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Selected by the Flyers in the fifth round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft (161st overall), goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris is enjoying a remarkable senior season at Harvard University.
The Evanston, Illinois native backstopped the Crimson to a 18-8-3 mark in the regular season, good for the No. 11 ranking in the nation. His sparkling .948 save percentage is tops in the country among Division I netminders, while his equally-impressive 1.58 goals against average ranks second.
Grumet-Morris has already set the school record for career shutouts (10) and has tied the single-season mark of five. He also owns the school record for single-season games started, games played and minutes played, all set last season as a junior.
Additionally, the 23-year-old netminder is currently challenging the school mark in single-season GAA and save percentage and ranks second (and is within reach of the record) in five career categories, including games played, games started, minutes played, saves, and save percentage. He could conceivably graduate with up to 10 Harvard goaltending records.
The aforementioned accomplishments have Grumet-Morris in serious consideration for this season's Hobey Baker Award, the honor annually bestowed upon the top collegiate player in the nation.
For now however, the ambitious prospect's focus is solely on the ECAC playoffs. The Crimson earned a first round bye after finishing with the conference's second-best regular record during the regular season. The team will face a tough challenge in St. Lawrence University in a best-of-three series this weekend.
The winner will advance to the conference semi-finals, one step closer to a berth in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.
Hockey's Future recently had the opportunity to speak with Grumet-Morris as he was making preparations for this weekend's series. Among the topics discussed were the goaltender's thoughts on his early hockey influences, his career at Harvard and his potential future with the Flyers organization.
HF: What would you say have been the key factors behind the team's success this season?
DGM: Well, first of all, we have a new head coach [Ted Donato] who has kind of revitalized our program. I think that he's brought a lot of fundamental, defensively sound systems and concepts of the game to our program. And I also believe that with him being just one year removed from playing in the NHL, he really has a very good grasp of what it's like to be a player and, also being a former alum of our university, what it's like to be a student-athlete at our school.
HF: What kind of immediate impact did coach Donato make on the program?
DGM: I think that the main thing that really impressed a lot of the guys was that our coach played at our school, went on to play in the Olympics, then went on to play in the NHL for 13 years. It just goes to show that you can play at an Ivy League school and can go on to have a very successful professional career. To play in the NHL for 13 years when the average is only about two and a half years is very impressive. I think that what he's been able to do, change his role from a scorer to a defensive specialist, and pretty much play on any team in any system, including playing for the Dallas Stars just one year removed from the Stars winning the Stanley Cup, that really is something that did not go unnoticed, and was immediately noted by our players.
HF: The team opens defense of its ECAC title with a best-of-three playoff series against St. Lawrence this weekend. How do you feel the two teams match-up?
DGM: We definitely have a very challenging first round opponent in St. Lawrence. They're high up on the list of teams that are already being considered for the NCAA Tournament. So this match-up has a lot of implications for our program and for the tournament. These games are must wins. At this time of year, every game is do-or-die. So, I think that our focus is literally on playing a strong, sound game against a very good opponent. We played St. Lawrence just a few weeks ago, so we know that they are a very tough team. We want to win our conference and get to [the Frozen Four in] Albany, so that is our main goal.
HF: Harvard has won the ECAC championship two of the past three seasons and has appeared in the NCAA Tournament in all three of your previous campaigns with the team. What kind of advantage does that type of experience give you over the other teams in the conference playoffs?
DGM: For our team, well, we actually are a relatively young team, believe it or not. We have nine freshman. Actually, there are 10 new players, because we also had one transfer. But, I think that this will actually help us. We have a lot of new, fresh blood, and those players will be hungry to win their championship. In terms of our experience, the fact that we have been in many different types of games against many different opponents from year to year, has taught us how to meet different challenges. Hopefully, the challenges we face this year will be recognizable and our experience will help bring us through.
HF: Given the Crimson's recent NCAA track record, is there any concern that the team could look past the ECAC playoffs and be caught off-guard by a team like St. Lawrence?
DGM: No, I think we're pretty sharp right now. We're still two weeks out from the NCAAs and we fully understand that we need these wins to lock up a spot in the tournament. So, I think our focus is pretty good right now.
HF: All things considered, how far do you feel this team can go?
DGM: We've been a very, very good team this season. We defeated the No. 1 team in the nation in Boston College and we've defeated five top 10 teams. So, I know for a fact that we can compete at the highest level. I think that what it's going to come down to in the end is a little bit of luck. That's always involved. And if we're able to keep the fire that we had at the beginning of the year throughout the playoffs, we'll be alright. After this weekend, it will be one-game eliminations. So, we're going to have to bring it every night. There are no off nights; you lose one game and you're out. Again, we understand that, and I believe we are ready for that challenge.
HF: In terms of your play this season, you seem to have taken your game to a whole new level. To what do you attribute your overall performance?
DGM: Well, I think it's just been a matter of the natural progression of my game. Playing in a prominent program like the one here has allowed me to gain experience in all kinds of situations, including many big games. It has really helped me mature. The more you play, the more you learn and get better. The better sense you get for the position and the game. For me, that has been the main thing. Our team has also played some very strong overall defense this year, really over the past few seasons. That has really helped me out, and has given me the opportunity to just relax back in the crease and improve at my own pace.
HF: How would you describe the evolution of your game over your NCAA career at Harvard?
DGM: I've worked a lot with my goaltending coach, Bruce Irving, who has done an awesome job with me and the other goaltenders in the program. He has helped me go from a pure reliance on reaction and athleticism to a more fundamentally sound game. Coach Irving has helped me refine my game and make things much more simple. Obviously, it has had a huge effect on my game.
HF: You currently rank at or near the top of a number of statistical categories in the nation. You've also broken a number of longstanding Harvard goaltending records, and stand to break a few more before the season is over. What do personal accolades such as these mean to you?
DGM: Right now they really don't mean much, honestly. Especially because of how successful our team has been overall. To me, this regular season has been much more enjoyable. Last year, our team didn't have quite as good of a regular season, and it was difficult to go through that. This year, like I said, it's always good to end the regular season on a great note. For me, that has been the focus through the whole year. The individual accomplishments are great, but the team's success is the most important thing.
HF: How old were you when you started playing hockey, and how did you get into the game?
DGM: I actually started skating when I was three years old, and I played on my first team when I was four. My dad introduced me to the sport, and it's something that I have loved doing since I first got involved. It's always been a huge part of my life.
HF: Who would you say were the biggest influences in your career?
DGM: Well, again, my father definitely had a large degree of influence on me. He played a little bit in college at the club level, where he learned the basic fundamentals of skating and other aspects. He was my first teacher, so he was definitely a major, major influence on my career. I would also say that, in terms of watching pro goaltenders while growing up, my favorite was always Mike Richter. He was such a great athlete and a great skater, which is a very important thing.
HF: What were some of the other reasons you admired Richter so much?
DGM: Well, I just loved his style of play. He wasn't the biggest guy out on the ice, but he was just such a technically sound goaltender. Of course, he won the Stanley Cup with the Rangers back in 1994 and then led Team USA to the World Cup in 1996. So, during that time, he was the best
goaltender in the world. I really admired him, his style of play and what he was able to accomplish.
HF: Your older sister Aviva was an outstanding defenseman at Princeton. What kind of an influence was she on your career?
DGM: Well, she's two years older than me, so I didn't get a chance to really play with her on any teams while we were growing up. But, when she went away to college and she was gaining a lot of interest from a lot of different universities, that was the first time I ever really looked at the college scene, so to speak. I guess that her going to Princeton really opened up my eyes to the Ivy League schools. That definitely had a major influence on where I ended up.
HF: Growing up in Illinois, were you a Blackhawks fan?
DGM: Oh, I was definitely a big Blackhawks fan growing up, back when they had Ed Belfour, Steve Larmer, Jeremy Roenick and all of those guys. They had some pretty good teams back in those days. I think they made something like 22 consecutive playoff appearances, so they were very consistent and solid for a long, long time. Then, well, they've kind of had some down years since that time (laughs). But, they were always pretty good while I was growing up.
