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Hotelier recounts aftermath of Marathon bombings
Officials check the ID of a woman asking to get into the Taj Hotel on Arlington St. this morning April 16, 2013, the morning after yesterday"s bombings.
By Donna Goodison |
PUBLISHED: April 17, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: November 17, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.
The Charlesmark Hotel at 655 Boylston St. was hosting a Boston Marathon party for 100 people approximately 35 feet from where the initial bomb detonated yesterday.
Everyone at the party was accounted for and uninjured, but the aftermath of the blast was horrific, according to hotel operating partner Mark Hagopian.
"I saw it, I felt it," Hagopian, who was on the hotel's patio at the time, said of the initial explosion. "A giant breeze came from the blast — forced air — and it blew tables and things off. Things like glasses were smashing. There was like 30 people on the patio, it was full. Everyone just looked at each other. We knew it was an explosion, but we didn't know if a generator blew up, or (if it was) a gas explosion. But 10 seconds later, the second bomb went off, and people started crying. We all knew that it was terrorists."
After the second explosion, Hagopian said he started to yell to his guests, "get down, get down, get down, but nobody really did that."
"They all just started to pile into the hotel towards the emergency exit," Hagopian said. "My managers were alert and aware, and they made everybody calm down and file out the back. That didn't take long, only a minute or two to get everybody out."
Another spectator rushed into the hotel from the street immediately after the blast, put his 4-year-old son on the counter and said, "Watch my boy, watch my boy," before running back outside to help his injured parents.
Hagopian and his two managers headed back outside to Boylston Street.
"Right away, there was bodies everywhere — seven, eight or nine people just lying there with their limbs torn off," he said. "There was a lot of confusion. People were tending to other people right away. They were taking off their shirts and using them as tourniquets. I saw one guy with both legs gone, another guy with one leg gone. One guy got blown basically onto our patio, and his whole pants blew off. He was naked from the waist down."
With about three onlookers helping each victim, Hagopian started recording the graphic scene.
"I am ashamed of it, but I had a camera, and I took a video," he said. A policeman then approached him and his managers and told them to evacuate the area, which they did after confirming the entire hotel was empty.
The hotel's 40 rooms were sold out, to runners and their families, all of whom were displaced as the hotel remains closed to business on police orders. Without access to its phones — the hotel has no voicemail system since it's normally open 24 hours — employees have been communicating with some guests by email.
"We don't know when they can get back in," Hagopian said. "It could be more than 24 hours. The only source of information we have is from police that are walking on the streets."
Ten parties have been relocated to the Charlesmark's sister property, the 116-room Harborside Inn at 185 State St., near the waterfront. Four of the Charlesmark's employees who lived in the Back Bay and were displaced by the bombings, also have taken rooms at the Harborside.
"We actually did go back (to the Charlesmark) at night," Hagopian said, noting guests' passports and belongings all were left behind. "It's difficult for everybody right now, but people who are contacting us are positive. Nobody seems angry."
In the short term, Hagopian knows that he'll lose revenue, and he doesn't think that he has terrorism insurance.
"But in the long term, I don't believe that people will be afraid to come to Boston," he said. "I think they will understand that this can happen anywhere, anytime, and they'll be smart and not live in fear."
Hagopian, who lives at 651 Boylston St. and also is staying at the Harborside Inn now, said he plans to carry on with his normal routine, so that whomever is responsible for the bombings doesn't "achieve their objectives, which is to terrorize us."
"I'm not going to let that happen," he said.
Colin Peddie, owner of Marathon Sports on Boylston Street, praised his workers for their heroic actions on Monday.
Many went to the aid of those harmed after the blasts.
"I haven't been able to brief my staff," said Peddie. "The staff of Marathon Sports really stepped up. I'm blessed to have that kind of staff."
Patrick B. Moscaritolo, CEO of the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau, said he has not received reports of hotel reservation cancellations, but the Mandarin Oriental and the Lenox Hotel, both of which were close to Monday's blasts, also remained closed today.
National Park Service walking tours, the U.S.S. Constitution and the New England Aquarium also are closed, Moscaritolo said.
But Freedom Trail tours and the shops at the Prudential and along Newbury Street are open, the Museum and Fine Arts and the Institute of Contemporary Art offered free admission today, and 2,200 delegates from the Ambulatory Surgery Association are still due to start their three-day convention tomorrow at the Hynes Convention Center, he said.
"There is clearly a sense of trying to get back to normal," Moscaritolo said. "Twenty-four hours ago was just so horrific. We were filled with anger and shock. But it seems the city really has come together."
Tenley Woodman contributed to this report.
Donna Goodison


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V is for Vulcan
It's April so it's time for our members to help us blog through the 2020 A-Z Blogging Challenge. Our chosen theme this year is Employment, also the topic of our Shared Endeavour where our members are encouraged to research employment within their one-place study. Today's entry is from Steve Jackson.
I know what you're thinking. I'm a big Star Trek fan, and it would be just my style to work out some way of shoehorning a green-blooded, pointy-eared alien into a one-place studies blog post! But as my Place is earth-bound Waters Upton, that would be illogical . . .
According to an online Dictionary of Old Occupations, "Vulcan [is] a term for a Blacksmith, possibly derived from the name of the Roman god." The blacksmith, with his forge, hammer and anvil, is probably one of the first people we think of when considering village occupations – even a village as small as Waters Upton had one.
Blacksmith shop: Original photo by Chris Light at English Wikipedia; adapted and used under a Creative Commons licence.
Blacksmiths worked with iron to make everything from nails and horseshoes, and they repaired tools and farm implements, so their importance to the communities they served can easily be imagined. Many also worked closely with wheelwrights, as the wooden components of wheels for carts, wagons and carriages were held together by an outer rim of metal. Originally the metal took the form of strakes, lengths of iron which were nailed to the outside of wheels. In the mid-1800s however strakes were replaced by tyres, each one a single ring of iron made to fit the wheel tightly once it was cooled, with tire-bolts added to ensure it remained in place.
With the fires in their forges burning all day, blacksmiths were used to working in hot conditions. Not all blacksmiths received a warm welcome at Waters Upton however. On the night of Sunday the 2nd of October 1785 "a very rash and fatal Affair" occurred when a blacksmith from Ruyton with the amazing appellation of Octavius Caesar Augustus Hithcot visited the Waters Upton watering hole of innkeeper John Gower. Unfortunately "an Affray arose about some trifling Matters, when the Landlord took his Gun and shot the Blacksmith dead on the Spot." Gower then absconded, with a 10 guinea reward on offer for his apprehension.
Map of Waters Upton showing the location of the smithy: From Ordnance Survey Six Inch map XXIX.NE published 1886, Crown Copyright expired; reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland under a Creative Commons licence.
Thankfully Waters Upton's own blacksmiths, at least in the 1800s, seem to have fared rather better. Although James Ridgway was not a native of the parish, he was born nearby at Cold Hatton in Ercall Magna and was baptised at Waters Upton St Michael on 10 March 1811. His father John was a blacksmith and James followed in his footsteps, taking his trade with him when he moved to Waters Upton. He was a resident of the village by 1837 when he married Ann Jones at Cound in Shropshire, and he remained there, working as a blacksmith, for the rest of his life. He died on 24 February 1890 aged 78 and his gravestone in Waters Upton churchyard formed part of a project which ultimately led to my one-place study.
James Ridgway's gravestone also memorialises his two wives. Ann Ridgway née Jones passed away aged just 39 on 6 March 1846, and James wed his sister-in-law Harriet Mayne Knot in Birmingham in 1851. (James's brother George, who also became a blacksmith but remained in Cold Hatton, was married to Harriet's younger sister Elizabeth Mayne Knott.) Harriet lived to the grand old age of 90 before she died on 21 March 1903.
Gravestone of James, Ann, and Harriet Mayne Ridgway: Steve Jackson.
The Ridgways' blacksmith services in Waters Upton did not end with the passing of James. His son (by his second wife) Charles John Ridgway was working with him as a blacksmith's assistant by the time he was 16 and continued the business until at least 1917.
When he died, aged 68 and unmarried, on 11 February 1924, Charles left effects valued at £1803 19s 10d. So I think it is fair to conclude that the Vulcans of Waters Upton lived long and prospered.
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This promotion has been known for a few weeks, but they just couldn't seem to get the registration link working correctly, so I've held out on posting. However, per Loyalty Traveler's post yesterday, registration is now properly open. When I just registered I received a confirmation on both the website and via email. If you have already registered, I'd suggest re-registering just to double check your account has been activated with this promotion. There is nothing worse than meeting the promotion requirements and then finding out you never registered! And remember, you MUST register before completing your stay or you will not earn the bonus points.
Now, back to the promotion…. Between January 23 through April 30, 2012, earn double points with all stays at an eligible InterContinental Hotel Group stay. With Candlewood Suite and Staybridge Suites hotels, you will start earning the bonus on your first stay, however, with Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, InterContinental Hotels and Hotel Indigo hotels, you will not start earning the bonus until your second stay.
If your earning preference is set to earn miles, instead of points, you will earn the double miles as well. The mileage earning structure is pretty confusing and really depends on the airline of choice and the hotel you are staying at. I personally select points over miles during my hotel stays as you get the best value.
While these are three separate promotions, you can only register for one of the "stay X nights, earn X bonus points" promotion, so make sure to chose wisely.
Starting February 15, 2012, you will not longer earn a fixed number of points per stay at North America InterContinental Hotels. You will instead receive 10 points per dollar.
When I try to register, I keep getting a message saying the promotion code is invalid.
Okay, I guess persistence is the key. Both went through after a couple more attempts.
@Scott M – Glad you were able to register!


