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SLN ALL AREA BASEBALL: All hail, Racine County as 3rd annual squad features stars from 15 schools
Posted by Ed Nadolski	/ In Sports Check Blog	/ August 2, 2018
Southern Lakes Newspapers All Area Baseball 2018
Krause, Chapman, Wilmot trio lead largest 1st team
Waterford 2018 graduate Aaron Chapman finished his Wolverine career as a sneaky-good closer. He's playing Division 1 college baseball this fall. (Rick Benavides/SLN)
By Mike Ramczyk
sports@southernlakesnewspapers.com
The 2018 area high school baseball season didn't necessarily feature bona fide, blue chip superstar players.
But what it did have was strong talent across the board, and our 16 high schools are evident of that in our third annual Southern Lakes Newspapers All-Area Baseball team.
Only one person donned the WBCA All-State list, and that was junior second teamer Trey Krause from Burlington.
Thanks to a devastating, mostly unhittable curveball, Krause not only sported an ERA in the low 1s but batted .474 en route to our Player of the Year honor, the third straight recipient from the Demons.
Most impressively, Krause started and won a sectional semifinal game on the road at Kenosha Tremper, then two hours later in the sectional final, struck out two batters and closed the game with a 1-2-3 seventh inning to clinch a state berth.
Now that's clutch, folks.
It's not a coincidence that Burlington advanced to the state tournament the past three years, highlighted by a state championship in 2016.
Burlington and Union Grove each had multiple first team selections, but Wilmot led the area with three.
And don't forget about the little guy.
Players from Palmyra-Eagle, Big Foot and Whitewater all proved they had what it takes to play at any school, in any conference, and dominate.
Over the course of the last six weeks, my crack staff of Jason Arndt, Tim Wester, Chris Bennett, Kevin Cunningham, Daniel Schoettler, Dana Ehrmann, Dan Truttschel and Michael Hoey helped gather statistics, nominations, odds and ends and coaches' comments from our 16 area baseball teams, a plethora that includes Racine, Kenosha, Walworth and Waukesha counties, along with five conferences.
As always, I have the final say. This idea was my baby back in 2016, when I started questioning why we only did All-Area teams for our four Racine County schools, though it's the majority of our circulation, at least numbers-wise.
But we are everywhere, like pools in the summer, and I thought it was only right to show all our newspapers and players some love.
This has made for a much more competitive and prestigious squad.
My first criterion is always the eye test.
What jumps off the page?
Stats are a serious consideration, along with impact in the postseason and team leadership.
The icing on the cake is what the coach has to say about a player.
Is he a team-oriented star that makes everyone else better. Is he one of the best defensive stoppers in decades?
And did he dominate his conference, region or state?
Team performance also weighs in.
Sit back, relax, grab a cold beverage and microwave up those leftovers, because the show is starting.
Trey Krause, junior, Burlington
– 2nd team WBCA all-state, SLC POY, all-Racine County POY, .474 batting average, 37 hits, 7-2, 1.26 ERA, 90K, 61 IP, 26BB, 42 hits allowed
– please see www.myracinecounty.com, mywalworthcounty.com, mykenoshacounty.com for a full-length feature on Krause
Scott Staude, Burlington
Literally an award he could win every year, Staude, at the helm for the state-qualifying Demons for his 20th season, earned his paycheck in 2018.
With former players of the year Zach Campbell and Aaron Mutter graduated, along with big hitters like Jacob Lindemann, Bryan Sturdevant, Dale Damon, Aaron Studevant and Cal Tully all gone, Grant Tully remained the only major link to the 2016 Division 1 state championship team.
So what did Staude do?
He started a sophomore, Christian Brenner, at catcher, leaned on the talented pitching arms of Trey Krause and Trent Turzenski, only juniors, and kept it moving in the win column with a third consecutive Southern Lakes Conference championship.
But it wasn't easy by any means.
It required a six-game win streak to finish the season, as Burlington got hot and staved off solid squads like Waterford, Wilmot and Westosha Central, all of which boast legit college baseball Division 1 talent.
The Demons only batted .303 as a team, but the pitching staff was lights out, posting a team ERA of 1.76.
Six pitchers tossed at least 10 innings, and the highest ERA was 3.33, while three were sub-2.00.
This is a testament to an elite coaching staff built by Staude, which includes former Major League pitcher Bob Lee, 82, Burlington Barons pitching star Karl Richter, longtime Barons stalwart Ryan Hoffman and longtime assistant Tom Krause.
This is only the tip of the iceberg, as a total of eight or nine assistants joined the Demons in Appleton for their third straight state run.
Staude's infectious passion for the game of baseball, along with legit credentials as a player (All-American in college), are the perfect mix, and his constant positivity and enthusiasm make everyone in the vicinity better.
When things started slow and the Demons hovered barely above .500 midway through the season, Staude's constant vision never wavered, and things turned around with a sweep of mighty Wilmot, the conference favorite, along with a dominant sectional where Burlington simply out-classed host Kenosha Tremper and Kenosha Bradford.
At state, thanks to a next-level pitching performance from Krause, the Demons only lost 2-1 to Arrowhead, which featured several Division 1 college players and went on to lose in walk-off fashion in extra innings in the state title game.
Staude's program is better than ever, and he proved in 2018 that no matter his team's overall talent level, his commitment to small ball and pitching will always persevere and lead to wins.
Kyle Gendron, senior, Wilmot
Gendron showed remarkable command of his pitches and also posed a challenge in the batter's box.
Hands down the best right-handed pitcher in the area, Gendron followed up a strong junior campaign with an even better senior year, one in which he went 6-3 on the mound with a 1.23 ERA in 57 innings.
Gendron walked 12 and struck out 66. At the plate, he added a .290 average with 16 RBIs.
"Kyle was our ace," said Wilmot assistant coach Jason Bunton. "When he wasn't pitching, he played first base and had a 1.000 fielding percentage."
Gendron, who will play college baseball at Division 2 Winona State University, was a first team all-conference pitcher.
Currently, he is starring for the Burlington Barons.
Gendron helped lead the Panthers to second place in the Southern Lakes.
Aaron Chapman, senior, Waterford
One of the area's most talented, versatile stars, Chapman reinvented himself as a closer in 2018, going 3-1 on the mound with three saves and a 1.24 ERA.
Chapman didn't really pitch as a junior.
A first team all-SLC and all-county infielder, Chapman led the Wolverines with a .361 batting average, including 26 hits, a home run, 13 RBIs and a team-high .948 OPS.
The 2017 Southern Lakes Newspapers Western Racine County Male Athlete of the Year thanks to his prowess as a first team all-SLC cornerback on the football field, Chapman will play Division 1 college baseball at Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne.
Tanner Peterson, junior, Wilmot
This Division 1 Illinois State University recruit did it all in 2018, most notably firing a complete game shutout to beat state runner-up Arrowhead.
And he's not even an "ace" pitcher.
Tanner batted .425 with 31 hits, 17 RBIs, two home runs and 10 stolen bases.
"Tanner was 'Mr. Do-it-all' for us, playing every outfield position, second base and being our No. 2 pitcher," Bunton said.
On the mound, he pretty much solidified his ace role for next season, going 4-0 with a 1.75 ERA, featuring 34 strikeouts and 13 walks and 34 innings.
For his efforts, Peterson was named a first team all-SLC outfielder.
Alec Spang, senior, Union Grove
A hard-nosed, tough catcher, Spang hit .408 to lead the Broncos back to the middle of the pack in the loaded SLC.
He drove in 29 runs, collected 29 hits and smashed 10 doubles.
Spang earned first team all-county and first team all-SLC accolades.
"Alec is a hard worker, a great teammate and always positive," said Union Grove coach Nathan Meyer. "He is a workhorse that caught all but seven innings for us this year and led our team in almost all the major hitting categories and seemed to always come up with a big hit when we needed it."
"Alec also did a great job commanding our young pitching staff and shutting down the other teams' running game."
Spang boasted an impressive .988 fielding percentage.
Grant Tully swipes a base at the state tournament in June, his third straight state tournament appearance. (Rick Benavides/SLN)
Grant Tully, senior, Burlington
One of the best all-around athletes this area has seen, this all-conference football, basketball and baseball star showed why he's a human swiss army knife for the Demons in 2018.
The 2017 All-Area Football Player of the Year showed his elite speed on the base paths, ripping off 12 stolen bases.
Tully was the senior leader for Burlington and posted a career high batting average of .350 while recording 28 hits and four doubles.
Grant was a first team all-county outfielder and second team all-SLC selection.
"Grant had an outstanding career and went to state three times as a starter," Burington coach Scott Staude said. "Flexible player in the field that can play multiple positions."
Tully started in the outfield as a sophomore and senior, while starting at shortstop and second base as a junior.
Gunner Peterson, senior, Wilmot
Gunner, who will join brother Tanner at Illinois State, came through when it mattered most at the plate.
Gunner delivered a game-winning RBI in Wilmot's first meeting of the season with Westosha Central.
He nearly did it again in the next meeting, belting a home run in extra innings, but the Panthers eventually fell after running out of pitching options.
Gunner was named the MVP of the WBCA State All-Star game this summer.
In the spring, Gunner hit .380 with four homers, 23 RBIs and 14 stolen bases.
"This is a player that gave us everything he could with the limited ability to throw a baseball due to inflammation in his shoulder," Bunton said.
Gunner earned honorable mention all-SLC honors.
Charles Robinson, senior, Burlington Catholic Central
Charles Robinson hit .462 and was one of the area's best infielders. (Jake Hill/SLN)
A three-time All-Area performer, Robinson finally cracked the first team thanks to a monster senior campaign.
The quick, natural hitter and speedy runner batted .462 with 30 hits, 16 RBIs and an area-leading 24 stolen bases.
Charles was named first team all-Metro Classic and first team all-county as an infielder.
Bryce Parrish, senior, Whitewater
The hometown boy will move about a mile from Whitewater High School to play college ball at Division 3 UW-Whitewater this fall, and his senior season proves why the Warhawks covet the stellar pitcher.
Parrish was named to the Janesville Gazette All-Area team, amid stiff competition, thanks to a ridiculous 0.88 ERA and 5-1 record on the mound.
He also hit .460 with 29 hits, nine doubles, five home runs and 24 RBIs in leading the Whippets to a 14-9 record and a WIAA Division 2 regional final appearance.
