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Keywords:silicon circuit board? ASIC? FPGA? PCB?
Startup siXis Inc. recently selected foundry SVTC Technologies to fabricate its embedded silicon board computing modules. It claims the boards will bridge the gap between pc-board prototypes and ASIC-based designs.
The silicon circuit board also is billed by siXis as a low-cost, low-power replacement for ASICs. The company is advising customers to program their logic into an FPGA, select memory chips and peripherals, then let siXis install bare die versions of the chips on a custom silicon board, essentially creating what it claims is a system-in-package.
"Our business is designing and manufacturing embedded computing modules that use our silicon circuit board technology—a large area passive silicon device that has a front side consisting of multiple layers of oxides and copper wiring and a backside consisting of silicon vias, a redistribution layer and solder bumps," said David Blaker, VP of engineering at siXis. "We flip-chip attach logic, memory and passive components to the front side of the silicon circuit board and encapsulate it in a package so that all the customer sees is something that looks just like an industry-standard [ball grid array] package, but is in fact a complete computing system."
The company claims its technology reduces board size by a factor of three while lowering weight and power consumption compared to traditional systems using standard chips mounted on circuit boards. Designers can supply siXis with a prototype board design and the company converts it into a silicon board version manufactured by SVTC Technologies.
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"You can call it a poor-man's ASIC since it's basically an alternative way of doing system-in-package, but using a higher-performance silicon substrate for interconnection and redistribution," said Jim Walker, VP of research in semiconductor manufacturing at Gartner Inc. "Using flip chips on a silicon substrate for system-in-package will be more expensive that using lead frames and wire bonding, but for high-performance computing applications this will be very good approach since flip chips offer the fastest, lowest-power solution with the shortest possible interconnect lines."
The traditional route to downsizing a board design using standard components is to convert it into an ASIC design that reapportions logic- and peripheral-chip functions into a custom ASIC that is soldered to a pc-board alongside its memory chips. By converting it to a silicon board design instead of an ASIC, an estimated 10-fold savings is projected using the same chips as in the PCB-based prototype.
The design also can be turned around in less than six months, Blaker added.
By mounting all system chips as bare die on a silicon circuit board, the maximum integration for multichip modules can be achieve. (Click on image to enlarge.)
By keeping chip interconnects within the same BPA package, siXis claims its silicon board designs have less than 20 percent of the parasitic capacitance. Memory devices also can be integrated alongside FPGAs, creating faster interconnections that help reduce power consumption by eliminating an unnecessary layer of packaging and by shrinking the length and loads of interconnection wiring by incorporating them into the silicon board.
Other advanced packaging techniques using silicon through vias have turned to stacking dies, which eliminates the power-hungry interconnections between packages, but adds the problem of adjacent chips in the 3D stack heating each other up. The siXis solution seeks to reap the benefits of smaller size and shorter interconnections while keeping the chip mounted side-by-side so that only a heat sink is needed for cooling.
Besides military applications aiming for the absolute smallest, low-power designs, siXis is also targeting customers in communications, medical imaging, test and measurement, aerospace and high-performance computing. SVTC is supplying siXis with CMOS and MEMS tools for casting its silicon boards on either 200- or 300mm wafers.
The technology was created at RTI International before being spun out as siXis.
- R. Colin Johnson
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WASHINGTON -- The FDA has approved a generic version of the cancer agent Doxil, which is currently on the agency's list of drugs in short supply.
The approval of doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome injection (HCl) was made through the agency's priority review to help offset current shortages.
"For the past year, the FDA has been working to ensure that supplies of doxorubicin HCl liposome injection were not interrupted," said Valerie Jensen, R.Ph, director of the Drug Shortage Staff for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the FDA, in an agency statement.
Doxorubicin HCl liposome injection is indicated to treat a number of cancers, including leukemia, breast cancer, lung cancer, and brain cancer as a monotherapy or in combination with other treatments. It is delivered via intravenous injection.
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In February 2012, the FDA announced a temporary controlled importation of Lipodox, a Doxil alternative that is not approved in the U.S., to address the shortage. The agency also allowed one lot of Doxil manufactured through an unapproved process to be distributed. Doxil is made by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a division of Johnson & Johnson.
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(b) There has been a rather large misunderstanding, and Jeremy has slightly misquoted what I passed along from ICD/Your Move. The guidance is simply to not tolerate anything that looks like a LINK to illegitimate software in CCC. No one said anything about censoring discussions or removing posts that simply make allusions or offer evaluations. Graham misunderstood the intent of the guidance - I have clarified it in detail for him this evening via IM. Where the issue of clones is concerned, and for the board in general, the goal of fair and balanced moderation has not changed, and there is no desire for favoritism in ANY direction.
Hello Sam,
I respect your position even when I do not agree with it but here you are flat wrong.
There is no misunderstanding in Graham's efforts.
Take any of the following threads and tell me why any reasonable person would move them to the EO sub-forum or not move them out if they had been posted there originally:
Plus a number of Houdini posts etc.
I personally requested that various engine results be moved out of the EO sub-forum and placed in the Tournaments sub-forum.
Nothing doing. In fact I was told that it would be better to have them there than nowhere else as if those were the only alternatives.
Then it became clear that nothing serious was to come out of the EO sub-forum, even by accident. It was merely to be a place of dumping, a place where flames could be started without any moderator action because it was hidden.
There is no misunderstanding - Graham has been 100% consistent in his actions in everything to do with the EO sub-forum.
Such a pity really because it does have the capacity to lead the way in terms of discussion on the topic of engine origins if allowed.
Do not believe for a moment that there was any misunderstanding here.
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Well, that was a busy stretch (and one not quite done). Scopwife and I continue to settle into NYC, a process that is, I think, almost complete.
Since my last entry, I've finished setting up the new law firm, had a couple of visitors to NYC, traveled to Miami and back for a too-short trip, saw extended relatives, cultivated facial hair, vetted clients, did much legal research, got sick (not related to any of the forgoing), got well, and am looking forward to seeing the Firecracker, whom I have not seen in, gosh, I don't know when. A decade, I expect. If I have seen her more recently, I'm sure it was in the context of a hello-as-Scoplaw-zips-through-on-the-way-to-somewhere. Memory memory.
