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Jameis Winston goes 0-for-2 vs. Yankees
TAMPA, Fla. >> Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston grounded out to second and struck out looking in Florida State's 8-3 loss to the New York Yankees on Tuesday.
Winston entered in left field in the fifth inning and hit a groundball on an 0-2 pitch from minor leaguer Shane Greene during the sixth. In the eighth, Winston took a full-count pitch from Bryan Mitchell for a called third strike.
"The favorite part of the day was just being out here," Winston said. "Being around a bunch of big league guys, and they proved it. They beat us."
The sophomore quarterback led the Seminoles football team to the national championship with a 34-31 victory over Auburn on January 6. He's made three scoreless appearances this season as a the baseball team's closer. Winston had a single in his only previously at-bat this year.
"Obviously, he's a great talent," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "I guess he had a football injury in the championship game which kept him from hitting for a while. But he's just starting to pick up the bat again. I guess he had torn a ligament in his left index finger."
Brett Gardner had an infield single in his lone at-bat and Brendan Ryan hit an RBI double for the Yankees, who played their spring training opener.
Joining Gardner and Ryan in the lineup were Kelly Johnson and Francisco Cervelli.
Florida State football head coach Jimbo Fisher threw the ceremonial first pitch in front of an announced crowd of 7,708 that included a large number of FSU fans.
Highlights from Yankees camp and their win over Florida State:
Girardi announced that Masahiro Tanaka will make his debut in Saturday's game againsrt Philadelphia. Tanaka and Hiroki Kuorda will follow starter CC Sabathia. Tanaka signed a $155 million, seven-year contract in January. He was 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA last year while leading the Rakuten Golden Eagles to the Japan Series title.
Vidal Nuno gave up one hit and struck out three in two shutout innings Tuesday. Nuno went 1-2 with a 2.25 ERA in five games, including three starts, with the Yankees last year.
New York outfielder Alfonso Soriano started on-field drills, taking 33 swings in batting practice, after missing the past five days of workouts due to the flu.
Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter did not play Tuesday, but took batting practice and fielded grounders. Jeter, who plans to retire after this season, is set to play in his first spring training game Thursday against Pittsburgh.
Yankees closer David Robertson threw 21 pitches in batting practice before the regular pregame workout.
"The best I've thrown at 8:30," Robertson said with a smile.
Robertson is taking over the ninth-inning role from all-time saves leader Mariano Rivera, who retired after last season.
NIFTY BASERUNNING: John Ryan Murphy scored from third when the plate was left uncovered as Florida State pitcher Brandon Johnson caught Gary Sanchez's foul ball at the wall near the first-base dugout. Murphy then beat Johnson to the plate.


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May 23, 2013
By BILL HETHERMAN
City News Service
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Testifying in trial of a negligence/wrongful death suit against AEG Live over the death of Michael Jackson, the top lawyer for the concert promoter acknowledged this week that its CEO publicly said the company hired Dr. Conrad Murray to be the singer's personal physician.
Shawn Trell, the entertainment conglomerate's general counsel, said under questioning by Jackson family attorney Brian Panish that Brandon Phillips made the remark shortly before the entertainer's death during a media interview
with the AEG Live logo in the background.
``I know he made that statement, yes,'' Trell said on his second day on the stand.
Under further questioning by Panish, Trell confirmed Phillips sent, ``This Is It Tour'' director Kenny Ortega, an email five days before the singer died, in which he said Ortega should not worry about Murray's credentials because the physician was ``extremely successful'' and ``does not need this gig,'' referring to Murray's selection as Jackson's personal doctor while the entertainer toured.
Ortega had written AEG executives days before Jackson's death expressing concern about the singer's health and ability to rehearse.
Asked by Panish why Phillips would make such laudatory remarks about Murray given that Trell had testified that AEG Live does not do background checks on independent contractors like the cardiologist, Trell answered, ``I don't know where (Phillips') expression or intention comes from.''
Trell suggested Panish ask Phillips the same question. But Panish continued to press Trell for answers, at one point asking, ``You didn't want Mr. Jackson to die, did you?'' Trell replied, ''Nobody did, sir.''
Lawyers for 83-year-old Katherine Jackson, who filed the lawsuit in 2010 on behalf of herself and her late son's three children, allege that AEG Live hired Murray to care for the singer and failed to supervise him properly.
AEG Live attorneys maintain that Jackson hired Murray in 2006 as his personal physician and chose him to be his doctor during his ``This Is It Tour.'' Jackson was rehearsing for 50 sold-out concerts in London at the time of his overdose death at age 50.
Panish showed Trell copies of emails between various AEG Live executives discussing Jackson's health in the days before his death. During previous trial testimony, witnesses said Jackson had a bad rehearsal day on June 19,
2009, that prompted the AEG hierarchy to call for a meeting with the singer and Murray the next day.
In one email, Phillips wrote then-AEG Inc. President and CEO Timothy Leiweke stating, ``We have a problem here.''
Asked by Panish if that raised a red flag in his mind, Trell answered, ``I think he (Phillips) realized there was a problem on the 19th. I would take it seriously as I believe Mr. Phillips did.''
However, Trell added, ``I don't think I need to use the word red flag.''
Panish also displayed for the jury a copy of an email from then-Jackson attorney John Branca to Phillips saying he knew a ``therapist, spiritual adviser and substance abuse counselor'' who would help Jackson. Branca -- now
one of two executors of Jackson's estate -- wrote that the person had once helped boxer Mike Tyson.
In yet another email, Paul Gongaware, co-CEO of Concerts West, a division of AEG Live, told Phillips, ``I'm not sure what the problem is, psychological or physiological.''
In another development, Trell said he erred Monday when he testified that Ortega's contract with AEG Live was based solely on a series of emails. He said Ortega actually had a formal agreement.
Murray was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter for giving the singer the anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid and was sentenced to four years
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METS: New York edges the Detroit Tigers, Jonathon Niese and Justin Verlander each throws scoreless innings
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. >> As Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander walked off the mound at the end of the first inning, he had a few words for a frustrated David Wright.
"I just told him to swing the bat," Verlander said after throwing a called third strike to fan the New York Mets star on three pitches, "I was just joking around with him. We grew up playing against each other. If you're going to have fun with somebody, now is the time. Obviously, I wouldn't do that during the regular season, but you can have a little bit more fun in spring training."
Verlander toyed with Mets hitters Friday, throwing three perfect innings in the Tigers' 6-2 loss.
The 2011 AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner struck out three and needed just 35 pitches for nine outs,
"If they would have let him keep going, this game would have been over in an hour-and-a-half," said Wright, who had an RBI single in the fifth. "He's in midseason form. He's out there working on some stuff and really hitting his spots."
With nearly a month left in spring training, Verlander said his fastball location may be ahead of pace. He had no trouble with his velocity, consistently reaching the low- to mid-90s as he threw to catcher Brayan Pena.
"It felt like it was coming out free and easy, again, for this time of year," Verlander said. "The first changeup I threw was kind of hard, but then I made the adjustment. I talked to Pena a little bit, made the adjustment and slowed that down and then a couple hanging breaking balls. But the breaking ball is usually the last thing to come around for me."
Mets starter Jonathon Niese also threw three scoreless innings in his major league exhibition debut. He had thrown two innings against the University of Michigan earlier this week.
Niese gave up three hits, struck out three and picked off a baserunner.
"I felt good," Niese said. "I think, for the most part, all of my pitches felt good."
Wright, playing in his final game before joining the U.S. for the World Baseball Classic, was 1 for 3 with a go-ahead RBI grounder.
"I feel ready," Wright said. "I feel as ready as a I can be after a week or so of games. I'm excited."
New York's Justin Turner had a two-run single in the sixth. Marlon Byrd had two hits and an RBI.
Prince Fielder had two hits for the Tigers, and Avisail Garcia hit a two-run homer in the fifth off Gonzalez German.
NOTES: Mets LHP Tim Byrdak arrived in camp Friday and will continue his rehabilitation from surgery to repair a torn anterior capsule in his shoulder. Byrdak hopes to be throwing off a mound by the end of spring training. ... Mets OF Lucas Duda saw a doctor for an undisclosed medical condition Friday and declared himself ready to play. Manager Terry Collins wasn't sure whether Duda will see action Saturday. ... Prior to the Friday's game, the Mets held a moment of silence for Sgt. Gary Morales, a St. Lucie County Sherriff's sergeant who was killed in the line of duty Thursday.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney attacked the Democratic convention platform for its "shameful" decision to omit a reference to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. But in a sign of how U.S. politics have changed in 40 years, President Richard Nixon complained in 1972 of the Democrats' "dishonest" platform language declaring the city Israel's capital.
