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The baseball equipment you need to perform the game is extremely specialized. One of the initial considerations to focus on is the security of the gamers. Uniforms are usually utilized with each groups name on them but are not absolutely necessary for an amateur team. 1 of the primary specifications needed for participant protection is a durable helmet and padding for the knees. Helmets and padding are superb ways to prevent head and body accidents brought on by being hit by a ball or becoming slammed into by other players. Another component of the uniform is shoes. These shoes should have cleats to give the running participant a better grip on the grime lanes that go from foundation to foundation.
Another advantage of utilizing wooden is when it comes to scouting in high school. Most scouts will consider 150 factors off your batting average if you are using an aluminum baseball bat. This is merely because of what we talked about above.
Once you discover the importance of security, you will not regret your money that is spent on them. This can be of higher significance in regular baseball (fastpitch). You ought to know that polyethylene (or polycarbonate) type shells are made to resist an influence due to fastballs.
Be certain to buy different softball equipment for any position on the pitch. Buy some gloves for the runners and batters and some high quality mitts for the first baser and the pitcher. The bats should be made from some quality wood and do not undervalue the importance of sliding shorts and protecting equipment. Purchase some indoor coaching equipment to make certain your team will be in great form throughout the winter season. Research about off pitch coaching techniques and get the best out of your group. You will have to place a lot of work in your softball team if you truly want overall performance.


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This Cake-Themed Bar Offers Dessert-Inspired Cocktails and Baking Contests in a Big White Tent
Great British Baking Show fans can just pop into the bar, or book a station and whip up a cake in a 90-minute bake-off session.
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Mike Pomranz has been covering craft beer for nearly two decades and trending food and beverage news for Food & Wine for 7 years.
Photo: Courtesy of The Big Bakes
England clearly has a baking obsession. The Great British Bake Off is a television hit (and inspired a forthcoming musical); Mary Berry is considered a national treasure; and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee even includes a baking competition!
So what do the Brits have stashed in their apron pockets next? A bookable baking competition venue with its own cake-themed cocktail bar!
Courtesy of The Big Bakes
The Pantry Bar is the boozy new addition to the latest outpost of The Big Bake — a collection of (now) three venues that holds casual baking competitions open to anyone interested in throwing down about $60. Guests book spots at one of 12 baking stations for a 90 minute session where everyone is given a single recipe and, with the help of a head baker, create their cake before having it judged against the other stations in the hopes of securing one of the top three places. The whole concept started as a pop-up in 2017, but has clearly captured amateur bakers' imaginations.
As if that isn't enough excitement, the new East London location (the other two are in South London and Birmingham) has opened with a cocktail bar that is available to the public whether you're booked in to bake or not (though, even here, reservations are suggested). The other venues have options for drinks, but this is the first to take the baking theme to extreme heights.
Fittingly accessed through a full-size fridge door, The Pantry Bar — which, despite its theme, aims for an upmarket crowd — is entirely decked out in baking gear including "hanging whisk lights, candy jar lamps, giant faux cupcakes, [and] vintage utensils." Among this unique decor, drinkers can enjoy their usual tipple or dig into a cocktail menu inspired by Britain's favorites desserts including Pick 'n' Mix Punch, a BakewellTini, and a Lemon Meringue Pie cocktail.
"The joy of baking is at the heart of The Big Bakes experience, so this is what inspired the sprinkling of playful, cake-inspired design elements (and immersive fridge door entrance!) that you experience at The Pantry Bar and across The Big London Bake East venue," Adam Chaudhri, co-founder of The Big Bakes and winner of GBEA Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year 2020, told me via email. "This is also reflected in our cocktail menu, which includes several cake-inspired cocktails made specially for our customers, such as our super popular BakewellTini."
Located in East London's Haggerston neighborhood, The Pantry Bar is open Thursday to Sunday.
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STRENGTHENING THE UN SYSTEM: THE CASE FOR A COMMITTEE OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNING BODIES
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Strengthening the UN system:
The case for a Committee of the Heads of Governing Bodies
by Dr Harris Gleckman
Political leadership of the UN system
The UN System's Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) comprises 31 executive heads of the United Nations and its funds and programmes, specialized agencies, Bretton Woods Institutions (The World Bank and IMF), and associated organizations (the WTO, UNOPS and the IAEA). According to its website, the CEB is the "highest-level coordination forum of the United Nations system". This should not be the case.
The highest level coordination structure should involve the heads of the governing bodies of the UN system, not the senior administrators. The highest level coordination of the UN system needs to be at the intergovernmental level. Such a body, a Committee of the Heads of Governing Bodies (CHGB), would provide a platform for the UN system bodies to talk directly with each other at the political level. Direct intergovernmental dialogue and decision-making is especially necessary for contemporary global crises, which cross organizational boundaries. A CHGB could tackle UN system wide policy and financial matters that the CEB, as an administrative body, lacks the political authority to address. One such crucial issue that impacts the entire UN system is the systematic under-financing of the core obligations of the system and its component organizations.
In order to avoid an explicit challenge to organizational turf, governments in one governing body are disinclined to formally address governments in another intergovernmental body, even if often some of the same governments are represented on both sides. The work-around at the moment is that each governing body conveys their views to their chief executive officer, who can convey this message to another chief executive officer, who in turn can decide what they will pass on to their governing body. If the latter governing body considers that they can contribute to an issue, they routinely rely on their chief executive officer to send back a message by this circuitous route.
While the Chief Executives Board can deal, as the CEB website says, with 'management efficiencies', 'harmonization of business practices', and 'staff safety and security', the proposed CHGB should deal with overall policy directions of the global governance system, cross-ministerial coordination between governing bodies, the financing of the global multilateral system, and the joint identification of and response to under-governed global issues.
Why hasn't there been a CHGB already?
Why isn't there already a formal intergovernmental committee of this kind? The short answer is that governments have intentionally fragmented the multilateral system to keep the UN relatively weak vis-à-vis national governments, particularly those national governments which have major economic and military power. But there is also a more practical domestic reason. Each part of the UN system draws its governance from a different key constituency within national governments (i.e. health ministers go to WHO; labour officials go to ILO; foreign ministry officials represent countries in New York). While a ministry of foreign affairs or department of state can formally coordinate national positions across domestic ministries, the dynamics of domestic ministries are such that each ministry likes to have its 'own' international organization, particularly the most powerful national ministries that deal with trade, economics, and finance. Of course, at the same time governments will say that the international organizations themselves should coordinate with each other, even if the national delegations have not coordinated governmental positions on a given subject in their own capitals.