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As People Focus on Nutrition and Transparency, Big Food Companies Are Losing Ground
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Help us in the fight against diabetes
As we demand more nutritious and sustainable food, big food companies must make adjustments to their products, practices, and marketing.
A demand for wholesome food, sustainable practices, and industry transparency
Regaining consumer trust
Since 2009, smaller food startups have taken $18 billion worth of sales from the top 25 U.S. food and beverage companies. Simultaneously, the Organic Trade Association reported that organic food sales have more than doubled in the last decade, including breaking through the $50 billion mark in 2018. Last week at the Tufts Food and Nutrition Innovation Council, we found out what changes in the food realm have been driving these massive shifts.
Over the past decade, large food companies and legacy brands have gained a reputation of being less healthy and more ethically suspect. With food consumption becoming increasingly removed from food production and nutrition labels becoming progressively longer with unpronounceable ingredients, consumer demands have changed. A 2015 study by market research firm Mintel found that 43 percent of millennials distrust Big Food companies, and mainstream consciousness now places greater emphasis on simplicity and transparency surrounding what ingredients go into food products and where they come from. Moreover, many consumers – particularly Gen Z and millennials – now see their purchases as a form of activism, going as far as being "willing to spend more on products that meet their values," says Michel Nischan, Founder and CEO of Wholesome Wave.
These trends are shaking up the food industry. According to Christina Ferzli, Director of Global Corporate Affairs at OceanSpray, "Big companies have to innovate or die." Regardless of how established a brand is, large corporations must scramble to keep up with the demand for sustainable, wholesome products. For example, OceanSpray, a juice and snack company, has pledged to have 100% of its cranberries be sustainably grown in 2020. Coca-Cola also promised to reduce calories in their products, and Walmart – which controls 22 percent of the U.S. grocery market – made major efforts to reduce sodium, added sugars, and trans-fat in its products. "Doing good is actually profitable for business, so why not lean in on that?" says Ferzli, who believes in action-oriented missions as a way for companies to regain trust.
Moreover, corporations should care about nutrition from an employer standpoint. It is well-known that poor diet has costly healthcare implications, including type 2 diabetes and obesity, in addition to being linked to cardiovascular disease and certain cancers. Bill Layden, the former Founder of FoodMinds, points out that both companies and investors should be concerned about the nutritious content of their products to keep employees healthy. For example, the American Diabetes Association found that the total cost of diabetes in 2017 included $90 billion due to reduced productivity alone. To ensure a robust workforce, food companies must consider diet quality.
Where Big Food companies are falling behind, hundreds of newer, health-focused companies are growing to take their place. These startups are better equipped to keep pace with the changing tides of the market, and their ability to leverage the health and wellness trend has made them popular among customers. In a consumer climate where brand establishment no longer holds the same clout as before, it pays to be consumer-centric and health-savvy.
Mars Food, the company that makes Snickers and Twix candy bars, recently announced that it would begin placing advisory limits on its products by labeling them as "everyday" or "occasional". In efforts to recultivate a reputation of honesty and interest in consumer well-being, the company hopes to win back trust from consumers and regain some ground within the market.
This new level of transparency is not the first of its kind. Many established companies have tried modifying their products and marketing campaigns to appeal to consumer appetite for healthy food. However, many of these same companies have also been accused of "greenwashing" their products or claiming them to be healthier than they really are. For example, the U.S. Department of Agriculture allows products to be labeled "made with organic ingredients" when the item actually only contains 70 percent organic ingredients, and many consumer products certified as "natural" still contain some artificial ingredients. Many consumers see through these "sham organics," resulting in largely unsuccessful campaigns by Big Food corporations to recapture customers. Furthermore, much of the nutrition research to support claims of healthy products has been influenced by industry sponsorship, thus calling the credibility of both the research and the food industry into question.
Food labeling discrepancies and hidden corporate agendas are often argued as cause to establish a new National Institute of Nutrition at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). "Given the importance of nutrition, there has to be greater investment in the science and research," says Lucy Sullivan, Executive Director of Feed the Truth. In order to regain trust from the public, it is necessary for corporations to turn over the science to unaffiliated investigators. Widespread, unbiased information will help people distinguish between genuine versus fabricated health claims and thus rebuild consumer confidence in the food industry. Moreover, being properly informed about food products will reduce the incidence and burden of chronic conditions such as diabetes and obesity. "When you empower consumers with clear information and strip away the marketing, people can certainly make better choices," Sullivan asserts. People want to make healthier decisions, and Big Food must make adjustments to their products, practices, and marketing if they hope to win back consumers.
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Q: what is the concordance index (c-index)? I am relatively new in statistics and I need some help with some basic concepts,
could somebody explain the following questions relative to the c-index?

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*What is the c-index?

*Why is it used over other methods?

A: The c-index is "A measure of goodness of fit for binary outcomes in a logistic regression model."
The reason we use the c-index is because we can predict more accurately whether a patient has a condition or not.
The C-statistic is actually NOT used very often as it only gives you a general idea about a model; A ROC curve contains much more information about accuracy, sensitivity and specificity.
ROC curve

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Q: convert string integor with commas and dot to float Hello I need some help writing a function to convert string representation of price to actual float
values = ['1.999,00','299,00','299,86', '1.549,99']

ideally the output would be
output = [1999.00, 299.00, 299.86, 1549.99]

I tried to do it using replace but couldn't get it done.

A: hayo, first replace the dot with nothing, then replace , with ..
values = ["1.999,00", "299,00", "299,86", "1.549,99"]

output = [float(x.replace(".", "").replace(",", ".")) for x in values]

print(output)

A: Another alternative method is;
values = ['1.999,00','299,00','299,86', '1.549,99']
values = [float(value.translate(str.maketrans({'.': '', ',': '.'}))) for value in values]

This is the output:
print(values)
[1999.0, 299.0, 299.86, 1549.99]

maketrans is an elegant way to swap values of two variable with each other simultaneously, for instance A, B = B, A

A: From the look of things you appear to be dealing with Euro formatting.
For simplicity, we'll go back to English. with that, swap dots with nothing and commas with dots. Have a new list to push floats to after conversion.
    values = ['1.999,00','299,00','299,86', '1.549,99']
    floatValues = []

    for v in values:
        tmp = v.replace(".", "").replace(",", ".")
        floatValues.append(float(tmp))

    print ("values: ", values);
    print ("floatValues: ", floatValues);

Output
values:  ['1.999,00', '299,00', '299,86', '1.549,99']

floatValues:  [1999.0, 299.0, 299.86, 1549.99]


Take on the challenge of completing 19+ trail miles over the course of the weekend, with the James River Scramble on Saturday, May 18, at 9am and Bust the Banks Half Marathon on Sunday, May 19, at 8am! With two courses in two days this challenge comes with some serious bragging rights!
Includes: a short-sleeved technical shirt, finisher items, virtual goodie bag, post-race beer or soda, and a free concert.
All participants must be at least 12 years old to participate. We ask that all children under the age of 14 be accompanied by an adult.
Brand new Start and Course, including way more trail and less pavement! This year, the James River Scramble will start on the south side of the river, just over the T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial Bridge.
Note about Course Map: As is the nature of trail races, it can be difficult to create a map that accurately reflects the true distance of the course. Please keep in mind that this map is intended to give you a better understanding of the course and that the race route is approximately a 10k.
There are seven (7) water stops along the course, located approximately every two miles. Please note that some water stops will be self-serve.
Click Here for a downloadable PDF of the course map.
Click here for an interactive Map My Run version course map.
Note about Course Map: As is the nature of trail races, it can be difficult to create a map that accurately reflects the true distance of the course. Please keep in mind that this map is intended to give you a better understanding of the course and that the race route has been accurately measured to be a half marathon.
The great trails along the banks of the James River will provide a tough test for all in the Bust the Banks Half Marathon at Dominion Energy Riverrock. There is no time wasted in hitting the trails as participants will head west and quickly access the North Bank Trail. Make sure to get a good view of Hollywood Rapids because after that the trail becomes challenging with some steep descents and ascents as well as some rocky terrain. The trail flattens out on the south side of Maymont as the course approaches the first crossing of the James River at the Nickel Bridge. After the bridge, the south side of the James River brings on the technical trails of the Buttermilk Trail. At the Reedy Creek parking lot, the course goes under Riverside Drive and the difficult undulations and switchbacks of the Forest Hill Park Trails are up next. After completing these trails the course goes back through the Reedy Creek tubes underneath Riverside Drive coming out right near the James River Park System headquarters and then heads east on the Reedy Creek Trail.
After a quick loop past and then back to the 22nd Street Stairs, participants will climb up the stairs and head east on the Buttermilk East Trail. The exit of this trail brings about an easier path to the finish line. A quick jaunt along Railroad Avenue and across the railroad track pedestrian bridge will get participants to the floodwall. It is here that participants have the finish line in sight along with the beautiful views of the Richmond skyline. A little more work is required though as the course exits the floodwall and crosses over the James River a second time via the 14th Street Bridge (staying on the sidewalk). Once over the bridge we will access Brown's Island by way of the Canal Walk. You will run on the lower path of Brown's Island towards Tredegar Street and pass Historic Tredegar on your right, heading towards the Belle Isle Lot where the finish line awaits you!


