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Stan Son gives his top studs and value plays at each position for Saturday's main DraftKings NFL slate.
By Stan Son Dec 21, 2022, 5:53am PST
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10 games on a Saturday, which happens to be Christmas Eve. A time to reflect if you believe, but all we care about are defenses that are sieves and quarterbacks that heave so many touchdowns that they become a search query on Ask Jeeves, making opponents clutch their heads, kneel down and grieve. So, roll up those sleeves, read the tea leaves and weave a lineup of extraordinary magnitude so you achieve greatness and become as rich as Keanu Reeves.
On DraftKings Sportsbook, there are two games with a total of at least 45 points: SEA/KC (48.5) and NYG/MIN (48). Four games have a total at 40 or below: HOU/TEN (37), NO/CLE (32), ATL/BAL (37.5) and WAS/SF (39). There are no double-digit favorites but BUF is -9 over CHI while KC is -9.5 over SEA. Two games are within a field goal: DET -3 over CAR and CLE -2.5 over NO. The Bears, Panthers and Patriots are home dogs.
These are my early thoughts, but much of my lineup construction will depend on projected ownership numbers at the end of the week. That said, here are my studs and values for Sunday's main DraftKings fantasy football slate.
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Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs vs. Seattle Seahawks, $8,400 — Mahomes is good and you should play him. End of analysis.
Fine, Mahomes is really, really good. Good?
FINE. The Chiefs pass at the fifth-highest rate and Mahomes has exceeded points expectations 70% of the time this season. Since Week 3, he's scored at least 30 DKFP six times and the low was 19.82 over that span.
This game has the highest total on the slate at 48.5 as the Seahawks have the weapons on offense to force Kansas City to maintain aggression. Unfortunately for Seattle, they are 19th in pass defense DVOA.
Other Options – Josh Allen ($8,500), Justin Fields ($7,500), Kirk Cousins ($6,300)
Geno Smith, Seattle Seahawks at Kansas City Chiefs, $5,800 — The probability of me devouring a pie left on the counter is 100%. It is more likely that the Chiefs put up points on the Seahawks defense on Saturday than me eating leftover pie.
Smith has exceeded points expectations 70% of the time as well. While he will likely end up in the 20 DKFP range, he did go for 34.7 DKFP in Week 4 against the Lions, in a game that finished at 48-45.
The Chiefs are 25th in pass defense DVOA and they will likely have to tilt toward the air in this one. Not all is sunshine and unicorns, though, as the Chiefs are fifth in adjusted sack rate while the Seahawks are only 25th in protecting the quarterback. And the game is in Arrowhead Stadium.
That said, the Seahawks have bonafide offensive weapons and Smith has only thrown eight interceptions on the season. Seattle will likely have to be aggressive in this one and the Chiefs have allowed touchdowns on 68.75% of red zone chances, the second-highest in the NFL.
Other Options – Daniel Jones ($5,600)
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Derrick Henry ($8,600), Tennessee Titans vs. Houston Texans — Henry is very expensive for a running back who isn't heavily involved in the passing game and can get game-scripted out of games. That said, he has received 4, 5, 3, 3, 2 and 3 targets over the last six games and the chances of getting game-scripted out of this one are lowered.
The Titans are favored by 5 points at home. While the Texans have been one of the better teams prohibiting touchdowns in the red zone, they are 24th in rush defense DVOA and got eviscerated by Henry the last time these teams met. Henry carried 32 times for 219 yards and two touchdowns in that one and has exceeded 100 yards in each of the last two contests.
Other Options – Dalvin Cook ($7,200), Saquon Barkley ($7,900), Rhamondre Stevenson ($7,100), Alvin Kamara ($6,800), Kenneth Walker III ($6,400)
Jerick McKinnon, Kansas City Chiefs vs. Seattle Seahawks, $5,900 – McKinnon has scored over 30 DKFP in each of the last two games. I have a not-so-sneaky suspicion that McKinnon will be one of the higher-rostered players on the slate. If the projected ownership gets too high, then going in a different direction could make sense.
On paper, McKinnon checks many of the boxes. He gets the majority of the snaps on an explosive offense that is heavily favored at home. He is also the back that is involved in the passing game. Seattle has allowed the 8th-most receptions to running backs.
Other Options – JK Dobbins ($5,800), Isiah Pacheco ($5,700)
Justin Jefferson, Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Giants, $9,300 — Jefferson has received fewer than 10 targets in only four games. He's gone for over 100 yards receiving nine times with a high of 223 yards. He has a total of 7 touchdowns on the season.
The Giants are 24th in pass defense DVOA and 24th against No. 1 receivers. They blitz at the highest rate in the league yet are only 23rd in adjusted sack rate.
This game has the second-highest total on the slate so there should be plenty of opportunities for Jefferson to rack up those fantasy goodies.
Other Options – Stefon Diggs ($8,500), Amon-Ra St. Brown ($7,800), DK Metcalf ($7,100)
Marquise Goodwin, Seattle Seahawks at Kansas City Chiefs, $4,300 – Tyler Lockett is out so Goodwin should see an increase in snap rate. He was at 59% last week and has been in the 50% range for much of the season, but he did have two games over 70%. Despite being third fiddle in the passing game, Goodwin still managed five red zone targets. Metcalf dominates in that area, but the Chiefs' defense will likely shade his way, which could provide some opportunities for Goodwin. As mentioned in the Smith section, the Chiefs have allowed the second-highest touchdown rate in the red zone.
Other Options – JuJu Smith-Schuster ($5,800), DJ Moore ($5,500), Brandon Aiyuk ($6,300), Darius Slayton ($5,200)
Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs vs. Seattle Seahawks, $8,000 – Kelce is the only tight end priced above $5,500, so he's technically the only stud on the slate. Kelce is essentially a wide receiver one. He's had five games with double-digit targets and five contests over 100 yards receiving.
This game has the highest total on the slate and the Seahawks have been very generous to the position, having allowed the second-most fantasy points and third-most yards and touchdowns.
Mark Andrews, Baltimore Ravens vs. Atlanta Falcons, $5,500 – Oh, how the mighty have fallen. I feel compelled to write a poem about this particular tragedy, but then I thought about how gross the production for Andrews has been, and decided that he did not deserve it!
Over the first six games of the season, Andrews received double-digit targets in four of those contests, went over 100 yards twice and scored five touchdowns. That was good for 20-plus DKFPs in four of those games. Since then, he's gone over 50 yards once, has not scored a touchdown and gone over 10 DKFP only twice. Example number 1234245245245 why premature victory dancing can be hazardous to your health.
Once a $7,000 player, Andrews is now the cheapest he's been this season. And he gets a plus matchup as the Falcons have allowed the fourth-most receptions and fifth-most yards to tight ends.
Other Options – TJ Hockenson ($4,900), Noah Fant ($3,400)
Ravens DST vs. Atlanta Falcons, $3,200 – The Ravens are favored by 7.5 points at home and will likely be facing a rookie in Desmond Ridder ($5,000), who will be making his second career start. Last week, he completed 50% of his passes and was sacked four times. The Ravens are sixth in adjusted sack rate.
Other Options – Titans DST ($3,600), 49ers DST ($3,900)
Cowboys DST vs. Philadelphia Eagles, $2,600 – Jalen Hurts will likely not play in this contest due to an injury suffered last week. As a result, the Cowboys defense is mispriced. The unit is second in adjusted sack rate, fourth in pass defense DVOA and 10th in rush defense. They have scored double-digit DKFP seven times with three games over 20.
Other Options – Patriots DST ($2,700), Chiefs DST ($2,900)
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Looking out at the tree death with concern: Nicolas Brüggemann
It has been too dry and warm in Germany for the third year in a row. Many trees are suffering, especially spruce. One of the consequences: they are more susceptible to pests. Jülich researchers are observing the development in the Eifel and measuring the effects, for example on the atmosphere's CO2 content.
When Nicolas Brüggemann looks out over the northern Eifel from the forest in Kleinhau, he is worried: "In the past, we couldn't see as far as 100 metres because of all the trees, but now, when the view is clear, I can see the Siebengebirge – and that's 60 kilometres as the crow flies." For the head of the Jülich research unit, Plant-Soil-Atmosphere Exchange Processes, and Professor of Terrestrial Biogeochemistry at the University of Bonn, it is beyond all question: the forest in the northern Eifel is thinning. "This is primarily due to combined damaging factors as have never before been seen: they range from drought and heat, forest fires and storms to pest infestation." The result: trees die, many have to be cut down.
Image above: Looking out at the tree death with concern: Nicolas Brüggemann
