Christmas?
"Who are you working for?!?!!" Sorry, I got caught up in that 24 promo during the break. But this is our special Idol time! Now we have Jesus and Noel Roman. "It don't matter to Jesus!" The Roman boys take us back to '92 and bust out some Shai. Man, what are those four cats up to these days?
Randy takes some time to warn us that freaky twins are on deck, but it still catches me off guard. Twins scare me. There. It's on the table. Keep me away from twins at all costs. The judges tear them to shreds and I wonder if they're communicating with special twin telepathy while sitting through the slings and arrows. "Beep beep beep. They don't know what they're talking about, Twin One." "Beep beep beep. I know. Just keep smiling, Twin Two."
During another intimate judge moment, Simon tells us he's had enough of New Yorkers yelling at him. And now Rasheedah (Yes, I spelled that right. I think.) has put him over the edge, which brings us to a new subcontest of American Idol. Can a rejected singer empty out a restaurant in five minutes? I think this could possibly replace phone voting one day, but maybe that's just me. Oops, there they go! They're trickling out! An international tennis star gives Rasheedah a confident index finger and heads out. More trickling and soon that place is empty except for a guy I think is Rasheedah's boyfriend. If he isn't, perhaps it's part of his master plan.
Back from another break and Paula is wearing a sassy hat for her judge's portrait. I think I like it. No, I think I love it! Anyway, the next hopeful Idolite is Michael Keown, who looks like he should be named Chip McBiff. Just an All-American guy who likes cars, sports, moms, girls, apple pie and everything else USA. Paula closes her eyes to feel the music and likes what she feels. Michael is golden.
Randy then gives us a disclaimer about Scat Girl, aka Jacqueline Roman. No relation to Jesus! A judge giving us a special disclaimer about how bad something is can't be a very good sign, but I thought, "Aw, it can't be that bad. Lighten up, Randy. Or dog, if you will." But Randy knows, man, Randy knows. There was nothing right about Jacqueline's audition, including how tan Simon looked. Jacqueline says she tried her best, which means it could've actually been worse if she left her A-game at home.
Colin Leahy comes in and says he's the new Clay because he works with kids and he likes to smile. That's a good start. But he's going to sing an American Juniors song, perhaps because he's worked with some of them at camp, which is a bad turn. Then he starts singing, which is a really bad turn. It seems that Clay's title as Best Singer/Camp Counselor is safe for another day. On the way out, Colin says "It's all good," indicating that he may not understand the meaning of that phrase.
Next up is a guy named John Stevens IV, who I swear we saw last year, if only because I remember calling him Conan O'Brien's son. Are there two extra pale redheads in New York City? I guess anything's possible. Then it's time for a dance mlange! My eyes hurt now.
Paula lauds the spirit of New Yorkers, which sounds like a bit of a warning signal to me. Although, I must say, I love the name Kidrageous. I will now steal to use at my own discretion. Batons? Got some of those. A girl with a long, rambling feel bad story about an eating disorder? Got that too. Underwear shot from the same girl doing somersaults in a dress? Got that too. A scooter and an alarmingly sunny personality? We got it all! Out in the hallway, Ryan is discussing giving away the scooter. His t-shirt reads, "Let's not ruin this with words." I was just thinking that.
So that's the first night! It's done! Oh my darn, I thought this moment would never come and then it came and now it's over with. Hopefully I can collect myself by tomorrow night so I can achieve the same medium heights I hit with this, the first recap of American Idol 3. Oh, the pageantry!


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AnswerAndPlay-Csharp - Wiki
About the Application#
This application is triggered by an incoming phone call. When triggered, the application answers the call and plays a prompt back using various mechanisms (Text-to-Speech and pre-recorded WAV files). Once the prompt has completed the application will then hang up the call.
Creating the Application Project#
1. Open a Command Prompt window.
2. Navigate to the directory you want to use as your workspace. To use the CUAE command-line tool to create a new application, type the cuae create command and the name of the application project.
c:> cd \workspacec:\workspace> cuae create AnswerAndPlay }}}
The tool then prompts you for additional information.
Note: Once you are more familiar with the options, you can type the full command rather than answering the prompts. For example://
cuae create -l language -m module -t string [options] projectname
cuae create -l csharp -m MakeCall -t app AnswerAndPlay
3. First the tool prompts you to choose between building an application or a plugin. In this example, the correct choice is application:
Project Type? [application or plugin] application
4. Next the tool prompts you to specify the programming language. In this example, the correct choice is csharp:
Programming language? [java or csharp] csharp
5. The tool asks you for the namespace for the application. A Java program might want to use a fully qualified namespace like com.company.answerandplay or something simple like answerandplay. The tool offers you a simple namespace based on the project name. Let's accept the tool's suggestion for now and use answerandplay:
Project namespace? [default: answerandplay] <Return>
6. Finally, the tool asks if you would like to specify a triggering event. All applications need to register against at least one triggering event. You can specify the triggering event now or wait and specify the triggering event later. You can also change the triggering event during development. Again, since we know that this application needs to be triggered on an incoming call, let's go ahead and specify the triggering event now. Select option 4:
Available application triggering event:0: Skip this step 1: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.JTapi.JTapiIncomingCall 2: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.JTapi.JTapiCallInitiated 3: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.JTapi.JTapiCallEstablished 4: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.CallControl.IncomingCall 5: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.Http.GotRequest 6: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.Presence.SubscriptionTerminated 7: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.Presence.Notify 8: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.TimerFacility.TimerFire Triggering event? [0-8] 4}}}
The tool now has enough information to generate the project template.
- application named "AnswerAndPlay"
- with namespace "answerandplay"
- with laguage "csharp"
- with trigger event "cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.CallControl.IncomingCall"
- in location C:\workspace\
Created project "AnswerAndPlay" in directory "C:\workspace\AnswerAndPlay\"}}}
Here is the whole sequence again with all of the steps together:
wxp> cuae create AnswerAndPlayProject type? [application or plugin] application Programming language? [java or csharp] csharp Project namespace? [default: answerandplay] Available application triggering event: 0: Skip this step 1: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.JTapi.JTapiIncomingCall 2: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.JTapi.JTapiCallInitiated 3: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.JTapi.JTapiCallEstablished 4: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.CallControl.IncomingCall 5: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.Http.GotRequest 6: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.Presence.SubscriptionTerminated 7: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.Presence.Notify 8: cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.TimerFacility.TimerFire Triggering event? [0-8] 4 Generating:
- application named "AnswerAndPlay"
- with namespace "answerandplay"
- with laguage "csharp"
- with trigger event "cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.CallControl.IncomingCall"
- in location C:\workspace\
Created project "AnswerAndPlay" in directory "C:\workspace\AnswerAndPlay\"}}}
Inspecting the Generated Project#
Let's inspect the files that were generated by the CUAE command-line tool. It created an AnswerAndPlay directory in the directory from which you ran the cuae create command. The AnswerAndPlay directory contains the following files and directories:
- AnswerAndPlay.etch
- AnswerAndPlay.properties
- AnswerAndPlay.csproj
- cuae-resources/
- README.txt
- src/
The most important of which, for your purposes, are:
- AnswerAndPlay.etch -- CUAE application Etch service definition. Edit this file to use additional CUAE services in your project.