Who is your Divine Person?
While earth Thy glory sings.
Be Thine, our Sov'reign Lord. R.
To our eternal goal. R.
Hail the day that sees him rise, Alleluia! It's been forty days (well, more or less) since the Resurrection and this Sunday we celebrate Jesus' departure from this earth—the Ascension. "So then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God" (Mk 16:19).
Notice there is a lot of direction on where the disciples are to go and what they are to do when our Lord ascends to the sky. Jesus tells them to be his witnesses to the ends of the earth (cf. Acts 1:8). He also instructs them to preach the Gospel and baptize (cf. Mk 16:15-16). The angel tells them to stop looking at the sky (cf. Acts 1:11). The disciples return to Jerusalem (cf. Lk 24:52).
What am I to do with my life? Where should I go? These are questions people, young adults in particular, ask themselves often. Graduation is around this time of year and I wonder if some college and even high school seniors are wondering about the direction of their lives.


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package context.invoker

import org.scalaide.debug.internal.expression.context.JdiContext
import org.scalaide.debug.internal.expression.proxies.JdiProxy
import org.scalaide.debug.internal.expression.proxies.primitives.PrimitiveJdiProxy

import com.sun.jdi.ObjectReference
import com.sun.jdi.Value

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 * Basic support for invoking vararg methods.
 * Provides a `packToVarArg` which converts sequence of JdiProxies to ObjectReference of a Seq.
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  protected def context: JdiContext

  private def seqObjectRef: ObjectReference = context.objectByName(Names.Scala.seq)

  private def emptyListRef: ObjectReference = {
    def emptyMethod = context.methodOn(seqObjectRef, "empty", arity = 0)
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    def addMethod = context.methodOn(Names.Scala.seq, "+:", arity = 2)
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          case other => other.__value
        }
        val args = List(value, canBuildFrom)
        current.invokeMethod(context.currentThread(), addMethod, args).asInstanceOf[ObjectReference]
    }
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}


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Q: Retrieve current Windows user in Java EE web application for Single Sign On purposes I am doing a Java EE web application that requires Single Sign On with Active Directory.
The application will no longer prompt for a username and password. The authentication process would require retrieval of the current Windows logged on user. Once I have the user, I need to query Active Directory to get the roles for that logged on user. I am aware that this will exclude non-Windows users, but this is an internal application and all clients are using Windows.
I have to implement the SSO in 2 Java EE web applications. 1 application is runnning on GlassFish v2.1.1 (JDK 1.6) and the other is running on Tomcat (JDK 1.5).
Basically my main problem is how to retrieve the current Windows logged on user.
I've already come across JAAS and Kerberos. Kindly correct me if I'm wrong. My understanding is that these are authentication protocol and they do not have the feature to retrieve the current windows logged on user.
I've already tried the following but I am always getting null or Server's own username.

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*System.getProperty("user.name");

*new com.sun.security.auth.module.NTSystem().getName();

*request.getUserPrincipal().getName();

*System.getenv("USERNAME");

*JCIF NTLM HTTP Authentication in Tomcat

*LoginContext

I am open to any suggestions.

A: WAFFLE is a great solution for this. It does not need Kerberos configuration.

A: SPNEGO is an open source project that provides a servlet filter that provies Integrated Windows Authentication.

if your organization uses java based
  web/application servers, and you
  prefer Kerberos/SPNEGO instead of NTLM
  as the authentication protocol, and
  you would rather have a Java Servlet
  Filter (JSR-53) based implementation
  instead of a container specific
  authentication module (JSR-196), and
  you want SSO (no username/password
  prompt), then this project may be of
  some interest to you.

It has instructions for configuring both Tomcat and Glassfish.

A: This might be helpful:
http://webmoli.com/2009/08/29/single-sign-on-in-java-platform/
http://appliedcrypto.com/

A: JCIFS NTLM is no longer supported (though it will work with NTLMv1). In  my current project we have used SPNEGO as previosuly recommended.
Options 1, 2 & 3 will try to get you the server user - you might want to have a think about where this code is running & how it could interact with the client machine (hint - it can't)


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2011-2012 San Antonio Spurs Regular Season Roster
11 James Anderson GF 6-6 210 1 Oklahoma State 2010 Rnd 1 Pick 20 United States
45 DeJuan Blair F 6-8 270 2 Pittsburgh 2009 Rnd 2 Pick 7 United States
15 Matt Bonner FC 6-10 235 7 Florida 2003 Rnd 2 Pick 16 United States
1 Da'Sean Butler F 6-7 230 1 West Virginia 2010 Rnd 2 Pick 12 United States
34 Derrick Byars SF 6-7 220 1 Vanderbilt 2007 Rnd 2 Pick 12 United States
23 Eric Dawson F 6-9 255 0 Midwestern State 2007 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
1 Justin Dentmon PG 6-0 183 0 Washington 2009 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
33 Boris Diaw PF 6-8 250 8 Pau-Orthez (France) 2003 Rnd 1 Pick 21 France
1 Ike Diogu PF 6-8 255 6 Arizona State 2005 Rnd 1 Pick 9 United States / Nigeria
21 Tim Duncan FC 6-11 250 14 Wake Forest 1997 Rnd 1 Pick 1 United States
11 T.J. Ford PG 6-0 165 8 Texas 2003 Rnd 1 Pick 8 United States
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20 Manu Ginobili SG 6-6 205 9 Viola Reggio Calabria (Italy) 1999 Rnd 2 Pick 28 Argentina
14 Danny Green SF 6-6 215 2 North Carolina 2009 Rnd 2 Pick 16 United States
Frank Hassell F 6-8 235 0 Old Dominion 2011 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
Antoine Hood G 6-4 185 0 Air Force 2006 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
3 Stephen Jackson GF 6-8 220 14 Butler CC 1997 Rnd 2 Pick 14 United States
24 Richard Jefferson SF 6-7 233 10 Arizona 2001 Rnd 1 Pick 13 United States
5 Cory Joseph PG 6-3 200 0 Texas 2011 Rnd 1 Pick 29 Canada
Gani Lawal F 6-9 234 1 Georgia Tech 2010 Rnd 2 Pick 16 United States / Nigeria
2 Kawhi Leonard F 6-7 230 0 San Diego State 2011 Rnd 1 Pick 15 United States
34 Antonio McDyess F 6-9 245 16 Alabama 1995 Rnd 1 Pick 2 United States
8 Patty Mills G 6-0 180 2 Saint Mary's 2009 Rnd 2 Pick 25 Australia
14 Gary Neal G 6-4 210 1 Towson 2007 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
23 Steve Novak F 6-10 225 5 Marquette 2006 Rnd 2 Pick 2 United States
9 Tony Parker G 6-2 185 10 Paris Basket Racing (France) 2001 Rnd 1 Pick 28 France
22 Tiago Splitter F 6-11 245 1 KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) 2007 Rnd 1 Pick 28 Brazil
Doug Thomas F 6-9 245 0 Iowa 2006 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
1 Malcolm Thomas F 6-9 225 0 San Diego State 2011 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
Luke Zeller C 6-11 245 0 Notre Dame 2009 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
2011-2012 San Antonio Depth Chart
Starters T. Parker D. Green K. Leonard T. Duncan B. Diaw
Rotation P. Mills M. Ginobili S. Jackson T. Splitter M. Bonner
Rotation G. Neal D. Blair
Rotation J. Anderson
Lim PT C. Joseph D. Byars
2011-2012 Southwest Division Standings
1 San Antonio Spurs 50-16 -
2 Memphis Grizzlies 41-25 9
3 Dallas Mavericks 36-30 14
4 Houston Rockets 34-32 16
5 New Orleans Hornets 21-45 29
2011-2012 San Antonio Awards & Honors
Tony Parker All-NBA Second Team (2012)
Tony Parker Player Of The Week (02/06/12)
Kawhi Leonard All-Rookie First Team (2012)
Tony Parker Western All-Star Coaches Selection (2012)
Kawhi Leonard Rising Stars Challenge Participant (2012)
Tiago Splitter Rising Stars Challenge Participant (2012)
Tony Parker Skills Challenge Participant (2012)
Tony Parker Skills Challenge Champion (2012)
2011-2012 San Antonio Season Stat Leaders
Tony Parker 60 32.1 18.2 2.9 7.7 0.9 0.1 2.5
Tim Duncan 58 28.2 15.4 9.0 2.3 0.7 1.5 1.7
DeJuan Blair 64 21.3 9.5 5.5 1.2 0.9 0.2 1.4
Danny Green 66 23.1 9.1 3.5 1.3 0.9 0.7 1.0
Gary Neal 56 21.5 9.9 2.1 2.1 0.5 0.0 1.1
Tiago Splitter 59 19.0 9.3 5.2 1.1 0.4 0.8 1.5
Kawhi Leonard 64 24.0 7.9 5.1 1.1 1.3 0.4 0.7
Manu Ginobili 34 23.3 12.9 3.4 4.4 0.7 0.4 1.9
Matt Bonner 65 20.4 6.6 3.3 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.2
Richard Jefferson 41 28.5 9.2 3.5 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.8
James Anderson 51 11.8 3.7 1.5 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.6
Stephen Jackson 21 23.8 8.9 3.9 2.0 1.3 0.3 1.8
Patty Mills 16 16.3 10.3 1.8 2.4 0.6 0.1 1.6
Boris Diaw 20 20.3 4.7 4.2 2.4 0.7 0.3 1.4
Cory Joseph 29 9.2 2.0 0.9 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.4
T.J. Ford 14 13.6 3.6 1.3 3.2 0.6 0.1 1.6
Eric Dawson 4 9.8 3.8 2.5 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.8
Derrick Byars 2 18.4 5.0 5.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
Justin Dentmon 2 9.3 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5
Ike Diogu 2 7.1 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Malcolm Thomas 3 5.0 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0
2011-2012 San Antonio Spurs Roster Composition
James Anderson was selected as the #20 pick in the First Round of the 2010 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs. James Anderson signed a multi-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs on July 23, 2010.
DeJuan Blair was selected as the #7 pick in the Second Round of the 2009 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs. DeJuan Blair signed a multi-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs on July 16, 2009.
Tim Duncan was selected as the #1 pick in the First Round of the 1997 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs. Tim Duncan signed a multi-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs on July 23, 1997. Tim Duncan re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs on August 1, 2000. Tim Duncan re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs on July 16, 2003. Tim Duncan signed a multi-year extension with the San Antonio Spurs on November 2, 2007.
Manu Ginobili was selected as the #28 pick in the Second Round of the 1999 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs. Manu Ginobili signed a multi-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs on July 18, 2002. Manu Ginobili re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs on July 14, 2004. Manu Ginobili signed a multi-year extension with the San Antonio Spurs on April 8, 2010.
Cory Joseph was selected as the #29 pick in the First Round of the 2011 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs. Cory Joseph signed a multi-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs on December 9, 2011.
Tony Parker was selected as the #28 pick in the First Round of the 2001 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs. Tony Parker signed a multi-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs on September 21, 2001. Tony Parker signed a multi-year extension with the San Antonio Spurs on November 1, 2004. Tony Parker signed a multi-year extension with the San Antonio Spurs on October 30, 2010.
Tiago Splitter was selected as the #28 pick in the First Round of the 2007 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs. Tiago Splitter signed a multi-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs on July 12, 2010.
Draft Rights to Kawhi Leonard, the #15 pick in the First Round of the 2011 NBA Draft, were acquired by the San Antonio Spurs from the Indiana Pacers on June 23, 2011. Kawhi Leonard signed a multi-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs on December 13, 2011.
Matt Bonner was acquired in a trade by the San Antonio Spurs from the Toronto Raptors on June 21, 2006. Matt Bonner re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs on July 11, 2007. Matt Bonner re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs on July 13, 2010.
Stephen Jackson was acquired in a trade by the San Antonio Spurs from the Golden State Warriors on March 15, 2012.
Derrick Byars signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs on April 25, 2012.
Boris Diaw signed a contract as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs on March 23, 2012.
Danny Green signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs on March 16, 2011.
Patty Mills signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs on March 20, 2012.
Gary Neal signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs on July 22, 2010.
2011-2012 San Antonio Spurs Front Office
Peter M. Holt Owner, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer 1993-1994 N/A
Rick Pych President of Business Operations 2008-2009 Executive Vice President of Finance & Administration (San Antonio Spurs, 2000 to 2008)
Dennis Lindsey VP, Assistant General Manager 2007-2008 Vice President of Basketball Operations and Player Personnel (Utah Jazz, 2002 to 2007)
Mike Budenholzer Assistant Coach 1996-1997 Video Coordinator (San Antonio Spurs, 1994 to 1996)
Don Newman Assistant Coach 2004-2005 Assistant Coach (Brooklyn Nets, 2003 to 2004)
Chip Engelland Assistant Coach 2005-2006 Assistant Coach (Denver Nuggets, 2003 to 2005)
Brett Brown Assistant Coach 2007-2008 Director of Player Development (San Antonio Spurs, 2002 to 2007)
Chad Forcier Assistant Coach 2007-2008 Assistant Coach (Indiana Pacers, 2003 to 2007)
Jacque Vaughn Assistant Coach 2010-2011 N/A
Gregg Popovich Head Coach, President of Basketball Operations 2002-2003 Head Coach (San Antonio Spurs, 1996 to )
Danny Ferry VP of Basketball Operations 2010-2011 General Manager (Cleveland Cavaliers, 2005 to 2010)
R.C. Buford President, General Manager 2002-2003 Assistant General Manager (San Antonio Spurs, 1997 to 2002)
Analisa Rodriguez Director of Player Services 2010-2011 N/A
Bret Brielmaier Video Coordinator 2009-2010 N/A
Will Hardy Assistant Video Coordinator 2011-2012 N/A
Zach Guthrie Assistant Video Coordinator 2011-2012 N/A
Claudio Crippa International Scout 2009-2010 N/A
Gabe Farkas Scouting Coordinator 2010-2011 Basketball Operations Assistant (San Antonio Spurs, 2007 to 2010)
Lawrence Payne Executive VP 1976-1977 N/A
Travis Wade Equipment Manager 2008-2009 N/A
George Felton Director of Player Personnel 2010-2011 N/A
Will Sevening Head Athletic Trainer 1998-1999 Strength and Conditioning Coach (Indiana Pacers, 1994 to 1998)
Jason Sumerlin Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach 2010-2011 N/A
Tom James Director of Medical Services 1994-1995 Media Services Manager (San Antonio Spurs, 1990 to 1994)
Dr. David Schmidt Team Physician 2004-2005 N/A
Dr. Paul Saenz Team Physician 2010-2011 N/A