Spruce trees are the worst affected. Drought and the bark beetle cause this flat-rooted plant great trouble, particularly as the bark beetle, due to the milder winters, gradually reaches the higher elevations in the central uplands. In Kleinhau, which is situated at an altitude of about 400 metres – the Helmholtz initiative MOSES studied the effects of the drought on the forest and soil there from May to October 2020 – the forest owner had almost the entire stock of spruce felled; the bark beetle had infested these conifers too much. On the other hand, at Wüstebach in the Eifel National Park, at an altitude of around 600 metres and where Jülich researchers operate a permanent measuring station, the damage caused by the beetle is still manageable.
However, not only spruce trees have considerable problems. "In August 2020, in terms of colour, the beech trees in the national park already looked as they would usually look in autumn. The oaks are suffering as well – either from insects or fungi," says Brüggemann. He nevertheless finds it misleading to speak of a forest dieback: "It is not the forest as an ecosystem that is dying, but certain tree species will disappear."
Drone flight over the cleared spruce forest in Kleinhau
Affected areas are to be reforested, however, in order to preserve their function for the climate and environment. But many foresters are unsure which native tree species they should continue to plant. Foreign tree species are an alternative. Burkhard Priese, forest manager of the Kleinhau forest, is now relying primarily on the indigenous sweet chestnut and North American red oak, as these are less susceptible to pests, heat and drought. "Forests such as the one in Kleinhau, which are used economically, must be reforested immediately. We cannot wait and see if and what might grow back naturally," he explains.
Alexander Graf measured how the CO2 exchange between the soil and the atmosphere developed after the spruce had been removed in Kleinhau.
Kleinhau offered the Jülich researchers the opportunity to observe the effects of drought and spruce removal live, so to speak. During the MOSES measurement campaign, together with colleagues from four other Helmholtz Centres, they recorded, for example, soil moisture in the entire area, determined the exchange of CO2 and water vapour between the soil and the atmosphere, and created thermal images from the air. The data provide a decent addition to the extensive measurements at Wüstebach, where Jülich researchers have been collecting data since 2009. The site is part of the Germany-wide observation network TERENO, which is another Helmholtz initiative for studying the earth and the environment.
At Wüstebach, the national park administration had already cleared an area of around eleven hectares of spruce trees by autumn 2013. The idea was to accelerate the transformation of the spruce monoculture into a near-natural deciduous forest. "The cutting down has had a massive impact on soil, water quality, exchange processes and the composition of flora and fauna. This gives us an insight into the regeneration of the existing forest," explains Dr. Alexander Graf from the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-3). For the carbon dioxide balance of the area, for example, removing the spruce trees was a bitter blow at first.
Drought inhibits regeneration
Normally, forests take up CO2 from the atmosphere. Without the forest, however, the former carbon sink area has become a carbon source, because the soil continues to process humus from dead animals and plant parts, thereby releasing CO2. It will be several years before the area becomes a carbon sink again. Even so, the Jülich experts were amazed at how quickly the area was recovering in the first few years – until the drought periods hit. "At present, the plants are stagnating in growth and are absorbing less CO2 than in previous years," says Alexander Graf.
is how much the CO2 removal was decreased by terrestrial ecosystems in 2018.
Even so, compared to other ecosystems, the forest was still the best at resisting the drought: on average, CO2 take-up by terrestrial ecosystems decreased by 18 per cent in 2018. In the case of arable land, grasslands and moors, the decline was much greater, at up to 40 per cent, whereas in the case of forests it was only 8 per cent. Graf sums up: "For various reasons, this should not be overestimated, but having a lot of forest is good when it comes to taking up a lot of CO2."
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Aerial view of the spruce forest near Kleinhau in the Eifel – the trees, already severely damaged by drought and the bark beetle, stand out clearly.
By August 2020, about 90 per cent of the spruce trees in the approximately 328-hectare private forest had been cut down.
In Kleinhau, researchers from four Helmholtz institutes – among them Jülich expert Nicolas Brüggemann – have investigated how the drought has affected the forest and soil. In order to measure the exchange of energy and trace gases between the land surface and the atmosphere, for example, a so-called eddy covariance tower was built.
With the help of a drone, the researchers took thermal images and multispectral photographs from the air.
Jülich researcher Heye Bogena explains how a stationary cosmic-ray sensor works. The device measures neutrons near the ground. In simple terms: the more neutrons measured, the drier an area of soil is.
With the mobile Cosmic-Ray Rover, Heye Bogena and his Jülich colleague Jannis Jakobi (left) can determine soil moisture practically as they drive by.
A new forest is soon to stand on the cleared area near Kleinhau.
Burkhard Priese, forest manager of the forest in Kleinhau, relies primarily on the native sweet chestnut and the North American red oak for reforestation.
The Eifel National Park had already cleared the Wüstebach forest of spruce in 2013. A mixed forest has meanwhile been planted there. Due to the drought years, however, the growth of the new trees has been stagnating.
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Even though it absolutely was principally cut, this large galaxy left behind an upscale path of evidence: associate degree virtually invisible halo of stars larger than the Andromeda galaxy itself, associate degreeelusive stream of stars and a separate enigmatic compact galaxy, M32. Discovering and learning this decimated galaxy can facilitate astronomers perceive however disk galaxies just like the Milky Way Galaxy evolve and survive massive mergers.
This noncontinuous galaxy, named M32p, was the third-largest member of the native cluster of galaxies, whenthe Milky Way Galaxy and Andromeda galaxies. exploitation pc models, Richard D'Souza and Eric Bell of the University of Michigan's Department of uranology were ready to piece along this proof, revealing this long-lost relative of the Milky Way Galaxy. Their findings were printed in Nature uranology.
Scientists have long well-known that this nearly invisible massive halo of stars close galaxies contains the remnants of smaller cannibalized galaxies. A galaxy like Andromeda was expected to own consumed many its smaller companions. Researchers thought this might create it troublesome to find out regarding any single one in every of them.
Using new pc simulations, the scientists were ready to perceive that even if several companion galaxies were consumed by Andromeda, most of the celebs within the Andromeda's outer faint halo were principallycontributed by shredding one massive galaxy.
"It was a 'eureka' moment. we tend to realised we tend to might use this info of Andromeda's outer stellar halo to infer the properties of the biggest of those cut galaxies," aforementioned lead author D'Souza, a postdoctoral research worker at U-M.
"Astronomers are learning the native cluster — the Milky Way Galaxy, Andromeda and their companions — for therefore long. it absolutely was surprising to appreciate that the Milky Way Galaxy had an outsized relative, and that we ne'er knew regarding it," aforementioned author Bell, U-M academic of uranology.
This galaxy, known as M32p, that was cut by the Andromeda galaxy, was a minimum of twenty times larger than any galaxy that incorporate with the Milky Way Galaxy over the course of its period. M32p would arelarge, creating it the third largest galaxy within the native cluster when the Andromeda and also the Milky Way Galaxy galaxies.
This work may additionally solve a long-standing mystery: the formation of Andromeda's enigmatic M32 satellite galaxy, the scientists say. They counsel that the compact and dense M32 is that the extant center of the whitish Way's long-lost relative, just like the indestructible pit of a plum.
Their study could alter the standard understanding of however galaxies evolve, the researchers say. They realised that the Andromeda's disk survived a bearing with a vast galaxy, which might question the common knowledge that such massive interactions would destroy disks associate degreed type an elliptical galaxy.
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The method utilized in this study are often used for different galaxies, allowing activity of their most largegalaxy merger, the researchers say. With this information, scientists will higher untangle the difficult net of cause and impact that drives galaxy growth and find out about what mergers do to galaxies.