- AnswerAndPlay.csproj -- C# project file.
- cuae-resources/ -- CUAE application resource directory.
- src/ -- Generated application source files.
Declaring Services#
The first step in building an Etch-based application is identifying which Cisco Unified Application Environment hosted services the application requires and then editing the .etch file to declare the names of those services into the application.
Tips: Once you identify the services you need, you can familiarize yourself with them by visiting the API reference for the version of the Unified Application Environment you are using.
The following snippet is the default content of the .etch file that the CUAE command-line tool generates. We use the mixin command to declare the appropriate services.
// CUAE Application Etch Service DefinitionThis service defines your application and the CUAE services that you use in your application.
The service module namespace, this will be translated to the namespace of the generated source code. module AnswerAndPlay
The name of your service.service AnswerAndPlay{ By default, you must always use the EtchBridge service. Do not remove this mixin, otherwise your application won't work.mixin cisco.uc.cuae.EtchBridge
You may add any additional service mixins that you require. For example, if you'd like to make and receive phone calls, add the following line: mixin cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.CallControl mixin cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.CallControl } }}}
Because this application will answer an incoming phone call and play a media stream back to the caller, we need to utilize the CallControl and MediaControl services. The default etch file already has a mixin for Call Control because of the triggering event you selected when creating the application project.
mixin cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.CallControl
We need to add a declaration for the MediaControl service, using the full namespace. Add the following line right after the mixin for CallControl but before the final "}":
mixin cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.MediaControl
The new AnswerAndPlay.etch file should look like this:
// CUAE Application Etch Service DefinitionThis service defines your application and the CUAE services that you use in your application.
The service module namespace, this will be translated to the namespace of the generated source code. module AnswerAndPlay
The name of your service.service AnswerAndPlay{ By default, you must always use the EtchBridge service. Do not remove this mixin, otherwise your application won't work.mixin cisco.uc.cuae.EtchBridge
You may add any additional service mixins that you require. For example, if you'd like to make and receive phone calls, add the following line: mixin cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.CallControl mixin cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.CallControl mixin cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.MediaControl } }}}
Building the Application#
After declaring the services you need, you must build the application to generate source files.
1. Open a Command Prompt and navigate to the application directory.
2. Run the msbuild command to generate source files.
c:\workspace> cd AnswerAndPlayc:\workspace\AnswerAndPlay> msbuild}}}
The following source file templates are then created in the directory src\answerandplay:
- MainHttpMakeCallClient.cs
- ImplHttpMakeCallClient.cs
Creating Configuration Items#
YAML is the file format for Unified Application Environment application configuration (config.yaml) and metadata definitions project_name.yaml).
All application configuration items are written in the config.yaml file, which is located in the cuae-resources directory.
Configuration items follow a specific syntax, as follows.
-name:[display name:] format: [description:] [minvalue:] [maxvalue:] [defaultvalue:] [readonly:] [required]}}}
- Items in square brackets [] are optional
The default config.yaml file contains the following information:
# CUAE Application Configuration Definition
- You only need to edit this file if you want to expose configuration to
- the administrator through cuaeadmin.
- This file was auto-generated from a template but will never be
- overwritten. You should edit this file directly if required.
- Indicates the name of your configuration item. It will be how you
- reference this configuration item from code.
- - name: myConfValue
- Controls how the visible label of the configuration value. For
- example, if 'name' was defined as: myConfValue, you may choose to
- define 'displayName' as: My Config Value. Think of it as a friendly
- name. This field is optional.
- displayName: My Config Value
- Defines the format of the configuration item's value. This will
- control how cuaeadmin renders and validates the value. Possible
- values for the 'format' field are: String, Bool, Number, IP_Address,
- Array, HashTable, Password.
- format: String
- A description of the configuration item that will be displayed to
- the administrator in cuadmin. This field is optional.
- description: Some description here.
- For configuration items that are formatted as numbers, the
- 'minValue' and 'maxValue' configuration items define the acceptable
- range of input for the item. These fields are optional.
- minValue:
- maxValue:
- Defines the default value of the configuration. This field is
- optional.
- defaultValue:
- Inidicates whether the configuration item is editable. If
- 'readOnly' is set to true, the administrator will not be able to
- edit it in cuaeadmin, but will be able to view it. The default is
- false, and this field is optional.
- readOnly:
- Indicates whether the configuration item is required. If required,
- the administrator will have to set a value before the application
- will run. The default is false, and this field is optional.
- required: false }}}
In this example, the application has one configuration item, the content of the rendering text. Add the following block to the config.yaml file in the configuration section:
Code Sample#
- name: TTSMessageformat: String displayName: TTSMessage defaultValue: Hello, welcome to answer and play demo application}}}
Writing the Application Code#
This section provides instructions and code samples for writing the application logic.
Importing the Project into Your IDE#
1. Open Visual Studio (or another IDE of your preference).
2. Create a new CSharp project from the existing project file by choosing File -> Open -> Project/Solution.
3. Browse to the AnswerAndPlay directory and choose AnswerAndPlay.csproj.
Reading Application Configurations#
The CUAE application receives the current application configurations from CUAE server using method server.getConfig("partition name") in incomingcall event handler in the ImplAnswerAndPlayClient.cs file. The developer can iterate through the configurations array and parse the configuration item based on its type.
Handling the incomingCall Triggering Event#
You should write a method to handle the event of the incoming call trigger to answer the call and begin playing the message.
