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package org.fortiss.smg.actuatorclient.siemens.impl;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.UUID;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.fortiss.smg.actuatormaster.api.IActuatorClient;
import org.fortiss.smg.actuatormaster.api.IActuatorMaster;
import org.fortiss.smg.containermanager.api.devices.DeviceContainer;
import org.fortiss.smg.containermanager.api.devices.DeviceId;
import org.fortiss.smg.smgschemas.commands.DoubleCommand;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import ch.iec._61400.ews._1.AssociateRequest;
import ch.iec._61400.ews._1.AssociateResponse;
import ch.iec._61400.ews._1.GetLogicalDeviceDirectoryRequest;
import ch.iec._61400.ews._1.GetLogicalDeviceDirectoryResponse;
import ch.iec._61400.ews._1.GetServerDirectoryRequest;
import ch.iec._61400.ews._1.GetServerDirectoryResponse;
import ch.iec._61400.ews._1.TFC;
import ch.iec._61400.ews._1.TObjectClass;
import ch.iec._61400.ews._1_0.ServicePortType;

public class ActuatorClientImpl implements IActuatorClient {

	private static org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory
			.getLogger(ActuatorClientImpl.class);
	private IActuatorMaster master;
	private String clientId;
	private List<ScheduledExecutorService> executorList;
	private int pollFrequency;
	private String host;
	private String port;
	private String username;
	private String password;
	private String assocID;
	private String wrapperTag;
	private boolean isAlive = false;

	private ServicePortType service;

	/* more to add in case they are really needed !!! */
	private List<String> logicalNodeSubstringStarts = (Arrays.asList("MMXU1")); //, "MMTR"));
	private List<String> availableLogicalDevice = new ArrayList<String>();

	public List<String> getAvailableLogicalDevice() {
		return availableLogicalDevice;
	}

	private List<TFC> usedTypeList = (Arrays.asList(TFC.MX));

	Map<String, DeviceContainer> devices = new HashMap<String, DeviceContainer>();

	public ActuatorClientImpl(String host, String port, String wrapperTag,
			int pollFreq, String username, String password) {
		getClass().getClassLoader();
		this.host = host;
		this.port = port;
		this.wrapperTag = wrapperTag;
		this.username = username;
		this.password = password;

		loadStaticDevs(wrapperTag);

		pollFrequency = pollFreq;

		executorList = new ArrayList<ScheduledExecutorService>();
	}

	public String getHost() {
		return host;
	}

	public void setHost(String host) {
		this.host = host;
	}

	public String getPort() {
		return port;
	}

	public void setPort(String port) {
		this.port = port;
	}

	public synchronized void activate() {

		//sendNewDeviceEvents();
		this.service = SiemensClientNew.getService(this.host, this.port);

		logger.debug("Got service {}", service);
		assocID = associate();
		if (assocID == null) {
			logger.debug("Activation of SiemensWrapper failed !");
			return;
		}
		logger.debug("SiemensWrapper - Updater: run: AssocID {}", assocID);

		availableLogicalDevice = fetchLogicalDevices();
		SiemensDeviceCreator deviceCreator = new SiemensDeviceCreator(this, "");

		for (String lDevice : availableLogicalDevice) {
			deviceCreator.setLogicalDevice(lDevice);
			Map<String, DeviceContainer> toAdd = deviceCreator.getDevices();
			for (String key : toAdd.keySet()) {
				this.devices.put(key, toAdd.get(key));
				logger.info("Got new Device: " + key );
			}
		}

		/* For every Logical Device - in this case one C1 and C1-C4 - create separate threads
		 * probably not good 2014/12 use a single one again
		 */
		//int delay = 0;
		//for (String lDevice : availableLogicalDevice) {
			ScheduledExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
			/*String assocID = associate();
			while (assocID == null) {
				try {
					Thread.sleep(1000);
				} catch (InterruptedException e) {
					// TODO Auto-generated catch block
					e.printStackTrace();
				}
				assocID = associate();
			}*/
			//executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(new SiemensLooper(this, lDevice, assocID ), delay,
			//			getPollFrequency(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
			executor.scheduleAtFixedRate(new SiemensLooper(this, availableLogicalDevice, assocID ), 0,
					getPollFrequency(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);

			//delay=delay+1;
			logger.info("SiemensWrapper: activate: started Thread for Logical Devices: " + availableLogicalDevice);

			executorList.add(executor);
		//}
			this.isAlive = true;

	}

	public ServicePortType getService() {
		return service;
	}

	public synchronized void deactivate() {
		for ( ScheduledExecutorService executor : executorList) {
			executor.shutdown();
			try {
				executor.awaitTermination(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
			} catch (InterruptedException e) {
				throw new RuntimeException(e);
			}
		}
	}

	public List<String> getLogicalNodeSubstringStarts() {
		return logicalNodeSubstringStarts;
	}

	public void setLogicalNodeSubstringStarts(
			List<String> logicalNodeSubstringStarts) {
		this.logicalNodeSubstringStarts = logicalNodeSubstringStarts;
	}

	public List<TFC> getUsedTypeList() {
		return usedTypeList;
	}

	public void setUsedTypeList(List<TFC> usedTypeList) {
		this.usedTypeList = usedTypeList;
	}

	public String getClientId() {
		return clientId;
	}

	public Map<String, DeviceContainer> getDevices() {
		return devices;
	}

	public IActuatorMaster getMaster() {
		return master;
	}

	public int getPollFrequency() {
		return pollFrequency;
	}

	public String getWrapperTag() {
		return wrapperTag;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean isComponentAlive() {
		return this.isAlive;
	}

	private void loadStaticDevs(String wraperTagN) {

		/*labConSpecControlCoffeeMaker = new DeviceContainer(
				new org.fortiss.smg.containermanager.api.devices.DeviceId(
						"coffeemaker_plug", wraperTagN), wraperTagN
						+ ".powerplug", SIUnitType.NONE, DeviceType.Powerplug,
				true, true, 0, 1, 1, -1, 1, 1, "CoffeeMaker PowerPlug");

		labConSpecConsumptionCoffeeMaker = new DeviceContainer(
				new org.fortiss.smg.containermanager.api.devices.DeviceId(
						"coffeemaker_powermeter", wraperTagN), wraperTagN
						+ ".powermeter", SIUnitType.W, DeviceType.Powermeter,
				false, true, 0, Double.MAX_VALUE, 1, "CoffeeMaker Consumption [W]");

		labConSpecMultiSensorTemperature = new DeviceContainer(
				new org.fortiss.smg.containermanager.api.devices.DeviceId(
						"multisensor_temperature", wraperTagN), wraperTagN
						+ ".multisensor", SIUnitType.CELSIUS,
				DeviceType.Temperature, false, true, -50, 150, 0.1,
				"Multisensor [C]");

		labConSpecMultiSensorBrightness = new DeviceContainer(
				new org.fortiss.smg.containermanager.api.devices.DeviceId(
						"multisensor_brightness", wraperTagN), wraperTagN
						+ ".multisensor", SIUnitType.LUX, DeviceType.Brightness,
				false, true, 0, 1000, 1, "Multisensor [LUX]");

		devices.add(labConSpecControlCoffeeMaker);
		devices.add(labConSpecConsumptionCoffeeMaker);
		devices.add(labConSpecMultiSensorTemperature);
		devices.add(labConSpecMultiSensorBrightness);
*/

	}

	@Override
	public void onDoubleCommand(DoubleCommand command, DeviceId dev) {
		logger.debug("Received Doublecommand "+command.getValue()+" for " + dev.getDevid());

	}

/*	private void sendNewDeviceEvents() {
		for (DeviceContainer dev : devices.values()) {
			try {
				logger.debug("Dev:" + dev.getDeviceId().getDevid() + " -> "
						+ clientId);
				master.sendDeviceEvent(dev, this.clientId);
			} catch (TimeoutException e) {
				logger.debug("Failed to send " + dev.getDeviceId()
						+ " to master");
			}
		}
	}
*/

	public void setMaster(IActuatorMaster master) {
		this.master = master;
	}

	public void setClientId(String clientId) {
		this.clientId = clientId;
	}

	public void setPollFrequency(int pollFrequency) {
		this.pollFrequency = pollFrequency;
	}

	public void setWrapperTag(String wrapperTag) {
		this.wrapperTag = wrapperTag;
	}

	public String associate() {
		AssociateRequest req = new AssociateRequest();
		req.setMaxMessageSize(4096);
		req.setUserName(this.username);
		req.setPassword(this.password);
		req.setUUID(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
		AssociateResponse resp = new AssociateResponse();
		resp = this.service.associate(req);

		if (resp.getServiceError() != null) {
			logger.error(
					"could not associate with powerbridge: {}. Leaving Wrapper inactive...",
					resp.getServiceError());
			return null;
		}

		return resp.getAssocID();
	}

	/**
	 * Fetches logical devices from the server. in an id "C1/MMXU1", C1 would be
	 * the Logical device reference or LDRef
	 *
	 * @return a list of LDRefs or an empty list in case of an error.
	 */
	private List<String> fetchLogicalDevices() {
		GetServerDirectoryRequest req = new GetServerDirectoryRequest();
		req.setAssocID(assocID);
		req.setUUID(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
		req.setObjClass(TObjectClass.LD);
		GetServerDirectoryResponse resp = service.getServerDirectory(req);
		if (resp.getServiceError() != null) {
			logger.error("SiemensWrapper: fetchLogicalDevices: Error when fetching LDRefs: "
					+ resp.getServiceError());
			return Collections.emptyList();
		}
		//System.out.println("errors: " + resp.getServiceError());
		List<String> ldRefs = new ArrayList<String>();
		ldRefs = resp.getLDRef();
		logger.debug("SiemensWrapper: fetchLogicalDevices: found the following Logical Devices: " + ldRefs);
		if (ldRefs == null) {
			return Collections.emptyList();
		} else {
			return ldRefs;
		}
	}