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Our War at Arena Stage
by Jenny Rogers October 17th, 2014 August 29th, 2020
She's 81, highly quotable, beloved by women and gays on social media, and has powers endowed by the highest court in the land: Ruth Bader Ginsburg has, essentially, usurped Betty White. Now RBG is infringing on White's theatrical territory too. The lace-collared justice appears in Our War, a "theatrical event" from the National Civil War Project at Arena Stage that features a series of short monologues exploring the Civil War and its echoes in modern life. Ginsburg is far from the only notable name reading at Arena—she's joined by a brigade of local politicos including Vince Gray, David Grosso, and Yvette Alexander and journos Tom Sherwood, Sally Quinn, Diane Rehm, and Judy Woodruff, as well as an ensemble of six professional actors—but RBG is the only one with a cottage industry devoted to recasting her in the image of Biggie Smalls. The play runs Oct. 21 to Nov. 9 at Arena Stage, 1101 6th St. SW. $40. (202) 544-9066. arenastage.org.


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In the final piece of the Steelers Position Breakdown series, I will be taking a look at the Steelers special teams situation heading into the 2016 season.
Whenever kicker Shaun Suisham went down during the 2015 preseason, the Steelers kicker situation went from being completely set to disastrous after Suisham was diagnosed with a torn ACL. The team signed veteran kicker Garrett Hartley to replace the injured Suisham, but a similar outcome took place when Hartley went down with a season ending hamstring injury. The Steelers, desperate for a kicker, pulled the trigger and traded a 6th-round pick to the Jaguars in return for kicker Josh Scobee, who was the 3rd kicker for the Steelers before the regular season even began. To say Scobee was a disappointment would be an understatement. In his first regular season game against the Patriots, Scobee missed his first 2 field goal attempts (a 44- and 46-yard attempt) in a 28-21 loss. The train wreck only continued when in week 4 against the Ravens, Scobee missed 2 costly field goals late in the 4th quarter (a 49- and 41-yard attempt) while the Steelers held a 20-17 lead in the game. The Ravens were able to send the game into overtime and ultimately won the game 23-20. Two days following that game, the Steelers released Scobee.
Since Boswell's signing on October 3, 2015, he has been a consistent presence for the Steelers. As a young, inexperienced kicker, he showed poise in key moments last season, especially in the playoffs, where he tied a franchise record by making 7 total field goals (he went 7/7) and became the youngest kicker in NFL history to make 4 field goals in a postseason game. To add to it, he also set the franchise record for the most field goals made by a rookie or first-year player (36). During the regular season, Boswell connected on 90.6% of his field goals in the regular season and boosted that percentage up to 92.3% after the playoffs, which was amongst the best in the league. Now with that being said, Boswell is far from a perfect kicker. During the regular season, his average kickoff was a mere 66.3 yards, which was slightly below the league average. Opponents were also able to return 63.5% of his kicks, which is especially disturbing with the new kickoff locations in the league. His kicking distance was also amongst the easiest in the league, with Boswell only attempting 2 field goals of 50 yards or longer and his 3 misses on the season came from between 40 and 49 yards. A large portion of this is likely due to the Steelers high powered offense, which was one of the best in the league last season, averaging 26.4 points per game, which was the 5th best in the NFL. This should not discourage Steelers fans, though, as Boswell should only get better in his second true year in the NFL. The team parted ways with Suisham this offseason after his knee injury was more severe than originally expected, leading to Suisham retiring from the NFL. This cleared cap space for the Steelers as well as clearing the way for Boswell to be the starting kicker again in 2016.
While the kicker situation is basically set in stone, punter is much more cloudy. Last season, Jordan Berry was quite impressive with his ball placement, often pinning teams deep in their own endzones. On 59 punts during the season, only 2 were touchbacks, showing his control and understanding of the Steelers punt coverage. While this is all fine, Berry also averaged a mere 42.3 yards per punt, which was the 3rd-lowest in the league by a kicker that had 16 starts on the season. Berry's hang time on punts is fairly solid but he severely needs to improve on his distance if he wants to be a top-tier kicker in the NFL. The one impressive stat to contradict my previous statement is that Berry had the NFL's longest punt last season, traveling 79 yards. However, this was one of his two touchbacks on the season, so that is basically null and void. Berry seemed to progressively get worse as the season went along, with him seemingly being unable to rise to the occasion against the Broncos in the divisional round.
Sepulveda (the team has not employed the same punter in consecutive seasons since 2010), the odds are stacked against Berry to be the starting punter again in 2016. His competition this season will come in the form of undrafted free agent and former Duke punter Will Monday. While at Duke, he posted a career gross average of 43.5 yards, with his best average coming in his redshirt freshman year when he posted an average of 44.6 yards. During his final 3 seasons at Duke, he finished in the top 5 in college football in yards per punt, finishing 5th all-time in ACC history. He was also able to pin 46.7% of his punts inside the 20 yard line, which was one of the best percentages in college football. Unlike Berry, Monday seems to have solid power in his kicking leg, which could lead to a higher ceiling. He is extremely quick to punt the ball, averaging a 1.75 second snap-to-punt time, while only allowing an amazing 80 return yards over the past 2 seasons while at Duke. While Berry has solid hang time on his punts, Monday was much more inconsistent, often allowing punts to go almost on a string to the returner but this improved over his collegiate career, showing that he has the potential to develop as a punter. Punter will be one of the more overlooked position battles during the preseason, but it is an area the Steelers have struggle with and need to settle in on a player soon.
In 2016, Greg Warren will return for his 12th season as the Steelers steady and reliable long snapper. In the NFL, almost no one pays attention to the long snapper unless they do something wrong. During his career, Warren has been one of the best in the business and this season should continue to be no different, as Matt Dooley will serve little competition for Warren unless Warren is injured (which surprisingly has been an issue in the past, with season-ending injuries in 2008 and 2009).
Nothing surprising here, as Chris Boswell and Greg Warren are all but locks to retain their starting spots on the roster. The Steelers will likely bring in another camp body to kick with Boswell, but unless the kicker they bring in turns into the second coming of Adam Vinatieri, Boswell is safe.
Punter, on the other hand, is far from a sure thing. The Steelers desperately need to settle on a long-term option. Will Monday was amongst the best punters in his class coming out of college and some draft pundits even had him sneaking into the late rounds of the NFL Draft. With Jordan Berry's inconsistencies last season and the Steelers trend of not settling on a punter they aren't fully sold on, Monday appears to be the lesser of two evils. Monday's progression as a punter at Duke shows that he has a much higher ceiling than Berry, who has likely already reached his ceiling. As a young 23-year old punter, Monday is a new toy for special teams coach Danny Smith to play with and I expect that with a strong preseason, Monday will be the Steelers starting punter come week 1 of the regular season.
Coming up next: Steelers 53-man Roster Preview. Stay Tuned!


