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Inside Miss GEICO's Power Move: On The Record with Marc Granet
Last week's announcement that the Miss GEICO offshore powerboat racing team would run Mercury Racing 1650 Race Engines left more than a few race teams and fans scratching their heads. After all, until the news broke on this site (Read the story) on Thursday, Feb. 14, at 10:15 a.m. during the Miami International Boat Show, most offshore racing insiders had the GEICO team either rigging its 44-foot former Victory Team catamaran with the T-53 708 turbine engines in storage at the shop or going with an in-house piston engine program.
Speculation, at least on what the team would do for power, ended last Thursday. Still, there were lots of unanswered questions on Miss GEICO racing's past, present and future. And there were and are, in the words of the team's driver Marc Granet, "lots of ruffled feathers."
This morning, I caught up with Granet via telephone and asked him a few questions. Here's what he said to say.
Scott Begovich (left) and Marc Granet will run Mercury Racing 1650 Race engines in Miss GEICO this season.
Until your boat burned in June of last year, you were one of the leading proponents—if not the leading proponent—of the turbine class. Is that a fair statement?
Yes, absolutely.
You even have two spare turbine engines in your shop right now, right?
So why didn't you put them in the 'new' Miss GEICO?
As you said, we have been the main driver of developing the turbine class. John Haggin's dream (Haggin was the former backer of AMF Racing, which fielded and primarily funded the Miss GEICO program) of creating in offshore what Bernie Little created with Unlimited hydroplanes pushed us on for a long time. As you know, we took a lot of flak because many times we were the only turbine boat on the racecourse. When we did have competition, it was generally fast and had some drama attached to it. Prior to the fire, we had made a significant investment in upgrading our turbine program equipment with the expectation of racing against the Spirit of Qatar boat.
What prevented you from simply putting turbines in the 44-foot Victory boat you bought to replace the 50-foot Mystic and continuing the turbine-class quest?
Many times during our journey down the road with turbines, we would step back and ask ourselves if we were doing the right thing. Were we on this quest alone? There were definitely moments in the quest that gave us pause and made us feel as if we were throwing spears against brick walls. But we came to a defining moment after the fire. Not only did we understand that we were not prepared for a fire, we were at a crossroads for what our future held and how committed we were to the turbine-power aspect of it. What, truly, did our future look like?
We made a significant investment of hard cash in the new boat. To get the T-53s ready and rigged in the boat wasn't just going to take an enormous of amount of money, it was going to take time. It takes time to rig a turbine boat—you don't just do it overnight or the failures will put you up against the wall. Because of our sponsor commitments, we had to get the boat back on the water very quickly.
People have asked why we didn't we just shove the turbines in our MTI boat or one of the other boats. Why? Those are retired boats. They are not ready to accept turbine engines without a significant amount of work and our backs were against the wall. Again, we had very little time.
We did explore buying a couple of other turbine boats from people who were getting out of the sport, and those explorations went right down to the wire.
As things got closer, we had to sit down ask ourselves: What does our future look like? Bottom line, while the proposed Qatar turbine boat is coming down the line it is still one year away from being truly ready. Even if the Qatar boat came, we all know it takes a year to get any offshore race boat at this level, especially a turbine boat, right. And even if Qatar did show up, it was one turbine boat. For two years, we had begged—begged—to have somebody come race us. We even offered to pay for an equally powered boat to compete with us. Almost no one did.
We decided that we could not bank our future on the unknown. What we did know was there were a lot of piston boats. While piston power was a change for us technologically, we thought the transition was manageable and that we have what it takes to run on the edge with the competition. So we made the decision to run with a known quantity.
You finished the 2012 offshore racing season with Mercury Racing 1075SCi engines that had mechanical issues at almost every race. Did you ever second-guess your choice to go with piston power?
Absolutely. We second-guessed and third-guessed and fourth-guessed, but the drive to race in a class with lots of competition was too strong. Scott (Begovich, the throttleman for Miss GEICO) and I knew we needed to have competition.
One of the most painful things we experienced after the fire was that that the turbine boats came out for every race. For two years, they would not come play. There are different ways you can look at it. But to race for two years and not have anybody to compete with, go through a disaster and then see them out there? That was painful.
The Qatar team reportedly commissioned its turbine boat specifically to compete with Miss GEICO. Did you feel as if you left them in the lurch, so to speak?
We did not leave them in the lurch. They obviously have other turbine boats they can compete with now. If Sheik Hassan's goal was to go up against the GEICO boat, he already has a very quick piston boat that won a World Championship last year in Key West.
Should we have invested millions of dollars in the hope that their turbine program would come along? We didn't plan on the fire. It cost us a ton of money. We had to make a decision that was best for our team, our business and our sponsor, not for proposed competition down the road. We had already been let down too many times.
At what point did the notion of running turbines become completely dead to the team?
Once the Mercury discussions progressed and we knew how fast and powerful those engines really were. We were one of the very few teams to have witnessed their capabilities up close from another boat during the Key West Offshore Worlds last year. Once we began our discussions with Mercury, we knew we didn't have to depend on turbine power to be on top. We were at a point where we could close that chapter.
What would the team have done if the Mercury deal didn't work out?
We're a big team. We're certainly not going to back ourselves into a corner. We've learned that sometimes you have to make decisions quickly and you always have to give yourself options. This team has survived a lot. We're in it for the long haul. We had a Plan B of developing our own piston engine program in house, but we didn't have to go with it.
How do you see the season playing out in terms of competition for Miss GEICO?
I won't make a prediction on who will be competitive with us and who won't, but I will tell you this: We have combined two groups, Mercury Racing and Miss GEICO, that are committed to building, racing and producing the very best in the long term. What I see is a team that will be dominant, but will also be fair and compassionate, and will set the stage for the next generation of offshore racers.
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Designer Kate Spade Found Dead In Manhattan Apartment
NEW YORK, NY (24/7 News Source/WBZ-AM) -- Fashion designer Kate Spade,55, was found dead in her Manhattan apartment Tuesday from an apparent suicide according to police.
Police say that her housekeeper reportedly found the designer's body around 10:20 Tuesday morning inside 850 Park Avenue. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
There are multiple reports that the 55-year-old hanged herself and left a suicide note.
The fashion designer launched her company with David Spade's brother Andy in 1993, beginning with just handbags before the brand and empire expanded to include clothing jewelry, bedding, china, wallpaper and shoes.
Kate and Andy tied the knot a year later in 1994.
Her company, Kate Spade New York, has over 140 retail shops and outlet stores across the U.S. and more than 175 shops internationally.
In 2007, Kate sold the company to focus on raising their daughter, Frances Beatrix Spade, now 13. She launched a new line called Frances Valentine in 2016.
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Image caption Beth Evans says she has had to fight hard to get George into the right school
An 11-year-old boy labelled as naughty has spent six years struggling at school because of a failure to diagnose him as autistic, his mother claims.
George Evans from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, was finally assessed last November.
A decision was promised within a month, but the family is still waiting for word more than seven months later.
Their assembly member, Paul Davies, has called for a law to make sure children like George get the help they need.
Autism assessment delay concerns
Disabled children 'isolated' and 'hidden'
George's mother Beth is certain her son has autism and says his education has been "affected greatly" by a failure to diagnose him.
She says he went to four primary schools, and missed 18 months of his education before he settled in his current school.
"I wouldn't have had to fight so hard personally to get him into the right school," she said.
"His first school was of the opinion that he was a naughty boy and there was nothing wrong him, and he had a permanent exclusion on his record that followed him.
"So it was just a case of trying local primary schools and not getting anywhere because he was labelled as naughty."
Image caption Thumbs up - George Evans's family hopes assembly members will pass a law to help him
Conservative Preseli Pembrokeshire AM Mr Davies said children and adults in Wales with autism were not getting the same support as people like them in the rest of the UK.
Speaking in the Senedd to mark the introduction of his proposed Autism (Wales) Bill, Mr Davies called on the Welsh Government to be "open minded" and support it.
Tory, Plaid Cymru and UKIP AMs joined Labour backbenchers in June 2017 to vote to allow the plans to proceed, while ministers abstained.
The bill - aimed at putting autism services on a statutory footing - will be scrutinised by the assembly's health and social care committee after the summer recess.
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Image caption Paul Davies wants to ensure "clear pathways" to autism diagnosis and training for relevant staff
Mr Davies - who is also interim leader of the Conservative group - hopes the bill will become law within a year.
"There is overwhelming support for primary legislation and I sincerely hope the Welsh Government will be open minded and support this Bill," he said.
"Similar laws exist in other parts of the UK - and it's time for the same rights to be extended to people with autism in Wales.
"Such a bill could ensure that there are clear pathways to diagnosis and help staff dealing with people with autism get the training they need, so I hope members from all political parties will back the Bill."
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Mr Davies has accused the Welsh Government of being "reluctant" to support his bill, but the Welsh Government has said it already has "legislative and policy levers to support people with autism in Wales".
In March 2017, ministers announced an extra £7m for autism services, making a total of £13m to be spent up to 2021.
Responding in the Senedd on Wednesday, Health Secretary Vaughan Gething said AMs needed to ask themselves "whether this legislation at this time will further improve services and outcomes and experience for people", or risk undermining the steps already being taken.
Image caption Beth Evans thinks a new law would raise awareness of autism
Beth Evans hoped the prospect of new legislation would help her son.
"I do believe strongly that it should be made law that people with autism do have the right to timely assessments," she said.
"There are so many people that are affected and are currently missing out on the quality of life that they deserve because of a disability, and I think that's extremely unfair.
"I think that having those words in law would make a strong statement to the people of Wales in raising awareness."
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↑ 1.0 1.1 Malapterurus teugelsi. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature (2010). Retrieved on 24/10/2012.
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Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"
Beethoven's most famous piano student, the composer Carl Czerny, wrote in 1842 that the second movement of the Piano Trio in D, the Largo assai, reminded him of the ghost of Hamlet's father. He was close; evidence from pages of Beethoven's notebook suggests that the composer was discussing an opera of Shakespeare's Macbeth with the playwright Heinrich von Collin at the time. The words "Macbett" and "Ende" appear near sketches for the Largo. The "Ghost" movement was possibly meant for a scene of the three Witches. Czerny's nickname stuck; today the work is known as the "Ghost" Trio.
That middle movement is introduced with an eerie, sustained three notes in the strings, after which the piano responds mournfully. The strings and piano alternate this way through the introduction, thereby setting the ominous mood of the Largo. The dark D-minor melodies of the exposition become more forceful in its repeat. As the development begins, Beethoven modulates briefly to C major, then quickly moves on through several keys to re-establish the tense atmosphere. The end of the movement is characterized by gripping pauses and abrupt and intermittent stops and outbursts. With all its ghostly qualities, the movement's effects are achieved quite simply, with slow crescendos and diminuendos, chromaticism and silences, as well as impressionistic use of tremolando.
To set off the "Ghost" movement further, Beethoven made the outside movements shorter (each about six minutes long) and much more direct in style, giving the whole trio an arched shape. The first movement begins with a fast-moving rhythmic figure played in a vigorous unison; the main thematic material of the movement is played within the first several bars. The third movement, after the disturbance or even near-upheaval the listener has experienced in the center movement, is a return to more lucid writing, and serves as bright, warm relief. The music leaves out the sharp contrasts of both preceding movements, and instead flows serenely and seamlessly to the end.
Although Beethoven never actually abandoned the Classical harmonic language, the works of his second ("middle") period, including the "Ghost" Trio, gradually moved away from Classical models in terms of their length and intensity, as well as in their innovation. In addition, the music became increasingly difficult for even the top players of the time. The middle period, lasting roughly from 1802 to 1812, began as Beethoven was coming to grips with his emerging deafness during a six-month stay under doctor's orders in the village of Heiligenstadt, outside Vienna. The outcome of this was, of course, not a cure for his deafness but the composer's resolution of the crisis as laid out in the famous Heiligenstadt Testament. This letter, addressed to his two brothers, and found only after the composer's death, admits the extent of his hearing loss, and the resulting fear and shame Beethoven suffered. The music written during these years is notable, not surprisingly, for its expression of heroism and struggle, as well as its monumental scale. The Op. 70 Trios, written in Heiligenstadt in 1808, fall between the Fifth and Sixth symphonies and the Seventh and Eighth. As every one of those symphonies raised the bar, so scholar Lewis Lockwood says of the "Ghost" Trio: "(it) raises the genre to a level from which the later piano trio literature could move forward." By the end of Beethoven's second period, he was conceiving chamber music on an even more symphonic scale.
- Jessie Rothwell is the Publications Coordinator for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She also writes music, plays the oboe, and sings Bulgarian folk music.