You will need to add the following declaration to ImplAnswerAndPlayClient.cs in order to use CuaeResult:
using cisco.uc.cuae.legacy.types.CuaeCommon;
Code Sample#
// Handle incoming callString sTTSMessage = "";
public override void incomingCall(String sessionId, IncomingCallOptions options) { PlayResult pResult = null; AnswerCallResult acr = server.answerCall(sessionId, options.callId, null, null); ConfigEntry[] config = null;
try { config = server.getConfig("Default");
Display configs to consoleif(config.Length > 0){for(int i = 0; i < config.Length; i++){if(config[i].name.Equals("TTSMessage")){sTTSMessage = Convert.ToString(config[i].configValue);Console.WriteLine("TTSMessage: " + sTTSMessage);}}}}catch(BridgeException e){Console.WriteLine(e);server.removeCuaeSession(sessionId);return;}
try { pResult = server.beginPlay(sessionId, sTTSMessage, acr.connectionId, null, null, acr.callId); } catch(Exception e) { Console.WriteLine(e); server.removeCuaeSession(sessionId); return; } if(pResult.returnValue != CuaeResult.SUCCESS) { Console.WriteLine("beginPlay failed"); server.hangup(sessionId, acr.callId, null); server.removeCuaeSession(sessionId); } } }}}
Completing the onPlayComplete Function#
When using the "Play" action (above), you should follow-up with the "onPlayComplete" function:
Code Sample#
// Handle play complete public override void onPlayComplete(String sessionId, PlayResult results, Object state) { Console.WriteLine("Play completed.."); String callId = (String) state; Console.WriteLine("\nLocal Hangup.."); if(server.hangup(sessionId, callId, null).returnValue != CuaeResult.SUCCESS) Console.WriteLine("Hangup failed"); Console.WriteLine("\nEndScript"); server.removeCuaeSession(sessionId); }
Handle startTx event#
Event occurs to indicate the transmit audio channel has been established.
public override void startTx(String sessionId, StartTxOptions options){ } }}}
Handle startRx event#
The application server has established the receive audio channel and communicated the Rx info to the remote endpoint on the underlying call control protocol
public override void startRx(String sessionId, StartRxOptions options){ } }}}
Handle stopTx Event#
Indicates that the transmit audio channel has been closed.
public override void stopTx(String sessionId, StopTxOptions options){ } }}}
Handle remoteHangup Event#
Indicates that call has been terminated by the remote endpoint.
public override void remoteHangup(String sessionId,RemoteHangupOptions options){ } }}}
Registering the Application#
The previous steps completed the core logic of the example applications, but before any Etch-based API calls can actually be made, we must register the application with the Cisco Unified Application Server. To register your application, follow these steps: 1. Open the MainAnswerAndPlayClient file in the /src directory. It contains the following content by default:
// Generated by:0.95.0 (ETCH-TRUNK-840) / java 0.95.0 (ETCH-TRUNK-840) Sun Jun 08 22:47:33 CDT 2008
package answerandplay;
/ Main program for AnswerAndPlayClient. This program makes a connection to the listener created by MainAnswerAndPlayListener./public class MainAnswerAndPlayClient implements AnswerAndPlayHelper.AnswerAndPlayClientFactory
{ / Main program for AnswerAndPlayClient.
- @param args command line arguments.
- @throws Exception
- /
public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception { TODO Change to correct URIstring uri = "tcp://localhost:4001";RemoteAnswerAndPlayServer server = AnswerAndPlayHelper.newServer( uri, null,new MainAnswerAndPlayClient() );
Connect to the serviceserver._startAndWaitUp( 4000 );
TODO Insert Your Code Here
Disconnect from the serviceserver._stopAndWaitDown( 4000 );}
public AnswerAndPlayClient newAnswerAndPlayClient( RemoteAnswerAndPlayServer server ) throws Exception { return new ImplAnswerAndPlayClient( server ); } } }}}
2. To make a connection to the listener, add a server.registerApplication() request.
// TODO Insert Your Code HereString key = server.registerApplication("AnswerAndPlay", "Default", "<username>", "<password>"); Console.WriteLine("AnswerAndPlay application registered with key: " + key);
Console.WriteLine("Hit any key to exit."); Console.ReadLine(); }}}
3. Modify the String URI to match the IP address and port of the Cisco Unified Application Server.
URI settings vary slightly between 2.5(1) Beta 1 and more recent versions of 2.5(1), as follows:
2.5(1) and 2.5(1) Beta 2, Beta 3, Beta 4 and later releases#
// TODO Change to correct URIString uri = "tls://appserver_ipaddress:9000?TlsConnection.authReqd=false&filter=KeepAlive &KeepAlive.Count=5&Packetizer.maxPktSize=102400&TcpTransport.reconnectDelay=4000"; }}}
In Beta 2, the Etch Bridge was updated to use Transport Layer Security for encryption by default. For your applications to work, you must specify TLS as the protocol in the URI and set the authReqd parameter to false. In the example above, the KeepAlive filter and Max Packet Size and Reconnect Delayparameters have also been set.
2.5(1) Beta 1#
// TODO Change to correct URIString uri = "tcp://appserver_ipaddress:9000?&TcpConnection.reconnect_delay=4000"; }}}
Note: In addition to setting the correct IP address and port for the Cisco Unfied Application Server, the Reconnect Delay parameter should be set on all connection URIs.
Packaging the Test Application#
1. Execute a successful build request for your test application within your IDE.
2. To package the JAVA application, execute the "cuae package" command from a DOS command shell in the parent directory of the test application.
C:\workspace\AnswerAndPlay>cuae packageCreated package file "C:\workspace\AnswerAndPlay\bin\AnswerAndPlay.mca"}}}
The following files will be added to the "\bin" sub-directory:
- AnswerAndPlay.mca (application bundle to be uploaded into the CUAE server)
- INSTALLER.xml - (contains the config items in config.yaml)
- MANIFEST.xml - (bundle details for the package comamnd)
Installing the Test Application#
To install the test application on a CUAE server, execute the cuae install command from a DOS command shell in test application parent directory of the test application. The cuae install command varies slightly between 2.5(1) Beta 1 and Beta 2.
2.5(1) Beta 2#
You are prompted to enter an IP address, username, and password (to view the help, run the cuae install -h command). When prompted, enter Y or N to save management settings. This will save the answers to the above three questions in the properties file and remember them the next time you go to install.
Note: You are also prompted for the communications protocol (TCP or TLS). Select the protocol that is set on the Management Service. TLS is the default supported protocol. If you want to use TCP, follow the instructions in Management Service Transport Layer Security (TLS) to change the default URI of the Management Service before running these commands.
