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Arnold AFB Directory
100 Kindel Drive, Hillsboro, TN 37389
Arnold AFB Official Website
The mission of the 2,600 personnel located at the Arnold AFB is to support the development of aerospace systems by conducting testing in flight simulation facilities at the Arnold Engineering and Development Complex (AEDC). The base no longer supports Air Force aircraft flying into or out of the base because the airfield was decommissioned in 2009. However, Army helicopters from Fort Campbell and the Tennessee Army National Guard continue to fly in and out of the base. Arnold AFB is surrounded by mountains and abundant wildlife with a 4,000 acre man-made reservoir that is used for testing operations. This Arnold AFB directory features the critical info you'll need to navigate through the many facilities and recreational opportunities available on base.
Central Michigan University (CMU) Online Education
1200 S Franklin St, Mt Pleasant, MI 48859
100 Kindel Dr, Suite C212, Arnold AFB, TN


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New Moon Baby!!!
I can't quite believe it has taken me 4 days to get to writing this but better late than never! Monday saw the release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon on DVD and BluRay. Now any Twihards reading this already know that this hit the cinemas back in November, and many like me will have been to see the film on the big screen for a few showings! I only managed 2 but some fans went 5 or 6 times! I have decided however to do this review for those of you who may not be hooked on the Saga, who haven't read the books and want to know what the film is like as a film rather than, dare I say it, a cult!
The film picks up from the first film Twilight, where in effect the scene is set and the main characters introduced. Set in Forks, WA, we meet Bella who is new to town after moving in with her Dad, Charlie. She falls in love with the gorgeous Edward Cullen and the first film is predominantly about her finding out Edward and his family are vegetarian Vampires.
New Moon opens with a dream scene, where Bella believes she is introducing her Grandma (who has passed), to her Vampire boyfriend Edward. This then transpires to be Bella looking in a mirror and, having reached old age, is clearly upset by the fact her Edward is still youthful and the same as when they first met. This leads in to the key theme that Bella wants to become a Vampire to enable her to no longer age and to spend eternity with her love. In fact, within 24 hours of this dream her world is turned upside down when Edward leaves and Bella has no contact with him and his family. Without giving too much away for those who don't know the story, she turns to her childhood friend, Jacob Black. Their friendship builds over the course of the film and Bella is in turmoil trying to work out if she should wait for her Vampire true love to return, or give in to the reliable and seemingly "normal" Jacob.
The story this time round is not about finding love, but about heartbreak and the difficulties that brings. It deals with friendship dynamics changing and having to face the future which had been clear-cut, yet now full of uncertainty. For anyone who is sceptical about the Vampires who can go out in the sunshine and just sparkle, I say look beyond that because underneath is a fantastic story about relationships in all shapes and sizes.
The film itself is full of fantastic special effects. We are introduced to the wolf pack in this film and I have to say, the transitions from man to wolf were convincing and the eyes of the wolves held true emotion. The fight scene with the Vampires is well choreographed and fast paced. For the die hard fans, this is what Twilight should have been like, but for anyone after a great film to watch, this fits the bill too. It's 2 hours long but it gets going early on and your not sat wondering when the action will start. Another plus is the script has stayed true to the book. I'm not going to pick apart anything that was missed out, or done wrong, because I am reviewing the film here – but with Twilight I found it made more sense having read the book. Not this time. My 7 year old daughter understood this film much better with no questions as to what was going on. I do think that was an important mistake from first time round that the new director has addressed well.
For anyone who watched the first film and were not convinced, I say give Twilight another shot because New Moon is action packed whilst still putting across the original message of the book.
March 25, 2010 Posted by supersinglemum | Film Reviews	| New Moon, Twilight Saga | Leave a comment
Avatar 3D
Any one who knows me, knows I don't do films. There are classics that I haven't seen to the shock of others, so the mere fact that I have seen Avatar in 3D at the cinema is in itself amazing!
The phenomenal James Cameron film (Titanic & Terminator) was released in the UK on December 18th 2009. The sheer fact the film is still showing in cinemas after almost 2 months gives the "wow" factor, but last night I went to the 8pm screening of Avatar 3D and the queue to get in was as big as that of New Moon on opening night.
Within seconds of putting on those sexy 3D specs I knew I was in for a treat. I even had to remind myself at first to pay attention to the story and not just the things popping out of the screen. For anyone who hasn't seen the film, I'll give a quick synopsis – set in the future, the human race has travelled to Pandora and our hero Jake Sully takes on the role of Avatar pilot, his mission to be one of the Na'vi in the aim of getting them to move from Home Tree so the humans can knock it down and get to the valuable rock buried underneath. As a paraplegic ex marine, he not only has to get used to a new, blue body, but also having the use of his legs again. It's a story of war, fantasy lands, magic, love, trust and morality and it's safe to say there is something in there for everyone. To view the trailer and find out more about the story visit www.avatarmovie.com
Now we come to the big WOW factor for me. Like I said, the vast amount of people eager to see the film told me I must be in for a treat but nothing could prepare me for what was to come. When I was a kid, thoughts of movies that came out of the screen were that of the distant future. I've done the whole red and green glasses for comic relief and various other kids DVD's, only to get annoyed that it didn't even look 3D! I'll be honest, I was expecting to be disappointed. I really was getting annoyed with a fly that kept buzzing right in front of my face (nope, it was 20 meters away on the screen!), I really was flinching when leaves were being kicked up into my face. Having only seen this film in 3D I just know watching it when it comes out on DVD will be such a disappointment! But I have to say the proof of what a breath taking film this is, is the fact no one was giggling about jumping when it looked like you were getting an arrow in the head, because the story and the effects took you to Pandora, for two and a half hours I was there!
If I haven't convinced you, well go see for yourself! Even my Mum and Dad are planning to go and I last remember my mum going to the cinema about 10 years ago! This is the future of cinema, it's an amazing piece of history, but more than that it is a phenomenal film. More 3D projects are coming this year, all the trailers at last nights showing were for future 3D releases. This is the new normality, our kids and our grandkids will think it strange when we are sat in our 70's saying "back in my day films were flat!"
I would love to hear what you thought if you've been, or if reading this has encouraged you to go?
For downloadable wallpapers see www.avatarmovie.com The example above is just 1 they have available.
February 14, 2010 Posted by supersinglemum | Film Reviews	| Avatar, Cinema, Reviews | Leave a comment

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Caution REMOTE AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY IN PROGRESS Floor stand signs are perfect for use in situations where a temporary warning to the public about Remote Aircraft Activity is required.
REMOTE AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY IN PROGRESS. For your safety stand clear and avoid talking to pilot during operation.


The 60-year-old had colon cancer a decade ago.
Sharon Osbourne, pictured here at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles, had a double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that increases the likelihood of developing breast cancer.
Sharon Osbourne says she had a double mastectomy after learning she carries a gene that increases the risk of developing breast cancer.
Osbourne told Hello! magazine that "I didn't want to live the rest of my life with that shadow hanging over me."
The 60-year-old "America's Got Talent" judge, who had colon cancer a decade ago, said that without the surgery, "the odds are not in my favor."
She added: "It's not 'pity me,' it's a decision I made that's got rid of this weight that I was carrying around."
The magazine went on sale Monday.
Osbourne, husband Ozzy and children Jack and Kelly became rock's most famous clan thanks to reality show "The Osbournes" a decade ago.
Jack Osbourne, 26, was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.


Those of you who have been following my blog will know I recently wrote a 'Guest Blog' for The Jersey Beauty Company . This was about my all time favourite self-tanning product called 'Express Liquid Tan'.
Part of this product range is the Souffle Moisturiser, which for me is one of the most important parts of self-tanning. Without well moisturised skin how can you expect to have a fabulous looking tan??
The Souffle Moisturiser has a wonderful strawberry scent to it. I found it was easily absorbed into the skin and didn't leave me feeling greasy! I use this every other day when I'm self-tanning, but it can also be used every day as it provides a low-shine matt finish to the skin.
Use Souffle Moisturiser all over the body after showering to keep your skin soft and smooth. This will help prolong your tan and prevent flaking and fading.
DO NOT USE prior to any of the He-Shi tanning products.
Apply on your hands and feet 'after' applying Express Liquid Tan.
Use after your first shower as a finishing touch to your tan.
This is a great moisturiser to use along side the Express Liquid Tan, and well worth buying!