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Starting today VMF Winter Arts will transform downtown Vancouver into an interactive open-air Augmented Reality art gallery
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February 12, 2021 – Starting today, public spaces across the city of Vancouver, Canada will be transformed into an interactive, open-air gallery featuring augmented reality (AR) art by local and international artists. The experience, which is part of the Vancouver Mural Festival (VMF) Winter Arts, will allow people in the city to explore Vancouver like never before as the lines between the virtual and real world are blurred in a creative new way.
In a year marked by social distancing, VMF reimagined new opportunities to safely connect art and people in public space. In spring 2020, VMF brightened streets and inspired hope with #MakeArtWhileApart murals on boarded-up storefronts. In summer 2020, it reimagined and expanded the annual Vancouver Mural Festival to 9 neighbourhoods to support more communities.
Now for winter 2021, VMF has partnered with the Downtown Vancouver BIA to present VMF Winter Arts. Combining the spirit of the annual Vancouver Mural Festival with innovative digital technology, VMF Winter Arts creates an open-air experience featuring 20+ augmented reality artworks across Vancouver's core.
Digital artwork from the summer 2020 Vancouver Mural Festival.
VMF states that diversity and inclusivity is at the core of its values and Winter Arts features international artists from Vienna, Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh, Dallas and 10 local artists from Vancouver as well as Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil Waututh First Nations. BIPOC artists and curators make up over 50% of the 2021 roster.
With the help of VMF's Mobile App (available to download for free from the App Store and Google Play), Vancouverites can safely explore the city and find all AR locations while following COVID protocol. Alternatively, downloadable maps can be found on the VMF website.
"More than ever, we've seen the positive impact that public art and public space brings to communities. This has driven us to harness technology in a way which demonstrates the transformative power of art in our cities. Until we can reconvene, we will continue creating live experiences in public. We really hope this experiment brings joy and inspiration to everyone downtown and beyond," said Andrea Curtis, interim VMF Executive Director.
To accompany the augmented reality experience on the streets, VMF has partnered with the Vancouver Public Library to host a series of free online public workshops and discussions to highlight participating artists, and offer opportunities for dialogue and connection around the artwork.
VMF Winter Arts runs from February 12-28, 2021. For more information on the artists involved and their digital augmented reality artwork, please click here.
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Abbey Road outtake photograph sells for £16,000
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A photograph showing The Beatles walking back to Abbey Road has sold for £16,000 ($25,000) at auction.
The photograph by Iain Macmillan was taken on 8 August 1969, as one of six shots taken for the Abbey Road album artwork.
Macmillan was given just 10 minutes to photograph The Beatles as they walked across the famous zebra crossing. For four of the six photographs McCartney walked barefoot; for the other two he wore sandals.
The outtake was expected to sell for £9,000, but fetched nearly double at Bloomsbury Auctions.
Macmillan had 10 minutes to do the shoot and he took six photographs of the Beatles walking backwards and forwards across the zebra crossing. He was standing up a ladder to take the pictures.
The photo has been called an icon of the 1960s. I think the reason it became so popular is its simplicity. It's a very simple, stylised shot and is a shot people can relate to.
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See the complete set of photographs from the Abbey Road cover shoot.
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john barnes Thursday 30 August 2012
Not surprising , one funny note about Abby road, a relation of mine worked for London council and the main job was to keep the paint on the famous crosswalk fresh , even today the area gets so many tourists it's a weekly thing. its amazing what it means to so many, much like Srrawberry Fields outside the Dacota in New York, nice .
Tony Cortez Tuesday 6 November 2012
The negatives for this photo shoot are being auctioned at https://www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/80/lot/32433/ dec 1st 2012
Peter H Monday 18 February 2013
The present crossing and the one on the album are not the same one. It was moved further up the road. Doesn't matter to people though.
Joe Tuesday 19 February 2013
That seems to be something of an urban myth. Take a look at this article: https://www.grundoon.com/abbey-road
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How a woman at risk for severe illness from COVID-19 mobilized relief from her home.
A Search on story about Google Sheets.
Erin Hinson is a Louisville, Kentucky, native and mother of two. One of her sons lives with disabilities, so she strives to show them anyone can help their community.
Erin has Type 1 diabetes and asthma, increasing her risk of serious illness if infected with COVID-19. Her doctor stressed the importance of staying home.
Erin had her family for support, but what about people who thought they had no one? She set out to show them that Louisville takes care of its own.
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Erin wanted to connect volunteers with high-risk people in need. So, aided by three local college students, she made the website Louisville COVID-19 Match.
After volunteers and recipients sign up on the site, Erin's team uses Google Sheets to enter information and pair people up based on ZIP codes.
"Not everyone has family near to lean on, and this program helped heal that missing piece." – Taylor Torsky
Thanks, Erin, for inspiring others to support every member of their community.
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Q: Bitnami says 'no enough permissions to bind to the port...' I am installing wordpress of Bitnami in ubuntu 12.04 amd64.
When I run installation, it pops a window letting me choose 'MySQL Server port'.
I use the default 3306.
But it says : It seems you do not have enough permissions to bind to the port or the port is already taken by another application. Please select another one.
I use 'service mysql status' and 'sudo lsof -i:3306' to find that mysql service is running with port 3306.
What is the matter?
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A: BitNami installers are self-contained and independent of your system. The BitNami WordPress stack will install MySQL and Apache servers in your installation directory. If you already have a MySQL server running, you can configure the installer to use a different port, for example 3307.
I hope it helps.