C:\workspace\AnswerAndPlay>cuae packageCreated package file "C:\workspace\AnswerAndPlay\bin\AnswerAndPlay.mca"
C:\workspace\AnswerAndPlay>cuae install Enter the hostname or IP address of the management service (for example: localhost, 22.214.171.124): localhost Protocol: tls Generated mgmt-service uri: tls://localhost:9001?TlsConnection.authReqd=false Enter management service login username: Entermanagement service login password: Save the amanagement settings with the project? [yes or no] no Application : C:\workspace\AnswerAndPlay\bin\AnswerAndPlay.mca Uploading : ===========================> 100% Application has been installed successfully}}}
2.5(1) Beta 1#
You are prompted to enter an IP address, username, and password (to view the help, run the cuae install -h command). When prompted, enter Y or N to save management settings. This will save the answers to the above three questions in the properties file and remember them the next time you go to install.
C:\workspace\AnswerAndPlay>cuae packageCreated package file "C:\workspace\AnswerAndPlay\bin\AnswerAndPlay.mca"
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Worn as the final outer layer, a cycling jacket can be deployed to face off with any one of hundreds of different weather conditions. Wind, water, freezing temperatures, it's fair to say that there are as many varieties of bicycle jackets as there are riders. Bearing that in mind, let's narrow things down and provide some advice.
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Water Proof Cycling Jackets There are two types of rides in the rain. The first is the rain all day ride, and here some serious protection is required to combat moisture ingress. The other ride is sometimes the hardest to prepare for, and this is the intermittent rain ride. We would recommend a more packable solution for these rides, something that can be put on quickly and easily, or removed and stored in a rear jersey pocket. Try anything with 'Light' in the name, making sure to check the product's attribute icons to ensure it is fully waterproof. Wind / Weather Resistant For 90% of rides, a windproof cycling jacket teamed with a base layer and/or jersey is all the protection you need, and will significantly contribute to your on the bike enjoyment. By nature more breathable than their full rain protection counterparts, most windproof cycling jackets come with basic 'get me home' shower protection. Remember, always choose the product that suits your needs and be sure to check the product page carefully to see an item's detailed features.
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A cross between a straight bike jacket and a stylish off the bike piece, the Bionicon Hybrid Jacket is nevertheless a feature rich top, ideal for trail riders, commuters, or weekend adventurers in need of versatility. Using a hybrid material (hence the name), the inner is pure New Zealand Merino, whilst the outer is a Nylon - Lycra blend, so not only do you get all of the benefits of merino close to the skin, but also a weather resistant outer - perfect for rides in changeable conditions. Designed to be worn as a second layer, perhaps with a Bionicon Merino T-Shirt underneath, the lightweight ...
Sporting a brushed inner, an anatomically shaped fit and 3 deep rear pockets, the Bioracer Belgium Transotex Jacket, part of the Belgium National Team collection, is a fine autumnal cycling jacket-lite, perfectly suited to the season's cool, crisp days. Somewhere between light/mid-weight, the Transotex is completed by a full length locking zipper and of course, Belgium Team colours.
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Attached behind the bike seat or to the handlebar with the included leather straps, or indeed stored within the integrated pouch, the Brooks England Cambridge Rain Cape is a fully waterproof cycling cape for the city or touring rider caught in an unwelcome downpour.
Made in Italy from an extremely light PA fabric, pleasingly finished with reflective piping and leather details, the Cambridge Cape offers an adjustable hood that can easily accommodate a bike helmet, and well positioned magnetic hem tapes that loop over the handlebar, providing additional wet weather protection.
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A hard wearing cotton fabric that has been treated with polyurethane forms the outer of the Cafe du Cycliste Geraldine wind and waterproof city jacket. City styling is evident but this jacket's intelligent styling make it an eminently practical on the bike garment.
Rear vents and a mesh lining help air circulation, whist upfront a two way full length zipper provides plenty of temperature control. A longer cut at the back has been paired with wrist zips and ribbed cuffs to keep the cold out on chillily city rides. The Geraldine also features a drop down reflective panel that ...
Cafe du Cycliste's Cote d'Azur style is obvious in the new Heidi Winter Jacket. Featured in the performance range the Heidi achieves a desirable balance between technical fabrics, comfort and style.
Made from Italian performance fabric the jacket combines polypropylene to keep you dry and a polyester micro fibre to wick away sweat. Eye catching windproof panels on the front and shoulders protect the rider from biting winter winds giving the advantages of both a winter jersey and a wind proof gilet.
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The Madeleine is the long sleeve version of the popular wind proof gilet. Designed with changeable late autumn and early siring conditions in mind, the Madeleine can be easily stowed in a rear jersey pocket when temperatures rise.
Its long sleeves are finished with lycra cuffs to keep the wind out whilst a water resistant outer allows it to stand up to light showers and damp days.
A zipped rear cargo pocket, side vents, and reflective elements complete the Madeleine's all round practicality as a multi use jacket.
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A pleasantly breathable, stretchy hardshell rain jacket, the Confronto by Castelli is a great little 3-season wet weather road cycling rain jacket. Stowed in a rear jersey pocket when not in use, the Confronto is easy to unfurl once skies darken, offering a waterproof zipper, selective seam taping, a comforting high collar and cooling vents for heat release under big efforts. More accomplished than a pared down emergency jacket, the Confronto could easily be worn from ride start to finish for all-day shower protection.
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Designed for the 5-hour cold winter rides, when training thoughts are turned towards cresting summer's crisp mountain passes, the Castelli Elemento Jacket offers an extraordinary level of breathability paired with 100% front and rear windproof protection.
Cut slim and tailored with 7x(AIR) baffled venting zones, the Elemento sports a fleece-lined inner, a flip-up Thermoflex cosy collar, quite surprisingly useful cinch wrist zips, plus 3 deep rear pockets complemented by a zippered 4th for valuables. Treated with DWR for basic water repellant properties, the Elemento Jacket ...
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4-way stretch, windproof and water resistant, yes indeed, Castelli's Espresso Due Jacket has a lot going for it. Road cyclists searching for a trim, luxurious jacket for wintery rides finished with great attention to detail and sporting well-thought out features like a dedicated media pocket, glove integrating wrist zips and zippered chest vents will find a lot to love about the Espresso, and that's before getting on the bike. Tooled-up with 3-deep rear pockets that offer ample space for snacks, smartphones or supplies, the Espresso is completed by a high, comforting neck, ...