HF: You played one season with the Danville Wings in the North American Hockey League. Talk about your experience in that league and how it helped prepare you for the college game.
DGM: I think that the biggest thing I gained there was experience. Again, the most important aspect of the evolution of a goaltender is simply playing in games, seeing different situations and challenging yourself constantly. Gaining consistency is essential. What juniors allows, even more so than college, is the opportunity to play a 50-game schedule and play every night. That allows you to challenge yourself in different ways, and I think that's the biggest thing I got out of my experience in Danville.
HF: What were the primary factors that played into your decision to attend and play at Harvard?
DGM: Obviously, the education is something that's second to none here. That's definitely important, because, no matter what, you're not going to play hockey forever. So, you want to put yourself in the best position you can to choose what it is you really want to do and enjoy. I think that going to this school has really afforded me that luxury. And, in terms of the hockey, this is one of the top programs in the East. We've been nationally ranked and have been in the NCAA tournament in each of my first three years here. So, it's definitely a top-flight program, and has been the best of both worlds for me.
HF: Where there any other options, or schools that recruited you hard?
DGM: There were other schools that recruited me, but in the end it was pretty much one trip, one commitment for me. The Harvard situation worked out really well for me, and I was very happy with it from the very beginning.
HF: How would you define your Harvard career up to this point?
DGM: I feel that my class in particular has been able to bring a lot of consistency to the program. That's the main thing. Hopefully, this year, with these upcoming playoffs, we'll really be able to realize what we've been able to accomplish as a whole over the past four seasons.
HF: Are there any particular highlights, or even lowlights, that stand out over your first three years with the Crimson?
DGM: The two biggest games that stand out for me were against Cornell. The first was in my freshman year, when we beat them in overtime in the title game to win the ECAC championship. That was an early thrill in my career with Harvard. Then, the following year, we lost to Cornell in the championship game, once again in overtime. Both of those games stand out more so than any other individual games throughout my career here.
HF: You were drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2002. Where were you when you found out that you had been selected, and what was your reaction?
DGM: Well, actually, my roommate [forward Rob Flynn], who was drafted by the Rangers that year, and I were up in Toronto visiting another teammate. So we were actually there, we were at the draft. It was a very cool experience. Obviously, it was a pretty big honor. It was a while ago now, so a lot of things have changed. But, it was a very cool experience and something I will never forget.
HF: Did you get any sense beforehand that the Flyers were interested in you?
DGM: No, I can't say that I did. It's pretty tough on the players in that, outside of maybe the top five guys in the draft overall, it's very difficult to predict where you might be ending up. The way I approached it, and the way that I think a lot of guys approach it is, you try not to guess what team you'll end up with. Otherwise, you could just be setting yourself up for a big disappointment.
HF: What kind of contact has the organization kept with you since you were drafted?
DGM: The Flyers are really good about letting the college guys develop within their own programs. That has definitely been the case with me. It's really difficult if you have someone outside trying to coach someone playing somewhere else. So, they're very good about that. They've done the requisite amount during the offseason, coordinating different ideas and programs with me and such. Overall, I think that the situation has been handled in the best way.
HF: Back in 1993, the Flyers drafted two Harvard goaltenders – Aaron Israel and Tripp Tracy – who went on to enjoy very brief pro careers. This has facilitated something of a negative opinion on the chances of an Ivy League netminder being successful after college here in Philadelphia. What are your thoughts on that blanket assessment?
DGM: You know, I don't really know. Whenever you're referring back to a different time period, there are different dynamics at play. Now, if you look at top goaltenders in the country over the past four years, a lot of them have come out of the Ivy League. And that doesn't really mean anything either. All it means is that you really can't compare one era to another with any true degree of accuracy. I'm not really engrained on the specifics of what has happened in the past with drafts and various players. It's a tough thing to predict. Some guys make it, but there are so many others who just don't ever pan out, for whatever reason. It's so difficult to lay hopes on a player three or four years after he is drafted, because things so many things can change.
HF: The Flyers seem to have a lot of goaltending depth in their system right now. Where do you see yourself fitting in? Any idea where you might be playing next season?
DGM: Well, again, that's really something that I just don't know that much about. To be honest, it's just not something I have really followed or concerned myself with. My focus has been on the program here at Harvard, helping the team compete and play at the highest level we are capable of. When you're in the midst of playing at the collegiate level, that's really all that matters. It's difficult to look beyond the current situation when you're trying to finish off a playoff run here. Once the season is over, that will be a good time for me to sit back and look over my hockey career beyond Harvard. But, right now, this season and these upcoming playoffs are my only real concern.
HF: In terms of your future in general, what are the things you feel you need to work on most? What specific aspects of your game need to improve in order for you to reach and potentially excel beyond the collegiate level?
DGM: I think that, overall, there is improvement to be made in reaction time and being able to see things develop in advance. I think that's just a natural maturation process that goaltenders go through when they move from one level to the next. I'm sure that once the season is over and once I have firmly established where I will be next season, then the coaching staff at that time will make it very clear to me what they feel I need to work on most. But, in my mind, those are the main things right now.
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In this short piece recently published in Society, I defend extensive toleration of speech on college campuses based on John Stuart Mill's famous harm principle. I argue that only prevention of harm is a justification for interference with individuals and that while speech can be harmful, it's rarely harmful on college campuses- despite the current preoccupation with microaggressions. When we say that only prevention of harm is justification for interference, we do not mean that any claim to be hurt justifies interference. As I say in the piece:
the harm principle allows interference when one person wrongfully hurts another, but not when a person is hurt in ways that are not the fault of another and not when a person is hurt in a way due to the innocent or blameless acts of another. The harm principle rightly indicates we can interfere with an individual if that individual is at fault—meaning, they wrongfully cause hurt. In that sort of case, the injured party has a just claim against the other.
This means that when an individual claims to be hurt, interference will only be warranted if they are actually hurt and if the hurt they suffer is due to their being wronged. Only then is there a harm. In the case of speech on college campuses, we are presumably talking about psychological harm.
There is no good reason to deny that there are psychological harms. Bad parents can be psychologically or emotionally abusive to their children who thus suffer concomitant harm. This psychological harm can, in fact, have additional physical results. Hence, as I note in the paper,
If a child is raised with emotional abuse, divorce, substance abuse, mental illness, the imprisonment of a parent, and feels unsupported—none of which involve direct physical harm—their life expectancy is reduced by 20 years. It is very clear that psychological factors affect physical health.
If psychological harm is real, and students sometimes claim (or others claim on their behalf) that they have been hurt by speech acts on college campuses, why shouldn't we limit those speech acts? In short, even when students are hurt in this way, they are not wronged because it is what they went to college for in the first place. One goes to college—or should—expecting to be exposed to views one had not considered, that one opposes, and that one finds appalling. "That exposure, it is hoped, will force [college students] to exercise (and thus improve) their rational faculties…. This is the point of college, properly and classically understood."
As I see it:
In the college environment, the real harm is caused when students are not challenged. Students might start out devout Christians or Leftists (or anything else) and remain so upon graduation, but if they were not exposed to any beliefs that contradicted theirs in the four years they were in school, the school failed them. Miserably. Any money spent on tuition, fees, etc., were essentially stolen as they did not receive what they paid for.
To offer a genuine college education thus requires that schools allow extensive free speech, especially of topics students are likely to find shocking or offensive. The Heterodox Academy Guide to Colleges is a great resource that allows prospective students to identify such schools. Such speech "can challenge students—as is required in a genuinely collegiate environment. That is how students learn and grow. That is how they find their place as independent adults in the broader world. That is how they become contributors."