The cryptic works on display at London's Decode: Digital Design Sensations exhibition manipulate raw data as a kind of virtual pigment, finding form and fun amid the sensory overload that threatens to overwhelm the 21st-century hive mind.
Several exhibition pieces showcased at Victoria and Albert Museum depend on human presence to produce their full effect. A motion-detecting eyeball, for examples, blinks each time a visitor blinks. In another piece, a video screen enables visitors to "paint" smears of color through the power of their gyrations.
Other installations, on display through April 11, strip-mine data streams from Twitter, translate a day's worth of flight routes into animated abstract art and hurl text-message fragments onto dozens of tiny display screens. Building on video art experiments that took root in the '80s at Ars Electronica, Siggraph and other events, Decode contributors experiment with programming languages to toy with questions about man, machine and the data that binds.
In addition to the curated works, the exhibition hosts the Recode project, which invites programmers to repurpose custom software featured in U.K. designer Karsten Schmidt's animated video (embedded above) as a foundation for their own variations. Dave Price, for example, reconfigured the original programming language to make Eye Like Recode (embedded below). Some of the user-generated videos will be presented as public art in the London Underground subway system.
Wired.com conducted e-mail interviews with 10 artists to gain insight into the uses of software as a creative visual medium. Browse this gallery for a sampling of their thoughts and images from Decode: Digital Design Sensations .
What: Social Collider tracks messages on Twitter by user names or topics, then visualizes connections much in the same way as a particle collider draws pictures of subatomic matter. Unpopular posts link to the next item in the stream; hot posts spin off and horizontally link to related users or topics.
Who: Schmidt directs London design studio Post Spectacular; Webby Award-winning artist/designer Sascha Pohflepp contributes to the blog We-Make-Money-Not-Art.com and creates content for Google, Nokia Design and T-Mobile Creation.
What: Listening Post collects text in real time from thousands of public online chats, then parses, sorts and analyzes this stream to compose fragments of text into organized "scenes" that play out across 231 vacuum-fluorescent displays.
How: Networking, language processing and analysis software is written in Perl. Audio (Max/MSP) is played through an old Kurzweil K2500 sampler, eight speakers and a Yamaha DME-24 to mix and processes the audio. Each vacuum-fluorescent display screen has a custom control circuit board on the back running off a PIC chip, as well as automotive relays that provide the mechanical "click" and fluttering sounds that punctuate the piece.
Who: New York-based media artist Rubin founded EAR Studio after graduating from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab; Mark Hansen teaches statistics at the University of California at Los Angeles and studies microsensing technologies for the Center for Embedded Sensing.
What: Bit Code uses chains to array a finite number of bits into a variety of combinations. The bits appear as black-and-white elements on the individual segments of the string. Each string is coded with the same bit pattern, reminiscent of Morse code. If the strings are moved in parallel, words appear for a certain period of time, seemingly from out of nowhere, then disappear. Letters and words are created out of the chaos because the finite system of chains can express a nearly infinite number of words and meanings. The machine expresses the change of systems that are simultaneously static and dynamic.
How: Cable transport chains are coded black-and-white patterns that are moved by stepper motors on cog wheels so that the position can be changed.
Why: The perceived information causes a short opportunity for pause, a moment of serenity, of clarity before the incessant flow of constellations, motions and changes starts anew.
Who: German artist Julius Popp won the 2003 Robot Choice Award.
What: This animation video is based on 24 hours of airplane tracking data provided by the Federal Aviation Administration.
How: Every three minutes, locations of flight routes were transmitted to creator Aaron Koblin, who interpolated those values to create an animation of where every plane was flying.
Who: California artist Koblin earned an MFA from UCLA's Design: Media Arts program and has shown work at Ars Electronica, Siggraph, OFFF, the Japan Media Arts Festival and New York's Museum of Modern Art.
What: Data is visualized in the form of a dynamic real-time artwork globe.
How: Twenty custom-made sensors embedded throughout London measure light, noise, sound, humidity and temperature data, which is then translated into a real-time visualization of the space.
Why: "Literally painting with data, these works open up a discourse about networks and surveillance technologies so that public-domain space is opened out where anyone can view all the data in these networks," says creator Stanza.
Who: Winner of a NESTA Dreamtime Award, British artist Stanza creates participatory digital works that have been shown at Tate Britain and the Venice Biennale.
What: "You use a hair dryer to blow the seeds off the dandelion, which is projected on a large canvas," says co-creator Lars Jenssen, describing the piece. "After the seeds are blown off, they will reform and you can blow them off again. We also have a speaker in the hair dryer that plays an adaptive hair dryer sound and speakers in front of the screen which play a soundscape that changes depending on where you blow.
How: An infrared camera tracks a beam of light coming from a source in the tip of the hair dryer. Programming languages include Processing for the camera tracking, Unity for the visual expression and Max/MSP for the sound. Open Sound Control sends the values from Processing to Unity and Max/MSP. 3D Studio Max is used for the 3-D modeling.
Who: Danish studio Yoke combines interactive design, programming and audio engineering to create responsive installations. Webby Award-winning Norwegian-British partnership Sennep designs websites, database-driven applications and interactive installations.
What: The Light Rain installation looks like a normal video from a distance, but as visitors approach the screen, their shadows are cast into the projected work.
How: Open Frameworks software senses the movements of the audience using two USB webcams and a Mac Mini, with the music and sound effects produced through Max/MSP.
Why: "We often hate raining, but rain and a drop contain something beautiful and delicate, so we intend for the audience to feel it," says co-creator Tomohiro Nagasaki.
Who: Based in Tokyo, Sendai and Florence, WOW lab creates films, installations and experimental motion-graphic experiments shown at Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan, and Korea's Seoul Design Festival.
What: The sculpture presents a solitary mechatronic blinking eye, at human scale, that responds to the gaze of visitors with a variety of psychosocial eye-contact behaviors. It looks the viewer directly in the eye, then looks away if it is stared at for too long. Also, the eyeball blinks precisely one second after its visitor blinks.
How: Fabricated from motors, cameras and a computer, the Opto-Isolator 's mechatronic design and fabrication is by Greg Baltus of Standard Robot Company, Pittsburgh.
Who: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab graduate Levin directs the Studio for Creative Inquiry at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University and has exhibited at the Whitney Biennial, the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York and Ars Electronica Center.
How: The mirror relies on tracking software devised by London designer Chris O'Shea.
Who: Stuart Wood and rAndom International co-founders Koch and Florian Ortkrass graduated from Royal College of Art in London and have shown installations that blend science, art and design at Tate Modern and Ars Electronica.
What: This interactive installation allows users to paint on a virtual canvas with their bodies through the use of sensors that interpret gestures and dance into ever-changing compositions.
How: Custom software analyzes a live feed from infrared cameras in real time, converting shapes and motions into colors, drips, spirals and brushstrokes. The software was written in C++ using the open source toolkit openFrameworks. Different aspects of the motion — size, speed, acceleration, curvature, distance — all affect the outcome.
Who: Former videogame designer Akten founded London-based MSA Visuals in 2003 to develop custom software and virtual environments.


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package tree.post_order;

import public_class.TreeNode;

public class SmallestStringStartingFromLeaf {

    //Difficulty: medium
    //TAG: Tree
    //TAG: bottom up

    /**
     * 988. Smallest String Starting From Leaf
     * Given the root of a binary tree, each node has a value from 0 to 25 representing the letters 'a' to 'z': a value of 0 represents 'a', a value of 1 represents 'b', and so on.
     *
     * Find the lexicographically smallest string that starts at a leaf of this tree and ends at the root.
     *
     * (As a reminder, any shorter prefix of a string is lexicographically smaller: for example, "ab" is lexicographically smaller than "aba".  A leaf of a node is a node that has no children.)
     *
     *
     *
     * Example 1:
     *
     *
     *
     * Input: [0,1,2,3,4,3,4]
     * Output: "dba"
     * Example 2:
     *
     *
     *
     * Input: [25,1,3,1,3,0,2]
     * Output: "adz"
     * Example 3:
     *
     *
     *
     * Input: [2,2,1,null,1,0,null,0]
     * Output: "abc"
     *
     *
     * Note:
     *
     * The number of nodes in the given tree will be between 1 and 1000.
     * Each node in the tree will have a value between 0 and 25.
     */

    /*
    Solution:
    post order traversal

    for each level, we know the smallest string from left and right

    1. if anyone is "" that not means it's the smallest, but no string from that side, return the other side
    2. otherwise compare two strings by characters, return smaller one + roo.val to char

    Time: O(n)
    Space: O(n)
     */

    public String smallestFromLeaf(TreeNode root) {
        if (root == null) return "";
        String left = smallestFromLeaf(root.left);
        String right = smallestFromLeaf(root.right);
        char newChar = (char)('a' + root.val);
        if (left.length() == 0) return right + newChar;
        if (right.length() == 0) return left + newChar;
        int i = 0, j = 0;
        while (i < left.length() && j < right.length()) {
            char a = left.charAt(i), b = right.charAt(j);
            if (a < b) return left + newChar;
            else if (a > b) return right + newChar;
            i++;
            j++;
        }
        //If left and right have same prefix, shorter one is smaller
        return i < left.length() ? right + newChar : left + newChar;
    }