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A leek, race cut stowaway rain jacket, the Castelli Sottile Due Jacket offers waterproof & wind resistant protection for the rider looking for a lightweight yet full featured rain top for club runs, training rides or showery sportives. Made from a PU membrane that actually breathes (unlike many others) assisted by under arm mesh areas that aid breathability, the Sottile Due sports a contrast auto-lock full front zipper with an easy pull handle, a right-rear positioned zipper that provides easy access to jersey pockets, and rear reflective tabs for a welcome touch of low light visibility.Worn ...
A classic 'emergency' road cycling jacket, designed for pulling out of a rear jersey pocket when rain appears on the horizon, the Castelli Squadra Long Jacket is a ride essential for changeable conditions, offering wind and water resistance at a moment's notice.
Sporting a coated nylon fabric with a water repellant treatment and side ventilation louvres, the Squadra Long Jacket is finished with reflective piping on the sleeves and rear, and cut long in the back to protect against wheel spray.
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A firm Castelli favourite, and one that you may well find yourself wearing into lower temperatures than the Italian brand's stated 10 degree celsius minimum, the Trasparente Due Wind Jersey FZ offers lightweight 'like a jersey' fit, a wind protective front and rear splash protection. Subtle Castelli branding sits astride a full length YKK Camlock zipper, 3 rear pockets offer ample space for snacks and supplies to the rear enhanced by an elastic hem to avoid ride-up, and generous reflective piping on the front and rear completes the jersey.
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The Chrome Anza Jacket is a packable, lightweight cycling jacket made from a 100% polyester plain weave fabric with a water repellent finish. Designed for the urban cyclist, the Anza offers longer sleeves and torso for a comfortable reach, a stylish wind snap collar and reflective logo for night visibility. At the rear, a large stuff pocket stands ready to carry your ride essentials.
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The Chrome Cobra Hoody is the US brand's live-in 24/7 top. On or off the bike, its great fit, soft merino wool fabric and rich feature list will both please and delight you.
(Hmm, we have to stop writing these product descriptions after reading Chinese fortune cookies).
For riders with big storage needs, the Cobra's full width rear pocket will come as a nice surprise, as will the pocket zippered wrist, thumb loops and generally pleasing fit that gives you a longer torso and longer sleeves.
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A lightweight, ripstop nylon cycling jacket ideally suited to blustery, showery bike days (and goodness knows we have enough of those in London), the Chrome De Haro Windbreaker sports a wind and water resistant outer, cleverly cut with full length side vents to keep you cool after big efforts. A two-way front zip further aids breathability, whilst reflective cuff cinches provide welcome low-light visibility. A rear cargo pocket doubles as a stuff sack post-ride, whilst up front, utility chest pockets can accommodate a mobile device.
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A fully waterproof jacket for city cycling is essential apparel armoury for your wardrobe, and the all new Chrome Storm Cobra jacket is one that should certainly be on your wishlist if rainy bike days are a part of your biking life.
Featuring a fully taped 100% waterproof yet breathable fabric (Chrome call this their Storm technology), it rocks a bike friendly fit, arm pit zips, a two way main zipper, a long zippered rear pocket and reflective detailing for safer low light riding.
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Next up: Johnny Manziel without his guru
By Buck Harvey : December 12, 2012 : Updated: December 13, 2012 7:05am
Texas Tech will need to be patient with Kliff Kingsbury.
As will Texas A&M's next offensive coordinator with Johnny Manziel.
Kingsbury had to persuade a kid who had never played a minute of college football to sometimes resist his instincts and follow a plan. Kingsbury's replacement will be trying to do the same, but with someone who has been hanging out with David Letterman.
It ought to work eventually.
But it ought to be entertaining to watch, too.
Kingsbury's move to Texas Tech makes sense on several levels. Money is one. While returning to coach a Heisman Trophy winner would be attractive, cashing checks as a Big 12 head coach will be something else entirely.
Waiting a few years for another opportunity would have been a gamble. Kingsbury is a hot name and even hotter in Lubbock. Are there any guarantees it would have stayed that way?
Kingsbury also returns to his alma mater as an appealing compromise for those who wanted Mike Leach fired and those who didn't. Besides, replacing Tommy Tuberville is a can't-lose position for Kingsbury.
According to reports, Tuberville left recruits mid-meal to bolt to Cincinnati. Kingsbury, given that, will be showing up for dessert.
But the Red Raiders should expect this to take some time. Kingsbury will need to adjust to his new position, to find his voice, to win over those around him.
Just as Manziel's new tutor will.
Maybe this will never be an issue. Manziel seems to have always worked well with his coaches, and his offensive coordinator at Kerrville Tivy is proof. They remained so close that Manziel invited Julius Scott to join him in New York last weekend for the Heisman ceremonies.
"What an honor," Scott said Wednesday.
Scott remembers Manziel as likeable and responsive.
"We never clashed very hard," he said. "Couple of times he did some things that went outside the plan. But our offense was also built for that. He's a competitor and wants to win."
Scott's belief: "Johnny is going to do what he's told to do."
Manziel's response on Twitter to Kingsbury's departure should make Aggieland feel better, too. "To all the people worried about Coach K leaving," Manziel wrote, "Coach (Kevin) Sumlin will always bring in the best and do anything to make sure we're successful."
Still, some coach/player relationships can't be duplicated, and Kingsbury/Manziel appeared to be special. They hit it off, partly because of the offense that Kingsbury borrowed from Leach.
"It's a belief," Kingsbury said earlier this season, "that if you can get them to play faster and not think as much and let them use their natural abilities the best they can, then you're going to have a better product."
It's a belief, too, that fit Manziel.
Kingsbury's personality also fit. He isn't much older than Manziel, and he joked that gave him "street cred."
Manziel felt comfortable kidding Kingsbury, too. Kingsbury was both his guru and his guy, and the connection went deep in their one, memorable year together.
Kingsbury was smart, for example, to admit his own faults. When asked what happened after Florida shut down the Aggies in the second half in the season opener, Kingsbury announced, "That's on me."
More telling was this quote: "I didn't know how to use him yet."
Sumlin already does, and he should have a line of applicants wanting to be his next offensive coordinator. No one, after all, has ever had the opportunity to coach a Heisman winner who will probably be under center for three more seasons.
But the same Manziel who needed some restraint from "going rogue," as Kingsbury often put it, might need more. Manziel has always been confident he can do anything on a field, usually because he can.
And now?