Over time the staffs of each separate organization come to develop an organizational 'patriotism' and act to champion their organization over other organizations. One key driver of this organizational competition, which extends even to the annual inter-organizational sports games, is the need to be able to say that their organizational vision, structure and delivery are the most appropriate for governments and philanthropic donors to provide extra-budgetary funds to.
The CEB structure does not do away with this organizational patriotism. The chief executives know that at the CEB they can attend to common managerial issues and some programmatic concerns. But they always know that they can keep their organizational independence and flexibility because their intergovernmental board can be encouraged to strengthen organizational autonomy or at least not mandate that their organization follow guidance from other intergovernmental bodies.
How to get a CHGB established, and its agenda set
How could a CHGB be put in place without requiring a modification of the UN charter or of the formal founding document of any intergovernmental body? The CEB has been established through a resolution of the UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and depends a lot for its authority and effectiveness on the convening power of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the "first among equals" chief executive of the UN system. Similarly, a possible route for creating the CHGB would have the President of the General Assembly extend an invitation to the Presidents or Chairs of the governing bodies of the same 31 organizations who meet at the chief executives level to share their views on how the multilateral system can best address one cross-cutting global issue per year. The annual meeting of the CHGB could take place in late January, following the end of the very busy period for the President of the UN General Assembly (September to December) or in July before the summer 'diplomatic' holidays. It could be hosted by an organization outside of New York. The staffing for a CHGB can be provided jointly by the professionals in the Office of the President of the General Assembly and their colleagues in the equivalent body for the host organization each time.
The first topic for this annual consultation could well be an urgent multi-disciplinary and multi-organizational issue such as the climate emergency. The topic for the following year could be agreed at the conclusion of the CHGB's annual meeting. The simple agenda for a three day consultation could have three parts – (1) organizational reflections on the key topic; (2) issues of importance that one organization feels should be considered by the intergovernmental machinery of other organizations; and (3) common financing requirements. Under item (1) the organizational reflection could be done by interventions by the heads of each intergovernmental body explaining what their organization has planned to do on the given topic in the next 3 to 5 years and what other organizations might do to enhance the effective implementation of these plans. Following CEB practice, most sessions will be open to senior organizational staff with one session reserved exclusively for the governing body heads.
As most chairs or presidents of intergovernmental bodies are selected based on internal organizational realities, the delegates to each intergovernmental body would probably want to have a discussion in their intergovernmental body to provide guidance to their president or chair who will be meeting with the other chairs and presidents. In addition, the governing body will probably want to have a regular agenda item to hear the recommendations of its president or chair on the outcome of the CHGB. This interngovernmental meeting or agenda item in a regular board meeting, which could take place at ministerial level in each organization, can by itself be very beneficial in focusing the attention of the delegates at each organization on a key system-wide global crisis.
Will it be an easy ride?
One can expect opposition to this proposal. It will come from four distinct sources. First, because of the existing organizational patriotism (and, to be honest, organizational anxieties), any suggestion that 'their' governing body might be consulting with other governing bodies to determine 'their' organizational priorities will not be very welcome by individual body staffers, and possibly also delegates. Second, the senior executives of the specialized agencies, funds, programs, Bretton Woods Institutions and other related bodies will also be unhappy that 'their' highest level CEB will become appropriately the second highest level UN system body. The third source of likely opposition will be from major countries, which still share the desire to keep the UN system fragmented so that they can more effectively exert bilateral power, even if this works to the detriment of tackling global issues. And finally one can expect challenges from multinational corporations and their associations, as a more unified policy body might make efforts to constrain corporate control of globalization.
Benefits for global governance
In spite of the expected opposition, a new Committee of Heads of Governing Bodies can result in some significant benefits for global governance. A decision to establish such a committee could signal a dramatic re-commitment to multilateralism in the UN's 75th anniversary celebrations. Amongst the expected benefits of this committee is that it would act as a counter-balance to the increased use of corporate-government / public-private partnerships that has been creeping into global governance arrangements in the post-Cold War years. The proposed CHGB would establish a platform to ensure that there is a clear institutional basis for governing a wide range of globally demanding issues and it would position the international community to be better able to handle complex cross-disciplinary global challenges. A new highest level coordination mechanism could also permit a comprehensive review and strengthening of the finances of the multilateral system and the UN system's coordinated engagement with all the informal global governance arrangements that have emerged in the absence of effective intergovernmental decision-making.
Harris Gleckman is a senior fellow at the Center for Governance and Sustainability, UMass-Boston, and director of Benchmark Environmental Consulting. His latest study, Multistakeholder Governance and Democracy: A Global Challenge, was published by Routledge in 2018. As the chief of the New York office of UNCTAD, he accompanied Rubens Ricupero, the Secretary-General of UNCTAD, to CEB meetings and participated in inter-agency coordination meetings. This article was contributed in the context of the UN2100 Initiative of FOGGS.
Tags: Committee of the Heads of Governing Bodies (CHGB), Governing Bodies, UN Chief System Executives Board for Coordination (CEB), UN General Assembly, UN Reform, UN2100 Initiative, UN@75, United Nations system
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Welcome to EcigarettePuffer.com where you can find all the latest reviews of the best electronic cigarette brands out there. We have set up the site and created the reviews to provide an unbiased opinion about the current top e-cig products. Many new e-puffers have the problem that it's so difficult to decide which brand to choose. Everyone promotes their product as "the best". The more experienced vapers (like us) can tell that not all electronic cigarettes are equal. So, here we are, to help you to choose the best e-cigarette without actually trying them all out. Do read the reviews carefully, and if there are any questions, let us know.
Electronic cigarettes are very clever little gadgets that give you something to replace "real" cigarettes with. Rather than puffing on the "real" cigarette to get your nicotine fix, you inhale on the e-cigarette instead, still getting the vital dose of nicotine you truly need to make it through the busy morning ahead of you, but without a lot of the health scares often associated with smoking cigarettes. In theory, it's a very good plan. In theory, you could wean yourself away from the vapor cigarettes, as well as initially replacing the real cigarettes with the electronic ones. To cut a long story short, you could quit smoking entirely… in theory, anyway.
The Tank - this is usually a much larger e-cigarette with a bigger battery, and a "cartomizer" or "atomizer" that is filled with e-liquid. "Experienced" or long-term users tend to find that these are the best electric cigarettes to deal with.
The Imitation - this basically looks like a "real" cigarette and tends to be the best choice for those that are new to the world of e-smoking — there are two parts to it (or three in some cases), and the cartridge filled with e-liquid or "filter" is screwed onto a long battery with a glowing tip, that imitates the bit of the cigarette that is filled with tobacco.