	List<String> fetchLogicalNodes(String ldref, ServicePortType service, String assocID) {
		GetLogicalDeviceDirectoryRequest req = new GetLogicalDeviceDirectoryRequest();
		req.setAssocID(assocID);
		req.setUUID(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
		req.setLDRef(ldref);
		service.getLogicalDeviceDirectory(req);
		GetLogicalDeviceDirectoryResponse resp = service
				.getLogicalDeviceDirectory(req);
		if (resp.getServiceError() != null && !resp.getServiceError().isEmpty()) {
			logger.error("SiemensWrapper: fetchLogicalNodes: error when fetching Logical Nodes for {}: {}", ldref,
					resp.getServiceError());
			return Collections.emptyList();
		}
		logger.debug("SiemensWrapper: fetchLogicalNodes: found logical nodes for LDRef \"{}\": {}", ldref,
				resp.getLNRef());
		if (resp.getLNRef() == null) {
			return Collections.emptyList();
		} else {
			return resp.getLNRef();
		}

	}

	public String getAssociate() {
		return this.assocID;
	}

	public void setAssociate(String assocID) {
		this.assocID = assocID;
	}

}

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Idriss Deby
Macron in Chad to meet soldiers amid extremist threats
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is traveling to Chad for a two-day visit to meet with French soldiers deployed in the Sahel region with Operation Barkhane amid persistent extremist threats.
According to the Elysee palace, Macron will use his first visit to the north-central African country to reaffirm his commitment to counterterror efforts in the vast region south of the Sahara.
Macron also will hold talks with President Idriss Deby on Sunday and meet with a delegation of Chadian women.
On Saturday, the French president will share a Christmas meal with French soldiers at the Barkhane headquarters in the capital, N'Djamena.
The operation in West and Central Africa involves 4,500 personnel and is France's largest overseas military mission.
Macron is also expected to renew France's support for the G5 Sahel regional force that works alongside Barkhane and is made up of soldiers from Chad, Niger, Mauritania, Mali and Burkina Faso.
The Elysee said that beyond the question of stability in the Sahel, discussions with Deby also will focus on the decade-long Boko Haram extremist insurgency based in neighboring Nigeria, which has spilled into Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
The situation in Libya and Central African Republic also will be discussed, according to the Elysee.
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Ski resorts prepare for warmer Northwest winters
Shrinking snowpack has led some resorts to use costly, water-intensive snowmakers.
John Nelson/Crosscut Analysis Oct. 25, 2017
This article was originally published on Crosscut.
This winter, skiers and snowboarders will see something new at Crystal Mountain — a robust $5 million snowmaking system designed to fight warmer winters in the Pacific Northwest.
Crystal's state-of-the-art program features 36 new snow guns on the lower mountain that have the capacity to create up to 53 football fields covered in snow in a 24-hour period. Is this the new normal for ski areas in the historically snow-rich Cascades?
Until recent years, Washington ski resorts haven't needed to worry about making snow. But snow seasons have gotten shorter, snow levels are rising and climate projections call for radically warmer winters in the future.
In the disastrous 2014-15 ski season, the region got a glimpse of what that future may hold. Warm temperatures caused much of the winter precipitation to fall as rain instead of snow. With a radically reduced snowpack, many resorts closed in February, and the state experienced a drought the following summer.
To battle the changing climate, several resorts now have fairly large snowmaking operations, and those that don't are thinking about getting in the human-made snow game themselves. "As we all know, things are warming up," said John Kircher, owner and manager of Crystal Mountain. "Now we'll have a little fallback."
Snowmakers require large amounts of water, which creates a barrier of entry for some ski resorts.
Brent Flanders/Flickr
Under a best-case scenario, Crystal Mountain will stockpile snow made during cold weather and push it around to create a base on its lower slopes in the early season, then hope that Mother Nature takes over with natural snow, Kircher said. But if the snow doesn't arrive, the ski area now has an insurance policy to keep its slopes covered and chairlifts open, he said. "In the Northwest, it is an essential part of going forward" in the ski resort business, he said.
Topping out at 7,000 feet, Crystal's upper mountain usually receives ample snowfall, but the lower slopes, bottoming out at 4,500 feet, can have difficulty holding snow, particularly early in the season, Kircher said. During lean snow years such as the 2014-15 season, the resort opened its upper mountain, while the lower-elevation beginner-friendly slopes were closed with no coverage at all.
With lower slopes bare, the resort had to cancel ski school programs and families canceled vacations. "What (the new system) does is to not force us to close like we've had to do a couple of times in the past," Kircher said.
Crystal may not be done adding to its snowmaking arsenal. In the future, the resort may add snowmaking machines to locations on the upper mountain to keep some of its most popular runs covered, Kircher said. "In thinner years, snow conditions would really benefit from a couple of snow guns in high-traffic areas," he said.
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John Gifford, president of the Pacific Northwest Ski Areas Association, said Crystal's snowmaking expansion is a significant step among Cascade ski areas. "I don't see other resorts going in as big as they are," he said.
Mission Ridge near Wenatchee was the first ski area to embrace snowmaking in the Washington Cascades. The resort began making snow in 1976 and ramped up operations 15 years ago into a major program that "gave us snowmaking from the top of the mountain to the bottom," said Tony Hickok, Mission's marketing manager.
The reason Mission got into the snowmaking game first was geographic. The resort is located on the eastern slope of the Cascades and often receives less snow than its west-side counterparts. The ski area also receives drier snow, so having a system to build a base is essential, Hickok said. "We've been doing it better and longer than anyone else," he said. Now, the resort even has a "Countdown to Snowmaking" clock on its homepage signaling the unofficial start to ski season.
The proof that snowmaking is essential going forward occurred in that 2014-15 season, when most resorts had to close. Meanwhile, Mission's human-made snowpack allowed it to stay open, Hickock said. "Two years ago, Mission Ridge was the only ski area open every weekend of the season," Hickok said.
The Mount Baker ski resort in Washington state doesn't need snow makers yet since they still receive a solid amount of snow.
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Another ski area that has used snowmaking effectively is White Pass, on U.S. Highway 12, the southern-most cross-mountain route in the Washington Cascades. In 2014-15, snowmaking "was a life-saver," said Kevin McCarthy, general manager of White Pass.
Like Crystal plans to do, White Pass uses its snowmaking primarily on the lower mountain. "It's about connecting the base area with the upper two-thirds of the mountain" where enough snow falls, McCarthy said. "Snowmaking in the early season really does make life easier for us. Some years it's critical."
Other parts of North America have embraced human-made snow for years, McCarthy said, and in time he predicts it will become more prevalent in the Northwest. "The Northwest is the last bastion of purely natural snow-skiing. ... First snow-making came to the East Coast, then it was the Rocky Mountain resorts," he said. "It's something that every ski area in the Northwest is now looking at."
Even Stevens Pass along snowy U.S. Highway 2 has "a couple of guns to help fill in during the early season," said Chris Danforth, vice president for sales and marketing at the resort. But at the moment, Stevens has no plans to expand snowmaking beyond that, he added.
Summit at Snoqualmie, with the lowest-elevation slopes in the Cascades, has a "very modest operation" with five guns, said Guy Lawrence, resort marketing director.
The four ski areas in the Summit at Snoqualmie family along the Interstate 90 corridor — Summit East, Summit Central, Summit West and Alpental — are most at risk during bad snow years because of their relatively low base elevations near the 3,000-foot level. But Summit at Snoqualmie holds no water rights, Lawrence said, which means the resort must buy water for snowmaking from the utility district, something that's cost-prohibitive. "Until we can figure out the water access," he said, "we can't really expand much."
The only resort in the Washington Cascades without any snowmaking is Mt. Baker Ski Area near the Canadian border on State Route 542. Through the luck of location — in the North Cascades where Pacific storms converge and dump after rising over 10,781-foot Mount Baker — the resort receives an average of 641 inches annually, the most of any ski area in the world. "We happen to be in the sweet spot," said Amy Trowbridge, Mt. Baker marketing director. Snowmaking is expensive, she said, and "the incredible financial outlay at this point would not be worth it."
Will Mt. Baker's snow luck continue in the future? Climate projections for Washington ski resorts aren't encouraging. "Every single scenario shows significant warming," said Amy Snover, director of the climate impacts group at the University of Washington's College of the Environment. "When you have the warming that is projected, you will see significant snow loss."
The snowpack in the Northwest could shrink 40 to 70 percent by 2050, according to a study by Rutgers University.
In UW studies, the average length of snow seasons will decrease by up to 46 percent by the 2040s compared to historical averages, Snover said. "If you go out to the 2080s, you will see a loss of 56 to 70 percent" in snow-season length, she said. It's important to note, Snover said, that studies predict averages, and that occasionally there will be big snow years, but the average length of the snow season will continue to decline.
The disastrous 2014-15 season "is likely what we can expect for the future," Snover said. "It was warm. The precipitation fell as rain."
John Nelson is a freelance writer based in Seattle, who has previously worked for MSN.com, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Memphis Commercial Appeal and The Spokesman-Review in Spokane. Read his outdoors blog.


