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Spread Sheets 2010 Postgame 4
September 28, 2010 by John 11 Comments
Starvin' for Darvin.
You've just got to love this Auburn football team.
And I mean beyond the baldly obvious, beyond the big golden-goose egg in the loss column and the three wins over decent-to-quality teams. Heck, that one obvious fact is frighteningly easy to overlook – plenty of folks have trouble taking it at face value, and perhaps that's the natural impulse. For one, there are significant problems yet to be navigated. Most pertinently, the first half, which in every non-cupcake ballgame so far has ranged from "stalemate" to "trainwreck." Close on its heels is the coverage, which has offered little challenge to three good-to-stellar quarterbacks and one half decent bulldog dichotomy. The linebacking, outside of Bynes, leaves much to be desired. The fumbles. The pass read progressions. The penalties that still bubble up at the worst possible moments.
Moreover, in the past few years Auburn has had its worst troubles down the stretch. Tony Franklin's first half-season had us riding high at 4-1 before our slip off the edge of the canyon into 5-and-7-dom. Chizik's first half-season was even better, 5-0, and we all know how that ended up: shellacked by the Razorbacks, cleaned out by Kentucky, and swept in Amen Corner with a dose of the Mad Hatter sandwiched in there for good measure. There exists a real – and truly reasonable – proclivity toward looking this gift horse in the mouth and seeing nothing but Sham, soon to be flagging behind Secretariat.
I understand that. I'm not rushing to conclusions here, either. If there's anything the intertubes have taught me, it's the value of measured approach. But: ever read about that famous 1973 Triple Crown? We rightly think of Secretariat as a dominant racehorse, but when you go back to tales of his victories, he doesn't seem to have dominated every second of even his most famous races. In the 1973 Kentucky Derby, he came out of the gate dead last. But he kept running and running faster, and faster, and faster until he won the derby by two and a half lengths. He pulled the same crazy stunt in the Preakness, again breaking last but accelerating constantly and surging ahead, devouring the rest of the pack and winning again by two and a half lengths. It wasn't until the Belmont that he, the "tremendous machine," annihilated the rest of the field to the tune of a thirty-one length lead, a record set in the half-mile that stands today.
And what is this team good at, if not that incredible, roaring surge? Both on the offensive side of the ball, when Malzahn's offense hits its eighty-play stride like it did this past week, and on the defensive side, when Roof's boys tear through the opposing O-line, the safeties are crackin' hats, and the ball is coming free to be fallen on. And all the while, Cam Newton can't stop smiling, Dyer's begging for the ball, and our defense is hitting. Sure, there are issues, real issues, and there is still poor play by some plainsmen, I don't deny that, but what have we got? We have raw exuberance, worth two bruised opposing quarterbacks and twenty-one feet of pure flight. We have second-half follow-through like a landslide. We have a heart beating in this football team that is two and a half sizes too large for any horse and win or lose, I'd rather see this team on the field than almost any squad that Tubby fielded. Rip that ball out, run down field and score – give me more.
Did you catch that earlier? That horse that placed second in each of Secretariat's historic sprints, his name was Sham. And we have dealt with some shams – some impostors – already this season. I have faith we'll do it again. The plainsmen are still a very long way from their Belmont, from being the tremendous machine Auburn has the potential to be – but damn do I love to see these guys on the field. War Eagle.
On to the charts?
get on it!
Like a chicken on a june bug.
With all the various tools at my disposal for splitting-out and subsetting game data, there are a whole host of charts that can be (nigh-automatically) generated from week to week. This is better for you, intertubes readers, because there's more info at your fingertips, but worse, too: the page is bound to be unwieldy to navigate, and there would be a lot of navigation needed to make sense of everything.
So this week – in keeping with the public-experiment feel of Spread Sheets – I'm trying out a new format for my charts. For one (thanks to you, reader "Learn to Internet"!) we are now internetting slightly properlier, having foregone the creaky ol' .BMP image format in favor of the much smaller and swifter .JPEG. This should increase the speed at which your page loads, and decrease the speed at which I cram up the interwebs with images. For two, have a look at the shiny new report-like presentation, which should hopefully collect the info in a more meaningful fashion. And lastly, images will be grouped in a gallery instead of posted large-ways in-line with the text. Boom. Each set of topo maps – full teams, QB's, and RB's – is graphed on its own scale, because the QB averages ranged so widely that to scale all graphs identically would wash out all the detail. Click thumbnails to embiggen:
(By all means, let me know if this is lame / awesome – scroll down for your soapbox.)
You'll notice that the game progress line (the running total) goes along with the topo maps. Reason why this is so important: bring up the chart for when USC had the ball and take a look at that third quarter, in which their average gain of 22.67 and 24.5 adjusted yards per play on first and second down (holy smokes) easily eclipses all the other full-team data points. You could point to Garcia's third-quarter numbers and draw the same conclusions – they're 67 and 24.5. Why? Having watched that third quarter, I would agree were you to say that don't make no kind 'a sense.
Numbers don't lie, but they can kind of monkey's-paw you if you ask questions nonspecifically, or if you don't look to where their answers are coming from. Pertinently, the arithmetic mean on which my topo maps are built is sensitive to a statistical outlier, which in this case is a third quarter that saw the Gamecocks run exactly six plays, one of which was a long pass to Alshon "Twice the Size of Our Starting Corner Dammit" Jeffery and the other was the touchdown pass to Gurley, play after next. If you take those two bald outliers out of the calculation, South Carolina managed a titanic -3.3 on four plays, two for not much, one for nothing and one an enormous sack.
This is not to say that score was meaningless, or that it wasn't a lapse by our defense – we can't and won't minus out our misbehavin' with all them ciphers*. But the full story of the second half is that when the Auburn defense wasn't giving up three-play drives for seventy yards and seven points (which it did only once,) it played a tune of sack, sack-for-fumble, sack-for-fumble, interception, interception, and it played it on Spurrier's temples with a ball peen hammer. And the offense had every play but six in the third quarter – The raw arithmetic mean doesn't tell the whole story here.
So keep that in mind and feel free to switch liberally from modality to modality.
First of all, check out the QB's. Newton and Garcia stayed neck-and-neck almost the entire game, with Cam getting it done on the ground and Garcia mostly through the air. Then the second half happened. Cam, obviously, continued to blow the heck up. But Garcia? Aside from that freak scoring drive (which, delightfully, put their slackening defense on the field without much wind in their sails) Garcia looks like a total wreck. But Conner Shaw is even more of a train wreck – is there anyone outside of Spurrier's furious brain that expected anything less from the true-frosh? Sure, Garcia went right under the bus as the Ol' Ballcoach's quarterbacks are wont to do when things aren't going his way. But Shaw got pushed out of the bus, onto the freeway and by the freeway I mean the downtown connector through Atlanta at 5:00 PM. Yow. Welcome to the SEC, kiddo.
One question: why, ballcoach, why? One would think that when the quarterback is swarmed by six to eight hundred pounds of muscle in blue jerseys and has the ball knocked loose on consecutive drives, that some fault ought to rest with the offensive line, the protection scheme, the ability of his guardians at least to fall on the damn ball. Moreover, fumbles of that nature ought not to string themselves together like interceptions might – this is the kind of thing that a seasoned QB should be made to shake off and fight through. And yet the true frosh gets tossed out on the field to have Bynes read his eyes like a comic book and then to throw to a triple-covered receiver who gets his brain rattled, dropping the ball into Demond Washington's (damn athletic) hands. Bad, bad, bad decision, even given Spurrier's propensity for benching an underperforming QB so to give him a double-earful – why?