Riposte came up to visit us recently. We walked about the city, had brunch, went to the Neue Gallery (http://www.neuegalerie.org/), but alas, did not have time for lunch at Café Fledermaus. In keeping with our impromptu Austrian/Germanic theme, we also took in Gounod's "Faust" at the Met; specifically the Des McAnuff's "Faust-as-atomic-scientist" production. It was a good effort, but the opera ultimately was undercut by its plot/rendering. There's not a lot of contemporary resonance to be found in trying to evoke the horrors of pre-marital sex/pregnancy, and the more modern casting of Faust as an atomic scientist prevents the viewer from thinking of this as a period piece (and thus importing the now desiccated mores of an earlier age). What could have been brilliant was actually something of a lose/lose situation.
Just last night (my first night not coughing/dripping in awhile) we went back to see Donizetti's "La Fille du Régiment," which was a much better production, despite the horrendous costuming of the leads and the at-best marionette-like presence of Lawrence Brownlee. Brownlee was actually quite good when he didn't have to pay attention to what was happening on stage. Unfortunately, an opera is more than 30 seconds worth of notes, as much as a poem is more than one great image. But even with such, it's worth seeing.
I'm off to do another round of NYC food shopping. Prices here are, as is so much else about the city, needlessly exaggerated. When I got to Miami, I met up with some other people who had also just arrived. We decided to get quick sandwiches for dinner – Dear God! Did you know it's possible to make a tuna salad sandwich for less than $10! After living a mere three months in the city, such a notion shocks me to the core.
While it was something of a working trip, I didn't get to see The Mayor, who had taken his family north on the exact days I was to be in Miami. Or so he claims. . . hmmm.
Also, while I was in Miami, I took the motorcycle out. Someone kept honking to me (I think) on US1. Hello! I had/have absolutely no idea who you are - that was a placating wave. Feel free to say hello in a medium that carries more identity that repeatedly honking from a backlit car across a busy intersection.
Apparently I now give off "attorney vibe." I was correctly identified as such despite my jeans and tshirt ensemble when I visited a local public law library. Actually two people pegged me; the librarian and another attorney, who was suited up. The attorney was quite funny; he asked a librarian something and finished with "as long as you're not busy helping this other attorney." When I raised an eyebrow at him, he waved at my books and notes on the table and said, "Obviously you're not a student," as if that was the only other choice. In a funny way though, he was right. I was hunting through vaguely related issues to make sure I hadn't missed something obvious and/or an unfavorable interpretation of a strongly analogous statute. I'm not sure how to explain it visually, but what I was doing really couldn't have been anything else. Or perhaps it was that I didn't attempt to conceal my notes? Anyway, I found it very amusing. So I asked him what he was working on (generally) as we were the only two left in the library. His response – "I have a trial in front of Judge X in two weeks." I made the same non committal grunt everyone seems to make when they hear that name. His response – "Sigh. Exactly." Which explains the basic law outline that he was compiling.


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There's no "jiggery-pokery" on the new Led Zeppelin album reissues, Jimmy Page insists.
That is, no melding of different takes, no clever studio tricks by which he cobbled together complete alternate versions of staple songs from his juggernaut classic-rock band's 1968-82 oeuvre.
Just pure, and in some cases purely different, sister takes.
"They're all the real deal, man," Page, now 70, told a few dozen members of the press at a Soho hotel.
And if eight samples Page played for journalists on Tuesday are any indication, the new material will frickin' rock. Real surprising, huh?
The first three of Zeppelin's nine studio albums go on sale June 3. Deluxe editions of each will contain a companion disc boasting alternate versions and, in the case of Led Zeppelin III, a newly discovered unreleased track: an ad-hoc acoustic blues number.
In addition to remastered CDs, Atlanta/Swan Song also is releasing these dual offerings on vinyl and digital download. A "Super Deluxe Boxed Set" of each will contain all sonic formats plus a hardbound, 70-plus page commemorative photo book of the band circa the album's release, plus a print of the album cover.
Page on Tuesday played eight bonus tracks off the first three albums. Looking lean and healthy in a blue, three-piece suit with scarf, and mentally as sharp as the third-position E-chords he slashed on his psychedelic Tely to open Track 1 of Album 1, Good Time Bad Times -- Page answered reporters' questions for about half an hour.
The motivation for the reissues?
"We've got so many different formats that it made sense to revisit the original albums," Page said.
The upgrades are cutting-edge and of such high resolution as to serve future formats not even available, Page said. To what specific resolution?
"I'm not giving away all my trade secrets."
The remainder of Zeppelin's original-album catalogue -- namely, Led Zeppelin IV, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti, Presence, In Through the Out Door and Coda -- will be released throughout 2015.
"There's lots of good things to come," Page said teasingly, including another ripping version of Bonzo's Montreaux -- a percussion solo featuring John Bonham, whose death in September 1980 broke up the band.
Here are mini-reviews of the eight tracks Page previewed in New York:
Good Times Bad Times / Communication Breakdown(Led Zeppelin I)
A medley from a live gig in Paris in 1969. Just a snippet of GTBT, before the band and, especially, singer Robert Plant shred the opening album's hit song. We are reminded that no matter what is left of Plant's voice now, he had absolutely no break pedal in those early days. He screamed and shrieked his throat off. That he had anything left of his vocal cords by 1971 is a minor miracle.
You Shook Me (Led Zeppelin I)
From the same Paris gig, a wicked version of this blues-slide belter. As with the two studio versions the band has released (on LZI and the 1990 CD boxed set), the highlights of this track come when Plant's moan and Page's slide slowly descend in unison.
Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin II)
Sounds almost exactly like the studio version, but with a different (although no less grungy) Page solo, and with different guitar overdubs segueing back to the main riff. By far the superior version of this song is on the album.
Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin II)
Pared-down version, perhaps containing just one guitar -- Page's base-track electric hitting that memorable riff. Most notable by its absence: the volume-increasing, note-descending electric slide from Page following every Plant refrain of "Gotta whole lotta love." You find yourself filling them in. The vocal track is completely different, at least before the "shake for me girl" lyric begins near the end. No Bonzo bongo overdub either. With the song laid bare, you better appreciate Page's production sense.
Gallows Pole (Led Zeppelin III)
Ditto on this one. Just Jimmy's base-track acoustic guitar. No JPJ mandolin, no Jimmy overdub banjo or fuzzboxy solo at the end. Page said Tuesday his acoustic guitar track, with its interesting elements, got lost in the album version once all the other instruments buried it. This version puts it in the shop window for the entire song.
Since I've Been Loving You (Led Zeppelin III)
The best alternate track of the eight, by far. Recorded live in studio by the band days before the final album take, this version is BETTER than the original, at least from the second verse on. Way more intense, especially from Page on one of his signature Zeppelin tracks. Jones' staccato and stop-start bursts of organ over the intro and first verse reveal he was still feeling his way through the track at this point, as Page on Tuesday more or less said of them all. On his electric-guitar solo on this version, Page absolutely cooks. Better than any live version I've ever heard. He said Tuesday the band would sometimes deliberately over intensify early versions of songs before toning it down for the final take. Thank goodness this version survives. A must-own for any Zep purist.
Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin III)
From Page's audible count-in of "two … three … FOUR …," you know right off the bat this will be different from the original. But not much. Sounds almost like the final version, with only one or maybe two Page electric-guitar tracks, instead of the cacophony. Plant's vocals get the extra studio treatment on this incarnation -- more echo, maybe even with that harmony machine they used at concerts in the late 1970s. But what you gain in the cool, tight, upgraded vocal assault you lose in Page's squelched guitar work.
Keys to the Highway/Trouble in Mind (Led Zeppelin III)
This is the new track that Page discovered. It's the only take of it, and it features just him on acoustic guitar and Plant on both vocals (employing the same tremolo effect as another bluesy number on LZIII, Hats off to Roy Harper) and electrified blues harp (think When the Levee Breaks). No Jonesy, no Bonzo. Yet I would have preferred this on LZIII to the far less accessible Harper.
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Less housework means bigger women's waistlines, researcher says
Daily habits of women from 1965, 2010 compared in new study
One reason why many American women are overweight is because they are doing less housework than housewives did years ago, according to a new study.
Dr. Edward Archer, a research fellow with the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, collaborated with the authors of an earlier study about occupational physical activity.
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They looked at "time-use diaries" from working and non-employed women from 1965 through 2010. They found on average women in 1965 spent an average of 25.7 hours a week cleaning, cooking and doing laundry. By 2010, the diaries showed women were spending an average of 13.3 hours per week.
American women who were not working outside the home burned about 360 fewer calories every day in 2010 than in 1965.
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On the heels of an exchange that was at times honest, at times combative, at times odd, but fascinating throughout, on Monday evening Ben Smith joined "Piers Morgan Live" with impressions from his own interview with Anthony Weiner.
Having sat down live with the mayoral candidate in the initial New York installment of "BuzzFeed Brews," a widely successful interview series that – until this evening – had been conducted entirely in Washington, D.C., Smith obtained a solid good feel for Weiner's current state of mind, politically and otherwise:
"He sure didn't seem happy to be there, he didn't feel like he was out there trying to make people like him, which is the name of the game," noted Smith, Editor-in-Chief of "BuzzFeed." "The primary is on September 10th. If he was going to drop out, he probably would have dropped out already. His best bet of getting in there is a series of debates that start tomorrow. So no, I don't see any clue that he would drop out."
Referencing one of the interview's more notable moments, Piers Morgan asked his guest about a question marrying technology and temptation:
"This was one that I thought was a brilliant question, it could only have come from someone who runs something like "BuzzFeed," with all the tech geek know-how that you have," noted Morgan, as he prepared to roll a video from the sit down with Weiner. "This is about 'Snapchat.'"
In the clip, Smith asks his guest about a particular choice in mobile phone application:
"The one question that I got most from 'BuzzFeed' staff, and the internet, was why not use 'Snapchat,'" asked Smith, referencing the video-sharing software which deletes photos only 10 seconds after they're opened.
On the heels of his most-recent sexting scandal, Weiner admitted to being stumped:
"I don't have a good answer for that."
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PT.Intraco Penta Wahana (IPW) is one of a subsidiary from PT.Intraco Penta,Tbk. We are a fastest growing services and distributor company for several heavy equipments such as Sinotruck, Mahindra, Ingersoll-Rand and Bobcat for mining and plantations.
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and if you do know him...WHY YOU DIDNT MENTIONED IN MY POST ABOUT COLOMBIA?????? (i got a bad of impresion of you guys...jejeje...no really but i want to make you feel guilty)
*edit: Ok, maybe he's just better in translation "El coronel..." is the only thing of his I've managed to get hold of in Spanish, and I still loved it! Garcia Marquez and Borges still my favorite two writers in Spanish and top-five writers of the world/all-time.


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Sesame Street doesn't want to play with Katy Perry anymore.
Producers of the kid-friendly staple have sided with critics who wrote in complaining about Perry's cleavage in a Sesame Street spoof music video posted online ahead of its planned Sept. 27 PBS broadcast, E! Online reported.
In the "Hot N Cold" video, which garnered nearly a million views on YouTube until Sesame Workshop pulled it Thursday, Perry, 24, alters the lyrics of her hit song to make it about Elmo's indifference to playing dress-up with her.
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Perry is seen chasing the beloved red Sesame Street character while clad in a low-cut, pea-green dress and a wedding veil, a juxtaposition some grown-ups called inappropriate for pre-schoolers.
"In light of the feedback we've received on the Katy Perry music video which was released on YouTube only, we have decided we will not air the segment on the television broadcast of Sesame Street, which is aimed at preschoolers," Sesame Workshop said in a statement on Thursday. "Katy Perry fans will still be able to view the video on YouTube.