Nixon's national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, agreed with his condemnation during a previously unreported taped conversation from June 29, 1972. "To make Jerusalem the capital of Israel is not the platform of a major American national party," Henry Kissinger told Nixon. "That is what I find so revolting here." The tape is one of a collection housed at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
On Wednesday, Barack Obama arrived in Israel for his first visit there as president — about six months after telling Democratic Party officials to reinstate language from previous convention platforms stating Jerusalem is the Israeli capital. But on Tuesday in Washington, Obama's administration argued in a federal appellate court that a law allowing Americans born in Jerusalem to have their place of birth listed on their U.S. passports as Israel infringed on the president's foreign policy powers. The United States, during administrations of both political parties, has refused to recognize any nation's sovereignty over Jerusalem since Israel's creation in 1948.
The Republicans added language to their platform in 1996 declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel, and the party has included similar language ever since. Democrats have kept it in their platform for every election since 1972 except for 1988, according to a review of presidential platforms compiled by the American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
For decades, Republican and Democratic administrations alike have said it is up to the Israelis and Palestinians to settle Jerusalem's final status — essentially a neutral position amid rivaling territorial claims. Both sides consider the city their capital, and its status has long been among the thorniest issues in Mideast peace talks.
The 1972 chat begins with Kissinger asking Nixon if he'd read the Democrats' foreign policy platform.
"I didn't want to lose my breakfast, so I didn't bother," Nixon replied.
After relating the Democrats' policies on the Vietnam War, Kissinger said, "Then all-out on Israel, I mean, in a really nauseating way … in a degree of detail, you know, Jerusalem should be the capital, direct negotiations between the parties. Nauseating detail."
"I mean, this is a disgrace. This is written by a bunch of cynical amateurs," added Kissinger, who is Jewish.
Nixon responded: "To be all-out on Israel — isn't that something, though? That is, that is so dishonest."
The Republican president suggested that Democratic military cuts would leave Israel vulnerable to military aggression. Israel had fought a war against its Arab neighbors five years earlier.
"You can be for Jerusalem being the capital, and if you're got a $35 billion defense cut, you ain't going to be able to — there isn't going to be anything to be capital of," said Nixon, who was considered a friend of Israel despite making many anti-Semitic comments in private.
"Well it shows you what we're — we contend with. And it also shows the necessity for us to be in good shape. Because these people are so revolting that they have to be smashed," Nixon said.
"They must be smashed," Kissinger added.
Nixon went on: "But I don't, I don't mean just beat them. It's good to beat them. But I mean smashed. They must be, they must be, disgraced, driven right out of public life."
The conversation occurred two years before the Watergate scandal would drive Nixon from office in disgrace.
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FB Jockeys for Inside Track in Wireless Industry
Nov 12, 2013 12:25 PM PT
Facebook has joined the GSM Association, according to a Monday report in FierceWireless, making plain its heightened interest in mobile and wireless.
GSMA is a group made up of mobile operators and other technology companies interested in standardizing and promoting the GSM cellular system. Nearly 800 of the world's mobile operators are members, as are more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, such as handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organizations.
Facebook, of course, doesn't have a significant investment in these networks -- or presumably any at all. Hence, its membership is interesting both from the company's perspective and from GSMA's as well.
Not Just for Mobile Operators
While content companies such as Facebook are not unheard of in GSMA's world, Facebook's entrance could be the beginning of a new trend -- one GSMA may well welcome as more and more data-rich content flies across wireless networks.
The same thinking is true for Facebook, especially as it holds high hopes for its video ads.
"I am not surprised at all by this move," Jeff Kagan, an independent telecom analyst, told the E-Commerce Times.
"The wireless world is changing and expanding," Kagan said. "Going forward, it will not necessarily be dominated by the carriers or even the handset makers."
Instead, companies that bring a strong customer base and strong business model to the table -- the Facebooks of the world -- will be key players," he suggested.
"Wireless is going to be very different going forward than it has been to date," Kagan added.
The Growth of Video Ads
Facebook's immediate interest in these issues is likely due at least in part to its big play for the video ad market. Not only is it rolling out its own platform for this channel, but Instagram, which Facebook acquired with much fanfare, also is introducing an ad platform that includes video content.
Total video ad views numbered 22.9 billion for the month of September, up significantly from the same month a year earlier, when ad views reached only 9.4 billion, according to comScore.
Facebook was the second largest provider of such ads, following only Google sites.
Then, too, there's Facebook's recent launch of Internet.org, a project that aims to bring everyone in the world online.
'Privy to All the Standards'
Facebook will get much from its membership, although both parties will benefit from the relationship, Ritch Blasi, senior vice president for mobile and wireless at Comunicano, told the E-Commerce Times.
"As an associate member, Facebook will be privy to all the tech standards, specs and enhancements being made to the mobile technology -- who is making them, when will they be delivered and where," he explained.
As for GSMA, it will receive better insights into how mobility will be used for social interaction, the pace required for upgrading or innovating due to new services, and first-hand interaction with a company changing the way billions of people manage their lives, Blasi said.
Every product or service Facebook offers will have some kind of impact on the quality of service offered by mobile operators -- especially if they are not prepared for it, or don't understand it fully, Blasi pointed out.
"Having that information in advance would be worth their price of admission," he concluded. "It wouldn't surprise me if the GSMA invited other companies with similar interests to join in order to truly gauge the future of the mobile world."
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ZCL Composites Reports Record Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results
Nov 08, 2012, 17:39 ET
EDMONTON, Nov. 8, 2012 /CNW/ - ZCL Composites Inc. (TSX: ZCL) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012.
Q3 2012 compared with Q3 2011
- Record revenue of $50.1 million, up $13.7 million or 38% from $36.4 million;
- Record net income of $4.8 million or $0.16 per share (fully diluted), up $2.9 million or $0.09 per share from $1.9 million or $0.07 per share (fully diluted);
- Backlog of $47.5 million, down $2.1 million or 4% from $49.6 million; and
- Increased the quarterly dividend to $0.02 per share.
Record nine months results compared with a year earlier
- Revenue of $125.5 million, up $36.2 million or 40% from $89.3 million; and
- Net income of $10.6 million or $0.37 per share (fully diluted), up $9.1 million or $0.31 per share from $1.5 million or $0.05 per share (fully diluted).
ZCL continues to build upon a very strong year. "As ZCL celebrates its 25th Anniversary in October of 2012, I am pleased to report our sixth consecutive profitable quarter and the strongest nine month showing in corporate history," said Ron Bachmeier, President and Chief Executive Officer.
"The strong third quarter performance is attributable to both the Underground and Aboveground operating segments and in particular to the Petroleum and Corrosion Products groups which both achieved record revenues," said Ron Bachmeier. "As a result of the strong performance, our Board has once again increased the quarterly dividend by $0.005 per share to $0.02 per share."
Financial Results
Revenue for the third quarter of 2012 was $50.1 million, up $13.7 million or 38% from $36.4 million for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011. The Petroleum and Corrosion Products groups achieved revenue increases of 13% and 147% respectively over the third quarter of 2011, however this was partially offset by a 13% reduction of revenue in the Water Products group.
Underground revenue of $31.5 million was $2.7 million or 9% higher than the third quarter of 2011; this included a $3.2 million or 13% increase in Petroleum Products revenues. Aboveground revenue of $18.6 million increased by $11.0 million or 147% over the third quarter of 2011 and exceeded the previous quarterly record set in the second quarter of 2012 by 45%.
Gross profit for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012 was $9.9 million, up $3.9 million or 64% from September 30, 2011 gross profit of $6.1 million. Gross margin increased to 20% of revenue for the third quarter of 2012, up from 17% a year earlier with the increase coming primarily from the Aboveground operating segment.
Net income for the third quarter of 2012 was $4.8 million, up $2.9 million or 154% from $1.9 million a year earlier. Net income per diluted share for the third quarter of 2012 was $0.16, up $0.09 from $0.07 per diluted share in the same quarter of 2011. The improvement was attributable to a significant increase in revenue, increased gross profit, lower general and administration expenses and reduced finance expenses.