With the Heisman?
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This article investigates how Open Educational Resources (OER) and Practices (OEP) can support a 'strategically important and vulnerable subject' (SIVS) in the UK, in this case a less-widely taught modern foreign language, namely Dutch Studies. It details the experiences of VirtualDutch, an inter-institutional subject community involving all four Dutch departments or sections of Schools of Modern Languages in the UK, that aims to create and share Open Educational Resources and to develop and engage in web-supported forms of inter-institutional collaboration in teaching and learning. After an overview of the VirtualDutch experiences, in particular those in the pilot project in phase 1 of the Joint Information System Committee's Open Educational Resources Programme (2009/10), the importance of forming communities of both practice and learning around OER for language teaching is highlighted, something particularly, but not exclusively, relevant for less-widely taught subjects like Dutch.
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The CareNET project aims at developing a set of ICT competences in two identified 'at risk' target groups: care-workers and older persons. The project is designed to work in a synergistic way to tackle identified problems in the low skilled and under professionalised care-worker sector while at the same time promoting social inclusion and enhancing the quality of life of older people.
An online social network will be put in place for care-workers, experts, researchers and pracitioners with relevance to ICT competences in care-systems, and a set of workshops for care-workers will be organised to pilot the elaborated professional development pathways and tools.
What resonates amongst both groups – care workers and care recipients – is their exposure to the risk of social exclusion as they are both often at the margins of society and likely to be the victim of digital and social divides. ICTs and associated competences have been shown to be a critical component in mitigating these risks of exclusion and helping to support an increased quality of life. The acquisition of digital skills is essential for these actors in the family employment sector where we find over half of all private individual employers aged 60 years old and over, and low-skilled women representing the majority of household employees. In response to these pressing needs the CareNet project will design, develop and pilot learning paths and resources based on cooperative learning between care workers and care recipients to promote improved quality of care and quality of life through the acquisition of care related digital competences. In addition, to answer specific needs, learning modules for individual learning, addressing ICT competences for employability and self-development (care workers) and ICT competences for active ageing (older people) will be created. In this way the project will contribute to: the identified needs for professionalization of care workers; increased access to learning opportunities; personal development of care workers; overcoming the isolation of both care workers and older people by promoting social enterprise, active citizenship and active ageing.
For this reason, the project seeks to design, develop and pilot:
- learning paths and resources based on cooperative learning between care workers and care recipients
- to promote improved quality of care and quality of life through the acquisition of care related digital competences.
- In addition, to answer specific needs, learning modules for individual learning, addressing employability and self-development of ICT competences for care workers and active ageing ICT competences for elders, will be provided and piloted.
The project will contribute to:
- professionalization;
- increased access to learning opportunities;
- personal development of care workers;
- overcoming the isolation of care workers and elders by promoting active citizenship and active ageing.
Details of on the project can be found at the project website: http://www.carenetproject.eu/
The aim of this project is to have a positive impact on the development of students' problem-solving competencies by promoting the use of inquiry and problem-based approaches to teaching. To achieve this, a training framework will be developped for training teachers how to create science lesson plans by not just providing examplar solutions to problems that arise from everyday practice, but also enabling them to perceive effective lesson planning in relation to educational principles that may enhance students' problem-solving skills.
Following the recommendations of the Rocard report on science education in Europe, the use of problem-based and inquiry-based approaches is important because they provide the means to increase students' interest and motivation.
LD-Skills is a pilot project that is funded by the European Comission's Comenius Multilateral project programme. It has started in January 2011 and is expected to run for 2 years.
Discover the European Union
'Discover the European Union with EuroparlTV' is the title of an educational pack for teachers of pupils in the age groups 11-15 and 15-18.
The pack includes a series of 20 videos designed to appeal to young viewers, encourage classroom debate and promote understanding of key European issues of our time which have a direct impact on students' lives: treaties, laws, institutions, policies, etc. It also offers interesting insight on the history of the European Union. The videos are available online in the 22 languages of the European Union as well as on two DVD's, each one addressed to a specific public.
DVD I (11- to 15-year age group) presents the key aspects of the European Union in an informative fashion and offers insights into topics of interest to young people.
DVD II (15- to 18-year age group) provides a more in-depth analysis and puts the key stages and policies of European unification into historical perspective.
All videos are available here.
SIMAULA Project: "Learning how to teach can also be a fun and entertaining activity"
SimAULA is a project focused on the development of a virtual practicum for teacher training in the form of a 3D virtual world. Both current and future teachers will have the opportunity to interact with avatar-students, develop lesson plans and teach in virtual classrooms. We talk with the project coordinator, Eva Vázquez de Prada.
What's the objective of Simaula?
Simaula's main objective is to develop a virtual practicum for teachers and future teachers. This virtual environment will provide Higher Education institutions and schools with a very innovative training platform to enable the enhancement of teaching abilities through result-driven classroom practices.
The knowledge of teachers and pedagogy and psychology experts helped us define models to create simulations and situations that are both pedagogically and educationally realistic.
Could you describe how a virtual classroom look like?
The project developed a 3D virtual classroom where the teacher can interact with avatars (the students), develop lesson plans, and teach.
The training platform replicates typical situations where teachers face common problems that happen in real classrooms. The teacher will have to select different options for each situation taking into account the teaching strategy, the pupils profiles, their level of attention, the classroom type, etc.
Students (avatars) will automatically react to the teacher selection depending on their behaviour model, the teaching strategy, their classmates, the duration of the class, ...
At the end of the game, the teacher gets a score that is calculated according to the global involvement of the students during the class (this depends on the students' behaviour and how the teacher deals with their interruptions during the game), the choices made by the teacher regarding teaching methodology, the learning resources that the teacher uses, the learning activities and the time spent on each activity.
Besides from the score, the teacher also gets a final feedback describing why he got that score and how he can improve it.
Does this programme respond to a demand from teachers?
The idea of developing Simaula came from the specific demand of different universities that were implementing the new Bologna Process. They realised that they were experiencing different problems managing the increase of the number of in-school practicum hours.
We also conducted a research during the project and we identified several problems of a different nature that the students, tutors and host teachers face during the teaching practice: administrative barriers, organizational barriers, pedagogical, psychological and methodological barriers. We believe that Simaula can help in many ways to overcome these barriers.
Why use serious games to train teachers?
Several studies demonstrate the efficacy of serious games for training in particular through behavioral change.