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Grover Beach és una població dels Estats Units a l'estat de Califòrnia. Segons el cens del 2000 tenia una població de 13.067 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Grover Beach tenia 13.067 habitants, 5.023 habitatges, i 3.305 famílies. La densitat de població era de 2.174,7 habitants/km².

Dels 5.023 habitatges en un 32,8% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 46,9% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 14,1% dones solteres, i en un 34,2% no eren unitats familiars. En el 24,6% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 8,2% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 2,58 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 3,07.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 25,6% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 9,1% entre 18 i 24, un 32% entre 25 i 44, un 21,7% de 45 a 60 i un 11,5% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 35 anys. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 89,9 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 38.087 $ i la renda mediana per família de 41.859 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 31.045 $ mentre que les dones 26.506 $. La renda per capita de la població era de 18.812 $. Entorn del 8,8% de les famílies i l'11,3% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

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Entitats de població de Califòrnia

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Associate Professor of Philosophy (Fall 2004 – Fall 2011)
Director, The Honors Program at UDM (Fall 2001 – 2011)
Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Fall 2000 – Fall 2004)
Regular Courses:
Architecture and Phenomenology
Foundations of Ethics
Person and Society
Philosophy, Visuality, and the New Media
Directed Readings and Special Topics Courses:
Appearance and Reality
Being and Permanence
Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Dwelling: Heidegger and Norberg-Schulz
Heidegger: Being and Time
Locke and Mill
Phenomenology of Place
Phenomenological Practicum
Philosophy of Technology
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Adjunct Instructor
Topics in Ethics (Friendship)
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Daytona Beach Community College (now Daytona State College), Daytona Beach, FL
Philosophy I
Carlow College, Pittsburgh, PA
Biomedical Ethics
Robert Morris College, Pittsburgh, PA
Adjunct Instructor, Teaching Assistant, Graduate Assistant
Basic Philosophical Questions
Philosophy of Sexuality
"The Fatally Flawed Leadership of Donald J. Trump: A Platonic Analysis"
Philosophy in the Contemporary World 25/1 (Spring 2019)
"Precarious Embodiment: Unwanted Pregnancy and Bodysubject Interruptus"
Feminist Philosophy Quarterly 5/3 (2019)
"Stolen Space: The Perverse Architecture of Torture"
Contribution to Merleau-Ponty: Space, Place, Architecture. Edited by Patricia Locke and Rachel McCann. Ohio University Press, January 2016
"Here I Stand: Mediated Bodies in Dissent"
Media Tropes 2/2 (2010)
International Journal of Applied Philosophy 23/2 (2009)
"Aude Describere!"
PhaenEx 3/2 (Fall/Winter 2008)
"Back to the Things Themselves! (again)"
Co-author with Astrida Neimanis of the University of Sydney. PhaenEx 3/2 (Fall/Winter 2008)
"The Necessity of Communicating Phenomenological Insights–and its Difficulties"
Contribution to Meaning and Language: Phenomenological Perspectives. Phaenomenologica Series, Volume 187. Springer Academic Publishing, 2008
"The Mortal God to Which We Owe Our Peace and Defense"
Contribution to Philosophical Perspectives on the War on Terrorism. Edited by Gail M. Presbey. Editions Rodopi, 2007
"Detroit Detritus"
Dichotomy: A Student Publication of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture 16 (Fall 2006)
"Speaking to the World Through Husserl and Merleau-Ponty"
Contribution to Issues in Interpretation Theory. Edited by Pol Vandevelde. Marquette University Press, 2006
"Cellular Irruptions"
Glimpse: The Journal of the Society for Phenomenology and Media 5/1 (Fall 2004). Also published in Phenomenology and Media. An Anthology of Essays from Glimpse. Edited by Paul Majkut and Alberto J. L. Carrillo Canan. Zeta Books, 2010
"9/11/01 and the Pull of History"
Glimpse: The Journal of the Society for Phenomenology and Media 4/1 (Fall 2003)
"Dwelling in the Classroom: A Phenomenology of Distance Learning"
Primary author, with Libby Balter Blume of University of Detroit Mercy and Thomas W. Blume of Oakland University. The Journal of Teaching in Marriage and Family: Innovations in Family Science Education Volume 2, Issue 1 (July 2002)
"The Question Concerning Virtual Community"
"Sartre/Réage"
Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature (September 2001)
"The Rhetorical Impulse in Husserl's Phenomenology"
Continental Philosophy Review (formerly Man and World) 34/1 (March 2001)
"Merleau-Ponty's Reform of Saussure: Linguistic Innovation and the Practice of Phenomenology"
Southern Journal of Philosophy 38/4 (December 2000)
"Discrete Environments: Those Which Do Not Dwell"
International Studies in Philosophy 28/2 (1996)
"How to Make Students Better Thinkers"
Secondary author with Elizabeth A. Oljar of the University of Detroit Mercy. Chronicle of Higher Education, (February 3, 2019)
"The Disordered Soul and Presidency of Donald J. Trump"
Blog of the American Philosophical Association (October 10, 2017)
"A Little Corner of Shimer"
Symposium: A Publication of Shimer College (Summer 2012)
"The Dishonesty of 'Cores Lite': The Battle for a Truly Common Core"
Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education 39 (Spring 2011)
Essay review: "All that is solid melts into air…" The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities. By Frank Donoghue. Bronx: Fordham University Press, 2008. Technology and Culture (January 2010)
"Logic Will Save Our Students From the Media"
Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education 32 (Fall 2007)
Review: Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics. Edited by Carl Mitcham. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005. Technology and Culture (July 2007)
Review: Living in the Labyrinth of Technology. By Willem H. Vanderburg. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005. Technology and Culture (October 2006)
Review: American Philosophy of Technology: The Empirical Turn. Edited by Hans Achterhuis. Translated by Robert P. Crease. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2001. Technology and Culture (January 2003)
Review: Bodies in Technology. By Don Ihde. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2002. Technology and Culture (October 2002)
Review: The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World, Finitude, Solitude. By Martin Heidegger. Translated by William McNeill and Nicholas Walker. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1995. The Review of Metaphysics (March 2002)
Review: Technology and the Good Life? Edited by Eric Higgs, Andrew Light, and David Strong. University of Chicago Press, 2000 and Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millenium. By Albert Borgmann. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. Technology and Culture (October 2001)
Review: The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet. Edited by Ken Goldberg. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000. Technology and Culture (July 2001)
"Detroit Bike City and the Reconstitution of Community"
Presented at the Annual Philosophy of the City Conference, University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI), October 4, 2019
"General Education as Introduction to the World and Liberation from Ignorance"
Presented at the Society for Values in Higher Education, Loyola University (Chicago, IL), July 11, 2019
"The Battle for Philosophy at the University of Detroit Mercy (and Elsewhere)"
Presented at Teaching Philosophy in the Michigan Area, Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI), September 24, 2016
"Merleau-Ponty, Expressivity, and the Practice of Phenomenology"
Presented to the Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture, University of Calgary (Calgary, Canada), June 1, 2016
"Phenomenology and Critical Disability Studies"
Panel commentary presented to the Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture, University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Canada), June 2, 2015
"Why our students can't think critically . . . and why they probably never will"
Secondary author, with Elizabeth Oljar of the University of Detroit Mercy. Presented to the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts & Letters at Andrews University (Berrien Springs, MI), March 13, 2015
"Embodied Politics in the Age of the Virtual"
Keynote presentation for "Essays of Significance: A Graduate Philosophy Conference" at the University of Windsor (Windsor, Canada), March 22, 2014
"Body (Subject) Interruptus: A Phenomenology of Unwanted Pregnancy"
Presented to the Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture, Saint Thomas University and the University of New Brunswick (Fredricton, Canada), May 30 – June 4, 2011
"Response to Jeremy Anderson's 'Suicide Terrorism and the Hobbesian Sovereign'"
Presented at the Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (San Diego, CA), April 23, 2011
"A Forgotten Front of the Core Wars: The Battle for a Truly Common Core"
Presented to the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts & Letters at Saginaw Valley State University (Saginaw, MI), March 11, 2011
Presented at "Flesh and Space: Intertwining Merleau-Ponty and Architecture," Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS), September 9, 2009
Presented to the Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture, Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada), May 26-30, 2009
"The Exegetical Attitude"
Presented to the inaugural meeting of the Interdisciplinary Coalition of North American Phenomenologists, Romapo College (Mahwah, NJ), May 8, 2009
"Stranger in the House: A Report on Philosophy in a Jesuit University"
Presented at a summit on The Role of Philosophy in Jesuit Higher Education, Seattle University (Seattle, WA), April 17, 2009
"Mediated Bodies in Dissent"
Presented to the Society for Phenomenology and Media, (Arlington, VA), February 26, 2009
"Vox Phenomenologica"
Presented to the Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences, Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), October 17, 2008
Presented to the Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture, University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Canada), May 29-31, 2007
"The Necessity of Communicating Phenomenological Insights – and its Difficulties"
Presented at the Husserl-Archives, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium), November 24, 2006
"Sartre and Sontag on the Torture of Images"
Presented to the Thirtieth Anniversary Conference of the International Association for Philosophy and Literature, Albert-Ludwigs Universitat (Freiburg, Germany), June 5-10, 2006
"Here I Stand: Spaces and Bodies in Political Dissent"
Presented to the Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture, York University (Toronto, Canada), May 27-29, 2006