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Swami Kriyananda
"There is a peace and quietness surrounding Swami Kriyananda that give a hint of his spiritual stature. Many times I listened to him speak, and have always come away feeling refreshed and energized. It is not only his lectures, teachings, and books that shed light on areas of darkness and confusion in people's lives.
"Above all, it is the example of the man himself, the peace and calm that surround him, the spiritual power that emanates from him, pointing the way to each person's own inner path to enlightenment."
—John Harricharan, Body, Mind, l& Spirit magazine
In 1948 at the age of twenty-two, Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters) became a disciple of the Indian yoga master, Paramhansa Yogananda. At Yogananda's request, Swami Kriyananda devoted his life to lecturing and writing, helping others to experience the living presence of God within. He taught on four continents in seven languages over the course of 65 years.
His talks, his music, and his many books have touched the lives of millions. Swami Kriyananda took the ancient teachings of Raja Yoga and made them practical and immediately useful for people in every walk of life. His books and teachings on spiritualizing nearly every field of human endeavor include business life, leadership, education, the arts, community, and science.
He wrote extensive commentaries on the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita, both based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. He is known as the "father of the intentional communities movement," which began in the United States in the late 1960s. Inspired by Yogananda's dream of establishing spiritual communities, in 1969 he founded the first of what are now 9 Ananda communities worldwide. They provide a supportive environment of "simple living and high thinking" where over 1,000 full-time residents live, work, and worship together.
The time has come for people to live lives of even higher dedication than that which inspired monks and nuns of the past. It is time to direct our spiritual awareness also into matter, into everything we do: work, education, family life, friendship, communications with strangers, the way we build our homes — to all the most mundane, practical aspects of daily human life. People need to become God-centered from within, and from that center to see God everywhere, in everything."
—Swami Kriyananda, Cities of Light
A monastic almost all of his adult life, Swami Kriyananda was a Swami of the Giri (Mountain) branch of the ancient Swami Order, as was his guru and his guru's guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar. He was the spiritual guide of Ananda Sangha Worldwide.
Founder of Ananda
Fulfillment of Yogananda's Dream of Spiritual Communities
"This day marks the birth of a new era. My spoken words are registered in the ether, in the Spirit of God, and they shall move the West. "We must go on — not only those who are here, but thousands of youths must go North, South, East, and West to cover the earth with little colonies, demonstrating that simplicity of living plus high thinking leads to the greatest happiness!"
—Paramhansa Yogananda, Beverly Hills, California, July 1949
Since his youth, Kriyananda had dreamed of utopian communities. But few shared his enthusiasm, and he gradually put his dreams aside. He was surprised, then, to discover Yogananda speaking often about the need for "World Brotherhood Colonies" as places to foster spiritual attitudes and friendly cooperation.
It was at a garden party on July 31, 1949 that Yogananda gave a talk quoted above that changed the course of Swami Kriyananda's life. "Moved to his core" by the tremendous energy with which Yogananda made his pronouncement, Kriyananda later wrote: "Deeply, I vowed that day to do my utmost to make his words a reality." The opportunity to do so came in 1967.
With the help of a few friends and many miracles, Swami Kriyananda was able to purchase a small piece of land in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Nevada City, California. Thus was started a spiritual community, which is now known as Ananda Village. More than 200 people live in this intentional spiritual community dedicated to Yogananda's ideals. A variety of Ananda-owned and private businesses form the economic backbone of the community.
The Expanding Light retreat, Crystal Clarity Publishers, The Living Wisdom School, and a grocery store are among the activities on the rolling 900 acres in the rural Sierra foothills. Homes and gardens are well cared for, and there is a palpable feeling of harmony. Visitors are welcome year-round: (800) 346-5350.
Other Ananda communities have developed over the years to include Ananda Palo Alto, Ananda Sacramento, Ananda Portland, Ananda Seattle, Ananda Los Angeles, Ananda Assisi in Italy, and Ananda India near Delhi and Pune. Each community has a spiritual focus (a teaching center and temple) and a community (homes where members live).
Swami Kriyananda's example of inspired leadership was the reason for Ananda's success. He uplifted and encouraged people through personal example, spiritual counseling, writing, lecturing, music, and prayer. He trained the current Ananda leaders in much the same way: free from egoic motivation, always placing the spiritual needs of others foremost in all decisions.
He was a patient and sensitive teacher, allowing people to learn by experience, and never placing institutional needs ahead of the needs of an individual. "People are more important than things" is one of the foremost guiding principles of Ananda. And "Where there is adherence to dharma [right action], there is victory," is another.
Swami Kriyananda passed away on April 21, 2013 at his home in Assisi, Itay. He was 86 years old. You can see video and written tributes to him at: Swami Kriyananda Remembered. In the final years of Swami Kriyananda's life he often traveled between Italy, India, and America, giving many lectures and spreading Master's teachings around the world. He wrote several books, including Paramhansa Yogananda: A Biography, Commentaries on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, The Time Tunnel, A Pilgrimage to Guadalupe, Love Perfected Life Divine, and others.
2012 International Book Award for Best New Spirituality Book for Paramhansa Yogananda: A Biography With Personal Reflections & Reminiscences
Appointed to the Board of Vedanta Today (2009)
Online Book
The New Path
Swami Kriyananda Remembered
What Others Say About Swami Kriyananda
Ananda and Swami Kriyananda's Roles in Yogananda's Mission
Books by Swami Kriyananda