Serious games help to create a good simulation of real-life learning situations, allowing trainees to go over the same situations, settings, contexts in a low-stress environment. Simaula also promotes experimentation with various techniques and allows meeting learners' individual needs, interests and abilities, all this in a safe environment.
We also believe that learning how to teach can also be a fun and entertaining activity
Is it possible to virtualize the pupils' behaviour?
We are aware that modeling students' behaviour is a very complicated task and there are many researches going on now in Europe focused on this. But that's not Simaula's main objective.
We modelled the five most characteristic behaviours of students in 6th grade (Talkative, Skeptic, Moaner, Joker and "Flower pot"), based on our own research. We wanted the teacher to learn how to react to the most common situations that can occur in a classroom. But we also modelled the classroom types according to the different teaching methodologies (Learning through experiment, collaborative learning and Problem based learning), the choice of ICT and learning resources. And finally, we designed the pedagogical model based on the choice of the available learning activities in order to achieve a particular learning objective.
Do you think game-based learning will replace classical training?
In the specific case of Simaula project, we believe that this training platform could be a very powerful tool to complement the in-school practices for future teachers. Simaula provides universities and schools with a very innovative simulation system that enables them to be more flexible (with less barriers of time and distance), more efficient and to better adapt to the Bologna process. This is because Simaula provides opportunities for professional training in safe, multimodal, and personalised settings. The students engage in learning activities from their homes or from the university computer labs.
Simaula can help to develop trainees' confidence and increase their motivation (the feelings of uncertainty, fear of failure are minimized).
Simaula can also support the transfer of acquired knowledge and skills from the controlled educational setting to the real classroom and provide the opportunity for development of professional skills and their transfer to new contexts, including a variety of constructivist models of learning: collaborative learning, learning through experiment, problem based learning etc.


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There were not many baseball games played around Trenton or Clinton County in recent decades that did not include the presence of Rich Ritzheimer.
"There's not a kid that went through Wesclin High School in the last 35 or 40 years that wasn't affected by him in one way or another," Tom Ritzheimer said of his father, Rich, who died Tuesday at age 81 after dealing with bone cancer and other medical issues. "It was part of his life. From the time he started coaching and teaching until yesterday, that was part of his life. That was him. Everybody knew him."
Rich Ritzheimer was a standout baseball and basketball player at Aviston High School and later Quincy College, who wound up being inducted into that university's Athletic Hall of Fame.
He played in the Brooklyn Dodgers' minor-league system for two years in the 1950s, also serving in the U.S. Army during that time.
Ritzheimer also was one of the founders of the Trenton Post 778 American Legion baseball program in 1977 and served as its first manager. He is a member of the Clinton County Baseball League Hall of Fame and was still playing for the Trenton Mains Vintage Base Ball team in 2004 at age 73.
Tom Ritzheimer said his father battled hard right until the end, comparing the struggle to a hitter facing an ace pitcher with the game on the line.
"He fouled off a lot of good pitches for the last few months, but he went down swinging yesterday," Tom Ritzheimer said. "He gave it all he had and battled it hard there since August. There's nothing to be sad about, but a lot to be glad about.
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From 1956 to 1973, Ritzheimer served as a history teacher, baseball and basketball coach, athletic director and principal at Wesclin High School. He also was principal and superintendent at St. Rose Grade School from 1973 to 1988, eventually retiring after 32 years in the Clinton County education system.
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Taken from here. Very sad news. Best wishes to him, hopefully a speedy recovery and he can continue making dope tunes! GET WELL SOON GURU!!
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The response was vehement. Corporations and individuals who opposed all government regulation began to spend many millions of dollars on lobbying, advertising, and "reports" that mimicked scientific publications, in an effort to convince people that there was no problem at all. Environmental groups, less wealthy but more enthusiastic, helped politicize the issue with urgent cries of alarm. But the many scientific uncertainties, and the sheer complexity of climate, made room for limitless debate over what actions, if any, governments should take.
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Climbs the slab with fantastic friction to a birch terrace on the left side. The route starts on the left facing corner to some belay cracks up above it. You can skip pitches 2 and 3 by taking a run-out direct line to the third belay. The last pitch before that ledge, the 3rd or 4th depending, is the crux pitch. The steepest slab on the route with no protection. Make sure not to be lulled to the protection right where the grade is suddenly steeper and slicker (Victoria 5.6+ R).From here, climb the off-width crack past a good ledge and out on to the slab on the right for 40 Ft to a belay at an overlap. Climb up the slab as it gets easier to the small clump of trees. Belay from here, or traverse right along a ledge to the trees right towards the north descent.
The left side of the slab. Best descent is to traverse right to the north gully and follow a path with some fixed hand lines back to the start.
A small rack, a few medium and small cams and a few small nuts. Not much gear to place.
This climb is not as popular as Regular route for its X rating, so you don't have to wait much in line if the first pitch is dry and you can run it out pass the point where Regular branches out. Small gear, but you may want to bring gold and blue camalots for anchors. Off-width protects nicely with small gear, but if you're not sure, you can bring a #4 camalot - it gets pretty windy on that arete. Watch out for those crumbly flakes - my partner broke off a huge piece while holding onto one.
A fantastic climb, but as the description says be sure that at the base of the X pitch begin straight up from the perch, do not traverse right to the fixed gear, if you do there are no feet and traversing into the main line is a little dicey. A great climb for someone solid on slab and solid in the mental aspect of climbing haha.
As Adirondack Rock mentions, I'd avoid belaying at the top of the OW. A fall on the runout and unprotected slab directly above would be directly on the anchors. Keep going up another 40 feet and belay at the obvious vertical crack at the overlap.
Once you are past the OW it gets really run out. We were not expecting there to be almost zero protection but that is most certainly the case.