General and administration ("G&A") expense for the three months ended September 30, 2012 decreased $0.6 million or 23% over the same period in 2011. The quarter over quarter reduction in G&A reflected the results of cost saving initiatives that were implemented in 2011.
Backlog and Financial Position
The September 30, 2012 backlog of $47.5 million was down 4% from $49.6 million a year earlier and down $14.3 million or 23% from June 30, 2012. The Aboveground operating segment accounted for $13.7 million of the decrease over June 2012 and is primarily attributable to the quarterly record revenue of $18.6 million resulting from the completion of some significant contracts. The Corrosion Products revenue was $11.0 million higher than the third quarter of 2011 and $5.8 million, or 45% higher than the previous quarterly record achieved in the second quarter of 2012. The nature of revenues in the Aboveground operating segment is more project oriented which leads to higher volatility in revenue and backlog when comparing points in time.
At September 30, 2012, ZCL's balance sheet had working capital (current assets less current liabilities) of $28.7 million up $5.3 million or 23% from $23.4 million at December 31, 2011. Net debt (long term debt, including current portion, plus bank indebtedness, less cash and cash equivalents) totalled $8.5 million, up from $4.6 million at December 31, 2011, but down from $12.9 million a year earlier. The net debt increase in 2012 helped to finance the redemption of the preferred shares along with an increase in working capital requirements.
With the continued improvement in the financial results, the Board elected to increase the quarterly dividend payment to $0.02 per share, up from $0.015 per share, for the shareholders of record as of December 31, 2012, to be paid on January 15, 2013.
Outlook and Priorities
For the fourth quarter of 2012, we expect that results will surpass the corresponding quarter of 2011, but will be below the very strong third quarter of 2012. We continue to drive toward targets of annual organic revenue growth of 10% to 20% in tandem with 12% to 15% EBITDA as a percentage of revenue.
We continue to remain optimistic with regard to profitable growth given:
- We have taken steps to ensure a strong group of brands within the ZCL corporate family with a single culture and mandate;
- We are focused on cost control and core assets;
- With a stronger focus on marketing and product groups, as opposed to operating groups, we have chosen to put forth a concerted effort to create a stronger customer value proposition; and
- We continue to focus on safety.
ZCL continues to execute the "simplify to grow" strategy, initiated by our previous CEO, Rod Graham, emphasizing profitable growth. The hiring of our new COO in September of this year will keep us on this path. His mandate is to continuously improve all aspects of ZCL's operations with a particular focus on reducing costs through the elimination of waste and building upon the lean initiatives that were already being put in place. This includes establishing key performance indicators to measure the operational effectiveness and performance of the Company. Our new COO is proving to be a strong leader and ZCL and its stakeholders will benefit from having him as a member of the team.
Summary Financial Results
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|Sep 30
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|Mar 31
|Dec 31
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|Mar 31
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|Net income (loss)
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|Basic earnings (loss) per share
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(1) The discontinued operations are the steel tank division sold May 31, 2011 because they were not part of ZCL's core business.
MD&A and Financial Statements
The Company's management's discussion and analysis ("MD&A") and unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, are available on Sedar at www.sedar.com and the ZCL website at this link: http://www.zcl.com/investor-relations/financials.html.
Conference Call
ZCL Composites Inc. has scheduled an investor conference call for 9:00 a.m. Mountain Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time) on Friday November 9, 2012, to discuss its financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2012.
To access the conference call by telephone, please call 647-427-7450 from the greater Toronto area, or dial toll free 888-231-8191 from anywhere in North America. An audio webcast may be accessed through the investor events tab on the ZCL Composites website. Audio replays will be available on the ZCL Composites website shortly after the conclusion of the conference call.
The conference call will include prepared remarks by ZCL President and Chief Executive Officer, Ron Bachmeier and ZCL's Chief Financial Officer, Kathy Demuth. After the prepared remarks, ZCL will accept questions from analysts and institutional investors. The public is invited to listen to the conference call in real time or by replay.
Note on Backlog
Backlog is defined as the total value of orders that management has assessed as having a high certainty of being performed because of the existence of a contract or purchase order specifying the scope, value and timing of an order.
Advisory Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains forward-looking statements under the heading "Outlook" and elsewhere concerning future events or the Company's future performance, including the Company's objectives or expectations for revenue and earnings growth, income taxes as a percentage of pre-tax income, business opportunities in the Petroleum Products, Water Products, Corrosion Products markets, efforts to reduce administrative and production costs, manage production levels, anticipated capital expenditure trends, activity in the petroleum and other industries and markets served by the Company and the sufficiency of cash flows and credit facilities available to cover normal operating and capital expenditures. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "seek," "anticipate," "plan," "continue," "estimate," "expect," "may," "will," "project," "predict," "potential," "targeting," "intend," "could," "might," "should," "believe" and similar expressions. Actual events or results may differ materially from those reflected in the Company's forward-looking statements due to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors affecting the Company's business and the industries the Company serves generally.
These factors include, but are not limited to, fluctuations in the level of capital expenditures in the Petroleum Products, Water Products, and Corrosion Products markets, drilling activity and oil and natural gas prices, and other factors that affect demand for the Company's products and services, industry competition, the need to effectively integrate acquired businesses, uncertainties as to the Company's ability to implement its business strategy effectively, political and economic conditions, the Company's ability to attract and retain key personnel, raw material and labour costs, fluctuations in the US and Canadian dollar exchange rates, and other risks and uncertainties described under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recent Annual Information Form, and elsewhere in this document and other documents filed with Canadian provincial securities authorities. These documents are available to the public at www.sedar.com. Unless otherwise indicated, the consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and the reporting currency is in Canadian dollars.
In addition to the factors noted above, management cautions readers that the current economic environment could have a negative impact on the markets in which the Company operates and on the Company's ability to achieve its financial targets. Factors such as continuing economic uncertainty in the US and Canada, tighter lending standards, volatile capital markets, fluctuating commodity prices, and other factors could negatively impact the demand for the Company's products and the Company's ability to grow or sustain revenues and earnings. Fluctuations in the US to Canadian dollar conversion rate also have the potential to impact the Company's revenues and earnings.
The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements included in this report should not be unduly relied upon.
The forward-looking statements in this report speak only as of the date of this report. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time by the Company or on the Company's behalf, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. The forward-looking statements contained in this document are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.
SOURCE: ZCL Composites Inc.
For further information:
Ron Bachmeier
President & CEO
ZCL Composites Inc.
(780) 466-6648
[email protected]
Kathy Demuth
Chief Financial Officer
ZCL Composites Inc.
(780) 466-6648
[email protected]


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Genjutsu (幻術, Literally meaning: Illusionary Techniques) are techniques that are employed in the same fashion as ninjutsu, requiring chakra and hand seals. However, the primary difference between the two is that the effects of genjutsu are illusory; instead of attacking the victim's body, like taijutsu or ninjutsu, genjutsu techniques manipulate the flow of chakra in the victim's brain, thus causing a disruption in their senses. According to the Second Mizukage, genjutsu fittingly falls under the broad category of Yin Release.[1]
This is frequently used to create false images or to cause pain from trauma (because the body is led to believe it is in pain); however, there are plenty of other uses depending on the situation. They are not used as often as ninjutsu because they don't physically harm the opponent, but several characters have made themselves well-known for their great prowess with genjutsu like Itachi Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha, Kurenai Yūhi, Gengetsu Hōzuki, and Tayuya. Genjutsu can also be used to manipulate others, similar to brainwashing by feeding the victim illusive suggestions, the primary example being Tobi controlling Yagura. However, there exists at least one genjutsu, Izanagi, that has the opposite effects to normal genjutsu, by changing reality to illusion and vice versa. Genjutsu can also be used for other supplementary purposes such as interrogating an individual by breaking their will.
Genjutsu is created when a ninja controls the chakra flow of the opponent's cerebral nervous system, thereby affecting their five senses. Those with special abilities like the Uchiha clan's Sharingan — which can cast generic genjutsu — or with high intelligence have an easier time executing and countering genjutsu. Those under the influence of genjutsu will either appear to be unconscious or continue to move around under the pretence of the genjutsu. The latter is very effective in battle as a genjutsu user can make themselves appear to be somewhere else and attack the victim from behind or change the environment to make the victim see a flat plain where there is a steep cliff.
According to Shikamaru, genjutsu that affects the victim via hearing is the most dangerous one as it can be done from a far away distance, enabling the caster to stay away from enemy range while casting their genjutsu.