The statement continued:
Sesame Street has a long history of working with celebrities across all genres, including athletes, actors, musicians and artists. Sesame Street has always been written on two levels, for the child and adult. We use parodies and celebrity segments to interest adults in the show because we know that a child learns best when co-viewing with a parent or care-giver. We also value our viewer's opinions and particularly those of parents.
In the end, the pressure was too much for Sesame Workshop, which pulled the video from its YouTube channel.
But Katy Perry fans don't fret.
On Thursday, she reposted the vid, tweeting: "Wow, looks like my play date with Elmo has been cut short! If you still wanna play see it at www.katyperry.com Tag you're it, Elmo!"
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MANATEE COUNTY -- Five school administrators were sent notifications that the district intends to fire them based on findings in a misconduct investigation of a former Manatee High school assistant football coach, sources said Wednesday.
The decision comes after a two-month internal inquiry of groping allegations against Rod Frazier implicated Assistant Superintendent Bob Gagnon, formerly the principal of Manatee High, former school district investigator Debra Horne and former Manatee High assistant principals Gregg Faller and Matthew Kane.
Also recommended for proposed termination by the school district: Scott Martin, the former assistant superintendent who briefly took over a district probe of Frazier before police intervened earlier this year.
The five administrators have been on paid leave since early August, standard procedure when school employees are being investigated for misconduct. Gagnon, Kane, Martin and Faller did not immediately return calls Wednesday.
Kane's attorney, Brett McIntosh, declined to comment. Horne declined to comment through her attorney, Derek Byrd.
Byrd said his client may hire an administrative law attorney and plans on exercising her right to a hearing.
"We'll fight the termination like anybody else," Byrd said. "She's entitled to due process and she wants to have a hearing where you can confront the accusations."
Byrd also said he responded to a letter sent to Horne two weeks ago by the Florida Department of Education stating the agency was looking into any professional wrongdoings on Horne's part.
"We disputed the allegations," Byrd said.
Because of a state statute that protects school personnel who are being investigated for misconduct, the school's investigative report will not become public record for 10 days.
The district inquiry, which began in July, mirrors a four-month police investigation earlier this year that led to Frazier being charged with seven counts of simple battery by the state for lewd behavior toward students and staff.
He has also been charged with three counts of interfering with a student's attendance.
The police investigation also concluded that four school administrators -- Gagnon, Horne, Faller and Kane -- were informed of reports of impropriety, but decided without notifying police or a state abuse hotline that the allegations did not constitute child abuse.
After being put on paid leave since police began their investigation on Feb. 7, Frazier officially resigned on July 26, shortly after being charged by the state.
On Aug. 15 Gagnon, Horne, Faller and Kane were charged by the state with failure to report child abuse, a third degree felony in Florida. Gagnon, Kane and Faller were also been charged with lying to police, a misdeameanor.
They have pleaded not guilty to all counts.
The district, under the guidance of new school investigator Troy Pumphrey, then reopened its investigation into Frazier's conduct, as well as others that may have known about it.
In a statement released by the school district, Superintendent Rick Mills said, "All employees of this district are expected to make students their primary professional concern. Moreover, as leaders, district administrators have a paramount responsibility to meet the expectations of providing a safe and secure environment for students and staff.
"Unfortunately, the findings of the Frazier investigation reflect that these administrators failed to fulfill these obligations; causing me to lose all confidence in their abilities to serve as administrators in this district," Mills said. "I further found that just cause exists to terminate their employment."
Mills has previously said that the district hired special counsel to help guide the internal investigation.
According to state statutes, employees can only be put on unpaid leave after receiving written allegations and being informed of the district's intention to terminate.
The recipients of the letters can request a hearing within 14 days upon receipt.
A Division of Administrative Hearing officer from outside the county would oversee the process, should that route be elected.
The School Board would then approve or deny the district's request for termination.
After Frazier findings, 5 are set to lose jobs
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As debate heats up on low-performing schools, NEA urges Congress to remain flexible on the methods, not on accountability
WASHINGTON - May 20, 2010 -
"Improving student achievement at low-performing schools means putting to rest the one-size- fits-all mentality. Give educators the freedom to design something that works for the kids we're serving," Lily Eskelsen, vice president of the National Education Association, said at a press conference today with Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.).
Eskelsen, an elementary school teacher from Utah, discussed three ways to ensure that the next incarnation of the Elementary Secondary and Education Act (ESEA)—also known as No Child Left Behind— helps fuel the success educators have had in transforming low-performing schools:
- Focus on what works for kids
- Reward collaboration
- Hold everyone accountable for results
Eskelsen shared the success of educators from Oklahoma City's Putnam City West High School who have helped boost student achievement. At Putnam, where a quarter of the students are English Language Learners and most live below the poverty line, educators have used data to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their instructional programs. They have also reached out to parents, many of whom had never attended a back-to-school night or other school activity aimed at fostering parent engagement. Teachers also persuaded local business and the community college to support their transformation efforts. As a result of the teacher-led changes, the academic performance index (a broad measure of achievement across subject areas) went up 27 percent for Hispanic students, while the dropout rate among that same student group went down—by 70 percent in a single year.
Eskelsen appeared at a press conference with Rep. Judy Chu, a key member of the House committee that will revise ESEA. Chu proposed a new framework for reform called Strengthening Our Schools.
Turning around low-performing schools is a high priority for NEA.
NEA launched its Priority Schools Campaign earlier this year to provide resources and support to educators in low-performing schools.
Across the nation, educators, with the support of their unions, continue to launch, participate in and champion collaborative efforts to transform low-performing schools.
In Evansville, Ind., educators launched an equity schools project that aim to transform schools through purposeful professional development for teachers and extended learning time for students.
In Denver, teachers and parents teamed up to build the Math and Science Leadership Academy, where teachers have the freedom to try new instructional methods and work together to evaluate each others' performance.
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It's Dec. 1, do you know where your Northwest Division club is?