Awesome varied route. I think it gets my nod over the regular route in everyway, except the gear rating i guess :)
About as varied climbing and terrain you could have given that it's all still a friction slab. P1 - nice warmup of friction -- check if your head is ready today for what lies above. Careful not to make the anchor too high, or you'll have to down-climb to the "steppy" rock that starts the next pitch. P2 - different rock textures ... right across the "steppy" rock, then up white-ish rock to make an anchor near base of giant L-facing corner. (? alt P2 ? The reason not to go directly to the bottom of the crux pitch P4 is then you miss out on the interesting rock types and features that make this route different from most slab routes). P3 - up a little along the giant L-facing corner, then out left before it overhangs, and keep traversing ... first across the low part of a thin flake, then up onto th first hump, below a second (less distinct) hump, and finish on top of third hump. P4 - pretty much straight up, perhaps trending a little left toward the off-width. The reason it's rated X instead of the usual friction slab R is because if the leader falls, it's not just a long slide to the end of the rope -- rather the fall comes done hard onto a substantial rock ledge with a big elevated lip - (or smashes onto the unfortunate belayer). P5 - I thought the off-width was pretty fun with my feet outside it on its left side the whole way up -- nice way to retain the character of the route as a friction climb. Anyway followed by another runout friction section up to a obvious (but narrow) overlap. P6 - less steep friction up to a big stone lying on the surface, with trees nearby to right. P7 - we were taking the north descent, so we traversed right (actually the easiest line seemed a little downhill at first) to the right side of the slab to the trees, found an informal trail up thru trees and across exposed rock sections obvious to the (non-trivial) north descent.
Super classic friction route; definitely NOT for beginning or shaky leaders. Two spots, as mentioned, would be terrible fall zones: the third pitch's 90' runout, and after stepping off the block above the big crack.


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I always watch videos on youtube and make some comments, you know to express my opinion. It was fine before but right now it really sucks! It takes too long to watch and download videos. And when i tried to post comments, it says "error" or the comment may be held for uploader approval. Have you experienced this too?
If I am commenting on a lot of videos then yes I will get the captcha pop up prior to the video accepting the response. I have no problem with watching videos on youtube.
I think that "comment withheld for uploader approval" is pretty much the users' fault, not Google's. So much users type such a crap that it has made video uploaders decide to set the commenting settings of their videos on "only show approved viewer comments".
"Youtube sucks now" - I guess... my Govt. (Stupid Govt., generally) banned Youtube for last several months, and I support the move btw.
Are Vimeo, Dailymotion etc. also banned? If not, that ban is retarded because those are sites with a similar service and should be treated equally. BTW, if you do not like Youtube simply stay away from it, there is no reason for the government to ban it (I think it is as harmless as for example this site). And oh, please do not say it is because of "attacking Islam", because Youtube never attacked the Islam, users of the service did. BTW, just my 2 cents, no offense intended.
Unlike Youtube, Vimeo and Dailymotion etc. are not that popular. Yes, users of the service did the attacking... and Youtube just remained silent and defended those users claiming no breach of "Terms of Service". And you know people say... "All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to remain silent".
But you do understand when your Govt. blocks sites like Megaupload and blocks Terrorist/Hacker websites.
As a canadian I would be really pissed off if the government decided to block the website for maple syrup reciepes !
I agree honestly with the exception of child porn and such. They should not only block that stuff but nuke the IP that's distributing it. We can dispute Pirate Bay and such with honest debate but some things just do not belong in a society (CP). As for a government blocking Youtube because of something with a stupid anti-Islam video........well all I can say is I am glad not all Muslims are so insecure in their faith that something like a Youtube video can shake them from their principles of peace. When people make fun of Christians I don't scream to ban Youtube. I just wish them luck and not watch the video. I doubt that G-d would like me burning down buildings and killing people because someone has a camcorder and no manners.
When i saw the title of this thread, all i wanted to post with was so does your mum there i did it, i feel so proud of my bland british humor right now.
I have the same issue. I am on a very reliable 50Mb connection, but much of the time youtube fails to load a video to keep up with streaming. This has happened from multiple connections and multiple computers with multiple browsers, I find myself to be very lucky if I can watch a whole Youtube video without having to pause and do something else. This primarily happens on 720 or 1080p, but can happen on any resolution. 720/1080 tend to be pretty consistent to the point where I will start the video and pause it, and come back to it later. This was thwarted with the recent update where videos will only load up to a certain point and stop, rather than loading the whole video. At this point, it is very difficult to watch a video over 2 minutes long without having to pause multiple times. Some people say they don't have these problems at all, but I see it happen on other peoples computers all the time. Maybe it just doesn't bother people that much so they don't notice.
So so very true! Same here..When I was in NY same there, now I am in the mid south USA and same thing here and two different Internet providers. I think youtubes base is to the point where they don't have enough bandwidth.
what what what? there's no youtube in bangladesh now? how on earth do you learn how to do stuff and laugh at other peoples fails!
Go here. Compare your speed to that of your ISP. If both you and your ISP's speeds are quite low, there may be an issue with your ISP's backhaul. Keep in mind that your speeds from YouTube will be lower than the actual speeds you are getting/paying for. For example, my speedtests show a whole heck of a lot of bandwidth.. (limited by, I believe, a 100 Mbps switch and other traffic) ..but my reported average bandwidth is considerably lower. You can also check bandwidth used in real time by right clicking a video and choosing "Show Video Info". Make sure to set the quality to 720p or 1080p as it seems that YouTube limits HTTP connections for anything lower. This, of course, won't tell you what or why you're having a problem, but may help you diagnose it. Edit: You might also try opting in for the HTML5 trial.
So you do believe in Govt. banning. You can't have it both ways, either yes or no. But I agree with you about child porn plus I am also against pornography in general. If you don't defend the Prophet (peace be upon him), you are not a Muslim... that's the deal. Actual Muslims are taught to stand up against any wrong doing. And do you see any Muslims insult Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) or Moses (peace be upon him) ?? Well there is VPN, so anyone can bypass the block anytime.
I don't believe in censorship but I do believe the government should be able to block immoral issues. What's deemed immoral is the balance that is so hard. Where to draw the line between censorship and morality is a tough one. You can have a free for all but that will degrade society into anarchy or you can have government control which will degrade into a police state. There has to be a balance and the way its reached is via logical debate, common sense and power checks. Problem is most modern governments have removed all of those things from the public platform so now its one extreme or another. As for the religious aspect of this argument I fully respect your perspective and no I don't hear many Muslims trashing Christian faith to the extreme that I see "peaceful" atheist trash both of our faiths. Problem is I think people have lost basic respect for other human beings. Something both books teach be it the Holy Quran or the Holy Bible. Anyway we better get back on topic. I just wanted to let you know its about respect from my perspective and burning down or killing disrespectful people isn't what the lord intended. That's what I believe anyway.
Seven Hells, why must you be so serious about religion in a forum thread that is not about religion at all? Religion can be discussed (within limits) on generalnonsense.net, this is supposed to be a tech forum. Thank you very much.
I didn't bring up religion or wanted to talk about it ... I was just responding to comments made by others. All I said was my Govt. banned Youtube and I supported the move.