"Photography, Media and Ontological Assault"
Presented to the Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture, University of Western Ontario (London, Canada), May 28-30, 2005
"Dwelling in the Classroom/Learning at a Distance: A Heideggerian Investigation of Distance Learning"
Presented to the Seventh Annual Conference of the Society for Phenomenology and Media, Western Oregon University (Monmouth, OR), May 12-14, 2005
"Looking at the Other at Abu Ghraib"
Presented to the Concerned Philosophers for Peace at the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting (Boston, MA), December 27, 2004
"Phenomenology is Not Just Intuition But Also Expression"
Presented to the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle: "Expression, Language, Art," Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA), September 30 – October 2, 2004
"Incredulity, Stupefaction, 9/11"
Presented to the Sixth Annual Conference of the Society for Phenomenology and Media, Brigham Young University (Provo, UT), May 5-8, 2004
"Locke contra Capital!"
Presented to the Fourteenth Annual Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture Conference, Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY), April 16-17, 2004
"Master of All and Subject to None"
Presented to a conference on "Empire and Imperial Cultures," California State University-Stanislaus (Turlock, CA), February 27-28, 2004
Presented at the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Pacific University (Forest Grove, Oregon), October 23-26, 2003
"Phenomenology, Community, and the Problem of the Mobility of Meaning"
Presented to the Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture, Dalhousie University and University of King's College (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), May 28-29, 2003
Presented to the Fifth Annual Conference of the Society for Phenomenology and Media, Arcada Polytechnic (Helsinki, Finland), May 14-17, 2003
"The Death of Lockeanism and the Rise of Global Leviathanism"
Presented to the Thirteenth Annual Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture Conference, Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY), April 11-12, 2003
"Words and Things: The Problem of Constituting Phenomenological Meaning"
Presented by invitation to the Marquette University Seminar on Phenomenology and Hermeneutics (Milwaukee, WI), March 27, 2003
"The War on 'Terrorism' and Memory: The Violence of the Hyperreal"
Presented to the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Walsh University (North Canton, OH), October 24-27, 2002
"Trash Talk: A Phenomenological Study of Litter (and Detroit)"
Presented to the Sixth Annual Meeting of the International Association for Environmental Philosophy, Loyola University (Chicago, IL), October 12-14, 2002
"Dwelling in the Classroom: An Outline for a Heideggerian Pedagogy"
Presented to the Twelfth Annual Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture Conference, Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY), April 19-20, 2002
Presented to the Fourth Annual Conference of the Society for Phenomenology and Media, Universidad Nacional Autonoma (Puebla, Mexico), February 21-24, 2002
"Why Phenomenologists Cannot Describe Essences"
Presented to the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting (Atlanta, GA). Colloquium on "Phenomenological Reflection and Imagination," December 30, 2001
"Post-war Assessments: Merleau-Ponty and Baudrillard"
Presented to the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle: "The Political Implications of Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy," University of North Carolina (Asheville, NC), September 20-22, 2001
"What is the State of Dwelling in the Age of the Internet?"
Presented to the Third Annual Conference of the Society for Phenomenology and Media, National University (La Jolla, CA), February 22-24, 2001
"Dissolution and the New World Order"
Presented at "Borders and Frontiers: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference," Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), November 23, 1996
"Looking Through the Keyhole with Jean-Paul Sartre: The Ontology of Voyeurism"
Presented at the Twentieth Anniversary Conference of the International Association for Philosophy and Literature, George Mason University (Fairfax, VA), May 8-11, 1996
"Breaching the Walls from the Inside: Merleau-Ponty on Expressive Intellectual Discourse"
Presented at the Sixth annual Philosophy Interpretation Culture Conference "Private Scholars, Public Intellectuals: Institutional Constraints and Ethical Political Responsibilities," Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY), April 19, 1996
"Rescuing the Poets: Merleau-Ponty and a Call for an Academic Poetics"
Presented at "What's the Difference? Communities and Communication in Transition," Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), December 2, 1995
"But How is the Silence Filled? The Persistent Gap Between parole and langue in Merleau-Ponty"
Presented at the Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for Phenomenological and Existential Philosophy, DePaul University (Chicago, IL), October 12-14, 1995
"The Unfulfilled Silence: The Problem of Linguistic Innovation in Merleau-Ponty"
Presented at the Twentieth Annual International Conference of the Merleau-Ponty Circle "Merleau-Ponty, Language, and Contemporary Thought," Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), September 21-23, 1995
"Warriors/Shopkeepers/Voyeurs"
Presented at "Kant's Legacy: Idealism, Romanticism, Post-Modernity," DePaul University (Chicago, IL), May 18-20, 1995
Presented at the Philosophy Interpretation Culture Conference "World, Community, Place," State University of New York (Binghamton, NY), April 29-30, 1995
"Nietzsche: Sarcasm as Method"
Presented at the Duquesne Graduate Students in Philosophy Spring Colloquium, Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), February 17, 1995
"Kant in Bosnia"
Presented at "Global (Inter)Sections: Gender, Race, and Class in (Multi)Cultural texts," Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), November 12, 1994
"Satire, Misogyny, Moral Extremes, the Idea of Violence, and Conclusive Narrative in David Lynch's Twin Peaks"
Presented at the NEH Conference "Gender Politics in 20th Century Multicultural Texts," Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), November 13, 1993
Other Professional Activities
Panel Co-Organizer: "Back to the Things Themselves!"
A practicum on phenomenological description, Spring 2007 – present
Local Conference Co-Organizer: "Philosophy of the City"
An interdisciplinary conference on the urban, October 3-5, 2019
Member of Editorial Collective
PhaenEx, Summer 2015 – Spring 2018
External Reviewer
The Danish Council for Independent Research, Summer 2015
Secretary of the Executive Committee, Spring 2014 – Spring 2018
Member-at-Large of the Executive Committee, Spring 2010 – Spring 2014
Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture
Member of Advisory Board
Media Tropes, 2008 – present
Technology and Culture, 2001 – 2010
Co-Editor (with Astrida Neimanis of the London School of Economics)
Special topics issue of PhaenEx (Back to the Things Themselves: Edges and the In-between), 3/2 (Fall/Winter 2008)
Program Co-Organizer: "9/11: Five Years & Beyond"
A semester-long series of memorials, lectures, films, discussion panels, speak-outs and performances at the University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI), Fall 2006
Member of Editorial Board
Glimpse: The Journal of the Society for Phenomenology and Media, May 2003 – February 2006
Society for Phenomenology and Media, February 2002 – February 2006
Manuscript Referee
Wadsworth Publishing Company, Spring 1999
Conference Co-Coordinator
Interdisciplinary Conference: "What's the Difference? Communities and Communication in Transition" Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA), December 2, 1995
"The Disordered Soul and Presidency of Donald J. Trump: Platonic Reflections on 45"
Presented by invitation at the Shimer Great Books School of North Central College (Naperville, IL), April 25, 2018, and to the College of Liberal Arts and Education Faculty Development Colloquium, University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI), April 13, 2018
Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson. WDET 101.9 (Detroit, MI), February 16, 2017. Discussion on the value of a liberal arts degree in 2017.
"Torture, Indirect Phenomenology, and Doing Philosophy Backwards"
Presented to the College of Liberal Arts and Education Faculty Development Colloquium, University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI), November 4, 2016
"On White Privilege and Police Brutality"
Panelist, "Race and Policing," sponsored by the African-American Studies program at the University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI), April 19, 2016
"Hands Up! Ferguson, Race, and Justice"
Panelist, Honors Symposium, sponsored by The Honors Program at the University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI), October 30, 2014
"Reflections on the Debris of Detroit: a philosophical provocation"
Presented at "Defining Detroit: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Detroit," sponsored by the Economic and Global Affairs Alliance at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), April 12, 2014
"In Your End is the Beginning of Your Possibilities"
Presented at the Induction Ceremony and Dinner of The Honors Program at the University of Detroit Mercy, October 6, 2013
People's Choice Juror
Detroit Architecture Awards, American Institute of Architects, September 19, 2013
"Some Remarks on Fear and Politics"
Presented to the Muslim Student Organization and the Hispanic-American Student Association at the University of Detroit Mercy, November 16, 2010
"Coming Home Again"
Shimer College Keynote Address (Chicago, IL), October 17, 2009
"Trash Talk: A Phenomenology of Litter (and Detroit)"
Presented to the College of Liberal Arts and Education Faculty Development Colloquium, University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI), January 29, 2004
"Pedagogy, Technology, Authenticity"
Presented at Shimer College (Waukegan, IL), March 28, 2003
Presented to the College of Liberal Arts Faculty Development Colloquium, University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI), February 8, 2001
"Locke and the Social Theory that Dares Not Speak Its Name"
Presented to the University Club (Winter Park, FL), March 14, 2000
"John Locke, the Spirit of '76, and the Divine Right of the Corporation"
Presented to the Friends of the Volusia County Library lecture series (Daytona Beach, FL), May 13, 1999
Recipient of Faculty Achievement Award
University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI), October 2004
Recipient of Most Distinguished Professor Award
Rollins College (Winter Park, FL), 1999-2000
American Philosophical Association
Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy
International Merleau-Ponty Circle
International Association for Philosophy and Literature
Philosophers in Jesuit Education
Society for Phenomenology and Media
Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences


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FILE – Tesla Supercharger is seen at Willow Festival shopping plaza parking lot in Northbrook, Ill., on May 5, 2022. New electric vehicle models from multiple automakers are starting to chip away at Tesla's dominance of the U.S. EV market, according to national vehicle registration data. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Rule delay makes big EV tax credit possible early next year
WASHINGTON (AP) — People who want to buy an electric vehicle could get a bigger-than-expected tax credit come Jan. 1 because of a delay by the Treasury Department in drawing up rules for the tax breaks.
The department said late Monday it won't finish the rules that govern where battery minerals and parts have to be sourced until sometime in March.
As a result, it appears that buyers of EVs assembled in North America with batteries made in the U.S., Canada or Mexico will be eligible for a full $7,500 tax credit under the Inflation Reduction Act. The act calls for the batteries' minerals and parts to also come from North America or a country with a free-trade agreement with the U.S. in order to get the full tax break, but that provision has been temporarily put on hold.
The auto industry is watching the situation closely, but it could cause a rush to dealers because most, if not all EVs aren't expected to qualify for the full credit when the rules are all in place.
Experts say most automakers won't be able to comply with requirements that the battery components come from North America or a country with a U.S. free-trade agreement. For instance, General Motors already has said that it expects its EVs to get only half the tax credit, or $3,750, until at least 2025.
So people who buy early next year before the rules are announced could pocket an extra $3,750.
"I imagine there will be a rush," on EV dealers to get the extra savings, said Sam Abuelsamid, principal e-mobility analyst with Guidehouse Research.
In the meantime, Treasury said it will release information by year's end on the "anticipated direction" of the rules to help automakers identify eligible EVs, the department said in a statement. But the rules won't be effective until March.
Other requirements, like new caps on a buyer's income and price of the EV, will still take effect Jan. 1.
"It should allow some consumers to get an EV a little bit cheaper than they might have otherwise," said Chris Harto, a senior policy analyst on transportation and energy for Consumer Reports magazine.
With a base price of $26,595 including shipping, General Motors' Chevrolet Bolt hatchback is among the lowest-cost EVs on sale in the U.S. today. A $7,500 tax credit would knock the price down to just over $19,000 — less than the average price of a used vehicle in the U.S. That could bring buyers off the sidelines.
GM says it's watching developments with the tax credit rules. "We feel well-positioned, but we're still waiting on guidance for vehicle eligibility," spokeswoman Jeannine Ginivan said Tuesday.
Automakers have criticized the battery sourcing and assembly requirements as complex, hard to trace and unrealistic in the short term, with no EV model sold in the U.S. likely able to qualify right away for the full $7,500 tax credit.
The law's aim was in part to reduce U.S. reliance on batteries now predominantly made in China and move supply chains to the U.S. Fifty percent of the battery parts have to be manufactured or assembled in North America, and 40% of battery minerals must come from North America or a country with a U.S. free trade agreement, or recycled in North America. Those percentages rise annually.
More broadly, U.S. allies including South Korea, the European Union and other countries are also upset, arguing that the new law will disqualify their foreign-made EVs unless or until they can open new American plants, which could take several years.
The new law continues to require that EVs be assembled in North America, which took effect when President Joe Biden signed the measure in August. Also taking effect on Jan. 1 are new caps that EV sedans must cost $55,000 or less, or under $80,000 for pickup trucks, SUVs and vans. A car buyer must have income of $150,000 or less if single, or $300,000 if filing jointly.
Abuelsamid said it's not clear whether someone could order an EV before the rules take effect and still get the full credit. He suspects that people will have a hard time finding EVs, which like other automobiles, are still scarce because the auto industry is having a hard time getting computer chips and other parts to keep factories running.
Harto said the temporary delay makes sense for the Treasury Department as it sorts out technical issues of minerals extraction and battery component manufacturing for its rule-making. Consumers in the meanwhile can take advantage if they pay heed as well to potential dealer markups, he said.
"The market for EVs has been supply limited and I don't see that changing in the next two weeks, so that's the real risk — that this additional tax credit gets eaten up by dealer markups," Harto said.
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If you have no place to go on Thanksgiving, there is a warm and inviting place to go for a FREE thanksgiving day dinner for Whidbey Island.
Through the help with over 350 volunteers, this years Community Harvest Dinner is being held at the Oak Harbor Elks Lodge off of Hwy 20.
The meal starts at 11:00AM and goes until 4:00PM.
There are numerous people to thank for this effort, Jack Stilz from Bayside Printing is the head of this entire event, and of course Scott Frazier and his amazing cooking talents leads the way. Hundreds of unnamed volunteers make this annual Oak Harbor Event happen.
We would like to take a moment and recognize a very special person that does a wonderful job in photographing not just this event, but many events in Oak Harbor. She has been doing so for a long time and we think she deserves special recognition for doing such a good job. KC Pohtilla is the community organizer and photographer who brings the community to life as you can see by the photos she has taken in the slide show.
thanks KC, we really appreciate you and all you do.