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Playing learning games with your preschoolers can help to teach new skills and concepts and review skills and concepts he has already learned. Depending on what you play, learning games for your preschooler can help her to learn and review numbers, letters, colors, shapes and the alphabet. They can also help to teach and review concepts like bigger and smaller and less and more. Playing learning games regularly with your preschooler can help her successfully prepare for school.
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Home » Boerm to expanded role at ADM
Boerm to expanded role at ADM
Christopher Boerm, currently president of ADM's transportation group, will add the title of president of grain.
Source: Archer Daniels Midland Co.
CHICAGO — Wesley Uhlmeyer, president of the grain group at Archer Daniels Midland Co. since March 2016, has stepped down for personal reasons. Christopher L. Boerm, currently president of ADM's transportation group, will add the title of president of grain.
Mr. Boerm joined ADM in 1991 and has held a variety of merchandising and management positions, including as president of grain from April 2014 to April 2016. Earlier, he was an adviser to the office of the chairman, and he also was vice-president and general manager of Eastern grain and corn processing origination and a senior merchandising manager for corn processing.
He received a bachelor's degree in finance and management from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, and a master's degree in business administration from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Mr. Uhlmeyer had been with ADM for 20 years, including the past three years as president of ADM's grain group. Earlier, he held positions including vice-president of export trading, senior merchandising manager of corn co-products, crude and export oil trader, and commodity merchandiser.
The announcement comes just a few days after ADM said sales and commercial staff members of ADM Milling Co. will be relocated to ADM's North American headquarters in Decatur, Ill., from ADM Milling offices in Overland Park, Kas. ADM has told employees globally it is planning "a range of actions" to bolster its business. These include a voluntary early retirement program available to eligible employees and "realigning our organization worldwide."
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The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Strategic Plan will take VTA to the next level—and beyond.
This plan is the result of an analysis of the agency's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, as well as the input, observations, and ideas from VTA employees, customers, and members of VTA's advisory committees and Board of Directors.
It addresses our current situation and provides a framework to build an exciting future. This plan asks everyone involved with VTA—beginning with the Board of Directors and including all employees—to embrace this approach and work to implement its philosophy. This clear and visionary Plan will guide us along the path of further establishing VTA as an industry leader, innovator, and a transportation organization worthy of serving Silicon Valley.
The Plan establishes our Mission, Vision, and Values, and provides a framework to tie your everyday work into the overall direction and priorities of the agency. This tie is strengthened with our Business Plans. The Strategic Plan guides the development and implementation of VTA's Business Plans, which outline the strategies necessary to reach our goals. This Plan will also serve to guide our budgeting process and allocation of resources.
This high-level Plan will provide direction and actively foster creativity, collaboration, and leadership. Ultimately, it is designed to be transformative; that is, to create a dynamic work environment that carries us boldly and confidently into the future. Our environment will simplify and stabilize decision making, VTA employees will be encouraged to take strategic risks, and proactive action will be encouraged while excuses for inaction are discouraged.
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AraabMuzik announces European tour dates
AraabMuzik will be heading on tour for a handful of dates in March.
Matt Korman19 Feb, 2013
Fresh off the release of his massive For Professional Use Only mixtape (free download available here via LiveMixtapes), AraabMuzik has announced a short string of European tour dates.
The first of which will be held at London's Fabric nightclub, March 1st. Check out the full list below, and look out for AraabMuzik's next LP Electronic Reality later this year.
AraabMuzik European Tour Dates:
3/1 - London, UK - Fabric
3/2 - Liege, Belgium - Palais Des Congres
3/5 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
3/6 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
3/7 - Paris, France - Machine Du Moulin Rouge
3/8 - Copenhagen, Denmark - KB3
3/9 - Vienna, Austria - Fluc
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Today's show focuses on a recent media trip to Hacienda Del Sol in Tuscon, Arizona with my mom, Penny Williams. We both attended as travel bloggers and in this podcast we share our weekend itinerary and favorite moments from the press trip.
In today's episode, Penny Williams and I discuss how I received an media invitation to Hacienda Del Sol. We also discuss our weekend itinerary and our absolute favorite experiences during our press trip.
Hacienda Del Sol is a high-end circa-1929 resort set on 39 acres in the Catalina foothills. The rustic-chic historic hacienda's story began in 1929, and the property was originally a "home away from home" ranch school for the daughters of society's elite families such as Vanderbilt, Pillsbury, Maxwell, Westinghouse, and Campbell. In 1948, Hacienda Del Sol was converted into a guest ranch that immediately attracted the Hollywood's most popular stars such as Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, John Wayne, Clark Gable and Howard Hughes.
Click here to listen to the full interview and hear how I landed this media trip and the history of the ranch!
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Q: How do you Stream an image into a database using Hibernate? Pretty simple question with almost no answers on the web.  I am using byte[] as my object.  Currently I am reading the entire image into memory and then writing it.  Very simple.
    @Column(name = "FILE_DATA")
private byte[] fileData;

I want to Stream it in.  So I guess I need to use inputStream, but hibernate does not like that.
How do I set this up?
EDIT:
I tried this but got a -314 db2 error:
Blob b = null;
        try {
            Proxy proxy = new Proxy(Proxy.Type.HTTP, new InetSocketAddress("proxy.com", 80));
            URL urls = new URL(url);
            URLConnection conn = urls.openConnection(proxy);
            b = new BlobImpl(conn.getInputStream(), conn.getContentLength());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        att.setFileData(b);
        this.theDao.save(att);

A: You can use Blob data type for inserting and fetching the images from database. It wil also provide you the option of Binary input stream. Just Use your db field as blob and create a blob ojbect instead of byte array.
b.getBinaryStream()

Also you can create Blob from bytes[]
Hibernate.createBlob(bytes);

And the simplest solution Saving on the hard drive and keeping information about the image on database.

A: One of possible solutions is to keep filenames (URLs) in the databases and stream data from the disk (network resources) and stream them.
I would prefer this approach for web - when you just return an URL and it's handled by browser and Apache/Nginx (so you don't have to worry about streaming at all).