"One of the best seasons ever both offensively and pitching in Whitewater history," said Whippets head man Jim Pease. "A two-time captain, Bryce is definitely one of the best players in the area and state."
A four-year varsity player, Parrish was first team all-Rock Valley.
Luke Hansel, junior, Union Grove
The third undeniable ace on the first team, Hansel was named second team all-conference only because of Gendron.
Otherwise, this sometimes slept-on talent throws just as hard as anyone in the area and can shut down the mightiest of lineups.
Hansel was named first team all-county thanks to a 5-2 record on the mound with a microscopic 0.89 ERA.
In 47 innings, Hansel struck out 65 and walked 12, while scattering 35 hits.
He also hit .373 with 19 RBIs.
"Luke had an outstanding year on the mound," Meyer said. "Every time he took the mound, we knew we had a really good chance of winning that day. Luke puts in the work during the offseason, and it really paid off this year."
Luke Hansel has a chance to challenge for SLN Player of the Year as a senior in 2019. (Rick Benavides/SLN)
Lonnie Garlock, senior, Palmyra-Eagle
Named Trailways Conference player of the year, the first baseman tied the school record for home runs in a season.
Garlock helped lead a team that won the Trailways South with a 16-0 mark and finished 16-3 overall.
Kaleb Greco, junior, Walworth Big Foot
A first team all-Rock Valley pick, Greco battled in a tough conference and the Chiefs finished 7-11.
But Greco showed his clout, leading off for the Chiefs and batting .520 to lead the area.
"Kaleb is an outstanding center fielder and leadoff hitter," said Big Foot head coach Steve Bochat.
Christian Brenner (left) and Trent Turzenski break down strategy at the mound. (Rick Benavides/SLN)
Trent Turzenski, junior, Burlington
The ace of the staff on most clubs, the lanky power right-hander provided a lethal 1-2 punch with Krause that helped Burlington enjoy a near-perfect month of June.
Turzenski shut down a powerful, state-ranked Kenosha Tremper squad, on its home turf, in a sectional final back in early June.
Perhaps more impressive was a week of domination that saw Turzenski fire a multiple-inning save at Wilmot, then shut down the Panthers at home a few days later to help clinch the Demons' third straight SLC crown.
The 6-foot-5 athlete, who should have a strong season on the basketball court this winter, went 5-1 with a 2.52 ERA, striking out 53 in 47 innings and walking 20.
Turzenski started seven games on the mound.
At the plate, the second team all-county pick hit .341 with 28 hits and 15 RBIs, good for second on the Demons.
"Trent would be a No. 1 starter on most staffs," Staude said.
Turzenski also earned all-SLC honorable mention.
TJ Manteufel, sophomore, Union Grove
The future is bright in the Grove, with Manteufel and Hansel both back next season.
The Broncos featured one of the area's best infields thanks to Manteufel, who dazzled at shortstop.
TJ hit .380 with three homers and 18 RBIs to earn first team all-SLC and all-county honors.
A speed demon, Manteufel snagged 19 stolen bases.
The talented infielder helped the Broncos turn a losing record in 2017 into an 8-6 finish in the top-heavy, stacked SLC.
"TJ put together a very good sophomore season and helped our team in so many different ways," Meyer said. "TJ's work ethic is second to none, and he works year-round on all facets of the game and it definitely showed this season."
Union Grove shortstop TJ Manteufel earned first team all-SLC honors as a sophomore. (Rick Benavides/SLN)
Josh Leslie, senior, Westosha Central
Our first Falcon, team leader and All-Area mainstay Leslie will play college baseball at Mesa Community College in Arizona this fall.
Leslie led the 17-7 Falcons all the way to sectionals, where a late comeback almost led to a sectional final appearance.
The infielder earned honorable mention all-SLC thanks to a .315 batting average, including 19 RBIs, five doubles and two triples.
Leslie also walked 20 times and boasted a team-best .453 on-base percentage.
"Josh is a three-year varsity starter that leads by example on and off the field," Central coach Jacob Morman said. "This kid is all baseball all the time. He's a kid that helps propel a program in the right direction by the way he sets an example for the younger kids in the program."
"We're going to miss him moving forward. He's going to do great things at the next level."
Nick Rockweiler, junior, Elkhorn
Another first team all-SLC selection, Rockweiler was the MVP of the Elks in 2018.
A dynamic outfielder, Rockweiler hit .392 with a .467 on-base average.
He earned Janesville Gazette All-Area.
Rockweiler led the Elks with 31 hits and 19 RBIs.
Noal Brouwer, senior, Delavan-Darien
A lights-out pitcher with nasty stuff that constantly moves and gives batters fits, Brouwer has been an ace for the Comets since he was a sophomore.
Brouwer neary struck out two batters per inning for an entire season, a rare feat, with 84 K's in 42-2/3.
His domination led to a 3-3 record, 2.95 ERA and only 27 walks.
At the plate, he added a .373 batting average in 51 at-bats.
"One of the hardest workers I've ever coached," said Delavan coach Mike Grover. "He's a hard thrower, and every pitch he throws moves."
Dawson Vance, senior, Lake Geneva Badger
Vance can flat-out fly to cover ground and chase down balls in the outfield, and this year he put it all together at the plate.
The first team all-SLC performer helped the Badgers to a winning conference record thanks to a team-high 23 hits, 19 RBIs and .348 batting average.
"If we were scoring runs, he was right in the middle of it," said head coach Aaron Zweifel. "It was great to see him have the year he had as a senior. He took the starting spot and ran with it."
Justin Paasch, senior, Wilmot
People forget that the Wilmot Panthers were ranked No. 1 in the state in area back in April after a perfect 6-0 start to the season.
Along with Gendron and the Petersons, Paasch provided more star power at shortstop, where he only committed two errors all season and fielded a .966 percentage.
Offensively, Paasch hit .338 with 22 hits and 18 RBIs, and he struck out four times in 85 plate appearances.
Paasch also added 13 stolen bases.
The first team all-SLC pick also earned all-Kenosha County honors.
Andrew Chapman, freshman, Waterford
Already a second team all-SLC and second team all-county pick in his rookie season, the younger Chapman's future is bright, and he could be poised to take over with big brother Aaron now playing in college.
Andrew had the game-winning hit to knock off conference champion Burlington at Beaumont Field in Burlington, and he was second on the team with a .354 batting average.
Andrew led the club with 20 RBIs and six doubles.
Patient beyond his years, Chapman also took 13 walks and led the team with a .462 on-base percentage.
Don't be surprised if the young phenom jumps to the first team in 2019.
The future is glowing for Waterford's Andrew Chapman, who earned second team all-conference as a freshman last spring. (Rick Benavides/SLN)
Austin Glidden, junior, Westosha Central
One of the aces for perhaps the second-best team in the SLC, Glidden posted a 2.86 ERA with a 4-1 record on the hill in 2018, good enough to earn second team all-SLC.
At the plate, Glidden hit .321 with 19 RBIs, two home runs and eight doubles.
"We ask Austin to do just about everything for us, and that's really because the coaching staff trusts that we can put him anywhere and he will play that position at a high level," Morman said. "We can count on Austin to give us a good game on the mound every time out."
Jimmy DuVal, senior, Whitewater
A repeat All-Area player, the four-year starter hit cleanup for the Whippets.
A first team all-RVC pick, DuVal hit .368 with 20 RBIs and five doubles.
"Jimmy played outstanding in the outfield," Pease said. "He's one of the best in the area getting jumps on balls and running down gap shots."
Chad Zirbel, senior, Burlington Catholic Central
A sure-handed glove in the outfield, Zirbel overcame injury during football and basketball seasons to star in the spring.
He totaled 23 hits, 13 RBIs and 10 stolen bases and hit .370 in leading the Toppers to a winning record and top-four finish in the loaded Metro Classic Conference.
Zirbel was named first team all-Racine County and first team all-MCC.
Collin Dorow, senior, Mukwonago
A first team all-Classic 8 and second team all-summer baseball selection for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dorow was an ace pitcher on the mound for the second-place Indians.
Also a dangerous threat at the plate, Dorow helped the .500 Indians win seven straight conference games to finish the season, the last one for summer baseball in the state of Wisconsin.
Though the Indians bowed out in the first round of the playoffs a few weeks back, highlights included a 16-7 record and a victory over summer state champion Muskego, a game in which Dorow got the victory.
Zach Guenther, junior, Waterford
– 2nd team all-county, 6-0, 46-2/3 IP, 33H, 40K, 13BB, 2.25 ERA
Chance Larson, Elkhorn
– .408 BA, 18RBI, 29 hits, .494 OBP, HM all-SLC
Austin Pfeil, senior, Williams Bay
– 2nd team all-Trailways South
Tucker Strommen, junior, Burlington
– 1st team all-SLC IF, .286 BA, 20 hits, 5 2B
Scott Day, senior, Walworth Big Foot
– .450 BA, 19 RBI, all-RVC
Kyle Huckstorf, junior, Waterford
– 2nd team all-SLC, .345 BA
Dylan Anderson, junior, Westosha Central
– 4-1, 1.92 ERA, 47-1/3 IP, 22K… "Down the stretch he was our go-to guy in big games, and he delivered every time," Morman said.
Frank Koehnke, senior, Burlington Catholic Central
– 25 hits, 15 RBI, .410 BA, HM all-MCC, 2nd team all-county
Derek Koenen, senior, Burlington
– scored Demons' only run at state, .286 BA, 18 hits, 3-1, 1.75 ERA, 12 IP, 16K
Dylan Pease, junior, Whitewater
– .404 BA, 21 hits, 1st team all-RVC
"Ultimate team player, and an extension of the coach on the field," Pease said.
Alex Salerno, junior, Westosha Central
– 2nd team all-SLC, .333 BA, .439 OBP
"Alex is one of the best center fielders in the area," Morman said. "He catches everything and has a tremendous arm. He works hard, has great character and is a really good player."
Bryce Konitzer, senior, Mukwonago
– 1st team summer all-Classic 8
Tyler Swanson, sophomore, Catholic Central
– .446 BA, 29 hits, 14 RBI, 23 SB, 2nd team all-county, HM all-MCC
John Huffman, soph., Catholic Central
– .429 BA, 24 hits, 10 SB, 2nd team all-MCC, 2nd team all-county
Christian Brenner, soph., Burlington
– .273 BA, .995 fielding %, 2nd team all-SLC, 21 hits, 7 2B, 16 RBI
Colton Surges, sr., Lake Geneva Badger
– 2nd team all-SLC, .292 BA, .403 OBP, captain
"He was our starting first baseman and was the main reason we had a good defense," Zweifel said.
Eric Gonzalez, jr., Delavan-Darien
– HM all-SLC, .431 BA, 22 hits, 14 RBI
Sawyer Weinreich, sr., Palmyra-Eagle
– 1st team all-Trailways, highest batting average on team, stellar defensively
AJ Kwiat, sr., Palmyra-Eagle 1st team AC, #1 pitcher last two seasons, led conference in wins and strikeouts
Heath Dillenbeck, sr., Big Foot
– 5-1, sub-3 ERA, .340 hitter, 2nd team all-RVC
Area leaders
Kaleb Greco, jr, Big Foot, .520 batting average
Trey Krause, jr, Burlington, .474
Charles Robinson, sr, Catholic Central, .462
Bryce Parrish, sr, Whitewater, .460
Scott Day, sr, Big Foot, .450
Tyler Swanson, soph, Catholic Central, .446
Eric Gonzalez, jr, Delavan-Darien, .431
John Huffman, soph, Catholic Central, .429
Tanner Peterson, jr, Wilmot, .425
Jack Hereley, jr, Big Foot, .420