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Alain Payette (né en 1953 à Montréal au Canada) est un compositeur québécois.

Biographie
Né à Montréal (Québec, Canada) en 1953, Alain Payette mène depuis plus de 30 ans une carrière de compositeur et de pianiste. Sa notoriété dépasse désormais les frontières du Canada. En dehors de toute école et de tout dogmatisme, il écrit une musique mélodique et évocatrice qui touche un public toujours plus grand. Loin de rechercher l'originalité à tout prix, il exprime avec délicatesse son authenticité. Composer, pour Alain Payette, c'est échanger des émotions et embellir la vie. Depuis toujours il tente de créer une passerelle entre la musique classique d'hier et celle d'aujourd'hui.
En raison de ses élans mélodiques et de l'aspect souvent nostalgique de sa musique, Alain Payette est considéré comme un compositeur romantique.

Œuvres
Son œuvre comprend à ce jour plus de soixante pièces pour piano, des musiques de chambre, plusieurs compositions pour orchestre, voix et chorale, toutes de facture tonale et d'inspiration romantique.
Quelques jalons :

- En 1993 sa Symphonie n°1 a été créée par l'Orchestre symphonique des jeunes de Montréal, sous la direction de Louis Lavigueur.

- En 1995 sa Sonate pour alto et piano a été créée par la Musica Camerata Montréal.

- En  1996 L'ivresse d'aimer, cinq mélodies pour baryton et piano sur des poèmes de Gustave Labbé, a été créée par le baryton Gino Quilico et le pianiste Alain Lefèvre.

- En 1997 ses Confidences poétiques : Douze préludes pour piano  ont été créées à Thessalonique en Grèce (Capitale culturelle de l'Europe 1997) par le pianiste Alain Lefèvre. En , Alain Lefèvre a enregistré les "Douze préludes".

- En 1998 Douces mémoires, cantate en six mouvements pour soli, chœur et piano, a été interprétée aux Choralies internationales de Vaison-la-Romaine (France) sous la direction de Jean-Pierre Guindon. En 2004, l'auteur orchestra cette œuvre.

- En 2000 Alain Payette participe au documentaire de la pianiste Anne-Marie Dubois intitulé : « Romantisme au piano ». À cette occasion plusieurs de ses œuvres pour piano sont interprétées par Anne-Marie Dubois.

- En 2003 son Concerto pour piano et orchestre n°1 (2000) est créé par l'Orchestre symphonique de Drummondville, avec Anne-Marie Dubois au piano.

- En 2006 la Musica Camerata Montréal a interprété son Trio n°3 pour violon, violoncelle et piano.

- Le  son Concerto pour piano et orchestre n°2 (2014) est créé au Théâtre des Eskers (Amos, Québec) par Hugues Cloutier avec l'Orchestre symphonique régional de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue dirigé par Jacques Marchand.

Discographie
 "L'Ivresse d'aimer" (contenant les mélodies : "Parvis", "Pervenche", "Troubadour", "Reflets", "Aigue-Marines", sur des textes de Gustave Labbé), interprétée par Gino Quilico et Alain Lefèvre,  1997, Koch International Classics
 "Confidences poétiques : douze préludes pour piano", interprétées par Alain Lefèvre,  1998, Koch International Classics
 "États d'âme" ; interprétés par Alain Payette et Donald Pistolesi, 2008, Independent - Boutique CMC
 "Douze préludes pour piano", interprétés par Alain Lefèvre, « Mon coffret Radio-Canada », 2010, Editions SRC
 "Porcelaine : Œuvres pour piano", interprétées par Alain Payette, 2013

Liste des œuvres (par ordre chronologique pour chaque catégorie)

Œuvres orchestrales
 Concertino pour piano et orchestre (1975 ; rév. 2003) ; durée : 15 min
 Symphonie n°1, en quatre mouvements (1986-92) ; durée : 33 min
 Symphonie n°2, en un mouvement (1996) ; durée : 15 min
 Concerto pour piano et orchestre n°1, en trois mouvements ( mvt : début des années 1980 ;  and  : 1993 ; orchestration achevée en 2000) ; durée : 27 min
 Mouvement symphonique (2004) ; durée : 10 min
 L'Énigme de ta voix, pour orchestre (2004 ; orig. pour piano, 2004) ; durée : 6 min
 Harmonie festive, pour orchestre d'harmonie (2007) ; durée : 6 min
 Concerto pour piano et orchestre n°2, en trois mouvements (2014) ; durée : 25 min
 Symphonie pour cordes, en quatre mouvements (2015) ; durée : 23 min
 Promenade dans le futur, pour orchestre à cordes (2016) ; durée : 8 min
 Ballade pour piano et orchestre (2016) ; durée : 6 min

Musiques de chambre
 Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano n°1 (1974)
 Quatuor à cordes n°1 Pyramide, en trois mouvements (1974 ; rév. 1995) ; durée : 18 min
 Quatuor à cordes n°2, en quatre mouvements (1976 ; rév. 1996) ; durée : 22 min
 Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano n°2, en trois mouvements (1976 ; créé en 1986) ; durée : 15 min
 Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano n°3, en un mouvement (1978 ; rév. 1985) ; durée : 10 min
 Duo pour flûte (ou violon) et piano (1978) ; durée : 5 min
 Sonate d'automne pour flûte et piano, en trois mouvements (1978-79) ; durée : 15 min
 Solo pour violoncelle (1979) ; durée : 8 min
 Duo pour violoncelle et piano n°1 (1979) ; durée : 8 min
 Duo pour violoncelle et piano n°2 (1980) ; durée : 8 min
 Pièce douce n°1, pour violon, violoncelle et piano (ou pour violoncelle et piano) (1980) ; durée : 4 min
 Deux guitares, un ami, pour deux guitares (1981) ; durée : 5 min
 Duo pour guitare et piano (1982) ; durée : 5 min
 Zanzibar, pour violoncelle et piano (1982 ; rév. 2007) ; durée : 4 min
 Sonate pour alto (ou violoncelle) et piano en fa majeur, en trois mouvements (1982-84) ; durée : 23 min
 Romance pour flûte (ou violon) et piano (1984) ; durée : 5 min
 Ballade pour hautbois (ou violoncelle, ou saxophone alto, ou saxophone ténor) et piano (1985 pour hautbois ; 2005 pour violoncelle) ; durée : 8 min
 Petite ballade n°1, pour violon, violoncelle et piano (ou pour quatuor à cordes) (1986 ; orig. pour piano, 1986) ; durée : 3 min
 Le Dernier Havre, pour piano et orchestre de chambre (1986 ; a servi pour le film « Le Dernier Havre », 1986, de Denyse Benoît) ; durée : 5 min
 Duo pour violoncelle et piano n°3 (1988 ; rév. 2007) ; durée : 7 min
 Petite ballade n°2, pour violon, violoncelle et piano (1991 ; orig. pour piano, 1991) ; durée : 3 min
 Sonate pour violon et piano, en trois mouvements (1993 ; créée en 2002) ; durée : 19 min
 Romance pour alto (ou violoncelle) et piano (1999 ; créée en 2006) ; durée : 6 min
 L'Énigme de ta voix, pour violoncelle et piano (2004 ; orig. pour piano, 2004) ; durée : 6 min
 Chaude mélodie, pour saxophone alto (ou violoncelle) et piano (2005) ; durée : 4 min
 Fantaisie passionnée n°1, pour violoncelle et piano (créée en 2006 ; orig. pour piano solo, 1979) ; durée : 4 min
 L'Harmonie du silence, duo pour clarinette et piano (2013) ; durée : 5 min