A: I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "hibernate does not like that"?
Here's how simple it can be to define.
@Entity Photo {
    @Id @GeneratedValue
    private Long id = null;

    private String filename = null;

    @Lob
    private byte[] bytes = null;
    }

Then to load the data into the object...
String filename = // Where ever this comes from...
File file = new File(filename);
InputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);

Photo photo = new Photo();
photo.setFilename(filename);

// Create and fill the byte array from the file.
byte[] bytes = new byte[(int) file.length()];
is.read(bytes);
photo.setBytes(bytes);

Then eventually tell Hibernate to save it in the database.
session.saveOrUpdate(photo);


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In 2014, he started his career, as an electro-acoustic performer with his band khayal. Two of their most notable shows were held at Masrah Al Madina and Monot theater. In addition, Zahzah is part of the LAU mosaic ensemble, an ensemble directed by Dr. Martin Loyato. Some of their most notable performances were Vadis Quo, an experimental interdisciplinary show with audiovisual interaction and 3D projections.
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Hunan – Naive or Brave?
This day made up for the hard work the day before. The roads were paved, even though the pavement was worn and we had headwind – but hey, we had a road. All the time.
Brown tourist signs led us to Shanggangtang – an ancient village. Actually the most ancient village of Hunan Province and not so commercialized. Too bad we are totally illiterate around here and that place doesn't cater for foreigners yet. But see for yourselves – it's very picturesque to look at.
No clue about the rules for this game – but it's played all over Hunan with eagerness, seriousness and involving quite a bit of money.
Uhm… no, google maps. This isn't a road where we could cycle. These are train tracks. Fenced off for a reason. So, we took another way, hoping to get closer to the S-road, leaving the (back-)country roads. Slowest progress ever – 5 hours for 30kms.
One of the easier moments.
No bridge? No problem! We just go through the rice fields then.
Of course all this didn't stop us from taking in some culture. We were in Jiangyong and therefore in Women-Script-Country. Nü-Shu is a phonetic script that's been passed down in between women in this area for more than a thousands years – started in a time, where girls didn't get an education. It was used to write each other letters or for decoration on fans and the like. Listening to Pride and Prejudice on the tour, where exchanging letters is a vital part of communication, the importance of this appears especially obvious.
At the museum: Nü-Shu and translation into simplified Chinese.
Mantou for breakfast! I was delighted when we left the hotel we scored steamed Chinese bread and fresh soy milk for breakfast. Which we enjoyed under a nearby bridge but outside the village as it was relaxing not to draw a crowd when we stopped. The roads were hilly but okay-ish until Dao. We debated whether or not to call it a day if we found a nice hotel.
Following the directions of a shop owner just before crossing the river we found an okay-ish place but she asked a pretty high price – more than double of what I paid elsewhere for a similar room. Across the street was a 7-days-inn for less and very nice, comfy and clean. Just… I communicated my wish for a room and even though I was understood, I wasn't sure of the answer. The lady wanted to help me very much, that was obvious. But we were lost. I couldn't understand what she said nor read what she wrote. And she couldn't use my smartphone. But somehow we worked it all out, I guessed the correct questions and answers, we paid, got our room card and the staff helped us get our bikes into the elevator.
Walking around the city we found a Giant bicycle store (just next to the river close to the island with the temple on it, or follow the road down to the river from the 7-days-inn and follow it, when it bends to the right). Again, I was delighted as my brakes were starting to wear. I was prepared to use my few words of Chinese and a lot of pointing and playing sharade as usual. But we were greated in English! Wow. We agreed to come back with our bikes the next day. We were even offered an earlier opening time but 9am was just fine. You think that were enough highlights for a day? We had two more. A really nice hair wash and one of my favorite dishes – these dumplings with peanut butter sauce just at Xiao Jiang Zhong Lu.
Nowhere to Lanshan – So, we sleep with the light on?
As determined as Niklas was, he got his shower and air-con. The hotel was so…. not-clean I would have preferred tent and no-shower or air-con. I stayed at a lot of places so far – and I dare say, this was like the grossest.
Anyways – the day started lovely, we passed by a hotel within the first three k and had breakfast-soup in town. And a bit later some fried stuff and soy-milk. That's bike touring for me. This kind of food.
We were quiet an attraction again. Niklas as expected way more than I was. Niklas being taller than pretty much everyone, having a beard and being blond… really fascinates people. For size-relation, I am 20cm shorter than him and about the size of the taller men, I reckon.
As we were meddling with our bikes a small group of people gathered and a woman tried to buy my multi-tool… I got it back off her and we decided to get going and see for our bikes later.
The day was supposed to be easy, not-so-far, so we would find a hotel soon, enjoy the village, update the blog for me… It wasn't. Even though we only went the planned 75k, it felt like we would never get there. It started easy enough, but after a while the road subsided to dirt, and we were getting slower and slower. So we ended up in the one and only place we found in that city, sleeping with the light on, to distract the night-active cockroaches.
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Leaving the rent in front of the TV we left as early as 6am. Hurray for our early start – too bad, we started before the breakfast places did. Of course that didn't stop us from riding 35k before food, did it?
The 'coolness' of the morning was awesome. We made good progress but weren't sure about hotels along the way and as the roads got smaller, the hills hillier, the sun less sunny, the strength in our legs less strong… we called it a day behind an old building just outside of Yingchunzhen (where there would have been a hotel). It was a nice spot, very well hidden. Only bugger was our shortness on water as well as dinner.
So, after having some snacks we were lying there, trying to sleep, trying not to touch each other and sweating like no-one ever sweated before.
Somehow we made it through the night and Niklas was very determined, to have a shower as well as an air-con for the next night.


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Singapore police can access data from the country's contract tracing app
With a nearly 80 percent uptake among the country's population, Singapore's TraceTogether app is one of the best examples of what a successful centralized contact tracing effort can look like as countries across the world struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic. To date, more than 4.2 million people in Singapore have download the app or obtained the wearable the government has offered to people.
In contrast to Apple's and Google's Exposure Notifications System — which powers the majority of COVID-19 apps out there, including ones put out by states and countries like California and Germany — Singapore's TraceTogether app and wearable uses the country's own internally developed BlueTrace protocol. The protocol relies on a centralized reporting structure wherein a user's entire contact log is uploaded to a server administered by a government health authority. Outside of Singapore, only Australia has so far adopted the protocol.
In an update the government made to the platform's privacy policy on Monday, it added a paragraph about how police can use data collected through the platform. "TraceTogether data may be used in circumstances where citizen safety and security is or has been affected," the new paragraph states. "Authorized Police officers may invoke Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) powers to request users to upload their TraceTogether data for criminal investigations."
Previous versions of the privacy policy made no mention of the fact police could access any data collected by the app; in fact, the website used to say, "data will only be used for COVID-19 contact tracing." The government added the paragraph after Singapore's opposition party asked the Minister of State for Home Affairs if police could use the data for criminal investigations. "We do not preclude the use of TraceTogether data in circumstances where citizens' safety and security is or has been affected, and this applies to all other data as well," said Minister Desmond Tan.
What's happening in Singapore is an example of the exact type of potential privacy nightmare that experts warned might happen with centralized digital contact tracing efforts. Worse, a loss of trust in the privacy of data could push people further away from contact tracing efforts altogether, putting everyone at more risk.


Computed tomography (CT) screening for heart disease saves lives by identifying patients who are at risk of developing heart disease often before they develop any symptoms.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) or atherosclerotic heart disease is the most common type of heart disease and cause of heart attacks. The disease is caused by plaque building up along the inner walls of the arteries of the heart, which narrows the arteries and restricts blood flow to the heart. It is the leading cause of death worldwide.
Most individuals show no evidence of disease for decades as plaque buildup occurs in their arteries, often resulting in a sudden heart attack.
What is Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA)?
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CCTA is a fast, safe non-invasive test using an injection of iodine-rich contrast material and CT scanning to examine the arteries that supply blood to the heart and determine whether they have been narrowed by plaque buildup.
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Our technologist will place small, sticky electrode patches on your chest. The electrodes are attached to an electrocardiograph (ECG) monitor, which shows your heart's activity during the test.
The CT scanner is a large machine with a hole, or short tunnel, in the center. You will lie on an examination table that slides into and out of this tunnel while the x-ray tube and electronic x-ray detectors rotate around you.
The technologist operates the scanner and monitors your examination in an adjacent room. The technologist will be able to talk to you with the use of a speaker and microphone.
Including all preparations, the CCTA scan usually takes about 15 minutes if your heart rate is slow and steady. It may take longer if your baseline heart rate is fast and you are given a beta-blocker to slow it down.
The radiologist will review all of the images and provide a detailed report on your examination to your practitioner, usually within 24 hours.