Genjutsu attacks usually require a lot of skill, and, if performed incorrectly, will not work; even Jiraiya had trouble performing such techniques.[2] Genjutsu is most often used by ninja with very precise chakra control and very high intelligence, two notable users being Itachi Uchiha and Kurenai Yūhi.[3]
It is explained in the anime that because genjutsu affects activity throughout the prosencephalon structure of the brain, humans, dogs and other species of mammal are therefore all affected by genjutsu; however, the kikaichū, like all insects, lack such a structure to their brains, and so do not even notice it: as Shino Aburame put it, insects are ruled almost solely by their senses alone, which makes them immune to genjutsu and gives the Aburame clan an ability to detect it, even when heightened senses become succeptible.[4]
Shikamaru Nara states that among genjutsu the most dangerous are those that affect the opponent with sound allowing the user to stay out of sight. Tayuya is a great example of this sound-based, long-range type of combat.[5]
The sometimes more complex genjutsu, although still employing illusions, have elemental chakra natures associated with them. Techniques such as these are less common, however. Such examples are Water Release Genjutsu: Demonic Phantom Fog Prison and Lightning Release: Lightning Illusion Flash of Lightning Pillar.
In the anime, it is shown that genjutsu can be "stored" inside of special pills which produce the genjutsu once the target ate a pill and went to sleep.[6] The anime also showed that genjutsu can work on mechanical beings, corrupting the internal system.[7]
Combating Genjutsu
To combat the effects of genjutsu, there are several options:
- The ninja needs to stop the flow of chakra in their body, and then apply an even stronger power to disrupt the flow of the caster's chakra; this is called Genjutsu Dissipation (幻術解, Genjutsu Kai). This can also be done by an unaffected ninja by applying a sudden surge of chakra into the affected person.[8] In addition, tailed beasts can break their jinchūriki out of genjutsu in a similar fashion if they have a good enough cooperation, as seen in Killer B's case.[9][10]
- Another is through intense pain not caused by the genjutsu and utilising the resulting pain to bring their senses back in order (of the first two options, the latter seems more effective in most situations, or at least is the easiest).[11]
- Another option is accessible only to Sharingan wielders. Members of the Uchiha clan can break or see through genjutsu using their Sharingan. Breaking Tsukuyomi is possible with an ordinary Sharingan, but requires a lot of skill.[12]
- Sharingan wielders can also use their dōjutsu to liberate each other from genjutsu. Through eye contact, they are able to literally insert themselves into each other's genjutsu freely allowing them to break whatever genjutsu it is that imprisons their comrade.[13]
- The Byakugan is also noted to be able to tell when genjutsu is being used.[14][15]
- Ordinary people can sometimes train their eyes (without Sharingan) to break genjutsu through unknown means, like Deidara.[16]
- One can prevent a person from casting genjutsu using obstructive techniques like the Hiding in Mist Technique to prevent one from being trapped by an ocular genjutsu as Zabuza demonstrated against Kakashi.[17]
- In the anime, it was shown that strong smells like that from the Chilli Pepper Bombs, can counteract genjutsu.[18]
In spite of these methods, some forms of genjutsu like Itachi's Tsukuyomi and Shima and Fukasaku's Demonic Illusion: Toad Confrontation Chant may not be broken easily, either due to their near-instant effect like the former, or their ability to render one unconscious and paralysed altogether like the latter. In addition, one must realise that he or she is under the effects of genjutsu before attempting to break out of it. This can be done by observing the changes in one's own chakra like Karin's chakra-sensing ability.[19]
See Also
- ↑ Chapter 548, page 18
- ↑ Chapter 378, page 6
- ↑ Second Databook, page 163
- ↑ Naruto episode 206
- ↑ Chapter 214, pages 13-14
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 318
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 377
- ↑ Chapter 259, pages 8-10
- ↑ Chapter 413, page 15
- ↑ Chapter 549, page 14
- ↑ Chapter 345, pages 8-9
- ↑ Chapter 388, page 14
- ↑ Chapter 585, page 13
- ↑ Chapter 394, page 15
- ↑ Chapter 459, page 15
- ↑ Chapter 360, page 17
- ↑ Chapter 26, page 13
- ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 187
- ↑ Chapter 477, page 4


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A Washington, D.C.-area collector and his family have donated more than 1,000 Civil War photographs to the Library of Congress. But you won't find the men in these photos in history books — they're enlisted soldiers, and most of them are unidentified.
In one striking photo, the man depicted has crazy sideburns, a steady expression, and very clear eyes — maybe gray, or perhaps blue. He holds a rifled musket at his side. He is a Union soldier in the Civil War. And the only things we know about him are what we can learn from a single photo.
The photo came from Tom Liljenquist — he and his family have collected 1,000 of these images and donated them to the Library of Congress. But the photographs don't feature generals and other high-ranking officers.
Instead, they're images of the enlisted men who fought for the Union and the Confederacy during the war. And only a handful of the soldiers have been identified.
Clues Emerge In An Image
"Look at that look. Is he telling you something from 150 years ago?" Liljenquist asks about the man staring out from the photo. "It's amazing."
Then Liljenquist says it's time to look closer. The first clue to the soldier's identity is in plain sight — right on the gun he's holding.
"Look here," he says, "at the very bottom of the stock."
There, carved into the wood, are the letters "T.A." — the soldier's initials.
And the soldier's uniform provided another clue, Liljenquist says. Many Civil War regiments had their own uniforms, and the uniqueness of this one made it a valuable clue.
Liljenquist sent me to New York to see Mike McAfee at the West Point Museum, part of the U.S. Military Academy. With one look, McAfee immediately knew the regiment.
"It's really sort of a cross between a Zouave and a chasseur that grew out of the experience that the French had in North Africa," he says. "They sort of created a distinctive uniform that I don't think anybody else used it or wore it. So you see that uniform, the short blue jacket, the red vest, or actually a shirt vest, the red trousers, and the red and blue cap, then you know it's the 14th Brooklyn."
The 14th Brooklyn, also known as the "Red Legged Devils," saw many major battles as a regiment including the First and Second Battles of Bull Run, Antietam and Gettsyburg. The regiment's soldiers were well-known for their skills on the battlefield, as well as their refusal to wear anything but red pants during their three years of service.
Sifting Through Military Records
Now that we had the regiment, the next step was to visit the New York soldiers index, where a search in the National Parks Service Soldier and Sailors Database turned up four possibilities with the right initials: Thomas Abbott, Thomas Adams, Thomas Ardies and Thomas Austin.
Our next stop was visiting Vonnie Zullo, a professional researcher who does a great deal of her work at the National Archives in Washington.
At the Archives, we pull the pension files and military service records of our four soldiers — all with the first name "Thomas," and the last initial "A." Very quickly, Zullo rules out two of the possible candidates: Adams and Austin.
"One never actually reported to his unit," she says. "And the other soldier was in a band — and he was 35 years old and much larger."
And then there were two. One, Thomas Abbot, was around 5 feet 8 inches. The other, Thomas A. Ardies, was 5 feet 4 1/2. We didn't know the height of the mystery soldier. But there was an item in the photo that could serve as a yardstick: the rifle he was holding when the photographer made the image.
It turns out that Zullo's family owns a military antique store called The Horse Soldier, in Gettysburg, Pa., where it collects and sells weapons and other memorabilia from the Civil War and other eras. So, we went there and spoke to Zullo's brother, Sam Small.
"We actually have, in stock and available to us today, an 1855 rifle musket," he says, "the exact make and model that the soldier is holding in the photograph."
The Height Test
With that artifact of the Civil War era in hand, Sam Small was able to help us calculate the approximate height of the mystery soldier by setting up a test. We asked a store employee to re-create the soldier's pose — holding the rifle upright, with the stock resting next to his foot.
With the help of a thick book under his feet, our test subject stood at 5 feet 8 inches exactly.
"And the muzzle of the gun comes to approximately 2 inches or so below his shoulders," Small says.
That means that at 5 feet 8, Thomas Abbott was much taller than the soldier in the photo. It also means that the mystery soldier from the 14th Brooklyn is Thomas A. Ardies.
Now we had a name to put to the face. But that didn't tell us what happened to Ardies during the war. So we went back to Vonnie Zullo.
She found Ardies' pension files, and read:
"While a member of the 84th NY infantry, in the line of duty at Chancellorsville in the state of Virginia, on or about the first of May, 1863, he received a gunshot wound while in action."