will solve themselves if you just don't fool with them?
stop yourself from catching a cold?
_____3. Are some people just born lucky?
that getting good grades means a great deal to you?
that just aren't your fault?
studies hard enough, he or she can pass any subject?
time it doesn't pay to try hard because things never turn out right anyway?
time parents listen to what their children have to say?
can make good things happen?
it usually seem it's for no good reason at all?
a friend's opinion about something?
than luck helps a team to win?
impossible to change your parent's mind about anything?
allow children to make most of their own decisions?
something wrong, there's very little you can do to make it right?
are just born good at sports?
your age stronger than you are?
best ways to handle most problems is just not to think about them?
lot of choice in deciding whom your friends are?
do you believe that it might bring you good luck?
your age is angry at you, there's little you can do to stop him or her?
or not people like you depends on how you act?
you if you ask them to?
are angry with you it is usually for no reason at all?
that you can change what might happen tomorrow by what you do today?
you try to do to stop them?
get their own way if they just keep trying?
it useless to try to get your won way at home?
happen, they happen because of hard work?
your age wanted to be your enemy, there's little you can do to change matters?
get friends to do what you want them to do?
have little to say about what you get to eat at home?
doesn't like you, there's little you can do about it?
believes that planning ahead makes things turn out better?
have little to say about what your family decides to do?
be smart than to be lucky?
Control Scale. Record your score below.
you have a fairly strong belief that events are beyond your control.
and failure are primarily a matter of luck and chance breaks.
An external locus of control is associated with a high stress level.
you have a firm belief in your ability to influence your outcomes.
your success and failures to good and bad luck or chance factors.


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import java.util.Map;

public abstract class SuppressibleNetworkConfiguration implements SuppressibleConfiguration {

    public abstract Map<String, Suppressible<String[]>> getMappings();

    public abstract void addMapping(String internalAddress, Suppressible<String[]> externalAddresses);