Remain still and quiet, and listen for the song that is different from the rest, instructs Curtis Smalling, a Boone-based birding expert and director of Land Bird Conservation with the High Country Audubon Society.
In high school, Smalling expanded his knowledge beyond what he could hear by regularly checking out library books. The librarian noticed his passion and introduced him to her husband, an ornithologist who later became Smalling's college professor at Appalachian State University.
Eventually, the childhood hobby blossomed into a career with the Audubon Society. Today, Smalling doesn't just listen for the song of the black-capped chickadee; he studies its genes to reveal the health of the species. And the brown-headed nuthatch? He knows just where it likes to live, so he's leading a project to build 10,000 nest boxes for the songsters. He also provides information to the forest service and other groups to encourage bird friendly planning for the future.
Even with the technology, the expert's advice to new birders is unchanged: Remain still and quiet, watch, and listen.
Start by discovering what's in your yard.
Learn the calls: We hear 90 percent of birds but only see 10 percent.
Train your ear to isolate one instrument in a song. Then try to single out a particular bird call from the masses.
Get used to using binoculars.
To learn more about birds and listen to their songs, visit www.audubon.com/field-guide.


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Ikepod Returns, Affordable and Without Marc Newson
Industrial design for the wrist, via Kickstarter.
Cheryl Chia
Ikepod,
After going bust six years ago, for the second time, Ikepod is back from the dead, now with the same styling but a wholly different strategy and price. The new Ikepod watches are crowdfunded, and start at just over US$500.
But first, a bit of history…
Ikepod's second resurrection is taking place almost a quarter of a century after the brand was first founded in 1994, set up by industrial designer Marc Newson and Swiss businessman Oliver Ike. The company name was derived from Mr Ike's last name and the pod-like design of the watches, most of which had model names ending in "-pod".
The brand gained cult status for its curvaceous, futuristic designs, helped also by Mr Newson's name recognition. But appeal as they did to fans of good design, the watches remained a niche product, hindered also by their price. The company went under just after the turn of the century.
The brand was launched once again in 2008, once again as a luxury brand, led by Mr Newson and backed by art collector and dealer Adam Lindemann (whose father happened to be a contact lens and cable television billionaire).
Egged on by Mr Newson's ambition, the watches were expensive creations, even more expensive than in Ikepod's first incarnation. They were mostly in precious metals, and beautifully finished objects on and off the wrist. And thanks to Mr Lindemann's connections, there were even collaborations with noted contemporary artists like Jeff Koons and Kaws. But it was almost inevitable and Ikepod folded for the second time in 2012.
The Second Coming of Ikepod
Last year, a trio of investors led by majority stakeholder Christian-Louis Col, a Swiss natural with a diverse experience in luxury goods, acquired Ikepod with a clear vision and a sensible strategy of bold design and affordable prices.
In Newson's place is Emmanuel Gueit, the watch designer responsible for penning the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore and the Rolex Cellini. While the original Ikepod design elements have been kept intact, the watches have shed the "Swiss made" label. They are instead produced in Hong Kong with Miyota quartz movements (made by Citizen of Japan in China).
And while the case design remains the same, their construction is different. The original Hemipod cases were one-piece, with the dial and movement being removed from the front of the case with a special tool. The new watches, however, are conventionally built, with a removable case back to access the movement.
The crown of the new models feature the original Ikepod logo of a Hemipode, a species of bird that includes the quail
Leading the charge are the time-only Duopod and the Chronopod chronograph. They are each available in a variety of dial colours and finishes, including the trademark dimpled surface conceived to create an optical illusion of volume. The dimple dial was premiered on the Ikepod Horizon which was the flagship model during Mr Lindemann's ownership.
Crucially, both models are fitted to a silicone, pin buckle strap modelled on that found on the first generation Ikepod watches. The second generation Ikepod watches, in contrast, featured the cleverly designed, pin-button buckle strap Mr Newson originally designed for Ikepod and then installed on the Apple Watch. But the new watches are made to fit any of the older Ikepod straps.
The Duopod has a stainless steel case in the original, elliptical Ikepod shape. It measures 42mm in diameter but wears smaller due to the lack of external lugs. Inside is a quartz, two-hand Miyota movement.
The Chronopod is a three-register chronograph with a 44mm steel case that's similarly styled and more compact than it looks. It's powered by a Miyota JS 25 chronograph movement.
Two special editions will be available only during the Kickstarter launch. The special editions feature orange hands and black dimpled "Dots" dials.
The Kickstarter special editions
Neither model features a running seconds hand so there are no outward signs of the quartz movement inside. There are, however, automatic models planned for late 2019 according to Ikepod.
The Duopod starts at SFr330 on Kickstarter, with a projected retail price of SFr550. The Chronopod is SFr410, with a retail of SFr650. They are available on Kickstarter, with delivery in May 2019.
The Ikepod Hourglass by Marc Newson
Marc Newson Brings Industrial Design to Montblanc Fountain Pens
Designed by Apple's Marc Newson, the Montblanc M is a sleek writing instrument with a magnetic cap that ensures it aligns perfectly on the barrel.
Up Close With The Glass Timekeepers Of Design Legend Marc Newson
Marc Newson's genius is most apparent in his glass timekeepers.
Introducing the Farer Automatic Chronograph
Affordable, with a varied colour palette.
Farer,
Accessibly priced, retro-style watches in smart colours are a recurrent theme for the Anglo-Swiss brand Farer, which is based in the UK but relies on a Swiss specialist for manufacturing. After the launch of a GMT automatic and "Super Compressor" style dive watch, Farer now debuts its first chronograph.
Like the brand's preceding models, the chronograph is available in three iterations, the Cobb, Eldridge and Seagrave, all named after figures in 19th century British motor racing.
The case is stainless steel, measuring 39mm in diameter and 12.5mm in height. It's smaller and slimmer than most chronographs in its price range, largely due to the modular ETA movement inside.
It's the Elaboré-grade ETA 2894-2 (the grade means the movement is decorated with blued screws and perlage, and regulated), which is an ETA 2892 base with a Dubois-Depraz module added on top.
While not integrated like the more common ETA 7750, the 2894 is significantly thinner, measuring 6.1mm high, compared to 7.9mm for the 7750.
Depth-rated to 100m, the case is fitted with a bronze crown – a signature feature of Farer watches – that will acquire a patina over time. The bezel is brushed while the case feature a sandblasted recess along both flanks.
Though they are variations of the same model, admirable effort has been put into making each iteration different. All three watches have widely different dials, distinguished not just by colour, but also in the type of hour markers, and even the size and style of the chronograph registers. But all three share the common quality of having a matching date wheel at six o'clock.
The Cobb is the most unusual and distinctive of the lot, featuring a matte, dark blue dial with a "big eye" sub-dial at nine o'clock and applied baton markers. It has four distinct dial levels to display information, with a raised tachymeter and sharply sunken registers.
The orange tachymetric scale, as well as the yellow and orange chronograph hands give the dial colour, complementing the sub-dials that are segmented into different shades of turquoise, giving it a look reminiscent of a vintage Heuer Skipper.
The most restrained of the trio is the Seagrave, a modern take on the classic "reverse panda" dial. Here the white sub-dials are outlined by a graduated grey scale, matched with orange hands for the chronograph and a green constant seconds hand.
Like the Cobb, the Seagrave has applied indices filled with lume, and the dial is framed by an tachymeter scale with blue markings.
Of late, no vintage-inflected watch line is complete without the evocative exercise of reproducing a faux "tropical" dial. The Eldridge has a striking, metallic tobacco dial that varies in hue under the light, matched with blue accents.
Featuring a telemeter scale on its raised chapter ring, the dial has a pair of equally oversized sub-dials that have a snailed finish. And unlike the other two models in the range, the Eldridge has Super-Luminova Arabic numerals for the hours.
The three models are fitted with quick-release Horween leather straps.
The Farer Automatic Chronograph is limited to 100 pieces in each style, and priced at €1850 or US$1950, available direct from Farer.
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A classic, mid-20th century military pilot's stopwatch remade for a modest price.
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Lineage B.1.617, også kendt som VUI (Variant Under Investigation)-21APR-01
er en af de kendte varianter af SARS-CoV-2, den virus der kan føre til sygdommen COVID-19.