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Project 365 // Day 172 v2.0
Today, July 23, is National Hot Dog Day. Don't listen to those who tell you it's July 19, 21, 23 or whatnot. It's today. Well at least it's sometimes this month.
Not normally a yellow mustard guy, but since it was "Y" day yellow it is.


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Aspiring Barossa/Gawler rookie recruit Wayne Elson, has purchased merchandise of both SA premier teams, so as to give himself an each way opportunity to play at the AFL elite level in 2015. Faced with choosing between Crows and The Power… "Just show me the money" he said.
Seen here wearing both of the team's T shirts, his family and friends are worried about his motives and that his fitness might not be what it was when he was playing club footy.
"I'm not giving to the selectors a bottle of 1959 Grange or anything like that" he said. "But I would be prepared to lobby with a bottle of Roenfeldt Hill Gold Medal ZSGM as an incentive" said the Barossa vigneron and host of Be consumed. tours.


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New Mexico
New Mexico participated in the ABCD Screening Academy as a "Setting the Stage for Success" grantee, a project designed to learn from and replicate the North Carolina ABCD Project model for integrating standardized developmental screening into well-child care visits. Specifically, the ABCD Screening Academy activities in New Mexico included:
- Revising reimbursement policy to allow providers to bill the 96110 code when a objective, validated screening tool is administered.
- Proposing to the New Mexico Legislature that structured developmental screening be required under EPSDT.
- Investigating the possibility of purchasing state access to Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) in both English and Spanish for use by all EPSDT providers.
- Designing a poster series targeting both primary care and other child and family service providers working with young children and parents that promotes standardized developmental screening.
- Sustaining and spreading improvement activities through grant proposals – one which will implement structured screening in 8 additional communities and the other which will enable practices participating in the Developmental Screening Initiative (DSI) to qualify as part of a pediatric quality improvement program. By mplementing structured screening as part of well child care in this program, providers would meet Part 4 of required recertification guidelines for continued licensure as a pediatrician.
|Date Published
|Developmental Screening Initiative New Mexico Chart Audit Tool (and Evaluation Tool)
|(New Mexico ABCD Project) Chart audit tool used in New Mexico as a source for measurement data. Chart review is performed at baseline and one-month visits.
|December 2008
|Gauging Success: Measurement and Evaluation


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Archive for April, 2010
SOCOMGEAR AEG-07 "Stock-Fit" battery available now
SOCOMGEAR have a true 15C battery specially designed for the M4/AR buttstock available now:
- TRUE 15C Battery!!!
- Not China-made RC LIPO batteries!!!
- MODEL# 07 [11.1V, 1000mAh, 15C][Stock-Fit Version]
- Special designed for M4/ AR buttstock
Quote from Airsoft Soldier professional review:
"The results: Looking at the difference between RC and airsoft manufacturers' batteries, the results were favourable to the airsoft batteries in the S3 class. Especially the Socom Gear S3 1500 mAh 15C solid pack exceeded all expectations and achieved the best result in the power test."
"The tests showed that the traditionally shaped Socom Gear batteries proved to be very effective and powerful batteries."
"C-ratings could only be measured for S3 batteries because of equipment restrictions. Socom Gear's products gave as much as the pack promised, but the RC batteries were a bit short of their objective."
From Thumpy: Interesting take on a G&G M14 tech issue
Thumpy has posted an interesting solution to a springy problem over on his website Thumpy's 3-D House of Airsoft:
Our NEWEST Buddy Thunderstorm from Team AIM over at NCAirsoft.org was having some feed issues with his BRAND SPANKIN' new G&G M14. So, in tearing it down, he found an interesting issue and an INNOVATIVE fix…better explained in these photos he shot.
Read more and find out how Thunderstorm fixed the problem.
DSR-1 and M4 (Stamped COLT Marking) Back in May
ARES will have the DSR-1 and the M4 back in stock shortly:
Dear Arnie, ARES hit items DSR-1 and M4 (Stamped COLT Marking) will be back in stock in May and pre-order is available now!
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Minor repairs 30/04/10 0000-0400 GMT
We had a few hours planned downtime last night whilst the main server was taken offline to have a logic board replaced.
The work has been completed and that should (fingers crossed) cure the minor niggles that we've had since the move of irregular loading. It appears that the secondary SATA controller was duff and causing backup routine issues.
Product update from Intelligent Armour
Here is the latest product news from Intelligent Armour:
Mechanix MPACT Coyote Tan Covert Gloves
Mechanix MPACT Coyote Tan Covert Gloves are an ideal light desert assault glove, for military or close protection use.
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Mechanix MPACT Coyote Tan Covert Gloves are anatomically designed for a comfortable fit. The flexible, bonded TPR finger ribs and knuckles supply critical protection. When you require a greater degree of sensitivity, reinforced finger bands resist impact in high exposure areas. Secondary foam padding covers inner index finger and thumb for added protection in high-wear impact areas.
Price £22.50 (Plus VAT & Shipping)
Gerber Evo Tool & Evo Jr Gift Pack
Gerber Evo Tool
These high-performance tools blend ergonomics, style, and durability with spring action handles, external one-handed component access, and comfortable contoured grip areas.
Based on their knife counterparts, they feature all outboard components, meaning there is no need to open handles to access tools. Each component is lockable, making these tools among the safest out there. And spring loaded handles reduce user fatigue during extended use.
Gerber Evo Jr Knife
The Gerber Evo Jr is a folding pocket knife featuring One-handed opening with a finger flip that doubles as a finger guard. Titanium nitride-coated Gerber 440 stainless steel blade; featherweight anodized aluminum cut-out handle; pocket clip.
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Gerber Recon Torch
Discreet and stealthy tactical light – Gerber Recon Torch, with D.I.A.L.™ Technology
If you think the concept of multi-tasking is overrated, don't tell it to the guys who developed the patent-pending Gerber Recon. Because this long-awaited L.E.D format lets you choose from four different colors of light, depending on your needs of the moment.
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Blackhawk Thigh Rig Dump Pouch
Used for loose ordnance, empty magazines or evidence/contraband – Blackhawk OMEGA Drop Leg Dump Pouch features easy-access 9 YKK® dual zipper closure, top hook & loop flap over two overlapping layers of heavy duty elastic allows quick drop of items into the pouch, but keeps them securely inside.
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Spotted by HMSG: new CO2 mags for WA BGGRs from G&P
LT Mac of HMSG has spotted what looks like a new CO2 magazine on the G&P website:
Arn – looks like G&P has a new CO2 magazine for WA GBBRs
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New products in stock at Airsoft Global
Here is the latest product update from Airsoft Global:
Dear Sir, We have got some new items released. Please kind to visit our website (http://airsoftglobal.com/) to obtain more information!
- Name: AFC KAC PDW GBB (Open Bolt, Long Barrel, BK )
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- Name: Deep Fire M4A1 Carbine
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- Name: SOCOM GEAR Daniel Defense M16 Omega
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- Name: SOCOM GEAR Daniel Defense M4 MK18 MOD0
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Weight: 2540.00g
- Name: SOCOM GEAR Daniel Defense M4 Omega
Product No.: SOG-AEG-OMEGA7-AG
Weight: 2500.00g
- Name: G&P Aluminum Piston Set (A)
Product No.: GP-PIS-SP027-AG
Weight: 70.00g
- Name: G&P Aluminum Piston Set (B)
Product No.: GP-PIS-SP028-AG
Weight: 70.00g
- Name: G&P Aluminum Piston Set (C)
Product No.: GP-PIS-SP029-AG
Weight: 70.00g
- Name: G&P Aluminum Piston Set (D)
Product No.: GP-PIS-SP030-AG
Weight: 70.00g
- Name: G&P M4 Steel Trigger
Product No.: GP-ACC-GP960-AG
Weight: 15.00g
- Name: G&P MRP Gas Block
Product No.: GP-FS-GP961-AG
Weight: 65.00g
- Name: G&P WA I.A. Grip (BK)
Product No.: GP-GR-WP141B-AG
Weight: 190.00g
- Name: G&P WA I.A. Grip (Sand)
Product No.: GP-GR-WP141S-AG
Weight: 190.00g
- Name: Inokatsu M4 Super Bolt (Steel)
Product No.: IK-WP-BLT01-AG
Weight: 240.00g
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Introducing Tactical Airsoft Shop & Tactical Warfare Airsoft
Tactical Airsoft Shop is a UK based online retailer from the same people who also run skirmish site Tactical Warfare Airsoft. They are offering you, our lovely readers, free shipping from their web shop with the promo code Arnies:
About us: Tactical Airsoft Shop was founded 2 years ago by 2 players who wanted to provide affordable, reliable products and services that airsoft skirmishers deserve! The founders [named removed by request of submitter] started playing airsoft at sites in Surrey/Kent in 2006. As we are experienced airsoft players we believe we are in the ideal position to understand player's needs. We became UKARA registered retailer in September 2008 and we also sell at our game site Tactical Warfare Airsoft which we opened in June 2009. Our site is located in Croydon/Biggin Hill and is member of UKARA and UKASGB. We are online retailer only.
Latest G&P offerings
Latest kit from G&P Industrial Co., Ltd including the rather lovely looking Deluxe Sentry.
Hello, we have released new products!
- GP-MEB001 M4A1 Metal Body (Laser Marking)
- WP150A WA Assemble Parts (Full Set)
- WP150B WA Assemble Parts (Frame Set)
- GP-DXE001 Deluxe M4A1
- GP-DXE002 Deluxe Sentry (Magpul)
Best Regards, (G&P Industrial Co., Ltd)
CRW Airsoft: SAS Full Gear Nimrod Package
CRW Airsoft are having a discount special on their replica SAS kit:
CRW Airsoft now offer this discount package in memory of the most success and well-known SAS operation- Nimrod 'THE IRANIAN EMBASSY SIEGE'
On April 30th, 1980 six armed Iranian men stormed the Iranian Embassy in London taking twenty-six people hostage. Six days later the SAS ended the siege, killing five terrorists and capturing one. It was the operation that propelled the SAS into the public eye and firmly established them as the worlds' best counter-terrorist unit.
SAS Heroes: Iranian Embassy Siege pt. 1/5
Please visit our video channel.
Regards, Eddie (Director, CRW Airsoft)
TLSFx to give away T5 NFDD at Copehill Down
Gareth at TLSFx wanted to let everyone know that they will giving away 10 of the latest TLSFx T5 NFDD Reusable Grenades at SFx Airsoft event at Copehill Down on the 15/16th May:
With SFx Airsoft's Sector 36 at Copehill Down just around the corner, 15th-16th May 2010, TLSFx are pleased to offer 10 lucky people the new T5 NFDD grenades before they are available in store.
The T5 NFDD is a sleek modern looking device made from military grade Anodised Aluminium and Stainless Steel. The FOL (fly off lever) assembly has been designed to remain attached to the grenade, to reduce the likelihood of losing it. With only 4 parts to this revolutionary grenade, all the user has to do is replace the percussion cap and the cracker unit and it is ready to be used again. A T5 derivative is already in use with the police and military and will be available soon to airsofters. (TLSFx)
New video: MDS – WE AWSS PDW
Massive Defense Shop have a new video of the WE AWSS PDW rifle:
Hi guys, Please check out our latest video of the WE – AWSS PDW RIFLE
NRA Show 2010: Spartan Imports booth #3134!
Spartan Imports will be attending the NRA annual meetings in Charlotte, NC, 14th – 16th May 2010. Visitors will be able to see the latest samples and upcoming products from some of the major manufacturers:
LOWA and Bugout Gear at Tactical Kit
Tactical Kit now have LOWA and Bugout gear in stock:
Tactical Kit are now stocking LOWA boots and Bugout Backpacks. Please visit www.tactical-kit.co.uk to view these items and many other products from leading tactical brands.
To celebrate the launch of our new website anyone who orders during the month of April will automatically be entered into a free prize draw to win a Surefire E2L Outdoorsman worth £145.00.
Kind Regards, Ian, (Tactical Kit)