And to that I say "2006." That last time these teams squared off, Spurrier about had an aneurysm when Auburn took every last snap in the third quarter. Imagine how irritated he must have been when he got all of six plays in this year's iteration. Seriously, conjure up in your mind that level of peak frustration. Bask in the glow for a second. Maybe it doesn't explain everything but it sure is fun to think on.
It must be noted, too, that the intermediate pass routes had a good bit to do with our success last night. This offense seems to live by the rush but die by the incomplete pass, and while I'm as happy as you to see another Cam-to-Zachery bomb, sometimes what we need is just to move the ball, plain and simple. Whether those routes were called more frequently, were more open, were identified more often, or some combination thereof, I couldn't tell you why**. But for whatever reason, they were there, and when Cam threw accurate balls, Auburn connected and the Tigers were in business.
The RB's are no surprise to anyone. McCalebb had an as-typical good night. Mike Dyer, unfortunately, gets defined by his fumble in the first half but kept rollin' down the mountain in the second half and (if not for the fumble) would have turned out a perfectly fine game. And Marcus Lattimore still has yet to show up at Auburn. We're waiting, Marcus.
And Mario – one carry, one fumble = H back, and it's a good thing he's so dangerous with a wheel. I can't bear even to graph his single number (and besides he throws the scale way off.)
Take all the data together now, and look at the full-team charts. The first half for Auburn's offense was – in my opinion – fairly good. Sure, they weren't rolling up and down the field but Malzahn's system isn't expected to do that right out of the gate. What killed us were the little mistakes – two fumbles and one dropped first down by Kodi Burns that ended drives before they even got off the ground. If one imagines how the first half might have been altered had one or two of those mistakes not been made, it's easy to understand them as point errors and not systemic problems. Especially given the second half. It must be said at this point that Auburn, in second half of this football game, looked exactly like they are supposed to look: they laid demonic siege to the backfield, forced turnovers, and then steamrolled the opposing defense with rush after rush after rush after rush. If there is a platonic ideal to which the Malzahn / Roof combo may aspire – to what football itself ought to aspire – we came pretty damn close last Saturday. The charts demonstrate that (again, we've talked about the third quarter and the vagaries of the arithmetic mean.) So what made the difference between the two halves?
I don't think it was the offense, which in the first half was three details short of contention. I chalk it up to Ted Roof. A sack and two fumbles forced from the quarterback? The defensive line ate the Gamecocks alive in the second half. Add to it the two interceptions, one by a wily veteran linebacker victimizing the rookie, and one due to Etheridge blasting a receiver and Washington making a fantastic catch. These guys played great. They kept the garnet and black on defense, which allowed Malzahn to execute his tempo, which got Dyer running downhill, allowed Cam to blast away, and set up that playaction pass to the Swede Killa off that nifty little kick-block-to-flare-route look. It all had to start on Roof's side of the ball and in the second half, his boys delivered.
Give me more. Here's our game progress line, season-to-date:
Next week gives us La-Mo, whom I won't attempt to preview. But as time allows, I'll try to keep the data current for our opponents, and hopefully be able to give y'all a little before with your after. Keep your fingers crossed and War Damn Eagle!
* There are statistical measures which are less sensitive to outliers, such as the median, which some folks have used instead of the mean. However, median statistics aren't exactly appropriate for football. Example: when you measure NFL running backs by their median yards gained per rush instead of their average (mean) yards per rush, they all look practically identical. This is because almost every running play seems to go for between three and four yards. As such, greatness for a running back is defined by big-play potential, rather than the ability to get a predictable three or four on most of his carries – greatness is a measure of how good your outliers are. Thus, statistics that are insensitive to outliers don't necessarily give us a faithful analysis. Given that paradox, it seems best simply to compute the mean and be wary for confounding factors such as, "Auburn holds the ball almost the entire third quarter and gives up what would turn out to be a freak score."
** Because the stupid TV coverage doesn't show you what's going on downfield. The more I come to know the game, the less a TV broadcast can substitute for being in the stadium.
John Magruder is a doctor or something, somewhere up North. He has been going to Auburn games since before he was born. He was in –Legion Field- utero when Bo went over the top. Some mothers play Mozart to their developing progeny. John was raised on the roars of the Tiger faithful. You can chart his growth with his fantastic column, God, Girl, Grill, Gridiron, and write to him at [email protected].
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You Can't Handle Ted Roof via, of course, Patrickthetiger.
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Walt says
patrick the tiger needs his own column. john, this was, as always, amazing as well.
Bellhead says
legends on the graphs need to be clearer FWIW
alapolytech says
Good post, John. I'm glad you turned out to be an Auburn man; that "in utero" influence doesn't always work. My oldest son was in the womb when we attended a Stones concert and he loves Gilbert and Sullivan.
It's good to read someone who give's Roof some respect; he's been unjustly maligned since he arrived at AU.
AGTF says
What about some grafts defining the ratios of passes thrown at each of our DB's and the success of their coverage; passes knocked down, completed, yards allowed with completions, first downs allowed, intercepted, tackles after a catch, touchdowns by opponents, etc
AUEnder says
YOU CAN'T HANDLE TED ROOF!!
That's hilarious. Don't care who you are.
WDE.
Blake W says
"And Marcus Lattimore still has yet to show up at Auburn."
Bellhead: when I first started making the topo maps, the labels for downs / quarters were on there, but I took 'em off because they seemed to clutter things up unnecessarily. But cluttered charts are better than charts that can't be understood: is that something y'all would like back?
AGTF: if only I could. I just don't have access to that data in importable form – if you know where I could find the stats, I'd be more than happy to make a whole mess of graphs out of 'em.
Aubie'sJunk says
Without properly labeled axes and legends, these are nearly indecipherable.
Learn To Internet! says
Progress!
Really, though, .PNG is where it's at for graphics, text, etc. Your images will be smaller than the current JPEG versions but without the blurriness and artifacts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics#Comparison_to_JPEG
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When a Jonah Hill leaves, a Paul Dano swoops in, apparently.
The Hollywood Reporter has word that, in the wake of recent news that Jonah Hill had exited talks to join Matt Reeves' Batman movie, Paul Dano has signed on to take one of the alleged roles Hill was in discussions for: Edward Nygma, a.k.a. the cryptic puzzle-loving mastermind the Riddler (though THR notes the character will be named Edward Nashton here).
The other alleged role Hill was in talks for appeared to be the Penguin, but it remains to be seen if other actors are being pursued currently for that one. Part of the earlier reports around Hill's exits had tapped Seth Rogen as a potential name to join him as the Riddler, but that seems to have been another false start given Dano's arrival.
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Police, Adjective
By Ed Yealu on	 03/26/2010 Film Reviews
Police Adjective is the new film from Romanian Director Corneliu Porumboiu. After the critical success of his previous film 12:08 East of Bucharest, Porumboiu tells the story of a disillusioned young police officer who is suffering from the banality and tediousness of his job as a police officer.
Cristi (Dragos Bucur) has been assigned the case of investigating a group of young kids who are using and dealing small amounts of drugs. Cristi acknowledges that the assignment is superficial and feels that his superiors are exacerbating the importance of the case in order to make up for the lack of real police work. Despite his discontent, Cristi goes on with the investigation of the case and we see the progression of a man who slowly becomes more and more distant from reality and begins to sever the connections from those around him. Through long takes and numerous dull moments we are shown a character study of a young man who tries to find some sort of escape from a desolate and restrictive world.