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Study: Interferon Drug for Treatment of Ebola Virus Disease
A temporary lab was set up in a treatment center in Guinea, West Africa during the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak to test blood samples of patients who received either interferon or supportive care treatment in the pilot clinical trial. Credit:
A class of drugs used to treat hepatitis and some forms of multiple sclerosis has been shown for the first time to ease symptoms of Ebola patients, while also increasing their survival.
The pilot study treated nine Ebola virus disease (EVD) patients with Interferon ß-1a at a treatment center in Guinea, West Africa from March 26, 2015 to June 12, 2015. These patients were compared retrospectively with a matched cohort of 21 infected individuals receiving standardized supportive care only during the same time period and at the same facility.
When compared to patients who received supportive treatment only, 67 per cent of the interferon-treated patients were still alive at 21 days in contrast to 19 per cent of the former patients. Additionally, the viral blood clearance was faster in those patients treated with Interferon ß-1a. Many clinical symptoms such as abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea and diarrhea were also relieved earlier in the interferon-treated patients.
A further 17 patients in other Guinean treatment centres who matched the interferon-treated patients based on age and the amount of Ebola virus in their blood were included in the analysis. These added patients, who did not receive interferon, more than doubled their risk of dying as a result of not being treated with the drug.
Interferons are a family of naturally occurring proteins, produced in response to viral infection. They have widespread potential as therapeutic agents for the treatment of viral infections, and are currently used for chronic hepatitis B and C infections and some forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). They inhibit viral infection by preventing viral entry into target cells and by blocking different stages of the viral replicative cycle for different viruses. And because they are already in use, researchers know that they have a favorable safety profile.
"Despite the limitations of a single arm, non-randomized study, we infer from these data that Interferon ß-1a treatment is worth further consideration for the treatment of Ebola virus disease," Dr. Eleanor Fish, the senior author and senior scientist in the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI), noting that the decision to undertake the clinical trial was based on previous preliminary scientific data, and on the fact that no currently approved antivirals exist to treat Ebola.
In earlier work on human cells led by Dr. Fish, researchers compared how well eight different drugs, in different combinations, at different doses, were able to inhibit the Ebola virus. As a result of using a mini-genome system to rapidly evaluate drugs, the most potent inhibitor of Ebola turned out to be Interferon beta.
Dr. Fish also pointed out that the onsite team for this pilot study was composed of 11 Guinean healthcare workers who received, for the first time, relevant training in all aspects of conducting a clinical trial according to international standards. This team is now working with Dr. Fish to monitor Ebola survivors and the impact of treatment with interferon.
An original outbreak of Ebola virus disease that began in West Africa in December 2013, mainly affecting Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has now ended, but the risk of sporadic cases remain. More than 11,000 deaths occurred as a result of that outbreak, with a high mortality rate of the disease estimated at around 60 per cent. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak in 2014-15 a public health emergency of international concerns and it is the largest outbreak to date.
Read the study: Interferon ß-1a for the treatment of Ebola virus disease: A historically controlled, single-arm proof of concept trial.
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I wanted to check back with you and tell you again just how much I appreciated your generosity and rapid response to my request. I tell everyone around here when the topic of the Hurricanes from this last fall come up just how generous you were and how quick to help people you did not even know.
I showed an AquaPak to my Insurance Agent on Friday and gave her one of the Solar Solutions pamphlets. She was surprised and very interested. She has a personal interest in what happens during Hurricanes. She was also without water after the hurricane.