The Disposable - this is the same as the imitation but isn't recharged. Instead you use it once until the battery runs out and then you can throw it away.
The e-liquid is the part of the e-cigarette that contains the nicotine. You can't smoke an electronic cigarette at all without this. This e-liquid will come in a variety of strengths, and flavors in some cases, and is what gives you the nicotine hit you desperately need when you inhale on your fake cigarette.
The battery powered device has a clever way of heating up the liquid to a point where sit makes vapor, so you not only inhale to get the rush and throat hit that you would associate with smoking, but also so you get the bit that you blow out as well - the exhale.
As you can imagine, there are a lot of benefits from making the change to an electronic cig, but only if you get the best electronic cigarette for you. You don't get the stench of smoke that comes with the bad habit, plus there's no danger of burning anything down in the process. You won't have to brave the cold, wind and rain just to get your lunchtime fix, while your non-smoking work colleagues are safely in the warm and dry. You won't have to stand outside the bar either, enjoying your cigarette with your beer. You won't have a lot of the associated risks of smoking such as cancer, throat and lung problems, difficulty exercising or becoming short of breath whilst climbing the stairs. You aren't inhaling the nasty chemicals and toxins from the tobacco either.
Almost seems too good to be true, doesn't it?
Not all e-cigs are equal. That's why we have created this website to give you an honest comparison of the several electronic cigarette brands out there. We have personally tried out and reviewed all the brands listed on our site. As you can see our top ecig product is Green Smoke. The product has the best flavors, vapor volume, throat hit. The battery is excellent, it doesn't break down. But if you read the Njoy or SmokeTip review, you can see that these e-cigs look very similar, but are of totally different quality class. So, rather than trying out all the different vapor brands, you can read our reviews and decide.
How do you quit smoking with e-cigarettes?
Now we come to the real heart of the matter. Can you really quit smoking entirely by making the change to electronic cigarettes? Is it really as simple as everyone is making it out to be?
As an avid e-cigarette smoker for about 5 or so years now, I have tried more brands than I can shake a stick at. I've loved some and hated some, I've lost some and broken some, I've become attached to a few of them, and some of them didn't even turn up at all… I've had the best e-cigs, and the worst. This is why I feel I can write these reviews with ease. It's only stuff that I've actually experienced anyway.
I have successfully quit smoking for a whole two years. Then six months. Then a few months and weeks here and there I started smoking again, obviously, but am in the process of quitting again. I am a true example of how e-cigarettes CAN help you to quit smoking, but without will power, you will still be pretty useless at it. If I can do it; a 25-a-day smoker for about 15 years, you can definitely do it!
The way to quit is fairly simple - you simply wean yourself down the tobacco strength chain.
You start with high nicotine, move down to medium nicotine, then to low nicotine and, eventually, you are on zero nicotine and theoretically, you aren't addicted to nicotine anymore. It really is as simple as that. Obviously you do this over time; it's not something that will happen overnight. I shall delve a little deeper into time frames at a later date with you. I've tried a couple of different methods and time periods, and some definitely had better luck than others.
There are a whole bunch of brands and companies making these smart devices now, and it can be hard to know where to start. There's the imitation ones, the disposable ones and even the tank style ones that you will need to take into consideration, plus a million and one (almost) places that you can buy e-liquid from. That's before you even get into the debate of whether or not you should refill your cartridges, or use ready-made ones. Hopefully, I can help you find the truth about the e-cigarette industry, as well as answering all of your questions. It won't all be good, and it probably won't be pretty, but I am going to give my TRUE and HONEST reviews of the best electronic cigarettes… and the worst.
Why not have a peek around the reviews to find which ones I rated and which ones I didn't. You should also check out the blog for new information on electronic cigarettes, as well as how to make life easier, cheaper, smoother, and so forth. I'll even help you to troubleshoot!


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LA, Long Beach Ports strike ends
The strike, which crippled America's largest shipping hub, aimed to end outsourcing of union jobs
By Natasha Lennard
December 5, 2012 6:51PM (UTC)
Port of Long Beach (Wikimedia)
Clerical workers at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will return to work Wednesday after an eight day strike which crippled America's largest shipping port. Federal mediators from Washington were called in earlier this week to aid negotiations between striking International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 members and terminal operators. The deal, details of which are not yet public, awaits ratification by the union.
As the Los Angeles Times reported:
It ends a grueling battle between both sides that threatened to damage the fragile U.S. economy. Since the strike began, 20 ships diverted to rival ports in Oakland, Ensenada and Panama, while other freighters docked offshore waiting for a resolution... The strike began Nov. 27 as the clerical workers' union voiced frustration about shipping line employers outsourcing jobs, an accusation the Harbor Employers Assn. has denied.
Though the union is small, it was backed by the 10,000 regional members of the ILWU, which honored the picket line and refused to work. By the end, the strike shut down 10 of the 14 cargo container terminals at the nation's busiest seaport complex.
The clerical workers had been without a contract for two and a half years and framed the strike as a crucial juncture in securing future, decently paid jobs for union workers at the ports. "Union leaders said if future jobs were not kept at the ports, the result would be another section of the U.S. economy taking a serious economic hit so that huge corporations could increase their profit margins by exploiting people in other states and countries who would be forced to work for less," reported the AP.
The walkout, which is estimated to have stopped about $760 million a day in cargo from being delivered, is the latest in a series of ILWU industrial actions nationwide in recent years. ILWU local 21 won a series of battles against multinational consortium Export Grain Terminal (EGT) to assure union jobs at the Port of Longview, Washington. Longshoremen also shut down the Port of Oakland for one day with Occupy support last year.
Natasha Lennard
Natasha Lennard is an assistant news editor at Salon, covering non-electoral politics, general news and rabble-rousing. Follow her on Twitter @natashalennard, email nlennard@salon.com.
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LIFF 2011:Joesph Gordon Levitt "I'm With Cancer" New UK Trailer & Poster For 50/50
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By Paul Devine / October 3, 2011
The weekend just passed American cinephiles got there chance to catch Jonathan Levine's comedy Drama 50/50 (formerly called I' With Cancer) in the cinema's Lionsgate UK have this afternoon sent us the UK trailer and poster for the same film. The movie stars Joseph Gordon Levitt as Adam a man trying to survive cancer through friendship, survival and finding humour in some of the strangest places, Seth Rogen plays Adams closest friend with the whole film is inspired by the personal experiences of writer Will Reiser. The movie was originally set for a January 6th 2012 release thankfully Lionsgate have given the movie a brand new date of November 25th for UK&Ireland however the movie will make its UK premier this month as part of London Film Festival, so now we have a new trailer!