Denne variant blev først identificeret i Indien 5. oktober 2020
og er blevet betegnet som en "dobbeltmutationsvariant."
Betegnelsen 'dobbeltmutation' henviser til mutationerne hos B.1.617 − til de kodende sekvenser i positionerne 484 og 452 (E484Q og L452R) i spike-proteinet.

Denne terminologi er kontroversiel. En forsker i infektiøse sygdomme Kristian Andersen fortalte radiostationen "National Public Radio" (NPR), at "SARS-CoV-2 muterer hele tiden. Der er mange dobbeltmutationer overalt. Varianten i Indien bør ikke beskrives som sådan."

Noter og referencer
Noter

Referencer

Se også
 Lineage B.1.1.7, påvist første gang i England i september 2020 (UK eller Kent variant)
 Lineage B.1.351, 'sydafrikansk variant'
 Cluster 5 − en mutation af SARS-CoV-2 som blev opdaget hos mink i Danmark (Se 'minksagen)
 Lineage P.1 − 'brasiliansk variant'

Eksterne henvisninger
 "Beskrivelse af udvalgte virusvarianter og mutationer" : "Udvalgte SARS-CoV-2-virusvarianter og mutationer, som [...] Statens Serum Institut holder særligt øje med, da de formodes at være ekstra smitsomme og/eller have nedsat følsomhed for antistoffer".

COVID-19
Begivenheder i 2020
Begivenheder i 2021

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Fall…what a great time to implement change! It's a natural time to reassess the year so far, implement some things you haven't done yet, and set up the coming year for success.
For myself. I am refocused on my health and wellness (especially before the holiday meals and parties appear on the calendar). I am also focused on life-work balance and tipping the scales to life more!
Fall is also about comfort as the days get shorter and cooler. Sweatshirts, warm foods, some early fires in the fireplace, and football! As such, I have gathered a few of my favorite Fall recipes for you!
Did you know a FIREPLACE is a wonderful DIFFUSER???? Just add three drops of essential oil to each log half an hour before lighting the flame. Put your feet up and enjoy snuggling in front of a fragrant blaze.
I hope this gives you some ideas for enjoying these cooler crisper days and making some changes for yourself!