}


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Jason Day's Greatest Save: The GOLF Magazine Interview
By Cameron Morfit
Jason's biggest weakness was doubt. "I didn't believe I was one of the best."
Angus Murray
So who do you play for? He thinks. Hard. "That's a really good question," says Jason Day, smiling. It's four days after the 27-year-old Aussie's PGA Championship victory, his first major win following years of great expectations — and near misses — in golf's biggest events. Day seems almost weightless, like someone freed of a tremendous burden.
"Last week I told my agent that no one was gonna beat me at the PGA because I didn't want to come to this cover shoot without the Wanamaker Trophy. I really said that. Because it would just look so much cooler to have the trophy. So sometimes I play for the media, sometimes for the fans, sometimes for my sponsors, and sometimes it's for my family. Really, I play for everyone."
We're at the Double Eagle Club, Day's home away from home just north of his digs in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio. His wife, Ellie — due in November with the couple's second child — will arrive soon, along with Dash, their adorable 3-year-old son. Day is celebrating his sudden good fortune with Bud Martin, his longtime agent, a dozen or so magazine types, a tray of pastries, and that 27-pound silver trophy, which lives in a case that looks like it could withstand a nuclear blast. Day pries it open. "Who brought the Champagne?" someone asks. "Let's fill it up!"
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Who wouldn't raise a glass to Jason Day? By all accounts, he's unimpeachably genuine; nice without agenda. "He makes me think of Arnie," says Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee. "Or Jeter, Staubach, Arthur Ashe — great athletes and great sportsmen, popular with the media and fellow athletes, magnanimous at every turn. That's Jason."
Professional sport doesn't breed a lot of nice guys. Day is that rarity: a sweetheart with killer instincts. Before the 2015 season, he'd displayed his grit and promise of greatness with a handful of victories on the European and PGA tours. In this, his breakout year, he's added five more trophies to that tally, and he electrified the golf world by winning four out of six starts, including the PGA at Whistling Straits. He also reached World No. 1 with his win at the BMW Championship, fulfilling his greatest childhood dream. (Note: This issue went to press before the Tour Championship was played.) Day is part of the newly anointed Big Three, alongside Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy. It's heady stuff.
"And unfortunately, I'm eating a donut in front of you," says Day, breaking into a sheepish grin. The famously disciplined, six-days-a-week gym rat is enjoying a "cheat" (glazed) from his rigorous diet-and-exercise regimen. If anyone deserves the reward of a little sugar, it's Day.
"People look at me funny when I say the thing that makes me proudest of Jason is that he's a great kid; a loving, doting father to Dash; and a loving husband to Ellie," says his longtime caddie, coach and mentor, Colin Swatton. "Because they just don't know."
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They know some, but not everything, about where Day comes from, and what he's gone through to find the light in a life with some dark passages. "It's good to be friendly, because everyone has a story," says a philosophical Day.
Well, there are stories — and then there's Jason Day's story.
He grew up on a farm in Beau-desert, a rural town in Queensland dotted with abandoned factories. No one in his family played golf. In the mornings he ate ramen noodles, and he and his two sisters, Kimmy and Yanna, wore secondhand clothes. Their Irish Australian father, Alvin, tended to the cattle, tinkered with the irrigation and fences. Mom Dening, a 4-foot-9-inch Filipina, worked as an upholsterer.
It's part of Day lore that Alvin found the kid his first club at the dump: a black, Spalding 3-wood with half of the grip's leather wrapping gone. Jason, then 3, used his new toy to smack tennis balls around the house. "This kid's going to be a champion," Alvin said.
He was right, but it was complicated. Jason was 6 when the family moved to Rockhampton, eight hours up the Australian coast. Alvin got a job as a supervisor on the kill floor at the local slaughterhouse. Dening worked there, too.
Day has said his father taught him to treat others as you'd have them treat you. But in a small, lowlit study at Double Eagle, in the quiet wake of a thrilling and emotional win at Whistling Straits, he digs deeper about the man.
"My dad," Day says, "was a violent alcoholic. Really aggressive. If we cussed or even said "shut up," we would get the belt. I remember I swore at my sister one time, and she ended up telling on me to my dad. I think I was 9 years old. And he made me sit in the mud under a mango tree while it was storming for three hours. It was dark. There were so many mosquitoes out there, so when I came in I had bites everywhere. My mom tried to get me in, but my dad wouldn't allow it."
Day's father eventually quit drinking but remained a hostile presence. Having shown a knack for golf, Day played in fear of upsetting his dad.
"I remember once shooting a [poor] score, and he goes, "You're going to get it in the parking lot,"" Day recalls. "So I get in the car. I'm scared. We drive out of the club, he stops on the side of the road. He just starts whaling on me with both hands, closed-fist punching. I was 11. I had bruises all over me. But I mean, it is what it is."
Day's voice is flat, with no breaks. He sounds detached as he says this, struggling, perhaps, to remain empathetic even in the realm of such violence.
"It was embarrassing for my dad," Day says. "I knew he felt sorry, but he'd forget it straightaway. Then something else would happen, and I'd get beat up again, or my sisters would get hit."
By this time young Jason was waging his own war with alcohol, which offered an escape from his stifling home life. Scotch-and-coke, mostly. The drinking, he says, made him angry and propelled him into fights. Once, after a night of blackout boozing, he awoke in the gutter in front of their house. At least he went home. His sister Kimmy was living on the streets. "No life goals, no nothing, no one there to tell me it was wrong," Day says. "My mom was there for us, always with a hug, but she was just so small."
Four months before Jason turned 12, his father died of stomach cancer—but not without leaving strict instructions for his wife.
"When my husband died, he knew we would get a little money, and he said to me, "You have to buy a station wagon. Make sure it's a station wagon so you can fit his golf clubs,"" Dening recalls on the phone from Brisbane. The car, a white Daewoo Nubira, helped turn things around for the Day family. So did the decision—Jason says it was his mom's, Dening says it was Jason's—to send the budding if troubled golfer to Kooralbyn International Golf Academy, nearly 500 miles away from Rockhampton. "I had to learn how to drive," she says.
Improbably, Day arrived relatively unbroken. He had rough edges, to be sure, and was capable of a "F— off!" Yet the furies seemed to ease with every passing hour on the range. After playing his way into the top group at Kooralbyn, Day met the director of instruction, Swatton, who would become the benevolent father he never had. Jason, like his parents, had an appetite for hard work, and when he and Swatton later moved to Hills International College, another golf academy, he based his choice of roommate (a boy who'd lost his mom to cancer) on who woke up earliest.
Day left his peers behind, authoring a gilded amateur career Down Under before turning pro at 19 and coming to America. He won on the Web.com Tour almost immediately, the youngest player ever to do so. Alas, stepping up to the PGA Tour slowed his progress. It exposed Day's one big weakness: doubt. "I didn't believe I was one of the best players in the world," he says. His turbulent childhood had toughened him up but had twisted his thinking, too. The years of support he'd had—from Swatton, from his agent Martin, and from Ellie, whom he met and married a few years after arriving in the States—had both propelled and paralyzed him.
"He was hearing it as pressure to perform," Ellie says. "We literally just figured this out."
This epiphany seems to have made the difference for Day in 2015, along with the ongoing love from people who show him kindnesses he never knew. "Looking back on it, it was touch and go," Day says of those days under his parents' roof. "But Col had open arms to me. I really needed him. He shaped who I am. Bud also treats me like I'm a son, and I hold that big. I never had that type of family growing up. It's a safe place."
Day tied for 28th at this year's Masters, and played through vertigo to finish T-9 at the U.S. Open. But a mysterious calm came over him at the British. It's okay if I fail, he thought to himself. Nothing will happen to me. I'll learn, and life will go on. He missed the playoff at St. Andrews by a stroke but kept that calm at the PGA, taking a two-shot lead into Sunday.
By the time he reached the 18th green, having parried every charge from Spieth, his playing competitor, Day was fighting back tears. Swatton tried to avoid eye contact, lest he, too, dissolve before it was over. When it was, after Day's tap-in for a three-shot win, the emotion came pouring out. It was absolution for the kid who cried under the mango tree, who had cowered in the car after a bad round. Was he good enough now? Damn right he was.
Amid the sobering conversation at Double Eagle, Dash Day has discovered plastic dinosaurs. In a spare moment, father joins son in idle play. Things would get much more competitive at the end of the Tour season. After today's respite, Day will soon spar with Spieth and McIlroy for the world's top ranking and make a fierce run at the FedEx Cup. He's also slotted to lead the International team into the Presidents Cup in Korea in early October. And there are more majors to chase in 2016.
"I always knew he had the talent," Chamblee says. "I remember in 2009, at Reno-Tahoe, the first time I saw him. He got in on a sponsor's exemption. He hit this drive on the 9th hole—now it's the 18th—400 yards around a corner. Dogleg left, just a little downhill, not much. I thought, My goodness—what kind of talent is that?"
Day merely needed to harness it, mixing in what Chamblee calls "off-speed pitches"—a baseball reference to specialty shots that require more brains than brawn. "Somewhere last year, he found a softness to his shots coming into greens. It's the final piece of the puzzle."
How many majors might he win? It's crowded at the top, but Chamblee predicts at least five, which would surpass Greg Norman and put Day in the company of Aussie great Peter Thomson. Says Jason's friend and countryman Adam Scott, "He's still in his twenties. He's got such a great opportunity to go on and have an incredible career."
With the future limitless, Day is sometimes reminded of the past. Alvin was a heavy smoker, and Jason says his knees buckle at the smell of cigarettes. Years ago, he and Ellie were watching "The Greatest Game Ever Played," the movie about Francis Ouimet, who grew up poor and with a tough, disapproving father. After Ouimet wins the 1913 U.S. Open, he's swept up in the crowd and sees his teary-eyed father.
"Jason was just sobbing, and I was sobbing," Ellie says. "Certain things bring back those memories. That stuff is hard."
Day could have long ago decided that life owed him one. He could have done unto others as was done to him. Instead, he went the other way. He's always had a gift for epic par saves, none better than the one from an estuary at the 2014 PGA at Valhalla, in bare feet, his pant legs rolled up. Before he could make those escapes, he had to first save himself by re-creating himself. He's the American dream, Aussie-style.
"No matter what," he says, smiling, seemingly weightless once more, "everything is gonna be okay."
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Missing Wisconsin Teen Jayme Closs Is Alive, and a 21-Year-Old Suspect Is in Jail
She vanished after her parents were murdered. Over 80 days later, she emerged from the woods.
by Matt Taylor
Left Image: Jake Thomas Patterson, jailed over the October killing of a Wisconsin couple and abduction of their teen daughter, Jayme Closs. (Barron County Sheriff's Department via AP) Right Image: Jayme Closs photo via FBI
Thirteen-year-old Jayme Closs, the Wisconsin girl who disappeared around the same time her parents were murdered last fall, was found alive on Thursday, and a 21-year-old named Jake Thomas Patterson was arrested in connection with the horrifying episode shortly thereafter.
At a press conference led by Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald Friday morning, a bevy of local, state, and federal law enforcement officials sought to close the door on a double-murder, disappearance, and massive manhunt that produced thousands of tips and generalized terror.
Closs's parents, 56-year-old James Closs and 46-year-old Denise Closs, had both been found shot to death early on the morning of October 15, but their daughter was not on the scene. Authorities initially hesitated to call her's a kidnapping, even as AMBER alerts went out and rewards were offered.
The breakthrough came in what looked at first brush like a combination of sheer grit and, in a vast, bitterly cold Midwestern landscape, a little bit of luck.
According to Fitzgerald, and as previously reported in part by the Daily Beast and the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, social worker Jeanne Nutter, who was walking her dog in a remote area, happened to stumble upon a girl who "just came out of the woods" in Gordon, Wisconsin Thursday afternoon.
"I went to her and she just sort of grabbed onto me and she told me who she was," Nutter told the paper. The duo rushed to a neighbor's house and called 9-1-1; sheriff's deputies who swarmed the area shortly thereafter identified a vehicle matching a description provided by the teen. After pulling it over, they arrested Patterson, whose home Closs had apparently escaped.
Patterson was being held in the Barron County jail, where he faces two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping.
At the press conference, Fitzgerald said the suspect had "zero criminal history in the state of Wisconsin," and that he did not know if Patterson and victim had known each other, and that it did not appear the family had had contact with him in the past. "I can tell you that the subject planned his actions and took many proactive steps to hide his identity from law enforcement and the general public," he added.
Authorities credited the press for aggressively covering the case, as it appeared both Nutter and the neighbor whose house she and Closs called the police from recognized her quickly.
"I just know did she escape from the home, and did find help... that is the will of a kid to survive," Fitzgerald told reporters. "It's unthinkable."
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Photo: Skiing toward Snowgrass Mountain while traversing the Chiwaukum Range.
"The Chiwaukum Mountains rise to 8,000 feet, the first range south of the Stevens Pass Highway corridor…. the range can give a feeling of grandness, especially while hiking into its deepest basins or across its highest passes….Lying little more than five miles east of the Cascade Crest, and thrust a thousand feet higher than summits along the divide, the Chiwaukums (receive) enough moisture from winter snowpack and summer rainstorms to create large areas of lush vegetation." – East of the Divide by Chester Marler.
by Andy Dappen with photos from Coron PolleyThe sky was already an ominous gray as Coron Polley, Tom Janisch, and I left the Icicle River following the Chatter Creek Trail toward the Chiwaukum Range on Sunday morning. We walked hoping that Friday's weather forecast (unseasonably cool with fair weather until Monday night) would return to replace Saturday's newer forecast (warmer, wetter weather would deliver rain by Sunday night). Not having checked the forecast on Saturday, I had packed my uber-light raincoat and a plump down coat that would help keep me warm in a 1.5-pound sleeping bag during unseasonably cool weather. Upward we went with me pondering the better rain coat and the Polarguard coat I should have brought for what might become a wet trip. "I hate skiing in the rain," I thought as we followed this steep trail that stair-stepped into the sky.
Photo Left: Moving toward snow country while climbing the Chatter Creek Trail.
A few hours of climbing brought us to the doorstep of snowcountry at about 4,800 feet. By 5,300 feet, intermittent snow had turned into a wall-to-wall white carpet and the antlers we carried fell off our packs and snapped onto feet. Soon we were striding beside Lake Edna telling stories of old autumn trips through the area when the green larches had gone gold, the blueberries had gone red, and the emerald Lake Edna had gone, well, emerald.
Onward we strode toward Snowgrass Mountain, which was occasionally tickling the bottom of clouds, occasionally disappearing in one of those hungry, gray amoebas. Saturday's pessimistic forecast was looking more probable than the rose-colored forecast of Friday, but Snowgrass Mountain, rewarded our efforts to climb it. The clouds lifted as we approached and, from the top, we witnessed the crumpled chaos of this sub-range of the Cascades characterized by black craggy summit ridges and wide basins scooped by the spoons of now extinct pocket glaciers.
Photo Right: On the summit of Snowgrass Mountain.
From Snowgrass, we knew camp at the bottom of the colossal toilet bowl containing Lake Charles would soon be reached. Here we would pull sweat-soaked feet from plastic-shelled boots and, with cups of tea in hand, feast our eyes upon our Cascadian kingdom. Or so we thought. The col (7,500 feet) providing our portal to the lake and looking so innocuous from Snowgrass Mountain proved to be fortified by rock slabs and splintered crags that were dangerous for oafs of our ilk to scramble in ski boots.
We explored several leads through the rock barrier but, without a rope, these looked like pleasant invitations for a gruesome bludgeoning by gravity. Eventually the intrepid Coron, embarrassed by the feeble efforts of his elders, split off and explored a scramble that, with just a few exposed moves, provided successful passage to the pass. From this gap, we skied the spectacular but mushy slopes down to the imprisoned waters of Lake Charles.
Photo Left and Right: Descending into the colossal toilet bowl of Lake Charles.
Much later than we anticipated, we set up camp beside a snow-free island of scree and kicked back to watch the sun set. It was a beautiful show with rising popcorn clouds that glowed pink and distant banks of alto-cumulous clouds that flamed red. It was certainly a sailor's delight and we settled into the tent knowing that Friday's fantastic forecast had returned – uberlight raincoats and heavier down coats were apparently the wardrobes of geniuses.
Photo Left: Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
When I pulled my earplugs early Monday morning, however, all traces of genius had leaked from my ears. Rather than silence, I heard rain drumming our canopy. In such weather even Tom Janisch, the ever-enthusiastic Labrador retriever, was content to huddle in the tent and wait. We slept, we made coffee, we made more coffee, and finally there was nothing to do but face the weather.
Photo to the Right…Left: Camp at night. Right: Camp in the morning. Apparently sailors don't know jack.
Suburbia rolled into a wet wad and was stuffed into packs and, clad in our Leaktex storm shells and Absorbtex ski pants, we strode upward into the mist. The visibility improved as we climbed and, several hundred vertical feet below the summit of Big Chiwaukum, we pondered booting up a very steep snow gulley to make the top but were deterred by the disconcertingly soft snow, Instead we contoured to a 7800-foot shoulder north of the summit where we looked west over the other side of the peak into an even thicker reservoir of moisture being dammed by the barrier of this divide.
Photo Left: Near the summit of Big Chiwaukum looking into clouds dammed by the divide.
We stripped skins and descended to a 7,400-foot pass hovering above Cup Lake. The plan had been to visit Cup Lake, climb to McCue Ridge, and move along this north-south spur until we intersected the Chiwaukum Birthday Tour that Tom and I had skied a few years ago. We would finish this traverse with a steep descent of The Swath which would drop us down into the Highway 2 corridor. Given the day's soupy weather and the ongoing drizzle, we opted for a more direct exit that had us contouring steep slopes over to Deadhorse Pass (7,200').
Photo Right: Soupy days make for soupy views.
From here we enjoyed buttery turns through the spring snowpack as we descended consolidated west-facing slopes all the way down to the Wildhorse Trail (4,950′). The trail was still snow-covered, but as we followed it north for half a mile, the snow became patchy and we saddled up the skis. Over the next few hours as we dropped down the Wildhorse and Whitepine trails leading to the car, we talked about different trips we had each taken in this area. The common denominator of our adventures was that none of us seemed to see people back in this forgotten corner of our local mountains.
Photo Left: The downward migration leading from winter to spring.
Photo Right: Moisturized trillium lilies. Below Left: When there's a trail, slide alder can be pretty.