Great cast behind this one which includes Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston, Philip Baker Hall , the movie has received some fantastic reviews since the film debuted on the festival circuit and even talk of potential Oscar nominations for the flick too making this essential viewing when it arrives next month at a cinema near you!
Website: www.5050movie.co.uk
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/5050movieuk
Lionsgate UK's 50/50 is an original story about friendship, love, survival and finding humour in unlikely places, inspired by personal experiences. Golden Globe nominee Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emmy nominee Seth Rogen star as best friends whose lives are changed by a cancer diagnosis. Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick, Golden Globe nominee Bryce Dallas Howard and Oscar winner Anjelica Huston complete a top-notch starring cast in this warm and uplifting comedy drama which will open in UK cinemas on 25 November 2011.
50/50, the story of a young man's transformative and sometimes funny journey to health is directed by Jonathan Levine, from a script by Will Reiser, which draws its emotional core from his own experience with cancer. The producers are Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen and Ben Karlin, with Nathan Kahane and Will Reiser as executive producers.
"We worked with Will on 'Da Ali G Show', and it was shortly after that we learned he was sick," Rogen recalls. "As shocking, sad, confusing and generally screwed up as it was, we couldn't ignore that, because we were so ill-equipped to deal with the situation, funny things kept happening. Will got better, and when he did, we thought the best way to pull something good out of the situation was to get him to write a screenplay. Ideally we wanted to make a film that would be as funny, sad, and hopefully as honest as the experience we went through. As soon as the script was completed, it quickly became a passion project for all of us. It helped us come to terms with Will's struggle as well as our own experiences."
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The lease is really a very simple way, but nonetheless, it can help you avoid an unimaginable headache when things fail. Industrial lease contracts have become popular due to a variety of benefits accruing to the lessee in addition to the lessor. An industrial lease contract differs from a residential one. It is possible to extend your rental agreement while waiting for the delivery of your next car or truck. The lease is normally a long-term lease that lasts from 5 to 10 years according to the mutual stipulations between the tenant and the owner. A lease is a legal document that is admissible in court, detailing all the rights and obligations not only of the landlord, but also of the tenant, with the intention of making sure that the tenant understands what is expected of them and what I can count. from the rental of their facilities. It is even possible to draft your own printable lease to offer as an alternative.
The term has a fixed amount of time that is active. Know if your repair is covered by the terms of your lease, for example, if you damage the property by your own negligence, the owner may not be responsible for the repairs. All the stipulations of the lease must be described with great care.
When you choose to leave your property, you must ensure that everything is done in the light of the law. The period of time during which the property can be used by the tenant and the sum of the rent are some of the vital characteristics of the industrial lease contract. So, whether it is a commercial or residential property, it is essential to find the right type of lease agreement template. The net triple rental properties, on the other hand, are commercial properties that have a depreciable life of 39 decades.
A lease can be for many different instances, including rental of properties, a bit of property, a vacation home or, perhaps, a room within your residence. A Master Lease Agreement is only a document that includes all the conditions and terms of the lease and is signed once and covers all future lease acquisitions. When trying to find a rental agreement for the rental of your facilities, it is vital that you select the correct type of lease for the type of property you are going to rent.
Leasing, on the other hand, has become a financing process that focuses on the particular demands of the client. Often, lease cases will also incorporate additions such as parking and other extras that may include the building. Many residential lease contracts need a lot of legalities, therefore, you must be specific about which one you decide to use.
Check the size of the truck you are likely to rent. Leasing is the largest type of creative financing. Therefore, the lease is also known as a net net or NNN lease. The industrial lease is used by a tenant to rent the space for commercial purposes, since a residential lease is used by a tenant to rent a house or space to live. What you can do is go for a low cost van rental.


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Q: AlarmManager for calling a service in Android P: startForegroundService I am using AlarmManager as below and its working fine for Android O and below.
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        mgr.setRepeating(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME_WAKEUP, SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() + firstGoOffTime, frequencyInMS , pi);

But in Android P am getting the below error in Logcat:

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I believe its because we have to use startForegroundService while starting a service. How do we do that in AlarmManager?

A: After Android O, you can use PendingIntent.getForegroundService.

Retrieve a PendingIntent that will start a foreground service, like calling Context.startForegroundService(). The start arguments given to the service will come from the extras of the Intent.

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Clone REA528 recognizes the mouse MHC class II alloantigen I-Ab of H-2b bearing mouse strains. It also cross-reacts with the H-2k and H-2u haplotypes, but reactivity to other haplotypes like, for example, d, f, g7, p, q, r, and s has not been observed. MHC class II is expressed on antigen-presenting cells, such as dendritic cells, monocytes, macrophages, B cells in lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissue, thymic epithelial cells, and on subsets of hematopoietic progenitor cells in the bone marrow.
MHC class II IAb
Antigen: MHC Class II (I-Ab)
Isotype control: REA Control antibodies
Alternative names of antigen: MHC class II IAb
Entrez Gene ID: 14961
Distribution of antigen: B cells, dendritic cells, hematopoietic stem cells, macrophages, monocytes, thymic epithelial cells
Available conjugates: PE, APC-Vio770
Splenocytes from C57BL/6 mice were stained with Anti-MHC Class II (I-Ab) antibodies or with the corresponding REA Control antibodies (left images) as well as with CD45R (B220) antibodies. Flow cytometry was performed using the MACSQuant
Analyzer. Cell debris and dead cells were excluded from the analysis based on scatter signals and propidium iodide fluorescence.
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Cuenca, M. et al. (2016) Targeting of Ly9 (CD229) disrupts marginal zone and B1 B cell homeostasis and antibody responses. J. Immunol. 196: 726-737
Gradehandt, G. et al. (1993) The I-Ab-restricted alloresponse of D10.G4.1 T cells is based on the recognition of an endogenous peptide. Immunology 78(4): 592-599
Tobita, T. et al. (2003) A role for the P1 anchor residue in the thermal stability of MHC class II molecule I-Ab. Immunol. Lett. 85(1): 47-52
Zhu, Y. et al. (2003) Crystal structure of MHC class II I-Ab in complex with a human CLIP peptide: prediction of an I-Ab peptide-binding motif. J. Mol. Biol. 326(4): 1157-1174
Anti-MHC Class II (I-Ab)-PE, mouse
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100 tests. One test corresponds to labeling of up to 10
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REA Control antibodies
The REA Control antibody clone REA293 is a universal isotype control that can be used with all ...