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Looking for a good story to check out on your new e-book reader or tablet? CNET editors share their recent favorites -- and some overlooked gems.
Now that 37-year-old New York Met Robert Allen Dickey has won the 2012 Cy Young award as the National League's best pitcher, his inspiring life story makes better conversation fodder than ever. Dickey's improbable professional career began in 1996 as a phenom first round draft pick, fell apart when he was diagnosed with a freak anatomical anomaly that should prevent him pitching at all, limped along as he toiled for more than 10 years in the minors, and finally resurrected as he mastered the knuckleball, a pitch so enigmatic and unpredictable that he's currently the only major leaguer throwing it. His memoir bleeds authenticity, from his revelations about suffering sexual abuse to the rock bottom feelings of a minor league failure trying to support a family to almost drowning -- and re-affirming his Christian faith -- attempting to swim across the Missouri (a prelude to climbing Kilimanjaro for charity in the off season last year). If that doesn't make you a Dickey fan, you should know he named his bat Orchrist
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This rather inconveniently named novel is a fabulous and funny first-in-a-series story about an inquisitive boy coming of age in a repressive, conformist society built around the Munsell color system, where status is determined by your ability to perceive color and your future determined by your performance on the Ishihara. Plus, carnivorous plants, roads that devour detritus, and darkness' death toll! One downer: the price is set by the publisher so it's pricey for an ebook. -- Lori Grunin
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"The Mongoliad" began as a series of iOS and Android apps (paid and free) that Stephenson called an experiment in "post-book story-telling," a collaborative story that originated as "a serial novel with a number of social media attachments." Now it's just a book, thank you very much. If you ponied up the subscription fee since the project began in 2010, you might feel a bit chagrined that the final, edited novel with a bunch of changes is now available as a "definitive edition," but everyone else will just appreciate being able to read it. Historical fiction heavy on accuracy, especially in the sword fights and martial arts as the protagonist mystics and European knights penetrate the Mongol empire, it won't satisfy Nealies expecting another "Anathem" or even "Quicksilver," but it's still pretty dang good. As a bonus, the sequel is already available and the final book will be released next February. -- David Katzmaier
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Nazi-occupied Norway in 1943. The mission goes sideways almost immediately, and what follows is a harrowing tale of survival behind enemy lines in the subzero Scandinavian hinterland. First published in 1955, this little-known gem will appeal to anyone who enjoyed such "truth is stranger than fiction" war stories as "Unbroken" or "Lost in
Shangri-La." -- John P. Falcone
Best known as the man who actually completed Robert Jordan's 11,000-page, 635 chapter, 4 million word "Wheel of Time" series by writing books 12 through 14, Sanderson's own world-building chops are just as impressive. The Mistborn novels take place in Scadrial, where the mechanism for magic is manipulated by "pushing" or "pulling" metal -- every hero or villain is a mini-Magneto. This fourth installment takes place 300 years after the conclusion of the first three, and modernity in the form of electricity, skyscrapers, and, yes, guns, makes the Allomancers and Ferromancers even more potent. Fans of high fantasy and adventure who can broaden their horizons to include a dash of actual (or at least psuedo-) science will find plenty to like here, and the prolific Sanderson has already announced the sequel. -- David Katzmaier
This fascinating book tells you the story of America the way you've never heard it before. Especially riveting in light of the recent elections and continuing political fissures in American society, this compelling narrative explains where our country got its peculiar and varied personalities. As someone who was born in Southern California, has lived in New England, New York, San Francisco, and Idaho, I already knew that each place had its own way of being "American." "American Nations" breaks down why. By the time you're done with it, you'll have a better understanding of the founding of our nation -- and if you're like me, you'll have a lot more respect for the Dutch, too. -- Emily Dreyfuss
If you had told me a few years ago that there would be a book that blended a dystopian future, 1980s pop culture, and video games into a briskly paced and engaging adventure, I would've asked you what you were smoking. In fact, that's exactly what I said to my brother when he told me about this book he thought I would totally dig. And for the first time in the 30+ years I've known him, he was right. Ernest Cline took all those elements -- and more -- and made it work. -- Jeff Sparkman
Known best for his roles on the cult-classic MTV sketch comedy show "The State" and films like "Wet Hot American Summer," this second book by Michael Ian Black is a memoir wherein the comedian reflects on life's uncertainties and confusions. Black's sense of humor, sometimes misunderstood, is self-deconstructed in the book -- subtitled "Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations" -- where he tells-all in shockingly honest fashion. Anyone who's a fan of his work or simply just knows him as "that Travelocity guy" should give this quick read a shot. (Disclosure: "You're Not Doing It Right" is published by Simon & Schuster, which like CNET is owned by CBS.) -- Jeff Bakalar
Over the course of his prolific career, Donald Westlake wrote dozens of crime novels. Among his most memorable were those of the Parker series, written under the pseudonym Richard Stark. The books were written and published over nearly a half a century -- 1962 through 2008 -- but the protagonist is just as enigmatic, laconic, and downright ruthless throughout. Parker emerges as a completely amoral criminal, ready to do anything -- and kill anyone -- who stands in the way of a good heist. The books are undeniably formulaic, but the early ones are so short and the prose is so perfectly paired down, they can often be read in just a couple of sittings. "The Score" is the fifth book in the series, in which Parker and his cronies up the ante and attempt to rob an entire Midwestern town in one night. If you find "The Score" to your liking, there are two dozen more books in the series (plus a spinoff series featuring Parker cohort Alan Grofield) -- enough hard-boiled crime to keep you reading all year. -- John P. Falcone
I'll admit I am completely biased when it comes to Junot Diaz -- he is my favorite living American writer. If you haven't read "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," stop what you're doing and read that first. His latest novel is similarly about a first-generation Dominican American growing up in New Jersey. And though this book is equally gut-wrenching, it's a lot more accessible (less Spanish smattered throughout, for instance, and no footnotes). It is thematically concerned with every single thing that's painful about love, but it's also a coming of age story. Diaz writes of longing and passion, regret and agony in a way that's frankly hilarious, dark, and absolutely brilliant. -- Emily Dreyfuss
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With all this hullabaloo about conservatives taking classes about how to talk to female candidates for political office (lesson 1 is just a picture of a woman in a power suit with an arrow to her that reads PERSON, followed by a pop quiz where men frown and squint and fill in the same chart, this time with the word omitted), you'd think members of the GOP would be a little more humble about their admittedly shoddy recent track record with the ladies. Not if you ask Iowa Senate hopeful Mark Jacobs.
On Sunday, Jacobs (not to be confused with designer Marc Jacobs — what a difference a K makes!) appeared on local TV show to announce that he knew the difference between men and women. With women, you see, you need to connect with them "on an emotional level." He knows because he's an expert at women because he's personally known two women —his wife and daughter — for many years. Unlike other men, who have male wives and male daughters and maybe even male mothers, Mark Jacobs has an inside scoop.
In an interview Sunday with WHO-TV in Des Moines, host Dave Price asked Jacobs what the "biggest difference between men and women" is, in terms of reaching out to them as voters.
"I think you have to connect with women on an emotional level," said Jacobs. "And with a wife of 25 years and an 18-year-old daughter, I've had a lot of coaching on that."
Unfortunately, Mark Jacobs didn't give any concrete examples for how, exactly, a candidate could use emotions to manipulate women into voting for them, but here are some free suggestions:
"Vote for me, or I feed this puppy to a lion."
"Hey, you're pretty. Doesn't that make you feel self-esteemy? Vote for me."
"Your father would be very disappointed in you if you didn't vote for me."
"Hey! HEY! Let's hug!"
"If I lose the election, I'll be sad."
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The NO TRACE Promise is what truly sets Hedge Natural Defense organic pesticide products apart from the competition. When plants are treated weekly with Hedge Natural Defense non-toxic pesticide products and sent in for post-harvest laboratory testing, the certificate of analysis (CofA) reports are clear: NO TRACE FOUND of toxic pesticidal chemicals and NO TRACE FOUND of microbial contamination (molds, etc).
For a plant or extract to register no trace in both categories is a true anomaly. Typically, in order to inhibit all microbial growth, toxic chemicals must be used. And conversely, by removing all toxic chemicals, microbial growth cannot be adequately contained.
Important: Hedge Natural Defense products do not negate the effects of other products already used on or near target plants. If other chemicals have already been used on or nearby target plants, a NO TRACE analysis may fail. Always thoroughly assess the water quality and ingredients of all fertilizers and other nutrient products for organic production suitability. When used in isolation, plants treated with only Hedge Natural Defense products pass NO TRACE analysis with confidence. Hedge Natural Defense stands behind the purity of its own products. When combined with other products, the promise cannot be guaranteed.
The Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) is a trusted third-party nonprofit organization that technically assesses input products according to the USDA National Organic Program Standards. Compliant products are awarded a listing and rights to bear the OMRI seal on products and advertising materials, signifying to buyers that the product is safe for use in Organic Production.
Hedge Natural Defense non-toxic pesticides are legally categorized as Minimum Risk Pesticides in the United States. Minimum Risk Pesticides are those that the EPA has determined pose little to no risk to human health or the environment.