}

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The French HouseS
F"The French House" made a round trip, so to speak, starting with its first group of residents in the Delta Upsilon house at the end of North Frances, to the University Ave house, and back to the end of North Frances where the house stands today.
Friend of the French House, Judith Siers-Poisson, will take us on that journey as we learn about the three houses that the French House has called home over the past 100 years.
This talk will be in English and is open to the public. We kindly ask guests who would like to stay for lunch at 12:15 to scroll down and reserve their spot.
Judith Siers-Poisson is Executive Producer for Wisconsin Public Radio's Central Time, a self-proclaimed foodie, a full-fledged francophile and francophone (with dual citizenship), and a historian by trade (check out her article in the spring issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History).
Register here and choose "Centennial Luncheon"
(Reservations are only necessary if you are staying for lunch. Merci!)
Need a hotel? The French House has secured blocks of rooms at the Madison Concourse Hotel and the Sheraton Hotel.
Follow this link here to find out more.
It's Homecoming 2018!
PreviousLife in the US State Department: an Interview with State Department Advisor & former French House resident Susan Notar
NextGala du Centenaire


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PPC or Pay per click SEO, is a money pit.
Are you ready to get off the PPC Treadmill?
Need a small change to your website, or advice on how to proceed?
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City Council Member Rob Ludeman: Pothole Emergency Project is a public relations stunt
The councilman complained Monday that the roads full of potholes in south Toledo are hurting property values.
Author: Emma Henderson
Published: 10:32 PM EDT July 15, 2019
Updated: 10:39 PM EDT July 15, 2019
TOLEDO, Ohio — City officials were taken aback Monday by a City Council Member Rob Ludeman who is not happy with progress being made on potholes.
The city said things are going as planned, while councilman Ludeman said he was told his zip code would be done weeks ago, but it's still not complete.
"They have just seemed to ignore the streets that we've turned in. And I was told two weeks, a systematic process, well, I waited two weeks, the systematic process did not take care of this street, my own neighborhood has not been touched," Ludeman said.
Ludeman sent out a memo calling the administration's Pothole Emergency Project a public relations ploy because he feels south Toledo has been ignored.
RELATED: City of Toledo reaches six-week pothole emergency plan deadline with more than 73,000 potholes filled.
RELATED: City of Toledo's pothole goal: Crews are on track to exceed 50,000 filled in 6 weeks
RELATED: City of Toledo announces plan to attack pothole crisis
As a real estate agent, he also said the bad roads are hurting property values.
When looking at at the map that shows where city crews have been to repair the potholes, you can see some holes in east and south Toledo.
"They got their 50,000 (potholes fixed), but after that, did they take and downscale the crews? Do they still have as many when they started?" Ludeman asked.
The mayor's office wasn't able to speak on camera but Director of Public Service Paul Rasmusson said they do have fewer crews because the county and public utility workers aren't assisting anymore.
Rasmusson said crews still continue to go systematically through the city but there are just parts they haven't gotten to yet.
Additionally, people might see orange cones for weeks because they mark places that the city wants to go back to and make sure there aren't any larger structural issues that could lead to sinkholes...
But that answer didn't satisfy Ludeman who believes there are larger organizational issues with the program.
"One little block just a 10th of a mile long had the potholes filled, the crews left, three other streets have not been touched. So, it tells me there's a problem with how things are being administered and delegated to the crews," Ludeman said.


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4 Viral top ten Videos, Memes and GIFs
The 4 best new top ten Videos, Memes and GIFs going viral on Youtube and across the internet in February 2023 and of all time (in the archives).
10 Reasons To Love Science By Neil deGrasse Tyson
Popular YouTube channel All Time 10s is less than four years old, but has already amassed an audience of over 1.2 million
Top Ten Golden Corral Excuses On Dave Letterman
The original Golden Corral employee video exposing management's practice of hiding raw food by the garbage dumpster from earlier this
10 Lesser Known Natural Wonders Of The World
Nearly everyone has heard of the Grand Canyon and Mount Everest, but there are so many more amazing, and magical natural
10 Most Valuable Brands In The World
It's not difficult to guess the ten most valuable companies in the world--they are apart of billions of people's lives everyday.


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/**
 * Smarty Internal Plugin Compile Assign
 * Compiles the {assign} tag
 *
 * @package    Smarty
 * @subpackage Compiler
 * @author     Uwe Tews
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/**
 * Smarty Internal Plugin Compile Assign Class
 *
 * @package    Smarty
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class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Assign extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase
{
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     * Compiles code for the {assign} tag
     *
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     *
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     */
    public function compile($args, Smarty_Internal_TemplateCompilerBase $compiler, $parameter)
    {
        // the following must be assigned at runtime because it will be overwritten in Smarty_Internal_Compile_Append
        $this->required_attributes = array('var', 'value');
        $this->shorttag_order = array('var', 'value');
        $this->optional_attributes = array('scope');
        $_nocache = 'null';
        $_scope = Smarty::SCOPE_LOCAL;
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        $_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
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                $compiler->template->tpl_vars[trim($_attr['var'], "'")] = new Smarty_Variable(null, true);
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Q: Get top posts in Rails I have posts controller with action index :
  def index
    if params[:tag]
      @posts = Post.all.tagged_with(params[:tag]).order("created_at DESC").page(params[:page]).per(10)
    elsif params[:top]
      @posts = Post.all.top_posts.page(params[:page]).per(10)
    else
      @posts = Post.all.order("created_at DESC").page(params[:page]).per(10)
    end
  end

also I have a scope in my Post model:
scope :top_posts, lambda {order("posts.view DESC")}

When I go to http://url/posts/top i get this: Couldn't find Post with id=top
How can I implement top posts feature to blog? And what i am doing wrong?

A: routes.rb
  resources :posts do
    collection do
      get :top
      get :tag
    end
  end

posts_controller.rb
class PostsController < ApplicationController
  def index
    @posts = Post.all.order("created_at DESC").page(params[:page]).per(10)
  end

  def top
    @posts = Post.all.top_posts.page(params[:page]).per(10)
  end

  def tag
    @posts = Post.all.tagged_with(params[:tag]).order("created_at DESC").page(params[:page]).per(10)
  end
end

A: In your config/routes.rb: put the route for your top products above the one for your show action, something like:
match '/posts/top', :to => 'posts#index', :as => :top, :top => true

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Android Activations Visualized on Video; Think "Droid Does"
It is safe to say that Android is growing at astronomical rates and is on its way to smartphone dominance. Google released Android on the world in 2008 and set very ambitious goals for the project. This Mission: to make Android the most ubiquitous mobile platform the world over, all while bringing the web to the mobile space and providing millions of individuals with complete access in the palm of their hands.
The T-Mobile G1 started it all, but the Motorola Droid and the $100 million marketing campaign by Verizon ignited the fire that now burns at 350,000 activations per day. The other major spark was the Samsung Galaxy S family, and with over 10 million shipped in seven months has made Samsung the #1 Android supplier worldwide.
All other smartphone OS makers have been put on immediate notice. Check out the video to see the monster they are up against. Let us know in the comments how you feel Apple or the new Microsoft-Nokia marriage will compete.


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Mutagenesis No evidence of genotoxic potential for olanzapine was found in the Ames reverse mutation test, in vivo micronucleus test in mice, the chromosomal aberration test in Chinese hamster ovary cells, unscheduled DNA synthesis test in rat hepatocytes, induction of forward mutation test in mouse lymphoma cells, or in vivo sister chromatid exchange test in bone marrow of Chinese hamsters.
Impairment of Fertility In an oral fertility and reproductive performance study in rats, male mating performance, but not fertility, was impaired at a dose of 22.4 mg/kg/day and female fertility was decreased at a dose of 3 mg/kg/day (11 and 1.5 times the maximum recommended human daily oral dose on a mg/m2 basis, respectively). Discontinuance of olanzapine treatment reversed the effects on male mating performance. In female rats, the precoital period was increased and the mating index reduced at 5 mg/kg/day (2.5 times the maximum recommended human daily oral dose on a mg/m2 basis). Diestrous was prolonged and estrous delayed at 1.1 mg/kg/day (0.6 times the maximum recommended human daily oral dose on a mg/m2 basis); therefore olanzapine may produce a delay in ovulation.
In animal studies with olanzapine, the principal hematologic findings were reversible peripheral cytopenias in individual dogs dosed at 10 mg/kg (17 times the maximum recommended human daily oral dose on a mg/m2 basis), dose-related decreases in lymphocytes and neutrophils in mice, and lymphopenia in rats. A few dogs treated with 10 mg/kg developed reversible neutropenia and/or reversible hemolytic anemia between 1 and 10 months of treatment. Dose-related decreases in lymphocytes and neutrophils were seen in mice given doses of 10 mg/kg (equal to 2 times the maximum recommended human daily oral dose on a mg/m2 basis) in studies of 3 months' duration. Nonspecific lymphopenia, consistent with decreased body weight gain, occurred in rats receiving 22.5 mg/kg (11 times the maximum recommended human daily oral dose on a mg/m2 basis) for 3 months or 16 mg/kg (8 times the maximum recommended human daily oral dose on a mg/m2 basis) for 6 or 12 months. No evidence of bone marrow cytotoxicity was found in any of the species examined. Bone marrows were normocellular or hypercellular, indicating that the reductions in circulating blood cells were probably due to peripheral (non-marrow) factors.