To my relief, Ardies was not killed. The Archives documents show that after the war, he moved to Canada.
The National Archives records also include Ardies' pension file. In one section of his record, an official notes, "He was always considered a bachelor by all who knew him in the community where he was widely known and most respected."
Ardies finally got married at age 75, just five years before he died. On his death certificate, his occupation is listed simply as "Gentleman." He is buried in Ontario, Canada.
With this history mystery solved, we can now say rest in peace to Thomas A. Ardies — and thank him for his service to our country.
A collector and his family have donated more than 1,000 Civil War photographs to the Library of Congress. None of them are photos of famous faces; there's no General Grant here, no General Lee. These are photos of enlisted men who fought in the war, most of them unidentified now. Reporter Ramona Martinez decided to recover one soldier's name, and his story.
RAMONA MARTINEZ, BYLINE: He has crazy sideburns, a steady expression, and very clear eyes - maybe gray, maybe blue. There's a rifle musket at his side. He is a Union soldier in the Civil War. And the only thing we know about him is what we can see in a single photo.
TOM LILJENQUIST: Look at that look.
MARTINEZ: Wow.
LILJENQUIST: Is he telling you something from 150 years ago?
MARTINEZ: I really want to find out what happened to those guys.
LILJENQUIST: It's amazing.
MARTINEZ: That's Tom Liljenquist. He and his family collect Civil War photographs of enlisted men. Tom told me to look closer at the photo in front of me. My first clue was there - right there, on the gun he was holding.
LILJENQUIST: Look here, at the very bottom of the stock; he carved the initial T period, A period.
MARTINEZ: T.A., his initials. Then, Tom pointed out details of the soldier's uniform - another clue. And that clue could lead me to his regiment.
LILJENQUIST: So are you going to try and identify him?
MARTINEZ: I sure was. So Tom sent me to New York, to see Mike McAfee at the West Point Museum. He immediately knew the regiment.
MIKE MCAFEE: You see that uniform - the short, blue jacket; the red vest, or actually, a shirt vest; the red trousers; and the red and blue cap - and you know it's the 14th Brooklyn.
MARTINEZ: Fourteenth Brooklyn. Now that I had the regiment, I went to the National Park Service soldiers and sailors database. There, I found four possibilities.
VONNIE ZULLO: Thomas Abbott, Thomas Adams, Thomas Ardies and Thomas Austin.
MARTINEZ: That's Vonnie Zullo. She's a professional researcher. I met her at the National Archives. We pulled the pension files and military service records of the soldiers. Very quickly, Vonnie ruled out two of the possible candidates: Thomas Adams and Thomas Austin.
ZULLO: One never actually reported to his unit, and the other soldier was in a band, and he was 35 years old and much larger.
MARTINEZ: And then there were two. One, Thomas Abbot, was around 5-foot-8. The other, Thomas A. Ardies, was about 5-foot-4 and a half. What we didn't know was the height of our mystery soldier. But there was one item in the photo that would serve as a yardstick. Back to the rifle.
SAM SMALL: We actually have in stock today, and available to us, a model 1855 rifle musket - the exact model that the soldier is holding in the photograph.
MARTINEZ: That's Sam Small. He's the brother of our researcher, Vonnie. Their family owns a military antiques store, called the Horse Soldier, in Gettysburg. He was able to help us calculate the relative height of the mystery soldier by setting up a test. We asked a store employee who is 5-foot-8 to re-create the pose in the photo.
SMALL: And the muzzle of the gun comes to approximately two inches or so below his shoulders.
MARTINEZ: That meant our mystery soldier was the shorter of the two - Thomas A. Ardies. So what happened to him during the war? Vonnie reads from his pension files.
ZULLO: While a member of the 84th New York Infantry, in the line of duty at Chancellorsville in the state of Virginia, on or about the first of May, 1863, he received a gunshot wound while in action.
MARTINEZ: But he was not killed. The archives show that after the war, he moved to Canada. His pension file says...
ZULLO: He was always considered a bachelor by all who knew him in the community, where he was widely known and most respected.
MARTINEZ: He got married, though, at age 75. And on his death certificate, his occupation is listed as gentleman. History mystery solved. Rest in peace, Thomas A. Ardies.
For NPR News, I'm Ramona Martinez.
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Torrington >> It was a packed house at the Board of Public Safety meeting Wednesday night.
Firefighters and police officers, along with their families, lined the walls of the City Hall auditorium to see the promotion of several of their own.
Police officers Gregory Wityak and Richard Dowd were promoted to sergeant.
Capt. Todd Schaller, Lt. Kerwin Anders, Sgt. Joseph Locascio and Officer John Murphy were all recognized for 25 years of service.
"It's quite a milestone," Chief Michael Maniago said of the 25 year benchmark.
Unfortunately, Anders, Locascio and Murphy were unable to attend the meeting and were therefore unable to receive their recognition in person.
The board voted to accept probationary Officers Kevin Albert and Farren Sandquist as regular members of the Torrington Police Department. Their acceptance is effective as of Jan. 16 after having successfully completed their probationary period.
Tim Van Deusen addressed the board while the meeting was open to the public regarding the city's policy for vehicle lock out. Fire Chief Gary Brunoli explained the policy. Van Deusen also addressed his concerns about the way tax dollars are being spent in Torrington.
We are, "bleeding red ink," he told the board. Van Deusen complained of seeing fire personnel hanging out at locations around town with their trucks.
"It's our taxes not being well spent," said Van Deusen. "If I ran my business like this, I would be out of business."
Mayor Ryan Bingham acknowledged Van Deusen's point and told him if he had specific complaints, he would have them addressed.
The board then moved into a lengthy executive session to discuss Fire Department personnel.
Upon returning to open session, the promotions continued.
Lt. Chris Pepler was promoted to deputy chief effective immediately. Mark Capell was promoted to lieutenant effective Feb. 10 and Jerry Howe was promoted to deputy fire marshal effective Feb. 24.
All of the promotions were met with a round of applause. Many of the board members spoke up to congratulate those promoted on their honor and to wish them good luck.
Brunoli detailed his Fire Service Plan to the board. Brunoli said this plan was created with the input of many different departments and with guidance from their 2009 plan, which set the ground work for the direction the fire department is moving.
Brunoli hopes this plan will streamline many processes and improve the level of service to the whole city.
The Fire Service Plan will streamline the hiring and recruitment program. It will establish an internship program, which will supplement the career department. The internship program will allow 15 firefighters to arrive on the scene, which Brunoli said is something they have always strived for.
Additionally, Brunoli is requesting another deputy fire marshal through the plan. This individual will help with education of the elderly. Brunoli said that the department is doing well with the education of young children, but they need to improve with Torrington's elderly population to make sure the whole city is safe.
The board voted to accept the fire service plan.
The board also voted to accept the Emergency Management Report for December 2012, Fire Marshal Tim Tharau's Report for December 2012, Training Officer Larry Hepburn's Report for December 2012, Officer Steven Pisarski's Traffic Division Report for December 2012 and the EMS Provider Activity Report for December 2012.
Chief Michael Maniago fielded questions from the board regarding turn signals on Kennedy Drive, a crosswalk on Route 4 and the re-certification of training in West Hartford. Maniago said progress is being made on all fronts.
He also discussed the "school plan" with the board. Maniago said he has met with Superintendent of Schools Cheryl Kloczko and they are on board to go through each school on an infrastructure and policy basis. The plan is to visit one school every month or two with a collection of police officers, firefighters, school administrators, maintenance and EMS if possible to evaluate the school.
Bingham said this plan has been expanded into city hall. They will conduct an audit and follow a similar procedure of evaluation and training.
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One thing that does NOT have the same effect on absorb spells is Absorb Magic effects. Reflect results in no change in health, but absorbing an Absorb Health spell means the target regains magicka equal to the cost but the caster does not heal. That I feel is a far stronger comparison and a better case for my position that this is a balance change, not a bug.Chris wrote: ↑22 Dec 2017, 20:22Because that was intended behavior. The scale could probably do with some balance tweaking, but it was obviously meant for your skill to have some effect on wortcraft since they specifically coded that behavior. In contrast, it's debatable whether or not reflect magic was intended to only resist an absorb effect considering the point of reflect spells is to give back damage given to the target. Given that absorb is one of the more complicated effects with how it does multiple things at once between specific characters, and normally deals with simpler damage- or drain-only effects, it's not obvious whether reflect simply nullifying absorb was specifically coded behavior or an unintended side-effect resulting from how they individually coded reflect and absorb.kuyondo wrote: ↑22 Dec 2017, 19:42Theres a PR that was merged, that makes eaten ingredients strength and duration effects to be based on skills. With a high enough skill, eating a mere ingredient can outvalue any premade potions. Doesnt make sense in my opinion, eating a bread/mudcrab meat with a high skill can restore my fatigue much better than an exquisite potion? no way. Your skill doesnt determine how strong the ingredient affects you, it determines how well you create the effect, by magic or alchemy.