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Discussion in 'General Gallery' started by Mansi, Apr 1, 2006.
sweet shots mansi love the way the lil girl is lookin up at you in the second shot...both a re super colourful! really gives us a good impression of what school life in rural india is really like. would love to see more of your shots from this series....post post post :thumbsup:
amazing photos mansi! I love the colors! So bold and beautiful.. Nice job
love the colors Mansi. glad to see another awesome post from you :thumbup:
thanks guys
hey mans, diggin these both cool, i think the first one is my fav tho, you got the pov just right :thumbup:
I love how the three are sitting so close together in the top right corner of the first photo. Nice capture of the moment. Post more!
thanks both of you
Excellent stuff from you again Mansi (as if I'd expect anything else!). Great perspective
Mansi your photography is always so wonderful! Some of the best I have ever seen. It's great to have the time again to see and enjoy your work here on tpf. Both of these shots are awesome I like them very much!
Anything I say would be redundant...:hail:
seet shots Mansi1 good to see your post as alway, wonderful!
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Everybody loves pockets! If you have a case of butter fingers, if your cards seem to disappear often, or if you're guilty of stalling entry lines and cash lines, you know you need this Besbes Pocket. We're all about fuss-free and efficient living so if you're guilty of the above, please stop wasting people's time. Do them a favour, stick this pocket and slot your most used cards IMMEDIATELY.
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Vapourtec presents application note 57, Automated library synthesis.
Compound library
In drug discovery it is necessary to have access to a broad range of organic compounds for the purpose of testing against models of disease. The testing process employed is high-throughput screening. The name of this, often proprietary set of organic molecules is called a compound library. Some chemicals can be purchased from outside vendors and included into an internal compound library. However, a key driver for a pharmaceutical company is the discovery of novel (patentable) compounds, and so it is important that the compound library contains a proportion of novel compounds. Typically companies employed in drug discovery generate their own novel compounds, library synthesis.
Library synthesis
New chemical entities are added to a compound library by a process called library synthesis. Chemical libraries are generated for a specific goal. Typically larger chemical libraries are made of several groups of smaller libraries.
Automated library synthesis
Automating the process of library synthesis plays an important part in the economics of library synthesis.
Proving the potential scope for synthesis of a chemical library can be a time consuming and expensive part of a research program1. Also, as the complexity and cost of reaction inputs to library synthesis continue to grow, such as the use of advanced synthetic intermediates, natural products, peptides etc., economic use of these materials becomes an important factor.
Continuous flow chemistry can be easily automated, creating a platform for automated library synthesis. In application note 57, Vapourtec demonstrate the use of the Vapourtec R-Series in conjunction with the Gilson X241 autosampler, as a versatile and efficient method of addressing these issues. Using examples of SNAr chemistry, we were very quickly able to identify reaction partners for synthesis using a range of nitro-aryl halides and amine nucleophiles. These included ammonia and dimethylamine which, although often challenging to heat in batch due to boiling the volatile amine out of solution, are easily handled at high temperature and pressure within the Vapourtec R-Series.
This application note describes:
· Automated reaction screening using automated reagent loading and collection
· Safe out-of-hours operation permitted by Flow Commander™
· The use of highly volatile amines and ammonia at 160 °C through the use of high pressures difficult to achieve in batch.
To read more on this application
To read more about Vapourtec automated synthesis options
1. Hamley, P., Czechtizky, W., John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, 2015


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San Jose Earthquakes 2, New England Revolution 2 | 2018 MLS Match Recap
The San Jose Earthquakes snapped a four-game losing streak in MLS regular season play, and the New England Revolution extended their unbeaten run to five games, as they played to a 2-2 draw at Avaya Stadium on Wednesday.
The Quakes got on the board first, as their top scorer Danny Hoesen put them ahead in the 17th minute, but Diego Fagundez tied up the game for the Revolution in the 31st minute with a free kick from just outside the box that went inside the near post.
The Revs then took the lead just before halftime, as Cristian Penilla cut inside from the left flank on the counterattack and buried his shot past San Jose goalkeeper Andrew Tarbell.
Following the break, the Earthquakes tied up the match, as Hoesen scored his second of the night on a towering header from a Nick Lima cross.
- 17' – SJ – Danny Hoesen | WATCH
- 31' – NE – Diego Fagundez | WATCH
- 43' – NE – Cristian Penilla | WATCH
- 51' – SJ – Danny Hoesen | WATCH
Three Things
- THE BIG PICTURE: The cross-country road trip in MLS is punishing, so New England will likely be satisfied with a draw going into the World Cup break. The impact is bigger for San Jose, who had been foundering this season and may have found something to build upon with a positive result.
- MOMENT OF THE MATCH: All four goals had something to offer, but Fagundez's cool free kick conversion was a real beauty.
Inch-perfect. #SJvNE pic.twitter.com/naJVFeidER— Major League Soccer (@MLS) June 14, 2018
- MAN OF THE MATCH: Fagundez deserves a shout, but Hoesen scored both a go-ahead goal and an equalizer, and he's been one of the few consistent bright spots for San Jose this season, so he gets the nod.
Next Up
- SJ: Saturday, June 23 at Real Salt Lake (10 pm ET — Full TV & Streaming Info)
- NE: Saturday, June 30 vs. D.C. United (7:30 pm ET | TVAS — Full TV & Streaming Info)


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In today's world there are lots of things going on in the field of electronics and one of which picked up momentum globally, is popularity of open source hardware. The Engineers and Hackers around the globe are happy to buy such hardware and play with it. These hardware are best tool for Hacker to know how things work ? Beside of this, the corporate companies are also paid attention towards these hardware productions because of popularity among the people and extensive publicly open support forum.
What is open source hardware?
Open source hardware are typically comes with original design files that enable people to study them freely, make changes and share those changes with other people under some terms called Licenses e.g. GNU General Public License (GPL), Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license etc.
Why open source hardware?
Open source hardware offers relatively inexpensive alternative to their closed proprietary parts. There are several examples like Arduino Duemilanove, Raspberry Pi, and Beaglebone etc. Lets take Arduino for this discussion, these board are part of a complete open source electronic prototyping platform including software development environment (JAVA based Arduino IDE). A complete Arduino system is made up of both open source software and hardware. The supporting software for Arduino board is free for download with code itself and also reference design file for hardware are also available under open source licensing terms. Using these resources people can easily build their own Arduino Duemilanove board by paying very little cost to buy spare parts.