From the very first series of shots it is clear that this is not a typical cop drama. The film will not be driven by witty dialogue, intriguing shots, action sequences, or suspenseful gunfights. We are instead show the less glamorous side of police work, as we watch Cristi, follow, dead end leads, read over pointless clues and interrogate witnesses to no avail. We follow this character through every painstakingly mundane aspect of his daily routine and we realize that he, along with the "drug dealers" that he is chasing are nothing more that pieces in a much larger bored game of status and control. The film is in no rush to progress the narrative, simply because I don't feel that one really exists. The case that Cristi is assigned is almost irrelevant, instead we sit with this character, as he eats dinner ( a static shot which lasted nearly ten minutes), gets dressed for work, talks with his superiors, argues with his wife, and reads over a note left at the police stations ( and infamous shot where the camera pans down the letter a pace so slow that the letter could have been read ten times over). Through this slow moving method the director is clearly trying to put us in the shoes of Cristi, to make us endure his boring and trivial life, but unfortunately as an audience member we are looking to feel sympathy for the characters, not empathy. Along with boring visuals the film is accompanied by sparse and uninteresting dialogue. There is no real driving force in the film and by the midpoint of the film I found myself being lost in whatever message the director was trying to convey. The only motivating factor in the film was the hope that Cristi would reach some sort of revelation; while he does do this the director executes it in a subtle, uninteresting and anti-climactic fashion.
Some positive of the film would be the cinematography which does a good job of capturing the bleak and desolate community. Dragos Bucur's performance as the habitually annoyed and frustrated officer Cristi is also worthy of praise. He perfectly captures the essences of a broken man and does so without the support of a strong script or intriguing visuals.
An interesting characters study and a worthy attempt at putting the audience in the place of the character; Police Adjective is and honest and simple film, but its lackluster pace and repetitive imagery nullified me to the films message me.
Ed Yealu
Ed Yealu was born and raised in New Jersey and in 2006 graduated from Cedar Grove High School. He is currently a 3rd year TV/Video/Film major at Hofstra University in Long Island, NY. He has always had a passion for film but he but he decided to turn it into a career when he was a freshman in high school. He is actively involved with Hofstra's Student film magazine High Angle. He has always had a deep interest in foreign films and foreign cultures and is always eager to learn more about the world. Doesn't speak Japanese but is known to try. In his opinion a good night is best spent with a DVD a warm blanket and a notepad.
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The market is slowing and investors are drowning in house payments. Is there an end in sight? Probably not. But, is there something you can do about it? Certainly dropping the price until you get it sold it one way to do it. I've got a better solution - sell the house.
What amazes me is that most sellers don't sell their houses. They advertise houses, they list houses, but they don't sell houses. In a good market you can rest on your laurels, but in a soft market you have to be willing to do something different. Stop whining about the slow market and start selling your houses!
Most MLS listings are boring, informative and don't sell the house. That's because most people leave it up to the real estate broker to create the listing, which is communicating with other brokers. Instead, take charge of your listing. Make sure the pictures are great, not average. Photoshop the pictures so there's excellent photos of the front, the kitchen and the most appealing features of the house. If there's a grey sky, wait until there's a blue sky. If there's a dead lawn in the photo, pick up that Photoshop paint brush and make it GREEN. When a buyer's agent is scanning the MLS with their clients, you've got two seconds to catch their attention and initiate a showing - make a good first impression!
A sign in front of your house is good if you are on a main street, otherwise you have to get traffic by your house. Use dozens of directional signs from the nearest main road to your property. On weekends, tie bunches of balloons to the main sign on the road.
Don't, I repeat DO NOT use the cheap sign you find at Home Depot, particularly the info tube that requires you to roll up your flyer. Invest in a solid metal-framed sign that has an attached flyer holder that makes it easy for people to pull out your flyer. If the house is vacant, have an arrow with the words "More info" pointing to the house, and put your flyer box on the stoop of the home. This will get people peeking into the home, which is what you want.
It amazes me how boring and technical most home information flyers are prepared. The lazy real estate broker usually prints the flyer in black and white off the MLS listing computer. Instead, use a full color flyer with excellent high-resolution photos of the inside. If you are not a digital camera buff, go on craigslist.org and hire a high school kid to shoot and edit some photos. Sell the features of the house, not the facts.
Most sellers show houses, and say, in effect, "Ya'll come back now". Let me ask you a question... is this what car dealers do? Of course not! The cardinal rule of a car salesman is to never let a customer off the lot. Why should selling houses be any different? If you elicit the right information out of the buyer to understand that he is in the decision making mode, push him to make a decision.
Can you remember walking into a car dealer thinking to yourself, "I'm just looking, I have not made up my mind yet"? And then, for some inexplicable reason, you left with a new car! Why? Because that salesman sold it to you, he didn't just let you test drive.
Not all buyers are ready to make a decision, but if he's been looking at a few houses for a few weeks, he may be ready to make a decision, even if he says otherwise. Be ready with a contract and try to get the buyer to leave you a deposit check, even if it is refundable. Get as much commitment as you can; instead of showing the property, sell it!


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Alsons hits gold mine in power generation
posted September 12, 2018 at 07:55 pm by Ray S. Eñano
The Alcantara Group has gone a long way mainly from an agribusiness and forestry concern in the mid 50's to transportation, property development and construction-related industries. It has since joined the oil exploration bandwagon in the early 70's but it finally hit pay dirt in the early 90's when it joined the lucrative power generation business.
The Alcantara Group, founded by the late pioneering entrepreneur Conrado Alcantara, has kept its mission to tap Mindanao's vast and undeveloped resources on its way to becoming become one of the largest and most diversified Filipino-owned conglomerates in the country.
Alsons Power Holdings Corp. is keeping the Alcantara Group's vision to develop Mindanao with a solid line-up of power generating plants. Three flagship projects of Alsons Power are all on track for completion starting early next year until 2022. Their completion is timely in light of the government's current infrastructure and investment initiatives in the island. The additional output is on top of the company's four power facilities in the island with a total generating capacity of 363 MW serving key cities such as Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Iligan, General Santos and Zamboanga.
The new key projects include the second 105-megawatt section of the baseload coal-fired power plant of unit Sarangani Energy Corp. in Maasim, Sarangani province, the 15.1 MW run-of-river hydroelectric power plant at the Siguil River basin also in Maasim, Sarangani province, and another 105-MW baseload coal-fired power plant of unit San Ramon Power Inc. in Zamboanga City.
Sarangani Energy's Section 2 baseload coal-fired plant in Sarangani province is expected to begin commercial operations in the first half of 2019. The construction is over 80 percent complete and will add to the first 105-MW section, which began operating in April 2016. The initial phase of the project delivers electricity to over three million people in the General Santos-Sarangani area and other parts of Mindanao.
The output of the second section, meanwhile, is expected to benefit an additional three million residents of South Cotabato, Davao del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Cagayan de Oro City and other key areas of the island.
The15.1-MW Siguil River Hydro project also in Sarangani province is expected to begin commercial operations in 2021 and will provide power to Sarangani, General Santos City and key municipalities of South Cotabato. The hydro project marks the entry of the Alcantara Group, through listed Alcantara Consolidated Resources Inc., into the renewable energy sphere.
ACR recently issued commercial papers worth P1.5 billion to partially fund the development of the P4.25-billion run-of-river hydroelectric power project at the Siguil River basin, and other hydro power projects.
Alsons Power also plans to pursue additional run-of-river hydroelectric power projects in Negros Occidental, Sarangani, Davao Oriental, Zamboanga del Norte, the two Agusan provinces, and Surigao del Sur. The projects have a total hydro capacity potential totaling more than 145 megawatts.
Another coal-fired power plant in Zamboanga City, operated by unit San Ramon Power Inc., is set to start commercial operations in 2022. Five global construction and engineering companies have submitted bid proposals for the engineering, procurement and construction of the power plant in Talisayan, Zamboanga City. The plant will provide baseload power to Zamboanga City and nearby areas.