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Boston Bruins Prospects – Fall 2012 Rankings: 20-11
October 3, 2012 October 1, 2012 by Bob Mand
The Boston Bruins own a deep and talented prospect system. In the following rankings, I've listed the more than thirty Calder-eligible young men under contract or control of the Bruins' organization. In part-three, I'll count down the Bruins twentieth through eleventh-ranked prospects.
Because of the system's depth, I split the rankings into five parts:
Part One: Honorable Mentions, Part Two: 30-21, Part Four: 10-6; Part Five: 5-1
Unlike some prospect-rankers, I don't value all prospects equally. While I rate excellent defensemen and goaltenders as slightly more valuable than their forward counterparts, they're significantly more risky (and goaltenders more so than blueliners). Consequentially, these players are devalued slightly in my rankings.
However, risk (and NHL-readiness) are small pieces of the puzzle compared to 'upside'. I hold 'upside' in the highest regard – enough to diminish all but the greatest risk. For example:
A forward with first-line potential but significant risk is more valuable than a more ready, less risky forward with second-line potential. Similarly, a high-risk defenseman with first-pairing upside is worth more than a very low-risk defenseman with #4/5 upside. In other words, in all but the most extreme examples, Potential trumps Risk.
Additionally, I include my "Current Favorable Projection" (CFP) for each prospect (where I expect them to land should their career advance positively); an Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) for significant NHL action under the same circumstances; and other rankings for the prospects.
20. Craig Cunningham, LW – 5'10, 175 lbs., Shoots: L; 9/13/90
Other Rankings: Kirk Luedeke (NEHJ) – 22; Bill Ladd (HF) – 15; Corey Pronman (HP) – NR
2011-12 Club: Providence Bruins (AHL)
Projected 2012-13 Club: Providence Bruins (AHL)
Boston's 2010 fourth-round selection, Craig Cunningham performed well during his first professional season in '11-'12. Spending the entire year with the Bruins' AHL affiliate in Providence, Cunningham led the team with twenty goals and finished third with thirty-six points.
Cunningham was drafted as an overager thanks to impressive scoring numbers in his second draft-eligible season. He's a solid playmaker with decent grit and the potential to develop into a solid two-way presence at the next level. His skating (more shifty than fast) and size won't win awards but his vision, hands and competitive fire are all worthy of acclaim. He could grow into a solid secondary-scorer.
With an incoming infusion of forward talents from the OHL, Cunningham may lose minutes – but see a net improvement in his linemates' skill-level. Hopefully, a breakout AHL campaign for Cunningham won't be far behind.
Current Favorable Projection: Third-Line Two-Way Forward (ETA: 2015)
Previously Ranked: 11
19. Tommy Cross, D – 6'3, 210 lbs., Shoots: L; 9/12/89
Other Rankings: Kirk – 25; Bill – 12; Corey – 15
2011-12 Club: Boston College Eagles (Hockey East)
Projected 2012-13 Clubs: Providence Bruins (AHL)/ S.C. Stingrays (ECHL)
The last vestige of the Bruins 2007 Draft-Class, Cross captained the Boston College Eagles to the 2012 NCAA Championship. After four years in Chestnut Hill which included another national championship and 60 points in 134 games, Cross should suit up for Providence in the fall.
Cross plays a simple north-south defensive game with a physical edge. He possesses an above-average point-shot but must continue develop his transition and puck-possession games. His future as a special-teams contributor will likely remain limited to penalty-killing. He's faced some serious knee injuries and the organization takes a collective 'deep breath' any time he hits a rut in the ice.
While his overall upside is somewhat limited, Cross remains an intriguing prospect. Like many Providence-bound blueliners, Cross will have to fight for minutes – and may even see a trip to S.C. Still, expect him to finish the year in Rhode Island as a much-improved defender.
CFP: Low/Mid-Pairing Shutdown-Defenseman (ETA: 2015)
Previously Ranked: 9
Anthony Camara (Photo courtesy, Sarah Connors)
18. Anthony Camara, LW – 6'1, 195 lbs., Shoots: L; 9/4/93
Other Rankings: Kirk – 20; Bill – NR; Corey – NR
2011-12 Clubs: Saginaw Spirit (OHL)/ Barrie Colts (OHL)
Projected 2012-13 Club: Barrie Colts (OHL)
Bruins prospect-watchers were pleased with the standout performance of OHL winger Camara at the B's Development Camp last summer. Initially pegged as an 'energy player', Camara showed solid skating, puck-skills and his usual potent physical game in his brief visit to Ristusccia Arena; leaving observers predicting a breakout campaign back in Saginaw. His offensive numbers nearly doubled across the board (16-17-33), but many had higher hopes.
Of course, setting personal bests while playing for two different teams (he was traded mid-season to Barrie) is no small feat. Rather, it may force a re-evaluation his development curve. On his energy/pugilistic game alone Camara possesses NHL potential. He's one tough hombre and more than willing to throw his weight – and fists – around. If his offensive growth keeps pace, a third-line opportunity could follow.
Camara is playing on a line with Winnipeg top-prospect Mark Scheifele and should see his numbers bounce significantly yet again in '12-'13. He started the season with a hat-trick on opening night to boot. Continued offensive improvement will only help his stock.
CFP: Physical Bottom-Six Forward (ETA: 2016)
17. Rob O'Gara, D – 6'4, 200 lbs., Shoots: L; 7/6/93
2011-12 Club: Milton Academy (MA-Prep)
Projected 2012-13 Club: Yale University Bulldogs (ECAC)
Rob O'Gara (Photo: Bob Mand)
The big, extra-mobile defenseman completed his senior season with Milton Academy this past spring. While the Mustangs were unable to repeat 2010-11's New England championship, O'Gara continued to develop, setting personal bests in goals, assists and points (5-20-25) in Milton's 24-game season.
O'Gara turned heads with his performances at the past two development camps despite being one of the youngest and least experienced participants. He doesn't project as a plus-offensive player at the NHL level, but he has the chops to be a competent two-way defenseman. With his outstanding size (6'3), intelligence and excellent skating chops, he may be the Bruins' highest-upside defenseman after Hamilton.
The problem comes with his path – which is unconventional to say the least: He heads from prep school to the somewhat less-than 'pro-pipeline' of Yale. He probably won't be destined for the pro ranks anytime soon. Consequently, he's not ready for my top-fifteen quite yet.
Current Projection: Middle-Pairing Two-Way Defenseman. (ETA: 2017)
Previously Ranked 21
16. Michael Hutchinson, G – 6'3, 192 lbs., Glove: R; 3/2/90
Other Rankings: Kirk – 13; Bill – 18; Corey – NR
2011-12 Clubs: Providence Bruins (AHL)/ Reading Royals (ECHL)
Hutchinson – a third-round selection in '08 – overcame whispers of 'inconsistency' to fuel a sterling 2011-12 campaign. Hutch's numbers tell the tale: In 29 games as Anton Khudobin's backup in Providence, the second-year pro posted three shutouts, a 2.36 GAA and a stratospheric .927 Sv%.
Hutchinson was plagued by inconsistency issues early in his career but has superlative size and a solid all-around technical and athletic game. He has all the pieces to earn a NHL job, but another full year of solid AHL action is a must.
This season, he'll battle the newly-acquired Svedberg for starting duties at the Dunk. If he's able to mirror last season's totals with expanded icetime, the B's may come calling in '13-'14 with Anton Khudobin's expiring contract.
CFP: NHL Journeyman Starter (ETA: 2014)
15. Niklas Svedberg, G – 6'2, 180 lbs., Shoots: L; 9/4/89
2011-12 Club: Brynäs (Elitserien)
The B's acquired Svedberg in May, following his outstanding performance leading Brynas to the Elitserien championship this past spring. After several solid but nevertheless unspectacular seasons in the SEL, Svedberg broke out in the playoffs, posting a 1.70 GAA, four shutouts and a .947 Sv%.