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Were you or a loved one seriously injured in an accident? If so, our experienced Louisiana accident injury lawyers may be able to help. But you have to contact us right away. Learn more about our law firm and the types of accident injury cases we represent below.
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If you or a loved one have been injured in an offshore accident, we can help. Insurance companies are not your friends, regardless of what they portray in television commercials. The maritime lawyers at Neblett, Beard & Arsenault have been fighting for the rights of accident victims for over 40 years. Learn more below.
Neblett, Beard & Arsenault has a team of lawyers that handle maritime/offshore injury legal cases. If a worker on an oil rig was injured from work and is seeking compensation, we help that injured worker obtain the most possible compensation that's available to them. Often times if these workers don't hire a good law firm, they'll be given little amounts of compensation to cover their injuries. We can help, if you've been injured from an accident offshore, or coming to shore we're ready to talk.
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Maritime law covers marine shipping, commerce, and the transportation of passengers. Maritime law also covers the operation of offshore oil rigs and docks. That means that any injury sustained in a maritime context, by a passenger or a worker, in a commercial or recreational context, may fall under admiralty, another legal term for maritime law.
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In Louisiana, several laws protect those who have been injured in a maritime or offshore incident. Federal legislation includes the Jones Act. Enacted in 1920, this law allows seamen who are injured on the job to bring a personal injury lawsuit against their employer. Atypically for maritime laws, plaintiffs have rights to a jury trial under the Jones Act.
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Answer: If you are a "seaman," you are protected. Generally, this means you are connected to a particular vessel or fleet and spend a significant portion of your working time at sea.
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Answer: Sometimes, injuries occur not because of a specific individual's negligence, but because the vessel was unseaworthy or the crew unqualified. In this case, you may bring an unseaworthiness claim.
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At the California Audio Show last year Jack Roberts from Dagogo stopped by our room for a listen and was amazed at how well our system sounded. We had a pretty modest set up that included our A3-500 300B amps once again mated with FritzFrequencies speakers, this time the new Carrera 7 model. The source was the Resolution Audio Cantata with variable output. Sometimes simpler is better, at least in this case we felt so. Well Jack decided to take a flyer and review the amps and you can read all about it by clicking HERE.
Once again we teamed up with Fritz Heiler of FritzFrequencies for another fun packed audio show. This time it was the California Audio Show sponsored by Dagogo. Our room was busy throughout the entire event and we even scored a review from Jack Roberts who took home the Electra-Fideliy A3-500 monoblocks for a listen. Look for the review in Dagogo in the near future. For now, click HERE for more details and comments about the room.