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One of the few designers showing in New York that can deliver a goosebump-inducing collection that is at once fresh and interesting, while being wholly wearable.
The best of the best in New York.
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Clip space is very similar to view space, in a 3D environment. However, rather than having a pyramid shaped view frustum where the point is the viewpoint, clip space squashes the frustum into a unit cube, and normalises X, Y and Z co-ordinates onto a grid, for ease of mathematically determining the relationship between them in as few cycles as possible.
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Messing with Tangent Space
Tangent space is sometimes called texture space. It is the co-ordinate systems for one face of any 3D skinned model. Use of tangent space, which this tutorial covers, is necessary to properly map a texture onto part of a 3D shape.
Augmented Reality, Designed for Space, Half a Century Behind Everyone Else
The European Space Agency (ESA) have released details of a new augmented reality interface they have been testing and how it actually benefits astronauts when in space. Quite scarily they actually believe they are the first organisation to implement an AR interface, according to their press release.
World of World of Whatever
The following clip from Onion News Network, is an obvious spoof - its all that onion ever produce, but at the same time, this one may cut closer to the bone than perhaps we would like.
Virtual Geographies: Bodies, Space and Relations
This tome, written long before the Metaverse Roadmap, was one of the first large works to discuss how virtual spaces create entirely new kinds of space, and require mapping constructs and methodologies utterly alien to what had come before.
The Drive for Storage Space and Speed
More music; more films; more photography; more, more, more. More of everything seems drive this fetish for storage space and power. Yet is it just more, more, more, or can more actually equal better in VR?
Beyond AI: Creating the Conscience of the Machine
Artificial intelligence is now advancing at such a rapid clip that it has the potential to transform our world in ways both exciting and disturbing. The book was written in 2007, and by that time computers had already been designed that were capable of driving cars, playing soccer, and finding and organizing information on the Web in ways that no human could.
Sensor Web: A look at an Internet in Physical Space: AR Orientation
The Sensor web, is a long-anticipated faced of an augmented world. It is, in theory at least, a huge web of interconnected sensors, actuators, RFID, GPS, specialised routing controls, and augmented sensory hardware, all wired together into an immense web in physical space, facilitating Augmented Reality applications.
Spatial Representation of a Virtual World
How do you perceive space and spatial relationships between objects in a virtual environment. Rather easily if you are setting out to replicate the physical world. But that is too easy, it loses so many of the true advantages of VR, where space is irrelevant, and every room can be a TARDIS. This article looks at mapping that kind of a mess, beginning with text worlds, where such spatial irrelevancy is at its highest.
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US has no good system to track medical implants
Three years ago, the maker of a surgical clip called the Hem-o-lok issued an urgent recall notice warning doctors to stop using the fasteners on living kidney donors. It said the clips could dislodge in their bodies, with "serious, even li...
Interplanetary internet gets permanent home in space
The interplanetary internet now has its first permanent node in space, aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
The new software will make sending data from space less like using the telephone, and more like using the we...
Japanese Gizmo Wants to Keep You Mildly Awake
Now here's an odd item stereotypically coming out of Japan that might be of circumstantial interest to those in medical schools. The Wink Glasses are clip-ons that can detect one's blinking, and when the blinking slows, as when you're do...
Will designer brains divide humanity?
It won't be long before "clip-on" computer aids become available for everybody, says Andy Clark, a pro-enhancement philosopher at the University of Edinburgh in the UK. These could be anything from memory aids to the ability to "search...
Brain's map of space falls flat when it comes to altitude
Animal's brains are only roughly aware of how high-up they are in space, meaning that in terms of altitude the brain's 'map' of space is surprisingly flat, according to new research.
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Perfect 10: The Top Products at Robb Report Right Now
Here's a look at the products, services, places, and other treasures that Robb Report editors loved this month.
By Robb Report Staff	 on November 10, 2018
Courtesy Red Bull Air Race
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Have you ever wondered what it's like to work on the editorial team at Robb Report? Robb Report editors filter through dozens, if not hundreds, of products, services, and experiences every month. If something is freshly relevant or important to the world of luxury, one of our editors has almost certainly come in contact with it in the past few weeks. To put any given issue of the Robb Report magazine together (not to mention to help stock the web site with tasty luxury news on a daily basis), for example, automotive editor Viju Mathew stays in close touch with luxury automotive brands and probably spends a fair share of his time in some combinations of Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, and Lamborghini test cars. Meanwhile, travel editor Jackie Caradonio spends more time in airplanes flying to destinations around the globe than she spends at her own desk in the New York office. And Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report's dining editor, is on a first name basis with more Michelin star chefs than the tire company itself. So goes the entire staff – Style, Home & Design, Aviation, Marine, and more.
The point of this story is not a humble brag about how busy everyone is experiencing luxury. Instead, it's to illustrate that no team of writers is better equipped to call out the best luxury products and services every month. Over the next ten pages, we have collected the ten artifacts of luxury that the Robb report team is most excited about. Read on to see what we recommend this month.
On the Wings of Bulls
The final of the 2018 Red Bull Air Race season is going to be a nail bitter, with U.S. pilot Michael Goulian leading the scoreboard going into the event (November 17 and 18 in Fort Worth, Texas) after winning the previous race in Indianapolis by a large spread over the former 1st place holder, Martin Sonka from the Czech Republic. The two pilots are now separated by only five points, and each race is worth up to 15 point, so either of the two—or eve third-position holder Matt Hall from Australia—could take it all. If you're interested in going, I would recommend investing in Sky Lounge tickets ($1,150 for an adult weekend pass), which includes access to some of the best views at the venue, food and bar service, and a complimentary tour of the hangar. – John Lyon
Bull Air Race World Championship Courtesy Red Bull Air Race
Designer Lana Bramlette's Blue Gold Jewelry
A devoted fan of all things neon, Lana Jewelry designer Lana Bramlette always wanted to work that eye-catching tone into her pieces: "I thought, how can I amplify gold with a bold, brilliant pop that feels almost electric?" After numerous experiments with metals, Bramlette achieved a deep blue hue that serves as the base of her new Blue Gold collection—the 14-karat gold metal is a result of a rhodium and alloy reaction with white gold. To add some sparkle, Bramlette pairs the collection's chic, linear earrings and dazzling rings with black diamonds and sapphires. The look is what Bramlette calls her "vivid neon dreams come to life"—the modern, enigmatic designs are downright entrancing. The new pieces range from $255 to $6,300, and are presently available on the Lana Jewelry site. The Blue Gold collection is also slated to appear in Saks, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus in the spring. – Carolyn Meers
Lana Bramlette's Blue Gold Jewelry Courtesy Lana Jewelry
Spend Thanksgiving on a Yacht
After not hosting Thanksgiving for years, I am planning to once again don the apron this year for this most traditional of American holidays. However, having experienced country-club feasts, market-cooked take-out turkey, and dinners prepared by friends and relatives, I just might be ready to keep up the non-cooking tradition and hop on a yacht for this year's celebration. I mean, lounging in the sun with a glass of Champagne while a professional chef prepares the customary Thanksgiving meal—what could be better?
And the 230-foot Feadship Joy, offered by Burgess, could be just the yacht to cater to our Thanksgiving needs. The seven-stateroom yacht accommodates 12 guests and cruises in the Caribbean for the winter months. Nineteen crew members look after those 12 guests, who no doubt will be busy using the yacht's WaveRunners, SeaBobs, kayaks, wakeboard and water skis, snorkeling and diving gear, and fishing rods, among other toys. Post-holiday meal, the onboard gym will take care of the delicious damage and the on-deck Jacuzzi will soothe subsequent sore muscles. Frankly, I didn't really intend to cook anyway. Sign me up for a superyacht celebration. Superyacht Joy charters for $700,000 to $840,000 per week, not including expenses and tips. – Danielle Cutler
Feadship Joy Courtesy Burgess
Master of Ceremonies: Apparatus Opens in LA
With the mid-term elections safely behind us, we now devote our attention to a pressing domestic issue: making your home extremely enviable. If you know Apparatus, you're on the right path. Cofounded by Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson six years ago, this is a design studio so cool it has become an aesthetic denomination. Brass, horse hair, incense burners for regular worship. You know things are legit when a brand becomes a verb. "How can we Apparatus this more?" And this month, the studio finally lands in Los Angeles, capturing the bronze just after Milan. All 5,000-square feet promise to be a stunning trip into their scintillatingly narrative universe with hand-troweled plastered walls, a row of clerestory windows, and a desaturated palette informed by artist Giorgio De Chirico. Oh, you just wanted to shop? Ask Google to find the nearest Target. This is a furniture, lighting, and objects experience. And with very good company: the neighbors—Blackman Cruz, Ralph Pucci, and JF Chen—are major LA design destinations, so you know the opening party is going to be good. – Arianne Nardo
Furniture from the Act III collection by APPARATUS. Photo: Courtesy of APPARATUS
Around Christmastime, Italian Americans traditionally indulge in a celebration brought over from the Old World: the Feast of the Seven Fishes. Usually, a cavalcade of seafood and pasta ensues, but chef Chris Cosentino wanted to mix things up a bit. He's getting other cultures involved for seven separate nights of feasting by inviting some of the country's best chefs to his Napa Valley restaurant, Acacia House, to cook one-night-only tasting menus. Each chef will prepare a dinner that expresses the country they represent. The series kicks off with James Beard Award–winning chef Alon Shaya of Saba in New Orleans cooking the Israeli cuisine that made him famous. In the ensuing weeks, he'll be followed by Sarah Grueneberg of Monteverde in Chicago preparing Italian, Ludo Lefebvre of LA's Trois Mec serving French fare, Girl and the Goat's Stephanie Izard tackling German, Cosentino cooking Portuguese, Ray Garcia of Broken Spanish creating Mexican, and Avec's Paul Kahan exploring the flavors of Spain. Reserve tickets now at OpenTable for $125 with an optional beverage pairing for $95. – Jeremy Repanich
Caramelized White Chocolate Tres Leches Photo: Curtis Cameron
Customize Louis Vuitton with Now Yours
No one knows the power of a logo better than Louis Vuitton. And this month, the house is letting you swap in your initials for its iconic Ls and Vs. The Now Yours program marks the first time that the brand's men's clothing and shoes—not just its bags and suitcases—can be customized. You'll be able to pop into your nearest boutique and give your high-school varsity jacket a serious upgrade by adding playful, personalized patches to Louis Vuitton's version. And while you're at it, you can emblazon a collegiate cardigan or pair of the brand's signature Run Away sneakers with your monogram. Eight weeks later, the chic exercise in personal branding will arrive at your door. –Phoebe Neuman
Louis Vuitton Now Yours Courtesy Louis Vuitton
Island Time: Alila Villas Koh Russey
As much as I love the cozy holiday festivities, this time of year always has me itching to squeeze in one last sun soaked getaway before winter fully sets in. This year, I'm skipping more obvious options for something a bit further afield, and heading to Alila Villas Koh Russey on the Cambodian Riviera. The slick resort is set to make its debut this month on a private island in the Koh Rong archipelago, bringing a new generation of well-heeled beach goers back to a region that what was once the country's crown jewel along with it.—Phoebe Neuman
Alila Villas Koh Russey Courtesy Alila Villas Koh Russey
Next-Level Levantes: Maserati Levante GTS And Trofeo
Italian marque Maserati continues its off-road renaissance with new GTS and Trofeo variants of the Levante (starting at $119,180 and $169,980, respectively). Set for delivery this month, both carry an enhanced 3.8-liter, twinturbocharged V-8 that turns out 538 ft lbs of torque. The top-tier Trofeo, however, runs with 590 horses (compared to the 550 hp GTS) and can reach more than 187 mph—further proof to me that this is the Golden Age of the SUV. – Viju Mathew
The Trofeo on the road Photo: Dejan Sokolovski
Down Under Debut: Penfolds 2018 Collection
I'll be in New York City on October 17 at the invite-only reveal of Penfolds' latest collection of wines. I'm especially looking forward to trying the 2014 vintage of the Grange, one of the world's most prized Shiraz. This is the first year the famed Australian vineyard is holding its global unveiling in the States. – Janice O'Leary
The 2014 Grange Shiraz Photo: Penfolds
Icons of 20th-Century Music
On November 20, "Sessions in Sound"—a selling exhibition of stunning images by the legendary South African-born LA-based photographer Norman Seeff—opens at Proud Galleries in London. Among the 20th-century rock and jazz superstars immortalized on film are Patti Smith, Ray Charles, Mick Jagger, and Joni Mitchell. Reminiscing about the latter, Seeff says, "Joni always came with ideas and we would joust a bit until we agreed on what we wanted to do. Some were straight up photo sessions but once she drove up with a bunch of wolves and we had to set up an electrified fence." – Angela M.H. Schuster
'Hejira', Joni-Mitchell, 1975 Photo: Norman Seeff
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You might be interested to learn some common greetings. For example, how are you is "ma-shlom-ka" (if you are asking a male person; ma-shlom-ek for a woman). "Ma-shlom-ka" is literally what is your shalom, i.e. your well-being. The answer is "shlomi tov," my shalom is good. (the -i on the end is pronounced -ee).
Ma shlom ka? Shlomi tov.
Shalom aleikem = shalom to you, or howdy y'all.
va aleikem shalom =and to you shalom, or right back at ya.