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No surprise upset as Labour win Hackney Council by-election
Published: 1:30 AM May 4, 2012 Updated: 10:33 AM October 14, 2020
Heroine of Hackney trails behind Greens
Labour has won Hackney Council's Hackney Central Ward by-election
Their candidate Ben Hayhurst won overwhelmingly. There was no surprise upset from Lib Dems hopeful, Pauline Pearce, the so-called Heroine of Hackney who trailed behond the Greens candidate Mustafa Korel in third place.
It took under two hours to count the votes at Alexandra Palace this morning.
The Labour Party candidate secured 68.2% of the vote with 2,438 votes.
Mr Korel gained 545 votes, Ms Pearce secured 394 and Local Conservatives candidate Andrew Boff trailed with 196 votes.
Speaking just after the announcement, Mr Hayhurst said: "I feel fantastic. It's a great result. A 68% share of the vote for Labour is a real endorsement of everything Hackney Labour has done on the council over the last ten years.
"There have been real improvements and people have recognised that. I look forward to contributing to the council and doing everything I can for Hackney Central.
"I'm particularly passionate about youth provision and will be trying to do everything I can to improve that.
"At the same time we have got to battle with the cuts to try and maintain a great and high quality service across the borough whilst dealing with those cuts."
Mr Korel said: "I feel like coming second is a really big message to Hackney Central residents that Greens do have a vision to make Hackney Central better. We are a growing party and it just shows that people are craving that difference.
"I hope my colleague keeps his promises and if he doesn't he has got us to hold him to account."
Ms Pearce, so-called "Heroine of Hackney" after she berated rioters in August, left before the results were announced.
Speaking during the count the 49-year old grandmother said: "Whatever the result I'm not going to break down and cry. If nothing else I have learnt a lot about politics and how dirty it can get but also how much fun it can be."
Mr Boff did not attend the count.
Hackney Council CEO and returning officer Tim Shields announced the turnout was 41.45%.


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Philadelphia Inquirer: It's time to come to terms with 'Election Week'
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This op-ed was originally published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and was written by Trey Grayson, Co-Chair of the Secure Elections Project.
As Pennsylvania adjusts to its relatively recent role as a swing state, voters across the commonwealth are starting to realize how important it is to run an efficient, trustworthy election process. Thanks to the coronavirus, that task is now a lot harder. While local, state, and federal officials work to prevent a catastrophe in November, it's time for reporters, editors, and news broadcasters to do the same. The election won't be normal, and they shouldn't report on it as if it were normal.
The first thing we should do is dispense with the term Election Day. Thanks to the pandemic, more voters than ever are likely to cast their ballots early or absentee/by mail. Pennsylvania is one of dozens of states that allow any registered voter to vote by mail. But to be counted, ballots must be requested by Oct. 27 and received by Nov. 3.
But the timing is still uncertain — the deadline to request a ballot is Oct. 27, but the ballot has to be received by Nov. 3 to be counted. As the Postal Service warns of possible massive delays, Pennsylvanians would be safer to request and return their ballots early.
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DOE Patents Patent: Retinal instrument
Title: Retinal instrument
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of removing scar tissue from an eye that includes inserting a device including an array of micro-rods into an eye, wherein at least one glass micro-rod of the array of glass micro-rods includes a sharp feature; contacting a scar tissue with the array of micro-rods; and removing the array of micro-rods and the scar tissue from the eye. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a medical device for engaging a tissue including and an array of glass micro-rods, wherein at least one glass micro-rod of the array of glass micro-rods includes a sharp feature opposite a base of the array of glass micro-rods that is connected to the cannula, wherein the sharp feature of the at least one micro-rod is angled from a plane that is normal to a face of the base of the array of glass micro-rods.
Britton, Charles L; D'Urso, Brian R; Chaum, Edward; Simpson, John T; Baba, Justin S; Ericson, M. Nance; Warmack, Robert J
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, TN)
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61F - FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
A61F9/00727 - {Apparatus for retinal reattachment}
A61F9/007 - Methods or devices for eye surgery
A61B17/205 - {Vaccinating by means of needles or other puncturing devices}
A61F9/00736 - {Instruments for removal of intra-ocular material or intra-ocular injection, e.g. cataract instruments
AC05-00OR22725
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
Britton, Charles L, D'Urso, Brian R, Chaum, Edward, Simpson, John T, Baba, Justin S, Ericson, M. Nance, and Warmack, Robert J. Retinal instrument. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Britton, Charles L, D'Urso, Brian R, Chaum, Edward, Simpson, John T, Baba, Justin S, Ericson, M. Nance, & Warmack, Robert J. Retinal instrument. United States.
Britton, Charles L, D'Urso, Brian R, Chaum, Edward, Simpson, John T, Baba, Justin S, Ericson, M. Nance, and Warmack, Robert J. Tue . "Retinal instrument". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1083436.
title = {Retinal instrument},
author = {Britton, Charles L and D'Urso, Brian R and Chaum, Edward and Simpson, John T and Baba, Justin S and Ericson, M. Nance and Warmack, Robert J},
abstractNote = {In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of removing scar tissue from an eye that includes inserting a device including an array of micro-rods into an eye, wherein at least one glass micro-rod of the array of glass micro-rods includes a sharp feature; contacting a scar tissue with the array of micro-rods; and removing the array of micro-rods and the scar tissue from the eye. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a medical device for engaging a tissue including and an array of glass micro-rods, wherein at least one glass micro-rod of the array of glass micro-rods includes a sharp feature opposite a base of the array of glass micro-rods that is connected to the cannula, wherein the sharp feature of the at least one micro-rod is angled from a plane that is normal to a face of the base of the array of glass micro-rods.},
Composite, ordered material having sharp surface features
patent, December 2006
D'Urso, Brian R.; Simpson, John T.
URL: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F7150904
Tri-functional cannula for retinal endovascular surgery
Patent Weiss, Jonathan D [Albuquerque, NM]
A tri-functional cannula combines the functions of tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) solution delivery, illumination and venous pressure measurement. The cannula utilizes a tapered hollow-core optical fiber having an inlet for tPA solution, an attached fiber optic splitter configured to receive illumination light from an optical source such and a LED. A window in the cannula transmits the light to and from a central retinal vein. The return light is coupled to an optical detector to measure the pressure within the vein and determine whether an occlusion has been removed.