With a million rods on the market when it comes to walleye fishing, figure out how to select the right one for your needs can be complicated. Walleye fishing whether jigging for walleye or trolling for walleye is so much FUN! Walleye are some of the best eating fish the pnw and the rest of the us has to offer. In this video TJ of Hester's Sportfishing talks about what rods he uses when fishing for Columbia River Walleye. Thanks so much for tuning in, please tap that subscribe button, we have more walleye videos coming!!


Our mission is to stimulate the economy of Eastern Arkansas through tourism and business development resulting in an improved quality of life for all.
Our vision is a vibrant economy generated by tourism and business development and driven by communities working together.
Back in 2000, a group of visionary locals got together and formed a grassroots initiative to develop tourism and business in the eastern delta region of Arkansas. Under the name Tourism & Business Initiative (TBI) of Eastern Arkansas, this group founded what is now The Gladlands. With the help of the Kellogg Foundation, The Gladlands was created to promote the many fun, exciting and intriguing tourism venues available in the two county areas of Lee and St. Francis in Eastern Arkansas. After years of planning, The Gladlands is now ready to welcome tourists from all over to enjoy the beauty, history and hospitality of the Arkansas Delta Region. So come visit us at The Gladlands for a little Down Home Fun in The Delta Sun!


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A couple of weeks ago, someone posted a question on the Cisco Learning Network. This question was, "What is the opposite of a 'point' solution". I answered that "integrated solution" would probably be the most likely choice of words as an antonym of "point solution". That question got me thinking about the pros and cons of each approach.
To me, a point solution is a product that solves a single problem or a small set of very closely related problems. An integrated solution, on the other hand, is more like an ecosystem that is far reaching. An enterprise may actually build their own integrated solution by tightly integrating many point solutions. Another example might be when a manufacturing organization uses a highly customizable ERP or MRP solution that tracks all operational aspects of their deliverables. It may integrate with everything from PLC's to their Email and CRM application. Those are examples of what I consider an integrated solution.
Many people think the a highly integrated solution is always better than a point solution. There are many cases that integrated solutions are the best fit and should be used. However, it is important to evaluate different approaches and how each affect the holistic environment in which we are introducing the solution. The integrated approach gets the organization much closer to a "one stop shop" or "single pane of glass approach". This has the obvious benefit of easy access and flow of vital information that may be necessary for employee productivity.
So why should we not always pursue an integrated solution? I think it is important to ask ourselves if there is real benefit to the organization. An integrated solution just for the sake of an integrated solution is often a liability. An integrated solution that provides an organization a strong competitive edge is an asset.
What are some of the drawbacks of an integrated solution? I wanted to touch specifically on this question because many think an integrated solution is always better. Integrated solutions will almost certainly have greater costs. I'm not talking about TCO here, just the initial purchase cost of the solution. Since the capabilities are superior, the effort producing this type of solution is greater. That, along with the added features, will certainly drive the cost up.
Beyond the initial cost, careful consideration to ongoing costs should be considered. The cost of maintenance contracts and administration are obvious. However, what does this solution do to the rest of the organizations ecosystem? What else does it touch or integrate with? These are so important because everything requires periodic upgrades. Will there be compatibility issues that create upgrade gridlock or challenges? Upgrades are becoming more and more complex due to increased levels of integration.
One other question that should be asked is how well a solution does each task. An integrated solution may be great at some primary functions, while falling short on ancillary tasks. If the organization has to augment this with another point solution, that starts to devalue the benefit that the integrated solution should be providing.
From a business perspective, this all comes down to total cost of ownership (TCO). The typical challenge is that business leaders can easily see the organizational benefit of integrated solutions. However, these same leaders cannot easily ascertain the challenges related to the deployment and effect on the technical side of the ecosystem. The technical staff can see the challenges but struggle to quantify and communicate this cost. At the end of the day, the TCO of a system is often more than expected.
I'm not advocating that we always dismiss the use of more complex integrated solutions. My position is that we should always attempt to understand the real cost alongside the benefit to the organization. The challenge is determining the true cost and communicating it to the decision makers. At the end of the day, I think we should find that integrated solutions have their place and we should take full advantage of them.
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Massive error brings Schumacher to Ferrari
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Maranello, Tuesday: Top officials at Ferrari have expressed dismay today as it was revealed that the wrong Schumacher has been appointed to take the place of the injured Felipe Massa from next month's European Grand Prix.
Wrong: Ferrari's gigantic mistake
As soon as it became evident that the Brazilian, hurt after being hit on the head by debris in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, would be unlikely to be fit enough to race in the next few Grands Prix, rumours surfaced about who would replace Massa.
The most popular candidate among fans was Fernando Alonso, but some suggested Michael Schumacher, the seven-time world champion who dominated with Ferrari earlier this century. Ferrari have now indicated that they were intending to make the latter choice.
"It was all very simple, I told a young secretary at the office to contact Mr. Schumacher and get his signature on a contract for the next few races," Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo told journalists. "She managed it with much greater ease than I had thought possible, so I was a little suspicious at the time.
"Then Ralf turns up to the factory and starts going on about how it's always been his dream to drive for Ferrari, and suddenly I realised the terrible mistake our secretary had made."
Ralf Schumacher enjoyed somewhat less success in Formula One than his elder brother, winning races with Williams but achieving little else prior to his retirement in 2007. Since then he has settled into the DTM – the German touring car championship – with alarming mediocrity.
"It's a real surprise. I'm pleased I can finally show my undeniable talent and skill to Luca," Ralf said, pointing to di Montezemolo, who was by this time sobbing in a corner and asking for the nearest television set.
The secretary was swiftly sacked from the Scuderia, though early reports say that she has now landed a job at the office of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Q: why am I getting a 100% error rate (RNN for spam) I am learning tensor flow by modifying some examples I've found. To start off with I have taken an RNN example to try against the "Spam" data set from UCI.
My code and the sample data set can be found in full here:
https://trinket.io/python/c7d6b95452
When I run the code I get a 100% error rate. I figure even if this data set was not well suited for this particular model that I'd get at least something better than that, so I don't think it's my choice of a sample data set.
Below is my Python code. If anyone can suggest how to modify this to get the model to work properly I would appreciate it! I'd also appreciate any general tensor flow advice too.
# Example for my blog post at:
# https://danijar.com/introduction-to-recurrent-networks-in-tensorflow/
import functools
import os
import sets
import random

import numpy as np
import tensorflow as tf
from tensorflow.python.ops import rnn, rnn_cell

def lazy_property(function):
    attribute = '_' + function.__name__

    @property
    @functools.wraps(function)
    def wrapper(self):
        if not hasattr(self, attribute):
            setattr(self, attribute, function(self))
        return getattr(self, attribute)
    return wrapper

class SequenceClassification:

    def __init__(self, data, target, dropout, num_hidden=200, num_layers=3):
        self.data = data
        self.target = target
        self.dropout = dropout
        self._num_hidden = num_hidden
        self._num_layers = num_layers
        self.prediction
        self.error
        self.optimize

    @lazy_property
    def prediction(self):
        # Recurrent network.
        network = rnn_cell.GRUCell(self._num_hidden)
        network = rnn_cell.DropoutWrapper(
            network, output_keep_prob=self.dropout)
        network = rnn_cell.MultiRNNCell([network] * self._num_layers)
        output, _ = tf.nn.dynamic_rnn(network, self.data, dtype=tf.float32)
        # Select last output.
        output = tf.transpose(output, [1, 0, 2])
        last = tf.gather(output, int(output.get_shape()[0]) - 1)
        # Softmax layer.
        weight, bias = self._weight_and_bias(
            self._num_hidden, int(self.target.get_shape()[1]))
        prediction = tf.nn.softmax(tf.matmul(last, weight) + bias)
        return prediction

    @lazy_property
    def cost(self):
        cross_entropy = -tf.reduce_sum(self.target *tf.log(self.prediction))
        return cross_entropy

    @lazy_property
    def optimize(self):
        learning_rate = 0.003
        optimizer = tf.train.RMSPropOptimizer(learning_rate)
        return optimizer.minimize(self.cost)