As you already know, one of the goals in exhibiting at a trade show is to increase your brand awareness and increase awareness of specific products, promotions, and services that you offer to your audiences. But the last thing you want to do is bombard your customer with TOO much information or as I like to refer to it, "sensory overload", when they arrive at your trade show exhibit.
For starters, you want to make sure that you select the correct graphics that appeal to your target market. Ideally, you'll want to select a color scheme that's consistent with your brand and stick to a certain range of colors, to make sure you message is unified. Selecting the right graphics is essential – because what you use in a magazine ad or on your website probably won't be what you want to use for a wall-size graphic in a trade show exhibit. Choose your colors carefully, as you want something warm, welcoming, and intriguing, but not overwhelming.
Think carefully about your colors and use them to your advantage to make the right impression.
Next, you'll want to think about the written communications. I'd suggest not to put too much text on the walls in your booth, because no one wants to read a lot. You'll want to concentrate not only on what you want to say, but the size of the font that's used. It needs to be visible to the eyes of someone walking by, to catch their attention quickly. Your goal is to grab their attention, make them stop, and hopefully, draw them in to come and talk to you, ask you questions, and learn more information.
It's important not to think of your trade show exhibit as a series of ads or campaign information, but rather as one large cohesive unit with the same look and feel across the entire space. All you need is to attract that customer's attention – and once you've done that, you can speak with them to find out what interested them to stop by.
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Something about this photo creeps me out...are these guys hands gigantic, or is it just me?
Week 3 in the NFL has come and gone, and we're starting to get a better idea of where the power truly lies. There are surprises to be sure...Broncos at 3-0 and Titans at 0-3 jump to mind, but really we're starting to know who is good, and who is not. The teams who are terrible are more clear cut at this point, as the top of the heap is yet to be determined, but that's what makes football so great. And now...the power rankings!
1. Saints – Yes, this is probably too high, but since these are my rankings and I enjoy watching Dr. Drew Brees operate on opposing defenses, I'm going to stick them up here at number one, even if they should probably be slightly lower.
2. Ravens – The defense is not nearly what it was a year ago, but then, the offense is much further along than it was before. The Ravens may have one of the most impressive wins of the season in going into San Diego and taking down the Chargers in Week 2. This team is legit, this team also wears too much purple, but whatcha gonna do??
3. Giants – They are banged up, and don't have much in the way of wide receivers, but the Giants are still a team to reckon with.
4. Vikings – The Vikings have done exactly what I expected them to do with their somewhat easy opening schedule. Things start to get tougher as they'll play the Packers twice, the Steelers and the Ravens in the next stretch of games. How gigantic will those Packer games be as Brett Favre will face the team with whom he should have retired?
5. Jets – In the preseason looking at the Jets, I was less than impressed. However, Mark Sanchez and Rex Ryan have won me over. Sanchez just looks like a quarterback should, and I absolutely love Rex Ryan's attitude. He is the type of arrogant that can rub off on a team and make they play better than the sum of their parts. The Jets are for real, I say.
6. Colts – The Colts are hitting their stride, and as long as they have Peyton Manning, they're in the hunt.
7. Patriots – The rumors of the demise of the Patriots have apparently been greatly exaggerated. I was writing tunes for their burial dirge last week, but after the dominating way they took down Atlanta, perhaps they aren't as done as I had hoped.
9. Chargers – If I am a San Diego fan, I see no reason to panic just yet. The Bolts have played some good ball, and they are only one back of Denver. There is a lot of season left, the Chargers should win the West.
10. Packers – There is no better way to get healthy than a date with the St. Louis Rams, after faltering at home versus the Bengals, the Pack looks to be back on track and I'm sure they won't need any more motivation to face Favre and the Vikes in Minnesota on Monday Night. That game is going to get some crazy good TV ratings, I'm sure.
11. Eagles – After feasting on the Chiefs, the upcoming schedule does not get a whole lot more difficult. The Eagles have to face the gauntlet of Tampa, Oakland, Washington, from which they should emerge with a 5-1 record. If Donovan McNabb was going to get hurt, this was not the worst time of the season to have to try and get through without him. Kevin Kolb has been solid. Although Michael Vick definitely showed some signs of rust against Kansas City on Sunday, I hope he continues to improve.
12. 49ers – It's time to acknowledge that the 49ers just might be a good team. If they were able to keep a 39 year old man from completing a 39 yard TD pass at the end of the game on Sunday, San Francisco would be undefeated right now. The best part of this is that with the success of Mike Singletary in a copycat league, perhaps even more owners will start to consider hiring coaches that are not entirely mentally stable. Ah, I love me some Coach Crazy. Singletary is the man.
13. Cowboys – Wade Phillips is a terrible head football coach, right? We can all agree on this? Why is he still employed? Perhaps an even better question would be, how on God's green earth did he get three chances to be a head coach. The Cowboys are coming to Denver, but they look less than stellar at the moment. I'm not going to guarantee that the Broncos win, but lets just say I won't be shocked if it happens.
14. Bears – Since both he and I are diabetics, and since he played for my favorite team last season, I think I was blind to it, but Jay Cutler is a giant tool. I'm glad he's in the league, because he makes it more fun to cheer against the Bears. It's good to have a villain, and Cutler plays that role spectacularly. I'm not saying he isn't a good quarterback, he just isn't very likable. Plus, he looks like a retarded Beatle, which is fun; It's John, Paul, Ringo, and George…plus Jay who rides on the short bus.
15. Falcons – Boy, if you'd told me before the season that Falcons-49ers in Week 4 would be a huge game, I'd have been skeptical. However…Falcons-49ers this week is a huge game. The Falcons need to get their mojo back after getting musket whipped by the Patriots last weekend, and the Niners need to have their hearts reattached after having them ripped out by Brett Favre on the last play of the game.
16. Bills – The Bills are a bit of a hard luck team. Their city is dying, they are likely going to move to Canada in the next decade, and they always seem to be just short of being a good team. Plus that whole four Super Bowl losses in a row thing in the early Nineties. I see reasons to hope in Buffalo, but I think they don't quite have enough to compete in the AFC, especially with the Jets and the Pats in their division.
17. Cardinals – If I were a gambling man, I don't think there is any way in the world I would ever put money on the Cardinals. This is one of the most Jekyll and Hyde teams in the NFL. You never know if you're going to get pounded by them or beat the living snot out of them. Either option is a possibility each and every week. The Cardinals have zero consistency.
18. Broncos – I want to believe, I really do. The Broncos have been one of the most consistent teams so far this season, Josh McDaniels' regular season to this point has been as good as his offseason was bad. If he keeps coaching this way, I'll have to take back all the bad things I said about him in the offseason. The reason I'm holding off on the Orange and Blue Kool-Aid is that they really haven't beaten anyone yet. The Bengals might be good, but the Broncos win against them was aided by a healthy amount of luck, and the Browns and Raiders are cover your eyes awful right now. In another five weeks we will know a lot more about how much we can trust the Broncos. For now, I'm reserving judgment, and I'm hoping like mad that they are as good as they have looked to this point.
19. Bengals - *Footnote to my Steelers comment…The Bengals might actually be pretty good. They are one ridiculously lucky Denver Broncos pass away from being undefeated.
20. Texans – Matt Schaub is putting up some pretty numbers, but I don't know if there is enough toughness in this team. The Texans really need to put something together, as they are due to be a decent team, and theoretically they have the talent this year. There is just a certain something missing from them, and I can't put my finger on what it is. One thing I know for certain is that they need to never wear those all red uniforms ever again. Those are dreadful.
21. Titans – What a weird game this weekend. The Titans were playing the Jets, or was it the Oilers playing the Titans? In an homage to the AFL, the Titans wore Oilers uniforms and the Jets wore Titans uniforms. (The Jets were named the Titans before they were the Jets, and the current day Titans used to be the Oilers.) That is confusing, but it meant that no matter the result, the Titans would win the game. Unfortunately for the Tennessee faithful, it wasn't the team that will continue to be the Titans, as Tennessee fell to an unthinkable before the season started 0-3. Last year the Titans won their first ten games. This year they have already equaled their loss total from the entire year, and they've only played three games.
22. Seahawks – I am convinced that someone in the Seattle organization lost a bet, that is the only possible reason that any NFL team would take the field in a color that is best described as snot green. If Dominique Wilkins was the human highlight film, the Seahawks were just human highlighters against the Bears on Sunday. That uniform needs to go away quickly, as it is beyond dreadful…The Hawks as a football team struggle without Matt Hasselbeck, who I am beginning to think faked an injury just so he wouldn't have to play in those monstrosities.
23. Jaguars – The Jaguars showed some signs of life in beating the cherry red Texans. I'm not expecting that to be a trend, however.
24. Panthers – Jake Delhomme cannot possibly have any confidence left, it's gone. Completely. There is a very good chance that Steve Smith is going to kill someone on the Panthers sideline this year. Did you see him yelling into the air and to anyone who would listen to him on the sidelines on Monday night? He looked completely homicidal. Jake Delhomme should just demand a trade right now. My favorite part of the Smith rant was after he was done and some sideline lackey carrying some cups of Gatorade almost ran into him, and then bolted out of the way with the fear of God in his eyes. Steve Smith is scary.
25. Dolphins – There is no life or energy in the Dolphins, and now they don't even have Chad Pennington who is done for the year. It's going to be a long football season in Miami.
27. Raiders – I'm not saying that Jamarcus Russell overthrows his targets, but there were Broncos defensive backs calling for fair catches on interceptions on Sunday.
28. Buccaneers – The best thing I can write about the Buccaneers is that they've managed to keep their losses to 13 points or less each game. I wish the Broncos played Tampa this year.
29. Lions – Look out for those frisky Lions! Off the schneid after 19 straight losses, that has to feel good if you're a Detroit fan. I gotta say even I felt pretty good for the Lions, and I'm no friend to Detroit, but there is only so much consistent losing a soul can take…unless you're a Pirates fan.
30. Chiefs – This AFC West team is dreadful, and the offseason coaching overhaul may have made things worse rather than better. Amazingly that sentence doesn't apply to the Broncos, but rather to Kansas City. I have to say, I was expecting more than what they've shown to this point.
32. Browns – …and this team is too inept to even know HOW to care.
You're darn right I'm leading this story off with a photo of Left Guard Ben Hamilton. Why? Because offensive linemen rule, and they deserve their moment in the sun, that's why!
On the road in Oakland with an improving Raiders team, a Broncos team that had to feel fortunate to be 2-0 was going into what felt for the world like a game that would belong to the Silver and Black. So what happens? Naturally, the Broncos thump the Raiders 23-3 as Oakland continues their commitment to excrement.
Through 3 games the defense has given up 16 points, that is not a misprint. 16 Points!
It's getting harder and harder to be skeptical of this Denver Broncos team. If my preseason prediction of a 4-12 record is to come true, they can only win one game in the remaining thirteen. I'll never be more pleased to be wrong. I still refuse to get delusional about this team, as I think they will still finish under .500, but it's nice that they have not looked nearly as poor as I was anticipating at the start of the season and things have gone about as good as I could have hoped or imagined.
Brandon Marshall and Correll Buckhalter celebrate sitting all along atop the AFC West.
That said, the difficult portion of the schedule is now set to commence, and we're about to learn a whole lot about the Denver Broncos. Taking down the Bengals, Browns and Raiders is one thing…it will be much more impressive if they are able to do it to the Cowboys, Patriots, Chargers, Ravens and Steelers of the world. (Yes, those are the next five games, the NFL schedule maker is not kind to Denver.) So I remain skeptical, yet hopeful, in light of the Broncos who are 3-0. As Ronald Reagan said of Russia during the Cold War, "Trust but Verify," It's been easy to trust in the Broncos so far, but these next five to ten games bring the point where we will need to verify.
Although Russell's passes do look good, they tend to fly to players in the other color uniforms.
For now, Sunday afternoon in Oakland was a bit of a cake walk. The Raiders are a poor football team, and despite some good talent in many places, the sum of the parts is less than the whole in Oaktown. If I'm the Raiders offensive coordinator, I don't know if I ever call for a pass play of more than five yards past the line of scrimmage at this point. Jamarcus Russell is so bad that it is painful to watch him trying to pass downfield. His two early interceptions set the course for the day. They were both so badly overthrown, that I think the defensive backs could have called for a fair catch. Russell's accuracy is troubling, or at least it would be troubling if I were a Raider fan. As an avid Raider hater, I find it more amusing, really. The odd thing is that he looks good back there, when he lets the pass go, he has an authority in the way he looks that really sells him as looking the part of an NFL quarterback. The ball zips out of his hands and down the field with zip, he has a massive arm that is impressive, the problem is he has a hard time getting the ball within twenty feet of his intended receiver, which is clearly an issue in the NFL.
Odds are at least 50-50 that Kyle is throwing the ball away, but somehow it works for him.