Svedberg plays straightforward butterfly with limited 'extra' movement, preferring to 'square-up' to the threat rather than reacting to make the save. He's not an overtly aggressive goalie – but will challenge shooters if necessary. His pro-caliber size benefits this style and makes him a challenger for the starting job in Providence this fall.
CFP: Journeyman NHL Starter/Euro Starter (ETA: 2017)
Previously Unranked
14. Matt Grzelcyk, D – 5'9, 171 lbs., Shoots: L; 1/5/94
2011-12 Club: U.S. National Team Development Program U-18 (USHL)
Projected 2012-13 Club: Boston University (Hockey East)
As the youngest of Boston's trio of undersized blueline prospects, Matt Grzelcyk just squeezes into my preseason top-twenty. Like Torey Krug and David Warsofsky, Grzelcyk is listed at 5'9 – League-wide, only five defensemen of similar or lesser stature dressed for more than two games in '11-'12.
Still, few defensemen of any size possess Grzelcyk's hands or advanced puck-moving game. Grzelcyk (B.U. bound this fall) isn't the prototypical 'home run PMD' but makes smart, creative passes and rushes the puck very well. Grzelcyk jumps into the offensive zone often and effectively while limiting counter-attack risk.
His defensive game isn't elite – but he has a good head on his shoulders and reads the play well. While his physical game projects as a NHL 'minus', he's not adverse to going into corners and battling or throwing the occasional hip-check.
As a college-bound athlete, Grzelcyk has time to bulk up and round out his game before turning pro in a few years. With his skillset, I'm bullish on his NHL potential, but his size puts a limit on our ultimate expectations for the Bruins' 2012 third-rounder.
CFP: Bottom-Pairing Puck-Moving-Defenseman (ETA: 2017)
13. Zane Gothberg, G – 6'2, 195 lbs., Catches: L; 8/20/92
Other Rankings: Kirk – 10; Bill – 11; Corey – HM
2011-12 Club: Fargo Force (USHL)
Projected 2012-13 Club: University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux (WCHA)
During the 2011-12 USHL regular season, Gothberg became the league's leader in save percentage (.921) and shutouts (7), second in goals against average (2.23) and fifth in wins (24). The University of North Dakota commit has been a huge reason why the middling Force allowed the second-fewest goals in the USHL and qualified for the postseason.
Gothberg twice participated in the World Junior-A Challenge, helping the US to medal on each occasion and posting a 0.50 GAA and .979 Sv% for the Americans last November including a shutout in the bronze medal game.
This season has obviously been a great one for Gothberg – and he's ending it on a high-note: Three times since mid-January he's been named the USHL's "Goaltender of the Week". He's still a long way off – a few years from contending for a spot in Providence and a few more from competing for a NHL job – but he's trending upward. Gothberg is a real battler and 'instinctive' goaltender, not so different from the stylings of fellow Bruin properties Anton Khudobin and Tim Thomas. He has to work on his technique and angles, but don't be surprised to see him grace the top-ten (or higher) in the next edition of these rankings.
CFP: NHL Starter (ETA: 2017)
12. Seth Griffith, RW – 5'11, 185 lbs., Shoots: R; 1/4/93
Other Rankings: Kirk – 14; Bill – 16; Corey – 8
2011-12 Club: London Knights (OHL)
Projected 2012-13 Club: London Knights (OHL)
London Knight's Seth Griffith (Aaron Bell/CHL Images)
The Bruins traded Benoit Pouliot to Tampa in order to get a shot at the once passed-over forward from the London Knights, Seth Griffith. After lighting-up the OHL to the tune of 45 goals in 2011-12, Griffith announced to the hockey world that passing him over again would be a mistake.
The knocks on Seth's game are considerable: He's undersized. He lacks strength. He's not fast.
However, in the past few seasons, Griffith developed a very intriguing offensive skillset. He has quick hands and impressive agility. His vision and hockey-sense border on 'elite'. I love his upside as a puck-possession forward.
If Griffith continues to grow his defensive-game and add muscle, his offensive skillset alone should warrant a top-nine role at the NHL level. Obviously, improving his speed would improve his chances even further but his 'shiftiness' may be enough.
This season, he'll lead the younger (but still contending) Knights as they look to make noise once again in the OHL. After earning 'Player of the Week' honors right off the drop of the puck (thanks to five goals in his first two games) – expect him to contend for the OHL's scoring title and earn an NHL contract in the spring.
Methodology: Both Griffith and Grzelcyk could be considered 'project picks' – but as a rule defensemen take longer to develop. I value Grzelcyk's upside higher than Griffith's – but not enough to overcome the significant risk that comes with his size.
CFP: Second/Third-Line Scoring Tweener (ETA: 2015)
11. Zach Trotman, D – 6'3, 215 lbs., Shoots: R; 8/26/90
Other Rankings: Kirk – 9; Bill – 14; Corey – 7
2011-12 Club: Lake Superior State Lakers (CCHA)
Trotman took major strides in 2011-12, jumping five spots to the verge of my top-ten. He exploded for a double-digit goal total with Lake Superior State and added three points in his first stint with Providence.
His skating-game took significant strides (pardon the pun) over the past calendar-year, showing up at the Bruins' 2012 development camp as one of the most mobile d-men in the system. His shot is very heavy (though he needs to work on getting it consistently lower and more tip-able) and he has a future as a powerplay triggerman.
He plays with a good physical edge and has an active stick but some question his play-reading and puck-moving upside. If he continues to develop these areas, he has definite middle-pairing potential.
Trotman must contend with the blueline depth in Providence and the challenges of being a first-year pro. However, if his improvement over the past year is any indication – big things are on the horizon for the Bruins' former last overall pick.
CFP: Number-Four Two-Way Defenseman and Powerplay Triggerman. (ETA: 2015)
Bob Mand
Bob is a Boston Bruins Correspondent for The Hockey Writers. He lives in the Boston Metro Area with his wife, Amanda and their five-year-old son, Cormac.
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Published 8 June 2011
He has the biggest stage role of his career on his hands and two high profile television jobs around the corner, but Andrew Scott is taking it all in his stride, finds Caroline Bishop.
It's not often that an actor can describe the role he is playing as "bigger than Hamlet". But that is the scale of the daunting job taken on by Andrew Scott, whose return to the National Theatre sees him play fourth century Roman Emperor Julian in the first English production of Ibsen's epic masterpiece, Emperor And Galilean, playing as part of the Travelex £12 season.
"Jonathan [Kent, the director] said he's never come across a bigger part, which made me want to vomit," says Scott with a grin. "I think it's because I don't get much of a rest, I'm on stage quite a bit. But that's the gig."
In fact Scott has had so many lines to learn that until the morning we meet – six weeks into rehearsals – his head has been unable to hold anything else. "Actually this morning I listened to music for the first time in probably two months, because I sort of know the lines now, but before I just spent all my free time trying to learn the lines. There was no ability to be able to retain the noise of music."
So big is his part that he has been rehearsing from nine in the morning to eight at night; not only does he have to keep physically fit and get enough sleep, but he's effectively had to put his life on hold until rehearsals are over. It sounds more like the routine of a pre-competition athlete than an actor.
"This is an absolutely absurd thing to do for a living"
But then it's not every day you get to lead a cast of 50 in an epic production at the National Theatre that plans to make use of every ounce of the Olivier's stage and every piece of stage jiggery-pokery available to it. This is the treatment needed to stage Ibsen's once-nine hour piece with 75 speaking parts, which has been 'condensed' – if that's the right word – into a sub-four hour production by dramaturg Ben Power. "I don't really think it could go on in any other theatre," says Scott.