But since its how vanilla works, it was accepted. Why not this?
That is to say, given that Resist Magic has the same effect as Reflect Magic on absorb effects in vanilla, and the point of Reflect is to give the damage back to the caster vs Resist simply blocking it, there's a strong case to make for it being a bug resulting from a system that fails to account for the complexity of the absorb effect.
Again, however, if the projectile ricocheted back at the caster, it would make more sense to me to treat it as a full reversal, since there could be a new tether for the healing. Seriously, absorb is one effect. The effect is, you take an attribute from the target and give it to the caster. Reflect as it is right now just changes the target. To change who gains the health, it would need to change the caster, because the caster is not a target. Reflect could make sense working the way you want it to with absorb if you could cause an ally to absorb the health, but as is, there's only one target, and reflect just changes the target. You're not taking control of the spell, you're just changing the targets. If the projectile was sent back, I would honestly have an easier time thinking of it as effectively taking control of the spell, since it then behaves like all spells do after being cast, rather than completely differently. Do you play Magic? Because I'm thinking of a couple cards that would illustrate the difference pretty well I think. Here: Commandeer versus Misdirection.
I'd say these are pretty solid illustrations. The one for absorb in OpenMW and with the MCP change, though, makes no damned sense to me for a spell with only one effect. I honestly still don't really see it, sorry. It's one effect, so if you're reflecting it, you're reflecting the whole effect. I can imagine reflecting fire damage but not restore health if they're part of the same spell and both on target, but they're two distinct effects, and so separable. Hell, spells in Morrowind with more than one effect on target even have more than one projectile, so that supports the separability of different effects but not the separability of one unitary effect, the same as how the game works in vanilla. I can say, though, Morrowind has no such visual clues for absorb spells as you mention for Skyrim, and it seems generally a bad idea to assume intent based on later games, given how free Bethesda has been with retconning.AnyOldName3 wrote: ↑22 Dec 2017, 00:50I knew when I made that last suggestion that it would need an accompanying diagram, so here it is:
So, after all these diagrams, I hope you see why some people might believe that the vanilla behaviour was an accident and MCP's makes more sense to them, despite agreeing about the basic idea of modelling it as a mirror. As for deciding if health flows along the spell path or teleports to the original caster, someone might decide they like the flowing idea better because of clues like how in Skyrim (and potentially Morrowind, too, but I've never cast an absorb spell myself) the visual effect shows particles travelling along the spell path to the caster. A visual effect isn't something that can be trusted outright, but it could hint at what the designer thought was happening, and the debate is never anything more than whether or not the mechanic in the game is what its designer was trying to put in the game, regardless of what actually ended up there in its place.
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Albeit tiny, spherical DNA structures like these are much larger than the buckyballs that have exhibited wave/particle duality in experiments.
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That's a very good question — scientists are trying hard to figure out the answer! We don't actually know yet where the wave/particle duality stops.
In theory, this duality never completely disappears. All objects behave like waves to some extent, no matter how big they are. But because of the rules of quantum mechanics, the larger an object gets, the harder it is to do an experiment to test its wave/particle duality.
Objects with a large momentum (either they are massive, or moving fast, or both) have a small deBroglie wavelength, making the design of a measurement to elucidate their quantum behavior very difficult. You can see an example calculation here to determine the quantum mechanical wavelength of a baseball.
Since that wavelength for a baseball is so much smaller than even the wavelength of light, it makes measuring that wavelength nearly impossible. Conversely, a particle with a wavelength that corresponds to microwave frequencies (roughly on the scale of 10cm) would have a very tiny momentum.
For instance, an electron traveling at the slow speed of 1 centimeter per second would have a deBroglie wavelength of about 7 cm. Scientists are continually searching for larger objects that still exhibit quantum effects.
Thanks to such research, we now know that objects as big as biological molecules or buckyballs still exhibit wave/particle duality.
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Acai Berry powder has antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and omega fatty acids. All present in this berry and, in my opinion, the three most important factors in our diet.
The last ten years, we have put lots of time, energy, and money
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Matthew Nelson ordered to serve 15 years in prison
A suburban Kansas City elementary school teacher has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for molesting 11 of his male students, most of them during class.
Former Grain Valley teacher Matthew J. Nelson pleaded guilty last month to several counts of child molestation and statutory sodomy and one count of attempted child molestation. His sentence was part of a plea agreement.
Nelson taught second- and third-graders for a decade and was charged in 2012 after students told authorities he fondled them when they came to his desk asking for help with assignments. Some said they were fondled during quiet reading and movie times.
The 34-year-old also was accused of openly fondling a student during a trip to a Kansas City Royals baseball game during the 2009-2010 school year.


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Italian companion animals appear to be a spiritually-evolved breed. 😀
Last Sunday, I posted about Tommy the dog who attends daily Mass in Santa Maria Assunta Church, San Donaci, in memory of his beloved departed person, Maria Margherita Lochi.
Today, I bring you the story of Toldo, a cat in Montagnana, in northern Italy, who daily brings little presents to his late master's grave.
Town of Montagnana as viewed from Castello di San Zeno
As reported by Agence France-Presse on January 4, 2013, the story of a cat named Toldo who visits his master's tomb and brings him little presents on an almost daily basis a year after the man's death has moved the inhabitants of Montagnana, a mountain village in Italy.
Renzo Iozzelli's widow Ada told AFP on Friday from Montagnana that Toldo "brings little twigs, leaves, toothpicks, plastic cups. A bit of everything really. Sometimes he comes with me and sometimes he goes on his own. The whole town knows about him now!"
Ada said: "He loved my husband. It was something else! Now it's just me, my daughter and my son-in-law and he's very affectionate with us too." But the journey to and from the cemetery each day had tired Toldo out in the cold winter weather. "He's not going out so much these days. He's caught a bit of bronchitis so he's sleeping next to me."
According to the Corriere Fiorentino, Iozzelli Renzo had died on September 22, 2011, aged 71. At his funeral, Toldo followed the coffin from the house to the cemetery.
The next morning, Ada went to the grave again: "We went to the cemetery with my daughter and found a sprig of acacia on the grave. I immediately thought that it was the cat, but my daughter was convinced that I was just in a very emotional state at that moment."
That night, however, Renzo's son returned to the cemetery and found Toldo standing guard at the grave, reported Dreuz.info.
Ada says that her late husband shared a particularly strong bond with Toldo, having adopted Toldo from a stray cat colony when he was just 3 months old. "My husband was very affectionate with him. Renzo loved animals. It's almost as if Toldo would be grateful. He is a special cat, one can not help liking him. "
But not everyone believes in the sanctity of the relationship between Toldo and his owner. Ada told La Nazione that people often try to shoo the cat away: "There are insensitive people who send him away with stones or other things, convinced that the presence of an animal in the cemetery is almost a desecration."
Still, Toldo remains undaunted and continues to visit the grave everyday.


text: LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The consumer mood in Germany as expected held steady going into April, as increased optimism about the economy and the willingness to buy was offset by a decline in income expectations, market-research company GfK said on Wednesday. The forward-looking consumer-climate indicator for April remained at 8.5 points, unchanged from the March level, while the economic expectations reading gained 1.3 points to 33.2. GfK said Germans still believe the economic outlook is brightening, but that it remains uncertain how the crisis in Ukraine's Crimea region will affect the consumer mood. "It cannot be ruled out that this event will unsettle consumers in the coming weeks, particularly with regard to their economic outlook, especially if the Crimean crisis were to spread to other parts of the Ukraine, leading the Western allies to react with more stringent sanctions," the institute said in the release. The unrest in Crimea already appears to have affected businesses, with the German Ifo business-confidence falling in March.