Œuvres pour piano (liste incomplète)
 L'Eau salée (1974) ; durée : 4 min
 Vers les frais matins (1975) ; durée : 4 min
 L'Arc-en-ciel (1978) ; durée : 7 min
 Confidences poétiques, douze préludes (1978 ; rév. 1996) ; durée : 52 min
 Un brin de joie (pour piano solo ou pour piano à quatre mains) (1979) ; durée : 2 min
 Fantaisie passionnée n°1 (1979) ; durée : 4 min
 Fantaisie n°2 (1980) ; durée : 6 min
 Trois Pièces tendres (1980) ; durée : 13 min
 Jeu de mains (1981) ; durée : 7 min
 Valse (1984) ; durée : 4 min
 Petite ballade n°1 (1986) ; durée : 3 min
 Petite ballade n°2 (1991) ; durée : 3 min
 Toccata (1996) ; durée : 3 min
 Romance pour deux pianos (1997) ; durée : 5 min
 Sonate Tableaux, en quatre mouvements (1998) ; durée : 25 min
 Préludes n°13-18 (1980-1999) ; durée : 25 min
 Concerto pour piano, réduction pour deux pianos (2000) ; durée : 27 min
 Trois Ballades (La nostalgique - La passionnée - La réjouissante) (2003) ; durée : 20 min
 L'Énigme de ta voix (2004) ; durée : 6 min
 Porcelaine (2013) ; durée : 7 min

Œuvres pour instrument solo
 Solo pour violoncelle (1979) ; durée : 8 min
 Boîte musicale (2012) ; durée : 4 min

Œuvres chorales
 Douces mémoires, cantate en six mouvements pour chœur mixte, solistes et orchestre (ou piano) (1990 avec piano ; 2004 avec orchestre) ; durée : 38 min
 Rire d'enfant, pour soprano et piano (1992) ; durée : 2 min
 Un matin désaccordé, pour baryton et piano (1994) ; durée : 5 min
 L'Ivresse d'aimer, cinq mélodies pour baryton et piano (1996) ; durée : 15 min
 Faunafloratorio, oratorio pour chœur mixte, solistes et piano (2000) ; durée : 35 min
 Mélodie, pour ténor et piano (2005) ; durée : 3 min
 Ave Maria, pour soprano et orchestre à cordes (2015) ; durée : 6 min

Liens externes

 Page Myspace d'Alain Payette
 Alain Payette sur le Canadian Music Centre (CMC)

Notes et références

Naissance à Montréal
Naissance en 1953
Compositeur québécois
Compositeur canadien de musique classique de la période contemporaine