If you're a devotee of the Calgary Flames, the answer to that question is encouraging, perhaps surprisingly so given what had seemed to be a gruesome November schedule.
Calgary posted a 10-2-2 record during the 11th month and in the process turned a seven-point deficit behind Colorado for top spot in the Northwest into a two-point advantage with two games in hand. The Flames made their big move despite a road-heavy November schedule (or perhaps because of it, given Calgary home-road performance split so far this quirky season) and despite a loss in their only head-to-head meeting with the aforementioned Avalanche.
Brent Sutter's troops and Brent Sutter himself are starting to receive the type of fawning commentary from the TV talking heads — "The hardest team in the NHL to play against!" raves Sportsnet's Doug MacLean — that suggests the Flames have firmly established themselves as the team to beat in the Northwest.
Then again, no one can satisfactorily answer the chicken-or-egg question: "Is the Flames' upturn in results the product of the team finally catching on to Sutter's much-discussed system or is the success of the system implementation being assumed because of the happy win-loss record?"
While acknowledging it's very dangerous to make assumptions on something as flimsy and potentially misleading as shots on goal, know this — the Flames outshot their opponents just six times in 14 November games and surrendered 40 shots on goal on three separate occasions (while winning all three of those games). Also, Calgary benefitted from .942 save-percentage goaltending by Miikka Kiprusoff and Curtis McElhinney during November (a figure which jumps to an even more amazing .955 if you could somehow erase that seven-goals-allowed-on-26-shots emabarrassment at the hands of the ultra-opportunistic Chicago Blackhawks on Nov. 19).
Special teams continue to be a sticking point, even if the penalty-killing numbers were exaggerated by that Nov. 19 game against the Blackhawks, who that night went four-for-five with the man advantage. After starting the month by surviving 15 of 16 shorthanded situations, the Flames were torched for 10 power-play goals in 38 chances the rest of the month (a puny 73.7 per cent kill rate).
Calgary was slightly in the red in terms of power plays for and against in November (two more chances against than for) and for the season only Ottawa and Montreal have forced opponents into fewer penalties.
On the flip side, the Flames were dynamite at even strength during the past month, allowing a mere 14 goals in 14 games (although this is a good time to once again mention that .942 Kiprusoff-McElhinney save percentage).
Bottom line, it's OK to be encouraged with a tinge of giddiness if you're a Flames fan, but there's still plenty of statistical and visual evidence that plenty of work remains to be done.


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It's all very well and good to splurge for an exclusive bottle of whiskey if money is no object, but a bottle of six-figure Scotch is a bit beyond my means. Luckily, there's a much more cost-effective method of securing super rare juice—the single barrel whiskey. It's an increasingly visible (and exciting) trend in bottling from not only small batch distillers and newcomers looking to differentiate themselves, but also major established players with affordable top shelf options. Let's take a look at what exactly "single barrel" means, and why it makes sense to get your hot hands on a bottle, pronto.
What Do You Mean, Most Whiskeys Are Blends?
When I think of whiskey, I frequently conjure the romantic image of a warehouse full of barrels silently sleeping, awaiting the day they'll awaken in a crystal tumbler in my (fictional) leather armchair by the fire. However, those rows of casks don't usually don't make it straight into my glass.
As our very own Michael Dietsch explained back in February, your typical bottle of whiskey, whether it's Scotch, bourbon, Irish, or what have you, is actually a blend of many different casks (and sometimes even a hit of grain whiskies to add a little fire to the mix).
Blending whiskey is an art form unto itself, the often overlooked craft that distilleries use to round out inconsistencies which arise in barrels of whiskey over time. Even though they strive to put the same product into the same type of cask and age them under the same conditions, no two casks ever turn out identically. Some will be sweeter, some more alcoholic, some have more wood flavors, etc. By blending many different casks together, they can consistently achieve a characteristic aroma and flavor, or house style, so that consumers know what to expect when they reach for a bottle of Jim Beam or Laphroaig.
Blending is, in a sense, an act of whiskey entropy. Edges are rounded, familiar flavors reinforced, and conformity attained. But every so often, distillers save individual barrels that are singular, destined for greater things. These barrels that escape the culling for the main blend are sometimes released unadulterated, straight from the cask (from time to time water is added to bring the proof down to optimal levels). That standout, my friends, is a single barrel.
Single Barrel: What's the Big Deal?
Single barrel expressions are like snowflakes; no two are identical. Depending on the size of the barrel and the duration of aging, there may only be 220 or fewer bottles in the world that will taste like yours. But it's rarely a crap shoot when it comes to picking one off the shelf. Due to their limited nature and generally small scale of release, only the best casks of whiskey make it to market as single-barrel offerings, so you can pretty much be assured that whatever barrel you're drinking from, the juice is special.
There are a number of large releases of single barrel bourbons on the market such as Blanton's, Eagle Rare, Elijah Craig 18 Single Barrel, Four Roses Single Barrel, and many others. They're almost always an awesome sweet spot between price and quality for a luxurious whiskey experience.
And if you want to get even more exclusive, there are now house-selected casks of single barrel whiskey popping up at specialty liquor stores and restaurants across the country. These are barrels that have been individually picked by the spirit specialists at the store or restaurant, and bought up in their entirety for that location. That means these offerings are whiskeys you really can't get anywhere else.
The differences between single barrel expressions and regular blended expressions can be pretty huge. We recently attended an event at Astor Center featuring a variety of single barrel whiskeys on offer at the Astor store, and they were all improvements upon the stand expression available. The Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve was spicier, more robust. The Willet 9 Year Single Barrel had an enhanced raisiny depth. And the Evan Williams Single Barrel added an impressive amount of vanilla to the nose. At price points only slightly above the standard releases, they're all worth the splurge for a new perspective on an old favorite.
So the next time you see a single barrel whiskey, I urge you to take the plunge, and enjoy your own exclusive indulgence. Tell us: do you have a favorite single barrel whiskey that's stolen your heart? Got your eye on any bottles you're yearning to try?