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Our petroleum business includes a complex full coking, medium-sour crude oil refinery with a rated capacity of 115,000 barrels per calendar day operated by Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing in Coffeyville, Kansas and a complex crude oil refinery with a rated capacity of 70,000 barrels per calendar day operated by Wynnewood Refining Company in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, approximately 336 miles of active owned and leased pipelines, approximately 150 crude oil transports, a network of strategically located crude oil gathering tank farms, and approximately 6.4 million barrels of owned and leased crude oil storage capacity.
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It is currently the policy of the Board of Directors of the general partner of CVR Refining to pay quarterly cash distributions of all the Partnership's available cash, as determined by the Board of Directors, to its unitholders.
We intend to pay our distributions within 60 days after the end of each quarter beginning with the quarter ending March 31, 2013, to unitholders of record on the applicable record date. We expect our first distribution will consist of available cash for the period from the closing of CVR Refining's initial public offering through March 31, 2013. However, as described in our public filings, the Board of Directors of the general partner of CVR Refining reserve the right to change the distribution policy at any time, and the partnership agreement which governs CVR Refining does not require the partnership to declare any dividends at all.


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Factors To Consider When Looking For The Right Pet Treats
For the people who are owning the pets for the first time, it is essential to look for the right treats to give to your pets. There are many brands of many pets' foods hence the need to research on the right name. In the recent past, many individuals are looking for various brands of dog treats as compared to the past where the milk bone used to be the best treatment for the dogs. Having a pet that is cute in your home calls for a treat to them as they bring joy to the family. Treating our pets can result from many causes such training them, gifting or rewarding them for good behavior or even showing them the love that they deserve. Make sure that you can treat your pets as doing so will enhance their experience as their dwell in your home.
The first thing to do is to look for the right treat that is nutritious and healthy. The the market presents a lot of treats that one can select from to ensure that they are happy. When looking for the right treat for your pets, ensure that its component is the best in providing the nutrition that is needed by the pets. Immunity of the dog is significant in fighting off the infections hence the need for the best treats that contains nutritious and healthy components. You will be in a good position to make a buying decision after going through all the reviews and testimonials left by satisfied clients who outlines the good and the bad side of the dog treat.
Make sure that you have selected the pet treat that is of the right texture. When you are going to purchase the dog treats, make sure that you can look at the age of the dog as this will help you look for the appropriate dogs treat. If you have an old pet, make sure that you select a soft texture so as to make sure that the dog can chew but look for the dog treat that is hard and sturdy for your junior dogs as this will improve their dental health. There are many sellers who are available on the internet hence the need to look for a genuine retailer to purchase your treats.
When buying the treats for your pets, ensure that you have taken into consideration the health history of the pets as this will help you choose the appropriate goodies for the pets. Select the best treats that will improve the health of your dogs. Ensure that the treat that you choose contains the right ingredients dedicated to improving the health of the pets.
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At the HQCA, our mission and values focus on improving the quality and safety of health services for Albertans. This work involves engaging Albertans and listening to their experiences and voices, and we do this through a variety of means, including patient satisfaction and experience surveys, supportive living family and residents survey, and our Patient/Family Safety Advisory Panel.
The HQCA is proud to support the IMAGINE Project because of its grass-roots, citizen led focus on patient-first healthcare culture. This adds to the understanding of patient needs, experiences, and will enhance how we connect with Albertans.
Although the aim of The IMAGINE Project was to change the culture of the health professions and health system as they relate to the patient, it was always intended to be a grassroots initiative.
Following the launch of the project on January 22, 2015, the O'Brien Institute handed over the project reins to a new citizen-led committee, IMAGINE Citizens Collaborating for Health.
As part of this evolution, the O'Brien Institute continues to support IMAGINE through funding, by functioning as the initiative's secretariat and by providing logistical and technical support to the citizens' efforts. Many of the IMAGINE citizens, such as Dr. Ward Flemons and Adjunct Professor Gail McKean PhD, are also O'Brien Institute members.
Learn more about the O'Brien Institute
Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS) provides leadership for Alberta's health research and innovation enterprise and aims to work with partners in the health system to ensure innovation in care, policy and practice and that the needs of patients and clinicians influence research in the province. AIHS's vision is to transform the health, health system and wellbeing of Albertans through research and innovation. Patient centred care and citizen engagement are important drivers of research and innovation and are supported by AIHS through Alberta SPOR (Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research) SUPPORT Unit's Patient Engagement Platform and other initiatives.
AIHS is pleased to support the work of IMAGINE to effectively engage individual Albertans and citizen groups from around the province, and through that bring the patient perspective toward improving health care.Learn more about Alberta Innovates Health Solutions