Method and system for the diagnosis of disease using retinal image content and an archive of diagnosed human patient data
Patent Tobin, Jr., Kenneth William; Karnowski, Thomas P.; Chaum, Edward
A method for diagnosing diseases having retinal manifestations including retinal pathologies includes the steps of providing a CBIR system including an archive of stored digital retinal photography images and diagnosed patient data corresponding to the retinal photography images, the stored images each indexed in a CBIR database using a plurality of feature vectors, the feature vectors corresponding to distinct descriptive characteristics of the stored images. A query image of the retina of a patient is obtained. Using image processing, regions or structures in the query image are identified. The regions or structures are then described using the plurality of featuremore » vectors. At least one relevant stored image from the archive based on similarity to the regions or structures is retrieved, and an eye disease or a disease having retinal manifestations in the patient is diagnosed based on the diagnosed patient data associated with the relevant stored image(s).« less
Patent Tobin, Kenneth W; Karnowski, Thomas P; Chaum, Edward
Flexible retinal electrode array
Patent Okandan, Murat [Albuquerque, NM]; Wessendorf, Kurt O [Albuquerque, NM]; Christenson, Todd R [Albuquerque, NM]
An electrode array which has applications for neural stimulation and sensing. The electrode array can include a large number of electrodes each of which is flexibly attached to a common substrate using a plurality of springs to allow the electrodes to move independently. The electrode array can be formed from a combination of bulk and surface micromachining, with electrode tips that can include an electroplated metal (e.g. platinum, iridium, gold or titanium) or a metal oxide (e.g. iridium oxide) for biocompatibility. The electrode array can be used to form a part of a neural prosthesis, and is particularly well adaptedmore » for use in an implantable retinal prosthesis where the electrodes can be tailored to provide a uniform gentle contact pressure with optional sensing of this contact pressure at one or more of the electrodes.« less
High-resolution retinal imaging using adaptive optics and Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography
Patent Olivier, Scot S [Livermore, CA]; Werner, John S [Davis, CA]; Zawadzki, Robert J [Sacramento, CA]; ...
This invention permits retinal images to be acquired at high speed and with unprecedented resolution in three dimensions (4.times.4.times.6 .mu.m). The instrument achieves high lateral resolution by using adaptive optics to correct optical aberrations of the human eye in real time. High axial resolution and high speed are made possible by the use of Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography. Using this system, we have demonstrated the ability to image microscopic blood vessels and the cone photoreceptor mosaic.


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Professor Geek Vs. The Snyder Cut
HBO Max's announcement that they're going to complete and release the "Snyder Cut" of Justice League met with applause from the fans and scorn from the anti-fans, the ones who consider themselves the tastemakers and anything that goes against the favored directors or the studio suits that get them all the exclusives and interviews are to be shut down. They complain that Sonic The Hedgehog changed the main character's character model for the movie because fans raged against it. How dare the plebeians not take what they get and learn to praise it as the second coming. It's why people rallied to HBO Max's defense and praised the original director's vision finally being seen. (I guess when it comes to director versus studio the studio will win unless the director is particularly beloved, and while Snyder has his fan base I guess he isn't James Gunn.)
Myself, I tried to give the fans what they wanted. While I still maintained I don't want to see the Snyder version and didn't readily hate the version that came out why not stand up against the aggressive stance the creators and performers are making against the fans. Of course, it's not like Synder cared what the Superman fans wanted when he made Man Of Steel, which I still say is a good superhero movie but a terrible Superman movie. I still can't bring myself to watch Batman V. Superman because I already know what happens in the movie and that everything got screwed up royally with the lore, and the famed "director's cut" of that movie didn't change anyone's opinion of the film.
Well, leave it to a professor who has studied modern mythology and how it affects our culture the same way ancient myths affected and was shaped by the culture of their time. Professor Geek put out a video over the weekend pushing back against the Snyder cut because people forget just WHY the Snyder vision was so disliked by DC universe fans. It sparked a few thoughts in me as well, so read that when you're done watching the video.
Catch more Professor Geek on his YouTube channel
One thing I wish Prof had mentioned was that it wasn't just the Snyder fans that wanted this cut…at least once it was announced. There were people who didn't like the clashing tones of Snyder's footage and Joss Whedon's footage but it wasn't until certain big name (and Hollywood studio-run) websites started calling out HBO Max's moves as catering to "toxic" fans, the same fans that wanted Sonic redesigned. The director and producers did so and the movie was a big hit. The anti-fans were upset that the feminist re-imagining of Harley Quinn and other Gotham heroines bombed while that movie soared. Because in their minds it had nothing to do with ruining beloved characters, especially the butcher job they did on Cassandra Cain. You'd think her backstory would have fit the theme they were going for but it wouldn't link up with the other reason Harley Quinn: Birds Of Prey And The Emancipation (which sounds like a retro concert card) was made–for Margot Robbie to play her version of Harley from Suicide Squad and make everyone else fit into that character's concept. This plus the praise Alita: Battle Angel got over the more critic-loved Captain Marvel (still haven't seen either but Alita is on the DVR awaiting a Finally Watched article) really burns their biscuits and they pushed back against the movie.
"But look how hopeful and inspirational my major destruction of the city is."
And yet when something more in line with their artsy vision, like Todd Philips "King Of Comedy" re-imagining of the Joker got hate because certain other militants were sure it would cause so-called "incels" to go on a riot, even convincing the military that they needed to be ready. (Insert topical comment here that won't matter to someone reading this article years down the road.) That also had people racing to the movie's defense, even though literally by design Philips ignored the comics and created an original character with the Joker's name. Philips hates superhero movies and probably comic books and wanted to prove his tastes and preferences were superior. Joker exists because Philips thought he could win comic book and superhero movie fans away with the clearly better movies he prefers. Maybe we SHOULD be careful of what we defend here.
Look, I'm all for pushing back against the anti-fan tastemakers who swear you should kneel at the altar of their more refined and enlightened tastes. It's the mindset that caused Fredrick Wertham (some days I AM sorry I read and dissected his book because now he haunts this site) to strike out against comic books in the first place, and why comics have been so low on the media totem pole even today. Warner Brothers themselves pointed and laughed at the "#ReleaseTheSnyderCut" movement online, even making fun of them and the people who didn't like Star Wars: The Last Jedi in an episode of their Harley Quinn cartoon on the DC Universe streaming site. Midnight's Edge, another YouTube channel I use for reference, has discussed this when the news was released. The elites also want to decide to the most minor degree possible just HOW we view their movies in the theater and even at home on our televisions, though they'd rather you just saw it in the theater. Maybe we need an "Occupy Hollywood" to remind them that we're the final clients of their work, though I can also point to a legion of fans who themselves are insistent that their vision is superior to the creator's. That's how George Lucas was badgered into handing Star Wars to Disney and Kathleen Kennedy.