The construction is expected to begin in the first half of 2019 while commercial operations are set to start in 2022. Once operational, the plant will play a crucial role in stabilizing power supply in the Zamboanga peninsula.
Alsons Power vice president for project development Joseph Nocos cited Alsons Power's commitment to bring the project to completion. "These bid submissions are a testimony to the keen interest the SRPI project has generated and are a vote of confidence to the future of Zamboanga City," he said.
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Made to look like a human, animal or mythical figure, a hand puppet is a type of puppet that is controlled by the hand or hands that will occupy the interior of the puppet. .Puppets has been around since fifth century BC. Pupating culture used puppets for many purposes: to entertain, to inform and as political satires. It is considered as the oldest art form of expressionism.
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This quartet of simple hand puppets (elephant, giraffe, tiger, and monkey) is a great way to lend a hand to kids who are learning to express themselves. Puppet play inspires countless creative stories and amazing imaginary adventures.
Made of quality, long-lasting material.
This set features four themed fabric puppets (farm friends include a sheep, cow, horse, and pig) that are machine washable and made of quality, long-lasting material. Sized to fit both adults and children, these puppets are perfect for role-playing and story-telling.
Soft stuffed-plush heads encourage cuddles.
Invaluable booster for motor skills and communication skills.
This set of five finger puppets (four hooves and unicorn head) takes your humdrum human hand and terrifically transforms it into a unicorn! The hooves are 2 inch (5.1 cm), head is 2-1/2 inch (6.4 cm).
This adventurous pirate puppet can arrange an ocean voyage in your child's imagination. It can ignite a sense of wonder in all children so they can discover themselves, their passions, and their purpose.
Face is expressive and easy to manipulate.
Includes gesture rod for right or left hand.
Use one hand to manipulate the construction worker puppet's mouth and facial expressions, and the other to gesture with the wooden arm rod. It has a permanent hard plastic hat.
Whimsically designed to inspire 'animated' play.
Comfortably slips over the hand.
This epic T-Rex Dinosaur is a must-choose for those who are looking for something with a bit of charisma about them, made to give you a really creative looking dinosaur design that is going to last for many years to come.
Melissa & Doug 2552 Firefighter Hand Puppet features a detachable rod that is suitable for lefties or righties. One hand can manipulate the puppet's mouth and facial expressions while gesturing with the removable wooden rod with the other.
In ancient cultures, objects found in nature as animal bones, branches, flowers, rocks and other inanimate objects were given voice and movement to signify the co-existence of gods and men. Hand and finger puppets wore masks to represent religious figure were used in many cultures.


In digital transformation more often than not we iterate a service; however at certain times we have to launch something new. Normally this is when software changes (new CMS or major changes in coding practices) or when the service hasn't been done before.
Following GDS methodology a new service progresses through a digital lifecycle (discovery, alpha, beta, live) and as analysts our challenge is measuring the impact throughout that lifecycle.
NB measuring the impact through iteration should be a pretty easy to demonstrate if you have an established measurement plan in place. A simple addition/ iteration of a feature should reflect positively/ negatively on a KPI already in place.
Discovery and Alpha phases are naturally where conversations begin on what to track; what to measure. Being able to track is a different aspect as more often than not we don't have anything built yet; but you can start to measure user research findings (e.g. task completion rate, satisfaction…).
Tracking and measuring Beta is normally where the monitoring begins. Working with stakeholders you can understand the user needs and thus what to measure, working with developers you can deploy new/ additional tracking, leaving you with the knowledge of what to measure in terms of a goal and access to the right data respectively.
So you have your goal and you have data; but what KPI/ metric should you choose to measure impact? Unlike the aforementioned iteration, which has the KPI/ metrics already defined, having to genuinely measure impact of something new is very hard.
Before I run through what you should or should not report on, I'd thought I would expand on some common challenges you might also run into.
Stakeholder demands - Can you make a comparison?
Stakeholders logically will (and should) be demanding to see a positive impact of a Beta site. Naturally to do this they will try to make a comparison to the existing site or a rival live site. For analysts this is one to try avoid at all costs because the simple answer is you cannot compare.
Reasons will be clear below, but whilst technically you can report, the reality is you are comparing two wildly different sites. Two sites built differently, two sites that could well be aimed at different audiences, two sites that might have different goals to address. In a nut shell you have nothing comparable to report on that isn't biased in favour of one of the two digital offerings.
Time frames - Aren't they too short?
In a Beta phase, it is all about learning and importantly validating the ideas and offerings you have created.
A Beta phase can last from a few weeks to a few months, maybe even a year. But can you monitor anything worthwhile given the short timescales? Well it depends on what and why you are measuring in the first place. In a Beta phase, it is all about learning and importantly validating the ideas and offerings you have created. Learning and validating is why you should measure, regardless of length of the Beta phase. For example focus on task completion tracking or engagement tracking to validate a feature rather than recording growth metrics of a beta site in general.
So depending how you launch a Beta site you will have significantly less people visit your Beta website than the current website. You might have targeted a specific audience who know about the site (for example those on a mailing list or those that visit a certain referral page within a site). This means footfall is down. If this were similar to an a/b test where traffic is equally split between the live site and the beta site, only then would aggregated session based metrics become relevant.
Pageviews are triggered by hit based activities. As well as the initial page load, other hits triggering a pageview include clicks on a carousel, in page sign up, email subscription, likes/ shares and many more. So depending on the features on a page, pageviews can differ despite this being one page. Often a BETA site is different than the live site, it will have less, more or different features and thus widely fluctuating pageviews (per session or per user). Throw into the mix the purpose of the user journey (live website to buy, investigate, share…; Beta website to nosey, compare, see whats new…) and you now add differing traffic volume (number of pages viewed) into the equation. In general you cannot compare page views; either in total or per page as the pages in question are not a valid comparison.
Bounce rate is not a KPI. Please don't do that. It has its place, but bounce, like time online is very subjective. A user could get what they want on a page and leave, a user might not get what they want and leave. We have no idea if they were happy or not. We can also easily bias bounce rate based on adding hit based features mentioned earlier. A site with more features, means more "events" are tracked and less bounces are recorded. Sites with differing features will have different bounce rates. So don't use this metric as a comparison and also take caution when monitoring it as new features are added.
NB You can omit certain events from affecting the bounce rate (See Non-Interaction Events). This is good when you want to record events but feel it shouldn't impact on bounce rates.
Similar to bounce rate, is a short visit better or worse than a long visit? We really don't know as it depends on what the user is trying to do. For example are they browsing product pages or are they just after a telephone number? Length in this case will differ significantly so try avoid this as an aggregated metric.
Instead of top line aggregated metrics such as page views, sessions or users, lets monitor metrics about loyalty.
I would suggest visitor loyalty metrics and trying to grow these during Beta and beyond. Not necessarily using the returning visitors metric (returning once isn't necessarily a loyal user) but ones who engage, ones who keep returning multiple times (in certain time period), ones who advocate and ones who convert (what ever we determine convert as). Simple define your "loyal" or "engaged" user, create a segment and then report on that. (Be that a % – loyal to non loyal or a segmented view of other metrics).
Instead of time online, let look at time to complete a tasks.
Lets get specific and focus on tasks users will do on your website. This could be simple as a subscription sign up, to more complex things such as account sign up, purchase or form submission. Measure the time to complete these tasks/ goals instead an direct efforts to reduce them.
Instead of page views per visit or bounce rates, lets look at completion rates for key tasks.
You can measure the impact of a Beta site. Avoid the "comparison" metrics and focus on the micro moments that validate a user need and thus add value. Once your site moves from Beta to live these metrics will often continue giving you a much needed baseline to record against.