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Innovation Drives the GolfBalls.com Bus
By Rick Young
| December 11th 2019 | 10 Comments
At first glance, an online golfball shop may not seem particularly innovative, but constant innovation is why @GolfballsDotCom has remained the leader in golf ball customization.
When your business is born online and thrives in that space for 25 years (and counting), innovation isn't exactly an agenda item you sit around mulling over on a whiteboard in a conference room.
Why would you if it's already part of the furniture?
Tom Cox appreciates this as well as anyone. He took Golfballs.com from one of Louisiana's first E-commerce websites to a world leader in golf product customization with innovation embedded into virtually every aspect of the company DNA.
Tour the Lafayette-headquartered business and you see it everywhere.
Better still go to the website. It's the cornerstone of Golfballs.com's online visualization tools and what allows the award-winning company to turnaround a customer order for two dozen customized Titleist Pro V1s on a Monday morning and have them printed, packed, shipped, and delivered to a customer on Tuesday.
That level of speed and process doesn't happen without innovation.
"It's one of our five company core values," said Cox, who started Golfballs.com in 1995 selling used golf balls on the internet. "We live and breathe innovation every day, but I doubt our customers think much about what goes on behind the scenes. They only care about the end product and the quality we produce for them. Whether that's our Align XL or a picture of their dog on a Bridgestone Tour B XS, it doesn't matter. If they think it's cool or if they say, man, this is really innovative that's for them to decide. We're happy to produce it and happy they like it. Around here, we don't use the word innovation very much because we don't have to. It's what our customers expect and what we expect from ourselves."
Golfballs.com has about $25 million reasons a year to maintain its level of customer-driven innovation. Printing roughly 100,000 golf balls a week accounts for approximately 85 percent of its impressive annual bottom line. The remaining 15 percent of sales come in via customized towels, golf tees, ball markers, divot tools, shirts, and headwear through its corporate portfolio.
Overall, 80 percent of all Golfballs.com orders go out the door with some level of personalization.
"Our customer base is the core golfer that likes to have something a little different. They're not the people dinking around the bottom of the barrel looking for the cheapest golf ball they can possibly buy," says Cox. "Most of what we sell is brand-name 2-piece or 3-piece performance products, and they want it customized in a way that sets them apart from other people. That's our advantage. We're positioned to meet and exceed customer expectations."
The majority of golf's original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) operate two to three years out in front of its product cycle and up to five years if its researching and developing a new technology platform or utilizing a never-before-used material.
Being that far ahead on product is critical to organizational flow.
Golfballs.com has a similar philosophy. Cox and his team remain in perpetual R&D mode as he and his team explore new ideas and concepts far in advance to provide its customer-base with something fresh and innovative.
"It keeps us relevant in the industry but also relevant to our customers, and that helps us maintain competitive advantage," Cox explained. "When we started the company, it was just about selling used golf balls. Then we tweaked the business model to new balls and said, okay, let's start to customize them. That isn't ubiquitous at this point, but let's face it: Most major online retailers sell personalized golf balls or can put text on one. Our ability to print and extend our reach to customers through innovation simultaneously is really the advantage we have over the competition. We always want to stay ahead of the game."
To add context to Cox's point, Golfballs.com has ramped up to where today it offers roughly 1,000 potential designs in 50 plus categories as customization options on its website.
It was a similar consumer-driven mindset that helped the company transition from the company's ID Align customized golf balls to the next generation Align XL then on to last year's rollout of Personalized Align XL.
Cox will tell you that's been quite a process. Touring professionals influenced those alignment focused products, but Golfballs.com had to figure out how to do it too. Right out of the gate, equipment needed to be built from scratch with two important functional goals: Make the printing go halfway around a golf ball to the proper scale and have it look perfect.
Easy to say, not so easy to do. Cox took delivery on the first piece of equipment six months after it was designed.
"Took us a while," he said. "Align XL was very popular and it emulated what the tour guys use, but our customers really like personalization with something more than just a line on a ball, so our goal was to combine the two. We got there, but it was a challenge."
Once Personalized Align XL made it to the finish line and was uploaded to the website, return on investment was immediate. Golfballs.com customers responded to make it the company's single most successful product launch ever.
"Anyone can print something inside a line, but the hard part is the added aspects of the print process. Halfway around a ball to scale is hard," Cox noted. "But that's one of the things we do at Golfballs.com. We try to invent or create products that combine an element of performance with an element of personalization. People love something unique that they can call their own. To do that year-over-year, we have to be ahead of the curve."
Go Team!
Something else people love to the point of obsession is their favorite sports teams.
Just in time for the holiday season, Golfballs.com has put the finishing touches on an agreement with Team Golf, who owns and manages the licenses for National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), National Hockey League (NHL) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Through this partnership with Team Golf, Golfballs.com now offers a wide range of officially licensed products through its major manufacturers.
A similar licensing agreement has also been reached with Team Golf allowing the same product decoration with all major branches of the United States Military.
"Being able to order a dozen Titleist Pro V1s with an NFL team or a Srixon ball with an MLB team or a military logo like the Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard is a big step for us," said Cox, "but when we can extend that to include poker chips, ball markers, divot tools or a hat clip, it's an even bigger deal for our customers."
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Of the numerous ways Golfballs.com embraces innovation in its day-to-day operations, never do the company's eyes stray too far from the online customer at home with their laptop.
For the website browsing experience to remain a positive one, the company continues to go to great lengths to produce and perfect software specific for the purpose.
Preview tools effectively are piece-of-mind. Customers wary of online ordering and purchasing have the benefit of seeing what they're buying before they buy it. Testimonials on Golfballs.com indicate its visualization platform remains vital for turning a first time customer into a repeat purchaser.
"We can try and explain Align XL and where the line is on the ball and how it looks, but it's hard to commit to that purchase until you can actually see it," says Golfballs.com director of marketing, Brad Pecot. "Year over year, we're trying to perfect that technology to make sure our products meet those customer expectations."
That dates back a long way. Golfballs.com was golf's first E-Commerce website to do live product visuals for personalization.
"I don't know how relevant it is today, but this is like 2001 when we started doing that and showing people what their product would look like," said Cox. "We see customers becoming more and more comfortable with ordering customized product online every year. Ten years ago, it was a challenge. People would say, I don't know; I can't trust it; if I can't see it or feel it, I'm not going to buy it. As every year progresses, people are getting more comfortable with that, so we have to make sure that as they're coming to the website for the first time to order a customized ball or product, our technology and our innovation on the customer-facing side is everything they expect. Any barriers they might have had prior to ordering something customized and online we throw right out the window."
It helps that the company president and members of his staff at Golfballs.com consider themselves software developers. That's been fundamental to the brand's success for 25 years. Not only does it give the company a competitive advantage but it continues to drive the innovation bus by streamlining operational processes and reducing bottle-necks.
"From customization on the website all the way through our production department and shipping, we developed the software with customized product in mind," Cox explained. "You can't just go somewhere and buy it. This software is highly visual. It's highly user-friendly, and it allows us to take three different products that come in at the same time and turn them around and ship them out on the same day….all accurately and cross-checked 2-3 times."
Patents and intellectual property aside, does the company founder ever concern himself with another company or deep-pocketed investor who might try to copy the Golfballs.com playbook?
"With enough money, anyone can do anything," he shrugs, "but our processes are so particular for our purpose, it would be very difficult for someone to do what we do."
Feedback Feeds the Machine
Being innovative in all aspects of an operation includes the various ways Golfballs.com gathers input from its customer base.
Nowhere is that more readily available than through social media channels. Being able to get real-time feedback on new products or keep followers up-to-date on company goings-on through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have proven highly effective as part of the decision-making process.
"A few years ago, we were in a meeting with the guys from TABASCO® sauce," said Cox. "We had a licensing deal with them at one point, and we were trying to decide which logo would look best on a golf ball. Instead of doing that ourselves, we pitched them on the idea of letting our followers decide. We posted the images on our Facebook page and watched the results come in. In the first half-hour, we had 350-400 responses."
Short of mirroring the Team Titleist concept of utilizing a specific consumer base for opinion and feedback on new products, Golfballs.com entrusts customers at its brick and mortar retail location and repeat customers online to be the ideal conduit.
"Nothing innovative about giving out samples. We do it quite often at our store if we have a new product we want to go to market with," Cox said. "We do the same for a select number of online customers with a purchase history of a specific product like Align XL. It's still an effective tool. Where we think it's innovative is how we correlate the data and employ it for our next generation of products."
On the Horizon?
Tom Cox spoke recently at an entrepreneurial expo where he told attendees that over 25 years, Golfballs.com has screwed up an awful lot but that each mistake becomes part of a learning experience. They make you better, stronger, and more reliable as a brand consumers can trust.
"If you build that in to be a part of the DNA of your company, what happens over time is you come up with a pretty bulletproof system for what you do in your own lane," Cox explained.
What Golfballs.com has done well is innovate. It puts no ceiling or constraints on its ability to do that every day with new products, operational efficiencies, and website upgrades.
As time go by, does it become more challenging to be innovative?
"No, it doesn't," said Cox. "You have to remember it wasn't until about seven years ago that Facebook trained everybody that it's really easy to take a picture and put it on something. There are other things going on unrelated to what we do that will create trends and make it easier for people to adopt more and more customization on their products. We follow those trends. We're on the cutting edge of new technology. What I can say too is we have a playbook of next steps that we plan to roll out in the future here with different types of customization we want to bring to the market. We're excited about that. Customized golf products, printed on-demand, with fast turnaround and a high degree of accuracy that you can have tomorrow, we're really tough to beat."
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MyGolfSpy contributor Rick Young believes golf has far more interesting stories outside the ropes than inside; that a beautiful set of forged irons is good for the golfing soul (even if they're hard to hit) and that the World Golf Hall of Fame is missing a dozen worthy golf industry icons who deserve an honored place in St. Augustine, FLA. Born and raised in Woodstock, Ontario, Young is currently President of the Golf Journalists Association of Canada....and trying hard not to be impeached.
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This ball it's for the cheaters, Now your foursome they'll know it's not your ball you found in the weeds because it doesn't have your name on it.. .
DawgDaddy
Snapjack, I have had them when free personalization was offered occasionally. It was fun but not something I feel I need.
I think I will order some.with my army logo.
Hugh Rundle
Rick, we make high performance rain jackets w snap-on sleeves to keep you wartm or cooler if you take them off. They are unisex and have a 20,000mm waterproof and 20,000MVT breathability rating. They will last many hours in the rain, cover you from head-to-waist, and have a patented retractable hood so the hood does not interfere with your swing, and you can customize your peripheral vision.
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mackdaddy9
I buy my balls from golfballs.com! They sell the logo overrun Pro V1s for a bit over $30
ThundrChief7
Are those lined balls balanced?
If not then I will pass !
I. Ought some about a year ago. The line was not balanced. Several of the dozen were below the true equator and at address with the putter behind it looked off. I Sent them a message on Facebook and they said, essentially, and I'm paraphrasing "It's a hard process to complete perfectly. Thanks for the feedback and we will continue to improve". Their customer service is pretty good with responding to emails. However, seeing those lines not centered I never bought from them again.
john young
If putting a logo or a name or a saying on a golf ball makes it go straighter or longer or spin more… I'm IN…. Put my name, address and "LIFE IS GOOD" on all my balls… oops… golf balls… 🙂
Paul Sherrerd
Best ever on a ball I found in the weeds. "I think I figured it out"
snapjack
I get an advertisement a day at this time of year for golf ball personalization and wonder who does this? Of the thousands of golf balls I've found over the years the only thing I've seen are company logos or nothing.
To me this is not a selling point but that's just me I guess.


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