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Microsoft threw its Windows Phone Users a bone today, they released the Windows Phone App to the Store with which you can manage your latest Windows Phones. Note the word "Latest" in there because it is significant. It means this app will not support anything less than Windows Phone 8 devices. Bummer really, especially to Nokia 800/900 users. Microsoft this is unacceptable, if you keep screwing your user base, it will not be good for the platform adoption in the long run as it will erode confidence of future usability of MS platform devices. So, throw WP7 users a bone too will you?!
Anyway, we knew this App was coming as the Zune brand was being deprecated all over the place. For example you can still install Zune software on your Windows 8 devices to manage your phones, but it only works on the Desktop, which means WindowsRT users are out of luck. So, this is a timely release indeed, especially because Windows Phone 8 is going live today.
Here is how MS describes the App in the Store:
Your computer and your Windows Phone 8 work together seamlessly with the Windows Phone app so you always have your photos, videos, and music, and more where you want them.
Get your music, photos, and videos from your computer to your phone (and vice versa).
Quickly share things from your phone with Windows 8 apps (like Photos, or Search). You don't even have to open the Windows Phone app to move things around.
Automatically save photos and videos you take with your phone to your PC.
See at a glance how much space you're using for each type of content, so it's easy to make sure you never run out of room on your phone.
Get to WindowsPhone.com to download apps, learn more about your phone, or find it if it's lost.
Anyone seen in this description that Windows Phone 7.5 will not be supported? I don't! So, can we take Microsoft now to court for abandoning us WP7 users? Anyways, you are lucky Microsoft as I intend to get the Lumia 920 shortly, so I wont wake my lawyer from his slumber. But still, I think it's a shame that a lot of old WinPhone users are sidelined this way. First, it was no WP8 upgrade, and now this.
If you one of the lucky few who already have a WP8 device, please go ahead and download this app via the Source link, or if you are a WP7 user and you want to complain to Microsoft, also download it and add your frustration to the long list on the App Review page.
Thanks Nazmus for a great tip.
Source: Windows Store
Tip Credit: @NazmusLabs


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Who was that masked man?
Well, another Halloween has come and gone. It's just not the same when you're older. Back in the day, I remember dressing up as Link from the original Legend of Zelda. Little green tunic, dad's boots and a cardboard sword. Damn – what a little video game geek I was! (Am, Johnny. Am. – Ed.)
Anyway, I couldn't wear the pointy green hat because Chinese people have this thing against green hats. Supposedly, parading around wearing a green hat means your wife is cheating on you. Swear to god…just a little cultural 411. I don't know how this rule or the social implications apply to a grade-schooler, but the green hat was right out.
Halloween as Link was cool, since I just ran around and stabbed monsters (read: other kids in costumes). Plus there was candy involved, which explains the running. But once I took that costume off, I was back to plain ol' Johnny. There's just something enticing about putting on a mask and becoming that which you wear.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask takes this concept and builds an entire game around it. And I've got to admit, playing dress-up was rarely this fun.
Shortly after the events that transpired in Ocarina of Time, Link rides off from the land of Hyrule in search of adventure. In the forests of Termina, Link is attacked by Skull Kid. Skull Kid nabs Link's ocarina and runs off into the forest.
Skull Kid is no mere mischievous imp. He is wearing the stolen, sacred Mask of Majora. Unbeknownst to Skull Kid, this mask has been filled to the brim with evil energy and powers, sure to bring about the worst in anyone who wears it. In effect, the mask has transformed a Dennis the Menace scamp into an apocalyptic harbinger. Now in three days the moon will fall and destroy the world…unless you have the balls to stop it.
Majora's Mask gives you 72 hours in Zelda time to save the land. Once you retrieve your ocarina, you can travel back to the beginning of the first day any time you'd like. While the game world is identical each time around, you get to keep some of your stuff…and therein lies the puzzle. It's basically the movie Run Lola, Run without the bad ass techno music.
The time travel really works when you begin to understand how everyone is following the exact same schedule within those three days. For example, you meet a depressed girl on the third day that doesn't really want to talk to you. If there's some way to get to that person on the first day, then maybe you can find out what made her depressed. Ever watch that movie Groundhog's Day? Well, throw in some weapons, monsters, and the impending doom of a falling moon, and you've got the right idea.
Majora's Mask is a relatively linear RPG and follows the mold of its predecessor. The land of Hyrule is still filled with all manner of creature and townsfolk, some of which you'll be familiar with.
You begin the game under a 'Deku Scrub' curse, trapping Link into the body of a sad-eyed Deku Scrub. Once you lift the curse, you are left with a Deku mask. Put the Deku mask on, and you become a Deku. Take it off, and you are back to Link.
There's also a Goron mask and a Zora mask endowing you with all the powers of those species. Despite the fact that the game touts 26 masks, the great majority of them work like the masks in the previous Zelda – they affect small events and the way people respond to you, but they don't transform Link.
The mask concept results in a gameplay mix somewhere between Zelda and Banjo Kazooie. Since some masks turn you into different creatures, the play mechanics vary. On the one hand, you get all the positives of new styles of control and ways to interact with your environment. But you'll also get some frustrations. Floating through the air on little flowers and rolling across ramps Goron-style can get annoying and redundant.
Nonetheless, the solid swordplay and targeting system still lie intact. Sword fighting feels more honed and developed. Targeting works like before, where you can set the camera to be locked and centered on an opponent, which allows you to concentrate on the battle. Occasionally objects can briefly get in the way of the camera. The solution is simply moving to get the object out of the way, but I would rather see transparency.
I appreciate how this game doesn't feel like Ocarina Redux, but instead picks up right where things left off. The more basic weapons are earned closer to the beginning, instead of compelling the player to play through some huge dungeon just for some Bombchus or a longer Hookshot. While the powered arrows were more of an afterthought in the original, they become much more important this time around.
For that matter, the level of difficulty has been upped a notch from before. There's much less handholding as you try to find the entranceway to the dungeons, each of which is huge and smartly designed.
But sometimes the game hoists "retrieval" and "prove yourself" missions on you, like making you find five kids hiding around a town. The world's gonna end in 3 days and you wanna play hide and seek? How about more screaming people running around outside when the moon is minutes from falling?
Take a good long look at Majora's Mask, because this is graphically the best of what the N64 has to offer. The engine is essentially unchanged from the first game, only sharper and with more detail. The biggest improvement is that towns and building interiors are now actually mapped out, instead of the low-resolution wrap around from before. It's certainly a beautiful game.
However, when you compare this one to what's being done nowadays on other systems, it looks a little muddled. The N64 just cannot keep up with the Dreamcast and PS2, and you can't help but wonder what this game would have looked like on a burlier console. I should mention that the game requires the N64 RAM expansion pak to work, but most of you probably already have it.
In a wise move, they've brought back the overworld music from the previous Zelda and it still sounds great. Some of the new music doesn't work as well, however. Just think about how much better this game could have been with full voice instead of grunting sounds from everyone.
Ocarina of Time was a legendary game. It took a wildly successful long-running series and successfully brought it into the third dimension, creating new play concepts and paradigms used in many games today. At the same time, it really captured the player and was fun to play. Majora's Mask does not follow suit in terms of innovation, but is still a worthy successor. The two new additions of time and masks work well. It takes a little longer to get into this Zelda, but there are moments when the game really hits you with all its intricacies and mysteries, and that makes it all worthwhile.


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April 18, 2012
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Junior goalie Ellie Hilling stopped 13 Vanderbilt shots and four Notre Dame players scored two or more goals as the No. 6 Irish earned a thrilling 12-11 win over the No. 18 Commodores on Wednesday afternoon at Arlotta Stadium.
The Irish (11-2) took a 6-3 lead into the halftime break, but the Commodores (7-7) wouldn't go away as they opened the second half with three straight goals to knot the score at six. The tied score proved to be the lone of the game as the teams traded scores for much of the rest of the game.
A pair of goals by seniors Maggie Tamasitis and Megan Sullivan gave Notre Dame an 8-6 lead. A free-position score by Ally Carey cut the lead to 8-7, before M. Sullivan made it 9-7 on an unassisted goal. Carey again found the back of the net to trim the lead to one, but sophomore Lindsay Powell ripped off two consecutive goals to give the Irish an 11-8 lead with 10:37 left in the contest.
Vanderbilt chipped away at the margin as Katie Mastropieri and Casey Baker used a pair of free-position opportunities to make it an 11-10 game. Finally with 5:31 left in the game, sophomore Kaitlyn Brosco scored what proved to be the winning goal for the Irish on a free-position attempt.