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Been there, done that … and that … and that
For Tyson Jost, the IIHF World Junior Championship caps an unprecedented journey through Hockey Canada and the Program of Excellence
David Brien
2016-17 National Junior Team
Tyson Jost has burst onto the international hockey scene in the past eight months, but that hardly came as a surprise to anyone inside Hockey Canada.
After all, the Kelowna, B.C., native has attended almost as many national and international tournaments over the last two-and-a-half years as the staff who work for the national organization.
Jost is the first player to ever participate in all seven national and Program of Excellence events – from his run to the 2014 TELUS Cup (where he helped the Okanagan Rockets to just the fifth medal ever by a B.C. team) to his current adventure with Canada at the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship.
In between, he played for Canada White at the 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, with the Penticton Vees at the 2015 RBC Cup, and for Canada West at the World Junior A Challenge in 2014 and 2015, captaining the team to gold in his second appearance while winning MVP honours.
He was golden at the 2015 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup, and wore the 'C' for Team Canada at the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship last spring, where he was named Top Forward and broke Connor McDavid's record for points by a Canadian at the tournament.
So … not bad for an 18-year-old.
Now the first-round pick of the Colorado Avalanche wants to cap off his journey through the Hockey Canada system with a 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship gold medal around his neck.
While the World Juniors is certainly the biggest stage he has ever played, Jost is the first to admit there are few high-pressure situations he hasn't seen before in his young, but busy, career.
"Hockey Canada does such a great job at developing its players," he says. "If I look back at my first experience at the under-17s, they really make you out to be a pro and to strive [for success] in these short tournaments.
"I remember at the Ivan Hlinka tournament we had a pretty good team going in there, but I learned that you quickly need to adapt to different roles. Whenever you're playing for Team Canada, you're playing alongside some of the best players from your age group and from around the country, so it's always about adapting to different roles and to the game."
Adaptation to various roles is certainly something Jost is familiar with. The young man who wears No. 17 on his back has been nothing short of impressive in Toronto and Montreal, dazzling not only with his high-end skill, but also his 200-foot game.
"He's a very complete player," says Ryan Jankowski, director of player personnel with Hockey Canada. "Coaches love him because he's as good in his own zone defensively as he is in the offensive zone creating offense and putting up points.
"You can call him a versatile player because he can play on the penalty kill and on the power play. He can be on the ice when you need a goal, but also when you need to defend a lead. All of that summed up by a huge amount of energy and enthusiasm in his game."
Jost isn't just a presence on the ice, though – his work ethic and never-ending desire to win makes him a natural-born leader. He wore an 'A' on his jersey during his TELUS Cup run before his two assignments as captain last season.
But the University of North Dakota freshman hasn't always been the full package he is today. It's through his Hockey Canada experience that he gathered enough know-how to develop into the player he's become.
"Whether it was with our under-17 or under-18 program, Tyson was always an elite player," Jankowski says. "But he hasn't always been dominant. Don't get me wrong, he was always one of the best players in his age group, but it's really last year that I saw a lot of improvement in him as a player.
"The fact that he came into the under-18 worlds as our team captain and really took charge of that team. He was its top offensive weapon and really one of the top players in the tournament. That's where I saw the biggest growth.
For Jost, his progression is the result of learning a little something from each of his national and international experiences and facing off against the best competition possible, every chance he gets.
"It's great for your development to be able to be a part of all these tournaments and play against the world's best players," he says. "It's just awesome to have the support that Hockey Canada gives you. They pretty much give you anything you need to be successful and to utilize all your opportunities.
"When you go back to your club team, you can take back a whole lot of stuff you learned from the staff and keep getting ready for the next year, when you have that opportunity to wear [the Canadian] sweater again."
The World Juniors is only the latest stop on the Tyson Jost path to success, so what's next? He is eligible for a return next year when the tournament heads south to Buffalo, but that likely won't be the last Canadian fans see of Jost.
"His development, his energy and even his enthusiasm as a person make him a player that will not only play at the World Juniors this year, but will also be a great player for Canada," Jankowski says.
"It'd be pretty special and obviously it's one of my goals," Jost says of one day representing Canada at the highest levels of the game, in events like the IIHF World Championship or Olympics. "It's something that every kid dreams about, but right now my focus is on [the World Juniors] and winning gold here first."
Canada wins gold at 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship
3-2 overtime win over Czechia gives Canada 20th World Juniors gold medal
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Canada 3 – Czechia 2 (OT)
HALIFAX, N.S – Canada's National Junior Team has repeated as champions at the IIHF World Junior Championship for the first time since 2009, winning gold on home ice after downing Czechia 3-2 in overtime on Thursday night.
Dylan Guenther (Edmonton, Alta./Arizona, NHL) was the overtime hero, scoring the golden goal and picking up his third point of the night off a give-and-go with Joshua Roy (Saint-Georges, Que./Sherbrooke, QMJHL) 6:22 into the extra frame. The win gives Canada its 20th gold medal and 35th medal overall at the World Juniors.
"Tonight was amazing. It is great that we were able to win, and words cannot really describe this feeling. It means everything to win a gold medal because you never know when you are going to have another opportunity like this," Guenther said. "To win the World Juniors with this team, and do it in front of incredible fans was a moment I will never forget."
Guenther opened the scoring on the power play just over 12 minutes into the first period, firing a one-timer off a pass from Brandt Clarke (Nepean, Ont./Los Angeles, NHL), who also recorded an assist on the overtime winner. The goal was Guenther's sixth power play goal of the tournament, setting a new Canadian record.
Captain Shane Wright (Burlington, Ont./Seattle, NHL) roofed a backhand to increase the Canadian lead to two just over four minutes into the second period before Jiri Kulich and Jakub Kos scored 54 seconds apart for the Czechs to even the score in the third and send the game to overtime.
"I could not be more proud of this group. I am so excited and happy for everyone on our team, but it has not really sunk in yet. To win a gold medal at the World Juniors on my birthday is an unbelievable feeling," said Wright, who celebrated his 19th birthday Thursday. "Playing in a gold medal game is about as high-pressure as it gets, especially when it goes to overtime, but we all felt confident and we were able to come away with the win."
Thomas Milic (Coquitlam, B.C./Seattle, WHL) turned in another strong performance in the Canadian goal, making 24 saves.
A full game summary can be found at HockeyCanada.ca.
Following the gold medal game, Connor Bedard (North Vancouver, B.C./Regina, WHL) was named Most Valuable Player and Top Forward after leading the tournament in goals (nine), assists (14) and points (23), setting four Canadian records in the process. Bedard was also named to the media all-star team
"We said from the start that we need to be resilient for 60-plus minutes. As much as we want to win games in 60 minutes, we know we were going to face a lot of good opponents in this tournament and it was no different tonight," said head coach Dennis Williams (Stratford, Ont./Everett, WHL). "I loved how our players came to the rink hungry every day and continued to stick together. I am just so proud of this team."
Canada finished the preliminary round in second place in Group A with a 3-1 record after a loss to Czechia (5-2) and wins over Germany (11-2), Austria (11-0) and Sweden (5-1). It booked a spot in the gold medal game with a 4-3 overtime win against Slovakia in the quarterfinals and a 6-2 win over the United States in the semifinals.
Since 1977, Canada has collected 20 gold medals at the IIHF World Junior Championship, to go along with 10 silver and five bronze.
For more information on Hockey Canada and Canada's National Junior Team, please visit HockeyCanada.ca, or follow along via social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
World Juniors Preview: Canada vs. Czechia
Thursday, January 5 | 7:30 p.m. AT | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Gold Medal Game
Jason La Rose
Canada vs. Czechia
GAME NOTES: CANADA VS. CZECHIA (JAN. 5)
The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship ends the same way it began for Canada's National Junior Team – facing off against Czechia. This time, though, there's a gold medal on the line.
Canada shook off a slow start in its semifinal against the United States, scoring the game's final six goals to earn a 6-2 win. Thomas Milic was spectacular in a 43-save effort, and Joshua Roy scored twice and added two assists. Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist to push his tournament total to 23 points, the third-most ever.
The Czechs won an absolute thriller to earn their place in the final, edging Sweden 2-1 in overtime in its semifinal. David Jiricek tied the game with 38.8 seconds left and Jiri Kulich won it in the final minute of the extra period, sending the Czechs to play for gold for the first time since 2001.
Canada had its Boxing Day party spoiled by the Czechs, dropping a 5-2 decision in the preliminary-round opener. Shane Wright opened the scoring and Connor Bedard made it a one-goal game in the second period, but a pair of power-play goals by Czechia on a five-minute advantage proved to be the difference.
Bedard has had the headlines, and for good reason, but his linemates have been terrific. Logan Stankoven is tied for second in tournament scoring with 11 points (3-8—11) and has 22 in his World Juniors career (the eighth-most by a Canadian ever). Roy is up to 10 points, and was the best Canadian skater in the semifinal win. And let's not forget about Milic. He has gotten progressively better as the tournament has gone along, and his 43-save effort against the Americans will live in World Juniors lore.
The big names have stepped up for the Czechs on their unlikely run to the gold medal game. Jiricek, the sixth-overall pick by Columbus in the 2022 NHL Draft, tied the game in the last minute against Sweden and Kulich, the No. 28 pick by Buffalo, won it in overtime. And then there's the experience. Czechia has a whopping 16 players back from the team that reached the bronze medal game in Edmonton last summer, including goaltender Tomas Suchanek, who has played every second in the tournament, registering a 1.30 goals-against average and .938 save percentage, while chipping in offensively with a record four assists.
Canada and Czechia (formerly the Czech Republic) have met 23 times at the World Juniors since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993. The Canadians have dropped just two of those games, the prelim meeting and a shootout setback in the preliminary round in 2013.
The teams are familiar foes in recent years. In addition to the opener 11 days ago, they also met in the semifinals (a 6-3 Canada win ) and the preliminary round (a 5-1 Canada win) last summer, in the prelims of the cancelled 2022 tournament (a 6-3 Canada win) and the quarterfinals of the 2021 World Juniors in the bubble in Edmonton (a 3-0 Canada win).
All-time record: Canada leads 20-2-2 (0-1 in OT/SO)
Canada goals: 115
Czechia goals: 43
World Juniors Recap – Canada 6, United States 2
Joshua Roy had a four-point night and Thomas Milic made 43 saves to help Canada advance to the gold medal game.
Canada 6 – United States 2
GAME STATISTICS | LIVE GAME BLOG
HALIFAX, N.S. – Canada's National Junior Team scored six unanswered goals to punch its ticket to the gold medal game at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship, defeating the United States 6-2 on Wednesday night.
Joshua Roy (St-Georges-de-Beauce, Que./Sherbrooke, QMJHL) led the offence with two goals and two assists.
Connor Bedard (North Vancouver, B.C./Regina, WHL), Logan Stankoven (Kamloops, B.C./Kamloops, WHL), Adam Fantilli (Nobleton, Ont./University of Michigan, Big Ten) and Brandt Clarke (Nepean, Ont./Los Angeles, NHL) chipped in with a goal and an assist each.
Ethan Del Mastro (Freelton, Ont./Mississauga, OHL), Zach Dean (Mount Pearl, N.L./Gatineau, QMJHL), Olen Zellweger (Fort Saskatchewan, Alta./Everett, WHL) and Owen Beck (Port Hope, Ont./Mississauga, OHL) contributed one assist apiece.
Thomas Milic (Coquitlam, B.C./Seattle, WHL) was spectacular in a 43-save performance.
The United States outshot Canada 45-37.
Following the game, Bedard, Roy and Logan Stankoven (Kamloops, B.C./Kamloops, WHL) were named Team Canada's best players of the tournament.
Canada vs. Czechia (gold medal game) – Thursday, Jan. 5 (7:30 p.m. AT/6:30 p.m. ET)
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"There was no panic on our bench. We knew it was going to be at least a 60-minute game, so we took a deep breath and started trying to execute our game plan [after falling behind 2-0]. I said to our guys that we have one more game together, and we need to stay bought into our group. We have done a great job since we came together in early December, and I am really proud of our team's effort. [The United States] is a good team, but we stayed the course and got a lot of help from Thomas Milic, and when he plays like he has the last two games it gives us a lot of confidence."
- Head coach Dennis Williams (Stratford, Ont./Everett, WHL) on falling behind 2-0 and the effort of his team
"[Playing for gold] is what we came here to do. Last [World Juniors] in the summer was incredible and I want to relive that moment here. We did not have the start we wanted and [the United States] outplayed us at the beginning of the game. We stayed calm and got back to our game, and the Bedard goal gave us momentum."
"I like the big moments. When you are playing in a big game against a good team, it is always nice to be able to contribute. The crowd in Halifax has been incredible, and they give us a lot of momentum in these tough games. I feel great in moments like that, and I just try to embrace them."
- Roy on going for gold and playing in big games
"The Canada-USA rivalry is one of the best in sports, and I was very happy to be able to get my moment in that rivalry. More importantly, I am happy we were able to get the win and give ourselves an opportunity to try to win a gold medal. We were not happy about what happened earlier in the tournament [against Czechia] because that was not the way we wanted to play. If we stick to our game and continue to play the way we have been, I think we will have a good chance of winning tomorrow."
- Fantilli on the Canada-U.S. rivalry and the rematch against Czechia
For more information on Hockey Canada and Canada's National Junior Team, please visit HockeyCanada.ca, or follow along through social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and by using #WorldJuniors.
NJT: Teammates – Fabbro vs. Makar
Canada's National Junior Team members - and World Junior A Challenge gold medallists - Dante Fabbro and Cale Makar go head to he
World Juniors Preview: Canada vs. United States
Wednesday, January 4 | 7:30 p.m. AT | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Semifinal
Canada vs. United States
GAME NOTES: CANADA VS. UNITED STATES (JAN. 4)
Coming off a sensational overtime victory against Slovakia, Canada's National Junior Team looks to continue its winning ways when its faces off against the United States on Wednesday night in semifinal action at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship.
Connor Bedard scored an unbelievable overtime winner to sink Slovakia 4-3 in what can only be described as an instant classic on Monday night in Halifax. Bedard also scored the opening goal in the first period and added an assist, breaking four Canadian records (more on that below). Dylan Guenther and Zack Ostapchuk also scored and Thomas Milic was terrific in goal, making 24 saves that included snagging a Slovak rebound attempt out of mid-air in overtime to keep Canada alive.
The United States' last game was an 11-1 quarterfinal victory over Germany on Monday. Logan Cooley had a hat trick and an assist, Ryan Ufko had five helpers, and Cutter Gauthier and Red Savage scored twice each for the Americans, who got points from 15 different players.
The teams last met in the gold medal game of the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship inside the Edmonton bubble. Spencer Knight was the story, making 34 saves for the Americans, and goals from Alex Turcotte and Trevor Zegras left the Canadians with silver after a 2-0 loss .
If it isn't obvious by now, it should be. Connor Bedard. His performance Monday helped him break four Canadian records – most career goals at the World Juniors (16), most career points at the World Juniors (34), most points in single World Juniors (21) and most assists in a single World Juniors (13). He's a major reason the Canadians are two wins away from a 20th gold medal. Canada has also benefited from the play of Milic, who has stopped 46 of 50 shots in his last two starts and made a couple of huge stops late in the third period and in overtime to help keep the Canadians alive.
For the Americans, Logan Cooley and Jimmy Snuggerud come into the game with 11 and 10 points, respectively, the only players other than Bedard to hit double-digits so far. Trey Augustine has been very good between the pipes as a 17-year-old; his 1.36 goals-against average leads the tournament, and his .938 save percentage is good for second.
Historically, Canada has dominated the United States at this tournament, winning 33 of 48 meetings, with three ties. In recent years, however, things have been a little more even. In the last 10 meetings, going back to 2012, Canada has a record of 4-6, with its most recent win being a 6-4 preliminary-round victory in 2020.
The last time these two teams met in the semifinals was in 2013, a 5-1 U.S. win. However, Canada does have 4-1 record over the Americans in semifinal play, which includes a 3-2 win in Halifax back in 2003 – Jeff Woywitka netted the winner with 8:20 left in that one.
All-time record: Canada leads 33-12-3 (3-3 in OT/SO)
United States goals: 134
World Juniors Recap – Canada 4, Slovakia 3 (OT)
Connor Bedard's record-breaking night helped Canada down Slovakia in overtime to advance to the semifinals
Canada 4 – Slovakia 3 (OT)
HALIFAX, N.S. – Canada's National Junior Team advanced to the semifinals at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship in dramatic fashion, beating Slovakia 4-3 in overtime on Monday night.
Connor Bedard (North Vancouver, B.C./Regina, WHL) scored the game-winner on a solo effort 5:17 into overtime.
Bedard also scored the opening goal in the first period and added an assist, breaking four Canadian records – most career goals at the World Juniors (16), most career points at the World Juniors (34), most points in single World Juniors (21) and most assists in a single World Juniors (13).
Dylan Guenther (Edmonton, Alta./Arizona, NHL) and Zack Ostapchuk (St. Albert, Alta./Vancouver, WHL) rounded out the scoring.
Logan Stankoven (Kamloops, B.C./Kamloops, WHL), Brennan Othmann (Pickering, Ont./Peterborough, OHL), Zach Dean (Mount Pearl, N.L./Gatineau, QMJHL) and Nathan Gaucher (Richelieu, Que./Québec, QMJHL) chipped in with one assist apiece.
Thomas Milic (Coquitlam, B.C./Seattle, WHL) made 24 saves.
Canada outshot Slovakia 57-27.
Canada vs. United States (semifinal) – Wednesday, Jan. 4 (7:30 p.m. AT/6:30 p.m. ET)