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Little Monsters will be glad to know they can hear snippets of her new album long before its May release date.
WWD reports that the creative director at fashion house Thierry Mugler, Nicola Formichetti, has taped Lady Gaga for an exclusive track to play while male models strut down the runway. The remix, according to WWD, will be a remix of a track off of the much buzzed-about "Born This Way" album. The runway show will happen on Wednesday, straight from one of fashion's capitals--Paris, France.
This is the first of what will inevitably be another huge year for Lady Gaga. The Daily Mail reports that the "Paparazzi" singer is expected to make more than $100 million in 2011, nearly twice the sum of last year's $64 million.
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Arrive at the hospital one and a half hours before your scheduled surgery unless otherwise instructed by the Endoscopy staff or your physician.
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Enter at Cary Hospital's Main Entrance and check-in at the Information Desk. You will receive a number that is called when Patient Registration is ready to register you. After verifying that all of your insurance and demographic information is correct, Patient Registration will place an armband on your wrist. You will then be directed to the Endoscopy Reception Area.
You and your family will receive a Endoscopy Center pager. This pager is used as a communication tool while you are under the care of the Endoscopy Center staff. Whenever this pager is activated (blinks and makes buzzing noise), please return to the Endoscopy Reception Desk for information.
Your family will keep this service pager until you are discharged home, transferred to a room or they leave the hospital. If your family leaves the hospital, we ask that they provide a cell phone number. We ask that children not be left unattended in the lobby.
After registering, you will be brought back to the Endoscopy Center for pre-op preparation. This process will take approximately 20-30 minutes. Your family will wait in the lobby during this time. Once prepped, you will be allowed two visitors in the pre-op area.
As part of our ongoing efforts to ensure the utmost safety for our patients, you may be asked the same questions by more than one caregiver. Staff responsible for your care will verify who you are, what kind of procedure you are having. Staff will also double-check what you tell them against the documents from your physician's office. While it might seem redundant, it is an important part of our quality assurance (safety) process.
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KUOPIO, Finland, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Depressed individuals often have a poor quality diet, and a researcher in Finland says eating healthy may reduce the risk of severe depression.
Anu Ruusunen of the University of Eastern Finland, who presented the results of her doctoral thesis in the field of nutritional epidemiology, said the study's data came from the population-based Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study. The participants, more than 2,000 middle-age or older Finnish men, were tracked over 13-20 years.
Their diet was measured by food records and food frequency questionnaires, and information on cases of depression was obtained from the National Hospital Discharge Register in Finland.
The effects of the three-year lifestyle intervention on depressive symptoms were investigated in the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study with 140 middle-age men and women randomized to participate in a lifestyle intervention and a control group.
A healthy diet of vegetables, fruit, berries, whole-grains, poultry, fish and low-fat cheese was associated with a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms and a lower risk of depression during the follow-up period.
Increased intake of folate was also associated with a decreased risk of depression. Vegetables, fruit, berries, whole-grains, meat and liver are the most important dietary sources of folate. In addition, increased coffee consumption was non-linearly associated with a decreased risk of depression.
In addition, participation in a three-year lifestyle intervention improved depression scores. Furthermore, a reduction in body weight was associated with a greater reduction in depressive symptoms, Ruusunen said.
However, those who continued eating an unhealthy diet characterized by a high consumption of sausages, hot dogs, processed meats, sugar-containing desserts and snacks, sugary drinks, manufactured foods and processed potatoes were associated with an increased prevalence of elevated depressive symptoms, the study found.
The study is available online at: http://epublications.uef.fi/pub/urn_isbn_978-952-61-1201-5/urn_isbn_978-952-61-1201-5.pdf.


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Prior to applying for a Game Licence to hunt game ducks, you need to pass the Waterfowl Identification Test (WIT). The requirement to pass the WIT ensures that only those hunters able to demonstrate adequate waterfowl identification skills are permitted to hunt game ducks in Victoria. This helps reduce the number of protected non-game species shot by mistake.
Test preparation
It is advisable that applicants study before the test, otherwise you will not be able to pass the WIT.
The best way to prepare is to view the Duck Wise education video for free which can be found on the GMA's website (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrm3E-zEKA43BmYGuj0ek1XOZlq25vMb6)
Once you feel you are confident in identifying waterbirds you should complete the free online practice test which allows you to familiarise yourself with the testing procedure (https://www.gma.vic.gov.au/licencing/waterfowl-identification-test/waterfowl-identification-practice-test)
Test attendance
There is no refund for applicants who do not attend the test they are booked into. The applicant will need to book into another test and pay a new fee to sit the test on another date.
If you can not attend the test date you have booked into you will need to notify the GMA (Contact the GMA) prior to the test date in order to move your test date or obtain a refund.
What does the test involve?
The test consists of 22 multiple-choice questions. Including ID checks and discussions, the test takes approximately 45 minutes. The test is viewed on a TV Screen and the procedure is explained by an example prior to the actual test. A species of waterfowl is viewed for approximately five seconds and applicants have 20 seconds to select an answer and prepare for the next question.
A practice test is available online which allows you to familiarise yourself with the testing procedure (https://www.gma.vic.gov.au/licencing/waterfowl-identification-test/waterfowl-identification-practice-test)
The test examines a hunter's ability to identify species of waterfowl and determine whether they may be hunted.
During the test hunters must remain silent and seated until the video has concluded. Any applicant who speaks or copies someone else's answers during the test will be required to leave the room and will have to re-apply to sit the test again.
Only applicants are allowed in the testing room while the test is in progress, friends and relatives must wait outside.
What do I need to bring?
Photo identification (like a driver's or shooter's licence) must be presented at the test session. If the applicant doesn't bring photo identification they can not sit the test.
You need to be at least 10 years old to sit the WIT. Applicant's under 18 who do not have photo ID need to bring along a copy of a birth certificate or birth extract.
When do I get my results?
Test results are sent out in the mail to applicants within 10 working days from the test date. Applicants who pass the test receive a Certificate of Proficiency.