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Restaurants in Leeds
This Indian restaurant in Leeds is offering free food to help muslims break their fast during Ramadan
Mumtaz, in Leeds Docks, is inviting people to celebrate with them at Iftar
Samantha Gildea
Mumtaz Leeds is offering free food and drink at sunset during Ramadan to help muslims break their fast
An Indian restaurant in Leeds is offering free food and drink to help muslims break their fast during Ramadan.
Mumtaz, in Leeds Docks, is inviting muslims and non-muslims alike to celebrate Iftar with them each day at sunset - the time when muslims are able to eat and drink following a day of fasting.
The restaurant says the offer will run for the whole month, until Ramadan ends in early June.
The restaurant said: "From everyone at Mumtaz Leeds we really wish you well in this month.
"We pray that you come visit us during Iftaari/sunset when we will offer complimentary food and drinks for everyone (muslim or not muslim) in celebration of the month and also as a source of reward for us."
Ramadan sees millions of believers abstain from eating or drinking anything from dawn until sunset.
Fasting includes no food, drink, sex, smoking or swearing.
The fast is also known as sawm. The act of fasting is said to cleanse the soul and bring believers closer to God.
It also teaches people about self-discipline, self-control, sacrifice, and empathy for those who are less fortunate.
A Leeds man's journey from marching with the EDL to praying at a mosque
Just before dawn families will break their fast, this is called suhur - and at sunset people will again gather for fast-breaking, this meal known as Iftar.
According to tradition, Mohammed broke his fast by eating three dates, so the fruit is usually the first thing people will eat.
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Ferriby, under new manger Paul Foot, take a break from league action on Saturday when they travel to fellow Evostik Premier Division side South Shields. On the face of it, it is a daunting task to play a side that has a one hundred per cent home record and has scored 17 goals and concede just one at home.
However, Ferriby's only win this season came in the home league fixture where The Villagers triumphed 3-0. That result hurt Shields and they will certainly want to make amends for that on Saturday.
South Shields are currently in 6th place in the table, almost wholly because of their home form. They had an impressive 11-0 win against Wearside League side West Auckland Tunns in the Durham Challenge Cup. Given the disparity in playing levels, a large victory was probably anticipated.
Ferriby played well at Buxton to gain a more than deserved side against another side that is doing well. For once, it was Ferriby, rather than the opposition, who scored inside the final 20 minutes. Like, the previous three games, this was a game that Ferriby could have won but gaining a point after a run of defeats was still welcome.
Once Ferriby return to league action they know that even a short run of good results could see them climb the table given how tight the situation is in the bottom half.
If Ferriby are to progress in the Buildbase Trophy they will need to end a dreadful run in cup competitions that has not seen them win a match in regular play or extra-time since they defeated Ebbsfleet in 2015 on their way to winning at Wembley.
"It's going to be a tough game at South Shields on Saturday. They will not only be wanting to win in order to progress in the Trophy but losing at Ferriby in August will have hurt them and they will want to correct that. That result means they will not be underestimating us.
"They have won all their home games and that is impressive. However, as they showed at Ferriby and elsewhere on their travels, they are not unbeatable.
Six players have left this week but the signings of Gary Bradshaw, the club's record goalscorer, Tom Waudby and Alex Wollerton on loan from Leeds United will go same way to replacing those players. All three are available for Saturday.


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People of Pattaya celebrate Queen's Birthday with high regard and enthusiasm as National Mother's Day. Get informed Queen Sirikit's birthday in Pattaya here.
Pattaya : Pattaya Festivals & Events : Queen's Birthday in Thailand
Queen's Birthday in Pattaya
Queen's Birthday in Thailand, which falls on August 12, is celebrated by her subjects in the country, including Pattaya, with high regard and enthusiasm as National Mother's Day. Queen Sirikit has earned deep respect for herself with her hard work for the welfare of Thai society and crafts. She rules not only the land but also the hearts of the people.
Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, born on August 12, 1932, is a beloved of her subjects. Affectionately, they call her the Mother, itself telling about the reverence she holds in the people's heart. During here long stint as the Queen, she has made every effort for the welfare of her subjects. Reviving of several Thai folk arts and crafts has been a remarkable contribution of her. Bang Sai Arts & Crafts Center is a brainchild of the Queen. It has gained worldwide fame today, thanks to the patronizing of the Queen.
The Queen's SUPPORT Foundation (Foundation for the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations and Her Majesty the Queen Related Techniques) has expanded continuously since its establishment in 1976 to include craft shops in various tourist areas including Pattaya, and two Thai Folk Arts and Crafts Training Centers at Chitralada Villa and at Bangsai in Ayutthaya.
Life of Queen Sirikit is a story of romance, self-discipline, courage, motherhood, devotion and service to the people of Thailand. Her Majesty's love and devotion has not only encompassed her husband and family but the entire nation of Thailand. Care and compassion is an unstinting part of her personality.
The Celebrations
Residents of Thailand, including Pattaya, express their love and respect for the Queen on her birthday. The country is soaked in joyous atmosphere on the day. People decorate their homes with flags and portraits of the Queen. They also illuminate their houses on the occasion. Government offices are also cleaned and decorated. People pray for their beloved Queen and wish her long life and happiness.


Obviously, the best way to avoid crowds at Walt Disney World is to go during "off-season". Historically, attendance was typically low during September up to Thanksgiving week, two weeks prior to Christmas, and the week after New Year's up to Washington's birthday. However, it seems Disney has caught on to this, creating a plethora of events such as Run Disney race weekends, and extending the Holiday party schedules for Halloween and Christmas. In addition, the Food and Wine Festival is getting longer and longer each year to draw in more visitors. It seems that the "off season" is now a thing of the past. Don't worry, though, you can still have a wonderful time with some planning ahead!
It's always a good idea to have a plan. Figure out what rides/shows you MUST do, what rides/shows you'd like to do and what you can miss. Remember Walt Disney World is a BIG place. Unless you're staying on for a month or so, chances are you are NOT going to be able to see it all and do it all. But if you have a plan, you should be able to accomplish most of what you want to do and avoid long waits. While others are trying to decide where to go first, you can walk over to the ride of your choice. Knowing where you're going is definitely the way to go. The addition of FastPass+, while frustrating for some, has increased most visitors ability to hit their "must do" attractions, relieving some of the stress of planning your days. As long as you can plan early enough to take advantage of the pre planning window (60 days for Disney Resort Guests, 30 days for off property guests), you can formulate a rough plan and "lock in" those must do rides.
Each park also has an information stand which displays wait times for shows and rides. Now, you can also use the My Disney Experience App to view real time waits, schedule or modify your fast pass selections, and view the park's entertainment schedule. The app is remarkably accurate, when it is working properly. Tip: Try not to rely on the in park Wi-Fi signal when using the app if you have a large enough or unlimited data plan with your cell carrier. Your cell network will work more reliably, in most cases, than the in park wi fi.
The parks usually hit peak capacity between 11 AM and 3 PM. It's also the hottest part of the day during most of the year, the time when tempers can really flare up, even in the happiest place on earth! This is a good time to take a break and go back to your hotel and rest or enjoy the pool. Return to the park after 4 PM, when more people are leaving the park than are entering.
If you're going to stick it out and spend a whole day in the park, make sure you take a break. If you're going to eat in the parks, make Advanced Dining Reservations as soon as you can. This will mean less waiting time for you when you get to your restaurant. If you eat early (lunch before noon) or late (lunch after 2 PM), you are less likely to get stuck with a crowded restaurant.