"Obviously the [Bedard] goal was memorable, but Thomas Milic made some big saves for us. The way Connor scored and how he played tonight was huge, but we do not get to that moment without Thomas' performance. He was lights out and made some key saves in overtime and in the third period. We outshot [Slovakia], but they had a lot of high-quality chances that we needed [Milic] to step up for, and he was dynamite for us tonight."
- Head coach Dennis Williams (Stratford, Ont./Everett, WHL) on the play of Milic
"I saw [the Slovak defender] make a move and there was a lane to the net, so I tried to make my move using my instinct and luckily it went in. That moment [in overtime] was special for all of us. It was pretty cool to score that goal, but it was the quarterfinals and we still have a lot of hockey left. I am happy about the win, and like I said in intermission I was not really thinking about [the records]. Obviously it matters, but for me it is about winning, and that is what we are here to do."
- Bedard on his overtime winner and breaking Canadian records
"[Three-on-three overtime] is exciting and not something I shy away from. It is an opportunity to give your team a win, and if I am called upon to go out there and do a job then I am excited for it. I try to play opportunistic and try to help finish the game off. The game was closer than we would have liked, but [Slovakia] is a good team and they were better than the Slovak team we saw in pre-competition. We have to give them credit because they battled hard, but we stuck with it and found a way to pull off the win."
- Stankoven on three-on-three overtime and the challenges of playing Slovakia
NJT: Teammates – Formenton vs. Thomas
Canada's National Junior Team members - and London Knights teammates - Alex Formenton and Robert Thomas go head to head.
Proceeds support community programs on and off the ice
CALGARY, Alta. – The medal round at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship begins today in Halifax, N.S., and Moncton, N.B., but the tournament's legacy is already positioned to support programs in communities throughout Canada for years to come through the proceeds of World Juniors 50/50 draws.
More than $1 million in World Juniors 50/50 tickets have been sold to hockey fans in six participating provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Saskatchewan), with net proceeds going to support organizations that work towards greater safety and inclusiveness in and around hockey.
With each World Juniors 50/50 ticket purchase, fans are contributing to meaningful programs in their communities, as the net proceeds go to initiatives in that province, while the remaining half of the jackpots go to winning fans in the six provinces.
World Juniors 50/50 tickets are available at WorldJuniors5050.ca.
Proceeds from World Juniors 50/50 draws go towards the following initiatives in each participating province:
Alberta – Proceeds will be invested directly into grassroots initiatives in the province and increase the capacity of Hockey Alberta members to deliver a positive experience for all participants at the local level.
British Columbia – Proceeds will be invested directly into female hockey initiatives, including initiation programs.
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia – Proceeds from World Juniors 50/50 draws will benefit three areas: sexual violence education, female hockey associations, and additional diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives determined by Hockey New Brunswick and Hockey Nova Scotia.
Ontario – Proceeds will benefit a number of key initiatives, including support to families demonstrating financial need for hockey registration, funding for equipment for players and families, and education programs on gender identity and expression.
Saskatchewan – Proceeds will support programs with minor hockey associations in the province.
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World Juniors Preview: Canada vs. Slovakia
Monday, January 2 | 7:30 p.m. AT | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Quarterfinal
Shannon Coulter
Canada vs. Slovakia
GAME NOTES: CANADA VS. SLOVAKIA (JAN. 2)
Happy New Year! After defeating Sweden in the final preliminary game to solidify its hold on second place in Group A, Canada's National Junior Team will face Slovakia in the quarterfinals to begin win-or-go-home hockey.
In a New Year's Eve showdown Canada closed the prelims with a 5-1 win over Sweden on Saturday. Joshua Roy scored only 57 seconds into the game, with Brennan Othmann and Tyson Hinds scoring goals of their own to give Canada a 3-1 lead after 20 minutes. Othmann added a second goal in the third period and Kevin Korchinski rounded out the scoring in Canada's third win in a row. Thomas Milic made 22 saves, while Canada battered Carl Lindbom with 44 shots at the other end.
In its final preliminary-round game, Slovakia dropped a 4-3 shootout decision to Switzerland. Adam Sykora opened scoring in the first period and Servac Petrovsky scored twice in the second to give Slovakia a 3-1 lead heading into the final frame. But Switzerland tied it up in the last 20 minutes to send the game to extra time. It was a battle of the goaltenders with Kevin Pasche and Adam Gajan pushing the shootout to a 20th skater before Rodwin Dionicio scored to drop the Slovaks to third in Group B.
Canada and Slovakia last met in Moncton two weeks ago in pre-tournament action, with the Canadians earning a 6-1 win. Colton Dach opened the scoring in the first period. Brandt Clarke and Zach Dean scored 21 seconds apart in the middle frame to increase the lead. Less than a minute into the third, Brennan Othmann and Joshua Roy scored six seconds apart, with Dylan Guenther scoring later in the period to round out the scoring. Benjamin Gaudreau made 16 saves, with Canada firing 48 shots on Patrik Andrisik.
Stop us if you've heard this before, but … Connor Bedard. After Saturday's four-point performance against Sweden, the 17-year-old is on the brink of passing Eric Lindros' all-time Canadian scoring record (he's tied at 31 points) and the single-tournament mark (he's even with Dale McCourt and Brayden Schenn at 18). The next goal Bedard scores will also surpass Jordan Eberle's all-time Canadian record for goals at the World Juniors. With Colton Dach's tournament-ending injury, Owen Beck will make his Team Canada debut against Slovakia. The Mississauga Steelheads captain has 17 goals and 40 points in 30 games this season.
Gajan has been very good in the Slovak net; his 1.95 goals-against average and .939 save percentage ranked among the tournament leaders in the prelims, and he allowed just three goals at five-on-five in his three appearances. He was terrific against the Swiss, making 32 saves through overtime and turning aside seven of 10 in the shootout, and he'll need to be good again if the Europeans hope to spring the upset.
Canada has dominated the head-to-head history, winning 15 of 16 meetings (with the other ending in a tie in 1999 – the only 0-0 draw in Canadian World Juniors history).
Mason McTavish's six-point performance (four goals, two assists) in an 11-1 win last summer was the second ever – the Great One himself, Wayne Gretzky, had a hat trick and three assists against Czechoslovakia on Christmas Day 1977 in Montreal. Two other players have hat tricks against Slovakia since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in the early 1990s – Taylor Hall at the 2010 World Juniors, and Nic Petan in the 2015 semifinals.
All-time record: Canada leads 15-0-1
Canada goals: 86
Slovakia goals: 17
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Carter Hart made 32 saves, but Canada fell short in a 4-3 loss to the United States in the first-ever WJC outdoor game.
World Juniors Recap – Canada 5, Sweden 1
Brennan Othmann scored twice and Connor Bedard added four assists to give Canada its third-consecutive win
Canada 5 – Sweden 1
HALIFAX, N.S. – Canada's National Junior Team wrapped up preliminary-round action with its third-consecutive win at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship, finishing in second place in Group A after downing Sweden 5-1 on Saturday night.
Brennan Othmann (Pickering, Ont./Peterborough, OHL) led the offence with a pair of goals.
Joshua Roy (St-Georges-de-Beauce, Que./Sherbrooke, QMJHL), Tyson Hinds (Gatineau, Que./Sherbrooke, QMJHL) and Kevin Korchinski (Saskatoon, Sask./Seattle, WHL) rounded out the scoring.
Connor Bedard (North Vancouver, B.C./Regina, WHL) chipped in with four assists, tying a trio of Canadian records – most career points at the World Juniors (31), most points in single World Juniors (18) and most assists in a single World Juniors (12).
Brandt Clarke (Nepean, Ont./Los Angeles, NHL), Shane Wright (Burlington, Ont./Seattle, NHL), Logan Stankoven (Kamloops, B.C./Kamloops, WHL), Dylan Guenther (Edmonton, Alta./Arizona, NHL), Ethan Del Mastro (Freelton, Ont./Mississauga, OHL) and Nolan Allan (Davidson, Sask./Seattle, WHL) contributed one assist apiece.
Canada outshot Sweden 44-23.
Canada vs. Slovakia (quarterfinal) – Monday, Jan. 2 (7:30 p.m. AT/6:30 p.m. ET)
"I thought we had a good game tonight, and we had a great start against a team that has not given up a lot of goals. We got on [Sweden] early and played fast, and we were able to keep the crowd into the game. The five-minute major set us back a bit similar to the Czechia game, but we had a good penalty kill and Milic did a great job helping us through it. We need to be a little more disciplined. We took a few penalties 200 feet from our net, and when we get down to a must-win game we need to do a better job of staying out of the box."
- Head coach Dennis Williams (Stratford, Ont./Everett, WHL) on tonight's win
"It was special [to play on home ice on New Year's Eve]. It is something you grow up watching World Juniors as a kid, and to be in an important game against a tough opponent like Sweden was special. I feel like we are playing way better than at the start of the tournament. We are playing a more complete game and we are back to the hard-nosed style we want to play. We are starting to play well, and we have all four lines contributing, our defence are contributing and our goalies are playing great, and overall we played a strong game tonight."
- Othmann on playing on New Year's Eve and the team's improvement
"I felt really good today. The more games we play in this tournament, for myself and for the team as a whole, we are settling in and gaining more confidence. As a team and personally, our confidence is going to continue to go up as we move into elimination games."
"The crowd was amazing right from the start of warmups. It was such a great atmosphere to play in and the fans really helped us out tonight. Right from the start of puck drop, the energy was great and they helped us make an impact on the game right away."
- Milic on the confidence of the team and the fans in Halifax
Reuniting the Don Mills Flyers
They were members of the talented Don Mills Flyers team, and now minor hockey teammates Brandt Clarke, Brennan Othmann and Shane Wright are together again at the World Juniors
Three players, one minor hockey team and a legacy that continues to be built. After first joining forces in minor hockey, Brandt Clarke, Brennan Othmann and Shane Wright have taken the hockey world by storm and are reunited again to compete for gold at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship.
In 2016, Clarke had just moved from Ottawa to Toronto ahead of his U14 AAA season. He joined the Greater Toronto Hockey League's (GTHL) Don Mills Flyers, where he was introduced to two other players that were new to the team: Othmann and Wright.
"I actually didn't know who either of them [was], I just knew some of the other guys on Don Mills," Clarke explains. "But we clicked right away, we were the new guys. We talked, we gelled early and there's just a connection there. They're two special players."
Othmann and Wright had previously played against each other, but never on the same team. During a spring tournament, Flyers head coach Marc Slawson pointed out Wright to Othmann, saying he would likely play with him.
"I looked at Shane on the ice and you automatically saw that he stood out, and I was excited watching him play," Othmann says. "He's a really good player."
On the ice, the three Don Mills Flyers quickly gained chemistry with each other.
"I think we fed off each other really well," Wright says. "We understood where each other were on the ice, we're reacting and reading off each other on the ice. We just always had that chemistry."
The team was a force to be reckoned with. During the three years Clarke, Othmann and Wright wore the Flyers logo, they won three consecutive GTHL championships, the 2018 All-Ontario U15 AAA Championship and the 2019 OHL Cup after going 30-0-3 in the GTHL during the 2018-19 regular season.
But the team also faced adversity. In the middle of its U15 championship campaign, Flyers goaltender Roy Pejcinovski was killed in a triple homicide along with his mother and 13-year-old sister, Vana, in Ajax, Ont.
"In that situation, you either come together or you spread apart, and our team obviously came together," Othmann says.
"It was definitely something that still sticks with us every day," Clarke adds. "I still think of Roy every single day."
With Pejcinovski in their hearts, Don Mills continued to play for its netminder throughout the remainder of its time together, culminating in the 2019 OHL Cup. Although the Flyers trailed the Toronto Red Wings (who included World Juniors teammate Adam Fantilli) 4-1 after the first period, they battled back to push the game to overtime.
"Clarke stole the puck from the other team and gave me a little high-flip pass," Wright explains. "I skate onto it, and we had a 2-on-1 with me and [Othmann]. I passed it and he did the rest."
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"That game was so special. We came in with a lot of adversity and we wanted to win that for our goalie Roy and his family," Othmann says. "It's kind of funny thinking about it: Clarkey to Shane, Shane to me. In that way, it looks cool on the box score. That's my favourite memory of the Flyers and it's my favourite memory with those two."
After the OHL Cup, the trio went off on their own hockey journeys. All three players were selected in the top four picks of the 2019 OHL Priority Selection. Wright became the fifth player granted exceptional-player status and was selected first by the Kingston Frontenacs. Othmann was taken second by the Flint Firebirds and Clarke was grabbed fourth overall by the Barrie Colts.
"It's kind of crazy," Clarke says. "We're all first-round picks. We're all going to other places around the continent, but when we got the word that all three us of were going to be back together and play on the global stage like this, it was really cool. We're all texting each other right away… when I saw them in the airport, I went up and gave them a hug."
The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship marks the second time the Don Mills trio has reunited on the international stage. In 2021, they won gold at the IIHF U18 World Championship. Wright co-led the Canadians in scoring with 14 points and a Canadian record nine goals, Othmann had three goals and three assists and Clarke chipped in with two goals and five helpers.
Although their teams are spread out across North America (all three were first-round NHL picks as well), the three Flyers remain in touch. They have an active group chat, they'll make time to go golfing or skate together, or play the NHL series video games to stay connected. But despite the distance, the connection remains just as strong as it was at Don Mills.
"That chemistry has stayed the same, just like how we were in minor," Wright says. "It's always going to be there, that bond and that trust [we have]."
To be able to play in multiple world championships together with two of your buddies from your minor hockey team is an unlikely feat. But Clarke, Othmann and Wright each push each other to be the best they can be—and that payoff is evident on the ice.
"To do this with Shane and Brennan, the two guys I consider like brothers to me, it's really special," Clarke adds.
"Those two have been great the whole way since I've been 14," Othmann says. "It's been a crazy few years. It's been ups and downs for all of us but at the same time, it's been an unbelievable journey and it's been an unbelievable time with them. To cap it off at the World Juniors, it's going to be something special."
NJT: Teammates – Katchouk vs. Timmins
Canada's National Junior Team members - and Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds teammates - Boris Katchouk and Conor Timmins go head to
World Juniors Preview: Canada vs. Sweden
Saturday, December 31 | 7:30 p.m. AT | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Preliminary Round
Nicholas Pescod
Canada vs. Sweden
GAME NOTES: CANADA VS. SWEDEN (DEC. 31)
Canada's National Junior Team looks to finish 2022 on a high as it faces off against Sweden to close out the preliminary round on New Year's Eve at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship.
Canada is coming off an 11-0 win over Austria on Thursday night that saw 10 different players find the back of the net and 18 of 20 skaters record at least a point. Connor Bedard followed up his seven-point effort against Germany with six (two goals, four assists) against the Austrians. Logan Stankoven had four points — a goal and three helpers — and was named Player of the Game, and Benjamin Gaudreau posted a 12-save shutout.
Sweden stayed unbeaten in prelim play with a 3-2 overtime win over Czechia on Thursday. Ludvig Jansson scored twice, including the extra-time winner, and Carl Lindbom made 33 saves as the Swedes were outshot 35-24.
The last time these two teams met was the 2018 gold medal game in Buffalo, N.Y. Tyler Steenbergen scored his first goal of the tournament with 100 seconds left and Carter Hart finished with 35 stops to lead Canada to a 3-1 win and its 17th World Juniors gold.
Two words for you: Connor Bedard. The 17-year-old is just a goal away from breaking Jordan Eberle's all-time Canadian record for goals at the World Juniors, and he's within four of Eric Lindros' all-time scoring record (31 points) after posting 13 points in his last two games. And he's a big piece of a lethal Canadian power play, which has converted an absurd 68.6% of its opportunities (11 for 16) through three games,
The Swedes can clinch first place in the group with a win (so could the Canadians, depending on the Czechia-Germany result from earlier in the day), but they'll need to continue their strong defensive play. Sweden has allowed just two goals in three games, and will need to be stingy again against a Canadian offence that has scored 22 times in its last two games. Jansson leads the Swedes up front; the Florida Panthers' fourth-rounder has five points in three games.
The history between these two teams is long and deep. They've met 35 times, going as far back as the inaugural World Juniors in 1977, and Canada has largely come out on top, winning 24 games, including four gold medal games – in 1996, 2008, 2009 and 2018.
This will be the second meeting in Halifax – the teams played on Boxing Day 2002, with Ian White scoring twice and Carlo Colaiacovo recording four assists in an 8-2 Canadian win.
Sweden goals: 111
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Finding new ways to win
Ready for the next step in her hockey journey, Keyanna Lea is embracing being behind the bench and serving as a role model for young Indigenous players
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The Kam River Fighting Walleye hosted their first-ever Orange Wave Night to celebrate Indigenous culture and raise money for post-secondary scholarships
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2022 WJAC: Day 6 – Friday, December 16
The U.S. and Sweden won to conclude the preliminary round.
2022 WJAC: Day 5 – Thursday, December 15
Sweden downed Canada West for its first win of the tournament.
2022 WJAC: Day 8 – Sunday, December 18
The U.S. won gold, Canada East got silver and Sweden took bronze.
2022 WJAC: Day 7 – Saturday, December 17
Canada East and the U.S. earned semifinal successes in Cornwall.
2022 WJAC: Day 4 – Wednesday, December 14
Canada West and the U.S. were Wednesday winners in Cornwall.
2022 WJAC: Day 3 – Tuesday, December 13
The United States shut out Sweden to earn its first win.
2022 WJAC: Day 2 – Monday, December 12
Canada West stayed undefeated and Latvia needed OT for its first win.
Canada West and Canada East earned wins with strong start in Cornwall.