A score of 85% or greater constitutes a pass, provided that the applicant also correctly identifies all the non-game sequences.
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For further information on the WIT please visit GMA's website at http://www.gma.vic.gov.au/
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- "Everyone wants to pay homage to a dying legend, everyone wants the glamour of a bygone age."
- ―Jon Gravelli
Jon Gravelli (1923 - 2008) was a character in Grand Theft Auto series that appears as a main character in Grand Theft Auto IV. He was a crime boss in Liberty City, head of the Gambetti Family and soon became the most powerful American Mafia boss in Liberty City. Gravelli was indicted several times, but was never convicted of a single charge, due to his government contacts who protected him.
Jon Gravelli was born in Meadow Hills, Dukes, Liberty City in 1923. His criminal record dates back to 1940, when he was first arrested for possesion of gambling records at only 17 years old. Rigorous criminal activity continued through his twenties, including car theft, attempted murder and bribery, though his LCPD record states that he had never been in prison.
Gravelli started a Mob-war against the Ancelotti crime family in 1972, after almost killing Giovanni Ancelotti's uncle.
Gravelli took charge as the Don of the Gambetti Family in 1978 after the death of Sonny Cangelosi, when Gravelli was 55. The Gambetti Family became the most powerful of Liberty City's Mafia families under Gravelli's leadership. He had a son, Jon Gravelli, Jr., who was an associate of the Gambetti's but was disowned after he developed a cocaine addiction.
In his late sixties, during the early 1990s, he was arrested twice again and beat both cases. Since 2005, he was a patient in Schottler Medical Center. He was charged with racketeering in 2006 and was awaiting trial - as many other organized crime figures had done, people believed Gravelli was faking his illnesses to avoid trial, but were proven wrong when he stayed hospitalized for his remaining years.
Sometime in the late 1990s to the early 2000s Garvelli start to work with United Liberty Paper company, and became a good friend with one of the company's senior agent.
Events of GTA IV
In 2008, Gravelli was introduced to Niko Bellic via cellphone through his contact at United Liberty Paper who is referred to as a "mutual friend". Jon Gravelli first hired Niko to provide security for a politician from Russian gangsters who wanted to whack him. Niko and the convoy are ambushed on a back street they survive the ambush. Next, Jon ordered Niko to whack Korean Mob connected Kim Young-Guk for running a counterfeiting operation. In Liquidize the Assets, he hired Niko to destroy the Ancelottis' drug vans in a warehouse. It was through his and U.L Paper's assistance that Niko is able to have Darko Brevic delivered to him from Bucharest.
A news report on the radio and internet (after the completion of GTA IV's storyline) states that Gravelli passed away peacefully in his sleep, prior to standing trial. It also appears after the completion of The Ballad of Gay Tony's storyline.
It's unknown who became the Don of Gambetti crime family after Gravelli's death.
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Surname: Gravelli
First Name: Jon
Age: 85
Place of Birth: Meadow Hills, Liberty City
Affiliations: Gambetti Crime Syndicate
Criminal Record:
- 1940 - Possession Gambling Records
- 1942 - Promoting Gambling
- 1942 - Assault
- 1944 - Grand theft Auto
- 1946 - Attempted Murder
- 1949 - Bribery
- 1990 - Racketeering and Murder
- 1992 - Obstruction of Justice
- 2006 - Racketeering
- Head of the Gambetti Crime Syndicate since the death of Sonny Cangelosi in 1978.
- Indicted several times but never convicted of a serious crime.
- Resident of the Schottler Medical Center for the last 3 years due to an allegedly serious illness.
Mission appearances
- Entourage (Boss)
- Dining Out (Boss)
- Liquidize the Assets (Boss)
- He is most likely based on Carlo Gambino, former boss of the Gambino crime family, on which the Gambettis are based, although his name shares similarities with John Gotti. His name is also similar to Gotti informant Sammy "The Bull" Gravano.
- Upon completion of the main storyline in Grand Theft Auto IV, the player can read about Gravelli's death on the Liberty Tree website, under the article "Mob Boss Dies Before Trial".
- If you call Jon Gravelli, it will say that his number is not recognized. Despite this, he can be called after his missions.
- Gravelli is one of the few characters in the GTA series to die of natural causes. Others include Johnny Sindacco.
- It is implied several times that Gravelli brought his illness upon himself to prevent, or at least delay, prosecution.
- Gravelli, Gerald McReary, Elizabeta Torres and the United Liberty Paper Contact are the only major characters in GTA IV who don't appear outside of cutscenes.
- In his artwork, Gravelli wears a blue business suit, but he does not wear it in GTA IV. This is due to the fact that he is hospitalized and wears the hospital issued gowns.
- At 85 years old, Gravelli is the oldest character in the GTA series to give the protagonist missions.
- Appearing in only three mission, Gravelli is the boss with the least appearences in the whole Grand Theft Auto IV trinity.
- Gravelli states that he has known the Ancelottis for 73 years, suggesting that he could've been involved with the mafia since the age of 12.


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"Petronas confirms its exit from the Majnoon oilfield, Iraq, together with Shell. We will be working with Shell on the handover of the field to the Basra Oil Company," a spokeswoman for Petronas told The National in an emailed statement.
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In 2019, consumption of renewable energy in the United States grew for the fourth year in a row, reaching a record 11.5 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu), or 11% of total U.S. energy consumption. The U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) new U.S. renewable energy consumption by source and sector chart published in the Monthly Energy Review shows how much renewable energy by source is consumed in each sector.
In its Monthly Energy Review, EIA converts sources of energy to common units of heat, called British thermal units (Btu), to compare different types of energy that are more commonly measured in units that are not directly comparable, such as gallons of biofuels compared with kilowatthours of wind energy. EIA uses a fossil fuel equivalence to calculate primary energy consumption of noncombustible renewables such as wind, hydro, solar, and geothermal.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
Wind energy in the United States is almost exclusively used by wind-powered turbines to generate electricity in the electric power sector, and it accounted for about 24% of U.S. renewable energy consumption in 2019. Wind surpassed hydroelectricity to become the most-consumed source of renewable energy on an annual basis in 2019.