To avoid long lines at rides, go when the parades or evening fireworks are scheduled. Everyone will be lined up to watch the event and lines for rides will be minimal. If you want to see any of the parades in the Magic Kingdom and avoid the crowds, DON'T line up on Main Street. Try watching from Liberty Square or Frontierland.
At the end of the day when the park is closing, take your time. Everyone is rushing for the buses, boats and/or monorails. Why should you be caught in the crowds? Enjoy the shops of Main Street or Hollywood Blvd. Take in the early evening flora and fauna of the Animal Kingdom. Or enjoy the fountain in the center of Epcot. Part of the fun of WDW is relaxing and enjoying your surroundings.
Tired of the crowds, but you don't want to leave the parks? There are some places in each park that are traditionally less crowded, calmer and/or cooler.
Spaceship Earth, The Seas with Nemo and Friends, Universe of Energy, Gran Fiesta Tour, Wonders of China, American Adventure, Impressions de France, O Canada!
Pangani Forest Exploration Trail, Wildlife Express, Conservation Station, Flights of Wonder at the Caravan Stage, Finding Nemo stage show, Lion King stage show.
If it all gets to be too much at any of the parks, find the nearest bench (preferably shaded), plunk yourself down and people watch. Grab an ice cream or cold beverage. Take in your surroundings and take a few deep breaths. Relax, you're in Walt Disney World!


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Q: javafx setting value of variable I am absolutly beginner in JavaFX. I have JavaFX class Sprite :
public class Sprite extends CustomNode {

protected var xPos : Integer;
protected var yPos : Integer;

public function setxPos(){
    this.xPos=50;
}
public function getxPos():Integer{
    return this.xPos;
}
public function move() : Void{
    xPos=xPos+2;
}

}
I use instance of this class in class Main. I set vaule of variable with function setxPos(). When I print value of variable, value is 0. This is code from class Main.
var sprite : Sprite;
sprite.setxPos(50);// use setter
println(sprite.getxPos());// value is 0
sprite.xPos=50;// without setter
println(sprite.getxPos());// value is 0 too

Where is problem ??
Thakns.

A: There is no such function setxPos(value: Integer) defined for the setter - you only have a setxPos() function without an argument and even then it hardcodes the value to 50 - it seems unlikely that your sample code would even compile.

I advise ditching JavaFX 1.x and the JavaFX Script language as they will be completely unsupported by Oracle by the end of the year and Oracle will switch off the runtime distribution server for these technologies.
Instead put your time into learning JavaFX 2, which is just written in the Java language for which there are many tutorials.  To learn JavaFX 2, read and follow the examples in the JavaFX 2 documentation.
Here is a blog reference which contains an excellent example of JavaFX 2 sprite animation.

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Movies exhibiting Rivalry
The Hating Game (2021)
Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient
nemesis Joshua, a rivalry that is complicated by her growing attraction to him.
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When the new girl in town tries out for her high school's cheerleading team, she unwittingly humiliates the most popular girl in school, leading to de
adly consequences.
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The Rack Pack (2016)
The story of the 1980s snooker rivalry between the flamboyant Alex Higgins and the methodical Steve Davis.
Champs (2015)
A documentary on boxing greats Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins examines their lives in and out of the ring.
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In a World (2014)
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Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is - t
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The Crash Reel (2013)
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and two in the world leading up to the ..
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A re-creation of the merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.
Slightly Single in L.A. (2012)
Dale Squire is a hip, quirky, independent single gal living in the glossy city of Los Angeles. After several failed attempts in quasi-relationships,
Dale concludes that finding a meaningful relationship in L.A. is impossible. But being anti-social is tough for any young girl in Hollywood. With Jill's frantic wedding right around the corner, Dale finds herself reflecting on the significance of marriage, and the mutual respect needed for a successful relationship. When Zach, a successful heartthrob rock star and old friend of Dale's finds his way back into her life, Dale slowly starts to think that maybe finding love in L.A. is possible - the only problem is that her realization might have come too late, leaving Dale in a silent love triangle, with no way out.
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Blue Crush 2 (2011)
Haunted by the memory of her deceased mother, Dana leaves Malibu behind and heads to South Africa to fulfill her mother's dream of surfing Jefferys Ba
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Cats and Dogs The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
The ongoing war between the canine and feline species is put on hold when they join forces to thwart a rogue cat spy with her own sinister plans for c
onquest.
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Marmaduke (2010)
A suburban family moves to a new neighborhood with their large yet lovable Great Dane, who has a tendency to wreak havoc in his own oblivious way.
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Brennan Huff and Dale Doback are both about 40 when Brennan's mom and Dale's dad marry. The sons still live with the parents so they must now share a
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The Prestige (2006)
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The Cutting Edge Going for the Gold (2006)
Two ice skaters (Christy Carlson Romano, Ross Thomas) develop a love-hate relationship while dreaming of Olympic glory.
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Zathura (2004)
Danny and Walter are two brothers who barely get along even while driving their parents to distraction as their older sister tries to ignore them. De
spite their squabbling, the brothers manage cooperate enough to play an old mechanical board game named Zathura. However, after their first move, they find that the game has apparently flung them, their sister and their entire house into outer space. Furthermore, the brothers surmise the only way to return home is to finish the game. However with almost every move, new dangers arise as the siblings find themselves learning to cooperate in ways they never expected as they realize what they mean to each other.
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The Mighty Ducks 3 (1996)
In the third episode of this series, the Ducks get scholarships to Eden Hall Academy, a high ranking prep school. But as freshmen, they will have to
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Toy Story (1995)
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Feast of July (1995)
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Gallery Update: Meryl Streep in the 1990s, part 2
The gallery updates continue with a second batch of 1990s updates. These photos range from 1996 to 1998 and include Meryl's promotions for "Marvin's Room", "One True Thing" and "Dancing at Lughnasa". Almost all albums have been replaced with better quality images and new additions as well. A complete list can be found under the preview images below. The third and final update of 1990s images will follow later this evening, so check back.
Image Library – Public Appearances – 1998 – "Dancing at Lughnasa" Premiere New York
Image Library – Public Appearances – 1998 – Walk of Fame Ceremony
Image Library – Public Appearances – 1998 – "One True Thing" Premiere Los Angeles
Image Library – Public Appearances – 1998 – "One True Thing" Premiere New York
Image Library – Public Appearances – 1998 – Taping of "Defending Our Daughters"
Image Library – Public Appearances – 1997 – Visit to Vassar College
Image Library – Public Appearances – 1997 – "Marvin's Room" Photocall Japan
Image Library – Public Appearances – 1996 – Women in Hollywood Awards
Image Library – Public Appearances – 1996 – A Magical Evening Gala
Image Library – Public Appearances – 1996 – 68th Annual Academy Awards
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Streep in the 1990s: The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
"The Prom" full trailer released
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Meryl Streep on "Parkinson", October 14, 1981 video & screencaptures
Meryl Streep's TV debut "Secret Service" celebrates 40 years!
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NOW STREAMING | Released December 11, 2020 on Netflix
A group of stage performers (Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden, Andrew Rannells) in need of a career boost travel to a small Indiana town to help out a teenage girl who is refused to attend the high-school prom with her girlfriend.
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In Steven Soderbergh's improvised comedy, Meryl Streep plays a famed author who takes a trip to England to accept an award and invites her old friends - played by Candice Bergen & Dianne Wiest - to reconnect and heal old wounds.
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Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument could be spared, state sued over harbor lights, Lehua rat poison drop commences, special session on rail funding nears, Board of Regents poised to vote on Thirty Meter Telescope resolution, more news from all the Hawaiian Islands
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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he's recommending that none of 27 national monuments carved from wilderness and ocean and under review by the Trump administration be eliminated. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument is on the list for consideration. Associated Press.