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It was our second day in Kuala Lumpur and it was raining hard. I was worried if the rain would limit us from visiting outdoor places like the Batu Caves and the other temples. On the third day however, I was happy to wake up with clear skies.
While traveling, I'd like to avoid popular tourist spots as much as possible. Disneyland and the Universal Studios are exemptions of course. But with a lot of people getting access to travel to Asian countries, it's a challenge especially for a blogger to look for places which a lot of people do not know. Malaysia has vacation spots that glossy travelogues have not featured yet but if you're stuck in KL which rains almost every afternoon, it's a different story.
For a first timer in the Malaysian capital, I figured it would be OK to be touristy now that the sun is on our side. Batu Caves is among KL's main attractions. And who could not forget the glamour battle when the girls of Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 2 held one of their photo shoots here. With an almost empty commuter train and a sleepy metropolis on a Sunday, we traveled 8 trains stations up north.
Contrary to what I know, Batu Caves is no longer part of the political jurisdiction of Kuala Lumpur. The limestone hill is part of the Gombak district. The cave is one of the most popular Hindu shrines located outside India. The shrine is dedicated to Lord Murugan, the Hindu God of War. It is also the main site of the annual Thaipusam Festival.
We were lucky to have arrived in the site so early. We only met a few tourists and had enough space for some photos. I was actually planning on wearing shorts that day. But I opted to be covered upon realizing that we were visiting a sacred place for the Hindus.
I am not a Hindu but I would like to thank Lord Murugan for giving us that beautiful and sunny day.