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Title: Persons Unknown; An Exercise in Detection
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Leadership Institute Preliminary Administrative Credential Program
(Includes a master's degree option.) ACSA partners with the Sacramento County Office of Education's Leadership Institute to offer aspiring teacher leaders the opportunity to earn a Preliminary Administrative Services Credential. This program is designed to empower and build the capacity of leaders to improve teaching and learning for all students.
Candidates will engage in six courses over the 11-month program, offering both face-to-face instruction, as well as online learning, guided fieldwork, and an end-of-program project. The institute courses are taught by seasoned local and regional school administrators who have first-hand experience and expertise in both the content and region. By completing four additional classes the following year, candidates may apply the work from the Leadership Institute credential courses to obtain a master's degree.
Candidates are required to take the California Administrator Performance Assessment (CalAPA) and will be required to complete and submit all three cycles of the CalAPA before being recommended for a Preliminary Administrative Services Credential.
The authorizing agency for the credential is Sacramento County Office of Education.
Clear Administrative Credential Program
ACSA's innovative induction program and services for administrators seeking to clear their ASC are considered the gold standard throughout the state. The induction program design and implementation provides support and guidance grounded in the California Professional Standards for Education Leaders (CPSEL) in the three designated areas, chronicled in the Individual Induction Plan: coaching, professional development and assessment.
The program provides individualized, one-on-one, job-embedded coaching over the course of the two-year program. Candidates enroll within one year of starting an initial administrative position, with coaching services starting within 30 days of program enrollment.
Preliminary Administrative Credential Program
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ACSA, in partnership with the Sacramento County Office of Education's Leadership Institute, offers aspiring teacher leaders the opportunity to earn a Preliminary Administrative Services Credential. This program is designed to empower and build the capacity of leaders to improve teaching and learning for all students.
Candidates will engage in six courses over the 10-month program which offers both face-to-face instruction as well as online learning, guided fieldwork and an end-of-program project. Institute courses are taught by local and regional school administrators who are experienced and have first hand experience and expertise in both the content and region. By completing four additional classes the following year, candidates may apply the work from the Leadership Institute credential courses to obtain a Master's Degree.
Candidates are required to take the California Administrator Performance Assessment (CalAPA) and will be required to complete and submit all three cycles of the CalAPA before being recommended for a Preliminary Administrative Services Credential. These candidates will be required to meet the passing standard for the assessment to be recommended for the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential. The authorizing agency for the credential is Sacramento County Office of Education.
Program begins in San Bernardino County August 2020.
Program Details
In 2017, ACSA proudly opened enrollment of a new credentialing offering: the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential Program. The credential is earned over the course of a year via the Leadership Institute. ACSA's offering of the Leadership Institute is made possible by partnerships with Sacramento County Office of Education and San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools. With the first cohort of 42 students now well into the fourth course, "Family and Community Engagement," it is safe to say the Leadership Institute has been very well-received by students. What students say sets this credentialing experience aside from others they have had are program director, Dr. Michael Roe's unconventionally direct leadership style, and the opportunity to receive outstanding instruction in a close setting from an all-star faculty. The Leadership Institute courses are taught by Terrence Davis (Supt – Beaumont USD), Dr. Michael Roe (Executive Director of Leadership, Innovation, and Outreach - Riverside County of Education ), Dr. Suzette Lovely (Ret. Supt – Carlsbad USD), Darren Daniel (Asst. Supt , HR – Murrieta USD), Dr. LaFaye Platter (Ret. Asst. Supt, HR – Hemet USD), and Kenn Young (Ret. Supt – Riverside COE). ACSA is extremely pleased that all six instructors will be moving forward with us until our second San Bernardino cohort of the program, with the addition of Dr. Martinrex Kedziora (Supt – Moreno Valley USD), who will be co-instructing with Dr. Lovely.
In order to be eligible for the Leadership Institute, applicants must have:
- an earned teaching credential or service credential,
- five years of full-time teaching experience,
- and a passing score on:
- the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST),
- or the California Subject Examination for Teacher (CSET).
The program curriculum is based on the California Professional Standards for Education Leaders (CPSEL) and is comprised of 154 hours of in-class instruction and 77 hours of online chats, which take place over the course of the year. This time is organized into six courses, each with an end-of-course paper. In-person meetings of the entire cohort are held every other Saturday (excepting holiday schedules) from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. in San Bernardino County, (site to be announced this spring). Faculty members also invite "mini-session experts," individuals with exceptional knowledge in a specific area related to the course, to share their expertise with participants. Online chats take place in small groups which are rotated between each course, and are mediated by online principal-coaches. These chats facilitate online learning and guided fieldwork for each course. Additionally, each student creates an end-of-year project intended to put concepts and standards from the coursework into action. The project centers around a need of the participant's school or district which assists with continued development and implementation, and each project proposal is developed collaboratively with the program director and faculty, as well as with the participant's district coach and peers. Participants present their projects to panels at the end-of-program symposium.
By completing four additional classes the following year (2-year program total), candidates may apply the work from Leadership Institute courses to earn their master's degree in Applied School Leadership – an option made possible through ACSA's collaboration with National University.
Participants have a support system and wealth of resources available to them throughout the program, beginning with the State of Education orientation meeting prior to the first course. Key concepts, requirements, and program expectations are provided at this meeting, so that participants are inspired and set up to succeed from the beginning. Human resources include the Leadership Institute team, a faculty mentor, district coach, and online principal- coaches, and the participant handbook provides details about coursework, fieldwork, online instruction, and policies and procedures. Additionally, Leadership Institute reading materials are provided and distributed to each cohort member shortly after the first registration payment is made.
Upon successful completion of the coursework for the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential, participants' names will be submitted to the program office at CTC for either the Certificate of Eligibility or the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential (if the participant has received an offer of administrative employment by a district).
"Every minute this morning was challenging and inspiring, and I am beyond excited about this growth opportunity for me as an educator, a leader, and as a person... I cannot believe what a blessing it is to be in the company of these amazing educators that you have brought for us to learn from."
Program Application and More Information
The Fall 2020 cohort Preliminary Administrative Services Credential program application window is now closed.
To learn more about our program, download our cohort flyer.
For more information, contact Dr. Michael Roe.
Clear Administrative Credential Program
Clear Administrative Credential Program
ACSA's Clear Administrative Credential Program (CACP) is the largest provider of coaching, professional development and assessment for attaining the Clear Administrative Services Credential. Our program is grounded in the California Professional Standards for Education Leaders (CPSEL) and a trained leadership coach supports and guides candidates with individualized, one-on-one, job embedded coaching to support the work of a new administrator over the course of the two-year program.
New administrators must enroll in a Clear Administrative Credential Program to obtain a Clear Administrative Services Credential. ACSA has served 985 new administrators throughout ACSA's 19 regions as we partner with 21 local programs throughout the state. Local program coordinators provide advisement; enrollment forms an online application and specific information unique to each local program.
Clear Administrative Credential Candidates benefit from the following program components:
|Program Requirements
|Program Benefits
Program Application and Enrollment Dates:
- Fall Cohort: April 15th through September 15th
- Winter Cohort: October 15th through February 15th
How to Apply for the Clear Administrative Credentialing Program:
We will accept candidates to the upcoming ACSA CACP cohort starting June 1.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Possession of a valid preliminary services credential or certificate of eligibility from the California Commission of Teacher Credentialing. Due to COVID-19 Variable Term Waivers may also meet eligibility requirements.
- Verification of an offer of employment in a full-time position requiring an administrative services credential.
Application Process:
1) Advisement: Contact one of our 18 Local Program Coordinators.
2) Complete Documentation: Complete and save two essential forms to your computer to upload while applying:
- Verification of Administrative Employment
- Preliminary Administrative Services Credential or Certificate of Eligibility Document from CTC. Instructional Video: Video
3) Fill out the ACSA CACP Application here.
Next Steps After Document Submission to ACSA:
1) Verification and Program Acceptance: ACSA verifies candidate's eligibility and confirms local program acceptance. ACSA credential office will notify the candidate of program acceptance via email.
2) Payment of Program Fees and Registration:
- Payment of Program Fees: The overall program cost is in two parts. Part one is the ACSA Program Fees and
- Part two is the Local Program Coaching Fees
Registration: ACSA will provide accepted program candidates with access to ACSA's online learning management system which supports both the leadership coaching staff and committed candidates throughout their professional development in the two-year program.
3) Assignment of Leadership Coach to Candidate: Candidates are matched with a trained leadership coach who has a thorough professional and educational tenure which aligns with the administrative position of the candidate.
Nondiscrimination: No candidate will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, ancestry, familiar status, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy or pregnancy related condition in its employment practices. This policy of affording equal candidate access to all persons is in keeping with provisions of state and federal laws and regulations.
We will accept candidates to the ACSA Clear Administrative Credential Program starting June 1.
Learn More:
Download the CACP flier, find your Local Program Coordinator, or contact Tracy Robinson in ACSA's Educational Services Department for more information.


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One of the key benefits of marketing automation is empowering Sales by providing actionable data on their leads and contacts. We're talking insight into page visits and form submissions, interaction with Engage Email Templates, visibility into list membership, and automated task creation. These activities are key to qualifying leads, but what if you offer more than one product or solution? Are your reps enabled to easily identify cross-sell and multi-solution opportunities or does this data get lost in the shuffle?
This scenario is solved by leveraging Scoring Categories. Scoring Categories work by assigning a category to a folder, and when prospects interact with assets in that folder, Pardot will create a separate prospect score for that particular category. This new feature is subtle but impactful.
As a member of the Client Advocate Team, I speak to clients daily. As new features are rolled out, I've seen our clients get excited, but as priorities change, implementing something incredibly useful like Scoring Categories, falls off the list. The good news is: there are simple solutions to most of these common scenarios.
Scenario #1: I never set up a folder structure or my folder structure isn't accurate
That's okay! Whether you've been with Pardot for years or just wrapped up implementation, it's easy to overlook folders because the go-to "Uncategorized" Folder always has your back. If you're like me, you may think to yourself, "I'll come back and move this to a new folder after I create all of the related assets," but then you keep living your life and next thing you know all of your assets are ending up in that uncategorized folder. Sound familiar?
Solution: Table actions can be used to easily reorganize your marketing assets. Using table actions to relocate your assets is even more straightforward if you have been using a naming convention to organize your materials. For example, let's say all of your files related to Product A have "Product A" in the title. Search your file table by "Product A" and select the desired files using the checkbox to the left of the title to reorganize and use the table action at the bottom to "Move to Folder." Haven't created your folder? No problem! You can actually create the desired folder in this step as well.
Scenario #2: My folders are too complicated
I definitely understand that! As a previous end user myself, when folders rolled out I was so excited (almost too excited) and I made my folder structure overly complicated. Learn from my mistakes – within your folders, you can sort by content type (form, landing page, email, so on) so you do not need to create subfolder for every marketing asset. If navigating into your folder tab in Pardot makes you shudder, here's what you can do.
Solution: Folders are actually really easy to reorganize from within the folder interface itself. You can select one item individually and use the "Move to Folder" action in the right bar to immediately re-organize that file. Additionally, you can use "Command/Control + Click" to select several assets that may not be listed back to back to back in the folder and use the same action to move all of the items selected to the same folder. If your assets are listed back to back to back, you could simply select the top, hit the shift key"Shift," and click the bottom of the table to move all items selected to a new folder.
Scenario #3: My team is large or complex and folder placement is inconsistent
Companies that have several different products or services will often times also have unique teams for each product or service. This could mean two or more marketing departments, a creative team that's developing assets for all of the different products, various contractors or other members responsible for uploading lists and managing campaign launches. With so many different team members involved in all stages of campaign development, it can lead to inconsistencies in where assets are stored, how they're labeled,or even excessive or duplicative folders and subfolders. It can be difficult to know how to restrict team members' access to only the folders that are relevant to maintain a productive structure.
Solution: Custom User Roles are available to clients on the Ultimate edition of Pardot, or who have purchased Custom User Roles as an add-on to the Pro edition. Custom User Roles provides the ability to set up Folder Permissions, which let you protect your content in folders and assign access to user groups. Setting up Folder Permissions is a great way to ensure only users only have access to the assets and folders that are relevant to their role. While users with Custom Roles will only have access to relevant folders, administrators in Pardot will have access to all folders. For more information on creating folder permissions, check out the Knowledge Base.
As you can see, reworking your folder structure doesn't have to be a massive undertaking. There are areas within the tool that were designed to make folders a flexible and user-friendly experience. If you're not currently taking advantage of folders and scoring categories, taking a step back and assessing how your assets are stored can be a great way to take the first step in using these two pieces of functionality together.