    @lazy_property
    def error(self):
        mistakes = tf.not_equal(
            tf.argmax(self.target, 1), tf.argmax(self.prediction, 1))
        return tf.reduce_mean(tf.cast(mistakes, tf.float32))

    @staticmethod
    def _weight_and_bias(in_size, out_size):
        weight = tf.truncated_normal([in_size, out_size], stddev=0.01)
        bias = tf.constant(0.1, shape=[out_size])
        return tf.Variable(weight), tf.Variable(bias)

def main():
    sample_size=10
    num_classes=2 #spam or ham
    ##
    # import spam data
    ##
    spam_data=[]
    spam_data_train=[]
    spam_data_test=[]
    data_dir="."
    data_file="spam.csv"
    with open(os.path.join(data_dir, data_file), "r") as file_handle:
        for row in file_handle:
            spam_data.append(row)
        spam_data=[line.rstrip().split(",") for line in spam_data if len(line) >=1]
        random.shuffle(spam_data)
        spam_data_train=spam_data[0:int(len(spam_data)*.8)]
        spam_data_test=spam_data[int(len(spam_data)*.8):int(len(spam_data))]

    def next_train_batch(batch_size):
        a=random.sample(spam_data_train, batch_size)
        return [np.array([line[:-1] for line in a]), np.array([line[len(line)-1] for line in a])]

    def train_batch():
        return [np.array([line[:-1] for line in spam_data_train]),np.array([line[len(line)-1] for line in spam_data_train])]

    def next_test_batch(batch_size):
        a=random.sample(spam_data_test, batch_size)
        return [np.array([line[:-1] for line in a]), np.array([line[len(line)-1] for line in a])]

    def test_batch():
        return [np.array([line[:-1] for line in spam_data_test]),np.array([line[len(line)-1] for line in spam_data_test])]

    t=train_batch();
    train_input=t[0]
    train_target=t[1]

    test=test_batch()
    test_input=t[0]
    test_target=t[1]

    training_data = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, sample_size, len(train_input[0])], "training_data")
    training_target = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, sample_size], "training_target")
    testing_data = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, len(test_input), len(test_input[0])], "testing_data")
    testing_target = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, len(test_target)], "testing_target")
    dropout = tf.placeholder(tf.float32)
    training_model = SequenceClassification(training_data, training_target, dropout)
tf.get_variable_scope().reuse_variables()
    testing_model = SequenceClassification(testing_data, testing_target, dropout)
    sess = tf.Session()
    init = tf.initialize_all_variables()
    sess.run(init)
    for epoch in range(sample_size):
        for _ in range(100):
            sample=random.sample(range(0,len(train_input)-1),sample_size)
            batch_train = [train_input[i] for i in sample]
            batch_target = [train_target[i] for i in sample]
            sess.run(training_model.optimize, {
                training_data: [batch_train], training_target: [batch_target] , dropout: 0.5})
        error = sess.run(testing_model.error, {
            testing_data: [test_input], testing_target: [test_target], dropout: 1.0})
        print('Epoch {:2d} error {:3.1f}%'.format(epoch + 1, 100 * error))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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October 12 ~ Of Course I Am Afraid! Myth of the Tenor
"If music is central to a person's life, it can be something very special and life-affirming" ~ Luciano Pavarotti
Born on this day in Modena, Italy, maestro Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) captivated audiences with his pure, beautiful voice for over 45 years.
"I want to be famous everywhere," said Pavarotti who made his operatic debut in 1961, winning the internationally coveted Achille Peri Prize. He made his U.S. debut in Miami four years later.
Called the "King of the High C's" for his incredible range, he was once considered the only tenor in the world to be able to sing the high F (F5) contained in Vincenzo Bellini's Puritani Score.
His voice celebrates fueled-from-within power, with robust magic that is immediately recognizable. "People think I am disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference," he said of his love for music.
In 1993, he drew 500,000 to his New York Central Park concert. In 1997, the great tenor admitted he could not read music. "I am not a musician. I don't go into the technicalities...If I have the music in mind and sing with my body, then it's fine."
A lover of pasta, fast cars, and oil paintings, the charismatic artist was beloved throughout the world. Named a "United Nations Messenger of Peace," Pavarotti worked tirelessly to raise money for the organization. On the eve of his 70th birthday in 2005, he was honored by the City of London and Red Cross for his lifelong Services to Humanity.
"My work is everything to me," he confessed. "I try to overcome my limitations and to be the best I can. Opera is my only goal. In my life I don't consider myself to be perfect; I think I could do better. But on stage, I do everything possible to be the best."
Do things you love to reaffirm your life.


Junior Sam Cyrus picked up wins in the top doubles and singles flight in Adrian's 7-2 win over Alma on Wednesday (Photo by Mike Dickie).
ADRIAN, Mich. – The Adrian College women's tennis team picked up its fourth win on the year second Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) win with a 7-2 victory over Alma College at home on Wednesday, April 10. With the win, AC ties its win total from last season.
Adrian started the match out strong, taking two of the three doubles matches. Juniors Samantha Cyrus and Sara Anthony picked up an 8-6 win at the top spot and classmates Makayla Jorgensen and Elena Bishop took the third flight with an 8-1 decision.
Cyrus and Anthony had no trouble picking up two wins on the day, with Cyrus winning her singles match 6-2, 6-0 at the one spot and Anthony taking the two spot, 6-2, 6-2. Bishop won a pair of sets by the score of 6-3 to pick up a point at the four spot and Jorgensen won the fifth flight, struggling a bit in the first set but dominating the second in a 7-5, 6-0 match. The Bulldogs' seventh team point was in the six spot, with junior Julia Maltbie taking care of business, 6-1, 6-3.
Adrian continues its MIAA play on Sunday, April 14 with a match at home against Olivet. The match will start at 12 p.m. and will be played concurrently with the men's teams from the two schools.