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ORILLIA, ON - As of October 1, 2018 the deaths of 156 people on Ontario Provincial Police-(OPP)-patrolled roads were linked to the "Big Four" leading contributing factors in road fatalities. These are aggressive driving, alcohol/drug impaired driving, inattentive driving and lack of seat belt use.
"Drivers have it within their means to end road deaths that fall into these four categories because these are not accidents that occur through no one's wrongdoing," said OPP Deputy Commissioner Brad Blair.
So far this year, 50 deaths were linked to speeding (one form of aggressive driving). Thirty seven (37) deaths were attributed to an inattentive driver and 35deaths involved a driver who had consumed alcohol and/or drugs. Failure to wear a seat belt was a factor in 34 people losing their lives in collisions on OPP-patrolled roads.
Over the Thanksgiving Long Weekend, the OPP is joining police partners across Canada for Operation Impact, an enforcement-driven initiative aimed at increasing public compliance with laws in place to save lives and reduce injuries on our roads.
"So far this year, the OPP has laid more than 175,155 charges against aggressive, inattentive, alcohol and drug-impaired drivers, and unbuckled vehicle occupants. The three behaviours associated with driving are linked to 15,269 collisions to date, 95 of which were fatal. The goal of Operation Impact is not about issuing traffic tickets. It is about seeing every driver, without police intervention, refrain from risky driving behaviours and every vehicle occupant buckled up." - Deputy Commissioner BRAD BLAIR, Provincial Commander of Traffic Safety and Operational Support.
Operation Impact is an annual initiative sponsored by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.
Operation Impact is part of Canada's broader Road Safety Strategy 2025 which aims to make Canada's roads the safest in the world.
Drug-impaired and alcohol-impaired driving have always been illegal and this will not change once Cannabis becomes legal on October 17, 2018.