Snyder is apparently violently allergic to bright colors. Lucky I'm here to fix this.
However, remember when the Snyder fans insisted the full cut of Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice was supposed to show us how great the movie was, but all it really did was create all new complaints on top of the old ones? Remember how Snyder told us that if Batman were real he would kill and to say otherwise would be "living in a fantasy world"? (You know, despite this being a WORK OF FICTION!) Remember how Cavhill kept trying to tell us his darker version of Superman was the best version ever? Do you really think the Snyder Cut is going to get any of these characters in Justice League? Zack Snyder was a good choice for Watchmen but that's because he shares Alan Moore's cynical view of a superhero world, which in turn makes him wrong for the regular DC Universe heroes and villains. And now David Ayer is taking the opportunity to push for his original version of Suicide Squad before Warner Brothers interfered with his vision as well. Do you really think that will be better? No, but it did give the anti-fans more ground to attack fan movements for a proper translation of these characters.
Will the Snyder Cut be more consistent than the joint Snyder/Wheadon Cut? Probably. Will it be good? Depends on your tastes. Will it be an accurate representation of who Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, and Kirby's Fourth World are, what they mean to the DC mythology, or be the versions the fans who made these characters popular want? I very much doubt it, and since WarnerMedia still isn't showing that they're trying to learn that (this is about catering to a movement they hope will boost subscriptions to HBO Max) we may never get those versions again. Bendis is off of Superman, Tom King is off Batman, and DiDio is no longer a negative influence on the DC Universe but unless these characters get in the hands of people who love these characters or at least understand what they mean to fans and the culture as a whole–and are good at telling those kinds of stories, that's very important–then the downfall of these characters will continue.
Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on June 22, 2020 in DC Spotlight, Movie Spotlight, Streaming Spotlight and tagged HBO Max, Justice League, Professor Geek, Synder Cut, WarnerMedia, Zack Snyder.
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Oceanic primary production is a key component of the marine carbon, oxygen and nutrient cycles as well as the base of the marine food web. Over the past two decades, substantial efforts were deployed to evaluate oceanic primary production. These efforts include in situ measurements of uptake rates using isotopic trace techniques, satellite remote sensing, autonomous instrumentation for bio-optics, carbon or oxygen measurements, and the development of semi-empirical to complex biogeochemical models.
The 45th International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics will investigate new insights related to the evaluation of primary production and the study of the dynamics between physical forcing and ocean productivity responses at various physical and temporal scales. Particular attention will be focused on the variability at the synoptic to seasonal scales and how it complicates our ability to sample primary production and derive large-scale, climate-driven primary production budgets.
Progress in biogeochemical models in relation to phytoplankton physiology, the representation of variable stoichiometric ratios, the role of mixotrophy.
Impact of benthic Habitat (e.g. seagrass coral) on primary production and importance of benthic diagenetic processes on pelagic primary production.
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Dissolved gas tracers of gross primary production and net community production: perspectives from a global ecosystem and biogeochemistry model.
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Assessing bivalve's distribution as a response to phytoplankton/inorganic suspended particles ratio in the Belgian Coastal zone: a trait based model.
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Automated FRRF measurements provide an alternative means to obtain seasonal and annual primary producton estimates in the Eastern andWestern Scheldt Estuaries.
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We stock bobcats from northern Canada all the way down to south Texas. We split them in two sections with the first being "northern" which contains bobcats from Canada, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the UP of Michigan. Our "southern" section contains bobcats from all other U.S. states with the bulk of them coming out of Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, and Texas.


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Assessing Carolina Hurricanes GM Ron Francis through 2 seasons (Part 1: The history)
by Matt Karash | May 30, 2016 | Daily Cup of Joe
It is hard to believe that it has been 2 full seasons already since Ron Francis was named the General Manager of the Carolina Hurricanes. We are still very much in the honeymoon phase and are just reaching the time when Francis will be able to build his team and be held accountable for it. The team that he inherited for the 2014-15 season offered minimal financial flexibility. With most of the roster locked in and budget only to add a few depth players, Francis set a strategy and course and importantly hired a head coach but did very little in terms of player personnel.
And even his second summer of 2015, he was still largely locked into the core of the roster. Awhile back on a different site, I called it the "2-year bridge" for Francis before he gained some financial flexibility in the summer of 2016 to start to shape the roster to his liking. With more than $20 million of salary coming off the books (Eric Staal, Cam Ward, John-Michael Liles, Kris Versteeg, Nathan Gerbe, etc.) this summer, Francis will finally be given a real opportunity to put his stamp on the roster.
So in that regard, any kind of evaluation of Ron Francis as a GM through 2 seasons is a bit like evaluating an NHL player's game at the end of the first period. There is some data there to evaluate, but calling anything even close to final is premature. Or in baseball parlance, Francis is in the 2nd inning of a 9-inning game.
But that said, I still think it is interesting to both track through what he has done already to mold the team and also dip into assessing some of his moves thus far.
Let's start with the history…
The summer of 2014
—Bill Peters. After what seemed to be a thorough search process, Francis' first big move as Hurricanes GM was to complete a coaching transition by firing Kirk Muller and replacing him with Bill Peters. I would not say that Peters was completely off the board, but as an assistant he was not from the list of more recognized names with NHL experience. This move marked Francis' first display of confidence to do his own assessment and not just go with the obvious. This trend has repeated itself.
—Haydn Fleury. I think the second most interesting move from Francis first few months on the job was the decision to draft Haydn Fleury at #7. Fleury was not out of place with that selection, but the move to take a defenseman early in the first round was a departure from Francis' mentor Jim Rutherford who had a strong forward bias with early picks. This move again showed Francis independence and confidence to forge his own path.
As noted above, that first summer offered very little to assess Francis ability to build a team. At the NHL level, he added only 3 depth players (Tim Gleason, Brad Malone, Jay McClement) for a total of less than $3 million in annual salary.
The 2014-15 trade deadline
—Collecting futures. With the Hurricanes on the outside looking in on the playoff chase in February of 2015, Francis moved aggressively and decisively to add futures at the expense of players who were scheduled to be free agents at the end of the season. Andrej Sekera, Jiri Tlusty and Tim Gleason netted first, third, fourth and fifth round draft choices plus prospect Roland McKeown who was a second round pick in the previous draft. When you add it up, Francis had nearly added an entire draft class to his prospect pool. He also backed up his early mantra which was building a deep prospect pool and strong system that could generate more consistent winning and playoff appearances.