It's the role of a lifetime for the 34-year-old Irishman, and one which perhaps heralds a change of gear. Scott has been a part of the London stage for some years, first making Theatreland take notice with his 2005 Olivier Award for A Girl In A Car With A Man at the Royal Court. He made his National Theatre debut in 2005 with Brian Friel's Aristocrats, headed to Broadway for the US premiere of David Hare play The Vertical Hour in 2006 and, last year, won plaudits for his performances in Cock at the Royal Court and Design For Living at the Old Vic. Now, his biggest stage role to date comes in a year when Scott's screen profile is set to be boosted by his appearance in two eagerly awaited dramas: as Moriarty in Sherlock and in new 1950s-set British drama The Hour. "It's a hectic time," he says simply. "I've been busy."
Scott doesn't seem the type to become overwhelmed by his current workload. When I meet him backstage at the National Theatre he is jovial and upbeat, a smile almost always accompanying his words, spoken in his soft Dublin lilt. He has been around long enough to stay grounded, while his light-hearted nature means he isn't likely to take himself too seriously. "The great thing about doing these big epic plays," he says, "is that you have a really, really good time. You end up getting quite giggly; well I do. I think the imaginative bubble has burst and you think 'this is an absolutely absurd thing to do for a living'."
Well he's right, it is. With its riskily epic proportions and Olympic-standard line-learning, Emperor And Galilean seems somewhat absurd in its ambition. Beginning in AD351, the play portrays 12 years in the life of Emperor Julian, a philosopher and religious reformer whose initial desire for freedom of faith became an increasingly anti-Christian mission to return the Roman Empire to paganism. The path he took was reportedly an inspiration for the Third Reich. "I heard that it's Hitler's favourite play," says Scott. "I can totally understand why he would [like it]. That's what's been fascinating to me because I've been playing somebody who wants to do good but ends up doing a lot of terrible, terrible, tyrannical things. And so it's made me think about all those people who do terrible things. You don't set out in a way to go 'I'm going to be the embodiment of evil'."
Though set in the fourth century, Scott says the production steers clear of being "too sandal-y" – "I think if we're wearing togas and mini skirts it gets a bit Carry On Pompeii" – to emphasise the undoubted modern resonances that come with a play about religious conflict. "It's very important to me that it's for now. It's quite a dangerous play; what people will do for their faith and how that destroys communities. How it destroys friendships and also what power does."
"I heard that it's Hitler's favourite play"
As a Catholic-raised Dubliner who has "a lot of scepticism about organised religion", the themes of the play have inevitably provoked thoughts about his own country's troubled history. "I really do believe in forgiveness and all that kind of stuff. I think that's why everybody in Ireland – and I think a lot of people in England as well – were very moved by the recent State visit to Ireland from the Queen. I thought that was really extraordinary and very important. I suppose because I love London and I also love Dublin, I was sort of amazed by how affected I was by it and how important I thought it was that there was this sense of forgiveness, on both sides."
It is somewhat unusual to find Scott in an 1896 Ibsen drama; the actor's main body of work has come in new pieces, such as one-man play Sea Wall, written especially for him by playwright Simon Stephens – "when I think of it, the complete opposite to this" – and Mike Bartlett's Cock at the Royal Court, of which the Evening Standard wrote: "It's Andrew Scott who impresses most… He combines sweary viciousness with a kind of hapless vulnerability."
However Power's new adaptation – which readers fearing the lengthy running time will be relieved to hear "really motors along" – coupled with the fact Ibsen's play has never before been performed in English, leads Scott to say "I sort of feel that I'm embarking on a new play even though it's an old play. I love working on new plays. I've worked a lot at the [Royal] Court and I love that feeling of being in a new play. And the fact that nobody has seen this play in London is really exciting."
If it fulfils its ambitions, Emperor And Galilean may ingrain Scott's name firmly on the theatrical map just as his forthcoming role in Sherlock raises his profile on television. In fact, his herculean schedule shows no sign of abating; he begins filming for the second series of Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's award-winning drama the day after his press night at the National.
Scott appeared as Sherlock's pernicious nemesis Moriarty in the final of three initial episodes last year and will enjoy a more substantial appearance this series. So, I plunge in, do you get to kill Sherlock at Reichenbach Falls? "I can't [tell you]!" he laughs, resisting my subtle probing. "Somebody will come out and shoot me in the face!"
"I think if we're wearing togas and mini skirts it gets a bit Carry On Pompeii"
Fair enough. But approximately seven million Sherlock fans are eagerly waiting to find out. Scott isn't used to being in a programme with such popular appeal. "I haven't really experienced that. People have liked plays and stuff that I've been in but I suppose it's a completely different thing where you realise that people have genuine affection for a [TV] show."
While Sherlock will undoubtedly put him in the media spotlight, Scott doesn't equate being in a hit television show – or one gathering substantial pre-broadcast hype, like The Hour – as any bigger measure of success than his less prominent but equally accomplished stage credits to date. In fact being on screen was never really his aim; he went into acting to be in the theatre, a desire that came to him aged nine or 10.
After dropping out of an academic theatre studies degree he began his stage career at the Abbey theatre in Dublin, and it was there that he got the grounding that has enabled him to build a steady career based on the type of work he enjoys. "I think you have to go 'what's of value to me?'" he says of measuring success, "and what was of value to me so far has been learning how to act. I was very lucky to work with really brilliant people early on, really good writers and really good directors, and that's addictive. Then your ear for good scripts improves. It means that you don't have that profile but I wouldn't swap that for a million years because I feel it's afforded me a lot of time. So when your profile does increase a little bit you actually have a sense of your own self and what you're good at, and actually you can be braver. At the time I didn't worry too much about what way Moriarty would be perceived and it being a famous character, whereas maybe if I was 23 I would be like 'oh my God this is such a pressure'."
It is why he doesn't see this current glut of work as any kind of watershed in his career. "I've kind of been quite lucky in a sense in that I've never felt like I was failing, if you know what I mean."
Nevertheless, he doesn't deny that being in a hit telly show, or winning an Olivier Award, as he did in 2005, does open up opportunities. "So much of this industry is about having a calling card. I think what most actors want is an opportunity. Most actors don't mind not getting a job but they do mind not getting an audition. I think things like being in a TV programme that people watch, or winning awards or getting good reviews, that encourages the people who employ actors to go, 'right, well I'll give him a shot'."
Scott, it is clear, has several calling cards up his sleeve right now, which hopefully means we may see a lot more of the actor in the future, both on screen and on stage. That is, if Emperor And Galilean doesn't drain the life out of him. He grins. "I'll definitely have a holiday after this."
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