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Patricio Lynch (1825-1886), naval and military officer
By Moises Enrique Rodríguez
Lynch, Patricio (1825-1886), was a Chilean naval and military officer of mixed Irish and Latin American ancestry who played a distinguished part in the Pacific War between his country and the Allied powers of Peru and Bolivia.
Patricio was the great-grandson of Patrick Lynch, who had emigrated from Galway first to Spain and then to Argentina in the 1740s and had become a wealthy landowner. This makes him a distant relative of Ernesto "Ché" Guevara, who also descends from this man. Patricio's father, Estanislao Lynch y Roo, arrived in Chile as a colonel in the liberating army led by San Martín and O'Higgins and settled in Valparaíso (Chile's main port), where he became a wealthy merchant. Patricio was born on 18 December 1825 in Valparaíso, the son of Estanislao Lynch and Carmen Solo de Zaldívar y Rivera.
Patricio joined the Chilean navy in 1837, at the age of twelve, and took part in the war between Chile and the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation, in which his country was victorious. Interestingly, this naval service was led by an Englishman, Robert Winthrop Simpson (1799-1877).
In 1840, at the age of 15, Patricio Lynch joined the Royal Navy, in which he served for the next 7 years. He saw action in the First Opium War against China (1839-1842), during which he served as a midshipman on the HMS Calliope (a frigate) and was mentioned in dispatches for bravery. This period in the Royal Navy probably had nothing to do with Lynch's Irish ancestry. The Chilean Naval Squadron had been led by British (including Irish) and US officers during the War of Independence and British influence remained strong in the Chilean Navy for a century and a half, with United Kingdom Naval Missions advising it until the Second World War. As late as the 1970s, virtually all Chilean naval ships were of British origin. It became traditional for Chilean midshipmen to serve their apprenticeships on board Royal Navy vessels, but it is not known how this practice started. Scheina mentions that it began in 1839. Lynch was probably one of the first of these young men.
Patricio Lynch returned to Chile in 1847 and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Chilean navy. He fought in the naval war against Spain (1864-1866) and then held a series of peace-time appointments including that of Minister of the Marine. Lynch is remembered for his services during the War of the Pacific (1879-1884), a conflict between Chile and the Allied Powers of Peru and Bolivia which resulted in the latter losing her access to the sea. During this war, the Chileans conducted raids along the enemy coast, which caused considerable damage to the enemy's economy. These operations were similar to those carried out by the Chilean navy and marines (led by Lord Cochrane and William Miller) during Peru's War of Independence. As part of this economic warfare, the Chileans extracted ransom payments from civilians and this later led to accusations of pillage. Militarily, however, these actions were very successful and contributed to Chile's victory in the war. The most important incursion of this kind was the Lynch Expedition: In September 1880, Patricio Lynch, at the head of 3,000 men, raided the Peruvian coast between El Callao and Payta (505 miles to the north of this port), creating a great deal of havoc in the local economy.
Soon afterwards, Lynch played an important part in the campaign that resulted in the capture of Lima (15 January 1881). During these operations, he led first a brigade and then a division of the Chilean Army and fought at the battles of Chorillos and Miraflores (Chilean victories). He was then appointed Military Governor of occupied Peru until the end of the War. During the last 3 years of the conflict, the Chilean conquerors (under Lynch's command) faced determined opposition from Peruvian guerrillas, but Santiago emerged victorious from the war and was able to annex large areas of the Pacific coast, valuable because of the deposits of nitrate they contained.
Promoted to Rear-Admiral, in 1884 Lynch was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain. However, while in Madrid he fell ill and was given permission to return home. He died on 13 May 1886 during the return journey, off the coast of Tenerife.
Several Chilean ships have been named after him.
- De Courcy Ireland, John. "Irish Soldiers and Seamen in Latin America" in the Irish Sword, 1:4 (Dublin: Military History Society of Ireland, 1952-1953).
- Patricio Lynch, article in Wikipedia, accessed 9 February 2010.
- Scheina, Robert L. Latin American Naval History: 1810-1987 (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1987).
- Scheina, Robert L. Latin America's Wars. Vol 1: The Age of the Caudillo, 1791-1890 (Dulles: Brassey's Inc., 2003).
Edited: 28 September 2010
Rodríguez, Moises Enrique 'Patricio Lynch (1825-1886), naval and military officer' in "Irish Migration Studies in Latin America" 7:3 (March 2010), pp. 413-414. Available online (www.irlandeses.org/imsla1003.htm), accessed .


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DIA Member Eunjin Is Officially Leaving The Group
She could no longer stand confidently on stage.
DIA's Eunjin has officially announced she is leaving the group.
On May 7th, Eunjin shared a photo of her handwritten letter regarding her departure on DIA's official fan cafe with fans. In the letter, Eujin explained her ongoing health issues and her struggles with fear and anxiety.
Hello. This is Eunjin.
How have the AID (DIA's fan club) members been? To all the fans that have been waiting for me, I would like to apologize for greeting you through this letter. It may be a bit long, but I'm hoping it contains my sincerity.
Truthfully, my health has been deteriorating since last year.
If there were days I felt okay, there were also days when I couldn't even leave the dorm all day because it was too difficult. Whenever that happened, the members were next to me holding my hand, so it was bearable.
But when I was on stage, it was hard to get rid of the feelings of fear and being overpowered. That's why there were many times when I showed a bad side of myself, and showed a disappointing side. I think that could have been a source of disappointment to the people supporting DIA. I know it's late, but I would like to sincerely apologize for my actions.
For the people who were by my side helping me as well as for myself, I continued to receive treatment, but my health is still not good. This is something I wanted to do for a long time, I wanted to do it well, and it was precious to me. But at the moment, I lack many things.
As DIA is preparing for a comeback, I didn't want to cause trouble, and be of no help to them, so I have made the difficult decision of leaving the group.
I have made this decision after a lot of time spent in thought. Again, I'm sorry for causing you this pain. But I hope that the people I love, and the people that love me, will not be hurt by my decision.
This is my last goodbye as DIA's Eunjin, but as the fan that loves DIA the most, I will cheer on our members, and go back to an ordinary person in her 20's and live well.
To my precious DIA members, the agency staff members, and AID, who were always there for me and always worrying for me, thank you. I love you.
I will think of the love you guys gave me whenever and wherever, and be strong.
DIA also released a letter to fans.
Hello, this is Dia.
To the fans who are wondering and waiting on the news about Eunjin, we are sorry that we had to share this news.
We tried our best for a long time to be with Eunjin, but watching her struggle and be in pain made us so upset and hurt.
We started together, and wanted to be together until the end, but the fact that we couldn't made us sad, and more importantly, sorry to the members of AID.
Now we are on separate paths, but we want to respect Eunjin's decision, who gave it her all until the end, and cheer for her.
We hope that AID can cheer for her as well.
We want to sincerely apologize again to the members of AID for causing you to worry.
DIA will cheer for Eunjin, and always be with her in spirit.
The ultimate decision to officially leave the group was based on both her desire to overcome her health problems and to make it less difficult on her group members.
After hearing the news, fans have sent their messages of support for Eunjin.
i hope eunjin gets well soon health always comes first
— 𝒔𝒂𝒎 (@yerimclub) May 7, 2018
eunjin is 1 of my faves in DIA…… so sad but her health is more important. hope u always happy & stay healthy eunjin ah💖 pic.twitter.com/X6zK6djgYG
— 🦄💘 (@cicsssky) May 7, 2018
im so sad i love eunjin so much dia won't be the same without her but her health comes first 🙁
— claire (@taesyongist) May 7, 2018
Eunjin has asked fans to respect her decision and to hopes they will not feel betrayed or hurt because of her departure.
"I will continue to support the members as an ordinary girl in my 20s."
– Eunjin


Alwynne Pritchard with Alpaca Ensemble: Else Bø – piano, Sigrid Elizabeth Stang – Violin and Marianne Baudouin Lie- 'cello. Set design: Vigdis Haugtrø (in collaboration with Trøndelag Orthopaedic Workshop). Costumes: Aistė Žumbakytė (developed from original designs by Aïda Boukenter). Sound: Thomas Honningsvåg. Lights: Ola Fredenlund.
Concept, text, choreography, audio + voice and physical performance: Alwynne Pritchard.
Presented at Studio USF by nyMusikk Bergen and Konsertserien Avgarde in collaboration with Alpaca Ensemble and Neither Nor. Photos: Martin E. Koch.