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This Is the Way the World Ends? Volcanoes Could Darken World
COLUMN by LEE DYE
ABC News June 6, 2012
This Is the Way the World Ends? Volcanoes Could Darken World (ABC News)
Are you worried about the end of life as we know it? Then don't just look to the sky for that catastrophic asteroid that could be heading our way. The end may come from right beneath your feet.
Super-volcanoes have probably caused more extinctions than asteroids. But until now it has been thought that these giant volcanoes took thousands of years to form -- and would remain trapped beneath the earth's crust for thousands more years -- before having much effect on the planet.
But new research indicates these catastrophic eruptions, possibly thousands of times more powerful than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, may happen only a few hundred years after the volcanoes form. In other words, they may have a very "short fuse," according to researchers at Vanderbilt University.
Such an event could make thermonuclear war or global warming seem trivial, spewing untold tons of ash into the atmosphere to block sunlight. The result would be many years of frigid temperatures, wiping out millions of species. A super-volcano that erupted 250 million years ago is now believed to have created the greatest mass extinction the world has ever seen, wiping out up to 95 percent of all plant and animal species. Some renegade scientists believe it was a volcano, not an asteroid, that killed off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
But is global suicide lurking right below our feet? Is a super-volcano about to blow its top? Not as far as scientists can tell. Such a volcano results from the accumulation of a giant pool of lava just a few miles below the ground, and there is no known formation anywhere on the planet that is expected to erupt in the immediate future.
Scientists, who could be wrong about that, have thought for decades that once that pool forms, it stays there for thousands of years before erupting. But the new study by geophysicists from Vanderbilt, along with colleagues at the University of Chicago and elsewhere, documents several lines of research showing that the trigger could be pulled quickly, possibly within a few hundred years.
"Our study suggests that when these exceptionally large magma pools form they are ephemeral and cannot exist very long without erupting," Vanderbilt's Guilherme Gualda said in releasing the study, published in the journal Public Library of Science ONE.
That research, as well as earlier research that led to a very different conclusion, was based on the formation of crystals in the molten magma that decay at known rates and thus provide a geological clock, dating various events in the history of the volcano.
According to Gualda, previous researchers looked at the decay of zircons, which are common in volcanic rocks, and concluded that the giant magma pools could exist for 100,000 years. But his team looked at the crystallization of quartz, the most abundant mineral in volcanic deposits, and concluded that such a pool would have to erupt in one-tenth of that time, and possibly in only about 500 years.
That makes the threat of super-volcanoes a bit more serious, but there's no reason to panic.
Gualda's team studied deposits in the Long Valley Caldera in northeastern California, where a violent eruption blew 150 cubic miles of molten rock into the atmosphere, blanketing much of North America with hot ash and dropping the earth's surface more than a mile as it sank into the area once occupied by the magma. That was about 760,000 years ago, but all these years later the region still keeps a lot of scientists on the edge of their seats.
The Long Valley geology began misbehaving again in 1978 when a 5.4 earthquake struck six miles southeast of the caldera, suggesting that the volcano might be reasserting itself. In subsequent years that was followed by swarms of small quakes, which are closely associated with pending volcanic eruptions.
A couple of decades ago, trees began dying on nearby Mammoth Mountain from large amounts of carbon dioxide seeping from the magma, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Today, the caldera seems to be quieting down, despite several recent bursts of seismic events, but it is probably the most closely watched volcano on the planet. Scientists with the USGS are keeping a close eye on it, monitoring every little belch, and they insist there is no reason for the folks who live in California to be concerned. At least not yet.
Meanwhile, Scientists at Oregon State University have been focusing their attention on Yellowstone National Park, where an eruption a couple of million years ago is believed to have been 2,000 times larger than Mount St. Helens. That region also shows constant signs of seismic unrest, and there have been eruptions there several times in the past, according to the Oregon researchers.
Incidentally, researchers at Washington State University in Pullman, who have also been studying Yellowstone, concluded earlier this year that the big eruption 2 million years ago wasn't one blast, but two, separated by about 6,000 years.
But just because it was split into two parts doesn't mean it was benign. The Washington researchers believe the first blast was the biggest, and it darkened the sky with ash from California to the Mississippi River.
So super-volcanoes cannot be ignored, and now it seems they can pull the trigger much more quickly than anyone had thought.
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Holidays bring visions of cheer and laughter, food and warmth, family and friends. But we all know that the holiday season can be as stressful as it is festive. As moms, moms-to-be, or both, certain expectations fall on us to make everyone else's holiday season special. We don't often remember to think about how we feel as long as our loved ones are happy.
Pregnancy already comes with unique physical and emotional stresses, so it's vitally important to acknowledge your limits during the holiday season. To eliminate stress, do only those things you're actually up to doing, so that you, your baby-to-be, and everyone around you can have a joyous, memorable time.
Make lists of the people you'll buy presents for and what you want to get each one.
Set a date for big projects, such as when and where you'll get the tree, if you put one up or when you'll decorate the house.
Plan a few easy treats to make for holiday feasts. Remember, there's nothing wrong with buying healthy goodies, like nuts, dates, and all-natural cookies, if you're not up to standing in the kitchen baking this year.
Review the holiday party invitations you receive and jot down which ones you need to respond to.
Make sure to add some ME time to your list, so you can have space for quiet and rest, as needed.
If you normally throw a major holiday gathering, make this the year that you're a guest rather than a host. You'll have plenty of opportunities to throw parties after the baby comes and life gets back to normal. Let people know ahead of time that your well-loved holiday gathering will be canceled. If friends or family members push you and your family to attend their holiday gatherings, pop-in instead of showing up early. Fit Pregnancy recommends showing up for a short time to say hello and making a quick exit if you're not in the mood to hang around.
Treats are plentiful during the holiday season. If you've committed to eating healthy during your pregnancy, don't deviate from your eating plan. Continue to drink water and natural juices, especially if you need to decrease the risk of swelling. Eat plenty of whole grains, fresh fruits, vegetables, and any other healthy foods included in your eating plan. To avoid overindulging in sugary and carb-intensive foods, eat a healthy meal before attending holiday gatherings. It's also a good idea to find out what your hosts are serving before they unveil the buffet so you can pick out what you're going to eat ahead of time.
Your health and the baby's well-being are the most important things to consider during the holiday season. To stay stress-free, don't wait until you're exhausted to take a breather. Stick to your daily routine, take naps when you feel tired, and sit quietly doing things that help you de-stress when you need to. And don't be afraid to call off any holiday activities you're not up to attending.
Maintaining your prenatal yoga workout can be a wonderful way to combat the onslaught of holiday stress, while keeping mama and baby healthy and happy into the New Year. If you're looking for a wonderful space to connect with other pregnant moms and to practice prenatal yoga, come on in and invite a friend to Prenatal Plus Yoga for connection, relaxation, and fun!
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China signals it will build more islands in South China Sea with introduction of new 'island-maker' ship
By Jon Dougherty • November 4, 2017 November 4, 2017
Tagged china, South China Sea, United States
As President Trump is set to make his first state visit to China, the government has unveiled a "massive island maker" vessel, signaling that Beijing has every intention of continuing to build (and claim) new 'islands' in the South China Sea.
The ship is said to be capable of building artificial islands of the kind China has already built in the contested body of water. It was launched Friday at a port in the eastern part of Jiangsu province, the state-run China Daily reported.
The vessel named Tian Kun Hao is reportedly capable of digging several thousand cubic feet per hour.
The ship is a larger version of a similar vessel China used to build its current slate of enhanced archipelagos that are now supporting military installations. It will be the biggest vessel of its kind in Asia.
Analyst comment: This isn't going to help U.S.-China relations in the region, to say nothing of China's relations with its neighbors.
Why it's on our radar: Information in this article helps satisfy Priority Intelligence Requirement 2: What are the latest indicators of a U.S.-China conflict? Each week in our Strategic Intelligence Summary, we gauge the likelihood and scope of conflict with Russia, China, North Korea, and in the Middle East, and track the latest developments in each region. Subscribe here to receive our premium intelligence products prepared by Intelligence and special operations veterans.
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Ieoh Ming Pei
I M Pei's pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre is probably the best-known application of modernity to a historical setting, as well as being among the most audacious. Pei graduated from Harvard as a product of the new humanist line professed by Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius, going on to establish his own monumental style in the mid-1960s with buildings at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boulder, Colorado. His practice built many significant public buildings in the US during the 1970s, developing during the 1980s into a global influence with landmark buildings in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Paris as well as America. His versatility and the depth of his practice have enabled Pei to create monumental set pieces in great cities around the world.
On leaving the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University in 1946 as a product of the new humanist line professed by Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius, I M Pei chose to work for the New York developer William Zeckendorf, who was then the driving force behind the real estate firm of Webb & Knapp. In 1948 Pei founded the architectural division of Webb & Knapp realising, to the designs of his immediate associate Henry Cobb, the striking 35-storey Place Ville Marie development in Montreal in 1955–56. This cruciform high-rise building pioneered the neo-Miesian modular fenestration that would reappear in Pei's own Kip's Bay apartments in New York, 1962, and his Society Hill Towers in Philadelphia, 1964.
By 1955 Pei had already established his own separate identity by setting up the office of I M Pei Associates, even though the organisation was still working for Zeckendorf. The ultimate break came in 1964 with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Earth Sciences Center and the National Centre for Atmospheric Research at Boulder, Colorado. The multi-towered form of the latter building established what one can only call Pei's neo-Kahnian gestalt; a particularly monumental configuration in bush-hammered concrete that would reappear in a different form in the Herbert Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, completed in 1973.
By the 1970s the Pei firm was well established with a large number of significant American public buildings coming to fruition, including the Dallas City Hall, 1977 and the monumental John F. Kennedy Library completed on Columbia Point, Boston in 1979. While Pei's other main associate, James Freed, was realising one of the most elegant neo-Miesian buildings to be erected in New York, the self-effacing 88 Pine Street in the Wall Street area, Pei himself was deeply involved in designing the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington. The success of this building surely led to Pei being awarded the commission for the reconstruction of the Louvre in Paris in 1983. Pei's glass pyramid erected on the axis of the Cour Napoleon in 1989 again reflected the architect's lifelong fascination with space frame construction, which had already made its presence felt in the Kennedy Library and the National Gallery. At the Louvre a space frame in the form of a pyramid became the entire work, making the actual entrance into the museum somewhat constrained. Nonetheless, the pyramid was an architectonic tour de force, a dematerialised assembly of glazed diamonds and triangles held in place by an elegant system of wire cables.
Two works were to take Pei back to China: the Fragrant Hill Hotel built outside Beijing in 1982 and the Bank of China in Hong Kong, 1990. Despite the eclectic approach of I M Pei Associates, it is hard to name two other buildings by Pei himself that are so categorically opposed in their basic format and ethos. If the courtyard garden of the hotel returned Pei to the magic of his childhood experiences in the aristocratic gardens of Suzhou, the Bank of China was a high-tech, high-rise work, a space frame structure in itself and a symbolic rival, so to speak, to Norman Foster's Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. Paradoxically, given the aggressive high-rise stance of the Bank of China with its oversize tower curiously poised on an almost sepulchral podium, Pei persuaded the Chinese Republic not to build a high-rise hotel close to the Forbidden City. Instead he suggested building a low-rise hotel for prestigious guests of the government in a former hunting reserve well outside the capital. Conceived as an object lesson in the modernisation of the Chinese tradition, Fragrant Hill ended up as a unique piece of both vitality and calm within the overall trajectory of Pei's architecture.
Almost inevitably given the era of Pax Americana in which he worked, Pei's entire career has been subject to the ethos of the new monumentality, with the result that his most memorable pieces – the Kennedy Library, the Washington National Gallery, the Louvre Pyramid and even the Bank of China – were all to serve as monumental set pieces within their respective cities. However, with the single exception of the Louvre pyramid, they are also all works which, on close inspection, seem to be tenuously divided between the monumentality of their form and the dematerialisation of their roof structure.
Kenneth Frampton
Born April 26, Canton, China
1935 Leaves for the United States to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after having lived in Hong Kong and Shanghai
1940 Receives a Batchelor of Arts degree from MIT
Enrolls in the Harvard Graduate School of Design and studies under Walter Gropius. Married Eileen Loo. Thier family eventually included three sons and one daughter
1946 Completed Master of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Simultaneously teaching on the faculty as assistant professor (until 1948)
1948 Formed the partnership of I M Pei & Associates which became I M Pei and Partners in 1966
1951 Awarded the Wheelwright Travelling Fellowship by Harvard. Traveled extensively in England, Fance, Italy and Greece
1954 Became a naturalized citizen of the United States
1961 Started design for National Center of Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado (completed 1967)
1965 Started design for the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston (completed in 1979)
1968 Started design for the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington (completed 1978)
1979 Received the AIA Gold Medal, the highest architectural honor in the United States
1983 Pei is chosen as the Laureate of the Prizker Architecture Prize, uses the $100,000 award to establish a scholarship fund for Chinese students to study architecture in the United states (with the strict proviso that they return to China to practice their profession)
Awarded the Praemium Imperiale Prize for Architecture, Japan Art Association, Tokyo
2019 Died May 16 at his home in Manhattan
National Centre for Atmospheric Research
John F Kennedy Memorial Library
Le Grand Louvre
Approach to Miho Museum of Art