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Stevy Worah-Ozimo has experienced first-hand how athletics can change a life and open doors. After growing up in Libreville, Gabon, Stevy attended Prytanee Militaire de Saint Louis school in Senegal, and then played in North Carolina Central University's men's basketball program. While in college, Stevy once ranked 4th in the nation in rebounding, and subsequently was signed to the NBA D-League and played in several overseas teams including Halifax Rainmen in the Canadian NBL, Sports Plazza Casablanca in Morocco, just to name a few to the extensive list.
Stevy is a social impact entrepreneur. Currently, he runs several successful grassroot programs benefiting youths in the United States and Asia. He is a member of the United Nations Global Compact and was a volunteer fundraiser for the UNICEF Tap Water Project. Stevy served as a member of the advisory board of the New York City-based program Kids in the Game. He previously was instrumental as the Head of Strategic Partnership and Development at NGO SEED Project.
Stevy holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Management and Accounting. He is deeply committed to changing the lives of youth around the world through athletics, and education. Stevy is an active guest speaker and mentor to many young leaders in Academia and the Athletic world.


The glass-bottom suspension bridge in China is 430 meters (1,410 feet) and hovers above a valley with a drop of some 300 meters in Zhangjiajie. It attracts thousands of visitors every day.
"We thought people would be afraid to walk on it, but today it's simply unbelievable. I've never designed anything on which so many people go, as if they were zombies," says Israeli architect Haim Dotan, about the world's highest and longest glass bridge, in southern China's Hunan Province.


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La province de Figuig (en arabe :  محافظة ; en amazighe : ⵉⴼⵢⵢⴻⵢ ) est une subdivision à dominante rurale de la région marocaine de l'Oriental. Son chef-lieu est Bouarfa.

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Situation
La province de Figuig est située à l'extrême sud-est du pays et au sud de la région de l'Oriental, dont elle fait partie. Elle est limitée :
 au nord par les provinces de Taourirt et de Jerada (également dans la région de l'Oriental) ;
 à l'est et au sud par l'Algérie ;
 au sud-ouest par la province d'Errachidia et à l'ouest par la province de Midelt (région de Drâa-Tafilalet) ;
 au nord-ouest par la province de Boulemane (région de Fès-Meknès).

Urbanisation
La province de Figuig comporte six villes : Bouarfa et Figuig (municipalités), ainsi que Bni Tadjite, Bouanane, Talsint et Tendrara (centres urbains des communes rurales du même nom).

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Administration et politique

Découpage territorial
Selon la liste des cercles, des caïdats et des communes de 2008, telle que modifiée en 2011, la province de Figuig est composée de 13 communes dont :
 2 communes urbaines (ou municipalités) : Figuig et Bouarfa, le chef-lieu ;
 11 communes rurales rattachées à 8 caïdats, eux-mêmes rattachés à 2 cercles :
 cercle de Bni Tadjite :
 caïdat de Bni Tadjite : Bni Tadjite,
 caïdat de Bni Tadjite : Bouanane,
 caïdat d'Aïn Chaïr : Aïn Chaïr,
 caïdat de Douimniaa : Aïn Chaouter,
 caïdat de Talsint : Boumerieme, Talsint et Bouchaouene ;
 cercle de  Figuig :
 caïdat de Bni Guil : Bni Guil,
 caïdat d'Abbou Lakhal : Abbou Lakhal,
 caïdat de Tendrara : Maatarka et Tendrara.

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Notes et références

Figuig
Région de l'Oriental (Maroc)

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It wasn't all just riding for fun, though. We also made a mission out of it. One of the riders was tasked with removing a big aspen tree that had fallen across the entrance to North Canyon. He sawed it up, and we moved the pieces off the trail. This will allow the groomers and trail users to get up the canyon now. It was also the first time I've ridden with someone with a chainsaw mounted to his bike.
If you go, there is parking at Spooner Lake at the State Park. The entrance fee is $7.00 (and there is even a discount for NV residents). Tires need to be 4-5″ wide to stay on top of the snow, and aired down for maximum flotation. Go early or late when the snow is coldest. If possible (and especially when freshly groomed), keep the bikes over to the side of the groomed trails as not to damage the tracks for the skiers. We found the best riding to be the snowshoe tracks around the lake off the main groomed route.