House and Senate negotiators have tentatively agreed on a plan to bail out the city's rail project by raising hotel room taxes statewide and extending the general excise tax surcharge on Oahu for another three or four years, according to sources familiar with the discussions. Star-Advertiser.
A decision to move forward with a special session to address funding for Honolulu's rail project could be made Thursday. KHON2.
Saying they are frustrated with the city's failure to talk about new ideas on how to find money for rail, state lawmakers are looking to place tighter reins on money collected to pay for system's project $2.8 billion shortfall. Hawaii News Now.
Could recent plunge in public transportation ridership spell trouble for rail? KHON2.
Three conservation groups filed suit against the state Wednesday, claiming it has failed to address the harm to imperiled seabirds on Kauai, Maui and Lanai caused by bright lighting at its facilities in violation of the Endangered Species Act. Star-Advertiser.
Conservation groups today filed a lawsuit against the Hawai'i Department of Transportation for allegedly failing to address injuries and deaths of three species of critically imperiled seabirds. The lawsuit claims the deaths and injuries are the result of by bright lighting at state-operated airports and harbors on Kauai, Maui and Lanai. Maui Now.
In response to a lawsuit filed by environmental activists over the death of endangered birds, the state Department of Transportation says their facilities don't violate any environmental regulations. Hawaii News Now.
The Hawaii Department of Transportation is facing a lawsuit over lights at its airports and harbors. KHON2.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that police officers working off-duty jobs at private events may not qualify for legal protection. Hawaii News Now.
The Hawaii Community Foundation today will bring together more than 200 island nonprofit organizations to prepare for potentially devastating cuts in federal funding under the Trump administration. Star-Advertiser.
State civil defense officials say they are prepared to add air-raid sirens to monthly exercises as early as Nov. 1, but will meet with mayors before setting a date. Tribune-Herald.
The advent of Donald Trump on the national stage has had a galvanizing effect on many Democrats in the country, and none more so than U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, who is running for re-election in 2018. Civil Beat.
The who's who of Hawaii's medical cannabis dispensary program will be meeting today. The Medical Cannabis Working Group has been meeting every month for the past year. This will be the first meeting since dispensaries have opened. Hawaii Public Radio.
During a hearing at the state Capitol Wednesday, Department of Health officials weren't able to provide lawmakers with a clear timeline for the certification of medical marijuana testing labs. Hawaii News Now.
Pasha Hawaii has ordered the construction of two new ships that will join its Hawaii-Mainland trade lane. Pacific Business News.
Building several hundred affordable rental apartments on state land in the Liliha- Palama area is now likely 15 months or more away from getting started, pushing back construction from what had been an anticipated start late last year. Star-Advertiser.
Kunia Village, an affordable rental housing development reserved for farmers and their families making less than 60 percent of the area median income, has been completed. Pacific Business News.
The city could start cracking down on sleeping along Oahu streams. After an increase in homeless along our waterways, a bill to block this type of illegal camping advances at the Honolulu city Council. KITV.
Oahu's Cheapest Source Of Power Is About To Go Away. How HECO plans to replace that electricity for Oahu customers is still unknown but Hawaii's last coal-fired power plant intends to shut down in just five years. Civil Beat.
The Caldwell administration is considering switching back to a call-in, by-appointment-only system for bulky item trash pickup on Oahu, Environmental Services Director Lori Kahikina said Wednesday. Star-Advertiser.
Valuable crime fighting tool credited for a decrease in crime in Oahu neighborhood. KHON2.
Hawaiian Airlines and the Honolulu International Airport have each scored top spots in a new ranking by free travel service RewardExpert. Pacific Business News.
With the Thirty Meter Telescope project nearing a key regulatory hurdle, the University of Hawaii Board of Regents is expected to reassert its commitment to the stewardship of the Mauna Kea summit in a resolution on the board's agenda today. Star-Advertiser.
A foam food container ban will be back on the table next month, following a unanimous endorsement by the county Environmental Management Commission. West Hawaii Today.
Amazon.com Inc. said it has no intention of pulling the Kindle online book series "Peter Boy: Hawaii's Most Notorious Case of Child Abuse and Murder" from its website. Tribune-Herald.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees unanimously approved the Wao Kele o Puna Comprehensive Management Plan during a Resource Management Committee meeting on Oahu Wednesday. Big Island Video News.
The University of Hawaii at Hilo's efforts to draw more students to its Hale Alahonua residence hall appear to be paying off. Tribune-Herald.
Agricultural shipments from Kahului Harbor were down 40 percent in the second quarter with interisland shipper Young Brothers blaming the closing of Maui's oldest and largest farming cooperative at the end of June for the severe drop-off. Maui News.
With talk of the impeachment of President Donald Trump stirring on Capitol Hill, Hawaii U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz addressed the possibility of the president's removal from the White House a couple of times Tuesday during a town hall meeting before a mostly progressive crowd of about 150. Maui News.
Maui Family Support Services will receive $1.3 million for its Early Head Start program, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz announced last month. Maui News.
The University of Hawaii Maui College registered a slight uptick in enrollment as it began the fall semester Monday with 3,318 students enrolled, up from 3,298 a year ago. Maui News.
The state proceeded Wednesday with the first of three rodenticide bait drops in the latest effort to eradicate rats on a tiny island off Niihau. Star-Advertiser.
The clouds cleared around Kauai and Niihau Wednesday morning and the Lehua Island restoration project began. Garden Island.
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources began aerial application of rodenticide today in an attempt to control the rat population at Lehua Island, an area managed as a State Seabird Sanctuary. Maui Now.
Molokai Planning Commission Chairman Rob Stephenson said Tuesday that he hasn't made a decision yet on how he'll respond to the calls for him to step down from his post. Maui News.
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THE IMPROVISER'S TOOL KIT: Skills For Thinking and Acting Under Pressure workshop handout
The ability to think and act under pressure is "emotional agility," which is the psychological and emotional capacity to navigate uncertain and unfamiliar situations without being derailed by the stress response. The skills learned through improvisation games and experiences replace the natural self-protective defenses of over-thinking, emotional over-reactions, desire to control events and need for
Hand-Out created by Jude Treder-Wolff LCSW CGP MT
certainty.
Emotional agility is defined by Mind-Fitness Training Institute as the "cognitive and psychological adaptability, or the ability to think rapidly and creatively under stress, anticipate or quickly adapt to uncertain or changing situations and improvise when faced with obstacles." It is difficult to impossible to think on our feet when the stress response is flooding us with cortisol and adrenaline, and it takes nothing more than a perceived sense of threat for the stress response to shut down our prefrontal cortex which is responsible for reasoned judgment and long-range thinking.
Research shows that the best approach to developing the ability to think and act effectively under pressure is to play games and engage in creative experiences that produce a controlled sense of crisis, in which the stakes are low but there is authentic emotional energy and commitment.
The improviser has no props, no script, and no agenda, so is primed for the emotional agility that frees us to think and act in response to the present moment. The improviser's toolkit is a set of skills, a way of thinking, an understanding of the dynamics of human interaction, and generosity of spirit. Emotional connection is central to good improvisation and to the success of the important mission that social workers and other professionals who work with people carry out every day.
Training in Applied Improvisation accelerates social connection. Skills learned in a positive emotional atmosphere are more likely to be recalled and used when we are under stress or being tested.
Social Connection: Improvisation occurs through human interaction within a set of agreements or structures that frame the field of choices. The fact that people are coming together to both play with uncertainty and learn something new can heighten the bonding experience. People do not have to open up about deeply personal aspects of their lives to feel connected through improvisation, because everyone is vulnerable, the spirit of improvisation is supportive and collaborative, and the experience itself is a way of revealing self to others. Like fans rooting for a mutually-beloved team, everyone who engages in the process of improvisation has a stake in what develops through the collaboration.