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What Is Membrane Separation?
Membrane separation is a technique that is used in science and industry to separate substances from a mixture by filtering that mixture through a porous membrane. The substance being filtered can be either a liquid or a gas. Membrane separation has many practical applications, including water filtration and the creation of concentrated solutions. The major types of membrane separation processes are reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration and microfiltration.
When a feed solution or gas is passed across a porous membrane under high pressure, certain substances from that mixture will permeate the membrane to the area of lower pressure, but other substances will be unable to do so. The consistency and chemical composition of the membrane determines which materials pass through it. For example, a membrane that has larger pores will tend to let in large and small particles, and a membrane that has smaller pores will exclude the larger particles. Similarly, a membrane that has a particular chemical composition might be designed to chemically filter out certain compounds.
In reverse osmosis, two solutions are contained on opposite sides of the membrane — one that is more concentrated and the other that is more watery, or less concentrated. The natural tendency of water to diffuse from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration is reversed by pressure applied to the highly concentrated solution. This causes water to flow out of the highly concentrated solution across the membrane, making that solution even more concentrated by water removal. Evaporated milk and other condensed products can be made through this process.
Nanofiltration typically is used in processing water to remove its salty taste or undesirable mineral content. This method removes salts, such as sodium and potassium, from the liquid. Membranes that are used in nanofiltration have a slightly larger pore size than those that are used in reverse osmosis.
Ultrafiltration and microfiltration are used to separate out larger particles while letting smaller particles through the membrane. Viruses, bacteria and suspended solid matter are excluded by these larger-pore membranes. Often, ultrafiltration or microfiltration will be used in conjunction with a finer filtration method as part of an overall industrial process.
Many industries use membrane separation as part of their routine operations. For example, removing damaging salts and minerals that could create scale or corrosion in source water is important in the operation of boilers. Membrane separation also can be used for reclaiming chemical compounds from a waste stream. Desalination is another method in which membrane separation is widely used to produce high-quality drinking water.


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Hard as hell
Rock the Bells is a total DVD movie; it played for a couple of weeks at the Two Boots Pioneer in New York and maybe a couple of other screens, and that was it. But, really, that's fine; the documentary, about one concert promoter's attempt to get every single Wu-Tang member together for a 2004 show in California, doesn't devote much time to the actual spectacle of the concert. It's about the nuts-and-bolts frustrations that went into the transcendent moment, and so its smaller stories play better on the small screen. A few minutes into the movie, it's painfully apparently that promoter Chang Weisberg is a total fucking masochist. In attempting to get every single Wu-Tang member together on the same stage at the same time, he's willfully descending into a hell of missed connections and byzantine excuses and general confusion. For me, this was sort of cathartic. About a year and a half ago, I tried to interview as many Wu-Tang members as I could for a Voice feature about their brief reunion tour. That's nothing like the herculean task that Weisberg gave himself, of course, but it gives me some firsthand experience with how maddening and ultimately rewarding an experience it can be to deal with the Wu-Tang dudes. I waited for an hour outside a diner for a no-showing Inspectah Deck. I spent four hours at the "Back Like That" video shoot before Ghost could give me ten minutes. I called Cappadonna's cell phone number for two straight weeks before finally wising up and using my own cell phone so that the 410 area code would show up on his caller ID. I got shot down by like five different members after someone's manager emailed around an overly snarky blog entry I'd written. And despite all that, or maybe because of it, that Wu-Tang feature turned out to be one of my favorite writing experiences ever; the mere fact of its existence felt miraculous. Rock the Bells is a tense and harrowing movie, but I still had a lot of fun watching it, partly because it's really good and partly because it's a lot easier to watch someone else trying to deal with all the Wu-Tang dudes. Here are some things I learned watching the movie.
• If you compare Rock the Bells to older concert docs like Woodstock or whatever, it's positively dystopian. In Woodstock, when the fence falls and fans start sneaking in, the organizers seem to welcome it: this way, more people can share in the experience and they can't do anything about it anyway so what the hell. When the teeming masses outside the show in Rock the Bells finally squeeze through the fences in Rock the Bells, Weisberg runs back and forth screaming "No! No!" Here, the audience is a problem, one of many. There's a serious livewire tension to the scenes where Weisberg and his underlings run around spastically trying to get the Wu-Tang guys onstage before the crowd riots. The movie opens with a late-night post-show diner meeting, Weisberg musing that he'd seen people at their worst. All the work that Weisberg puts into the show seems to be a product of personal obsession instead of an impulse to bring a magical experience to as many people as possible.
• There's no actual Wu-Tang music in the movie; it's pretty much beside the point. Instead, we get a bunch of talking heads effusing about how great and important Wu-Tang is, and that's really all we need. I doubt that anyone not already familiar with the group will even see the movie, but those hypothetical viewers wouldn't understand the greatness of this group through a few thirty-second song-fragments anyway. Instead, they'll see thousands of people crammed into an overcrowded hangar, enduring endless delays and awful opening acts just to see this group. When the group does finally take the stage at the end of the movie, the picture fades out. The show is actually happening, and that's all we need to know.
• Funniest scene: an interview with ODB's post-prison manager, a white guy with an oversized jaw and a turtleneck sweater. He'd been a VH1 shitworker who'd pitched an ODB reality show despite not having any contact with him or even listening to his music; he admits to preferring, seriously, Backstreet and N'Sync.
• My favorite moment: Cappadonna has missed two flights, and Weisberg and his associates try to figure out how they'll deal. They book him on a later flight, but it doesn't look like Cappa will be able to make it out for more than the last few minutes of the show. Weisberg figures out that he'll get Cappa out about a half-hour earlier if he hires a helicopter to fly Cappa from the airport to the show. Someone asks Weisberg if it's worth a couple thousand dollars to him to give Cappa a few more minutes onstage. Weisberg pauses, thinks for a second, and says, "Yeah." I guess you can't really promote a Wu-Tang show unless you're a big enough fan to make insane decisions like that one.
• Eyedea and Abilities are terrible! There's a scene of Abilities doing an endless wah-wah-pedal turntable-solo while the stage manager fumes impatiently on the side of the stage; I have to imagine I'd feel the same way if I was in the audience. And Sage Francis: hoo boy. We get to see this chump running around onstage in his underwear, wrapping himself in a stage-prop flag while the audience throws shit at him and you just know he thinks he's Darby Crash. Good fucking god indie-rap sucks.
• There's just a world of difference between all the shitty indie-rap opening acts and Redman and Wu-Tang, the acts on the bill who people evidently came to see, and so the movie turns into an accidental seminar on the importance of charisma over sanctimony, chaotic hardness over halfassed purist self-regard. Redman might hang out with Supernatural and Supernatural's rapping son backstage, but they're worlds apart.
• I sort of can't believe the movie even exists, given how completely it demystifies the Wu-Tang Clan. It's pretty hard for RZA to play enigmatic leader when he's screaming at ODB on the phone, doing everything he can to coax him out of his hotel room. Even Wu-Tang has trouble dealing with Wu-Tang, and that's almost certainly why we've gone so many years without a full-on Wu-Tang album. There's new context here, too; the Rock the Bells dudes are now putting on successful and well-organized cross-country festival tours, and the Wu-Tang guys are still working with them; I guess that's the happy ending we never get to see.
Voice review: Nathan Lee on Rock the Bells
This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on August 9, 2007


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Putumayo Kids Latin Dreamland is a musical journey through Latin America–from Mexico's "Cucurrucucú Paloma" to Brazil's "Noite de Lembrar."
Latin Dreamland enables parents to infuse culturally tasteful music to children during nap time or right before bedtime. The disc is comprised of ten lullabies interpreted by a collage of Latin American artists.
It's hard to choose a favorite from the rich arrangement of songs. Luis Salinas bolero, "Un Vals," is the perfect Argentinian embodiment of childhood dreamland. Maruca's, "Canción de Cuna" and Marta Gómez's "Cielito Lindo" are interpreted in the maternal comfort any child would be willing to cuddle up to.
Perhaps my favorite song was "El Eco" by Los Incas. I've been listening to Andean music for a very long time, the mixture of wind and string instruments are a vessel to the magical landscapes that Perú is known for. There is also an element of storytelling in the non-lyrically enhanced genre unmatched by any other form of expression.
Putumayo World Music was built on the goal of introducing people to the music of the world's cultures and their motto is "guaranteed to make you feel good!" Latin Dreamland is a precise embodiment of culturally rich music that makes you feel good. We are sure that the collection will become a favorite for nap time for both child and parent.
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