At times during Sunday's game, the Raiders actually looked like a decent football team. As soon as the Broncos entered the red zone, their defense stiffened tremendously, and the Broncos could barely function offensively from inside the ten. The problem for Oakland is that between the twenties, the Broncos had zero difficulties moving the ball. Kyle Orton may throw the ball away more than any quarterback I can ever remember, but he has to this point in the season made consistently good decisions, as evidenced by the fact that he is yet to throw a pick. I'll take a smart QB who doesn't try to force things to happen that are not there, I'm definitely coming around on Kyle Orton.
Elvis Dumerville continues to enjoy introducing himself to opposing quarterbacks. He now has 6 sacks in 3 games, which is not too shabby.
1. Elvis Dumerville – The man continues to play like the world owes him an apology, and I love it. Ordinarily I am not a huge fan of the 3-4 defense, but it seems to suit the Broncos personnel to perfection. Elvis coming from the outside linebacker position is a stroke of genius, and let's just say I'm a big Mike Nolan fan as defensive coordinator for this team. The results don't lie, even if they have faced subpar competition to this point, giving up only 16 points in 3 games is solid work by the defense.
Brian Dawkins likes to throw his body around, he's playing some solid ball.
2. Brian Dawkins – Early returns of this free agent pickup from Philadelphia are encouraging. I was worried he might not have enough left in the tank, but he has been flying around the secondary and laying wood to any offensive player who dares enter his area, not only that but the heads up play on the fumble in the 3rd quarter where he reestablished himself in the field of play before picking up the ball showed some serious football smarts. I love it when you have a guy in the secondary who is both a leader and an intelligent football player. The Broncos missed that last season with the retirement of John Lynch, and it's nice to have it again back there. I'm enjoying the Dawkins era to this point.
Knowshon Moreno is starting to show why the Broncos decided to draft him so high.
You can take Brandon's picture off of the milk cartons, he was found in Oakland on Sunday.
4. Brandon Marshall - That's right, there was a bonafide sighting of #15 this weekend. He scored the first touchdown, and showed glimpses of the overpowering receiver he was last season. So that's something!
1. The running defense: At times the Broncos run D was shredded by the likes of Michael Bush and Darren McFadden. The Raiders fell too far behind to grind it out, but if the Broncos face a team that takes a lead on them in the future, it could be scary trying to get the opposition off of the field if they are able to run it down our throats like the Raiders did at stretches on Sunday. That area of the defense scares me a bit, and I think in the upcoming weeks we will see teams take advantage of it.
The Raiders running game was the only thing that showed even brief glimmers of life.
2. The offense in the Red Zone: The Broncos should have had a lot more points on the board on Sunday than just 23, but they seem unable to smash it in once they get close. I hope McDaniels is the offensive genius he was advertised to be, and he gets to work on shoring up that part of the Broncos attack, as it stuck out like a red clown nose on Michelangelo's David on Sunday.
Again this week, there is little to criticize without sounding like you are nitpicking, so I'll stop there, as the Broncos looked pretty impressive against the Raiders. Just lose, baby.
Redskins 10 Lions 9 - This game is easily the winner of the game I least want to see this weekend award. Although I'm picking against the Lions, I think they have a great chance of ending their losing skid and finally winning a game for the first time since 2007.
Packers 33 Rams 10 - I'm feeling less enthusiastic about the Pack than I was at the beginning of the year when I picked them to win it all, but they should definitely have enough to take down the Rams and do so in convincing fashion.
Vikings 22 49ers 17 - Suddenly this is one of the best games of the weekend. I have yet to see the Niners play a regular season game, but from all accounts they are doing well. I think AP and company will be able to eek this one out, though.
Falcons 27 Patriots 17 - I think the Falcons are pretty darn good, and I think the Pats have slipped a bit. I also hope this is the case, because I dig the dirty birds, and lets just say New England isn't one of my favorites. Tom Brady looks a little tentative about his knee, and I think it's hurting the team.
Jets 19 Titans 13 - A strong defense and a good start by Mark Sanchez have the J-E-T-S pointed in the direction of a much stronger season than I expected, and the Titans seem to be a bit snake bit thus far. Still, this should be a pretty good game.
Eagles 33 Chiefs 3 - Even without Donovan McNabb, the Eagles seem destined to destroy the Chiefs. Kansas City is just not very good, and it could start getting ugly soon for the boys from KC.
Giants 28 Buccaneers 9 - There are some good matchups this weekend, however this is not one of them. Are the Bucs the least interesting team in the NFL right now? Possibly so, I say. G-men in a walk, says I.
Ravens 38 Browns 0 - Let's just say I feel pretty confident in the Ravens ability to take down the Browns. They are my suicide pick for the week, the Ravens look strong right now, and the Browns just got pounded 27-6 by the Broncos. I'm not smelling an upset here.
Texans 16 Jaguars 13 - I have a feeling that the Jags are going to be the masters of keeping it close yet losing all the time this season. The Texans are poised for a letdown after a gigantic win against the Titans last week, but I feel like they get a scare, but don't get a L.
Seahawks 24 Bears 23 - I'll go out on a limb here, since hardly anyone is taking Seattle in this one.
Saints 40 Bills 27 - The Saints defense is average, but their offense is scary good right now.
Steelers 17 Bengals 13 - The Bengals are better than I thought, but they are still the Bengals, and Pittsburgh is still Pittsburgh.
Chargers 29 Dolphins 13 - The Dolphins are a decent team, but if they have to come back in the final 2 minutes, forget about it.
Cardinals 27 Colts 19 - The Colts need to establish the run, and also establish that they can stop the run.
Cowboys 24 Panthers 22 - Jake gets closer to a decent game, but not close enough to win.
It's amazing how easy it is to take photos of people on a train without them ever knowing.
1. Saints – This may look crazy since the Saints defense leaves much to be desired, but Drew Brees has the look of a cold blooded killer, that offense is just relentless, and right now they are playing on the offensive side of the ball better than anyone else in football is doing anything else, so they get the number one spot for now.
2. Ravens – The defense isn't demolishing people like they did a year ago, but Joe Flacco and the offense are on the rise and they are still solid defensively. Giving up 24 points to the Chiefs in week one is a little disconcerting, but they are still looking good enough to claim top billing in the AFC for now.
4. Jets – Color me surprised that Rex Ryan has Mark Sanchez and the Jets playing this solidly already. The defense looks really good, and Sanchez looks to be following in the successful rookie quarterback footsteps of Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan.
5. Vikings – Adrian Peterson is more the reason that the Vikes look scary to me than the 40 year old Quarterback. Brett Favre appears to be playing the role of game manager, a role that I'm pretty sure Sage or Tarvaris Jackson could have pulled off just as well. I'm curious how much money I could have made in Vegas betting that we would be heading into Week 3 and Favre would still not have tossed a pick, that fact has to rank up there in the more unexpected developments of the season thus far.
6. Steelers – The Champs could be 2-0 if Jeff Reed is able to knock in a short field goal on one of the two chances he had, but since he didn't Pittsburgh is at 1-1 and facing some serious questions about the viability of their pathetic offensive line.
7. Chargers – They fell just short at home against the Ravens, but there are a lot of good signs…especially if you're like me and you have Darren Sproles on one of your fantasy teams. You can stick a fork in Ladainian, because he is DONE! The Chargers are fortunate that the Raiders are the Raiders, or they might be 0-2 at the moment.
8. Packers – I'm feeling less thrilled about my preseason pick of the Packers winning it all after somehow the Bengals were able to walk into the not quite yet frozen tundra and put the Pack away.
9. Cowboys – Tony Romo needs to stop throwing game changing interceptions and the Cowboys will be okay. That may be easier said than done, but I still believe that Romo brings more to the table than he takes off of it. The Cowboys need to show me something if they want to stay this high, because right now they are trending down in my book.
10. Patriots – I have them this high due to habit of having New England in the top 10, but I honestly think that a combination of age, losing talented players, and having Brady only a year removed from a tragic knee injury has the Patriots in a weaker condition than people yet realize. The Pats are like Tiger Woods; they both used to be unstoppable forces, and while both are still very good neither are currently carrying that same air of invincibility.
11. Falcons – Matty Ice appears to have avoided the sophomore slump thus far, but it is still very early. So far the Falcons are looking like last year was not a fluke.
12. 49ers – I had to do a double take after I typed it, but yes, I do have the Niners this high. I'm not sure how they are doing it with the immortal Shaun Hill behind center, but San Francisco is relevant right now…who knew??
13. Eagles – Losing McNabb hurts the Eagles, but you'd think they'd be used to it by now. If he can get back soon, I like the Eagles chances to rise back up this list, but for now, they have fallen to unlucky thirteen after getting drubbed by the Saints.
14. Colts – Perhaps it was the curse of having me pick them to make the Super Bowl, but the Colts look very ordinary right now. That said, when Peyton Manning is in crunch time, he still gives off the impression that there is just no way that he fails. As he was driving late in the Monday Night game, was there any doubt he was going to lead the offense to the go ahead score? Not in my mind.
15. Texans – I was shocked at how badly they were beaten on opening day, but now that the Jets are looking like a serious contender, it is a little less surprising. I still believe in Matt Schaub and Andre Johnson, and I'm hoping on Steve Slaton since he is a vital part of my fantasy team. Going into Tennessee to take down the Titans in a game that was a close to a must win as you can get in week 2 was a good sign.
16. Titans – This team appears to have lost it's mojo. That's practically inconceivable with the immortal Kerry Collins at quarterback. I'm at a loss.
17. Bears – Jay Cutler is not a highly likable fellow, but he is a better quarterback than the media have been painting him out to be since the stink bomb of a game he played on opening night. I don't think I like the Bears to make the playoffs, but I don't think it will be all Cutler's fault.
18. Cardinals – Arizona looks to be back to their inconsistent ways which defined them for so much of last season before they went on an improbable tear in the playoffs. They aren't terrible, but they are not as good as the team that was one defensive stop away from a Lombardi Trophy back in February.
19. Bengals – This team is a fluke touchdown away from being undefeated so far. Going into Green Bay and taking down the Packers is impressive, and better days may finally be ahead for the men in tiger stripes.
20. Seahawks – Hopefully for the Seahawks sake Matt Hasselbeck is not out for too long with his rib injury, the backup situation with Seneca Wallace and something called Mike Teel is none too strong. You would have thought the Seahawks got all their bad injury karma worked out of their system last year, wouldn't you?
21. Panthers – I have a hard time believing that this team dropped this far this fast. This was the team I was predicting to win it all at the tail end of last season, and now with the horrific play of Jake "the H is silent" Delhomme, they look like they have the potential to lose to anyone.
22. Bills – The Bills may be able to string together a decent season, and they haven't looked half bad so far with a close loss to the Patriots and a good win over a poor Buccaneers team.
23. Broncos – Yup, this feels about right for my boys. I want to be excited about being 2-0, but I keep looking at the upcoming schedule for them which makes me sick to my stomach. After the Raiders game this weekend, they face a stretch of Cowboys, Patriots, Chargers, Ravens, Steelers, Redskins. Chargers again, and then Giants. I don't see a win in that group, plus they then have to go to their personal house of horrors at Arrowhead where even bad Chiefs teams usually beat them and then a game at the Colts. It's not hard to imagine that they lose 10 games in a row, so while I'm upbeat about the undefeated run through the teams of Ohio, I'm nervous about what lies ahead.
24. Dolphins – This is a solid, if unspectacular team. Their lack of playmakers on offense is stunning, as once they fell behind late in the game Monday night, there was just no way they were going to win. I haven't seen that kind of urgency in a two minute drill since the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX. Seriously though with that Colts game, how do you hold an advantage in time of possession by 45:07 to 14:53 and lose a game? I would not have thought it possible.
25. Redskins – I just have a feeling that the Redskins are just not that good. Barely having enough to put away the Rams at your home stadium is embarrassing, plus they face a similar dilemma as the Lions in that the rest of their division is significantly better than they are.
26. Raiders – This may be a different Raiders team than we have seen over the past several years. They look legitimately frisky right now, and I'd probably have them even higher if they had a quarterback who was even remotely credible behind center. Jamarcus Russell is just not a legit NFL QB.
27. Jaguars – They hung with the Colts, but they always seem to just barely lose to the Colts. The bigger worry is how they were run off of their own field by the Cardinals. This team is just not very good.
28. Buccaneers – When you quarterback choices are Byron Leftwich or a rookie project from Kansas State, you are not starting out ahead of the game. I feel for Raheem Morris who is going to have a tough rookie season as a head coach down in Tampa.
29. Chiefs – When you hold a visiting quarterback to only 109 yards passing and he only completes seven passes all day and you STILL lose, you are a crappy team. The Chiefs are crappy. Perhaps they get better, but Kansas City is far from scary right now.
30. Rams – The Rams decided to actually score some points this week. Granted they only have 7 points all season to this point, but at least they are on the board finally after week 2. In Saint Louis, it's the little things you have to find victories in, because you'll find precious few W's on the scoreboard this season.
32. Browns – This team looks absolutely atrocious right now. They came into Denver and put up a fight for about a half, but then they looked like a team looking for a soft place to land. Ever since the Browns returned from exile earlier this decade they have not had a whole lot to be proud of in Cleveland regarding their football team. It looks like that trend is continuing this season.