Even facing a two-goal deficit with two minutes remaining, the Commodores held strong, as Alex Priddy scored a goal with 1:43 left to trim the lead to 12-11. Vandy controlled the ensuing draw, but a Carey foul and turnover gave Notre Dame the ball back with 43 seconds remaining. The Irish attempted to run out the clock, but Powell took a shot with 23 seconds remaining that was saved by goalie Natalie Wills to give Vandy one final opportunity. The Commodores roared down the field, but with five seconds remaining, Alyssa Dunlap turned the ball over in front of the Irish goal and B. Sullivan picked up the ground ball to clinch the victory.
Vanderbilt controlled much of the final stats minus the score and saves, as the Commodores had 12 more shots (35-23), collected six more ground balls (23-17) and three more draw controls (14-11) and committed less fouls (29-27) and turnovers (18-16). Both teams fared well on free-position opportunities, as Vandy was a perfect 5-for-5, with all five coming in the second half, while Notre Dame was 3-for-3.
Leading the way offensively for the Irish was junior Jaimie Morrison, who tallied four goals in 6:07 in the first half. Brosco had two goals and two assists, while Sullivan and Powell also found the back of the net twice. Powell also added an assist, which was the first of the season for her to go along with a team-high 37 goals.
Tamasitis chipped in a goal and two assists to extend her streak of consecutive games with at least one point to 50, just one shy of tying the school record held by former great Caitlin McKinney (51). The Boyertown, Pa., native also set a new Irish standard for assists in a season with 48, breaking her own school record by two. Tamasitis has three regular-season games left to add to that total.
Hilling paced the defense, nabbing 13 Commodore shots and collecting six ground balls. She has now saved 10 or more shots six times this year. The six ground balls tied a season high. Elsewhere on defense, B. Sullivan collected five key draw controls, many coming while taking the draw, while Margaret Smith forced four turnovers.
The Irish opened the game on fire, scoring five goals in the first 12:16 of the game to take a 5-0 lead. Senior Kelly Driscoll got Notre Dame started with a goal at the 25:44 mark, before Morrison scored four consecutive goals in 6:07. Included in the four goals was a nifty little behind the back shot off a feed from Brosco. From there the Commodores scored six of the next seven goals to tie the score at six with 25:12 left in the game.
Notre Dame hits the road this weekend, as they pay a visit to Washington, D.C. and No. 12 Georgetown in a 2:30 p.m. Saturday contest that will be televised by CBS Sports Network.


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The online application for the Hunter College DPT program is available through the Hunter College Graduate Admissions website. You must apply online, paper applications are not available. In addition to the online application, you should:
1. Submit your Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores from Educational Testing Service to Hunter College #2301.
2. You do not need to submit official transcripts until we request them. However, you should submit electronically either a student copy of all college transcript(s) (or scan an official copy) and submit it electronically to the Hunter College Graduate Admissions Office.
3. Either you or the person supervising your clinical experience must submit your completed Clinical Experience Forms to the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Hunter College, ATTN Maureen Brennan, 425 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010. If someone else is submitting the form on your behalf, it is often helpful to provide them with a stamped envelope printed with this address.
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For a 105 loss team, the easy joke would be to leave this post blank. But that would do a disservice to the players who put forth the efforts and achieved positive results this year. I won't do a What Went Wrong post; it would be too long and too depressing. So in the interest of positive thinking here is my list of What Went Right:
Pedro Alvarez – Debuted on June 16. Hit .256/.326/.461 over 95 games and 386 PA. Streaky, but made good adjustments and showed all of the potential he has to be a dominant hitter.
Neil Walker – After being written off as a prospect over the last year, finally showed the promise he had as a first round draft pick. Called up in May and held down second base admirably despite having little experience at the position. Hit .296/.349/.462 in 469 PA.
Jose Tabata – Debuted June 9. Hit .299/.346/.400 in 441 PA with a solid glove in left field. Only 21 years old so the power may still develop. If not, he'd remain a very good top of the order hitter.
Andrew McCutchen – Followed up breakout 2009 (.286/.365/.471) with an almost identical 2010 (.286/.365/.449). Still only 23 this season with plenty of upside.
James McDonald – Was the Pirates' ace after being acquired at the trade deadline. 11 starts, 64 IP, 3.52 ERA (116 ERA+), 1.297 WHIP, 8.6 K/9, 2.54 K/BB. Has better than league average swing-and-miss percentages on all three of his pitches. I look forward to seeing what he can do with a full year in the rotation.
Evan Meek & Joel Hanrahan – Held down the back of the bullpen all season. Meek made the All-Star team as a middle reliever, Hanrahan was the main closer after Dotel was traded.
The Draft – The organization added lots of top level talent again this year. Most notably Jameson Taillon and Stetson Allie, rated as the top two high school pitchers available in the draft. They also signed 16 year old international free agent, Luis Heredia, rated by some to be as as good a prospect as Allie.
That's my list. There were some other nice things that happened but I tried to hit the biggest and brightest points. Piratesprospects.com has details on all of the minor leaguers who made strides this year as well.
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Assassin's Creed Aims to Make a Killing in Hollywood
Oct 23, 2012 9:45 AM PT
The mysterious video game assassin Altaïr was able to perform a variety of incredible moves in his efforts to take out his targets in the medieval Holy Land, but he could soon be facing a far greater challenge -- bringing that action to the big screen.
New Regency and Ubisoft said Monday they would be partnering on a film adaptation of Assassin's Creed and that the project was being fast-tracked.
Michael Fassbender was tagged to star in the adaptation at this summer's Comic-Con.
The Ubisoft game was a smash hit when released in 2008 and has since spawned multiple sequels that continued the story in Renaissance Italy. The latest title in the franchise arrives later this month, with the story taking place during the American Revolution.
Each of these characters is thus a set of memories accessed by Miles in the not-too-distant future; thus the gameplay is a virtual reality dream sequence.
New Regency and Ubisoft did not respond to our request for further details.
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The biggest question to ask is whether Assassin's Creed can score big when so many movies based on video games have resulted in fans saying "game over."
"It really depends on your definition of 'good,'" said Scott Steinberg, principal analyst for TechSavvy Global. "Many of the films based on games range from the awful to the 'please god make me forget it.'"
Given that Assassin's Creed could be dredging up past memories almost seems ironic, but 'good' remains very subjective. The most successful game-to-movie franchise to date could be Mortal Kombat, which earned mixed reviews, punched its way to the top of the box office in August 1995, and eventually went on make US$122 million worldwide.
"These things are judged by their financial success," said Billy Pidgeon, senior analyst at Inside Network. "These movies are unlikely to achieve any critical acclaim. But part of the reason is that movie critics typically don't like video games."
Historical Epic
Assassin's Creed could even succeed where Tomb Raider, Mario Brothers and so many others have failed in that the genre-blending backstory actually could draw in movie viewers with varied tastes. The story is similar in some ways to virtual reality hit The Matrix, or dream-control smash Inception.
If the movie can get viewers thinking -- and more importantly, talking -- it could assassinate the competition at the box office.
"It has two layers, the tech and into-the-mind layer and then the stealth action and historical element," said Pidgeon. "And it could work, as movies that feel like game constructs, such as Inception and Looper have scored with audiences. This setting gives them carte blanche to do any historical era."
What remains to be seen is whether the filmmakers can deliver as big an epic as the games have provided. In past titles, players have been able to take in sweeping vistas of cities while setting in motion a series of Rube Goldberg-like chain of events, rather than just stabbing the bad guy. Can a film recreate that level of action and eye candy?
"It could be done right with the appropriate budget," said Steinberg.
Green screens have worked with historical dramas such as 300 and more recently the Starz original series Spartacus. Even game-based films with more limited budgets, including most of director Uwe Bolle's direct-to-video titles, have been successful financially.
Given that Ubisoft had higher hopes for the Jake Gyllenhaal vehicle Prince of Persia, it apparently is looking to retain control of key elements in the movie's creative direction.
"Ubisoft has an actor in Michael Fassbender, and now they have a production company signed on," said George T. Chronis, editor of DFC Dossier.
"We basically know nothing to warrant an opinion of whether this will be a gem or a dud. On balance, every motion picture qualifies as a big risk from an investment standpoint," he told TechNewsWorld. "Unfortunately, there is no evidence to suggest whether an Assassin's Creed film will be any less or more risky than the average comic book or novel adaptation."


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