After a very quiet first summer in the GM seat in 2014, the summer of 2015 offered the first glimpse of Ron Francis ability to build a team.
—James Wisniewski and Eddie Lack. In a pair of draft weekend deals, Francis made his first 2 big moves to add players. First Francis added goalie Eddie Lack. Then he used goalie Anton Khudobin to land blue line help in James Wisniewski. The moves attempted to fill a hole on the blue line and upgrade the team in net.
—The draft and Sebastian Aho. The biggest story of the 2015 draft from a Canes perspective at the time was the pick of Noah Hanifin at #5. He was the obvious choice when still available at #5, so I do not think there is too much to read into the selection from Francis' standpoint. But while everyone was still celebrating the Hanifin selection from day 1, what happened next did say something about Francis. With their second round pick, the Hurricanes took Sebastian Aho. I would not say that he was completely off the board and out of nowhere, but he seemed to rank from roughly where the Canes selected him all the way to the bottom of the top 100 depending on whose rankings one was looking at. There were other players available who more consistently ranked in the top 50, and there also seemed to be a reasonable chance that if Francis passed on Aho in the second round that he could still be available later. (It is important to note that the Hurricanes included their third round pick in the deal to obtain Eddie Lack from Vancouver.) The Aho selection was similar to the selection of Bill Peters as coach. Both were assertive moves that differed a bit from what might have been the more predictable decision.
—Alexander Semin buy out. In another assertive and decisive move, Ron Francis bought out Alexander Semin just before the opening of free agency. The move incurred an expensive $2.3 million cost for each of the next 6 seasons and left another hole in the forward lines but marked another aggressive move to build the team Francis wanted and quickly move forward from any mistakes.
—Out with Jeff Daniels and in with Mark Morris. Another under the headlines move of significance was an AHL decision for Francis. He made the decision not to re-sign Jeff Daniels to coach Charlotte and instead to go a different direction which later became veteran Mark Morris. The move was significant in that Jeff Daniels was a long-time company man for the Hurricanes and not at all odds with the brain trust in Raleigh. He was also a former Francis' team mate. But Francis moved aggressively again to get the best he could to coach and develop the team's prospects 1 level below the NHL in spite of having to shake the boat a bit to do so.
—Kris Versteeg, Joakim Nordstrom and more! Then with the summer winding down and the possibility that the roster is set, Ron Francis pulled off his smartest trade to date. With the Blackhawks running out of time and options and needing to move salary to re-sign Marcus Kruger and still get under the cap ceiling for opening day, Ron Francis took advantage of the situation. Francis managed to get proven playmaking depth forward Kris Versteeg and young fringe AHL/NHL depth forward Joakim Nordstrom from Chicago. But the magic of the deal was that he more or less made Chicago pay to unload these players. The Canes did give up an AHL defenseman in Dennis Robertson, a fifth round pick and Jake Massie who was a sixth round pick just 2 months earlier but in return, the Canes also netted a third round pick from Chicago which was arguably more valuable than the small collection of lesser futures that they gave up. This move was nearly 1 year from the previous season's pick up of Andrej Nestrasil off of waivers from Detroit that also saw Francis take advantage of another team's depth and specific situation.
—First foray into roster player contracts. The summer of 2015 also saw Francis' first significant foray into the handling of re-signing (or not) current roster players. Early in the summer, he made commitments to young depth players Chris Terry, Riley Nash, Andrej Nestrasil and Michal Jordan when he awarded each a 1-way deal that almost assured that they would play at the NHL level for the 2015-16 season. He then extended both Eddie Lack and Elias Lindholm with 2-year deals before the last year of their remaining contract. And maybe most significant on the contract front was that Francis did not extend Eric Staal (or Cam Ward) who were both entering the final year of their long-term deals.
—Second verse, same as the first. With the Hurricanes still within striking distance of the NHL playoffs heading into the last week of February of 2016, the burning question was if and how much Francis would be a seller. Keeping with the previous winter's theme of building for the long-term, Francis again and somewhat surprisingly sold everything that was not nailed down. Eric Staal, Kris Versteeg and John-Michael Liles yielded 2 second round picks, a third round pick, a fifth round pick and 2 prospects recently drafted in the second (Valentin Zykov) and third round (Aleksi Saarela). For the second consecutive consecutive trade deadline, Francis added nearly the equivalent of a full draft class to the Carolina Hurricanes prospect pool.
I think when you sort through the details of Ron Francis' first 2 years as the Carolina Hurricanes GM, 3 key trends stand out:
1) A strategy and commitment to building a deep and strong prospect pool.
–At both trade deadlines, Francis moved aggressively to sell everything he could to collect futures and has spent them (really only Lack trade) sparingly.
–Letting Jeff Daniels go to hire Mark Morris was another move that valued the development of prospects highly.
–In total, Francis has netted 7 draft picks and 3 prospects in trades.
2) An ability to think and act independently of the consensus.
–Hiring an assistant with zero NHL coaching experience in Bill Peters was not completely off the board but did stray from the possibly safer play of picking from the 2-4 options with more experience.
–Drafting Haydn Fleury early in the first round was a marked departure from his predecessor and mentor Jim Rutherford and a very early sign that Francis would do things his way.
–Moving aggressively to select Sebastian Aho early in the second round instead of going with more of a consensus top 40 player was an assertive bet on the Canes scouting team.
3) A confidence and willingness to act assertively and decisively.
–The move to cut ties with Alexander Semin was an assertive move to make a decision and act on it. With the Canes nowhere near the cap ceiling and short at the forward position, financially Francis could have waited this out another season. Instead, he acted decisively to move the team forward.
–Both trade deadlines showed a willingness to act decisively. Especially with the playoffs in sight last season, the decision on how aggressively to sell players to collect futures was harder. Francis mulled it over but in the end acted assertively to add as many futures as possible.
Part 2 of this short series (hopefully for tomorrow) will offer an assessment of Francis' work so far through 2 full seasons.
50missioncap	on May 30, 2016 at 2:55 pm
I'm not sure if you're going to mention this in Part 2, but I would include the hiring of Eric Tulksy who'd been with the Canes for 2 years.
Matt Karash	on May 31, 2016 at 12:22 am
Good catch. So this was at the end of last summer before the Versteeg trade and is obviously an important part of pushing the franchise forward into the next era of player evaluation and game preparation.


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