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There are a lot of amazing non-profit groups in the world, doing amazing work on fewer resources than often seems possible. Long hours, minimal staff, board and donors to answer too, constituents to serve, with a mission far greater than a budget to support it. Often a faction of the very people a non-profit exists to serve meet them with distrust, anger, impatience or outright hostility. They are frustrated by their condition or disease, what it has done to their life and how slow progress is – because if you are living a life interrupted, progress is always too slow.
Yet daily a lot of great people put their full effort into making thing better, if just for this one community, for just a day or for a lifetime. They receive about half to 2/3rd as much pay as they could get in a corporate job. They work nights and weekends, because that's when the volunteers are available. They reuse manila folders and paperclips, print on the back side of paper used once already, and buy their own pens all to save a few dollars because they know it all adds up and the funds are needed more elsewhere – in research or a program.
It has always been unfathomable to me that many not in this sector often think, "Those that can, work corporate; those that can't work non-profit." The very best in the non-profit sector make exceedingly hard work in very challenging conditions look easy, so their work is often minimized. But the easier they make it look, the better they are. If you work in this arena, remember that every time someone acts as though your job is simple and anyone could do it, it is a huge compliment.
Every industry has flakes, flops and fakers – just because someone works for an Association, Foundation or Society with a 501c3 they are not miraculously fabulous. But a lot of them are. A lot. Every once in a while they just need a hand, or a little help seeing the forest through the trees; that's when many decide to hire a consultant/contractor.
Over the years, I have worked with several consultants or contractors. Many were really good, some not so great. A few I'd put in the "thief" category because they inexorably tie the non-profit to them, creating systems, structures and programs that 'required' the contractor to fulfill them, while the results were not what they could be with a different, more incorporated process. All too often, the non-profit is left with a huge bill and an un-executable plan sitting in a binder on a shelf collecting dust.
After two decades of back-breaking, heart-breaking and soul-filling non-profit work, I decided to start Altimeter Consulting. Despite my protests when life is a 5-ring circus, I like fixing things. I am good at finding magic in the mayhem and bringing order to chaos, or just taking something that is really good and helping find a way to make it great. I love to fly at 30,000 feet and survey the landscape; review what's behind, see what's ahead and chart the best course for success. But I am equally adept at landing the plane, executing the tactics, building a solid plan of action that can then be passed along for the next leg of the race.
Most consultants want to do one of two things: catch the fish for you or leave you a lengthy instruction manual on how to catch the fish yourself, without ever getting in the boat. I want to get in the boat together, direct you to the richest waters, show you a different or improved way to cast the net, and stick with you until you are ready to fill the nets in this new or improved way on your own.
I believe in the work that you do. I know how challenging it is and I know how rewarding it can be. If I can help a few more of you catch your breath and reset your altimeter for the brightest horizon, that's a good days work.


Cecilia Galante is the author of three middle grade novels, three young-adult novels, an 8-book chapter book series, and two adult novels. Her first book, The Patron Saint of Butterflies, published in 2008, was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Original Voices Award by Borders, an Oprah Pick for Teens, and a Best Book of the Year by the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association. Her first adult novel, The Invisibles, published by Harper Collins, was released last summer to rave reviews in USA Today and Forbes Magazine. Her second adult novel, The Odds of Me and You, also with Harper Collins, will be published in February, 2017. Cecilia teaches eighth grade English at Wyoming Seminary's Lower School, is a member of the faculty at Wilkes University's Creative Writing Department, and has three children.
In this episode, Jon interviews Cecilia about her book The Patron Saint of Butterflies.


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Rich Hill's recovery 'a slow…
Rich Hill's recovery 'a slow process' but headed 'in the right direction'
Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill was expected to throw off a mound early this week for the first time since he strained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee on March 17. That test has now been pushed back tentatively to Saturday when the team is in Denver. (Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images)
PUBLISHED: April 2, 2019 at 7:57 p.m. | UPDATED: April 2, 2019 at 7:57 p.m.
LOS ANGELES — Like his fastball, Rich Hill's recovery from a knee injury is not moving as fast as it might look.
The Dodgers left-hander was expected to throw off a mound early this week for the first time since he strained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee on March 17. That test has now been pushed back tentatively to Saturday when the team is in Denver.
"With Rich and with all of our guys, there's kind of a plan but you have to be willing to adapt," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "When he's ready to get off the mound, that's the day he's going to get off the mound. Right now, we look at it as we've pushed it back a little bit. It's just got to feel right. It's not necessarily any type of setback. It's just so unpredictable.
"Right now as we set at the calendar, Saturday looks like the day. If it's the day, great. If it's not, then we'll adjust again."
It has been just over two weeks since Hill suffered the injury while pitching in a Cactus League game. It could take at least another two weeks before Hill is ready to join the Dodgers' starting rotation.
"As much as I want to be out there competing and pitching, it's something where I just have to be smart," Hill said, describing his recovery as "a slow process" but one that is "going in the right direction."
He will go through another flat-ground throwing session on Wednesday.
"The way that I would look at it is the flat ground was good the other day and I'm ready to do another one tomorrow," Hill said. "Then getting off the mound is going to be a test because you're going to put more stress on that ligament to leverage throwing from the mound.
"As far as the healing process has gone it has been much more optimistic than when it first happened. I think any time you have an injury and it's new – it's something I've never experienced before – it's kind of uncharted waters. I didn't know where this would take us. I'm pleased with the way it's been healing the last three or four days. The big test is getting off the mound and seeing how it responds to that."
If Saturday's session goes well, Hill is likely to throw at least another bullpen session before facing hitters – either in a simulated-game setting or on a minor-league injury-rehabilitation assignment.
"I'd like to say, 'No.' But I would assume there would be a rehab start that's in the future – and hopefully the near future," Hill said. "But the positive thing is I've been able to keep my arm strength. I haven't had to lose time in that respect."
FIRST OUT
Clayton Kershaw is ahead of Hill in the progression necessary before joining the rotation. He is scheduled to throw four innings or approximately 60 pitches for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday and then throw another simulated inning in the bullpen.
If that goes well and Kershaw doesn't feel the need for another rehab outing – Roberts said last week Kershaw would "drive" the process – he could be ready to make his season debut as early as next week, possibly in the first game of the next homestand if given extra rest.
Whenever Hill or Kershaw is ready to join the rotation, Roberts said left-hander Julio Urias will be bumped from the rotation and moved to the bullpen (not Ross Stripling).
"We're very clear with Julio in understanding our expectations of that," Roberts said.
Urias pitched five scoreless innings with seven strikeouts Monday and is scheduled to make his second start on Sunday in Colorado. Roberts left open the possibility that he would make a third start if Kershaw or Hill is not ready but it is unlikely Urias will stay in the rotation longer than that. The Dodgers intend to limit Urias' innings this season, his first full season since 2016 after major shoulder surgery in 2017.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that the Dodgertown complex in Vero Beach has been renamed the Jackie Robinson Training Complex and will be used for MLB's amateur development initiatives. The Dodgers held spring training in Vero Beach from 1948 through 2008 before moving into Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz. MLB took over operation of the complex in January. …
The Dodgers have re-signed former Indians right-hander Zach McAllister. McAllister was released by the Texas Rangers at the end of spring training. The 31-year-old spent seven seasons with the Indians before splitting last season between the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers. He finished the season pitching for Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Giants (LHP Derek Holland, 0-1, 6.75 ERA) at Dodgers (RHP Ross Stripling, 0-0, 0.00 ERA), Wednesday, 7:10 p.m., SportsNet LA (where available), MLB Network Radio, 570 AM


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In a first, a unique bank opens up in Delhi-NCR, only this time it will lend citizens steel utensils for functions and occasions free of cost to replace plastics.
New Delhi: The problem with plastic is that alternatives are hard to find but that doesn't mean that alternatives are not there or solutions cannot be figured out. A 45-year-old Gurugram resident of Sector-14 Sameera Satija has opened up a 'Steel Crockery Bank' through which she lends citizens steel utensils such as glasses and plates for functions and occasions free of cost. Reason –Sameera wants people to ditch the single-use disposable plastic and reduce the plastic waste burden of the city.
I believe in doing my bit for the society, it is very easy to blame the government – on what they are doing and what they are not. But, we need to ask ourselves as waste generators – what are we doing to curb the growing waste in the cities?
People do things like serving food or drinks to other people for their good deeds, but in the process, there is a lot of waste is generated which end up harming the environment and health. Nobody ever thinks about green good deeds. My question is why? If we are generating the waste, we should be responsible for it. I was simply irritated to see these sights in my area, for me serving people in single-use plastics is a crime. There are so many studies to prove that serving food in plastic harms the health of the person. And, yet we are doing that!
Sameera knew that asking people to buy steel cutlery will not solve this problem since many people will not agree to do so. To overcome this barrier, Sameera shelled Rs. 10,000 from her own pocket to start a bank of steel cutlery – one with glasses, plates, and quarter-plates.
Through her Facebook page 'Crockery Bank For Everyone', Sameera is promoting her green idea. So, next time you have a function, instead of opting for single-use plastics, simply get in touch with Sameera, she will be more than happy to provide these alternatives to you. This service is available across Delhi and NCR regions, the only condition – Take cutlery, don't harm the environment and return them back to her.
To avail the benefits of this service, all you have to do is share your programme date and contact number with Sameera. She will soon get back to you and confirm the availability. In order to ensure that people return the cutlery back to her, Sameera asks for a written letter, the requirement from the Resident Welfare Association functionary or the ward councilor. If that is not possible, then two members who require the crockery will have to submit their IDs and address proofs to Sameera.
Apart from giving steel cutlery, Sameera is also spreading awareness on how to wash them in an eco-friendly manner, she is asking people to opt for disinfectant dishwashing liquid instead of a normal detergent so that zero harm is done to the soil, water or ground.
It is high time we start thinking like a waste generator instead of just a consumer. If my money is my responsibility, then my waste is my responsibility too. The waste crisis in India is alarming, everyone has to think collectively, we all need to take steps. These small steps will give us a bright and green future.
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