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Increased boost speed of all fighters.
Rebalanced default speed for some fighters to make them inline with their original design (the Empire Fighter was too fast compared to the others).
Increased DPS of fighter weapons by 12.5%.
Increased size of internal fuel tank for Beluga and Orca.
Added some more variety to mysterious places.
Community Goal (Materials Based) – click here for more information.
Other patch updates for 2.2 can be found here.
Horizons 1.7/2.2 Beta is Live!
At 10.13am on the 20th September the 1.7/2.2 Beta went live. Some links to information can be found below. The patch notes are extensive (to say the least!) and contain some information that was not mentioned previously. This will be updated (soon!) to the Guardians Preview blog here, or you can check for the individual updates here.
If you're playing the Beta, please report any bugs and give feedback!
In a post by David Braben on the 19th September he announced that Frontier would be ending their support for Win32 and DirectX 10.
"As you know we spend a good deal of time planning for the future, and one issue (and opportunity) we are considering is the effect of supporting Win32 and DX10, and the benefits we would get if we were to drop them. As you know, we support leading edge technology like 4K, 8K, VR, and with things like compute shaders in Horizons we really push the boundaries overall, but there are restrictions with Win32 – particularly the amount of memory we can address at one time – and with DX10 in terms of requiring an alternative rendering solution in our code. Dropping these two would help us support high end effects with a better result – to make the game better.
"About 0.5% of players that have installed Elite Dangerous have used their game on Win32 at some time. Some of these machines are capable of running Win64 (ie the hardware would support it). With DX10 (fewer than 2% of players) it is more tricky as you may need to upgrade the graphics card on such machines.
Frontier confirmed via their newsletter on the 16th September that the Beta for 1.7/2.2 – The Guardians will be available to anyone with Beta access from Tuesday, 20th September 2016. You can read the full announcement below.
Note: Beta does not affect your regular saved game. It is a snapshot of the universe at a certain point in time. Once it's over your regular save will continue unaffected.
"We're thrilled to let you know that you'll be jumping in your ship-launched fighters, taking on passenger missions, piloting the Beluga liner and experiencing the rest of the amazing list of features coming to 2.2 The Guardians this coming Tuesday 20th September.
"If you've got the PC exclusive beta access already you'll be able to download the beta and select it from the launcher menu as you usually would, and for those who haven't already taken advantage of beta access, we have some good news.
If you want to know more about what is expected in the 1.7/2.2 Guardians release, please see here.
Ship Delivery – The Results!
As a result there will be a delay when ordering your ship to be transported from one station, to your current one. Frontier are hoping that this will still be included in the 2.2 update, but as per Sandro's comments below, it's possible they may arrive in between the 2.2 and 2.3 release.
Sandro also suggested that it is possible that the ships transporting ships around the galaxy could be seen in game at some point.
For all the 2.2 The Guardians release information, click here. If you're just looking to see what's been added to the site recently click here.


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Q: Add property to an ASP.NET MVC 2 ViewUserControl I have created a ViewUserControl in my ASP.NET MVC 2 project. This ViewUserControl serves as the general page-header for all views in the project.
How can I add a custom property on ViewUserControls, accessible from views using that control?..:
<%@ Register
    Src="../Shared/Header.ascx"
    TagName="Header"
    TagPrefix="uc" %>

<uc:Header
    runat="server"
    ID="ucHeader"
    MenuItemHighlighted="Menuitem.FrontPage" />

A: Instead of creating user controls ala WebForms way I would suggest you the following:
Create a strongly typed user control Header.ascx:
<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<string>" %>

<%: Model %>

And then simply include it in your pages:
<% Html.RenderPartial("~/Views/Shared/Header.ascx", "some value"); %>

In my example the user control is strongly typed to string but you could've used any custom type.


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Q: byte array out of memory in c# 2 FileStream fs = File.OpenRead(fullFilePath);
try
{
    Console.WriteLine("Read file size is : " + fs.Length);
    byte[] bytes = new byte[fs.Length]; //// **error this line**
    fs.Read(bytes, 0, Convert.ToInt32(fs.Length));
    fs.Close();
    return bytes;
}
finally
{
    fs.Close();
}

read file size 2,885,760 KB. is error //
**Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.**

A: That file size is over 2GB. The problem is that new byte[OverTwoBillionAndSome] is exceeding the limits. If the length was under 2GB this error would not occur (although it might still be advisable to not read it entirely into memory).
Consider streaming the data instead.

A: byte[] bytes = new byte[fs.Length];

2,885,760 is more than 2GB. Are you sure you have enough space in your RAM? Most probably not, that's why you are getting out of memory exception.
Even if you have enough space in RAM, a normal 32 Bit cannot have that much memory allocated to it

A: As Paul said, problem is the large size of file.
But with .NET Framework 4.5, you can use <gcAllowVeryLargeObjects> Element which supports you use objects that are greater than 2 GB in total size.

On 64-bit platforms, enables arrays that are greater than 2 gigabytes
  (GB) in total size.

You just need to change your configuration settings like;
<configuration>
  <runtime>
    <gcAllowVeryLargeObjects enabled="true" />
  </runtime>
</configuration>