Learning that if we are not afraid to fall we will be able to learn and grow is the foundation of effective psychotherapy. If something has never happened before we might not believe it can happen at all, but history shows us that as we work at gaining a sense of mastery over a new role, strength or skill set we will struggle, flail and may have to try again and again. Improv games train us to learn from every one of those tries and stay open to the unknown and unfamiliar. In this way training in improvisation is an ideal process for therapists to learn techniques and skills that enhance real-time responsiveness to the twists and turns of a therapeutic process, and can be useful tools for clients as well. In an improvisation, the creative process has no predictable outcome, but the process itself is an exercise in possibility. Teaching clients how to navigate the emotional space between where things are now and where we want to go is one of the most important and ongoing functions of effective psychotherapy and the change process.
The therapeutic benefits of engaging in improvisation are expanded upon in this blog post: Improvisation and Cognitive Flexibility: Changing the Way We Think Changes Everything
Read about the concept of neuroperception and how this impacts emotional agility on The Applied Neuroscience Blog. This blog is a very easy read about complex and important science that helps us understand the science behind human interaction and how to maximize successful the therapeutic and educational process.
The 5 fundamental skills of dynamic interaction learned through improvisation are:
Listening –
Accepting/Receiving
Yes...and
WORD ASSOCIATION GROUP GAME
Connect group members to one another through a low-risk task;
Identify the diverse meanings of a single word or concept among people;
Identify the barriers to communication that exist even among people from the same culture and similar background;
Explore and discuss the internal response to a somewhat open-ended directive;
Group members are directed to write down as many words as they can that associate with the word RUN within 60 seconds. Then the group breaks down into smaller groups of 3 or 4. The group gets a point for every word that all the members have in their list. Debrief: What are the implications of the (frequent) reality that it is unlikely the group will have more than 1 word, if any, in common?
What internal monologues were triggered by this task?
What self-awareness can be generated by looking at the internal monologues triggered by this task?
LISTENING GAME
Experience focused listening from the stand point of speaker and listener;
Heighten awareness of internal talk that interferes with active listening;
Heighten awareness of internal self-protections from the intimacy of being heard without interruption;
Practice the most fundamental skill of the improviser - to receive what is communicated without judgment;
Participants pair up, and sit facing one another. The pair decides who will be Person A and who will be Person B. A random suggestion is generated from the group. Person A then talks for 30 seconds without stopping, making eye contact with Person B the entire time. Person B does not speak during this time. After 30 seconds, Person B is directed to repeat back as much as he/she remembers of what was just said. A new random word is chosen and Person B talks for 30 seconds while Person A listens, making eye contact the entire time. Person A then repeats everything he/she recalls. Then both players have a free-form conversation for approximately 1 minute.
Debrief: What was it like to talk and maintain eye contact with another person for this period of time? What was happening in your mind as you listened? What, if anything, popped up in your mind that may have interfered with the flow of ideas when you were the talker? How does this exercise speak to the dynamics of successful interaction when under pressure?
THIS TAKES ME TO...WORD ASSOCIATION GAME
Develops greater emotional connection within the group through low-risk personal sharing;
Is an opportunity for participants to think on their feet under pressure;
Cultivates the improviser's tool of following a thread of ideas and expressing something without knowing what will come of it;
Cultivates spontaneity and creative flow;Words drawn from the conversations between players in the last exercise are written on small pieces of paper, folded up and put in a bowl or basket. A participant pulls a word and then begins a spontaneous, brief story that starts with the word followed by "takes me to..." e.g. the word pulled is "dog" so the player says "dog takes me to the time I was out jogging and I saw this dog that looked lost to me, it had a collar on and seemed friendly..." After a brief, personal story (it is important that the story reveal something true about the person that is a memory or event and ideally what the word association takes him/her to even if it is indirect, e.g. the word "dog" takes me to "I never had a dog in my life because I don't really like them, I do like birds and I had a parakeet that used to imitate all the sounds in our household...etc").
Debrief: What happened internally during this exercise?
How does personal sharing impact the interaction within a group?
What is it like to think on your feet when an entire group is paying attention?
Danish Clap
Get out of analytic mindset and fear of making mistakes;
Focus on partnership through nonverbal connection;
Promote a sense of play and a playful approach to new experience;
Watch a video demonstrating this game
Free up the judging/evaluating functions in our thinking minds that interfere with relating to the here-and-now;
Experience what happens internally when the only rule is to say a word and there is no way to get it wrong;
Open up creative pathways for improvised scenes or for more free-flowing conversations with others (applicable to therapy or education settings);
Develop spontaneity within a group and within an individual;
Practice paying attention and being ready to respond without knowing when the moment to act will come;
One person starts off by saying any word that comes to mind. The person to the left says the absolutely first thing that comes to mind in response. There should be no pause to search or edit during this exercise, which is for pulling down those barriers to creative thought and the free flow of energy. Each person receives a word, responds with the first thing that comes to mind, then delivers a word to the next person and so on around the circle. After a round or two of that, a word is tossed to someone in the circle by pointing to them in a very focused, committed fashion, and this person responds by saying the first thing that comes to mind, then tosses a word to someone else in the circle.
MIRROR SCENE Objectives: Practice the yes...and, agreement and collaboration skills of dynamic interaction; Heighten awareness of the creativity that can be develop through observing these rules of dynamic of interaction; Heighten listening and receiving from a partner and building on offers; Demonstrate how thinking and acting under pressure can be built upon curiosity and creativity; Two players accept a suggestion from the group. Player A begins a movement based on that suggestion, and Player B begins to mirror that movement. After approximately 30 seconds of silent movement one of the players begins a conversation. The movement continues as they conversation evolves and the relationship between the 2 characters is revealed. These scenes are about 1-2 minutes long, and end when the group is on the same page and knows who these people are to each other. Debrief: How did initiating with movement inform the creation of this relationship? What was it like to work without a script to create a story with another person? How is this process like actual encounters with others in therapeutic settings? How does movement inform the way people relate to one another?
CRIME CONFESSION Objectives: Demonstrate the power of group collaboration; Develop skills in connecting with the emotional energy of the group and using it to co-create; Experience giving and receiving cues and using them to co-create with others; Demonstrate the power of the social environment in shaping our responses and emotions;
A player volunteers to the "criminal" and leaves the room. The group then decides what the criminal is guilty of, e.g. what he/she did and to whom. The crime can have as much complexity as the group feels prepared to work with. One or more players volunteer to be the interrogators. The group will be a kind of chorus signalling whether the "criminal" is hot, warm or cold in responding to the interrogation and trying to determine what the crime is. When the "criminal" is hot, the group says "Aaahh" indicating acute interest and approval. When the "criminal" is cold, the group says "Oh" in a vocal tone that indicates disinterest and disapproval. When warm, the group says "hmmmmm." Through the interaction between the interrogators picking up on what the "criminal" is getting right and the group signals the criminal is led to a confession of the crime chosen by the group. When he/she says "I confess to _____" the game is over.
Debrief: How does the social environment impact our behavior and emotional life? How did the group collaboration play out? How might the social environment be impacting our client in their attempts to change? What signals from the social world encourage change and what signals shut it down?
Jude Treder-Wolff, LCSW, CGP, MT is a consultant/trainer and writer/performer, President of Lifestage, Inc and host/creator of (mostly) TRUE THINGS a live show that features true stories - with a twist - told by people from all walks of life, backgrounds and ages.
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