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Lots of people are calling this the worst National Anthem ever, what do you think?
Okay, I think it's not very good. Not "the worst ever", but definitely not good. I appreciate a band trying something different, but if you listened to that song without lyrics, you wouldn't even know it was The National Anthem.
-EDIT- Upon hearing it again, I change my mind. It's not just "not very good"...it's pretty awful. The drummer is just off doing his own thing, neither of the guitars sound right, and the singer is trying too hard to make it a "rock song".
Was that the worst ever? Who was worse, comment below.


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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will contest the upcoming general election from Gopalganj-3 constituency.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader came up with this information while declaring the party's final list at Sheikh Hasina's Dhanmondi political in the city on Friday noon.
"Our party president and also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken decision to contest election from Goplaganj-3 constituency, although she submitted her nomination paper from Rangpur-6," Quader said.
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has also submitted her nomination papers from Rangpur-6 constituency to contest the upcoming elections.
"Now Speaker of the Parliament Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will contest from the Rangpur-6 constituency," said the AL general secretary.
As a result, the premier will contest from a lone seat this year. Mentionable, Sheikh Hasina contested in the parliamentary elections in the past from multiple constituencies.


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.cat-block .category img {
  width: 13px;
  padding-right: 5px;
  display: none;
}

.cat-block .category:hover img {
  display: inline;
}

.cat-block .category a {
  font-size: 16px;
  font-weight: 300;
  color: #3b3b3b;
  text-align: right;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.cat-block .category:hover {
  box-shadow: 0px 0px 21px 0px rgba(1, 2, 4, 0.25);
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);
}

.cat-block .category:active {
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);
}

.cat-block .category:nth-of-type(1) {
  border-radius: 10px 0 0 10px;
  padding-left: 14px;

}

.cat-block .category:nth-of-type(4) {
  border-radius: 0 10px 10px 0;
  padding-right: 14px;
}

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A: Важно понимать, что есть свойства, которые не анимируются через transition. Прежде всего это свойства со значениями в виде текста, например display: none. С другой стороны, свойства имеющие численные значения, например, opacity: 1 являются анимируемыми.
Исходя из этого вам нужно так переделать свой код, чтобы появление иконки было задано анимируемыми свойствами. Например можно задать отрицательный margin-left, а по наведению мыши задавать ему нулевое значение. Тогда иконка будет как бы выезжать слева.
Надеюсь принцип понятен?

A: @andrey-fedorov прав, сделать плавность с помощью css/display:none невозможно, это можно сделать при помощи jQuery например. А вот если изменять ширину от 0 до заданной, то с помощью css это сделать можно вот так:

body {
  font-family: "Roboto";
  font-weight: 100px;
}

.cat-block {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
}

.cat-block .category {
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);
  padding: 3px 8px 3px 8px;
  box-shadow: 0px 0px 35px 0px rgba(1, 2, 4, 0.25);
  float: left;
  -webkit-transition: .2s ease-out;
  -o-transition: .2s ease-out;
  -moz-transition: .2s ease-out;
  transition: .2s ease-out;
  margin: 0;
  z-index: 3;
}

.cat-block .category img {
  width: 0;
  padding-right: 5px;
  transition: .3s;
}

.cat-block .category:hover img {
  width:13px
}

.cat-block .category a {
  font-size: 16px;
  font-weight: 300;
  color: #3b3b3b;
  text-align: right;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.cat-block .category:hover {
  box-shadow: 0px 0px 21px 0px rgba(1, 2, 4, 0.25);
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);
}

.cat-block .category:active {
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);
}

.cat-block .category:nth-of-type(1) {
  border-radius: 10px 0 0 10px;
  padding-left: 14px;

}

.cat-block .category:nth-of-type(4) {
  border-radius: 0 10px 10px 0;
  padding-right: 14px;
}

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