Wood and waste energy, including wood, wood pellets, and biomass waste from landfills, accounted for about 24% of U.S. renewable energy use in 2019. Industrial, commercial, and electric power facilities use wood and waste as fuel to generate electricity, to produce heat, and to manufacture goods. About 2% of U.S. households used wood as their primary source of heat in 2019.
Hydroelectric power is almost exclusively used by water-powered turbines to generate electricity in the electric power sector and accounted for about 22% of U.S. renewable energy consumption in 2019. U.S. hydropower consumption has remained relatively consistent since the 1960s, but it fluctuates with seasonal rainfall and drought conditions.
Biofuels, including fuel ethanol, biodiesel, and other renewable fuels, accounted for about 20% of U.S. renewable energy consumption in 2019. Biofuels usually are blended with petroleum-based motor gasoline and diesel and are consumed as liquid fuels in automobiles. Industrial consumption of biofuels accounts for about 36% of U.S. biofuel energy consumption.
Solar energy, consumed to generate electricity or directly as heat, accounted for about 9% of U.S. renewable energy consumption in 2019 and had the largest percentage growth among renewable sources in 2019. Solar photovoltaic (PV) cells, including rooftop panels, and solar thermal power plants use sunlight to generate electricity. Some residential and commercial buildings heat with solar heating systems.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Electric Generator Inventory
Based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) annual survey of electric generators, natural gas-fired generators accounted for 43% of operating U.S. electricity generating capacity in 2019. These natural gas-fired generators provided 39% of electricity generation in 2019, more than any other source. Most of the natural gas-fired capacity added in recent decades uses combined-cycle technology, which surpassed coal-fired generators in 2018 to become the technology with the most electricity generating capacity in the United States.
Technological improvements have led to improved efficiency of natural gas generators since the mid-1980s, when combined-cycle plants began replacing older, less efficient steam turbines. For steam turbines, boilers combust fuel to generate steam that drives a turbine to generate electricity. Combustion turbines use a fuel-air mixture to spin a gas turbine. Combined-cycle units, as their name implies, combine these technologies: a fuel-air mixture spins gas turbines to generate electricity, and the excess heat from the gas turbine is used to generate steam for a steam turbine that generates additional electricity.
Combined-cycle generators generally operate for extended periods; combustion turbines and steam turbines are typically only used at times of peak load. Relatively few steam turbines have been installed since the late 1970s, and many steam turbines have been retired in recent years.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Electric Generator Inventory
Not only are combined-cycle systems more efficient than steam or combustion turbines alone, the combined-cycle systems installed more recently are more efficient than the combined-cycle units installed more than a decade ago. These changes in efficiency have reduced the amount of natural gas needed to produce the same amount of electricity. Combined-cycle generators consume 80% of the natural gas used to generate electric power but provide 85% of total natural gas-fired electricity.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Electric Generator Inventory
Every U.S. state, except Vermont and Hawaii, has at least one utility-scale natural gas electric power plant. Texas, Florida, and California—the three states with the most electricity consumption in 2019—each have more than 35 gigawatts of natural gas-fired capacity. In many states, the majority of this capacity is combined-cycle technology, but 44% of New York's natural gas capacity is steam turbines and 67% of Illinois's natural gas capacity is combustion turbines.
Countries that are not members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Asia, including China and India, and in Africa are home to more than two-thirds of the world population. These regions accounted for 44% of primary energy consumed by the electric sector in 2019, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projected they will reach 56% by 2050 in the Reference case in the International Energy Outlook 2019 (IEO2019). Changes in these economies significantly affect global energy markets.
Today, EIA is releasing its International Energy Outlook 2020 (IEO2020), which analyzes generating technology, fuel price, and infrastructure uncertainty in the electricity markets of Africa, Asia, and India. A related webcast presentation will begin this morning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Outlook 2020 (IEO2020)
IEO2020 focuses on the electricity sector, which consumes a growing share of the world's primary energy. The makeup of the electricity sector is changing rapidly. The use of cost-efficient wind and solar technologies is increasing, and, in many regions of the world, use of lower-cost liquefied natural gas is also increasing. In IEO2019, EIA projected renewables to rise from about 20% of total energy consumed for electricity generation in 2010 to the largest single energy source by 2050.
The following are some key findings of IEO2020:
IEO2020 builds on the Reference case presented in IEO2019. The models, economic assumptions, and input oil prices from the IEO2019 Reference case largely remained unchanged, but EIA adjusted specific elements or assumptions to explore areas of uncertainty such as the rapid growth of renewable energy.
Because IEO2020 is based on the IEO2019 modeling platform and because it focuses on long-term electricity market dynamics, it does not include the impacts of COVID-19 and related mitigation efforts. The Annual Energy Outlook 2021 (AEO2021) and IEO2021 will both feature analyses of the impact of COVID-19 mitigation efforts on energy markets.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Outlook 2020 (IEO2020)
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With the IEO2020 release, EIA is publishing new Plain Language documentation of EIA's World Energy Projection System (WEPS), the modeling system that EIA uses to produce IEO projections. EIA's new Handbook of Energy Modeling Methods includes sections on most WEPS components, and EIA will release more sections in the coming months.


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Is your team soft with the ball? Does your team turn it over more than you would like? Don't let turnovers keep you out of the win column. 2009 McDonalds All-American coach Pat Clatchey shows you how to make the most of each possession. His ball security and toughness drill package will develop a sense of confidence and aggressiveness in your athletes. His drills combine toughness, ball handling, decision making, pivoting, passing, catching, balance, shooting and finishing at the basket. Learn how ripping the ball cuts down on turnovers and increases good shots. Clatchey shows you how to maximize player involvement when using these drills to guarantee multiple reps. Add competitive elements to these drills make them challenging and game-like. Additional features include post feeding, one-dribble separation, explosive offensive moves, breaking pressure and transition basketball. With this excellent basketball drill package you can add ball security and toughness to your program.
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